Sugar skull tattoo ideas

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

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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 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Colour tattoo of a pink-frosted cupcake with a green striped wrapper and a sugar skull with a yellow flower on the upper back.
Sugar skull cupcake on upper back
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
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a woman wearing a rabbit-eared sugar skull mask and a teal bow, on the back of a calf.
Rabbit-eared sugar skull portrait on a calf
Colour tattoo of peacock feathers, scrollwork and flowers with a sugar skull on the side of a bare midriff.
Peacock feather and sugar skull on abdomen
Colour flash design of a woman in profile within an ornate gold oval frame, with purple roses and a white rose, in a Neo-trad style.
Woman in profile cameo with roses
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with a daisy and swirling linework across the top of a foot.
Sugar skull with daisy on a foot
Colour neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo in green and blue with red and orange flowers and blue roses, on the thigh.
Colourful sugar skull with roses on a thigh
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
Red pencil sketch of a neo-trad tattoo design showing a sugar skull woman with pinned curls, a profile of a man with a quiff, and a Vigilante script banner.
Sugar skull woman and profile man flash
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
Colourful neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with pink flowers and green leaves on the thigh.
Sugar skull with pink flowers on a thigh
Coloured flash drawing of a sugar skull cat face with a red rose on its forehead, a red bow and a red rose below, framed by vines on a yellow background.
Sugar skull cat with rose and bow
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
Black and grey sugar skull tattoo with a mandala on the crown and a small anchor on the forehead, placed on the side of the ribs.
Sugar skull with mandala on the ribs
Black and grey drawing of a sugar skull with diamond-shaped eyes, framed by two roses and leaves, in a neo-traditional style.
Sugar skull with roses design
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
Traditional-style flash design of a pin-up woman with sugar skull face paint holding a red apple, with a swallow, roses and a banner reading Wash Your Fruits.
Sugar skull pin-up with swallow and apple
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo design of an owl with a sugar skull face, flanked by small flowers on a plain background.
Owl and sugar skull design
Colour tattoo of a pink cupcake topped with a sugar skull wearing a red bow, in a neo-traditional style with bold black outlines.
Sugar skull cupcake with pink frosting
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a black cat with sugar skull face paint and skeletal ribs, above a red rose with orange flowers.
Sugar skull cat and rose on a calf
Pink line drawing of a sugar skull woman with curled hair in an oval floral frame, with a peony at the base, shown as a tattoo design.
Sugar skull portrait with peony
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of an owl with a sugar skull beneath it, shaded in black and grey with blue accents, on the outer thigh.
Owl and sugar skull on a thigh
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
Two matching colour tattoos of cat faces with bows and sugar skull decoration, placed on the thighs, in a neo-trad style.
Matching sugar skull cat tattoos on thighs
Neo-traditional owl and sugar skull tattoo with purple roses on a lower leg, shown in grey shading with purple accents.
Owl and sugar skull on a calf
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty styled as a sugar skull, with a pink bow and black outlines, on the upper shoulder.
Sugar skull Hello Kitty on a shoulder
Pencil drawing of a sugar skull with diamond-filled eyes, framed by two shaded roses and leaves, as a tattoo design on sketchbook paper.
Sugar skull with roses pencil design
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a sugar skull woman with long dark hair and an orange marigold, on a limb held by a hand.
Sugar skull woman with marigold flower
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