Skull tattoo ideas

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Four photographs of a black and grey dotwork and geometric leg sleeve on the lower leg, showing a skull with an eye, a stacked spine motif and a mandala on the calf.
Skull, eye and mandala leg sleeve
Colour traditional tattoos on a woman's leg and forearm, including a heart, a chrysanthemum and a skull, shown against white bedding.
Traditional colour tattoos on legs and forearms
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a snarling bear in a feathered headdress above a skull and beaded necklace, on a lower leg.
Bear in feathered headdress with skull on a calf
Colour realism tattoo of a woman in a white headdress with closed eyes beside a tiger, on a calf, being worked on by a tattooist in blue gloves.
Realism portrait with tiger on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with roses and pocket watches on a lower leg, shown from two angles.
Skull, roses and pocket watches on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoos covering a bent leg, including a skull with a Before Dishonor banner, a swallow, a peacock and a pin-up head on the lower thigh.
Traditional leg sleeve with skulls and swallows
Black and grey rose, skull and script tattoo covering the outer thigh and calf of a woman wearing grey shorts and white trainers.
Rose and skull leg sleeve with script
Realistic black and grey calf tattoo of a woman's face merging into a skull, with an eagle's head below.
Woman, skull and eagle on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe beside a red heart pierced by an arrow, on a lower leg.
Grim reaper with scythe and heart on a calf
Colour rose and grey linework hand tattoo on a person's lower left leg, with legs resting on a car dashboard and a camera in the lap.
Rose and hand tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo of Sally and Jack Skellington's split face on a calf, drawn in a bold outlined cartoon style.
Sally and Jack split face on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo sleeve on a calf showing a velociraptor, a triceratops, a tyrannosaurus head and a volcanic sunset over water.
Dinosaur scene sleeve on a calf
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, sitting on the back of a calf.
Jack and Sally on a calf
Two raised legs in black platform sandals show traditional tattoos of red roses, a skull and a sun on the thighs and calves, against floral wallpaper.
Traditional tattoos across both legs
Solid black traditional-style tattoo of a skull in profile, with the word HAHA inside the brain area, on a lower leg.
Skull in profile with HAHA on a calf
Black and grey shaded feline skull tattoo with two fangs on the calf, outlined with a thin teal edge.
Feline skull tattoo on a calf
Two colour sugar skull tattoos wearing grey crowns, one on each calf, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Twin sugar skulls with crowns on calves
Colour neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with avocado eyes, onion rings, chilli peppers and a lime wedge, on a leg.
Sugar skull made of avocado, onion and chilli
Realism style skull wearing a gold crown above a grey banner reading True till death, tattooed on a calf in mixed grey and colour ink.
Skull and crown with banner on a calf
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing a skull-faced figure embracing a long-haired figure with stitched limbs, seated on a chair.
Skull-faced and stitched doll figures on a calf
Colour biomechanical skull with a coiled spine tattoo on a lower leg, set against red and grey shading in a realistic style.
Biomechanical skull and spine on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull with a red rose, paintbrush and spray can on a lower leg.
Skull, rose and paintbrush on a calf
Bold black and red tattoo of a skull with a gunman in silhouette, set against a red flame outline, on a person's calf.
Punisher skull and gunman on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with two daggers above it and dripping blood below, on a calf.
Skull and daggers on a calf
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on a thigh and calf, showing a lion head, daisies, a pocket watch, a skull and lettering.
Lion and flower leg sleeve with pocket watch
Black and grey traditional grim reaper skull with star-shaped eyes and dotwork shading, above the words SING ME TO SLEEP, on a lower leg.
Grim reaper with lettering on a calf
Realism style black and grey skull tattoo with a red rose and handwritten script on a lower leg, with a clock face above.
Skull, clock and rose on a calf
Colour tattoo of a skull made from two fried eggs with orange yolk eyes and crossed bacon strips below, on a calf.
Fried egg skull with crossed bacon
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass with a skull, red roses, leaves and an eye with falling tears, on a lower leg.
Traditional hourglass with skull and eye on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo on a calf showing a large skull, a pistol, roses, banknotes and a hooded figure, photographed indoors on a carpet.
Skull, roses and hooded figure on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with red roses and a diamond, on a lower leg, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Owl and sugar skull on a calf
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a skull wearing a bowler hat, on a person's calf.
Skull in a bowler hat on a calf
Outlined skull tattoo in red and blue on a calf, with the two colours offset to create a doubled, misregistered effect.
Red and blue skull on a calf
Traditional style flower and rose tattoos cover a person's forearms, upper arms, thighs and calves, with their hands resting on a seated dog.
Floral tattoos on legs and arms with a dog
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an animal skull with long canine teeth, with an arrow running vertically through it, on a person's lower leg.
Animal skull pierced by an arrow on a calf
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo on a lower leg, with cracked bone detail and angular shapes above it.
Cracked skull on lower leg
Realistic colour tattoo on a lower leg of a skull wearing a green beret with a badge, set over crossed daggers, red and yellow lightning bolts and a bullet.
Skull in green beret with crossed daggers on calf
Rear view of a person on a skateboard with a large traditional-style mushroom and skull tattoo on the back, script across the shoulders, and panda and figure tattoos on the calves.
Back, arm and leg tattoos on a skateboarder
Realistic grey skull with red cherry blossom outlines on a lower leg, shaded in black and grey with a cracked skin texture.
Realistic skull and cherry blossoms on a calf
Realism tattoo on a calf of a woman's face, half skull, with a clock face with Roman numerals behind her head and a blue and orange butterfly wing over one eye.
Clock and skull portrait on a calf
Colour tattoo of a deer skull with antlers and a green eye inside a red-outlined triangle, on a calf in a neo-traditional and realism style.
Deer skull and eye in a triangle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing ship in stormy clouds inside an ornate oval frame with a skull below, on a calf.
Sailing ship in ornate frame on a calf
Realism tattoo of a snarling skull wrapped in dark flames and smoke, with red and grey shading, on the calf.
Skull with flames on a lower leg
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe in front of an orange sun, on the calf.
Grim reaper with scythe on a calf
Realism tattoo of a shaded grey rose above a skull with glowing orange eye sockets and nose, on the calf.
Skull and rose on a calf
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a hooded grim reaper holding a glass object with wisps of smoke, on a calf.
Grim reaper with smoke on a lower leg
Black ink blackwork tattoo of a sugar skull built from a bicycle, chainrings and a chain, on a calf.
Sugar skull made of bicycle parts on a calf
Realistic cat head with fangs resting on a skull, with red brushstrokes and black and teal ink splashes, tattooed on a lower leg.
Cat and skull with red and black splashes on a leg