Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey neo-traditional flash sketch of a woman's face beneath a skull headdress, with a snake and feather ornament above.
Skull-crowned woman with snake design
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a skull above crossed bones, a compass and set square, a pyramid with an eye, laurel branches and stars.
Skull, compass and pyramid on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of a skull with ornate swirl patterns and red roses on the forearm.
Skull and roses on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull draped in a lace veil across the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull under a lace veil on upper arm
Black and grey traditional-style pin-up illustration of a woman in a checked shirt and high-waisted shorts, with skull, praying hands and dagger tattoos on her legs.
Pin-up woman with tattooed legs illustration
Neo-traditional style flash design of a robed skeleton figure in a red gown and teal cloak, with a golden halo, starry background and marigolds, with no body placement shown.
Robed skeleton figure with marigolds
Black and grey realism sugar skull tattoo with a woman's face and roses on an upper arm.
Sugar skull and roses on an upper arm
Black blackwork design of a hand silhouette with a skull inside it and wispy tendrils, with the words WE KNOW beneath, drawn on a plain white background.
Skull within a hand silhouette with WE KNOW
Black and grey realism tattoo of an armoured samurai with a raised sword and skulls with smoke swirls, covering a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Samurai warrior full sleeve
Black and grey flash sheet of vintage Halloween designs including witches, bats, a skeleton, a black cat, apothecary bottles and a haunted house.
Vintage Halloween flash sheet
Traditional-style colour tattoo covering a man's chest and stomach, with a sailing ship, a skull in a cap, a lighthouse, a parrot and a shark.
Sailing ship and skull torso piece
Black and grey dotwork skull tattoo with an eye in a triangle and heart-shaped rays, on the thigh.
Skull and eye tattoo on a thigh
Colour cartoon character in a green jacket and blue jeans, with red stippled outlines of a diamond, a rabbit and a banner, tattooed on a calf in a dotwork style.
Cartoon character with banners on a calf
Traditional style flash sheet of repeating tattoo designs, including daggers through skulls, swallows, pin-up women, hearts, roses and a scorpion, on a tan background.
Traditional flash sheet with skulls, hearts and pin-ups
Black and white flash sheet of Joker-themed tattoo designs, including a jester skull, playing cards, HAHA lettering, a grinning mouth and the word JOKER.
Joker-themed tattoo flash sheet in black ink
Colour realism tattoo on a lower leg showing a flaming skull, a Harley-Davidson Motor Cycles shield and two pistons.
Flaming skull with Harley-Davidson logo on calf
Painted flash design of an interlaced Celtic knotwork serpent with a pale skull-like head, in blue-grey, ochre and rust on a parchment background.
Celtic knotwork serpent with skull head
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull over two clock faces with Roman numerals, shown on the forearm.
Skull and clock faces on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded skull with a star of arrows above it, sitting on the upper arm and shoulder of a person in a black top.
Black and grey realism skull on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with an exposed eye and an ace of spades card fan, on the upper arm.
Skull and playing cards on upper arm
Shaded grey skull with rose details in its eye sockets, beside a red rose outlined in black, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull with roses and a red rose on shoulder
Neo-traditional tattoo of a skull beneath a crown with red roses and splatter detail on an upper arm.
Skull, crown and roses on an upper arm
Colour botanical skull tattoo made of sunflowers, roses and a butterfly, on the outer forearm of a person wearing a grey jumper.
Floral skull on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a skeletal raptor-like dinosaur in shaded dotwork on the inner forearm.
Dinosaur skeleton on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a grey skull with red blood dripping from the nose, above a snarling creature with glowing red eyes and fangs, on a forearm.
Skull and red-eyed creature on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pocket watch, skull and building on the upper arm, photographed against a dark background.
Pocket watch and skull on upper arm
Black line drawing of a skull entwined with three roses, leaves and thorny stems, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skull and roses line drawing
Flash drawing of a bearded skull in a peaked cap with an anchor emblem, gripping a dark bottle, in black and red ink on parchment.
Skull in peaked cap holding a bottle