Skull tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with bicycle wheel eyes, a red sawtooth halo and two lines of lettering, on the thigh, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with bicycle eyes on a thigh
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a skull with pink heart eyes, pink dice and nautical stars across the top of a foot, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Skull, dice and nautical stars on a foot
Two colour sugar skull tattoos wearing grey crowns, one on each calf, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Twin sugar skulls with crowns on calves
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a skeletal fox skull inside an orange ring, with green leaves and sprigs, on the arm.
Skeletal fox skull and sprig on the arm
Colour tattoo of a crescent moon with a sugar skull face, roses and sparkling stars on the upper back, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull moon with roses on upper back
Pencil drawing of a neo-traditional skull surrounded by roses, a crossbone and spider webs, designed as a tattoo.
Skull with roses and crossbones drawing
Colour neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with avocado eyes, onion rings, chilli peppers and a lime wedge, on a leg.
Sugar skull made of avocado, onion and chilli
Neo-traditional coloured pencil design of a pink octopus wrapped around a blue anchor, with a cream skull and a banner reading NO MANS LAND.
Octopus with anchor and skull design
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
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull with a red rose, paintbrush and spray can on a lower leg.
Skull, rose and paintbrush on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a witch holding a jack-o-lantern in front of a haunted house, with zombies and candles below.
Halloween witch and haunted house on upper arm
Drawing of a tattoo design showing two stacked skulls with sugar skull forehead ornaments, swirling smoke lines and red roses, with no body placement shown.
Stacked sugar skulls with red roses
Coloured flash design of a sugar skull woman with a sundae, cupcake and ice cream cone in her hair, on a neo-traditional banner reading Sugar Skull.
Sugar skull with ice cream sundae
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
Black and grey full back tattoo of a woman with a halo and a tiger head below, framed by roses and skulls, seen from behind beside a window.
Full back tattoo of a woman with a tiger
Neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh of Jack Skellington holding a red-ribboned bow over a stitched ragdoll Sally with a red heart, in grey shading with red accents.
Jack and Sally stitched ragdoll tattoo on thigh
Two greyscale skull tattoos on the inner wrists, one wearing a top hat and bow tie with blue splashes, the other with a red polka dot bow and purple splashes.
Two skull wrist tattoos with watercolour splashes
Pencil sketch of a winged hourglass topped with an eye, a winged skull and roses, drawn in a neo-traditional style for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Winged hourglass with roses sketch
Two hands with colourful unicorn head tattoos on the fingers, plus a small black skull and crossbones on a third finger.
Unicorn head tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman with closed eyes wearing a wolf head, flanked by two roses and a skull within an ornate frame.
Woman with wolf headdress, roses and skull
Black and grey drawing of a sugar skull flanked by roses, with an ornate heart and lotus, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Sugar skull with roses and heart design
Black and grey pen drawing of a sailing ship in a storm inside an ornate banner, with a lantern above, a compass and skull below and a quote on the scroll.
Ship in storm within ornate banner design
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a skull with a red and blue guitar neck on the upper arm, with abstract splashes of yellow, orange and blue.
Skull and guitar neck on upper arm
Pencil and red ink sketch of a skull with a rose in its open jaw and leaves below, drawn as a tattoo design on paper with no body part shown.
Skull and rose design sketch
Coloured flash design of a green skull-faced woman with purple hair, roses, foliage and crossed bones, drawn on paper.
Skull-faced woman with roses and crossed bones
Flash design of a teal sugar skull with purple linework, dot details and red roses with thorny vines, in a neo-traditional style.
Teal sugar skull with red roses
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a winged figure, an orange-irised eye and flames across the inner forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Winged eye and flames on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat character wearing a gold crown and red bow, set above a large pink rose on a forearm.
Cat character with rose on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a shaded skull with red butterflies, black lace and beaded chains on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull with butterflies and lace on upper arm
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of a grinning clown with a striped top hat and red bow tie on the upper arm.
Clown portrait with top hat on upper arm
Traditional style skull in a red paisley bandana, framed by red flowers and dark leaves, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Skull in a red bandana with flowers on the thigh
Black and grey drawing of two skulls, roses and an all-seeing eye in a triangle, shaded in neo-traditional style on paper.
Skulls, roses and all-seeing eye design
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
Flash-style drawing of a sugar skull face on a matryoshka doll body, with red roses, a cross and a diamond on a black background.
Sugar skull matryoshka doll design
Colour tattoo of a red rose and a teal and orange sugar skull on the outer thigh, with black ornamental linework to the left.
Red rose and sugar skull on thigh
Colourful neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with pink flowers and green leaves on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull and flowers on a thigh
Black and grey drawing of an owl with a sugar skull beneath it, decorated with diamonds and small flowers, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on paper.
Owl and sugar skull flash design
Black and grey realism skull tattoo with roses and scrollwork on the outer thigh, with a dangling jewelled chain below the skull.
Skull and roses on a thigh
Drawn tattoo design of a shaded grey skull with two red roses and green leaves, with red drips running down the left side, on a tan background.
Skull with red roses and dripping blood
Colour tattoo of an ornate swirling bird across a person's upper back, with a colourful sleeve on the arm of the person embracing them, including a skull and roses.
Ornate bird on back and skull sleeve on arm
Neo-traditional style tattoo on a leg showing a black cat draped over an ornate oval frame containing a red-haired girl with X-marked eyes and a skull at the base.
Black cat and red-haired girl in an ornate frame
Colourful neo-traditional full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing Alice, Ariel, Maleficent, Belle and the Beast among roses and scrollwork, photographed from four angles.
Disney characters full sleeve tattoo
Coloured drawing of a ram skull with grey horns, a red gemstone eye set in pearls, red roses and leaves, and an orange sun behind, in a neo-traditional style.
Ram skull with roses and a rising sun
Back tattoo of a skeleton holding an open fan beside a large skull, set on a red flame and psychedelic pattern background, with flowers below and a colourful sleeve on the arm.
Full back skeleton and fan tattoo
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull with purple, red, orange and green tendrils on the elbow, shown from two angles.
Colourful skull with tendrils on elbow