Sugar skull tattoo ideas

320 photos and flash · 33% Neo-trad, 27% Traditional · Upper arm most common

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Traditional colour tattoo of a dog face in sugar skull style, with red flowers over the eyes, on a person's calf.
Sugar skull dog on a calf
Two drawn sugar skulls, one wearing a top hat and one with roses and a veil, above the words till and death, in a traditional flash design.
Twin sugar skulls with 'till death' lettering
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with ornate floral patterns and a heart-shaped nose, shown in a close-up photo of skin on an arm or leg.
Ornate sugar skull tattoo on a limb
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo of a sugar skull cat with crossed bones, scissors, a comb and autumn leaves on an upper arm.
Sugar skull cat with autumn leaves on upper arm
Colourful sugar skull design with red roses in the eye sockets, a cross on the forehead and flowers above, drawn in a bold traditional style on a black background.
Sugar skull with roses and flowers
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with red roses and a diamond, on a lower leg, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Owl and sugar skull on a calf
Traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with a pompadour hairstyle, a cigarette and red flowers on an upper arm, with the words Rockin N Rollin and N What Not.
Sugar skull with pompadour on upper arm
Two forearms with traditional tattoos of a sugar skull, red roses and a swallow, shaded in black, grey and red ink.
Sugar skull, roses and swallow on both forearms
Realistic colour tattoo of a sugar skull woman framed by skeletal hands and teal scrollwork, with the words Till The End on the neck, on a forearm.
Sugar skull portrait on forearm
Pencil drawing of a sugar skull tattoo design with roses, a diamond on the forehead and decorative swirls, shown without a body placement.
Sugar skull with roses flash design
Traditional-style flash design of a pink sugar skull with heart-shaped eyes, a pink bow, red roses and a cobweb pattern, with no body placement shown.
Pink sugar skull with bow and roses
Gold line drawing of a sugar skull bride with heart-shaped eyes, a crown of roses and flowers, and the word BRIDE beneath, as a flash design.
Sugar skull bride with rose crown
Coloured drawing of a grey sugar skull with a purple diamond, purple roses, olive leaves and small flowers on a grey paper background, shown as a tattoo design.
Sugar skull with purple roses
Flash design of three sugar skull pin-up heads with skeletal hands over their eyes, ears and mouth, on a ribbon banner reading Beauty, Truth and Love.
Three sugar skulls with Beauty, Truth and Love banner
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
Flash design of a black horse head with a white sugar skull pattern on its face, red roses in its flowing mane and blue leaves, in a neo-traditional style.
Horse head with sugar skull face and roses
Black and grey flash drawing of a sugar skull couple, a woman with a flower in her hair and a man in a top hat and bow tie, framed by roses and leaves, shown without a body placement.
Sugar skull couple flash design
Colour tattoo of a blonde pin-up woman with sugar skull face paint and a red flower in her hair, with black and grey scrollwork below, on an upper arm.
Sugar skull pin-up with scrollwork
Black line drawing of a sugar skull with round Mickey Mouse ears on a cream background, decorated with ornate scrollwork across the face.
Mickey Mouse sugar skull design
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with a bow and small flowers on the top of a foot, with dark plum nail polish.
Sugar skull with bow on foot
Mixed colour sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a sugar skull pin-up woman, a red nautical star and a Harley-Davidson logo.
Sugar skull pin-up and nautical star on upper arm
Full arm sleeve tattoo in colour with roses, a sugar skull, diamonds and leopard print across the upper arm and forearm, shown in three views.
Colour arm sleeve with roses and sugar skull
Black ink drawing of a sugar skull with triangle motifs in the eye sockets, framed by detailed flowers and leaves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sugar skull surrounded by flowers
Black and grey drawing of a woman with sugar skull face paint, a rose in her hair and a second rose beneath her face.
Sugar skull portrait with roses
Colourful traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with red roses on a woman's upper back, seen from behind.
Sugar skull and roses on upper back
Line drawing of a sugar skull with a pompadour hairstyle, a cigarette in its mouth and a scrolled banner, in yellow and orange tones on a gradient background.
Sugar skull with pompadour and cigarette
Black and grey pencil-style drawing of a Stormtrooper helmet decorated like a sugar skull, with a heart on the forehead and two roses on either side, shown as a tattoo design.
Stormtrooper sugar skull with roses
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a blonde girl with sugar skull face makeup, resting beside a purple puddle and a blue bottle.
Sugar skull girl with bottle on upper arm
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face paint, pin-up and skull motifs, and a corset, shown as a neo-traditional tattoo design.
Sugar skull pin-up figure drawing
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a rose-patterned veil, shown on an outer limb.
Sugar skull portrait with rose veil
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a Hello Kitty face styled as a sugar skull, with filigree ornaments, a diamond, a heart-shaped nose and a bow, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hello Kitty sugar skull on upper back
Traditional style flash design of a red rose and a black ink sugar skull with green leaves and rainbow lines, drawn on a tan background with no body placement shown.
Sugar skull and rose design on tan background
Colour tattoo of a red rose and a sugar skull with teal and pink details on a person's thigh, beside denim shorts and a graffiti wall.
Red rose and sugar skull on a thigh
Back of a woman's neck and shoulders showing a colourful sugar skull moth tattoo on the neck and a large black and grey Japanese back piece with a pagoda, moon and geisha.
Sugar skull moth on neck with Japanese back piece
Colourful sugar skull tattoo with a red rose above the eyes, on the top of a foot, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.
Sugar skull and rose on a foot
Traditional-style sugar skull tattoo with a red rose, grey leaves and a small diamond shape on the forearm.
Sugar skull and red rose on a forearm
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a sugar skull with roses on the side of a torso, with a navel piercing visible above.
Sugar skull and roses on side and hip
Realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with red roses in her hair and teal eyes, placed on the thigh.
Sugar skull woman with roses on a thigh
Black and grey pencil drawing of a hooded woman with sugar skull face paint, with ornamental tattoo designs on her forearm and hand.
Hooded woman with sugar skull face
Colour traditional tattoo of a hooded skeleton with sugar skull face and praying hands, surrounded by orange and blue roses, on a lower leg.
Hooded skeleton with roses on a leg
Colour tattoo of a black sugar skull cat with pink roses, green bones and red hearts on a person's upper back, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull cat on upper back
Colour neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with dark red roses, a green vine and a spade on the upper arm.
Sugar skull with roses on upper arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a stormtrooper helmet decorated with sugar skull patterns and blue flowers, framed by outlined roses and swirls, on a thigh.
Stormtrooper helmet with roses on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with blue eyes and scrollwork, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull woman portrait on upper arm
Colour neo-trad tattoo of two sugar skulls, roses and a sunflower covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skulls and roses on upper arm
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with blue sugar skull face paint, blood tears and a keyhole on the mouth, framed by blue lace on the forearm.
Sugar skull woman with lace frame on forearm
A flash sheet of twenty black and white sugar skull designs in a grid, each with different patterned eyes, foreheads and teeth.
Twenty sugar skull tattoo designs
Black and grey realism arm tattoo with a sugar skull, a treble clef, the word Ambition in script and a rose made from banknotes, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull, treble clef and money rose sleeve