Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey traditional tattoo covering a man's chest and stomach, with a woman in a headdress, roses, a skull in a heart and an anchor.
Traditional chest and torso piece with woman and anchor
Matching hand tattoos of crowned skulls as a king and a queen, with red hearts and the letters K and Q, in grey shading with red accents.
King and queen skull hand tattoos
Black and grey drawing of a skeleton pirate in a tricorn hat with a skull and crossbones, holding a lantern and a dagger in its teeth, with a ship's mast behind.
Skeleton pirate with lantern and dagger
Realism style black and grey skull tattoo with a red rose and handwritten script on a lower leg, with a clock face above.
Skull, clock and rose on a calf
Black ink drawing of three human skulls stacked on top of each other in front of an open-sided coffin outline, shown in cream on a black background.
Stacked skulls on a coffin drawing
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a hooded grim reaper holding a scythe, shaded in grey, on the side of a person's ribs.
Grim reaper with scythe on ribs
Black and white flash design of a skull pierced by a dagger, with the words MISTAKES WERE MADE beneath, suitable as a tattoo design.
Skull pierced by a dagger with lettering
Drawn tattoo design of a shaded grey skull with two red roses and green leaves, with red drips running down the left side, on a tan background.
Skull with red roses and dripping blood
Black linework and purple wash drawing of a skull combined with a hummingbird, flower and feathers, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Skull, hummingbird and flower design
Colour tattoo of an ornate swirling bird across a person's upper back, with a colourful sleeve on the arm of the person embracing them, including a skull and roses.
Ornate bird on back and skull sleeve on arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a pink cupcake topped with a skull on a red apple, with crossed shovels, on an upper arm.
Cupcake with skull and crossed shovels
Two hands with colourful unicorn head tattoos on the fingers, with a small skull tattoo on a third finger.
Unicorn heads on two fingers
Black and grey tattoo on the back of a shoulder showing a shaded skull, two roses, scrollwork and script reading Seize the day or die regretting.
Skull, roses and quote on a shoulder
Flash sheet of small solid black tattoo designs including a swallow, clover, heart, rose, skull, cat, anchor and unicorn head, arranged in rows on a white background.
Black tattoo flash sheet of small icons
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skeletal mermaid with long hair and a fish tail on an upper arm, with a peony above it.
Skeleton mermaid with peony on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull-faced marching band figure in a plumed shako, kicking one leg up and holding a sabre, on the side of a torso.
Skull-faced drum major on the side
Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a skull with a dagger behind it and a pink banner reading DEATH BEFORE DECAF, with green leaves at the sides.
Skull and dagger banner on thigh
Neo-traditional style tattoo on a leg showing a black cat draped over an ornate oval frame containing a red-haired girl with X-marked eyes and a skull at the base.
Black cat and red-haired girl in an ornate frame
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned demon, skulls and a tentacled creature across the chest and upper arm.
Horned demon and skulls across chest and arm
Colourful neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing Alice, Ariel, Maleficent, Belle and the Beast among roses and scrollwork, photographed from four angles.
Disney characters full sleeve tattoo
Traditional style tattoo sleeve on a forearm showing an eye, a snake, a skull and flowers, with a panther head tattooed on the ribs above jeans.
Traditional sleeve with eye, snake and skull
Realism tattoo of a shaded grey skull in front of a Roman numeral clock face, with a masked figure above and a pink rose below, on a forearm.
Skull and clock face on an arm
Line drawing design of a horned human skull above a snarling wolf skull, with bones and crescent shapes, in navy ink with gold speckles on a cream background.
Horned skull over wolf skull design
Black and grey tattoos of an anchor, a ship and a small cross on the hand, forearm and upper arm of a person with long hair, against a dark background.
Anchor, ship and cross tattoos on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with roses and leaves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull and roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a skull made from two fried eggs with orange yolk eyes and crossed bacon strips below, on a calf.
Fried egg skull with crossed bacon
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with ridged, textured bone across the back of a hand, resting on a dark leather surface.
Realistic skull on the back of a hand
Black and grey upper arm sleeve with red cherry blossoms, a shaded skull and a pocket watch, in a Japanese style.
Cherry blossom and skull sleeve on upper arm
Coloured drawing of a ram skull with grey horns, a red gemstone eye set in pearls, red roses and leaves, and an orange sun behind, in a neo-traditional style.
Ram skull with roses and a rising sun
Black and white pen and ink drawing of a grinning skull wearing an ornate crown, rendered with dense hatching as a flash design.
Skull wearing a crown in pen and ink
Colour realism tattoo of a man's face with half the skull and decayed flesh exposed, shown on a limb in a wide view and a close-up panel.
Realistic portrait with exposed skull
Two drawn sugar skulls, one wearing a top hat and one with roses and a veil, above the words till and death, in a traditional flash design.
Twin sugar skulls with 'till death' lettering
Back tattoo of a skeleton holding an open fan beside a large skull, set on a red flame and psychedelic pattern background, with flowers below and a colourful sleeve on the arm.
Full back skeleton and fan tattoo
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a skull merging with a woman's face, a castle on a hill and a rose.
Skull and face with castle on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a grinning Cheshire cat head atop a skeletal cat with a curling tail, on a leg.
Grinning Cheshire cat over a skeletal cat
Black and grey traditional sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing skulls, roses, a clock, a microphone and banners with lettering.
Skull, rose and banner sleeve on an arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull with purple, red, orange and green tendrils on the elbow, shown from two angles.
Colourful skull with tendrils on elbow
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a ram skull with large curled horns on the outer thigh.
Ram skull on the outer thigh
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with ornate floral patterns and a heart-shaped nose, shown in a close-up photo of skin on an arm or leg.
Ornate sugar skull tattoo on a limb
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a dinosaur skull with long teeth on the inner upper arm.
Dinosaur skull on the upper arm
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo of a sugar skull cat with crossed bones, scissors, a comb and autumn leaves on an upper arm.
Sugar skull cat with autumn leaves on upper arm
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with smoky wisps across the top of a foot, running from the ankle towards the toes, in a Realism style.
Realistic skull and smoke on the top of a foot
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass with a skull, red roses, leaves and an eye with falling tears, on a lower leg.
Traditional hourglass with skull and eye on a calf
Black and grey tattoo design drawing of a skull wearing a feather headdress, with an eye motif on the forehead band and a stippled, engraved finish.
Skull in feather headdress flash design
Colour realism tattoo of blue, orange and yellow flames climbing a forearm, with a flaming skull and a banner on the wrist.
Flames up the forearm with a skull on the wrist
Black and grey owl and skull tattoo with feather wing detail on the forearm, drawn in fine etched linework with soft shading.
Owl and skull on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a shaded skull with a pocket watch set in one eye socket, with Roman numerals on the watch face and wispy ribbons across the skull.
Realistic skull with pocket watch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stepped pyramid, a feathered serpent and a skull on the forearm, running down towards the wrist.
Stepped pyramid, serpent and skull on forearm