Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realistic tattoo of a skull with clock hands and Roman numerals across the upper arm.
Skull and clock on upper arm
Mirrored photo of a realism and abstract-style shoulder and upper arm tattoo with a clock face, a skull, a white wing, stars and the words 2nd Amendment, with red splashes.
Clock, skull and wing shoulder tattoo
Black and grey crucifixion tattoo with red accents on a shoulder and upper arm, showing a figure on a cross, a crown of thorns, birds and rows of crosses.
Crucifixion scene on upper arm
Realistic full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a clock face, a classical statue, a red rose and a knight's shield with a red cross, in black and grey with red accents.
Clock, statue and red rose sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a spider with a human-style skull for its body, shaded in grey on the upper arm.
Skull-bodied spider on an upper arm
Black and grey realism chest tattoo of a winged woman and a skull with a wing, with a small gold cross and geometric lines, spreading over the chest and shoulder.
Winged woman and skull on a chest
Black and grey realism full sleeve showing helmeted warriors with spears and shields, a skull and a snarling beast, on the upper arm and forearm.
Spartan battle full sleeve
Black and grey realism skull tattoo with roses and scrollwork on the outer thigh, with a dangling jewelled chain below the skull.
Skull and roses on a thigh
Realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a pink lily, a blue and pink butterfly, a shaded black and grey skull and fine black botanical vines.
Lily, butterfly and skull on an upper arm
Realism style black and grey skull tattoo with a red rose and handwritten script on a lower leg, with a clock face above.
Skull, clock and rose on a calf
Black and grey tattoo on the back of a shoulder showing a shaded skull, two roses, scrollwork and script reading Seize the day or die regretting.
Skull, roses and quote on a shoulder
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull-faced marching band figure in a plumed shako, kicking one leg up and holding a sabre, on the side of a torso.
Skull-faced drum major on the side
Realism tattoo of a shaded grey skull in front of a Roman numeral clock face, with a masked figure above and a pink rose below, on a forearm.
Skull and clock face on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with roses and leaves across the upper arm and shoulder.
Skull and roses on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with ridged, textured bone across the back of a hand, resting on a dark leather surface.
Realistic skull on the back of a hand
Black and grey upper arm sleeve with red cherry blossoms, a shaded skull and a pocket watch, in a Japanese style.
Cherry blossom and skull sleeve on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a man's face with half the skull and decayed flesh exposed, shown on a limb in a wide view and a close-up panel.
Realistic portrait with exposed skull
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a skull merging with a woman's face, a castle on a hill and a rose.
Skull and face with castle on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a ram skull with large curled horns on the outer thigh.
Ram skull on the outer thigh
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with smoky wisps across the top of a foot, running from the ankle towards the toes, in a Realism style.
Realistic skull and smoke on the top of a foot
Colour realism tattoo of blue, orange and yellow flames climbing a forearm, with a flaming skull and a banner on the wrist.
Flames up the forearm with a skull on the wrist
Realism tattoo of a shaded skull with a pocket watch set in one eye socket, with Roman numerals on the watch face and wispy ribbons across the skull.
Realistic skull with pocket watch
Black and grey realism tattoo of a stepped pyramid, a feathered serpent and a skull on the forearm, running down towards the wrist.
Stepped pyramid, serpent and skull on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a calf showing a large skull, a pistol, roses, banknotes and a hooded figure, photographed indoors on a carpet.
Skull, roses and hooded figure on a calf
Black and grey photograph of a realistic skull tattoo surrounded by shaded roses on a woman's upper back and shoulder.
Skull and roses across the upper back
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo with heavy shading and speckled texture on a forearm, photographed in a studio with blue tape.
Realistic skull on a forearm
Black and grey Japanese style skull tattoo with curling waves and cherry blossom flowers across a person's upper back and shoulder.
Skull, waves and blossom on a back piece
Black and grey realism tattoos of a large skull across the back and two female portrait faces on the thighs.
Skull and portrait back and leg tattoos
Greyscale pencil drawing of a skull wearing a feathered headdress, shown in profile on a white background, suitable as a tattoo design.
Skull in feathered headdress drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a gothic cathedral facade above a skull and rosette medallion on a forearm.
Gothic cathedral and skull on a forearm
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a hooded grim reaper beside a winged woman, with clouds and a sleeve design on the arm.
Grim reaper and winged woman across a back
Monochrome drawing of a woman whose face is half skull, with a long side braid, a bow at the collar and a lace-trimmed blouse, shown as a tattoo design.
Skull-faced woman with braid and bow
Pencil drawing of a human skull seen from the front, with fine hatched shading on white paper, as a tattoo design sketch.
Realistic skull drawing in pencil
Black and grey realism tattoo of an anatomical heart on the neck, with a steer skull, feathers and roses across the chest and shoulders.
Anatomical heart, steer skull and roses on chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with white blossom flowers on an upper arm, shaded with dark smoky bands.
Skull and blossom on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a reptile skull in profile on the outer forearm.
Reptile skull tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a human skull with a death's head moth on its crown and a rose at its base, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Skull, death's head moth and rose design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sailing pirate ship with a skull and crossbones on its sail, shown on a forearm from three angles.
Pirate ship with skull sail on a forearm
Full sleeve realism tattoo in black and grey showing a sugar skull woman, skulls and roses across the upper arm and forearm, photographed from three angles.
Black and grey sugar skull sleeve with roses
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with a rose and a butterfly on the forearm, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Realistic skull, rose and butterfly on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull, roses, leaves and a pocket watch on the outer thigh.
Skull, roses and pocket watch on a thigh
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 and grey realism tattoo across a person's upper back showing lilies, a hummingbird, a skull and scrollwork.
Lilies, hummingbird and skull on a back
Black and grey tattoos on two forearms, showing a shaded rose and leaves on the left arm and a banner, snake and skull on the right forearm.
Rose and banner lettering on forearms
Colour realism tattoo of an animal skull with pink and red roses on the forearm near the elbow, against a blurred floral dress and kitchen background.
Animal skull and roses on a forearm
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo wrapped in a bandana, shown on the upper arm.
Realistic skull with bandana on upper arm
Black and grey realism style tattoo on a thigh showing a swallow, a skull with a beaded chain and two shaded roses.
Swallow, skull and roses on a thigh
Shaded realism tattoo of a skull wearing a crown of pink and yellow daisies on the outer thigh, with a floral skirt above.
Skull with daisy crown on a thigh