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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a sugar skull woman portrait above a pocket watch and a skull.
Sugar skull portrait and pocket watch on upper arm
Black and grey sleeve tattoo on a woman's arm showing a sugar skull portrait, lilies, roses and scrolling vines across the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey sugar skull and lily sleeve
Realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, blue eyes and red lips, shaded in grey with colour accents, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull portrait on upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a sugar skull woman with a cigarette beside red roses and a skull, with black ink splashes.
Sugar skull woman and roses on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a sugar skull girl with a blue bow, a sugar skull pony, angel wings, bats and a coffin against pink clouds.
Sugar skull girl with pony and bats on upper arm
Colourful full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm showing a sugar skull woman with roses, skulls and a church, in a neo-traditional style.
Day of the Dead sugar skull full sleeve
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and flowing hair, with a rose below, on an upper arm.
Sugar skull woman with rose on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with roses and a skull on the upper arm.
Sugar skull woman and roses on upper arm
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with floral ornament, on the upper arm, shown in a three panel collage.
Owl and sugar skull on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional sugar skull woman tattoo with a flower in her long hair, running down the upper arm.
Sugar skull woman on upper arm
Collage of four tattoos: a red and black sugar skull woman on the upper arm, a white cartoon robot on purple splashes, an owl's amber eye, and a black and grey woman holding banknotes on the forearm.
Collage of four tattoos: sugar skull, Baymax, owl and money
A woman lying on a bed in white lace underwear shows a colourful traditional-style sugar skull and rose tattoo on her upper arm, with a bird and red floral tattoos on her thigh.
Traditional sleeve with sugar skull and roses
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a sugar skull Hello Kitty character with a pink bow and roses, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull Hello Kitty in a dress
Black and grey realism tattoo of two sugar skulls, one with curled hair and a flowered hat, on an upper arm, with a script lettering piece in a second panel.
Sugar skull couple on upper arm
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sugar skull woman with ornate filigree, long hair, smoke and a decorated pistol across the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skull woman with pistol on upper arm
Five views of a black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing Jesus with a crown of thorns, skulls, roses, a praying figure and an eye.
Black and grey realism full sleeve with religious and skull
Black and grey neo-trad style tattoo on an upper arm showing an owl head above an ornate sugar skull with a keyhole, heart, diamonds and a rose.
Owl and sugar skull sleeve on an upper arm
Mirror selfie of a torso and both arms covered in colour and black and grey tattoos, including a sugar skull face with dotwork shading on the stomach and roses and a skull on the chest.
Torso and arm sleeves with skulls and lotus flowers
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a sugar skull with swirls, a spider web and a flower, on an upper arm, framed by black smoke-like shading.
Colourful sugar skull on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull woman framed by roses and a butterfly, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Sugar skull woman and roses on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a grey cat with sugar skull face paint, red roses and green leaves on the upper arm, with black star outlines nearby.
Sugar skull cat with red roses
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull wearing a gold crown, with diamond-shaped eyes, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull with crown on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork skull tattoo with dotted and mandala-like patterns on the upper arm, with the jaw open.
Ornate skull with mandala patterns on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a woman with a sugar skull face, flowers and a pentagram on an upper arm, against a brick wall.
Sugar skull woman and pentagram on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of two sugar skull figures embracing, one in a black hat with a red flower and one in a polka dot dress, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull couple embracing on upper arm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo of a skeletal figure with a flower headpiece and ribcage, shaded across the upper arm.
Sugar skull figure with flowers on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull style cat face with pink, orange and yellow detailing on the upper arm, with a pink rose above it.
Sugar skull cat on upper arm