Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird skull inside a pale diamond lattice on a forearm, with the Roman numeral VII above and Fig. 1 below.
Bird skull in a diamond outline on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a winged skull with four roses and leaves, drawn as a neo-traditional tattoo design on a spiral sketchbook page.
Winged skull with roses sketch
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo covering the back of a hand, with a tribal pattern continuing up the forearm.
Shaded skull on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of a cartoon hedgehog in a jacket holding a lantern and a skull, in a neo-traditional style on skin.
Hedgehog with a lantern and skull
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with bicycle wheel eyes, a red sawtooth halo and two lines of lettering, on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with bicycle eyes on a thigh
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
Stippled dotwork illustration of a skull with diamond eyes, a compass rose on the brow, roses and flowers, and a ribbon banner, in peach on dark teal.
Skull with roses and compass design
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a large skull beside a woman's face in profile, with a skeletal hand around her neck, across the upper back.
Skull and woman's profile on a back piece
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a skull wearing a feathered headdress, covering the upper back.
Skull in feather headdress across a back
Black stencil design of a gnarled, leafless tree with a skull in its trunk, shown on a white card against a dark green backdrop.
Gnarled dead tree with skull stencil
Black ink line drawing of a side-facing skull wearing a feathered headdress with a heart-shaped pendant, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull in feathered headdress line drawing
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
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with ornamental shading on an upper arm, photographed at a steep angle.
Realistic skull on an upper arm
Design of a skull in a samurai helmet with crossed katana, pink flowers and an oni mask, in a Japanese style.
Samurai skull with katanas and flowers
Black ink skull above the words DEAD MEN DON'T BITE, tattooed on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey t-shirt.
Skull with Dead Men Don't Bite on upper arm
Black and grey shaded skull tattoo with vine details covering the back of a hand against a black background.
Shaded skull with vines on the back of a hand
Black and grey tattoo of a raven perched on a shaded skull with exposed teeth, on freckled skin.
Raven perched on a skull
Traditional flash design of a madonna-style figure in a black cloak with stars and fishnet stockings, framed by red roses, two cherubs, a skull and a banner reading Our Lady of Derby.
Our Lady of Derby flash with roses and skull
Embroidered traditional-style design of a green cactus growing from a skull above a red sun and mesa silhouettes, with the words DON'T BE A PRICK, shown in a wooden frame against a brick wall.
Cactus and skull design in a wooden frame
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a skull with pink heart eyes, pink dice and nautical stars across the top of a foot, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Skull, dice and nautical stars on a foot
Full-colour flash design of a chrome piston flanked by two skulls, crossed rusty wrenches, spark plugs and lightning, with no body placement shown.
Skulls, crossed wrenches and piston design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with flower eyes and diamonds, on the inner forearm.
Owl and sugar skull on a forearm
Small black outline skull tattoo on an ankle, shown in a sepia photograph of a person wearing white high-heeled shoes.
Small skull tattoo on an ankle
Realistic tattoo of a grey skull with red tissue visible through a star-shaped tear in skin, on an area of upper leg or arm.
Skull inside a torn star
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
Realistic colour tattoo of a skull wreathed in orange and red roses, pink blossoms and a pale butterfly, on a forearm.
Skull with roses and butterfly on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a coiled rattlesnake over a waving orange banner reading Don't Tread On Me, with a skull and rope on the upper back.
Rattlesnake and Don't Tread On Me banner
Black and grey tattoos on a bare thigh and a hand holding a coffee mug, with two dogs asleep on white bedding beside them.
Black and grey skull tattoo on a thigh
Colourful neo-trad tattoo of a skeleton with a glowing skull and heart across the upper arm and shoulder.
Skeleton and skull on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a skeletal fox skull inside an orange ring, with green leaves and sprigs, on the arm.
Skeletal fox skull and sprig on the arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a skull with red and pink roses and watercolour-style splashes on the forearm.
Skull and roses on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a shaded skull merged with a red, orange and black moth with eye spots, on an upper arm.
Skull and moth on an upper arm
Pencil drawing of a hooded grim reaper skull holding a pocket clock with Roman numerals, with smoky shading on sepia paper.
Grim reaper holding a melting clock
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull inside a large toothed mouth on the upper arm, just above the elbow.
Skull in a toothed mouth on an upper arm
Black and grey grim reaper with flames and skulls covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Grim reaper and flames on an upper arm
Close view of black and grey tattoos on a tanned thigh, including a mandala on the upper thigh, a skull with floral detail on the outer thigh and a sun design lower down, while the wearer holds half a
Mandala, skull and sun tattoos on thighs
Realistic skull tattoo with a dotwork ornament across the back of a hand, shaded in tan, brown and black.
Realistic skull tattoo on the back of a hand
Realistic sugar skull tattoo with painted flowers, a red cross and a red stethoscope on the side of the ribs.
Sugar skull with stethoscope on the ribs
Colour traditional tattoo of a swallow with orange and red swirls and a banner on the back of a hand, with a partly visible red and green design above it.
Traditional swallow with swirls on a hand
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a hand holding a mushroom, with a skull, snake, lotus, cannabis leaves and crescent moon, shown without a body placement.
Hand holding mushroom with skull and snake
Two arms show black and grey full sleeve tattoos with a samurai warrior and skull on the left arm and ravens, swords and a skull on the right, both covering the upper arm and forearm.
Samurai and skull full sleeves
Colour tattoo of a crescent moon with a sugar skull face, roses and sparkling stars on the upper back, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull moon with roses on upper back
Black ink pen sketch of a snarling tiger head in profile with a skull over its face, drawn in cross-hatching with no tattoo styling or body placement shown.
Tiger skull pen sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with clockwork gears and a hand holding a clock face, on the upper arm.
Realistic skull with clockwork gears on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve on an arm showing roses, a skull, a bird and leaves, with the upper arm and forearm visible.
Black and grey rose and skull arm sleeve
Black line drawing of a skull framed by rose blooms and leaves in a traditional flash style, with no placement shown.
Skull with roses and leaves line drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wearing an ornate feathered headdress across the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull in feather headdress on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass with a skull in its lower bulb and two roses, on the outer thigh.
Hourglass with skull and roses on a thigh