Skull tattoo ideas

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Flash design of a horned helmeted skull with two purple roses and a cream banner with lettering, in neo-traditional style with speckled shading.
Horned helmet skull with roses and banner
Black and grey skull tattoo with a mandala, roses and leaves on a forearm, in ornamental dotwork and fine line.
Skull and mandala on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a compass rose with scrollwork above a skull on a forearm, with dotwork shading.
Compass rose and skull on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull with open jaws on the forearm.
T-rex skull on a forearm
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a wolf, skeletons, a bird, an eye, a snake and a crescent moon.
Engraved skeleton and beast scene on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a human skull held by a hand rising from a scalloped cuff, placed on the thigh.
Skull held in a hand on a thigh
Black and white stippled flash design of a skull over crossed bones, an all-seeing eye in a triangle, a dollar sign, a hand and a 40 oz bottle on a banner, in dotwork style.
Skull, crossbones and 40 oz bottle design
Black and grey flash sheet of gothic tattoo designs including a moth, owl, ghost, coffin, dagger, cat and crossed bones, drawn in dotwork and bold outlines.
Black and grey gothic flash sheet
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
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 and grey dotwork and traditional tattoos on a forearm and hand, including a large bee, planets, a dotted constellation and crystals.
Bee, planets and crystals on forearm and hand
Two matching black and grey fine line tattoos on a pair of forearms, one showing a stag head and one a deer skull, both inside thin geometric circles.
Matching stag and skull tattoos on forearms
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 ink dotwork drawing of a skull inside a geometric mandala design, shown in two side-by-side views, with no placement on the body.
Skull within a dotwork mandala
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
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
Black ink drawing of a skull in side profile wearing a feathered headdress, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Skull in feathered headdress, side profile
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull inside overlapping geometric circles and fine lines, with a small bee below, on a forearm.
Skull with geometric circles and a bee on a forearm
Black ink flash design of a lion skull with a windswept mane, dotted accents and leaves beneath, with the word Leo and a short line of text below.
Lion skull with flowing mane and leaves
Black dotwork drawing of a skull framed by a mandala and scrolling ornament, a tattoo design with no placement shown.
Skull within a dotwork mandala
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo design with rose-filled eye sockets, flowers, a cross and scrollwork, shown as a drawing with no body part visible.
Black and grey sugar skull with roses
Pen drawing of a chimpanzee wearing a skull as a hat, with a brain and wispy tendrils above, shown as a tattoo design in black and grey stippling.
Chimpanzee with skull and brain drawing
Black ink drawing of a horned wolf with a third eye resting above a stippled skull, with a feather beside it, in a dotwork style.
Horned wolf and skull design
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo design of an owl with a sugar skull face, flanked by small flowers on a plain background.
Owl and sugar skull design
Dotwork mandala tattoo on the upper back with blue teardrop panels holding white lightning bolt, triangle, skull and animal motifs around a lotus centre.
Mandala with blue symbol panels on upper back
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 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 traditional style tattoo of a skull with a snake coiling through it, on the forearm.
Skull and snake 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
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
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
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
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a skull with branches and a rose on the forearm.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Black and white dotwork and hatched drawing of a skull wearing a ribbed knitted beanie, shown on a white background.
Skull in a knitted beanie
Black and grey dotwork flash drawing of a skeleton resting its head on one hand while holding a steaming mug in the other.
Skeleton resting head on hand with steaming mug
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with a skull framed by roses, leaves, lace motifs and dotted chains, shown on paper with no body placement.
Skull, roses and lace design on paper
Black and grey dotwork skull tattoo on a shoulder, with a scalloped crown filled with raindrop dots and wave lines.
Skull with raindrops on the shoulder
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a horned animal skull with leaves and flowers on the upper arm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Horned animal skull and leaves on upper arm
Black and grey dagger piercing a shaded skull in front of a shield-shaped banner, tattooed on the calf.
Dagger and skull on a calf
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
Black and grey flash sheet of tattoo designs including a pipe, key, skull cameo, feather, tobacco tin, compass, pocket knife, matchbox and honeycomb, set on a dotted background.
Flash sheet of pipe, key, skull and feather
Linework tattoo on a thigh combining a wireframe cube, an eye within a compass, a skull, a crescent moon and a red sunburst.
Geometric skull and all-seeing eye on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork sugar skull surrounded by mandala and lotus florals on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull with mandala florals on thigh
Black and grey skull hourglass tattoo with stippled shading and hatched linework on the inner forearm.
Skull hourglass on a forearm
Black ink flash sheet of traditional-style designs including hands, daggers, a skull, a rose and a candle, drawn on white paper.
Black ink flash sheet of hands, daggers and skulls
Black and grey traditional cat skull tattoo with dotwork shading and bold outlines, on a limb with other tattoos partly visible at the edges.
Cat skull tattoo in black and grey
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a tarot-style card labelled LA MORT with a skull, a hand holding the card edge, and a mandala below.
La Mort tarot skull and hand on forearm