Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey pencil drawing of a Japanese-style skull with peony flowers and swirling wave motifs, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Skull and peonies in a Japanese design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a human skull with a death's head moth on its crown and a rose at its base, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Skull, death's head moth and rose design
Flash design of three sugar skull pin-up heads with skeletal hands over their eyes, ears and mouth, on a ribbon banner reading Beauty, Truth and Love.
Three sugar skulls with Beauty, Truth and Love banner
Black and white photo of a hand-drawn crown above a grinning skull-like face tattoo on an upper arm, in a sketchy outline style.
Crown and grinning skull on upper arm
Small black skull tattoo on the side of a finger, shown in close-up against a blurred teal background.
Small skull tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing pirate ship with a skull and crossbones on its sail, shown on a forearm from three angles.
Pirate ship with skull sail on a forearm
Pen and ink sketch of a human skull drawn with dense cross-hatching on cream paper, beside a black mechanical pencil.
Cross-hatched ink skull sketch
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing manga-style women, bats, a skull, a checkerboard and an eye in a sunburst.
Black and grey manga-style full sleeve
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a standing fox beside a skull and pine trees within a circle, on a forearm.
Fox and skull in a dotwork forest
Neo-trad style tattoo of a grey skull with pink heart eyes, pink dice, a bow and pink and black nautical stars on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Skull, dice and nautical stars on a foot
Full sleeve realism tattoo in black and grey showing a sugar skull woman, skulls and roses across the upper arm and forearm, photographed from three angles.
Black and grey sugar skull sleeve with roses
Black ink tattoo on the side ribs of a skeleton standing within a bare tree with roots, with small red accents on the buds.
Skeleton in a bare tree on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with a rose and a butterfly on the forearm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Realistic skull, rose and butterfly on a forearm
Black and gold flash design of a skull in a pharaoh headdress holding crossed bones, with scythes and an eye inside a triangle, shown without a placement on the body.
Skull pharaoh with scythes and crossed bones
Black and grey back tattoo showing Snow White holding a poisoned apple, Alice with a pocket watch and Jack Skellington, with roses and music notes, beside a colour sleeve on the upper arm.
Disney-themed back piece with Snow White and Alice
A grid of twelve flat, outlined flash designs in blue, red, green and light blue, including a snake and dagger, a MOM heart, a skull, a ship and a diamond.
Grid of twelve flat flash designs
Black and grey pen and wash drawing of a cracked skull with a gaping jaw and jagged teeth, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Cracked skull with jagged teeth
Colour tattoo of a skull wearing flowing lilac hair and red roses, with small skulls beside it, in a neo-traditional style on the upper thigh.
Skull and roses in lilac hair on the thigh
Coloured skull and snake tattoo with green glowing eyes and green scale detail, placed on a forearm.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an animal skull surrounded by leaves and berries, on the outer thigh.
Animal skull with foliage on thigh
Black ink line drawing of a skull built from poppies, orchids, carnations and small star flowers, shown as a design with no body placement.
Floral skull line drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull, roses, leaves and a pocket watch on the outer thigh.
Skull, roses and pocket watch on a thigh
Three traditional-style stickers on a grey surface: a skull with red and blue flowers, a pointing hand with flowers, and a pill bottle, each with text on a banner.
Three traditional flash designs with banner text
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper thigh showing a shaded grey skull framed by red roses and a white daisy.
Skull and red roses on the thigh
Colour tattoo of the Punisher skull emblem with a comic-style figure in blue and black inside it, on the upper thigh.
Punisher skull with comic figure on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo across a person's upper back showing lilies, a hummingbird, a skull and scrollwork.
Lilies, hummingbird and skull on a back
Black ink drawing of a traditional-style sleeve tattoo design on paper, with a skull, sun, nautical star, compass rose and playing cards, shown as an elongated arm-shaped outline.
Sleeve design with skull, sun and nautical star
Black line drawing of a sugar skull with round Mickey Mouse ears on a cream background, decorated with ornate scrollwork across the face.
Mickey Mouse sugar skull design
Black outline tattoo of a skull wearing a feathered headdress on the inner forearm, shown in a black and white photograph.
Skull in feathered headdress on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos on two forearms, showing a shaded rose and leaves on the left arm and a banner, snake and skull on the right forearm.
Rose and banner lettering on forearms
Colour realism tattoo of an animal skull with pink and red roses on the forearm near the elbow, against a blurred floral dress and kitchen background.
Animal skull and roses on a forearm
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with a bow and small flowers on the top of a foot, with dark plum nail polish.
Sugar skull with bow on foot
Four hand-shaped forms display tattoo designs: a praying figure with rays, a horned devil, a geometric pattern and a skull in a feathered headdress.
Four tattoo designs printed on hand forms
Close-up of a small fine line black skull tattoo in side profile on the inner wrist of a raised hand with red painted nails.
Small fine line skull on inner wrist
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo wrapped in a bandana, shown on the upper arm.
Realistic skull with bandana on upper arm
Coloured illustration of a skeletal mermaid with a skull, flowing hair and fishbone tail, holding an open shell with a pearl, drawn as a tattoo design.
Skeletal mermaid holding a shell
Pair of white gloves painted with traditional style tattoo designs, including a swallow, a skull, an anchor, a horseshoe and a cross.
Traditional tattoo designs painted on white gloves
Small black fine line tattoo of a stag head with antlers on a finger, shown in a black and white photo of a hand.
Stag head tattoo on a finger
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with a long beard and wide-brimmed hat, beside a rose, on the thigh.
Skull figure with hat and rose on thigh
Pencil and ink sketch of a hairless sphynx cat above a skull, framed by geometric linework and dotwork, drawn on paper.
Sphynx cat and skull design sketch
Two hands held together showing a red traditional rose on the back of one hand and a black and grey rose on the other, with small finger tattoos on the fingers.
Rose tattoos on the backs of both hands
Black traditional-style tattoo of a skull with a serpent coiling down the forearm, ending in a small skull at the tail.
Skull and serpent on a forearm
Red-ink skull tattoo with a blood splatter effect across a woman's shoulder and upper chest, photographed in a tattoo studio.
Red skull with blood splatter on shoulder
Black and grey realism style tattoo on a thigh showing a swallow, a skull with a beaded chain and two shaded roses.
Swallow, skull and roses on a thigh
Shaded realism tattoo of a skull wearing a crown of pink and yellow daisies on the outer thigh, with a floral skirt above.
Skull with daisy crown on a thigh
Blue line drawing of two sleeve designs in a neo-traditional style, showing a skull, a dragon, a rose, flames, a bird, a tattoo machine and the words Love and Hate.
Dragon and skull sleeve flash sheet
Black and grey photograph of two people seen from behind in lace underwear, showing bow tattoos on the thighs, two of them with skulls at the centre.
Bow tattoos on thighs in black lace
Flash design of a red and black skull with lightning-bolt eyes above the words SEMPRE OLTRE, beside a black cat with red eyes above the words LA NOTTE È LUNGA, in a traditional style.
Skull and black cat flash with Italian lettering