Skull tattoo ideas

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Traditional style colour tattoo of a poison bottle with a skull and crossbones, a 'Life is Poison' banner and a flower, on an upper arm.
Poison bottle and banner on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a skull with beads, a rose, a pocket watch, a map and feathers.
Skull, rose and pocket watch forearm
Colourful sugar skull design with pink flower eyes, a blue heart nose, yellow teeth and ornate swirls, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Colourful sugar skull design
Black ink drawing of a skull in side profile wearing a feathered headdress, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Skull in feathered headdress, side profile
Pencil-style drawing of a deer skull with antlers wrapped in purple and yellow flowers and green ivy, on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design.
Deer skull with antlers and flowers
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a large red-tinged moon, bats, bare trees and a grinning pumpkin-style figure.
Full sleeve with moon and night scene
A small black outline skull tattoo on the ankle of a leg in a high heel, in a sepia-toned fine line style.
Small skull tattoo on the ankle
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a half-shaded realistic skull, with the other half breaking into fanning geometric triangle linework on the forearm.
Half skull dissolving into geometric linework
Black script tattoo reading I am not afraid, I was born to do this, across the inner forearm, with a silver skull bracelet on the wrist.
Script quote tattoo on forearm
Black and white tattoo design of a symmetrical skull-like form built from circuit board traces, with no body placement shown.
Circuit board skull design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull inside overlapping geometric circles and fine lines, with a small bee below, on a forearm.
Skull with geometric circles and a bee on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a howling wolf beneath a full moon with a skull shape, pine trees and rocks, shown on the forearm.
Howling wolf and skull moon on a forearm
Painted flash design of two skeletons seated among pink cherry blossom branches and green bamboo leaves on a white background.
Two skeletons among cherry blossoms
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an animal skull set among purple roses and green leaves, on the upper leg.
Animal skull and purple rose
Realistic black and grey skull tattoo on a chest with red roses and script on the upper arm, in a realism style.
Realistic skull and roses across chest and arm
Colourful full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a sugar skull woman with roses, skulls and a church, in a neo-traditional style.
Day of the Dead sugar skull full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo on the chest showing Mickey Mouse's head with one side turned into a skull.
Mickey Mouse skull on chest
Colour tattoo of an animal skull with red poppies and green fern fronds on the side of a person's ribs, in a neo-traditional style.
Animal skull with poppies on ribs
Black ink flash design of a lion skull with a windswept mane, dotted accents and leaves beneath, with the word Leo and a short line of text below.
Lion skull with flowing mane and leaves
Black and grey tattoo of Jack Skellington with bats and swirling lines across a woman's upper arm and shoulder.
Jack Skellington upper arm and shoulder piece
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo with red poppies, a bird, a skull and German text, shown from two angles on an arm.
Bird, poppies and skull full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned dinosaur skull on a bare female figure holding a flower, across the upper arm.
Skull-headed figure holding a flower on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a skull wrapped in orange and yellow flames on a forearm, shown in two side by side photos.
Flaming skull on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an Aztec-style skull in a headdress, with a sun stone above and a stepped pyramid below, on a forearm.
Aztec skull and pyramid on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a dagger piercing a red and cream skull with green leaves, on the inside of a forearm.
Dagger through skull on a forearm
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with large orange lilies, skulls and green leaves on a dark background.
Orange lily and skull full sleeve
Black and white photo of a pair of raised legs with a shaded skull tattoo on the right thigh and an ornate scroll and banner design on the left thigh.
Skull and scrollwork tattoos on thighs
Black dotwork drawing of a skull framed by a mandala and scrolling ornament, a tattoo design with no placement shown.
Skull within a dotwork mandala
Traditional tattoo of a woman embracing a skeleton that holds a red rose, bold black outlines and shading, on the lower leg.
Woman embracing a skeleton with a rose
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo design with rose-filled eye sockets, flowers, a cross and scrollwork, shown as a drawing with no body part visible.
Black and grey sugar skull with roses
Black and grey realism tattoo on a thigh showing a shaded skull with a monarch butterfly, a rose, and a rosary with a cross.
Skull, butterfly and rose with rosary
Colour traditional tattoo of a sugar skull with a red rose across its forehead and pink flower eyes, on a forearm.
Sugar skull with red rose on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of an owl with roses, beaded chains and a face in a medallion on a person's ribs, with a skull tattoo on the forearm at the left edge.
Owl and roses on the ribs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a death's head moth with a skull on its thorax, placed on the outer upper arm.
Traditional death's head moth on an arm
Black and white photo of both forearms covered in lettering and collage-style tattoos, including outlined MY LIFE text, a skull, and a rose on the hand.
Forearm lettering and sticker-style collage tattoos
Full back tattoo in bright colour showing a large white cat with a blue and red rose, surrounded by flowers and skulls, in a Japanese and neo-traditional style.
Cat, roses and skulls across a back
Black line drawing of a woman in an Art Nouveau arched frame, surrounded by skulls and snakes, with the word DEATH lettered at the base, shown as a tattoo design.
Art Nouveau woman with skulls and DEATH lettering
Greyscale pencil drawing of a winged skull above four shaded roses and leaves, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Winged skull with roses design
White ink outline tattoo of a sugar skull with heart-shaped eyes and nose on the ankle, in a fine line style.
White ink sugar skull on ankle
Black and grey flash sheet of Harry Potter themed designs, including a skull with a snake, a wand, round glasses, a lightning bolt and script lettering.
Harry Potter themed flash sheet
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an animal skull with antlers, poppies, roses and lavender on the outer thigh.
Animal skull and flowers on a thigh
Pen drawing of a chimpanzee wearing a skull as a hat, with a brain and wispy tendrils above, shown as a tattoo design in black and grey stippling.
Chimpanzee with skull and brain drawing
Black and grey flash drawing of a UFO beaming up a brain above a cracked skull, with the words LOSING MY MIND beneath it.
UFO beaming a brain above a cracked skull
Greyscale realism tattoo of a skull formed from a forest landscape with a running deer, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull and forest scene on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a moth with skulls across its outspread wings, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skull-winged moth design
Neo-traditional flash design of a braided, dark-haired figure holding a green skull bottle, flanked by birds and roses, with a banner reading Over Your Dead Body; no body placement shown.
Braided figure with potion bottle and banner
Black and grey flash design of an all-seeing eye in a triangle above a skull, crossed bones, a candle and a twin-headed eagle, framed by scrollwork on a sunburst background.
All-seeing eye and eagle skull design
Black and grey realism arm sleeve on a man's upper arm and forearm, showing a skull, a feathered wing, smoke and scrollwork.
Black and grey skull and wing arm sleeve