Skull tattoo ideas

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Blue line drawing of a torso covered in traditional flash designs including a rose, skull, diamond, heart, anchor, snake, candle and ship.
Torso covered in traditional flash motifs
Two legs in a bath covered in traditional style tattoos of red roses, a skull, a bicycle, a sun and a mask, on the thighs and calves.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and skulls
A grey shaded skull tattoo with pink, blue and green watercolour splashes on the outer thigh.
Watercolour skull on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a Roman numeral clock face and gears, on the chest.
Skull and clock with gears on the chest
Traditional-style tattoos cover both hands, with a skull on one palm, a blue and red mandala on the back of the other hand, and small finger designs including a spider and an anchor.
Skull and mandala hand tattoos with finger designs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bald, mottled face with dark eye sockets, wearing a dark suit and tie, on the calf.
Suited skull figure on a calf
Black and white drawing of six forearms and hands, each with a different traditional-style tattoo design including a mandala, skull, rose, eye in a triangle and crossed bones.
Six hands with black ink tattoo designs
Black and grey rose with ornamental scrollwork on a person's side and ribs, and a pin-up face with a skull on the thigh, worn over a pink bikini.
Grey rose with scrollwork on ribs and thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a grim reaper in sunglasses holding a scythe beside a palm tree and moon, on a forearm.
Grim reaper and palm tree on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a skull in profile wearing a layered feather headdress, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Skull in feathered headdress in profile
Realistic colour tattoo of a crowned skull with a sunflower on the calf, shown on a leg resting on a black stool over a wooden floor.
Crowned skull and sunflower on a calf
Black and white blackwork design of a skull within interlaced knotwork, framed by a scalloped petal border.
Skull and knotwork in a petal ring
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf showing a turbocharger, a red rose, a spark plug with a DAD banner, flowers and a partly visible skull.
Traditional turbo, rose and spark plug on a calf
Flash sheet of pastel tattoo designs including a horned skull, a crab, palm trees, watchful eyes and a seahorse in a bottle, in a neo-trad style.
Pastel flash sheet of skulls, eyes and palm trees
Black and white photo of a black line geometric skull tattoo on an upper arm, with a hand wearing rings visible at the top left.
Geometric skull on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a skull built from electric guitars, violins, a microphone, headphones and tangled cables, shown as a standalone design with no body placement.
Skull made of guitars and a microphone
Black and grey linework drawing of a human skull floating inside a light bulb, with a lit candle cluster and wisps of smoke at its base.
Skull inside a light bulb with candles
Back of a woman with a large realistic black and grey tattoo of sphynx cats, a skull and roses covering the upper and lower back.
Sphynx cats and roses across a back
Black and grey line drawing of a skull formed from carnations, orchids and poppies, shown as a botanical tattoo design with no body placement.
Floral skull line drawing
Black and grey drawing of a tattoo design showing a sugar skull with butterflies, roses and feathers, shown on paper with no body placement.
Sugar skull with butterflies and roses
Black and grey flash design of a hooded skeleton pushing a cart of skulls, with a hammer and sickle on the cart side and Cyrillic lettering above and below.
Hooded skeleton pushing a cart of skulls
Pen drawing of a neo-traditional design with two skulls, layered roses, leaves and ornate scrollwork inside a curved frame, shown on paper beside a black fineliner.
Skull and roses neo-traditional design sketch
Traditional flash drawing of a skull and crossbones on a poison bottle, flanked by red flowers and a DRINK ME tag, shown on paper.
Skull and crossbones poison bottle flash
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose merging into a skull with leaves, on the forearm.
Skull and rose blend on a forearm
Realistic black and grey skull tattoo with wispy dark shading across the inner forearm, shown in a close photograph.
Shaded skull on a forearm
Black and grey cameo tattoo on the forearm showing a skeletal woman with a pink rose in her hair, set in an ornate scrolled frame.
Skeleton cameo with rose on a forearm
Black script lettering quote and a colour sugar skull tattoo with red roses on a bare thigh.
Text quote and sugar skull on a thigh
Full back tattoo of a purple electric guitar framed by grey skulls, pink roses and wings, with banners reading Where words fail and music speaks, in Traditional and Neo-trad style.
Guitar, skulls and roses across a back
Black and grey flash sheet of multiple skulls wreathed in swirling smoke, drawn with soft airbrushed shading.
Smoke-wreathed skulls flash sheet
Seated person with bold traditional tattoos on the thigh and calf, including a red rose, a skull, a wolf head and a flower, with more tattoos on the forearm.
Traditional leg tattoos with skull and wolf
Coloured flash design on paper showing a half woman, half skull face framed by roses, flowers and feathers, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman and skull design with roses
Realistic skull tattoo with a red rose above it and red ink splashes, on the upper back of a person.
Skull and red rose on upper back
Black outline tattoo of Hello Kitty with a red bow containing a small skull, on the upper arm.
Hello Kitty with skull bow on upper arm
Solid black silhouette design of a theropod dinosaur skeleton in side view, shown on a plain white background with no body placement.
Dinosaur skeleton silhouette design
Black and grey realism tattoo of an animal skull with flowers and leaves on the outer thigh.
Animal skull and flowers on a thigh
Two printed arm sleeves laid diagonally, covered in traditional-style tattoo designs including an octopus, a pin-up, a skull, a rose and a nautical star.
Printed tattoo-style arm sleeves
Pen drawing of a shaded skull wrapped in roses and leaves, with a snake coiled at its base, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Skull, roses and snake design drawing
Watercolour and ink drawing of a skull wearing a colourful feathered headdress, shown as a design with no body placement.
Feathered headdress skull in watercolour
Traditional colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a black cartoon cat holding an umbrella under a purple rain cloud, beside a green skull.
Cartoon cat with umbrella and skull on a leg
Two hands with small grey skeleton tattoos on the fingers, one wearing a blue bow tie and the other a pink flower, shown in a fine shaded style.
Matching skeleton tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of Star Wars tattoo designs, including stormtroopers, Darth Vader, Yoda, Boba Fett and pin-up figures, with no body placement shown.
Star Wars traditional flash sheet
Traditional style colour tattoo of a snail with a skull-shaped shell and the words Death Comes Ripping around it, on a limb.
Skull-shell snail with Death Comes Ripping
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo across the upper arm and forearm, showing an angel with wings, candles, a pocket watch, a skull and an eye.
Black and grey realism sleeve with angel and pocket watch
Two small skull tattoos on the hands, one wearing a red bow and one wearing a black top hat with a red band, shaded in black and grey with red accents.
Matching skull tattoos on two hands
Black and grey outline tattoo of Homer Simpson with raised arms and a red-lettered Misfits skull shirt, on the side of a torso over the ribs.
Homer Simpson in a Misfits shirt on ribs
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull wearing a star-studded cowboy hat, shown on the upper arm.
Skull in a cowboy hat with stars on an upper arm
Pencil-style tattoo design of a shaded skull wearing a thorned vine crown, with a ribbon and rose below, framed by coloured rose and thorn corner ornaments.
Skull with thorn crown and rose
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sugar skull decorated with a diamond, three roses and swirling vines, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sugar skull with roses design