Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a tiger head above a woman's profile with closed eyes, with a skull held in a hand on the side of the body.
Tiger and woman full back piece with skull
Black and grey realism tattoo of an hourglass with a skull inside and a rose behind it, on the inner forearm.
Hourglass, skull and rose on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a graveyard, crosses, skulls and bones under a red lightning sky, covering a full back.
Graveyard and skulls across a full back
Traditional tattoo of a shaded skull with a green cobra and a second snake coiled around it, with red drips, on a forearm.
Skull with cobra and snake on a forearm
Two black ink designs on the inner forearms: a decorated sugar skull with flowers on the left arm and a dreamcatcher with feathers on the right arm, against a stars and stripes background.
Sugar skull and dreamcatcher on forearms
Close-up of a cartoon-style skull tattoo with a pink polka-dot bow, heart eyes, crossbones and pink swirls on skin.
Pink bow skull with crossbones
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with flowers and leaves growing from its top, shaded with dotwork, on a limb.
Skull with flowers in traditional style
Black and grey tattoo of a skull with a snake coiled around it, running up the inside of a forearm.
Skull and coiled snake on a forearm
Pencil drawing of a winged anatomical heart beneath a crown, with skulls, a triangle and an eye, in a dotwork and geometric style, shown as a tattoo design on aged paper.
Winged anatomical heart with crown and eye
Sketch-style tattoo of a skull with a smoking pipe and grey smoke wisps, with orange wash shading, on the outer thigh.
Skull with pipe and smoke on a thigh
Black and grey realism drawing of a woman looking upwards, with a human skull and three roses in her hair and feather and bead details, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Skull and roses portrait design
Skull tattoo in profile with a teal and purple galaxy filling the cranium, shown in two close-up photos of a limb.
Skull with a galaxy in the cranium
Line drawing of a sugar skull with a mandala crown and flower ornaments, shaded from purple to pink, presented as a botanical tattoo design.
Sugar skull with mandala and flowers
Hand-drawn longhorn bull skull with red roses and hanging feathers on a pink gradient background, shown as a tattoo design without a body placement.
Bull skull with roses and feathers
Detailed black ink drawing on paper of an Anubis figure with skulls, snakes, bat wings, an ankh and lotus flowers, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Anubis with skulls and lotus flash design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a triceratops skull with stippled shading on the outer thigh and hip.
Triceratops skull on the thigh
Line drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design on a torso, with an eagle, a LOYALTY banner, a ship, a skull and flags, shown in black outline.
Eagle, ship and LOYALTY banner torso design
Black and grey drawing of a skull with butterfly wings, held up by two hands in front of a person's face against a plain grey background.
Skull and butterfly wing drawing
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a split design: one half shows a red-haired doll with stitched cheeks and one eye, the other a pale stitched skull-like face with black eye sockets and dark wisp-like
Split stitched doll face on a forearm
Realism tattoo on a thigh showing a woman's face half turned into a skull, beside a red rose and a line of black script.
Half skull portrait and rose on thigh
Black and grey full back tattoo of a seated Buddha with chakra symbols, skulls, script banners and a dotwork halo, placed on the back.
Full back Buddha with chakras and skulls
Black and grey skull tattoo with flying birds and painterly brushstrokes across a person's upper back, shaded in a realistic style.
Skull and birds across a back
Black outline sugar skull tattoo with a cross and flower motif on the thigh, with cursive script lettering above it.
Sugar skull with script on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a shaded skull and ornate key on an upper arm, with part of a scaled fish tattoo visible above it.
Skull and ornate key on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with two roses, a thorny vine and a teardrop eye motif on a forearm.
Skull and roses on a forearm
Black and grey drawing of a skull wearing a feather headdress, with crossed bones and axes beneath it on a black background.
Skull with feather headdress and crossed axes
Close-up of a hand with black stiletto nails and black skull rings, over a forearm covered in black blackletter lettering tattoos and an ornamental design.
Blackletter lettering on a forearm beside skull rings
Black and grey tattoo of a cat skull with anatomical labels, drawn in an engraved illustration style, on the outer thigh.
Labelled cat skull on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of two stacked skulls with a ribcage and skeletal hand on an upper arm.
Skulls and skeleton ribcage on upper arm
Full back tattoo of an ornate colourful skull surrounded by clouds, beads and red peony flowers, in a neo-traditional style on a bare back.
Ornate colourful skull full back piece
Traditional colour tattoo of a hooded grim reaper holding a scythe whose blade is a dripping pepperoni pizza slice, with bold black outlines.
Grim reaper with pizza slice scythe
Black and grey thigh tattoos on a person seen from behind in sheer lace underwear, with Good Girl script and floral and bird designs.
Good Girl lettering on both thighs
Neck and chest with a red-shaded skull surrounded by grey lilies on the chest, a grey butterfly on the neck, and a tattoo on the upper arm, in realism and botanical styles.
Red skull and lilies on chest and neck
Traditional style colour tattoo of a death's head hawkmoth with a skull marking on the upper thigh, set against a red circle.
Death's head hawkmoth on thigh
Black and grey dotwork flash design of a horned animal skull above a pair of scales holding a feather and a small object, with an ankh inside a downward triangle.
Horned skull and scales dotwork design
Black and white line drawing design of Jack Skellington's head and body set against a spider web with two bats, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Jack Skellington with spider web and bats
Pencil drawing of a deer skull with antlers wrapped in wildflowers, ferns and leaves, pegged to a line against a dark background.
Deer skull with antlers and flowers
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull with red butterflies, lace and beaded chains on the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull with butterflies and beads on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red rose, a dagger with a yellow ribbon and a small skull on a forearm, with stars and leaves around it.
Traditional rose and dagger on a forearm
Colour tattoo of red stage curtains, a skull and a Fall Out Boy banner on the back of a calf.
Stage curtain and skull banner on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of several skulls with chain links covering the forearm, shown in a close photo with shiny skin.
Skulls and chain on a forearm
Pencil-shaded tattoo design of a skull with heart-shaped eye sockets, a bow on top and crossed bones behind it, shown without any body placement.
Skull with bow and crossed bones
Black and grey tattoo of a dinosaur skull with long teeth on the inner forearm, against a plain grey wall.
Dinosaur skull on a forearm
Large blackwork tattoo of a grinning shadowy creature with sharp claws and pale eyes on a person's upper back, with a small skull-like figure holding a bone at its lower left.
Grinning shadow creature on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with a pocket watch and chain on the upper arm.
Skull and pocket watch on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull beneath a Roman numeral clock face, with swirling shading, on a forearm.
Skull and Roman numeral clock on a forearm
Full torso covered in traditional style tattoos, with a coloured skull and roses above a black and grey owl on the stomach, with sleeves visible on both arms.
Skull, roses and owl across a full torso
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull-faced woman in a peaked military cap with an eagle insignia, with a hand at the chin, on the upper arm.
Skull-faced woman in peaked cap on upper arm