Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo of skull-winged butterflies with smaller faded butterflies across a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull and butterfly wings on a shoulder blade
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on a thigh and calf, showing a lion head, daisies, a pocket watch, a skull and lettering.
Lion and flower leg sleeve with pocket watch
Black and grey line drawing of a skull framed by fern-like foliage and a beaded arc above, with the word Virgo and a short poem beneath, shown as a botanical tattoo design.
Skull and foliage Virgo design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat character wearing a gold crown and red bow, set above a large pink rose on a forearm.
Cat character with rose on a forearm
Traditional flash drawing of a horned pin-up devil woman holding a pistol, with a "NEVER FEEL SORRY" banner, a red skull and crossbones, and a red devil tail.
Pin-up devil with gun and banners
Black and grey wolf head and skull tattoo with geometric linework across the forearm.
Wolf and skull with geometric lines on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded skull with red butterflies, black lace and beaded chains on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull with butterflies and lace on upper arm
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a grinning clown with a striped top hat and red bow tie on the upper arm.
Clown portrait with top hat on upper arm
Black and white photo of two forearms with fine line script lettering, a triangle outline and small motifs, holding a metal skull.
Script lettering and fine line forearms holding a skull
Traditional style skull in a red paisley bandana, framed by red flowers and dark leaves, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Skull in a red bandana with flowers on the thigh
Black and grey skull tattoo with ornate filigree covering the back, with a diamond motif above the skull.
Ornate skull across a back
Black and grey drawing of two skulls, roses and an all-seeing eye in a triangle, shaded in neo-traditional style on paper.
Skulls, roses and all-seeing eye design
Black and grey skull tattoo with peonies and leaves, shaded in dotwork, on the forearm.
Skull and peony on a forearm
Close view of a barber's tattooed hands holding a comb on a man's head, with a traditional skull on the knuckles and a coloured rose and dagger on the right hand.
Traditional hand tattoos while cutting hair
Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of roses, paisley scrollwork and a skull-like motif across a shoulder and upper back.
Rose and paisley shoulder back tattoo
Three black line drawing flash designs on paper: a lipstick with a bow, a skull and crossbones with a spider web, and a heart containing a lipstick.
Lipstick and heart flash designs
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with ink splatter and mechanical detail on a forearm, photographed on a wooden surface.
Realistic skull tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style flash design of a skull pierced by a dagger, with a snake coiled around it and the words MAKE OR DIE beside it, drawn in black and mustard with halftone shading.
Skull, dagger and snake flash design
Two photos of a pastel purple, pink and teal alien head tattoo on a forearm, one close up and one showing the wrist and hand.
Pastel alien head on a forearm
Flash-style drawing of a sugar skull face on a matryoshka doll body, with red roses, a cross and a diamond on a black background.
Sugar skull matryoshka doll design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch with Roman numerals and roses, with a skull above, on a shoulder and upper arm.
Pocket watch and roses on a shoulder
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull with clock hands and Roman numerals across the upper arm.
Skull and clock on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a brown Bigfoot figure walking past a pine tree, a log and a pine cone, with a spider and a skull at the edges of the photo.
Bigfoot walking through pine trees
Colour dotwork tattoo of a shaded skull with a black sun and rainbow dot halo, placed on the chest.
Dotwork skull with rainbow halo
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman's face split down the middle, with one side as a realistic eye and the other as a decorated sugar skull with scrollwork.
Half woman, half sugar skull portrait
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with floral patterns, scrollwork and an eye in a triangle, shown on the upper leg.
Sugar skull with floral detail on a limb
Watercolour-style skull tattoo in blue, pink, orange and green with black splatters, on the upper arm of a person wearing a yellow top.
Watercolour skull on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a red rose and a teal and orange sugar skull on the outer thigh, with black ornamental linework to the left.
Red rose and sugar skull on thigh
Mirrored photo of a realism and abstract-style shoulder and upper arm tattoo with a clock face, a skull, a white wing, stars and the words 2nd Amendment, with red splashes.
Clock, skull and wing shoulder tattoo
Traditional style tattoo of a skull pierced by a dagger, surrounded by flowers and green leaves, on the forearm.
Skull and dagger on a forearm
Black and grey crucifixion tattoo with red accents on a shoulder and upper arm, showing a figure on a cross, a crown of thorns, birds and rows of crosses.
Crucifixion scene on upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with pink flowers and green leaves on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull and flowers on a thigh
Traditional style map tattoo on the ribs with a compass rose, pink flowers, a skull and crossbones, a sea serpent and a dashed red route in colour and grey shading.
Compass rose and map tattoo on ribs
Man seen from behind with a large black and grey skull tattoo covering his back, with mandala designs in the eye sockets and on his shoulder, and a geometric cross on his forearm.
Full back skull tattoo with mandalas
Black ink drawing of a mermaid skeleton with long flowing hair, swimming beside two fish skeletons, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skeletal mermaid with fish skeletons
Black and grey traditional grim reaper skull with star-shaped eyes and dotwork shading, above the words SING ME TO SLEEP, on a lower leg.
Grim reaper with lettering on a calf
Black and grey drawing of an owl with a sugar skull beneath it, decorated with diamonds and small flowers, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Owl and sugar skull flash design
Realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a clock face, a classical statue, a red rose and a knight's shield with a red cross, in black and grey with red accents.
Clock, statue and red rose sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a spider with a human-style skull for its body, shaded in grey on the upper arm.
Skull-bodied spider on an upper arm
Colour tattoo on the forearm of stacked pink toy blocks with letters, skulls, crossbones and hearts.
Stacked letter blocks with skulls on a forearm
Flash design of a cream skull with a pentagram on its forehead, framed by red ribbon banners reading Salt and Burn, in a traditional illustrative style.
Skull with pentagram and Salt & Burn banner
Monochrome line drawing of a skull with a crescent moon, two halved moon faces with eyes, sunburst rays and the words BRING ME NIGHT on a cream background.
Skull, crescent moon and split moon faces
Traditional flash collage showing a purple skull with a LOVE KILLS SLOWLY banner, pin-up women, a koi fish, a mermaid, a dragon head and roses.
Traditional flash collage with skull and pin-ups
Black and grey realism chest tattoo of a winged woman and a skull with a wing, with a small gold cross and geometric lines, spreading over the chest and shoulder.
Winged woman and skull on a chest
Black and grey realism full sleeve showing helmeted warriors with spears and shields, a skull and a snarling beast, on the upper arm and forearm.
Spartan battle full sleeve
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman with long hair and flowers, holding a skull, with a wolf on each side, shown as a tattoo design.
Woman with skull and two wolves design
Black and grey realism skull tattoo with roses and scrollwork on the outer thigh, with a dangling jewelled chain below the skull.
Skull and roses on a thigh
Realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a pink lily, a blue and pink butterfly, a shaded black and grey skull and fine black botanical vines.
Lily, butterfly and skull on an upper arm