Skull tattoo ideas

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Close-up of a forearm with a cartoon-style tattoo of a white skull with black eye sockets, with a green striped snake coiling around it and a red tongue.
Cartoon skull and green snake on a forearm
Traditional flash design laid out across a white body silhouette, covering the arms and torso with an eagle, snakes, dragon, peacock, pin-up, reaper and portrait.
Full-body traditional flash on a white silhouette
Two carved wooden arm and hand boards showing traditional-style tattoo designs of skulls, a heart with a dagger, a goat, a cat and flowers, in black and cream.
Carved arm boards with skull, goat and cat designs
Woman seen from behind with a tattooed back, including skulls, a coloured Snow White portrait and script, and sleeve work on her arm in a neo-traditional style.
Back and arm tattoos with Snow White portrait
Two clasped hands showing a traditional-style skull and crossbones tattoo on one wrist and a pink rose with a teal bow on the back of the other hand, with a black patterned tattoo on the forearm
Skull and rose tattoos on clasped hands
A sleeping tabby cat rests its paw on a forearm with a colourful traditional-style skull and rose tattoo.
Sleeping tabby cat resting on a tattooed forearm
Greyscale realism tattoo of a skull with exposed clockwork gears beneath Roman numeral XII, with smoke swirls below, on a forearm.
Skull with clockwork gears and Roman numerals
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty with green mohawk hair, a skull, stars and a green guitar, shown on a forearm in a bold neo-traditional style.
Punk Hello Kitty with guitar on forearm
Two arms show a full sleeve tattoo of skulls, swirling forms and hands in realistic grey shading with bright pink bands, worn on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of skulls and swirls in grey and pink
Two matching colour sugar skull tattoos with roses on the inner forearms, in a traditional style, shown on a person wearing a black top.
Matching sugar skull tattoos on forearms
Two black and grey forearm tattoos in a traditional style: a hanging flower with leaves on the left, and a skull within an ace of spades playing card with a skeletal hand on the right.
Flower and ace of spades skull on forearms
Neo-traditional tattoo of a horned woman with a three-eyed creature above her head, a crescent moon, and a compass star, on the inner forearm.
Horned woman and moon on a forearm
Black and grey traditional arm sleeve tattoo with a skull in a bottle, a lady portrait and roses across the upper arm and forearm.
Traditional black and grey arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a skull with beads, a rose, a pocket watch, a map and feathers.
Skull, rose and pocket watch forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a large red-tinged moon, bats, bare trees and a grinning pumpkin-style figure.
Full sleeve with moon and night scene
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a half-shaded realistic skull, with the other half breaking into fanning geometric triangle linework on the forearm.
Half skull dissolving into geometric linework
Black script tattoo reading I am not afraid, I was born to do this, across the inner forearm, with a silver skull bracelet on the wrist.
Script quote tattoo on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull inside overlapping geometric circles and fine lines, with a small bee below, on a forearm.
Skull with geometric circles and a bee on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a howling wolf beneath a full moon with a skull shape, pine trees and rocks, shown on the forearm.
Howling wolf and skull moon on a forearm
Colourful full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a sugar skull woman with roses, skulls and a church, in a neo-traditional style.
Day of the Dead sugar skull full sleeve
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo with red poppies, a bird, a skull and German text, shown from two angles on an arm.
Bird, poppies and skull full sleeve
Colour realism tattoo of a skull wrapped in orange and yellow flames on a forearm, shown in two side by side photos.
Flaming skull on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an Aztec-style skull in a headdress, with a sun stone above and a stepped pyramid below, on a forearm.
Aztec skull and pyramid on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a dagger piercing a red and cream skull with green leaves, on the inside of a forearm.
Dagger through skull on a forearm
Realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with large orange lilies, skulls and green leaves on a dark background.
Orange lily and skull full sleeve
Colour traditional tattoo of a sugar skull with a red rose across its forehead and pink flower eyes, on a forearm.
Sugar skull with red rose on a forearm
Black outline tattoo of an owl with roses, beaded chains and a face in a medallion on a person's ribs, with a skull tattoo on the forearm at the left edge.
Owl and roses on the ribs
Black and white photo of both forearms covered in lettering and collage-style tattoos, including outlined MY LIFE text, a skull, and a rose on the hand.
Forearm lettering and sticker-style collage tattoos
Black and grey realism arm sleeve on a man's upper arm and forearm, showing a skull, a feathered wing, smoke and scrollwork.
Black and grey skull and wing arm sleeve
Black and grey tattoos across two forearms show a skull with three roses, a large feather, a leafy pattern, stars and Roman numerals.
Skull, roses and feather on forearms
Traditional style tattoo of a black spider with a skull head, yellow legs and three stars above, on the forearm.
Skull spider on a forearm
A person in ripped black jeans laces black boots, with heavily tattooed arms in black and grey ink, including a hand tattoo, and a geometric design on the knee.
Sleeved arms and hand tattoos while lacing boots
Black and grey snake coiled around a skull on a forearm, with a fine line triangle and circle tattoo on the wrist of the other arm.
Snake and skull on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a man seen from behind, with a skull tattoo and other tattoo work on his upper arm and forearm, wearing a dark t-shirt with a printed slogan.
Black and grey arm tattoos with a slogan tee
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals, two skulls and folded banknotes.
Pocket watch, skulls and banknotes on an arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a skull built from leaf veins, with a thin stem line above it, on the inner forearm against a pink background.
Leaf-textured skull on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a forest scene with a stag silhouette, a hunter figure and a large skull.
Forest, stag and skull on a forearm
Black ink tattoos on an arm in a traditional style, showing a hooded skull, crossbones, an eye and the words BYE BYE, with a spiral tattoo on the hand.
Skull, crossbones and BYE BYE on an arm
Black ink tattoo of a skull filled with mandala patterns and roses, covering the inner forearm, in a fine line style.
Mandala skull and roses on forearm
Realistic forearm tattoo of a sugar skull woman with red eyes, smoke swirls and a skull below, shaded in grey with red accents.
Sugar skull woman and skull on a forearm
Traditional style forearm tattoo of a skull and crossbones inside a heart-shaped panel with red wash, framed by grey scrollwork and playing card spades.
Skull and crossbones in an ornate spade frame on a forearm
Realism black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with teal swallows, a pocket watch, a Roman numeral clock face, and a skull and rose on the back.
Realism clock, bird and skull sleeve
Close view of a tattooed forearm and hand resting on a gold guitar, with a traditional style skull and rose design on the forearm and small lettering on the knuckles.
Tattooed forearm and hand on a guitar
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a skull on a card labelled LA MORT, held by a hand above a geometric mandala, in a dotwork style.
Skull and hand tarot card on a forearm
Full sleeve tattoo in grey shading on an upper arm and forearm, showing a skull, an alien-like figure and mechanical pipes and tubes.
Biomechanical skull sleeve on an arm
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing a graveyard scene with a pale zombie woman, a shambling figure, a dog, a skull and headstones in grey tones.
Zombie graveyard scene on a forearm
Black and grey biomechanical full arm sleeve tattoo with skulls, pistons and engine parts, shown on the upper arm and forearm.
Biomechanical sleeve with skulls and pistons
Black line drawing of a woman with long hair and closed eyes, showing a Japanese-style sleeve of cherry blossoms, a koi-like fish and a skull on her arm.
Woman with Japanese-style sleeve and skull