Skull tattoo ideas

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Colour rose and grey shaded skull tattoo with leaves on the upper back near the shoulder blade, in a realistic style.

Rose and skull on the shoulder blade

Two black sugar skull tattoos with floral detailing, one on each thigh, shown in a fine line style.

Sugar skull tattoos on both thighs

Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with ornamental swirls and outlined petals across an upper arm.

Skull and filigree swirls on upper arm

Black ink flash drawing of three dinosaur skulls, a T-rex, a triceratops and a raptor, each entwined with flowers and leaves, in a stippled botanical style.

Three dinosaur skulls with botanical vines

Black and grey skull with a crown of roses tattooed on the side of a finger, shaded in stippled dotwork.

Skull and roses on a finger

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an animal skull with a yellow crescent moon, a red rose and green leaves on a forearm, with a black snake coiled below.

Animal skull, rose and snake on a forearm

Two photographs of a forearm sleeve tattoo in an Art Nouveau style, with red bellflowers and green vines on the inner arm and a framed seated woman with skulls on the outer arm.

Art Nouveau bellflower forearm sleeve

Colour tattoo on a forearm showing an Art Nouveau style woman in an arched frame with red bell flowers, a vine and skulls below her.

Art Nouveau woman and red bells on a forearm

Realistic grey skulls with red daisy-like flowers and black swirling linework across a person's upper back.

Two skulls and red flowers on a back

Black and grey drawing of a horned owl with feathers above a skull, framed by a botanical wreath of leaves and flowers, designed as a tattoo.

Owl and skull with botanical wreath

Wolf headdress woman with peonies and skull

Hooded woman and skull on upper arm

Black and grey realism tattoo of roses, leaves and thorny stems with a skull on the upper back, near the shoulder blade.

Black and grey roses and skull on upper back

Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned animal skull with roses across the centre of a person's chest, above a black lace top.

Horned animal skull and roses on a chest

Traditional colour tattoos of an owl on the upper arm, pink roses with green foliage on the thigh, and a skull on the forearm.

Owl, roses and skull tattoos on arm and leg

Black and grey traditional style tattoos on a forearm, including a feather, a sunflower, a lotus and a swallow on the hand, with a dagger and a heart nearby.

Forearm sleeve with feather and swallow

Black and grey line drawing of a skull framed by fern-like foliage and a beaded arc above, with the word Virgo and a short poem beneath, shown as a botanical tattoo design.

Skull and foliage Virgo design

Black and grey skull tattoo with peonies and leaves, shaded in dotwork, on the forearm.

Skull and peony on a forearm

Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of roses, paisley scrollwork and a skull-like motif across a shoulder and upper back.

Rose and paisley shoulder back tattoo

Colourful neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with pink flowers and green leaves on the outer thigh.

Sugar skull and flowers on a thigh

Realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a pink lily, a blue and pink butterfly, a shaded black and grey skull and fine black botanical vines.

Lily, butterfly and skull on an upper arm

Black linework and purple wash drawing of a skull combined with a hummingbird, flower and feathers, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.

Skull, hummingbird and flower design

Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skeletal mermaid with long hair and a fish tail on an upper arm, with a peony above it.

Skeleton mermaid with peony on upper arm

Gold line drawing of a sugar skull bride with heart-shaped eyes, a crown of roses and flowers, and the word BRIDE beneath, as a flash design.

Sugar skull bride with rose crown

Black and grey blackwork tattoo of an animal skull surrounded by leaves and berries, on the outer thigh.

Animal skull with foliage on thigh

Black ink line drawing of a skull built from poppies, orchids, carnations and small star flowers, shown as a design with no body placement.

Floral skull line drawing

Black and grey realism tattoo across a person's upper back showing lilies, a hummingbird, a skull and scrollwork.

Lilies, hummingbird and skull on a back

Two hands held together showing a red traditional rose on the back of one hand and a black and grey rose on the other, with small finger tattoos on the fingers.

Rose tattoos on the backs of both hands

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

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

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 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

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

Black linework flash design of a woman with flowers in her hair, a hand at her face, paintbrushes and a skull with an all-seeing eye, in botanical style.

Woman with brushes, skull and eye design

Painted tattoo design of a shaded skull framed by blue and purple anemone-style flowers, leaves and grey scrollwork on a pale background.

Skull with blue and purple flowers design

Flash-style drawing of a skull with pink poppies and teal leaves in bold black linework, shown without any body placement.

Skull with poppies flash design

Traditional style flower and rose tattoos cover a person's forearms, upper arms, thighs and calves, with their hands resting on a seated dog.

Floral tattoos on legs and arms with a dog

Black and grey realism tattoo on the ribs of a torso, showing a pocket watch with Roman numerals in front of a skull, with roses, a monarch butterfly, gears and scrollwork.

Pocket watch, skull and roses on the ribs

Black line drawing of an owl with spread wings, a skull, roses and leaves, shown as a fine line tattoo design with no body placement visible.

Owl with skull and roses design

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

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

Realistic colour tattoo of two pink roses above a shaded grey skull with red accents, on the outer thigh.

Roses and skull on a thigh

Realistic grey skull with red cherry blossom outlines on a lower leg, shaded in black and grey with a cracked skin texture.

Realistic skull and cherry blossoms on a calf

Flash design of a watercolour-style skull with a butterfly, leafy branches and a Roman numeral clock, drawn in ink on a white background.

Skull, butterfly and clock design

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 realism tattoo of two roses with dew drops and a skull between them, running down a forearm.

Roses and skull on a forearm