Skull tattoo ideas

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Realistic forearm tattoo of a sugar skull woman with red eyes, smoke swirls and a skull below, shaded in grey with red accents.
Sugar skull woman and skull on a forearm
Four colourful sugar skull designs with floral patterns, hearts and a red rose, arranged on a beige background.
Four colourful sugar skull designs
Four-panel collage of tattoos: a cat with a skull and lotus in traditional colour, a cat with a red daruma doll in traditional colour, a black and grey Japanese lion on a back, and a black and grey
Four cat and Japanese motif tattoos
Four sugar skull designs in teal, magenta, purple and green, each decorated with flowers, scrolls and hearts on a white background.
Four coloured sugar skull designs
Pencil drawing of a skull nestled among the petals of a rose with leaves, a neo-traditional tattoo design sketched on a spiral sketchbook page.
Skull in a rose, pencil flash design
Black and white flash design of a skull built from DJ equipment, with headphones, turntable eyes, a mixer panel and a keyboard jaw.
DJ equipment skull with headphones
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a skull and crossbones inside a heart-shaped panel with red wash, framed by grey scrollwork and playing card spades.
Skull and crossbones in an ornate spade frame on a forearm
Black line drawing of a bird skull with roses, leaves and crystals, a neo-traditional tattoo design shown without a body placement.
Bird skull with roses and crystals
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with roses and a skull on the upper arm.
Sugar skull woman and roses on upper arm
Flash drawing of a cartoon skull wearing a motorcycle helmet and goggles, with red eyes, a bearded jaw and a cigarette, shown as a design with no body placement.
Skull in helmet and goggles with cigarette
Realism black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with teal swallows, a pocket watch, a Roman numeral clock face, and a skull and rose on the back.
Realism clock, bird and skull sleeve
Close view of a tattooed forearm and hand resting on a gold guitar, with a traditional style skull and rose design on the forearm and small lettering on the knuckles.
Tattooed forearm and hand on a guitar
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a skull on a card labelled LA MORT, held by a hand above a geometric mandala, in a dotwork style.
Skull and hand tarot card on a forearm
Black linework flash design of a woman in a headscarf with a peony in her hair and a red skull outline across her lower face.
Headscarf woman with peony and skull face
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded skull with a snake coiled around it, on the side of a person's ribs.
Skull and snake tattoo on the ribs
Black ink flash design of a woman with long hair embracing a skeletal punk with a mohawk and eye patch, above a banner reading I AM YOURS.
Skull punk and woman with banner design
Full sleeve tattoo in grey shading on an upper arm and forearm, showing a skull, an alien-like figure and mechanical pipes and tubes.
Biomechanical skull sleeve on an arm
Illustrated skull design with feathers, a jewelled headpiece and a wreath of flowers and leaves on a pink background, shown as a drawn design rather than on skin.
Skull with feathers and flower wreath
Black and grey skull tattoo with a segmented spine trailing down the inside of an ear.
Skull and spine tattoo inside the ear
Black and grey realism drawing of a raven perched on a skull, with a scroll banner reading EXPENDABLE beneath it.
Raven perched on skull with banner
Two hands held together showing fine line tattoos on the back of the hand: a red queen with crown, Q and heart on one, and a black king with crown, skull, K and spade on the other.
Matching queen and king playing card hand tattoos
Flash drawing of a grey skull wearing a green paisley bandana, framed by green swirling vines on a white background.
Green bandana skull with swirling vines
Black and grey pen drawing of an ornate sugar skull wreathed in flowers and leaves, a flash design suited to a fine line or botanical style.
Ornate sugar skull with flowers
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing a graveyard scene with a pale zombie woman, a shambling figure, a dog, a skull and headstones in grey tones.
Zombie graveyard scene on a forearm
Illustrated design of two skulls framed by bronze Aztec-style ornaments and dark feathers on a black background, suited to a tattoo.
Aztec-style skulls with feather headdress
Traditional flash sheet on a cream background showing a hammer, a shield with banner, an Iron Man helmet with a rose, a spider with eye, an eagle with a cube, and a skull.
Traditional flash sheet of superhero designs
Colour tattoo of a skull wrapped in pink and yellow flowers, leaves and a butterfly, in a botanical style on the upper back.
Skull and flowers on upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red and white striped lighthouse with lightning bolts and waves on a man's upper arm, with a skull and nautical elements nearby.
Lighthouse and lightning sleeve on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with pearls, roses and scrollwork across the top of a foot.
Skull and roses on the top of a foot
Colourful cartoon pirate owl tattoo wearing a skull tricorn hat, eye patch and pink coat, holding a cutlass, on the thigh.
Pirate owl with cutlass and skull hat
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington with snowflakes on a blue background, shown on an arm in a neo-traditional style.
Jack Skellington and snowflakes on an arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of animal skulls with antlers and leaves on the outer thigh, in a botanical style.
Animal skulls and leaves on a thigh
Black and grey biomechanical full arm sleeve tattoo with skulls, pistons and engine parts, shown on the upper arm and forearm.
Biomechanical sleeve with skulls and pistons
Neo-traditional flash design of a green Frankenstein-style bride kissing a skull held up by a figure, framed by teal roses and a banner reading Made for You.
Frankenstein couple kiss with roses
Black and grey realism skull tattoo with red shading in the eye socket and mouth, placed on the upper back.
Realistic skull with red accents on upper back
Traditional style colour tattoo of a hand making an OK sign with a skull and spider web, two red roses with green leaves, and the words Shit's a OK, on skin.
Traditional hand, rose and lettering tattoo
Black line drawing of a woman with long hair and closed eyes, showing a Japanese-style sleeve of cherry blossoms, a koi-like fish and a skull on her arm.
Woman with Japanese-style sleeve and skull
Black and grey traditional style flash design of a skeletal-faced mermaid seated among roses and hibiscus flowers, with bones in her hair.
Skull mermaid with roses and hibiscus
Colour tattoo of a green zombie-style Hello Kitty character with red dripping blood, a purple dress and a spiderweb, with black bats, on a leg.
Zombie Hello Kitty tattoo on a leg
Black and grey design of a skull set within a spade shape on a worn playing card, rendered in a realistic style with no body placement shown.
Skull in an ace of spades card
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a skull with a snake coiling through it, on the forearm.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Black and grey poppy tattoo with stems and a bud running down a woman's upper arm, with a small skull and trumpet below, in a botanical and traditional style.
Poppies with skull and trumpet on upper arm
Pencil and ink line drawings of three perfume bottles with atomiser bulbs and tassels on a sketchbook page, one bottle with a skull label washed in pink.
Three perfume bottle designs in a sketchbook
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with a red rose on top, on the back of a lower leg above a glittery high-heeled shoe.
Sugar skull and rose on a calf
Close view of a traditional style skull and rose tattoo with green leaves on the forearm of a person in a white lace robe, hands clasped.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Black ink flash design of a snarling wolf head flanked by two skulls, leaves and radiating daggers, drawn in Neo-trad and Dotwork style.
Wolf head with skulls and daggers
Colour realism tattoo of a zombie nurse wearing a red cross cap, with skulls and an eye, across the calf and ankle.
Zombie nurse and skulls on a leg
Black and grey realistic hourglass tattoo with a skeletal figure and skull, shown across the back.
Hourglass with skull across the back