Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey flash design of skulls among roses and thorned vines on a textured grey background.
Skulls and roses on thorned vines
Black and grey hourglass tattoo with ornate Time Is Money lettering on a forearm, in lettering style with shading.
Hourglass and Time is Money lettering on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull emerging from swirling smoke, shaded across a forearm against a dark background.
Smoke and skull tattoo on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of an orange, green and yellow striped snake coiling around a cream skull on the forearm.
Striped snake coiled around a skull on a forearm
Hand-drawn neo-traditional design of a golden dragon coiled around a grey skull, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Golden dragon coiled around a skull
Two photographs of a black and grey realism full sleeve on an upper arm and forearm, with a winged armoured angel, a skeleton with wings and a skull.
Full sleeve of angels, skeleton and skull in grey
Black and grey realism tattoo of three skulls with draped fabric and leaves on an upper arm, shaded to look three-dimensional.
Triple skull realism on an upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grinning skull wearing a tan cowboy hat and striped green and yellow bandana, on the inner forearm.
Skull in cowboy hat on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with blue skin, purple hair and a yellow fan detail, on a leg in a purple-tinted bath.
Blue-faced woman portrait on a calf
Black and grey pencil drawing of a monstrous skull with an open jaw and long jagged teeth, shown as a tattoo design.
Monstrous skull with open jaw
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo of a sugar skull woman with roses and a skull, running from the shoulder down the forearm.
Sugar skull woman and roses full sleeve
Black, grey and red realistic skull tattoo with splashed ink and script lettering on the inner forearm.
Skull with red splashes on a forearm
Back view of a person with lilac hair in a ponytail wearing a white skull cutout vest, with a small coloured floral tattoo visible on the upper back.
Small floral tattoo on upper back
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a cupcake with pink swirled frosting, a skull candy apple, a bat and peppermint sweets on a lower leg.
Cupcake with skull apple and cleaver
Realistic tattoo of a rose with red blood drips above a shaded skull, placed on the lower leg.
Realistic rose and skull on a calf
Illustration of a muscular cartoon man with a moustache and pipe, his arms, torso and legs covered in dense line-drawn tattoo designs in teal on yellow.
Cartoon figure covered in tattoo designs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded horned-helmet warrior holding a long-handled weapon, with skulls below, on a lower leg.
Horned warrior and skulls on a calf
Woman seen from behind, sitting in grass, with a black and grey owl tattoo with a central eye across her upper back and a neck tattoo.
Owl tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses with dew drops and a skull between them, running down a forearm.
Roses and skull on a forearm
Black and white flash design of a snake coiled around a crescent moon, eye, heart, skull and crossbones, dagger, pentagram and flower on a black background.
Snake with crescent moon and skull
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo on the side of a torso, framed by bold black brushstroke bands and a realistic eye beneath it.
Realistic skull with brushstroke bands on ribs
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cupcake with bat, bone, skull and crescent moon motifs on the inner forearm.
Halloween cupcake on a forearm
Black and grey half skull with red and black splatter and handwritten equations, tattooed on the outer thigh in a realism and abstract style.
Half skull with equations on thigh
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of a skeleton wearing a hooded veil and crown, holding a rosary above a flaming red heart with thorns, in neo-traditional style.
Skeleton in veil with crown and sacred heart
Colour realism tattoo of the Joker's grinning face with red hair and clasped green hands, on a forearm.
Joker portrait tattoo on forearm
Colour tattoo of a sailing pirate ship with a black skull and crossbones flag and blue waves, on the side of a torso.
Pirate ship with skull flag on the side
Botanical tattoo of a skull formed from bare branches with small pastel flowers, on a person's shoulder and upper back.
Branch skull with flowers on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crowned skull with smoke swirls across a forearm.
Crowned skull on a forearm
Full-length view of a person in a black dress with a grey tattoo sleeve on one arm, including a skull, and a star tattoo on the leg.
Skull arm sleeve and star tattoo on legs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull and a sailing ship with billowing sails on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull and sailing ship on an upper arm
Colour realism portrait tattoo of a young child in a skull bandana and beaded necklace on the calf.
Realistic child portrait on a calf
Full arm sleeve tattoo in comic book style showing a Captain America mask, POW and BOOM sound effects and several superhero figures, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Comic book sleeve with superhero faces and POW
Black ink pen drawing of a tattoo design showing a woman with closed eyes and flowing hair, with a moon, moths, a bird and skulls, on a cream background.
Woman with moon, moths and skulls design
Realism style Halloween sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, showing a skull-faced character, carved jack-o-lanterns, a bare tree and snowflakes in mostly grey shading with coloured pumpkins.
Halloween sleeve with skull character and pumpkins
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with green flower eyes and red roses, shown on the forearm.
Owl and sugar skull with roses
Black tribal flash design of a stacked, symmetrical arrangement of skull-like faces and swirling ornamental motifs on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Symmetrical tribal skull design
Black and white flash design of a skull with a snake coiling through it, drawn in bold linework with no body placement shown.
Skull and snake tattoo design
Realistic grey and red tattoo of a skull wearing a horned samurai helmet and mask, set against a red rising sun, on the upper arm.
Samurai skull with rising sun on upper arm
Black and grey flash design of four stacked skulls with roses and ribbon banners, drawn in a traditional style and suited to a long vertical placement.
Stacked skulls with roses and ribbon banners
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with a clock face and pocket watch across a person's upper back.
Skull and pocket watch across a back
Two side-by-side photos of red and blue line tattoos on a lower leg, showing a UFO and pyramid with an eye on the left and a cactus with a crescent moon on the right.
UFO, pyramid and cactus leg tattoos
Black and grey pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing two skulls wrapped in dollar bills, with banners reading EVIL PAYS FOR and EVIL WAY, shown without a body placement.
Skulls and dollar bills with banner design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with roses on the forearm, with a hand with blue nail polish visible at the wrist.
Skull and roses on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of lilies, scrolling vines and a skull running down the back, with the upper back and shoulder visible.
Lilies, swirls and skull on a back piece
Colourful flash sheet of cartoon tattoo designs in bold outlines, including a gremlin, a game console, an eight ball, a skull and a devil head, with repeated pattern versions below.
Bright flash sheet of cartoon tattoo designs
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a deer skull with antlers and red poppies with paint splatters on the outer thigh.
Deer skull and poppies on a thigh
Black and grey sailing ship and skull tattoo running down an upper arm, with a pink-washed compass rose on the shoulder.
Compass rose and sailing ship on shoulder
Black and grey tattoo of a bare tree whose branches form a skull, placed on the calf.
Bare tree forming a skull on a calf