Skull tattoo ideas

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Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo of a sugar skull cat with crossed bones, scissors, a comb and autumn leaves on an upper arm.
Sugar skull cat with autumn leaves on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with red roses and a diamond, on a lower leg, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Owl and sugar skull on a calf
Flash sheet of six cartoon tattoo designs in a bold neo-traditional style, each with a slogan banner, including a lemon, a game console and a flame figure.
Six cartoon character tattoo designs on banners
A person reclining outdoors shows a full colour sleeve on one arm, floral and skull tattoos on the legs, and a large skull piece across the torso.
Colourful skull tattoos across legs, arm and torso
Flash design of three sugar skull pin-up heads with skeletal hands over their eyes, ears and mouth, on a ribbon banner reading Beauty, Truth and Love.
Three sugar skulls with Beauty, Truth and Love banner
Neo-trad style tattoo of a grey skull with pink heart eyes, pink dice, a bow and pink and black nautical stars on the top of a foot near the ankle.
Skull, dice and nautical stars on a foot
Colour tattoo of a skull wearing flowing lilac hair and red roses, with small skulls beside it, in a neo-traditional style on the upper thigh.
Skull and roses in lilac hair on the thigh
Coloured skull and snake tattoo with green glowing eyes and green scale detail, placed on a forearm.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper thigh showing a shaded grey skull framed by red roses and a white daisy.
Skull and red roses on the thigh
Black ink drawing of a traditional-style sleeve tattoo design on paper, with a skull, sun, nautical star, compass rose and playing cards, shown as an elongated arm-shaped outline.
Sleeve design with skull, sun and nautical star
Blue line drawing of two sleeve designs in a neo-traditional style, showing a skull, a dragon, a rose, flames, a bird, a tattoo machine and the words Love and Hate.
Dragon and skull sleeve flash sheet
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face paint, pin-up and skull motifs, and a corset, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Sugar skull pin-up figure drawing
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a golden hourglass with black wings, olive branches and skulls on a limb.
Hourglass with wings and olive branches
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a glass candy jar full of eyeballs, labelled Eye Candy, with a skull on a bow, shown on the thigh.
Eye candy jar of eyeballs on thigh
Colour tattoo of a skull above a purple lotus, framed by wave-like swirls, in a Japanese-influenced style on a lower leg.
Skull and lotus on a calf
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
Colour tattoo of a black and white cat stretching over a blue skeletal cat on the calf, in a Japanese-inspired neo-traditional style.
Black and white cat with skeletal cat on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of cartoon characters Jack and Sally inside an ornate baroque frame on a forearm.
Jack and Sally in an ornate frame on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a skull with a spider's body and fangs, with black legs and yellow drips, on the outer thigh.
Skull and spider hybrid on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a dark beast skull above green-lit skulls and a ribcage, on a limb with a red blood-splash background.
Neo-trad skull creature with bones on a limb
Colour neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with dark red roses, a green vine and a spade on the upper arm.
Sugar skull with roses on upper arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo of two sugar skulls, roses and a sunflower covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skulls and roses on upper arm
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a melting skull with red eyes and nasal cavity on the forearm, set against a grey and red smoky wash.
Melting skull with red eyes on a forearm
Black and grey flash design of a skull above a sailing ship on waves, with a mermaid resting on a treasure chest below, shown without a body placement.
Skull, pirate ship and mermaid design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a crowned woman with red hair, red roses and two skulls on the side of the ribs.
Crowned woman with roses and skulls on the side
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a skull, roses and a banner reading Dead men tell no tales, in a neo-trad lettering style.
Skull and banner lettering design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a dog in a blue hooded robe with clasped hands, framed by yellow and red roses and a winged skull.
Dog in hooded robe with roses and skull
Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of a sleeping woman whose hair becomes twisting vines with skull and eye flowers, on a limb.
Sleeping woman and skull flowers on a limb
Pencil sketch flash design of a skull with crossed bones, spiderweb lines and roses, drawn in a bold neo-traditional style.
Skull, roses and spiderweb sketch
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a cartoon bird wearing a purple bow with a small skull, with feathers and music notes, on the upper arm.
Colourful cartoon bird on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional bat tattoo with lace wings, a skeletal ribcage and a crescent moon across the upper chest and shoulders.
Bat with lace wings across chest
Colour tattoo of a deer skull with antlers and a green eye inside a red-outlined triangle, on a calf in a neo-traditional and realism style.
Deer skull and eye in a triangle
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of two sugar skulls with red roses, green scrollwork and blue and pink flowers on a limb.
Sugar skulls and roses on a limb
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a stitched purple cat character with a heart eyepatch, a grey mouse and a heart balloon on an upper arm.
Stitched cat with heart balloon on upper arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo of sugar skulls, red roses and a purple flower across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skulls and roses on an upper arm
Hand-drawn neo-traditional design of a golden dragon coiled around a grey skull, shown as a flash sheet with no body placement.
Golden dragon coiled around a skull
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with blue skin, purple hair and a yellow fan detail, on a leg in a purple-tinted bath.
Blue-faced woman portrait on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a cupcake with pink swirled frosting, a skull candy apple, a bat and peppermint sweets on a lower leg.
Cupcake with skull apple and cleaver
Colour tattoo on the upper arm of a skeleton wearing a hooded veil and crown, holding a rosary above a flaming red heart with thorns, in neo-traditional style.
Skeleton in veil with crown and sacred heart
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with green flower eyes and red roses, shown on the forearm.
Owl and sugar skull with roses
Black and grey pencil sketch of a tattoo design showing two skulls wrapped in dollar bills, with banners reading EVIL PAYS FOR and EVIL WAY, shown without a body placement.
Skulls and dollar bills with banner design
Colourful flash sheet of cartoon tattoo designs in bold outlines, including a gremlin, a game console, an eight ball, a skull and a devil head, with repeated pattern versions below.
Bright flash sheet of cartoon tattoo designs
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
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
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
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