Skull tattoo ideas

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Traditional style skull tattoo with a sri yantra geometric design above it on the forearm, in orange, pink, black and grey ink.
Skull and sri yantra on a forearm
Realistic coloured tattoo of an Ewok with an orange hood on the upper arm, with a tribal design and a skull tattoo nearby.
Ewok tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crowned skull holding a sword across a full sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Crowned skull with sword on a full upper arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with ornate filigree, long hair, smoke and a decorated pistol across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skull woman with pistol on upper arm
Four flash designs on black in orange and yellow: a black cat, a skull with diamonds, a bat beneath a spiderweb and an owl in front of a moon, drawn in a bold vintage style.
Halloween flash sheet: cat, skull, bat and owl
Black and grey two-panel tattoo on an upper arm in an engraved style, showing scales and a solid polyhedron on the left and a skeleton holding an hourglass above a skull on the right.
Two-panel engraving tattoo on an upper arm
Two forearm tattoos: a black and grey Jack Skellington skull on a key shape on the right arm, and a teal and pink padlock on the left arm.
Jack Skellington and lock forearm tattoos
Two tattoos side by side: a black and grey Jack Skellington key on the upper arm, and a colour heart-shaped padlock with patchwork panels on the upper back, both in a traditional style.
Jack Skellington key and patchwork heart padlock
Black and grey back tattoo in traditional style, with Latin script, stars, dice, cherries, strawberries and a skull in a flower, spread across the upper and lower back.
Back piece of dice, cherries and Latin script
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with a snake coiled through it, shown on the outer forearm.
Skull and snake on a forearm
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
Five views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing Jesus with a crown of thorns, skulls, roses, a praying figure and an eye.
Black and grey realism full sleeve with religious and skull
Black and grey ink drawing of a skull with gothic castles in the eye sockets, pine trees on the left and small tombstones on the teeth.
Gothic castles inside a skull drawing
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with the numbers 666 above the eye sockets, covering the back of a hand.
Realistic skull with 666 on the hand
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of skulls, lotus flowers and smoke on an upper arm and forearm, shown from three angles.
Skulls and flowers full sleeve
Black fine line tattoo of a Norse-style compass with rune-like marks, an arrow and a small skull on a forearm.
Norse compass, arrow and skull on forearm
Black ink flash design of a flying saucer beaming light onto a brain above a skull, with the words Losing My Mind lettered beneath.
UFO beaming onto a brain above a skull
Greyscale skull with red-tinted flowers and a lily tattooed across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, shown in a botanical style with soft shading.
Skull and flowers across shoulder and upper arm
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
Line drawing of a skull styled as a stormtrooper helmet, shaded with black hatching and red and cream tones on a plain grey background.
Skull in a stormtrooper helmet design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a dinosaur skull with a rose and leaves on the upper arm or thigh.
Dinosaur skull and rose on an upper limb
Black line drawing of a traditional style tattoo design showing a scroll banner reading Death before decaf, two roses and a teacup with a skull and crossbones.
Death before decaf banner with roses and teacup
Two side-by-side tattoo flash drawings: a skull with a wrapped bone-like form above it, and a skeletal hand, both in a neo-traditional style with watercolour washes and black splatter.
Two skeletal bone designs with ink splatter
Tattoo of an animal skull with green leaves and pale pink roses on the upper arm and shoulder, shown on a woman in a purple top.
Animal skull and roses on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a Roman numeral clock face and an eye, with a bare tree and birds, on an upper arm.
Skull, clock and eye on upper arm
Black silhouette design of a pirate skull wearing a tricorn hat with a crossbones emblem, an eye patch and a bandana, drawn as a stencil-style flash design.
Pirate skull stencil with crossbones
Realistic skull tattoo in shaded greys and reds on the back of a hand, with partial script tattoos above the wrist.
Realistic skull tattoo on the hand
Traditional colour flash sheet of Halloween designs including a vampire, witch hat, jack-o-lantern, poison bottles, candy corn and a severed head with a knife.
Halloween traditional flash sheet
Large grey ink back tattoo of an ornate skull with a seated Buddha in its centre, flanked by winged figures and a mandala above.
Ornamental skull and seated Buddha across a back
Coloured traditional-style illustration of a woman in profile with a swallow and diamond on her neck and chest and a skull on her upper arm.
Traditional-style woman with swallow, diamond and skull
Black and grey linework tattoo of a pterosaur skeleton with mushrooms and a flower spanning the upper chest and shoulders.
Pterosaur skeleton and mushrooms across chest
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a bird skull with a long beak, surrounded by orchids and leaves, on the inner forearm.
Bird skull with orchids on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a skull on an upright arrow with overlapping circles and a small flower, on the inner forearm.
Skull and arrow with circles on a forearm
Traditional style tattoos of a frog, an ice cream cone and a rose on the upper arm and forearm, with a skull on the other upper arm.
Frog, ice cream and skull tattoos on arms
Black and grey engraved flash of two skulls, one in a top hat and tailcoat and one in a feathered bonnet, drawn in fine hatched linework on a white background.
Two Victorian skulls in top hat and feathered bonnet
Traditional flash drawing of a pin-up woman in a red outfit seated in a martini glass above a skull and crossbones, with the words Sailor Beware and musical notes.
Pin-up in a martini glass over a skull
Black ink line drawing of a woman with flowing hair and a third eye, holding a skull, with two bats above, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo flash design on paper.
Woman with skull and bats design
Forearm tattoo of an ornamental animal skull with dotwork swirls, surrounded by red poppies and buds in a botanical style.
Animal skull and poppies on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with a money bag, banknotes, diamonds, stars and music notes on the upper arm, shown from three angles.
Skull, money bag and diamonds on upper arm
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
Hand-drawn sheet on squared paper showing many small line symbols, including an ankh, eye, skull, owl, lion, dreamcatcher and mountains, as possible tattoo designs.
Hand-drawn sheet of small tattoo symbols
Flash-style drawing of a skull wreathed in pink blossoms, leaves, a butterfly and a hummingbird, in muted pastel washes and black ink on a cream background.
Skull with blossoms and butterfly
Traditional style colour tattoo of a skull-topped cupcake with a red bow and the words Cut cake not wrists, with a small pink flower beside it, on a forearm.
Skull cupcake with lettering on forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a geisha holding a katana with a snake coiled around it, surrounded by cherry blossoms, flames and a skull, in a Japanese style design.
Geisha with katana and snake flash
Black and grey script lettering runs down a man's side over the ribs, while another man's arm shows a realistic skull sleeve from upper arm to forearm.
Script on ribs and skull sleeve on arm
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
A traditional flash sheet printed in cream on navy blue, showing a sheet of tattoo designs including a skull eagle crest, pistols, roses, a shark, a snake and a woman's bust.
Traditional flash sheet in cream on navy
Traditional style flash drawing of a sailing ship framed by red roses, a yellow butterfly and crabs, drawn on paper.
Ship, roses and butterfly flash design