Sugar skull tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman with sugar skull face paint, a flaming thorned sacred heart, a skeletal hand and a rose.
Sugar skull woman and sacred heart on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of a Darth Vader helmet decorated like a sugar skull, with a blue daisy on top and pink flowers, on the outer thigh.
Darth Vader sugar skull on thigh
Black line drawing of two sugar skulls, one in a veil and one in a top hat, framed by roses and a banner reading 'Til Death Do Us Part, in a traditional tattoo flash style with no body placement
Sugar skull couple with roses and banner
Colour traditional tattoo of a sugar skull hound with flowers and a paw print, placed on the calf.
Sugar skull hound with paw print on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat face with sugar skull eye markings, framed by red roses and flowers, on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull cat with roses on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with a yellow flower on its head, sitting on a pink frosted cupcake with a green striped wrapper, placed on the upper back.
Sugar skull on a cupcake
Black and grey script lettering on one thigh and a sugar skull with heart-shaped eyes on the other thigh, with legs resting on white sheets.
Script and sugar skull tattoos on thighs
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull wearing a nurse's cap with a red cross, crossed syringes and script reading Registered Nurse est. 2013 on the upper arm.
Sugar skull nurse with crossed syringes
Colour tattoo of a red rose and a sugar skull with grey vines on the outer thigh, shown above denim shorts against a graffiti wall.
Red rose and sugar skull on a thigh
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm and shoulder, showing a sugar skull woman with a rose, an hourglass and a skull.
Sugar skull woman and rose sleeve
Black and grey ornamental sugar skull tattoos on the side of two fingers, with a ring visible on a third finger.
Sugar skull tattoos on two fingers
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull with red roses and swirling linework on a man's upper arm and shoulder, worn beneath a white vest top.
Sugar skull and roses on upper arm
Pencil drawing of a woman with sugar skull face make-up, long wavy hair, roses, a chain and a small skull, shown as a design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Sugar skull portrait with roses
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with flowing hair and birds above, sitting on the upper thigh.
Sugar skull woman on thigh
Black and grey sugar skull woman tattoo with a purple rose in her hair on a limb, with a partly visible blue skull tattoo beside it.
Sugar skull woman with purple rose
Traditional style colour tattoo of a dog's head decorated like a sugar skull, with floral eyes and a red tongue, on a forearm.
Sugar skull dog head on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, blue eyes and red lips, shaded in grey on the forearm.
Sugar skull woman portrait on forearm
Two forearms held together showing a traditional style sugar skull with red roses and a swallow on one arm, and a woman's face with roses on the other.
Sugar skull, roses and swallow on forearms
Two neo-trad thigh tattoos in colour: a sugar skull cat wreathed in red roses and flowers, and a cat wearing a feathered headdress.
Two cat tattoos on the thighs
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 ink drawing of two sugar skulls facing each other with pompadour hairstyles and a small heart between them, in a neo-traditional style.
Two sugar skulls with pompadour hair and a heart
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
Black ink drawing of an owl with a sugar skull woman's face on its chest, gripping a branch, in a dotwork and neo-trad style with no body placement shown.
Owl and sugar skull woman design on a branch
Realistic black and grey upper arm sleeve showing two skulls, a pocket watch with Roman numerals and a red rose.
Skulls, pocket watch and rose on upper arm
Colour flash design of a woman with a sugar skull face, red roses in her hair and a green patterned shawl, on a beige background.
Sugar skull woman with roses and green shawl
Black and grey drawing of a tattoo design showing a sugar skull with butterflies, roses and feathers, shown on paper with no body placement.
Sugar skull with butterflies and roses
Colour tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, flowing blue hair and maroon and teal flowers on a limb.
Sugar skull woman portrait with blue hair
Line drawing of a white Hello Kitty style cat face decorated in sugar skull style, with a pink bow, red flower, blue flower eyes and cheek motifs, and a spider web in each ear.
Hello Kitty sugar skull design
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a stormtrooper helmet with red sugar skull markings, a red rose, a teal rose, green leaves and an Imperial emblem, shown in three views.
Stormtrooper with sugar skull face and roses on forearm
Black script lettering quote and a colour sugar skull tattoo with red roses on a bare thigh.
Text quote and sugar skull on a thigh
Flash design of a horse head with a sugar skull face and red roses in its dark flowing mane, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull horse with roses
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sugar skull decorated with a diamond, three roses and swirling vines, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sugar skull with roses design
Neo-traditional tattoo of a crescent moon with a sugar skull face, pink roses and small stars on a person's upper back.
Crescent moon sugar skull with roses on upper back
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull style cat face with green eyes, surrounded by flowers and paw prints, on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull cat with flowers on a thigh
Two hands with small sugar skull tattoos on the middle fingers, one with a pink bow and a tiny infinity symbol on the ring finger, in colour and black ink.
Sugar skull tattoos on two fingers
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 line drawing of an ornate sugar skull framed by three roses and feathered leaves, shown as a tattoo design with no body part visible.
Sugar skull with roses tattoo design
Realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with a cross on her forehead, cracked hands and a red rose, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull portrait with rose on upper arm
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
Black and grey flash design of a sugar skull wearing a top hat, with an ace of spades, dice, a star, roses, crossed pistols and an eight ball, with the numbers 1969 below.
Sugar skull in top hat with cards, dice and roses
Two colour traditional tattoos on the ribs, left a sugar skull in a veil with flowers and right a skull in a top hat with flowers and the word DEATH.
Sugar skull bride and top hat skull on ribs
Black ornamental sugar skull tattoo with swirling filigree detail on the inner wrist, shown against a misty river scene.
Ornate sugar skull on the inner wrist
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a sugar skull with pink flowers and green leaves on the upper thigh.
Colourful sugar skull with pink flowers on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and roses, covering a forearm.
Sugar skull woman and roses on a forearm
Two colourful sugar skull tattoos with roses and flowers on a woman's upper thighs, shown in denim shorts, traditional style.
Sugar skull tattoos on the thighs
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, red floral ornaments and blue watercolour splashes on a limb.
Sugar skull portrait with watercolour splashes
Two black sugar skull tattoos with floral ornaments, one on each thigh, shown in black ink on skin.
Sugar skull tattoos on both thighs
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with a cross on the forehead and roses on the upper arm.
Sugar skull with cross and roses on upper arm