Skull tattoo ideas

1,900 photos and flash · 27% Realism, 23% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Black ink flash sheet of Shakespeare quotes in script and typewriter lettering, with a small skull and a wreath design.
Shakespeare quote lettering flash sheet
Traditional tattoo of a skull filled with a stars and stripes pattern, framed by banners reading American Beauty and American Psycho, in red, black and blue on skin.
Skull with flag design and banners
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a pirate woman in a skull-and-crossbones tricorn hat with an eye patch, with a flower below, on a forearm.
Pirate woman with eye patch on forearm
Black and grey realism skull tattoo with bone and organic detail covering the upper arm and shoulder of a woman in a dark vest top.
Realistic skull on upper arm
White line drawing of a cracked skull pierced by a knife with a handle, on a black background, in a bold traditional flash style.
Cracked skull pierced by a knife
Black and grey tattoo of a butterfly whose wings form skull faces with flower eyes, on the calf in Traditional style.
Skull and butterfly on a lower leg
Black and grey ink flash design of a skull resting in a curved shell-like form, framed by wheat sprigs, with the word Virgo and a quotation beneath it.
Skull and wheat sprigs in a shell, Virgo design
Pen-and-ink drawing of a skull with roses and wildflowers over pastel watercolour splashes, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Skull and roses with watercolour splashes
Black and grey realism tattoo of an electric guitar with two skulls, a red plectrum and a coiled cable on the forearm.
Guitar and skulls on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork design of an elephant head with ornate mandala panels, radiating lines and a skull below the trunk, shown as a flash drawing with no placement on the body.
Elephant head with skull and mandala
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a pocket watch with Roman numerals and gears, on the upper arm.
Skull and pocket watch on upper arm
Two coloured neo-traditional tattoos on the upper thighs, a skull in a red-striped astronaut helmet on the left and a vintage brass diving helmet with a pocket watch on the right.
Skull astronaut and diving helmet on thighs
Black and grey flash sheet of more than fifty small icon designs, including a dagger, anchor, eye, skull, heart and paper plane, with no body placement shown.
Grid of small tattoo flash designs
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with skull-headed keys and ribbons, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Heart padlock and skull keys on a back
Sketch-style skull with purple and blue poppies and anemone flowers tattooed across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Skull and poppies across a back
Greyscale fine line and realism style antelope skull tattoo on the middle finger of a hand, with a small red heart tattoo on the neighbouring finger.
Antelope skull on a finger with a red heart
Black and grey realism tattoo of skulls, a figure and a city skyline inside a vessel outline on the upper arm.
Skulls and cityscape in a vessel on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a shaded skull with a gear over one eye, two crows and red lilies on an upper arm, set against red and black ink splashes.
Skull, crows and lilies on an upper arm
Woman in a blue dress with traditional tattoos on her thigh, including an eagle over a skull, and colourful designs on her lower leg and upper arm.
Eagle and skull on a thigh, traditional legs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull wreathed in smoke on the outer forearm, photographed against grey paving.
Skull with smoke wisps on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an owl above an ornate sugar skull covering the inner forearm, with mandala-like patterning and a beaded bracelet at the wrist.
Owl and sugar skull on a forearm
Two hands held together, each showing a black and grey sugar skull tattoo with dotted detail on a finger, one with a ring on another finger.
Sugar skull tattoos on two fingers
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a large wolf head above a seated wolf holding a skull, with leafy sprigs and a feathered wing beside it.
Wolf cradling a skull on a forearm
Black and white photo of a muscular man's back with a large grim reaper tattoo with a scythe, arched lettering reading Sons of Anarchy and California, and arm tattoos.
Grim reaper and lettering across a back
Traditional style grim reaper with a red scythe and dotwork shading, tattooed on the calf.
Grim reaper with scythe on a calf
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo of a small ginger cat with black outlines, placed on a forearm beside a large ornate design in purple and yellow.
Small ginger cat on a traditional arm piece
Two colour tattoos in a neo-trad style: a sugar skull portrait with blue hair on the calf and a sugar skull portrait with flaming red hair on the forearm, with script lettering below.
Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm
Back view of a man in a white t-shirt showing a black traditional-style ship's wheel with a skull at its centre on his forearm, and a partly visible coloured tattoo on his upper arm.
Ship's wheel with skull on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a rose, with two leaves, on the forearm.
Skull and rose on a forearm
Black traditional-style tattoo of a snake coiled around a skull with a dagger below, with dotwork shading, on a calf.
Snake coiled around a skull on a calf
Full back tattoo of a multi-armed goddess wearing a skull garland, set against a red sun disc, with a lotus on the shoulder and a blue sleeve on the arm, in Japanese and neo-traditional style.
Goddess with skulls full back tattoo
Open sketchbook with hand-drawn flash designs of eyes in green ink and skulls and eucalyptus sprigs in blue and orange, set on denim beside dried flowers.
Eye, skull and eucalyptus flash sketches
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull, monarch butterfly and rose with a red wash behind, on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull, rose and butterfly on an upper arm
Black and white photo of a large black and grey skull tattoo covering a person's back, with a dotwork star on the upper back and a portrait on the arm.
Skull and star back tattoo in black and grey
Black and grey photograph of a man's back and raised arms covered in skeletal anatomy tattoos, including a skull, ribcage, spine and spiders.
Skeletal back and arms tattoo, black and grey
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a calf showing a hut with an onion dome, a crescent moon, pine trees, flowers and a skull.
Hut, crescent moon and skull on a calf
Colourful kawaii taco tattoo with a smiling face and the words I DON'T WANNA 'BOUT IT on an upper arm, surrounded by a skull, leaves and a butterfly.
Kawaii taco with lettering on an upper arm
Realism tattoo of a shaded grey skull wrapped in green leaves and water droplets, on the outer thigh.
Skull with green leaves on a thigh
Black and grey drawing of a winged skull with tribal swirls and ink splatter, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Winged skull with tribal swirls
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a woman's face merged with a skull, with a butterfly wing over one eye and a Roman numeral clock behind.
Half skull and half woman face with clock on upper arm
Woman seen from behind riding a longboard on a rural road, with tattoos across her back, arms, thighs and calves.
Tattooed back and legs on a longboard
Black and grey drawing of a skull with bat wings and a small bat at its jaw, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design on white paper.
Winged skull with bat design
Greyscale pencil drawing of a side-view skull whose cranium is filled with carved gothic tracery and acanthus-style foliage, with two drawing pens below.
Realistic skull with gothic tracery
Black and grey engraved tattoo of a skull fused with a gramophone horn and spine on an upper arm.
Skull and gramophone horn on upper arm
Black fine-line lettering reading a quote, with two small roses and a colour sugar skull tattoo on a thigh.
Quote text and sugar skull on a thigh
Arm with a colourful cartoon sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and forearm, holding a comic-printed skateboard with orange wheels.
Cartoon sleeve tattoo on an arm holding a skateboard
Black ink flash design of a death's head moth above an animal skull framed by roses, leaves and a beaded drop pendant, in a blackwork and fine line style.
Death's head moth over a skull and roses
Black ink illustration of a woman with a hair bun and tattoos of a swallow, skull and Darth Vader helmet on her upper arm, traditional style.
Tattooed woman with blaster illustration