Skull tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a maneki-neko cat with a raised paw, a skull-patterned moth and red petals, in a traditional style.
Maneki-neko cat and skull moth on a calf
Two raised legs covered in traditional style tattoos of roses, skulls and banners, with a large rose on the calf and a foot tattoo near the ankle.
Tattooed legs with roses and skulls
Traditional style tattoo of a black raven perched on a grey skull, with red flowers and green leaves, on a lower leg.
Raven on a skull with red flowers on a calf
Colour leg sleeve tattoo on a calf showing a skeleton character, jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts and a full moon in a neo-traditional style.
Nightmare Before Christmas leg sleeve
Colour traditional-style sugar skull tattoo framed by red and black roses and green leaves, on the calf.
Sugar skull with roses on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull filled with mountains and pine trees, placed on a calf.
Skull with mountain landscape on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo on a calf and ankle showing a woman's face looking upward, reaching hands, a skull, bare branches and Roman numeral clock markings.
Realistic woman, skull and clock on a calf
Two legs in a bath covered in traditional style tattoos of red roses, a skull, a bicycle, a sun and a mask, on the thighs and calves.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and skulls
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bald, mottled face with dark eye sockets, wearing a dark suit and tie, on the calf.
Suited skull figure on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a crowned skull with a sunflower on the calf, shown on a leg resting on a black stool over a wooden floor.
Crowned skull and sunflower on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf showing a turbocharger, a red rose, a spark plug with a DAD banner, flowers and a partly visible skull.
Traditional turbo, rose and spark plug on a calf
Seated person with bold traditional tattoos on the thigh and calf, including a red rose, a skull, a wolf head and a flower, with more tattoos on the forearm.
Traditional leg tattoos with skull and wolf
Traditional colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a black cartoon cat holding an umbrella under a purple rain cloud, beside a green skull.
Cartoon cat with umbrella and skull on a leg
Two colour tattoos of sugar skull portraits, one on a calf and one on a forearm, with script lettering below the forearm piece.
Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm
Woman seen from behind in grey lace lingerie, with a traditional daisy and skull tattoo across her lower back and a rose on her upper arm.
Traditional rose, daisy and skull tattoos on back
Colourful geometric skull tattoo with a green headband and black eye patch shape on a calf, in a neo-traditional style.
Geometric skull on a calf
Black linework tattoo of a flowering cactus growing out of a skull, placed on the calf.
Cactus growing from a skull on a calf
Black and white photo of a dancer en pointe showing a black and grey skull tattoo on the top of the foot, with a second tattoo on the lower leg.
Skull tattoo on foot in pointe shoe
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Martian head with exposed brain and bulging eyes in a glass dome, with ACK lettering, on the calf.
Martian head in dome with ACK lettering on a leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a woman's face, surrounded by swirling shading, on the lower leg.
Skull and woman's face on a calf
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
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
Traditional style grim reaper with a red scythe and dotwork shading, tattooed on the calf.
Grim reaper with scythe on a calf
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
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
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
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
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 dotwork tattoo of a skull inside a map pin shape, with GOOD BYE lettering above it, on a lower leg.
Skull in a map pin with GOOD BYE lettering
Two pairs of tattooed legs in black sneakers, with traditional-style skulls, roses and a compass on the calves and hands, in mixed colour and black ink.
Traditional leg and hand tattoos with black sneakers
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf showing a pirate woman with teal hair, a heart eyepatch and a skull on her hat, with a red rose and a compass.
Pirate woman with rose and compass on a calf
Two people sit side by side with black lion and skull tattoos on their thighs, green sugar skull tattoos below them, and hands clasped between their legs.
Matching lion and sugar skull leg tattoos
Realistic skull tattoo with shaded black and grey bone, red and blue roses and a torn skin effect, on the calf.
Skull and roses on a calf
Traditional style tattoos covering both legs, including a skull and rose on the knee, a snake and a panther on the thigh and calf, and a small piece on the ankle.
Traditional leg tattoos with skull and snake
Two side-by-side photos of traditional and neo-traditional tattoos on the calf: a grey skull with an ornate key and red accents, and a padlock heart with sugar skulls and a red rose.
Skull key and padlock heart on calves
Black linework drawing of a pair of legs in high heels, covered in traditional-style tattoo flash designs such as a heart banner, anchor, spider web and skull across the calves.
Traditional flash designs on drawn legs
Overhead photo of black and grey blackwork tattoos on a thigh and calf, including a skull with a sun motif and a mandala, with henna and gold temporary designs on a hand.
Black and grey mandala and skull tattoos on legs
Traditional tattoo of a grey skull with a green and orange snake coiled around crossbones, placed on a calf.
Skull and snake on a calf
Woman seen from behind with a tattooed back, including skulls, a coloured Snow White portrait and script, and sleeve work on her arm in a neo-traditional style.
Back and arm tattoos with Snow White portrait
Colour traditional tattoo of a red cigarette packet with a woman's portrait in an oval, held by a hand with long dark nails, on the calf.
Traditional cigarette packet held by a hand on a leg
Traditional tattoo of a woman embracing a skeleton that holds a red rose, bold black outlines and shading, on the lower leg.
Woman embracing a skeleton with a rose
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull in profile wearing a feathered headdress, placed on the calf.
Skull in feathered headdress on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of a pirate skull with a green bandana, eyepatch and crossed cutlasses on a calf, framed by red flowers and grey clouds.
Pirate skull with cutlasses on a calf
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with a red rose on top, on the back of a lower leg above a glittery high-heeled shoe.
Sugar skull and rose on a calf
Colour realism tattoo of a zombie nurse wearing a red cross cap, with skulls and an eye, across the calf and ankle.
Zombie nurse and skulls on a leg
Fine line black tattoo of a skull-faced dog with swirling flourishes on the calf.
Skull-faced dog with swirls on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a black umbrella with raindrops, with the words IT ALWAYS FUCKING RAINS above, on a person's calf.
Grim reaper with umbrella on a calf
Black and grey dagger piercing a shaded skull in front of a shield-shaped banner, tattooed on the calf.
Dagger and skull on a calf