Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey line drawing of a woman in profile wearing a wolf head, with peony flowers, leaves and a skull, in a botanical style.
Wolf headdress woman with peonies and skull
Four black and grey traditional-style tattoos across the fingers of a hand, including a rose and a skull with dotwork shading.
Rose and skull finger tattoos
Pencil sketch of a winged hourglass topped with an eye, a winged skull and roses, drawn in a neo-traditional style for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Winged hourglass with roses sketch
Two side-by-side black and grey realism skull tattoos on a torso, one wearing a hat with a banner reading Til my last day, the other with a veil, rose and a banner reading Til my last breath.
Two black and grey skulls with banner scrolls
Black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a profile of a woman in a dark hood, a skull, a tentacle and botanical sprigs, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Hooded woman and skull on upper arm
Black and grey drawing of a shaded skull with feathered wings, butterflies and a compass, sketched on tracing paper beside a pen.
Winged skull with butterflies design
Three views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a skull, feather-like shading and fine geometric patterns from shoulder to wrist.
Black and grey skull and feathers full sleeve
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman with dark wavy hair holding a skull, framed by red roses, on the upper arm.
Woman, skull and roses on upper arm
Black ink flash drawings on tracing paper showing a pirate captain with a clock, a horned villainess, a raven and a figure with a skull, with no tattoo placement shown.
Pirate, horned figure and raven flash sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose, a human skull and a clock face with Roman numerals, placed on the shoulder and upper back.
Realistic rose, skull and clock on a shoulder
Realistic black and grey crowned skull tattoo across the back of a hand, with dark tattoo work on the forearm above.
Crowned skull on the back of a hand
Three side-by-side photos of upper arm tattoos: a black tribal pattern on the left, a red and black biomechanical alien design in the centre, and a grey and black biomechanical skull with a green eye
Three upper arm tattoos: tribal and biomechanical
Woman with long wavy hair seen from behind, wearing layered silver necklaces and a dark sleeveless top, with a black and grey skull tattoo on her upper arm.
Skull tattoo on upper arm beside layered necklaces
Black and grey fine line skull tattoo on the back of a hand near the thumb, with a small crown tattoo on the other hand.
Small skull and crown on the hands
Pencil-style drawing of a horned skull-headed octopus with suckered tentacles on aged paper, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Horned skull octopus tattoo design
Traditional tattoo sleeve on the upper arm showing a mermaid holding a bouquet, a red heart, pink roses, a skull and a blue rose, outlined in black.
Mermaid and heart sleeve on upper arm
Painted tattoo design on paper of a grey skull in profile, with a dark blue and purple galaxy-like smoke trail flowing from its jaw.
Skull with galaxy smoke trail design
Black and grey realistic skull with an ornate padlock and key tattooed on the upper arm.
Skull, padlock and key tattoo
Black and grey pencil drawing of a biomechanical skull with organic ridged forms, flame-like shapes and a bolt at the top, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Biomechanical skull design sketch
Two hands with colourful unicorn head tattoos on the fingers, plus a small black skull and crossbones on a third finger.
Unicorn head tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman with closed eyes wearing a wolf head, flanked by two roses and a skull within an ornate frame.
Woman with wolf headdress, roses and skull
Black and grey realistic pirate skull tattoo wearing a bandana, shown in a close photograph of the skin.
Realistic pirate skull with bandana
Black and grey drawing of a sugar skull flanked by roses, with an ornate heart and lotus, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Sugar skull with roses and heart design
Black and grey pen drawing of a sailing ship in a storm inside an ornate banner, with a lantern above, a compass and skull below and a quote on the scroll.
Ship in storm within ornate banner design
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a skull with a red and blue guitar neck on the upper arm, with abstract splashes of yellow, orange and blue.
Skull and guitar neck on upper arm
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with ornamental detail on the outer upper thigh of a woman wearing a black dress.
Sugar skull on the thigh
Black and grey forearm tattoo of an animal skull with fangs, a feathered wing and a shaded rose, with a partly visible ribbon banner above.
Skull, wing and rose on a forearm
Two close-up photos of a traditional style shark tattoo with open jaws and a skull wearing a top hat, on a leg.
Shark and top hat skull tattoo
Six black and white line drawings of ornate sugar skulls with floral, rose and heart patterns on a mint green background, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Six sugar skull designs on mint green
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull merged with a Roman numeral clock face and gears, across the side of a torso on the ribs.
Skull and clock mechanism on the ribs
Pencil and red ink sketch of a skull with a rose in its open jaw and leaves below, drawn as a tattoo design on paper with no body part shown.
Skull and rose design sketch
Black line drawing of a sugar skull face with a diamond on the forehead, a lily in flowing hair, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Sugar skull woman with lily, line drawing
Traditional-style tattoo on the outer forearm of a person, showing a yellow crescent moon, a small star and a woman's face beside a skull.
Crescent moon, skull and woman on forearm
Monochrome lettering design shaped as a skull, reading Beautiful Disaster and Sinner Saint, shown as a flash-style artwork with no body placement.
Lettering skull design in white on black
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, leaves and thorny stems with a skull on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Black and grey roses and skull on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned animal skull with roses across the centre of a person's chest, above a black lace top.
Horned animal skull and roses on a chest
Traditional colour tattoos of an owl on the upper arm, pink roses with green foliage on the thigh, and a skull on the forearm.
Owl, roses and skull tattoos on arm and leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull, a pocket watch held in a hand and a rose on a forearm, shown in two photographs.
Skull, pocket watch and rose on a forearm
Coloured flash design of a green skull-faced woman with purple hair, roses, foliage and crossed bones, drawn on paper.
Skull-faced woman with roses and crossed bones
Black and grey realism style tattoo on a man's upper back showing an hourglass, a pocket watch, a skull and two roses.
Hourglass, skull and roses on a back
Traditional style tattoo of a grey skull with orange banners reading EVERYDAY IS HALLOWEEN, a bat and a spider on a web, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull banner with bat and spider on back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull merged with layered feathers, placed on the side of the ribs.
Feathered skull on the ribs
Black ink tattoo of a skeleton entwined with a bare tree, running down the side of the ribs, with small red accents on the branches.
Skeleton and bare tree on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skeleton couple with sugar skull detailing, surrounded by butterflies, swirls and a rose on a veil.
Skeleton couple with butterflies and rose
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with a pineapple top, shaded with fine linework, on the forearm.
Skull and pineapple on a forearm
Black and grey traditional style tattoos on a forearm, including a feather, a sunflower, a lotus and a swallow on the hand, with a dagger and a heart nearby.
Forearm sleeve with feather and swallow
Flash design of a teal sugar skull with purple linework, dot details and red roses with thorny vines, in a neo-traditional style.
Teal sugar skull with red roses
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a winged figure, an orange-irised eye and flames across the inner forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Winged eye and flames on a forearm