Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a hooded winged angel holding a skull, spread across the full back.
Winged hooded figure holding a skull on back
Black ink flash sheet of many small fine line doodle tattoo designs, including eyes, stars, a moon, a skull and a bicycle, on a grey background.
Stick 'N' Poke doodle flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a stag beetle with a skull and two faces overlaid on its body, set within a circle and dashed triangles.
Stag beetle with skull and faces design
Black and grey pencil drawing of two realistic skulls framed by roses and leaves, shown as a tattoo design sketch with no body placement.
Two skulls with roses design
Black ink drawing of a tiger curled into a circle, with bold stripes and a skull-like shape formed in the negative space, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Curled tiger design in black ink
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven perched on a grey skull, with red flowers and green leaves, on a lower leg.
Raven on a skull with red flowers on a calf
Black and grey tattoo covering a forearm, with the word Money in script, a skull, smoky shapes and bare branches, reaching down toward the hand.
Black and grey skull and smoke forearm sleeve
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a shaded skull, an ornate pistol and a red rose with white swirling flourishes, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Skull, pistol and rose design
Traditional black and grey flash sheet showing four moth designs, two with skulls on their bodies, held up by a hand against a wooden floor.
Four moth designs on a flash sheet
Purple and teal illustration of a skull and crossbones filled with traditional tattoo flash motifs such as roses, swallows, stars and banners.
Skull and crossbones with traditional flash motifs
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a skull in a military helmet with crossed guns and an OVERKILL banner on a forearm, shown beside its printed design.
Skull helmet and crossed guns on a forearm
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a sugar skull woman with a rose, an hourglass and a skull.
Sugar skull woman and rose sleeve
Colour leg sleeve tattoo on a calf showing a skeleton character, jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts and a full moon in a neo-traditional style.
Nightmare Before Christmas leg sleeve
Black and grey ornamental sugar skull tattoos on the side of two fingers, with a ring visible on a third finger.
Sugar skull tattoos on two fingers
Colour tattoo of a sleeping white rabbit with pink dripping icing, resting on a donut decorated with skulls, shown on a area of pale skin.
Sleeping bunny on a skull-topped donut
Full back tattoo of a snake coiled around a skull with waves and clouds, in grey shading with small orange accents, placed across the back.
Snake and skull full back piece
Black and grey skull wearing a feathered headdress, tattooed on the upper arm in a stippled dotwork style.
Skull in feathered headdress on upper arm
Flash design of a snarling wolf wearing a red cap with stylised lettering, beside a black circle with crossbones and paint drips, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Snarling wolf in a red cap
Black and white flash drawing of a skull wearing a peaked cap, with the lower face covered by a bandana printed with the American flag.
Skull in cap with American flag bandana
Black and grey tattoo of a longhorn skull wreathed in roses and leaves, sitting on the outer thigh of a person in denim shorts.
Longhorn skull and roses on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with red roses and swirling linework on a man's upper arm and shoulder, worn beneath a white vest top.
Sugar skull and roses on upper arm
Solid black skull tattoo on the upper arm with a row of standing figure silhouettes in the jaw area, in blackwork style.
Skull with figure silhouettes on upper arm
Black and grey realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a woman's portrait, an angel wing and a skull.
Realistic sleeve with woman, wing and skull
Neo-traditional flash design of a green zombie hand gripping a red rose, with two curled banners and a small skull at the lower left.
Zombie hand holding a red rose with banners
Full back tattoo in realistic colour showing masked figures, a clown face, a skull and a gas mask, with tattooed sleeves visible at the sides.
Full back piece of masked figures and a clown
Two tattooed people in a Japanese style: a woman with a grey oni mask on her stomach and a man with a full colour sleeve and an oni mask on his chest.
Two people with Japanese style tattoo sleeves and torsos
Traditional style tattoos of a pin-up figure, a red rose and a skull on a woman's upper arm and forearm, with a black slogan tank top.
Pin-up, rose and skull tattoos on an arm
Black and grey comic-panel tattoo on a forearm showing a skull-faced figure reaching toward a dark silhouette, with speech bubble text above.
Comic panel skeleton on forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a hooded figure, a skull and clouds, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Full sleeve with hooded figure and skull
Black and grey vintage-style flash sheet showing a key, crown, stag, anchor, butterfly, teacup, sailing ship, fox, camera, swallow and arrows, with no tattoo on skin.
Vintage flash sheet of keys, crown, ship and fox
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with a unicorn horn and flowing mane on the forearm of a person with a black top and studded wristband.
Unicorn skull on a forearm
Black and grey realism skull and rose tattoo across a person's stomach, with more tattoos on the arm and side and a red ruffled bikini.
Skull and roses across the stomach
Pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face make-up, long wavy hair, roses, a chain and a small skull, shown as a design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Sugar skull portrait with roses
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an owl with a skull above it, a moth, a crescent moon, antlers and crossed bones, rendered in dotwork and linework.
Owl, skull and moth tattoo design drawing
A neo-traditional skull design drawn on paper, framed by grey scrollwork and red panels with dotted borders, with pens lying nearby.
Skull with scrollwork in neo-trad style
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a stag beetle with a skull and two female faces at its centre, set within a circle and triangles.
Stag beetle with skull and faces
Black and grey traditional flash sheet with a skull and rose, crescent moon, anatomical heart, eye, horseshoe and clover designs.
Black and grey traditional flash sheet
Black and grey pencil drawing of a skull in side profile wearing a helmet with a large star, a realism-style tattoo design.
Skull in a star helmet, side profile
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with flowing hair and birds above, sitting on the upper thigh.
Sugar skull woman on thigh
Traditional style flash sheet of many small coloured tattoo designs, including hearts, roses, daggers, pin-ups and animals, all lettered with True Love and framed by TATTOO at the top and bottom.
True Love traditional flash sheet
Coloured flash design of a white skull wearing a red fez and bow tie, with a tattoo machine and the word Geronimo on a gold banner, on a pale blue background.
Skull with fez, bow tie and tattoo machine
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm, with a skull, roses, a clock, a microphone and text banners, running from shoulder to wrist.
Black and grey skull full sleeve
Black and grey traditional flash design of an hourglass reading TEMPUS FUGIT, with a sailing ship in the top bulb and a skull in the bottom bulb.
Hourglass with skull and ship
Seamless black and white line pattern of traditional flash motifs, including hearts with banners, daggers, a skull, an eye, a diamond, an anchor and an eight ball.
Traditional flash pattern of hearts, daggers and skulls
Black and grey flash design of two skulls with wings above a shield, with a sword running down the centre, and a second design of crossed swords around an empty shield.
Winged skulls, sword and shield design
Black and grey tattoo of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas inside an ornate scrolled frame with skulls, on the side of a person's ribs.
Jack and Sally in an ornate frame on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with water droplets above a wolf's head on a forearm, photographed outdoors on artificial grass.
Skull and wolf realism on a forearm
Illustrated flash design of a grey skull with red roses, barbed wire and a sword across a cross shape, on a black background.
Skull, roses and barbed wire design