Skull tattoo ideas

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Realistic drawing of a butterfly whose wings are human skulls, shaded in sepia and brown tones on a beige background.
Skull-winged butterfly design
Two colour traditional tattoos on the ribs, left a sugar skull in a veil with flowers and right a skull in a top hat with flowers and the word DEATH.
Sugar skull bride and top hat skull on ribs
Colour traditional tattoo of a red-haired mermaid in a shell top, with a skull under a spider web above her head and waves below, on an arm.
Mermaid with skull on an arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with a partly skull-like face, pearl headband and bones, on the inner forearm, with cracked branch lines near the wrist.
Skull-faced woman with bones on a forearm
Black and grey line drawing of a skull-faced queen in a crown on a playing card, with a broken heart balloon, a spider and swords, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Queen of hearts skull playing card design
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of skulls, an eagle, a reaper, a pigeon, a deer head, a sun, and two feathered headdresses, with no placement shown.
Traditional flash sheet in black and grey
Japanese style tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, showing pink cherry blossoms, a shaded pocket watch and a skull over dark swirling shapes.
Sakura, pocket watch and skull on upper arm
Two fists showing eight small colour tattoos on the fingers in a fine line cartoon style, including an ice cream cone, lollipop, pumpkin, pizza slice, cupcake, skull, doughnut and crescent moon.
Sweet and spooky finger tattoos
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an antelope skull with curved horns on the middle finger, with a small solid heart on the index finger, both on the hand.
Antelope skull and small heart on fingers
Full back tattoo of a biomechanical figure with a mechanical spine, ribs, gears and an organic form in a glass sphere, rendered in realistic brown and grey shading.
Biomechanical spine and ribcage across the back
Black and white photo of a small shaded grey skull tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, in a realistic style.
Small shaded skull on a forearm
Black and grey pen drawing of a human skull with octopus tentacles wrapping around and below it, on a textured pale background.
Skull and octopus tentacle design
Black ornamental sugar skull tattoo with swirling filigree detail on the inner wrist, shown against a misty river scene.
Ornate sugar skull on the inner wrist
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a sugar skull with pink flowers and green leaves on the upper thigh.
Colourful sugar skull with pink flowers on a thigh
Black and grey realism calf sleeve on a lower leg, showing a woman's face with banknotes, a grim reaper and a skull with a top hat, with script lettering.
Realism calf sleeve with portrait, reaper and skull
Black and grey flash design of a woman wearing a wolf over her head, with a rose in her hair, skull choker, crossed arrows and a heart.
Wolf-headed woman with rose and arrows
Two people show matching grey skull tattoos on their upper backs, one with a pink bow and one with blue accents, in a neo-traditional style.
Matching skull tattoos on two shoulders
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large eye with dripping tears and skulls across a shoulder and upper back.
Realistic eye and skulls across back and shoulder
Realistic purple rose with grey skulls tattooed on a forearm, with smooth shading and highlights on the petals and bone.
Purple rose and skulls on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a winged figure with its head bowed and knees drawn up, above a skull, on the side of a ribcage.
Winged figure over a skull on the ribs
Partly visible tattoos on the upper arm and forearm of a rider in a full-face helmet sitting on a motorcycle.
Helmeted rider with arm tattoos on a motorcycle
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a skull fused with a Roman numeral clock face and gears, on the side of the torso.
Skull and clock mechanism tattoo on the side
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bird of prey, a skull and playing cards covering a forearm.
Bird of prey, skull and cards on a forearm
Pencil sketch of a spade shape made from two skulls and jawbones with teeth, shown as a standalone tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Skull spade design sketch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a Roman numeral clock face, with a clock hand and faint script, on an upper arm.
Skull and clock face on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of the state of Texas on an upper back, filled with blue, red and white and overlaid with a shaded longhorn steer skull.
Texas outline with longhorn skull on upper back
Pencil drawing of a shaded skull with feathers and roses in a neo-traditional tattoo design, shown as a sketch with no body placement.
Skull, feathers and roses tattoo design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of a green zombie pony with pink mane, a skull on its head, bats, a moon and a gravestone.
Zombie pony with skull and gravestone on thigh
Four views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a fantasy castle, a hooded figure, a female elf warrior and skulls from shoulder to wrist.
Fantasy castle and warrior full sleeve
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with flowers growing from its crown, shaded with dotwork, on a forearm.
Skull with flowers on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese style tiger tattoo with flowers and a skull across a person's thigh and hip.
Tiger, flowers and skull on a thigh
Flash design of a pink heart pierced by a dagger wrapped in a snake, with bat-like wings and a skull above and a Without You banner below.
Snake and dagger heart with Without You banner
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded skull inside a bold spade shape, placed on the upper back.
Skull within a spade on the upper back
Black and grey Japanese style tattoo flash of a horned oni skull wearing a hannya mask, surrounded by swirling smoke, with no body placement shown.
Oni skull with hannya mask design
Two colourful sugar skull tattoos with roses and flowers on a woman's upper thighs, shown in denim shorts, traditional style.
Sugar skull tattoos on the thighs
Flash design of a woman in profile with a skull-shaped lower face, a green headscarf and a red poppy in her black hair, in a neo-traditional style.
Skull-faced woman with poppy flash
Traditional-style tattoo of the goddess Kali with a third eye and protruding tongue, wearing a skull necklace, on the upper arm.
Kali goddess with skull necklace on an arm
Pencil sketch of a snarling wolf head over a skull, drawn on paper as a tattoo design with the note Right Arm written at the top.
Wolf and skull pencil design
Neo-traditional flash design of a green pin-up bride of Frankenstein wrapped in bandages, with a skull, roses and a heart, drawn for a tattoo.
Bride of Frankenstein pin-up flash
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of an animal skull with red, yellow and blue roses and a ribbon banner, on the outer thigh.
Animal skull and roses on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with an ornate crown on the upper forearm of a woman in a grey bikini, holding a mug.
Skull with crown tattoo on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a neo-traditional tattoo design with a skull, crown, flower, feathers, roses, death's head moths and an eye with a tear, shown on paper with no body part visible.
Skull, crown and moth flash design
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a hooded grim reaper, a winged woman, hourglasses and a skeletal hand, with clouds and a ship on the upper arm.
Grim reaper and winged woman across a back
Two people in black trousers and black shoes on dark steps, with black and grey skull-style tattoos on a forearm and a small script tattoo on the other arm.
Dark skull tattoos on a forearm in black trousers
Black and grey ram skull tattoo with curled horns across the lower abdomen, with further tattoos visible on the upper arms.
Ram skull tattoo on lower abdomen
Two black sugar skull tattoos with floral ornaments, one on each thigh, shown in black ink on skin.
Sugar skull tattoos on both thighs
Black and grey ink drawing of a skull whose jaw and crown grow into twisted branches, with a forest scene in a circle, a deer, birds and orange falling leaves, shown as a botanical tattoo design with
Skull formed from a tree and forest
Line drawing of a skull wearing a feathered headdress with two arrows, shown in cream linework on a black background.
Skull in feathered headdress with arrows