Skull tattoo ideas

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Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the thigh showing a cartoon couple kissing inside an ornate scrolled frame, with a red and blue poisoned apple skull and purple beads.
Snow White kiss in ornate frame on thigh
Black and grey poison bottle tattoo with a stippled skull and crossbones on a forearm, with a partial bird and rose at the left edge.
Poison bottle with skull and crossbones
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a shaded skull with a dotted triangle on its forehead and a geometric mandala below, on an upper arm.
Skull and dotwork mandala on an upper arm
Man seen from behind with a large black and grey skull and ornamental dotwork tattoo covering his back, plus a dark geometric motif on his upper arm.
Skull and ornament back piece
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a horned animal skull framed by fine geometric lines on the forearm.
Horned animal skull with geometric lines
Four pen drawings of tattoo designs: a dotwork geometric stag, a jellyfish, a ram skull inside a circle and two feathers, all in black ink on white paper.
Geometric stag, jellyfish, ram skull and feathers
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a stag beetle with a skull and two faces overlaid on its body, set within a circle and dashed triangles.
Stag beetle with skull and faces design
Black and grey skull wearing a feathered headdress, tattooed on the upper arm in a stippled dotwork style.
Skull in feathered headdress on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an owl with a skull above it, a moth, a crescent moon, antlers and crossed bones, rendered in dotwork and linework.
Owl, skull and moth tattoo design drawing
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a stag beetle with a skull and two female faces at its centre, set within a circle and triangles.
Stag beetle with skull and faces
Black ink flash sheet of tattoo designs including a feather, antlers, mushrooms, a cleaver, an ear, an eye, a bird skull, balance scales with a brain, and a severed arm, drawn in dotwork and fine
Flash sheet of antlers, mushrooms and balance scales
White dotwork drawing of a ram skull with curled horns, two crescent moons and a starry triangle inside a circle, on a black background.
Ram skull with crescent moons in a triangle
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on the forearm of a bottle with a jagged crown top, holding a skull and a white skeletal figure.
Skull and skeleton in a black bottle
Black ink pen drawing of a dinosaur head with a exposed skeletal skull and spine overgrown with thin tendrils, shaded with fine stippled dots and textured scales.
Dinosaur skull with tendrils pen drawing
Black ink dotwork flash design of a wolf head merged with a woman's face, with a crown, skulls, ram horns, flowers and a hot air balloon.
Wolf and woman surreal design with skulls
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 red sketch-style tattoo on an upper arm showing a female figure, a shaded skull, radiating lines and red gear motifs.
Sketched figure and skull on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a grim reaper in sunglasses holding a scythe beside a palm tree and moon, on a forearm.
Grim reaper and palm tree on a forearm
Black dotwork skull design on cream paper, framed by triangles and star motifs, drawn as a tattoo flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Geometric skull with dotwork shading
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a skull with a pompadour hairstyle, framed by lilies, roses and buds, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Skull with pompadour and lilies
Black and grey dotwork wolf head above an animal skull, framed by geometric diamond outlines, on the outer thigh.
Wolf head and skull on a thigh
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of an owl above an ornate sugar skull on the inner forearm.
Owl and sugar skull on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork skull tattoo with curled horns and a stippled crescent moon, placed on the thigh.
Horned skull with crescent moon on thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with flowers growing from its crown, shaded with dotwork, on a forearm.
Skull with flowers on a forearm
Two pen sketches of tattoo designs: a left panel with a skull, roses and geometric lines, and a right panel with a bull skull, moths and dotwork shading.
Skull and rose designs in pen sketches
Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo on the upper back and shoulder showing a skull with flowers and leaves growing from its crown and roots trailing below.
Skull with flowers and roots on a shoulder blade
Pen and dotwork drawing on paper of three cat designs: two skulls and a hairless sphynx cat head, with black drawing pens beside them.
Cat skulls and sphynx cat flash sheet
Black and grey traditional flash sheet of a cathedral with onion domes, compass roses, a skull, an anchor, crossed bones and barbed wire motifs on a white background.
Traditional flash sheet with cathedral and nautical motifs
Black ink flash drawing on pink paper showing a mountain range in a circle, an animal skull with an eye and rays, and a feather crossed with a sprig inside a dotted circle.
Mountains, skull and feather flash sheet
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a rose, two pansies and an animal skull with leaves, shown on a limb.
Rose, pansies and animal skull
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skull formed from a bare, twisted tree across a person's upper back, with roots spreading below.
Skull formed by a bare tree on a back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a ram skull with curled horns, surrounded by flowers and leaves, on the thigh.
Ram skull and flowers on a thigh
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
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
Traditional style grim reaper with a red scythe and dotwork shading, tattooed on the calf.
Grim reaper with scythe on a calf
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 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 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
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a triceratops skull with stippled shading on the outer thigh and hip.
Triceratops skull on the 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 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 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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned skull with a shaded crescent and pale circle, on the upper thigh.
Horned skull dotwork on thigh
Black and grey traditional grim reaper tattoo with dotted shading, a scythe, falling tears and the words O heaven knows we'll soon be dust, on a limb.
Grim reaper with quote on a limb
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an animal skull with two roses, leaves and a triangle, on the outer thigh.
Animal skull and roses on a thigh
Black and grey realism and dotwork tattoo of a lion's face with mandala patterning and a small skull on the inner forearm.
Lion and mandala on a forearm