Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing an anchor, a skull, a ribbon banner with lettering and five-pointed stars.
Anchor, skull and stars on an arm
Illustration of a hairless cat with black and grey tattoo designs of roses, a swallow, a wing and '7 Lives' script, wearing a maroon bow with a skull charm.
Tattooed hairless cat with rose and swallow
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman with blue eyes and a red veil that reveals a skull, held by a hand with long blue nails, on the thigh.
Veiled woman with skull on thigh
Two traditional-style thigh tattoos: a purple rose with an animal skull on the left thigh, and a black and grey cat head with a red rose on the right thigh.
Animal skull and cat with roses on thighs
Black linework skull tattoo on a forearm, with red outlined flowers, a grey-shaded eye socket and grey shading on the teeth.
Skull and red flower on a forearm
Black and grey skull tattoo with ornamental shapes on the back of a hand, which is holding a black ceramic skull mug.
Skull tattoo on the back of a hand
Colour tattoo of a stylised figure in an ornate headdress beside a small skull, in traditional style, on the outer upper arm.
Ornate figure with skull on upper arm
Black and grey Neo-trad back tattoo of a woman holding a set of scales, with roses, a skull and feathered wings across the back.
Woman with scales and skull on full back
Traditional style skull tattoo with a sri yantra geometric design above it on the forearm, in orange, pink, black and grey ink.
Skull and sri yantra on a forearm
Four flash designs on black in orange and yellow: a black cat, a skull with diamonds, a bat beneath a spiderweb and an owl in front of a moon, drawn in a bold vintage style.
Halloween flash sheet: cat, skull, bat and owl
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
Black and grey back tattoo in traditional style, with Latin script, stars, dice, cherries, strawberries and a skull in a flower, spread across the upper and lower back.
Back piece of dice, cherries and Latin script
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with a snake coiled through it, shown on the outer forearm.
Skull and snake on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoos covering a bent leg, including a skull with a Before Dishonor banner, a swallow, a peacock and a pin-up head on the lower thigh.
Traditional leg sleeve with skulls and swallows
Black line drawing of a traditional style tattoo design showing a scroll banner reading Death before decaf, two roses and a teacup with a skull and crossbones.
Death before decaf banner with roses and teacup
Traditional colour flash sheet of Halloween designs including a vampire, witch hat, jack-o-lantern, poison bottles, candy corn and a severed head with a knife.
Halloween traditional flash sheet
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 engraved flash of two skulls, one in a top hat and tailcoat and one in a feathered bonnet, drawn in fine hatched linework on a white background.
Two Victorian skulls in top hat and feathered bonnet
Traditional flash drawing of a pin-up woman in a red outfit seated in a martini glass above a skull and crossbones, with the words Sailor Beware and musical notes.
Pin-up in a martini glass over a skull
Traditional style colour tattoo of a skull-topped cupcake with a red bow and the words Cut cake not wrists, with a small pink flower beside it, on a forearm.
Skull cupcake with lettering on forearm
A traditional flash sheet printed in cream on navy blue, showing a sheet of tattoo designs including a skull eagle crest, pistols, roses, a shark, a snake and a woman's bust.
Traditional flash sheet in cream on navy
Traditional style flash drawing of a sailing ship framed by red roses, a yellow butterfly and crabs, drawn on paper.
Ship, roses and butterfly flash design
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including an eagle, skulls, a hand, a bear and a skeleton, on a black fabric tapestry hung against a white wall.
Traditional flash sheet on black fabric
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe beside a red heart pierced by an arrow, on a lower leg.
Grim reaper with scythe and heart on a calf
Close-up of leggings printed with traditional-style tattoo flash designs, including a geisha head, owl, cat, skulls and roses, worn on the legs.
Tattoo flash print leggings
Traditional style hourglass tattoo with LIVE FOR TODAY banners, flowers, a skull and a rose across the side of the ribs, in black, grey and pale pink.
Hourglass with banners and skull on ribs
Traditional style tattoo of an eye with lashes, a red skull in the iris and red teardrops below, on the inner forearm.
Eye with skull and teardrops on a forearm
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
Black and grey traditional style back tattoo of a skull wearing a pearl-trimmed bandana beside a tall sailing galleon in rough waves.
Skull and galleon across a back
Two matching colour sugar skull tattoos with roses on the top of a pair of bare feet, in a traditional style.
Matching sugar skull tattoos on both feet
Colour traditional style sleeve tattoo on an arm showing a Route 66 sign, a red heart with an engine, a chequered flag, a flaming hot rod, playing cards, dice and a lighter.
Route 66 and hot rod sleeve on forearm
Flash design of a cross made of five skulls wearing cartoon-style hairstyles and glasses, with banners reading Ghosts N Crooks and Appetite for Mystery, in a traditional style.
Skull cross with banners and cartoon-gang hair
Flash design of a skull made from a pizza slice with dripping cheese, pepperoni eyes and a banner reading Small Steps, in a traditional style.
Pizza skull with Small Steps banner
Traditional style tattoo of a skull wearing an eyepatch, with gold coins and a banner reading Goonies Never Say Die, on a limb.
Skull with eyepatch and banner on a limb
Traditional style flash design of Jack Skellington's grinning face above a banner reading The Nightmare Before Christmas, framed by red roses, a bat and spider web linework.
Jack Skellington with roses and banner
Pencil sketch of a cracked skull framed by roses, rose buds and leaves, drawn on spiral notebook paper as a tattoo design.
Cracked skull with roses pencil design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a rose and a skull with scale detail on a woman's forearm.
Rose and skull on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a red rose with a central skull-like figure on a forearm, with a white long-haired cat held in the crook of the arm.
Traditional rose tattoo on a forearm holding a white cat
Black and white photo of two hands held out palms down, with knuckle lettering, a skull and banner, a spider web and a broken heart tattooed on the hands and forearms.
Knuckle lettering and skull banner on both hands
Traditional style flash design of a white teacup with a skull on its side, steam rising, green leaves, red roses and two banners reading Death Before Decaf.
Death Before Decaf teacup flash
Four-panel photo of a traditional colour tattoo on a forearm, showing a heart, roses, a devil, a skull and a mermaid framed as Mexican loteria cards.
Loteria cards and roses on a forearm
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
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing a swallow with roses, a butterfly, a tiger head, a snake, a skull in a beanie, a woman with a rose in her hair and an eye.
Traditional flash sheet with swallow and tiger
Colour tattoo of a cat-shaped sugar skull with a pink bow and floral details on the top of a foot.
Cat-style sugar skull with bow on a foot
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe under a wreath of orange and pink flowers, with other tattoos visible around it on a limb.
Grim reaper with scythe and flower wreath
Two traditional tattoos of skull-marked moths on the back of a person's thighs, one in colour and one in black and grey, with an eye and a crescent moon above them.
Twin skull moths on the thighs