Skull tattoo ideas

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Two mirrored black and grey dinosaur skull tattoos with fern fronds across the upper chest and shoulders.
Twin dinosaur skulls with ferns on chest
Pen and watercolour tattoo design drawn on paper, showing a skull, a woman's face, roses and flowing hair, being inked by hand.
Skull, roses and woman design drawing
Greyscale pencil drawing of a human skull blending into a rose with curling petals, shown as a tattoo design on paper with no body placement.
Skull and rose pencil drawing
Three black and grey dotwork tattoos: a skull with peonies and a fern on the thigh, a moth over a split skull on the upper arm, and a skull with leaves on the upper arm.
Skulls with peonies, fern and moth tattoos
Coloured drawing of a raven perched on a skull among red roses, with a bee and a blue butterfly, in a detailed botanical realism style.
Raven, skull and roses design
Black and grey botanical and ornamental tattoos on a woman's thighs, with a skull and mandala on the left thigh and leaves on the right, above denim cut-off shorts.
Skull and mandala tattoos on both thighs
Black and grey line drawing of a horned animal skull framed by roses and leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Horned skull with roses design
Black ink drawing of a longhorn bull skull flanked by roses and feathers on a pale background, shown as a tattoo design.
Bull skull with roses and feathers
Black ink flash drawing of a skull wrapped in leaves above a large peony, with dotwork shading in the eye sockets, on white paper.
Skull and peony flash drawing
Black linework flash design of an ornate sugar skull flanked by roses and leaves on a cream background, in a traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Sugar skull with roses flash design
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull framed by purple peonies and green leaves on the upper arm of a woman in a white crop top.
Skull and purple peonies on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo of chrysanthemum-style flowers, leaves and berries on a hip and upper thigh, with a skull shaded among the blooms.
Black and grey florals on hip and thigh
Pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing a horned skull with a pink rose, leaves, pearl strands and a small bird, with a pencil beside it.
Skull and pink rose tattoo sketch
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a ram skull and a deer skull with antlers, framed by leaves and a flower, on the outer thigh.
Animal skulls and leaves on a thigh
Black and grey drawing of a sugar skull with diamond-shaped eyes, framed by two roses and leaves, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with roses design
Two black and grey forearm tattoos in a traditional style: a hanging flower with leaves on the left, and a skull within an ace of spades playing card with a skeletal hand on the right.
Flower and ace of spades skull on forearms
Woman lying on a white bed showing a black and grey mandala and a red rose with feather detail tattooed on her thigh and hip, in a Geometric and Botanical style.
Mandala, rose and feather tattoos on thigh and hip
Pen sketch of a birdcage with a songbird and roses in a fine line botanical style, drawn on paper as a tattoo design.
Birdcage, bird and roses design sketch
Pencil-style drawing of a deer skull with antlers wrapped in purple and yellow flowers and green ivy, on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design.
Deer skull with antlers and flowers
Painted flash design of two skeletons seated among pink cherry blossom branches and green bamboo leaves on a white background.
Two skeletons among cherry blossoms
Colour tattoo of an animal skull with red poppies and green fern fronds on the side of a person's ribs, in a neo-traditional style.
Animal skull with poppies on ribs
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo with red poppies, a bird, a skull and German text, shown from two angles on an arm.
Bird, poppies and skull full sleeve
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with large orange lilies, skulls and green leaves on a dark background.
Orange lily and skull full sleeve
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an animal skull with antlers, poppies, roses and lavender on the outer thigh.
Animal skull and flowers on a thigh
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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 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
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
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 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 sketch-style tattoo of a skull with branches and a rose on the forearm.
Skull and rose on a forearm
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 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
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 illustration of a botanical sleeve design with a golden skull, pink roses, green vines and blue butterflies, shown beside a character with a tattooed upper arm and forearm.
Skull, roses and butterflies sleeve design