Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with roses, leaves and a banner on a thigh.
Anchor, roses and banner on a thigh
Black and grey skull tattoo in an ornate scrolled frame with a candelabra-style ornament below, on the inner forearm.
Skull in ornate frame with chandelier on forearm
White line drawing of a unicorn skull above crossed bones on a dark grey background, shown as a design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Unicorn skull over crossed bones
Black and grey tattoo of cartoon characters Jack and Sally inside an ornate baroque frame on a forearm.
Jack and Sally in an ornate frame on a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of an eye with a yellow and orange skull shown in the pupil, with long lashes and grey shading, on skin.
Eye with skull in the pupil
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a skull with a spider's body and fangs, with black legs and yellow drips, on the outer thigh.
Skull and spider hybrid on a thigh
Black and grey shaded skull tattoo on a finger of a clenched hand, shown in two side-by-side photos, with a cigarette placed beside it in the right-hand image.
Small skull tattoo on a finger
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a dark beast skull above green-lit skulls and a ribcage, on a limb with a red blood-splash background.
Neo-trad skull creature with bones on a limb
Colour neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with dark red roses, a green vine and a spade on the upper arm.
Sugar skull with roses on upper arm
Sheet of black line drawings of traditional tattoo designs, including roses, skulls, swallows, snakes and anchors, arranged as a character grid.
Traditional tattoo flash glyph sheet
Black and grey flash design of a skeleton pin-up in a polka dot headscarf, flexing one arm, with a We Can Do It banner beneath in a traditional style.
Skeleton pin-up with We Can Do It banner
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull and ornate pocket watch with feathered wings on the upper arm.
Skull and pocket watch with wings
Realistic forearm tattoo of a bone-coloured skull with glowing teal eyes above a red and orange flaming skull.
Skulls and flames on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of skulls and swirling smoke-like forms covering a forearm.
Black and grey skull sleeve on forearm
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design with three skulls, roses and banners reading see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil, in realistic greyscale shading.
Three skulls with roses and see, hear, speak no evil banners
Colour realism tattoo of red roses, a shaded grey skull and green leaves across an upper arm.
Roses and skull on an upper arm
Black and grey stippled drawing of a skull with bat-like wings spread either side, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Winged skull design in black and grey
Colour neo-trad tattoo of two sugar skulls, roses and a sunflower covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skulls and roses on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large skull with two figures in ruffled collars, champagne glasses and a bottle in ice, on the upper arm.
Skull with two figures on upper arm
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a melting skull with red eyes and nasal cavity on the forearm, set against a grey and red smoky wash.
Melting skull with red eyes on a forearm
Heavily tattooed forearms crossed over a white t-shirt, with a Japanese-style koi fish and red flowers on one forearm and a traditional skull and crossbones on the upper arm.
Koi fish and skull tattoos on crossed arms
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull with a piston bursting through its crown and dripping ink-like lines, on a limb.
Skull and piston on a limb
Black and grey traditional skull tattoo wearing a top hat on skin, being worked on with a tattoo machine by a gloved artist.
Skull in top hat being tattooed
Black and grey flash design of a skull above a sailing ship on waves, with a mermaid resting on a treasure chest below, shown without a body placement.
Skull, pirate ship and mermaid design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a crowned woman with red hair, red roses and two skulls on the side of the ribs.
Crowned woman with roses and skulls on the side
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a skull, roses and a banner reading Dead men tell no tales, in a neo-trad lettering style.
Skull and banner lettering design
Black and grey realistic design of a skull with a black music note across the forehead and dark liquid dripping from the eye sockets, nose and jaw.
Dripping skull with music note
A flash sheet of twenty black and white sugar skull designs in a grid, each with different patterned eyes, foreheads and teeth.
Twenty sugar skull tattoo designs
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo on a lower leg, with cracked bone detail and angular shapes above it.
Cracked skull on lower leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a dog in a blue hooded robe with clasped hands, framed by yellow and red roses and a winged skull.
Dog in hooded robe with roses and skull
Realism tattoo of a grey shaded skull with red roses and dotwork mandala shapes on an upper arm.
Skull and red roses on upper arm
Back view of a woman on a beach in a striped bikini, showing black and grey botanical sleeve tattoos with roses and leaves on both upper arms and forearms.
Floral sleeve tattoos on a woman at the beach
Watercolour-style tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress with a pink flower and skull across the upper back and shoulder.
Watercolour woman in feather headdress on back
Realistic colour tattoo on a lower leg of a skull wearing a green beret with a badge, set over crossed daggers, red and yellow lightning bolts and a bullet.
Skull in green beret with crossed daggers on calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull and a clock face with Roman numerals across a man's upper back and shoulder.
Skull and clock across a back
Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of a sleeping woman whose hair becomes twisting vines with skull and eye flowers, on a limb.
Sleeping woman and skull flowers on a limb
Black and grey realism tattoo of rolled dollar bills and banknotes with a skull at the lower edge, on a forearm near the elbow.
Rolled dollar bills and skull on forearm
Realism tattoo on a forearm of a grey skull tipping a skeletal hand holding an amber Jack Daniel's bottle, with a black label and shaded background.
Skull drinking from a whiskey bottle on forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull with a monarch butterfly, a rose and a rosary with a cross, on a limb.
Skull, butterfly and rose with rosary in realism
Tattoo flash drawing of a tall Halloween sleeve design with a full moon, bats, jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts, a skull and crossbones and a green figure, shown on a white background rather than on skin.
Halloween sleeve design with pumpkins and ghosts
Realistic colour tattoo of a grey skull rising from a frosted cupcake with red blood dripping down it, on a limb.
Skull and cupcake with dripping blood
Colour flash design of a burning pirate ship above an octopus wrapped around an anchor, with skeleton arms and a skull and crossed swords at the top.
Pirate ship, octopus and anchor sleeve design
Colour tattoo of a turquoise sugar skull with red and orange marigolds and green leaves on a woman's upper back and shoulder, in a traditional style.
Sugar skull and marigolds on a shoulder blade
Black and grey flash design of a bearded figure in a crown of thorns, with cherubs, a skull, an armoured angel with a sword, an apple and praying hands with a rosary.
Religious allegory flash with skull and angel
Black and grey thigh tattoo of two animal skulls, a poppy and an anatomical heart inside an ornate oval frame, with dotwork and geometric shading.
Skulls, poppy and heart in an oval frame
Close-up of a colourful sugar skull tattoo with a red rose above it, covering the top of a foot.
Sugar skull with rose on a foot
Pencil sketch flash design of a skull with crossed bones, spiderweb lines and roses, drawn in a bold neo-traditional style.
Skull, roses and spiderweb sketch
Rear view of a person on a skateboard with a large traditional-style mushroom and skull tattoo on the back, script across the shoulders, and panda and figure tattoos on the calves.
Back, arm and leg tattoos on a skateboarder