Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo of a crowned skull holding a sword across a full sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, shown from three angles.
Crowned skull with sword on a full upper arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with ornate filigree, long hair, smoke and a decorated pistol across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skull woman with pistol on upper arm
Black and grey two-panel tattoo on an upper arm in an engraved style, showing scales and a solid polyhedron on the left and a skeleton holding an hourglass above a skull on the right.
Two-panel engraving tattoo on an upper arm
Two tattoos side by side: a black and grey Jack Skellington key on the upper arm, and a colour heart-shaped padlock with patchwork panels on the upper back, both in a traditional style.
Jack Skellington key and patchwork heart padlock
Five views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing Jesus with a crown of thorns, skulls, roses, a praying figure and an eye.
Black and grey realism full sleeve with religious and skull
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo of skulls, lotus flowers and smoke on an upper arm and forearm, shown from three angles.
Skulls and flowers full sleeve
Greyscale skull with red-tinted flowers and a lily tattooed across a woman's shoulder and upper arm, shown in a botanical style with soft shading.
Skull and flowers across shoulder and upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a dinosaur skull with a rose and leaves on the upper arm or thigh.
Dinosaur skull and rose on an upper limb
Tattoo of an animal skull with green leaves and pale pink roses on the upper arm and shoulder, shown on a woman in a purple top.
Animal skull and roses on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a Roman numeral clock face and an eye, with a bare tree and birds, on an upper arm.
Skull, clock and eye on upper arm
Coloured traditional-style illustration of a woman in profile with a swallow and diamond on her neck and chest and a skull on her upper arm.
Traditional-style woman with swallow, diamond and skull
Traditional style tattoos of a frog, an ice cream cone and a rose on the upper arm and forearm, with a skull on the other upper arm.
Frog, ice cream and skull tattoos on arms
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with a money bag, banknotes, diamonds, stars and music notes on the upper arm, shown from three angles.
Skull, money bag and diamonds on upper arm
Black and grey script lettering runs down a man's side over the ribs, while another man's arm shows a realistic skull sleeve from upper arm to forearm.
Script on ribs and skull sleeve on arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on the upper arm of a panda head with open jaws over a skull, with bamboo stalks and red blood splatter.
Panda and skull with bamboo on an upper arm
Mirror selfie of a torso and both arms covered in colour and black and grey tattoos, including a sugar skull face with dotwork shading on the stomach and roses and a skull on the chest.
Torso and arm sleeves with skulls and lotus flowers
Neo-traditional tattoo of a horned animal skull surrounded by leaves and red berries across an upper arm and shoulder.
Horned animal skull with foliage on upper arm
Black and grey realism skull tattoo on an upper arm, framed by outlined roses, a compass star and a pocket watch.
Skull, rose and compass on upper arm
Black and grey skull tattoo with roses, butterflies and a cobweb on an upper arm and shoulder, shown in two side-by-side views.
Skull and roses on an upper arm
Traditional-style black outline rose and skull tattoo on an upper arm, with a blue rose and red floral linework on the forearm of a person with head bowed and arms crossed.
Rose and skull tattoos on an arm
Black and grey traditional sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm, featuring roses, a female portrait, a banner and a winged skull on the forearm.
Traditional sleeve with roses, portrait and winged skull
Close-up of a black and grey skull and entwined snake tattoo on an upper arm, with a wooden wand held beside it and a green dress in the background.
Skull and snake tattoo on an upper arm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a sugar skull with swirls, a spider web and a flower, on an upper arm, framed by black smoke-like shading.
Colourful sugar skull on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of an amber skull beneath a black bare tree with grey splatter marks, on the upper arm.
Skull and bare tree on upper arm
Two people in black tank tops embrace, showing black and grey blackwork sleeves: a skull and owl on her upper arm, and a grim reaper with a scythe on his upper arm and wings on his forearm.
Owl, skull and grim reaper sleeves
Traditional style colour tattoo of a woman in a top hat and bow tie, with a SHOW GIRL banner, on the upper arm.
Show girl with top hat on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a stitched, zombie-style cat character with a red bow and skull on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Stitched zombie cat character on an upper arm
Small black and grey fine line skull and crossbones tattoo on the upper arm, with a floral-patterned top visible beside it.
Skull and crossbones on upper arm
Black and grey traditional full arm sleeve in the old school style, with a skull, an hourglass, a dagger, a woman's head and a ship, on an arm worn by a person in a white t-shirt.
Traditional black and grey full sleeve
Full arm sleeve in a biomechanical style with a skull and organic mechanical forms, shaded in dark ink on the upper arm and forearm.
Biomechanical skull sleeve on an arm
Close-up of a grey and red biomechanical skull tattoo with realistic shading across the upper arm and shoulder.
Biomechanical skull on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wrapped in octopus tentacles across the upper arm, shown in a full view and a close-up.
Skull and octopus tentacles on upper arm
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with ornamental shading on an upper arm, photographed at a steep angle.
Realistic skull on an upper arm
Black ink skull above the words DEAD MEN DON'T BITE, tattooed on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey t-shirt.
Skull with Dead Men Don't Bite on upper arm
Colourful neo-trad tattoo of a skeleton with a glowing skull and heart across the upper arm and shoulder.
Skeleton and skull on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a shaded skull merged with a red, orange and black moth with eye spots, on an upper arm.
Skull and moth on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull inside a large toothed mouth on the upper arm, just above the elbow.
Skull in a toothed mouth on an upper arm
Black and grey grim reaper with flames and skulls covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Grim reaper and flames on an upper arm
Two arms show black and grey full sleeve tattoos with a samurai warrior and skull on the left arm and ravens, swords and a skull on the right, both covering the upper arm and forearm.
Samurai and skull full sleeves
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with clockwork gears and a hand holding a clock face, on the upper arm.
Realistic skull with clockwork gears on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve on an arm showing roses, a skull, a bird and leaves, with the upper arm and forearm visible.
Black and grey rose and skull arm sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wearing an ornate feathered headdress across the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull in feather headdress on upper arm
Engraved-style skull with red roses, blue flowers and a songbird on a woman's upper arm, shown in a vintage illustration style.
Skull with roses and bird on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull wearing a gold crown, with diamond-shaped eyes, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull with crown on upper arm
Realistic tattoo of a skull submerged in amber whisky inside a glass bottle, shown on the upper arm.
Skull in whisky bottle on upper arm
Traditional style arm sleeve with a tiger head, an all-seeing eye, a skull, a snake and a rose on a forearm and upper arm, in black outline with red, green and blue colour.
Traditional sleeve with tiger, eye and snake
Black and grey blackwork skull tattoo with dotted and mandala-like patterns on the upper arm, with the jaw open.
Ornate skull with mandala patterns on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a skeleton-faced black cat, a red rose and blue flowers above a banner reading Siempre en mi corazon, on the upper arm.
Skeleton cat and rose banner on upper arm