Skull tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism skull and lotus tattoo across a woman's back, with arms raised and sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Skull and lotus back tattoo with sleeves
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl with spread wings, a skull and radiating light rays across a person's upper back.
Owl with spread wings and skull on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hooded winged angel holding a skull, spread across the full back.
Winged hooded figure holding a skull on back
Full back tattoo of a snake coiled around a skull with waves and clouds, in grey shading with small orange accents, placed across the back.
Snake and skull full back piece
Full back tattoo in realistic colour showing masked figures, a clown face, a skull and a gas mask, with tattooed sleeves visible at the sides.
Full back piece of masked figures and a clown
Back view of a person with a large greyscale skull tattoo across the back, portrait tattoos down the thighs and a sleeve on the arm, wearing a purple thong.
Skull and portrait back and leg tattoos in greyscale
Black and grey back piece tattoo of a skull and a sugar-skull woman with a rose and a skeletal hand, shown in realistic shading across the back.
Skull and sugar-skull woman back piece
Back of a woman with a large realistic black and grey tattoo of sphynx cats, a skull and roses covering the upper and lower back.
Sphynx cats and roses across a back
Realistic skull tattoo with a red rose above it and red ink splashes, on the upper back of a person.
Skull and red rose on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo covering a full back, showing candles, a skull, roses and a gothic window.
Full back tattoo with candles, skull and roses
Full back tattoo of a biomechanical figure with a mechanical spine, ribs, gears and an organic form in a glass sphere, rendered in realistic brown and grey shading.
Biomechanical spine and ribcage across the back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a large eye with dripping tears and skulls across a shoulder and upper back.
Realistic eye and skulls across back and shoulder
Colour tattoo of the state of Texas on an upper back, filled with blue, red and white and overlaid with a shaded longhorn steer skull.
Texas outline with longhorn skull on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded skull inside a bold spade shape, placed on the upper back.
Skull within a spade on the upper back
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a hooded grim reaper, a winged woman, hourglasses and a skeletal hand, with clouds and a ship on the upper arm.
Grim reaper and winged woman across a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of roses over the shoulder and a skull-faced woman on the back, shown from behind.
Roses and skull portrait across back
Black and grey skull tattoo with shaded roses across the upper back of a woman seen from behind, wearing a white bra.
Skull and roses across the upper back
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
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
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 and grey realism tattoo of a skeleton embracing a sugar skull woman with a rose in her hair, covering the back, with sleeves on both arms.
Skeleton and sugar skull couple on full back
Realistic colour skull tattoo covering a person's entire back, shown from behind with ochre bone tones and teal and black shading.
Large realistic skull across a back
Realistic colour tattoo of a Star Wars space battle covering a man's back, with the Death Star, Millennium Falcon, X-wings and TIE fighters, plus a roses and skull sleeve on his arm.
Star Wars space battle across a full back piece
Large realistic grey back tattoo across the upper back, showing bats, a full moon, a gothic castle and a skeletal face, with small red roses.
Gothic full back piece with bats and castle
Realistic coloured tattoo of a rainbow trout, antlers and a deer skull across a man's upper back and shoulder blade.
Trout, antlers and skull on a back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman's face and a skull across a person's full back, with a small rose tattoo at the nape of the neck.
Realism portrait of a woman and skull on full back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a human skull wrapped in octopus tentacles, spanning the shoulder and upper back.
Skull and octopus tentacles on shoulder
Realism tattoo covering a man's back, made to look like cracked carved stone with a medallion, two cherubs and a skull on a placement across the back.
Carved stone back piece with skull and cherubs
Black and grey realism back tattoo of a woman with a blunt fringe, a skull, white butterflies and black birds, with a small colour rose visible lower left.
Woman, skull and butterflies on back
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo covering the full back and chest, with a Statue of Liberty portrait, a skull holding a torch, roses and a central religious figure.
Full back and chest black and grey tattoo
Black and grey full back tattoo of a dragon over a heart shield, framed by Celtic knotwork, runes and skulls, in a Realism style on the back.
Full back piece with dragon and Celtic knotwork
Realism black and grey sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with teal swallows, a pocket watch, a Roman numeral clock face, and a skull and rose on the back.
Realism clock, bird and skull sleeve
Black and grey realism skull tattoo with red shading in the eye socket and mouth, placed on the upper back.
Realistic skull with red accents on upper back
Black and grey realistic hourglass tattoo with a skeletal figure and skull, shown across the back.
Hourglass with skull across the back
Black and grey back tattoo of a skull breaking through cracked stone blocks, shown on a man lying face down on a white treatment table.
Skull and fragmented stone back piece
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with scrolling ornament and a shaded rose, sitting on the upper back.
Skull and rose on upper back
Large black and grey realism tattoo across a full back showing a top-hatted goblin holding a lantern, with bats, mushrooms and skulls.
Top-hatted goblin with money bag on a full back
Colour tattoo of a realistic skull, a red rose with dripping red lines and green leaves, with blue watercolour splashes, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Skull and rose on a shoulder blade
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull in an ornate oval frame with a death's head moth and beaded chain below, on a woman's upper back.
Skull in ornate frame with moth on back
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull framed by red and pink roses and white flowers, running across a woman's back and ribs in a realistic style.
Sugar skull and roses across back and ribs
Black and grey realism back piece showing a skeleton skull and a woman with sugar skull make-up and a rose in her hair, with coloured roses on the upper arm.
Skeleton and sugar skull back piece
Realism tattoo of a shaded skull with a red rose above it and red and black splatter effects, on a person's upper back.
Skull and red rose on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a shaded skull framed by paisley filigree across the upper back and shoulder blade, shown in a close-up and a detail panel.
Skull and paisley on a shoulder blade
Full back tattoo of a shaded grey skull with red poppies, a helicopter and a line of black lettering, with painterly black and red splashes.
Skull and poppies across a full back
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a large skull beside a woman's face in profile, with a skeletal hand around her neck, across the upper back.
Skull and woman's profile on a back piece
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a winged hooded figure with a skull face and eyes in its feathers, covering a man's back and shoulders.
Winged skull figure across a back
Realistic colour tattoo of a sugar skull woman with red and grey roses, plus grey butterflies and leaves, running down a woman's ribs and side back.
Sugar skull and roses down the ribs