Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey Halloween graveyard tattoo on an upper arm, showing a black cat, two jack-o'-lanterns, a gravestone marked RIP, a cross and a skull.
Halloween graveyard scene on an upper arm
Black ink traditional flash sheet showing a skull, a sun, a bat, a spider web, an eagle and a snail, drawn in a bold outline style with shading.
Traditional flash sheet of skulls and symbols
Black ink tattoo of an ornate elephant with a skull below it on the upper thigh, with a small sun and crescent moon on the legs and an ornamental forearm tattoo beside it.
Elephant, sun and crescent moon on thighs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull inside a map pin shape, with GOOD BYE lettering above it, on a lower leg.
Skull in a map pin with GOOD BYE lettering
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with roses and leafy vines across the upper back, shown from behind.
Sugar skull and roses on upper back
Overhead view of many small temporary tattoo designs, including animals, flowers, lettering and simple line motifs, scattered around a silver tin marked SUPER.
Temporary tattoo designs around a metal tin
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skeleton holding a long staff inside a framed tarot card, placed on the upper arm.
Skeleton tarot card on upper arm
Black and grey realism full sleeve on an arm, showing classic horror film style portraits of a slicked-back vampire, a woman, and monster faces with skulls and bats, photographed from three angles.
Classic horror monster full sleeve in black and grey
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned skull with a shaded crescent and pale circle, on the upper thigh.
Horned skull dotwork on thigh
Two pairs of tattooed legs in black sneakers, with traditional-style skulls, roses and a compass on the calves and hands, in mixed colour and black ink.
Traditional leg and hand tattoos with black sneakers
Black and grey traditional grim reaper tattoo with dotted shading, a scythe, falling tears and the words O heaven knows we'll soon be dust, on a limb.
Grim reaper with quote on a limb
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas on the inner forearm, with a purple head, black bow tie and blue swirling background.
Jack Skellington on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf showing a pirate woman with teal hair, a heart eyepatch and a skull on her hat, with a red rose and a compass.
Pirate woman with rose and compass on a calf
Black line drawing of a skeletal female profile with swirled hair inside an oval scrollwork frame, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skull profile cameo in ornate frame
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a skull wearing a feathered headdress, covering most of a person's back.
Feathered skull headdress across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skeleton embracing a sugar skull woman with a rose in her hair, covering the back, with sleeves on both arms.
Skeleton and sugar skull couple on full back
Pencil drawing of a skull wearing a feathered headdress with beaded strings, shaded in black and grey on grey paper, suitable as a tattoo design reference.
Skull in feathered headdress drawing
Black and grey pencil and ink drawing of a Medusa figure with snake hair, a clawed hand and a skull, drawn on tracing paper as a tattoo design.
Medusa and skull tattoo design on tracing paper
Black and grey photo of a bold black skull with a snake coiled around it on the inner forearm, in a traditional style.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an animal skull with two roses, leaves and a triangle, on the outer thigh.
Animal skull and roses on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of a blue skull with red eyes, crossed wheat-tipped arrows and a banner reading DEATH BY GLUTEN, on the forearm.
Skull with wheat arrows and banner on forearm
Realistic grey and red forearm tattoo showing a gas mask, a skull and a red spiral, shown on a person's forearm against a dark background.
Gas mask and skull sleeve on a forearm
Black and grey ornate scrollwork tattoo with a shaded skull cameo at the centre, spanning the upper chest and shoulders.
Ornate scrollwork and skull cameo across the chest
Several arms and hands pressed together, showing a realistic black and grey cat tattoo, banknotes, portrait tattoos and a skull on the forearms and hands.
Realism portraits and cat on hands and forearms
Black and grey ink drawing of a ram skull with large curled horns, rendered in fine hatching on a plain light background.
Ram skull with curled horns
Traditional style tattoo sleeve with skulls and daggers in black and red on a forearm and upper arm, with arms crossed.
Traditional tattoo sleeve on crossed arms
Two sugar skull designs on a grey background, one with a cross and blue rose-like eyes, the other with a red rose on its crown and purple flower eyes.
Two colourful sugar skull designs
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a sugar skull woman portrait above a pocket watch and a skull.
Sugar skull portrait and pocket watch on upper arm
Digital illustration of a skull covered in red tribal patterns, beside a vertical strip of skulls, crossbones and tribal flames on a dark textured background.
Tribal skull with red patterns and crossbones
Black and white photo of two hands with small fine line skull and crossbones tattoos on the fingers, one on a top knuckle and one on a middle finger.
Small skull tattoos on two fingers
Realistic colour skull tattoo covering a person's entire back, shown from behind with ochre bone tones and teal and black shading.
Large realistic skull across a back
Black and grey realistic drawing of a cracked clock face breaking into shards, with a skull and fragmented faces, shown as a tattoo design.
Shattering clock and skull design
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe and smoking a cigarette, with 'Life's a Drag' script, on the upper leg.
Grim reaper with scythe and script
Realistic neo-traditional tattoo of a grey skull shaped like a cupcake with red blood dripping down, placed on the upper arm, shown in a two-panel photo.
Skull cupcake with blood drip on upper arm
Black and grey realism and dotwork tattoo of a lion's face with mandala patterning and a small skull on the inner forearm.
Lion and mandala on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a shaded skull wrapped in a snake, with two roses and a dagger at the base.
Skull with snake and roses design
Torso of a person in a white vest top, with black and grey realism style tattoo sleeves on both arms showing a cat, a skull and a ship.
Black and grey sleeve with cat and skull
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl, a skull wearing a feathered headdress and a wolf across the shoulder and upper arm.
Owl, skull and wolf on an upper arm
Black and grey skull and snake tattoo in a traditional style on a forearm, with the snake coiling through a loop beneath the skull and its fangs bared at the bottom.
Skull and coiled snake on a forearm
Line drawing design of a woman with wavy hair looking into a hand mirror that shows a skeleton, with poppy flowers below, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with skull reflection in hand mirror
Traditional tattoo of a shaded skull with a bouquet of colourful flowers and green leaves spilling from its top, on a forearm.
Skull with flower bouquet on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a grey skull framed by red roses on an upper arm, with dark shading beneath the flowers.
Skull and red roses on an upper arm
Three-angle photo of a full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a grey biomechanical creature with tentacles, skulls and faces in realistic shading.
Biomechanical full sleeve with tentacles and faces
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rabbit-eared skull with the words FEAR and LOVE below, on the inner forearm.
Rabbit skull with FEAR and LOVE on a forearm
Two people sit side by side with black lion and skull tattoos on their thighs, green sugar skull tattoos below them, and hands clasped between their legs.
Matching lion and sugar skull leg tattoos
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a female face with a bindi and extended tongue, a mandala ornament and skulls, on a forearm.
Female face with skulls on forearm
Black and grey ornamental skull face tattoo covering a person's full back, with rows of small skulls above and filigree scrollwork around the eyes.
Ornamental skull face across a full back
Traditional style tattoos of roses, a skull and a woman's head cover both forearms, shown in full colour.
Traditional forearm sleeves with roses and figures