Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and white sugar skull flash design with a rose on the crown and floral patterns in the eye sockets, in a Day of the Dead style.
Sugar skull with rose and floral eyes
Black and grey tattoos across two forearms show a skull with three roses, a large feather, a leafy pattern, stars and Roman numerals.
Skull, roses and feather on forearms
Pencil-style sketch design of a skull with a pink rose, a feather, a small bird and beaded chains, drawn on skin.
Skull, rose and feather pencil design
Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a winged stone-like angel figure, a second figure and carved faces near the elbow.
Winged statue full arm sleeve
Pencil drawing of a skull merged with a tattered moth with spiked wings, shaded in a realistic greyscale style, shown on paper with no body placement.
Skull and moth wings in pencil
Two hands with black and grey traditional style tattoos, a large skull on the back of the left hand and a rose on the back of the right hand, with small finger tattoos including a cross, a letter P
Skull and rose tattoos on the hands
Traditional style tattoo of a black spider with a skull head, yellow legs and three stars above, on the forearm.
Skull spider on a forearm
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the upper arm showing a mermaid with a zodiac medallion, a red heart, pink roses, a skull and a blue rose.
Mermaid and heart upper arm sleeve
Black outline drawing of a cat-faced skull with a heart-shaped nose, ribcage and crossed arm bones ending in X-marked hands, shown as a flash design.
Cat skull and crossbones line drawing
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a woman with a blunt fringe, a skull, white butterflies and black birds, with a small colour rose visible lower left.
Woman, skull and butterflies on back
Traditional-style flash design of a pin-up woman with sugar skull face paint holding a red apple, with a swallow, roses and a banner reading Wash Your Fruits.
Sugar skull pin-up with swallow and apple
Neo-trad style tattoo on a lower abdomen showing a shaded skull flanked by two red roses, with black scrollwork and arrows.
Skull and roses on the lower abdomen
A person in ripped black jeans laces black boots, with heavily tattooed arms in black and grey ink, including a hand tattoo, and a geometric design on the knee.
Sleeved arms and hand tattoos while lacing boots
Black ink drawing of a horned wolf with a third eye resting above a stippled skull, with a feather beside it, in a dotwork style.
Horned wolf and skull design
Colour tattoo of an animal skull surrounded by purple and orange flowers and green leaves on a thigh, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Animal skull and flowers on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull in profile wearing a feathered headdress, placed on the calf.
Skull in feathered headdress on a calf
Traditional style flash design of a moth-winged woman with a skull and red roses in her hair, drawn in red, cream and black.
Moth-winged woman with skull and roses
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo design of an owl with a sugar skull face, flanked by small flowers on a plain background.
Owl and sugar skull design
Traditional style tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress, with a skull in a teal circle, on the upper arm.
Woman with feather headdress and skull on arm
Black and grey snake coiled around a skull on a forearm, with a fine line triangle and circle tattoo on the wrist of the other arm.
Snake and skull on a forearm
A flash sheet of sixteen colour drawings of cupcakes decorated with superhero motifs, including a wolverine mask, a Captain America shield, a Hulk fist and a skull, with no body placement shown.
Superhero cupcake flash sheet
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a skeleton holding a bird, with a woman's head with a hair bun, on the inner thigh.
Skeleton and woman with a bird on a thigh
Black and grey sugar skull tattoos with ornate scrollwork on two fingers of a hand, with a silver ring on another finger.
Sugar skull tattoos on two fingers
Black line drawing of a skull and crossbones inside an ornate oval frame, presented as a tattoo design rather than shown on skin.
Skull and crossbones in ornate oval frame
Black and grey photograph of a man seen from behind, with a skull tattoo and other tattoo work on his upper arm and forearm, wearing a dark t-shirt with a printed slogan.
Black and grey arm tattoos with a slogan tee
Black and grey realism tattoo of two skeletons embracing and touching skulls, placed on the outer thigh.
Embracing skeletons on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals, two skulls and folded banknotes.
Pocket watch, skulls and banknotes on an arm
Colour tattoo of a pink cupcake topped with a sugar skull wearing a red bow, in a neo-traditional style with bold black outlines.
Sugar skull cupcake with pink frosting
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a skull built from leaf veins, with a thin stem line above it, on the inner forearm against a pink background.
Leaf-textured skull on a forearm
Realistic grey skull surrounded by orange and yellow sunflowers, tattooed across an upper arm and shoulder.
Skull and sunflowers on an upper arm
Black ink flash design of a winged owl beneath an all-seeing eye in a triangle, with a skull, banner and geometric patterns on a cream background.
Owl, all-seeing eye and skull tattoo design
Realistic drawing of a skull with a peach rose across its left side and dark drips running down from the jaw, shown as a tattoo design on tan paper.
Skull and rose drip design
Close photo of a rough red line drawing of a skull on the upper arm near the elbow, set against a plastic-covered backdrop.
Red sketched skull on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a forest scene with a stag silhouette, a hunter figure and a large skull.
Forest, stag and skull on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a wolf head with roses and pistols across the stomach, above rolled denim shorts.
Wolf head with roses and pistols on the stomach
Drawing of a skeleton in profile within an ornate scrolled cameo frame, with pink roses, spider webs and green leaves, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skeleton cameo with roses in ornate frame
Traditional colour tattoo of a pirate skull with a green bandana, eyepatch and crossed cutlasses on a calf, framed by red flowers and grey clouds.
Pirate skull with cutlasses on a calf
Japanese style flash drawing of a black and grey snake coiled around two blue peonies, with a small skull in grass at lower left.
Snake and peony flash design
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo covering the full back and chest, with a Statue of Liberty portrait, a skull holding a torch, roses and a central religious figure.
Full back and chest black and grey tattoo
Black and grey tattoo of a snarling skull with clawed, shadowy flames around it, shown on a limb.
Horned skull with claws and shading
Flat-lay sheet of Monster High cartoon temporary tattoo designs, including skulls, hearts, coffin shapes and character faces, on a teal background.
Monster High temporary tattoo sheet
Black ink tattoos on an arm in a traditional style, showing a hooded skull, crossbones, an eye and the words BYE BYE, with a spiral tattoo on the hand.
Skull, crossbones and BYE BYE on an arm
Black and blue line drawing of a cat covered in traditional-style flash designs, including a rose, a dagger, a razor, a skull and crossbones and a milk bottle.
Tattooed cat flash drawing
Black and grey full back tattoo of a dragon over a heart shield, framed by Celtic knotwork, runes and skulls, in a Realism style on the back.
Full back piece with dragon and Celtic knotwork
Realism tattoo of an owl with a glowing orange eye merging into a shaded skull, in black and grey with one colour accent, on a limb.
Owl and skull on a limb
Black ink tattoo of a skull filled with mandala patterns and roses, covering the inner forearm, in a fine line style.
Mandala skull and roses on forearm
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper back with blue teardrop panels holding white lightning bolt, triangle, skull and animal motifs around a lotus centre.
Mandala with blue symbol panels on upper back
Black and grey cartoon cat with musical notes and a hot rod on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon cat driving a hot rod on an upper arm