Skull tattoo ideas

1,900 photos and flash · 27% Realism, 23% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Black and grey flash sheet of nine traditional-style tattoo designs, including a rose with a banner, a skull with crossed shovels, a boombox and two bold character heads.
Black and grey traditional flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a sugar skull with triangle motifs in the eye sockets, framed by detailed flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sugar skull surrounded by flowers
Traditional flash sheet of tattoo designs in bold colour, including a skull with crossbones, a hand with flowers, a snake and heart, mushrooms and a frog.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, hand and snakes
Traditional style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, with a ship, swallows, a shark, a pin-up and banner lettering, shown in three photographs.
Traditional sailor full sleeve in three views
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm of a grim reaper holding a scythe, a rose and a banner reading MISOGYNY, with DEATH TO above.
Grim reaper and rose with banner on forearm
Black and grey traditional style flash sheet showing a shield with three horses and an eagle at the top, with a swallow, key, dagger, rose, skull, bicycle and other small designs below.
Traditional flash sheet with horses, eagle and dagger
Two feet with tattoos on the tops: a multicoloured geometric skull on the left foot and a red faceted heart on the right, in a geometric style, placed on the top of the foot.
Geometric skull and faceted heart on the feet
Flash-style drawing of a flaming skull wearing a vest top above a banner reading LOOKS LIKE SHIT, in red and navy line work with a small star below.
Flaming skull in a tank top with banner
Black and grey flash design of a woman in profile with long hair flowing into a vintage car, surrounded by roses, with no body placement shown.
Woman's profile with roses and a vintage car
Black and grey sketch design of a winged bird skull with five spears above and below, drawn on a white background with no body placement shown.
Winged skull with spears design
Black and white line drawing of a horned skull wearing a rose and leaves in flowing hair, with a ribbon banner, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Horned skull with rose and flowing hair
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull, shells and peony flowers across a woman's hip and thigh, shown from the side against a white wall.
Skull and peony flowers across hip and thigh
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a skeleton, a grinning skull and a pumpkin face.
Skull and skeleton full sleeve
Two black and grey tattoos on the thighs: a cat skull with a dotted outline on the left and a snarling three-eyed cat on the right.
Cat skull and three-eyed cat on thighs
Black ink drawing of a death's-head moth with skull patterns on its wings, set against red geometric lines and a single eye on its body.
Death's-head moth with skulls and red geometry
Colourful traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with red roses on a woman's upper back, seen from behind.
Sugar skull and roses on upper back
Close-up photo of a colour tattoo of a zombified Hello Kitty head with a red bow, shown in bold black outline on the upper arm.
Zombie Hello Kitty tattoo on upper arm
Grey stencil design of a skull and crossbones on a waving pirate flag, with no body placement shown.
Skull and crossbones pirate flag stencil
Black and grey realistic design of a cracked skull with a rose at its right side, set against a clock face with Roman numerals.
Skull and rose within a clock face
Black and grey drawing of a coiled, scaled dragon with fin-like crest and clawed feet, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Black and grey coiled dragon design
Flash-style design of a white skull in a headwrap with an earring over crossed bones, with a small red swallow, on a black background.
Skull, crossed bones and swallow design
Four white filigree skull designs with floral and scroll patterns on a black background, with a spade motif at the centre and an ornate border.
Four ornate skull designs with a spade
Black and grey pencil drawing of a horned skull with octopus tentacles coiling across aged, cream-coloured paper.
Skull and tentacles design on aged paper
Black and grey skull tattoo across the back of a shirtless man, with arm tattoos including a Star of David on the right arm.
Skull back tattoo with arm sleeves
Fine line tattoo of a dinosaur skull in red and cyan outline on the forearm, with a slight offset that gives a doubled, 3D-glasses effect.
Dinosaur skull outline on forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a suited figure with a horned bull skull head aiming a revolver, on the inner forearm.
Bull skull gunman on forearm
Black ink dotwork drawing of a bird skull beside a flowering branch and a feather, a tattoo design sheet with no body placement shown.
Bird skull, blossom branch and feather design
Line drawing of a sugar skull with a pompadour hairstyle, a cigarette in its mouth and a scrolled banner, in yellow and orange tones on a gradient background.
Sugar skull with pompadour and cigarette
Traditional style tattoo of a grey key with a red ribbon banner and skull-shaped bow on the forearm, with red script across the banner.
Key with skull bow and banner on a forearm
Black and grey engraved skull tattoo on a woman's upper arm near the shoulder, with a white vest top and layered necklace visible.
Engraved skull tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a snarling wolf head above a shaded skull, across a man's chest.
Wolf and skull on chest
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a skeleton in a jacket riding a motorcycle across the forearm, with the handlebars gripped and a trailing shadow behind.
Skeleton rider on a motorcycle on a forearm
Four black and grey traditional moth designs drawn on a sheet, one with a skull on its body and a crescent moon above it.
Four traditional moth designs on flash sheet
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull and pocket watch with roses and leaves across a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Skull and pocket watch on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a woman with closed eyes and long flowing hair holding a skull, surrounded by ribs, a spine and bones, with a soft yellow glow behind her.
Woman with skull and bones design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face paint, pin-up and skull motifs, and a corset, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Sugar skull pin-up figure drawing
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a woman in profile wearing a feathered headdress and a skull, shown in two close-up photographs on a limb.
Woman in feather headdress with skull
Black ink drawing of a skull with two bats and draped pearl chains set with dark gems, shown as a tattoo design on grey paper.
Skull with bats and pearl chains
Black and white line drawing of three skulls with skeletal hands covering eyes, ears and mouth, above the words Snitches Are A Dying Breed, shown as a flash design.
Three skulls with skeletal hands and slogan
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman's face framed by roses, with a skull and thorned stems below, in a realistic style.
Woman, roses and skull pencil design
Outlined skull tattoo in red and blue on a calf, with the two colours offset to create a doubled, misregistered effect.
Red and blue skull on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a golden hourglass with black wings, olive branches and skulls on a limb.
Hourglass with wings and olive branches
Black and grey ink drawing of a longhorn bull skull with an ornate filigree pattern on the forehead, flanked by two roses and hanging feathers.
Bull skull with roses and feathers
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a glass candy jar full of eyeballs, labelled Eye Candy, with a skull on a bow, shown on the thigh.
Eye candy jar of eyeballs on thigh
A man in a dark grey t-shirt with a Washington state map print shows black and grey tattoos of a snake, geometric shapes and a skull on his forearms and upper arm.
Arm tattoos with snake and skull under a home t-shirt
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with soft shading and dripping splatter effects on the upper arm of a person in a white vest top.
Shaded skull with drips on upper arm
Black and grey script lettering with shaded edges across a man's forearm, placed on the forearm, with a skull tattoo partly visible at the bottom right.
Script name lettering on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon white cat with a pink bow, holding a pistol in each hand and wearing a skull-printed top, on a leg.
Cartoon cat with two pistols and skull top