Gothic skull tattoos (page 2)
A gothic skull tattoo comes from the old European habit of keeping death in plain sight: memento mori, vanitas painting, churchyard stone. It is only ever as good as the anatomy under the ornament.
90 designsSkull tattoo designs
Related motifs
Raven and crowPoe's messenger, read as omen, memory and intelligence.
Black roseLove that outlives loss, grief and farewells.
MothDrawn to the flame: transformation, night and the soul.
BatCreature of the night, linked with rebirth and Dracula.
Gothic crossFaith in stone and thorns, from churchyards to chains.
CathedralPointed arches and rose windows from 12th-century France.
GargoyleStone guardians that kept rain and evil off the roof.
VampireRomance and hunger, from Victorian novels to now.
Grim reaperDeath personified, a reminder rather than a threat.