Skull tattoo ideas

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Colour traditional-style tattoo of two cartoon characters from Beetlejuice with a skull above, set in a grey scroll frame on the upper arm.
Beetlejuice and Lydia cartoon tattoo in a scroll frame
Black and grey flash sheet of gothic tattoo designs including a moth, owl, ghost, coffin, dagger, cat and crossed bones, drawn in dotwork and bold outlines.
Black and grey gothic flash sheet
Photograph of a black and grey skull tattoo with soft pink flowers and ink splashes on the outer thigh.
Skull and pink flowers on a thigh
Two bare feet with bold colour neo-traditional tattoos across the tops, including an orange target-like motif, a small skull and red roses on the lower legs.
Colourful abstract foot tattoos with roses above the ankles
Three black and grey dotwork tattoos: a skull with peonies and a fern on the thigh, a moth over a split skull on the upper arm, and a skull with leaves on the upper arm.
Skulls with peonies, fern and moth tattoos
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a pink cupcake with a red gem, hearts and black skulls on the liner, placed on the side of the ribs.
Pink cupcake with skull liners on the ribs
Coloured drawing of a raven perched on a skull among red roses, with a bee and a blue butterfly, in a detailed botanical realism style.
Raven, skull and roses design
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing an eye with a heart and Q on the pupil, above a rose wrapped in banknotes and a skull.
Eye, rose and banknotes on a forearm
Two realism skull tattoos on the inner forearms near the wrists: a skull with a red polka-dot bow on the left and a grey skull in a top hat and bow tie on the right.
Matching skull tattoos on the wrists
Black ink flash drawing of an anchor with rope, a skull and a cluster of flowers, in a traditional style.
Anchor, skull and flowers drawing
Black and grey botanical and ornamental tattoos on a woman's thighs, with a skull and mandala on the left thigh and leaves on the right, above denim cut-off shorts.
Skull and mandala tattoos on both thighs
Sketch-style tattoo of Jack Skellington in a striped top hat on the forearm, with black and grey shading and purple watercolour washes.
Jack Skellington on a forearm
Realism black and grey tattoo across a torso and ribs showing an 18th century woman in period dress beside a sailing ship.
Black and grey portrait and ship across ribs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a red and orange phoenix with spread wings and a small grey skull motif, on an upper arm against a black background.
Red phoenix tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey line drawing of a horned animal skull framed by roses and leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Horned skull with roses design
Black and grey dotwork and traditional tattoos on a forearm and hand, including a large bee, planets, a dotted constellation and crystals.
Bee, planets and crystals on forearm and hand
Red pencil drawing of a skull shaped as a dripping ice cream cone, with a fishnet leg in a heel and the script words I'm so above it.
Skull ice cream cone with dripping melt
A bold outline of a skull entwined with a serpent, applied as a temporary stamped tattoo on a forearm.
Skull and serpent stamp on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style skull framed by red-outlined flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Skull and flowers flash drawing
Two matching black and grey fine line tattoos on a pair of forearms, one showing a stag head and one a deer skull, both inside thin geometric circles.
Matching stag and skull tattoos on forearms
Black ink drawing of a longhorn bull skull flanked by roses and feathers on a pale background, shown as a tattoo design.
Bull skull with roses and feathers
Traditional-style flash design of a blue teacup with a skull and crossbones, coffee spilling out, framed by two scroll banners of lettering on a red splash background.
Skull teacup with coffee banners
Black and grey traditional chest tattoo of a skull-faced woman cameo in a beaded frame, flanked by ornate scrollwork, on a chest.
Skull cameo with scrollwork on a chest
Black and white ink drawing of a skull wearing a top hat with a scrolled ornament on the band, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skull in a top hat design
Forearm tattoo divided down the middle, with a cat skull on the left and a sphynx cat face on the right, set against a pink and purple galaxy with small stars.
Split cat skull and sphynx on forearm
Overhead photo of black and grey blackwork tattoos on a thigh and calf, including a skull with a sun motif and a mandala, with henna and gold temporary designs on a hand.
Black and grey mandala and skull tattoos on legs
Traditional flash sheet of four designs in colour: chess pieces with a rose, a sunset over waves, an hourglass with a skull, and a fox with pine trees, above a BRAND NEW banner.
Traditional flash sheet with rose, fox and hourglass
Black ink flash drawing of a skull wrapped in leaves above a large peony, with dotwork shading in the eye sockets, on white paper.
Skull and peony flash drawing
Realistic coloured tattoo of a rainbow trout, antlers and a deer skull across a man's upper back and shoulder blade.
Trout, antlers and skull on a back
Black linework flash design of an ornate sugar skull flanked by roses and leaves on a cream background, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Sugar skull with roses flash design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Roman numeral clock face above a skull and an ornate key on the forearm.
Clock, skull and key on a forearm
Collage of six Cancer zodiac tattoos, including a crab skull, a swirled Cancer symbol with stars on the neck, and a script Cancer lettering piece.
Cancer zodiac tattoos in a collage
Colourful traditional-style sugar skull tattoos with flowers and a rose on a person's forearm, in front of a white door.
Sugar skulls and rose on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull framed by purple peonies and green leaves on the upper arm of a woman in a white crop top.
Skull and purple peonies on upper arm
Small traditional-style tattoo of a skull with a red rose and dark leaves on the side of a finger.
Skull and rose on a finger
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with a mandala on the crown and a small anchor on the forehead, placed on the side of the ribs.
Sugar skull with mandala on the ribs
Black and grey botanical tattoo of chrysanthemum-style flowers, leaves and berries on a hip and upper thigh, with a skull shaded among the blooms.
Black and grey florals on hip and thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face and a skull across a person's full back, with a small rose tattoo at the nape of the neck.
Realism portrait of a woman and skull on full back
Two black and grey sugar skull tattoos on a pair of forearms, one with floral detail on the forehead and one with hair and a rose, with the fists pressed together.
Matching sugar skull tattoos on forearms
Black and grey realism tattoo of a human skull wrapped in octopus tentacles, spanning the shoulder and upper back.
Skull and octopus tentacles on shoulder
Traditional style full arm sleeve tattoo in bold colour across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, featuring a rosette, a grey skull in a hat, roses and an orange flower.
Traditional full sleeve with skull and roses
Black and grey tattoos cover a person's back, arms and hands, with skull, ribcage and spine imagery against a dark background.
Full back and arms covered in skeletal tattoos
Close-up of a forearm with a cartoon-style tattoo of a white skull with black eye sockets, with a green striped snake coiling around it and a red tongue.
Cartoon skull and green snake on a forearm
Black and grey longhorn bull skull tattoo with hanging feathers on the upper back.
Longhorn bull skull with feathers on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of a geisha with a half-skull face and flower hair pins on the back of a hand.
Geisha and skull portrait on the back of a hand
Black ink dotwork drawing of a skull inside a geometric mandala design, shown in two side-by-side views, with no placement on the body.
Skull within a dotwork mandala
Pen drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design on paper, with two banners reading Fatally Yours, a skull, a heart, a flower and leaves, shown without a body placement.
Fatally Yours banners with skull and flower
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a horned skull with a pink rose, leaves, pearl strands and a small bird, with a pencil beside it.
Skull and pink rose tattoo sketch