Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey dotwork drawing of a skull in an ornate oval frame, with a rosary, cross and roses scattered across the page.
Skull in ornate frame with rosary
Fine line black tattoo of a skull-faced dog with swirling flourishes on the calf.
Skull-faced dog with swirls on a calf
Pencil drawing of nine skull details framed in a honeycomb of hexagons, a design sketch for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Skulls arranged in a honeycomb hexagon grid
Traditional-style flash design of a skull with red roses and green leaves, wrapped in cream scroll banners carrying script lettering.
Skull and roses with scroll banners
Two clasped hands, each ring finger carrying a black band tattoo of angular geometric marks, with grey skulls in the background.
Matching band tattoos on two ring fingers
Black and grey back tattoo of a skull breaking through cracked stone blocks, shown on a man lying face down on a white treatment table.
Skull and fragmented stone back piece
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a black umbrella with raindrops, with the words IT ALWAYS FUCKING RAINS above, on a person's calf.
Grim reaper with umbrella on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with a woman's figure, long hair and arm, on a limb in a close-up photograph.
Skull and woman silhouette in realism
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull in profile with orange roses and green leaves, shown on skin in a close photograph.
Sugar skull with roses
Close-up of a finger with the words Trick or Treat in pale script lettering beside a small skull tattoo, in a fine line style.
Trick or treat script and skull on a finger
Black and grey death's head hawkmoth tattoo with shaded wings and a skull-like marking on the thorax, placed on the forearm.
Death's head hawkmoth on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a death's-head moth with a skull on its thorax and striped wings, shown as a flash design on paper with no body placement.
Death's-head moth with skull design
Colourful sugar skull design with round ears, floral patterns, heart-shaped eyes and roses on a black background, drawn as a flash-style illustration.
Sugar skull with round ears and roses
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing the outline of Louisiana filled with a skull, with teal flowers, leaves and an orange sun.
Louisiana state outline with skull and flowers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose merged with a skull on the inner forearm of a person wearing a light t-shirt.
Rose and skull on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a full skeleton with a skull and laurel wreath, on the inner forearm.
Skeleton and laurel wreath on a forearm
Close photograph of a small black and grey skull tattoo at the base of a finger, with a fading wavy line running along the finger.
Skull and wave line on a finger
Colour tattoo on a thigh of a skull formed from roses and daisies, with a black and grey butterfly and a purple and teal starry galaxy inside the skull.
Skull of roses and daisies with galaxy fill on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull in an hourglass with a chain and lightning background, on a forearm.
Skull hourglass on a forearm
Coloured pen drawing of a skull formed from butterflies, a daisy, leaves and vines, a tattoo flash design.
Skull of butterflies and flowers
Black ink line drawing of a skull with botanical foliage, a bee in an oval frame and the words Taurus and let none be the noose, drawn as a tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Skull, foliage and bee Taurus flash design
Black line drawing flash of a woman with a bun and a skeleton man embracing inside an oval rope frame, with roses and leaves below.
Skeleton couple embracing in a rope frame
Black and grey tattoos of roses and a skull on a woman's upper arm and forearm, with a dark band tattoo on the wrist, while she wears a black sleeveless dress.
Rose and skull tattoos on an arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a ram skull above an animal face with a faded purple circle behind, on the outer thigh.
Ram skull and animal face on thigh
Black and grey dotwork flash design of a woman with flowing hair, a starfish, bubbles and a skull on her cheek, drawn in ink on textured paper.
Woman with starfish and skull, dotwork design
Traditional colour tattoo of a shaded skull over crossed bones and a red shield, with script reading In My Darkest Hour, on the upper back.
Skull and crossed bones with script on upper back
Black ink flash design reading One for the road, surrounded by feathers, a kookaburra, a moon, a sun, wattle, a fish, a bottle, an eye and animal skulls, drawn in fine line with stippled shading.
One for the road tattoo flash design
Black and grey circular flash design of an apple with a skull face and a blackletter quote around the ring, with no placement on the body shown.
Skull apple badge with blackletter quote
Black and white photo of two thigh tattoos: a sketchy pocket watch with a banner on the left thigh and a shaded skull on the right thigh.
Skull and pocket watch tattoos on thighs
Traditional style sleeve tattoo on a limb, showing a skull with red roses, a pink rose, diamonds and yellow flowers in bold colour.
Traditional skull and rose sleeve
White stylised skull design on a black background, with angular brow and nose detail and a toothy grin, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Stylised skull design in white on black
Three views of a black and grey skull tattoo with red splashes and lines of text on an upper arm sleeve.
Skull and red splashes on upper arm sleeve
Black and grey flash design of a skull inside an outlined heart with a dotted border, shaded with stipple, shown without a body placement.
Skull within a dotted heart
Black and grey drawing of a skull filled with bold tribal patterns, spirals and woven shapes, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Tribal-patterned skull design
Colour tattoo of a red apple shaped as a skull with blue dripping ink and a purple watercolour splash, neo-traditional style, on the side of the ribs.
Apple skull with blue drips on the side
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a skull with branches and a rose on the forearm.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cartoon pony with a pink mane and a skull on its flank, with a green butterfly and orange and teal swirls, on the leg.
Cartoon pony with skull and swirls on a leg
Colour tattoo of a hummingbird on a branch with pink peonies, green leaves, a beaded chain, a skull and a key, on an upper arm.
Hummingbird, peonies and key on an upper arm
Black and grey full arm sleeve tattoo of a diver in a vintage helmet, a skull and boxy machinery, shown from three angles across the upper arm, forearm and hand.
Diver, skull and machinery full arm sleeve
Flash design of a geisha with a red peony in her hair above a skull wearing a samurai helmet, in a Japanese style with grey shading and red accents.
Geisha and skull in samurai helmet
Black and grey drawing of a cartoon white cat wearing a bow with a small skull, a lingerie-style outfit with fishnet detail and holding a whip.
Cartoon cat with skull bow in black and grey
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull overlaid with a Roman numeral clock face and handwritten script, on the upper arm.
Skull and clock face on an upper arm
Black blackwork tattoo of a skeletal creature with a long curling spine-like tail, placed on the side of the ribs.
Skeletal creature with a curled tail on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a green-hatted skull with yellow shamrocks and a black hat band, on the upper arm, in a traditional style.
Green top hat skull with shamrocks on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of floral swirls and vines on the side of a torso above the hip, with a jeans waistband and rhinestone skull buckle visible.
Black floral swirl tattoo on the side of the torso
Red line drawing of a skull with an eyepatch and crossed blades, dripping blood, above the words If you dare hurt my friends, I won't forgive you.
Skull with eyepatch and crossed blades
Floral skull tattoo on the outer thigh, built from black and grey botanical patterns with pink roses and teal accents.
Floral skull on a thigh
Colour tattoo of Jack Skellington beside two carved pumpkins with pale smoke swirls, across the side of the ribs.
Jack Skellington and pumpkins on ribs