Skull of the Day
28 Dead-On-Great Skull Tattoos!
These tats are scary good! Walk into any tattoo shop in almost any city and between the flash on the wall — well, that would be if you walked into an old school shop — and the tats fresh on the arm, odds are there would be plenty of skull related tattoo imagery for as far as the ...read more
SKULL ART! 20 AMAZING PIECES!
Bone-afide Fabulous Art! Skulls. Skulls. Skulls. If you're like me you can’t get enough of them. For so many of us the skull was one of our first true childhood fears. That's right, the skull was its own entity. It symbolized everything that was scary, spooky and downright ...read more
EXCLUSIVE: Premiere of Mesplé's 'Killing Time'
Behold the exclusive world premiere of Mesplé’s “Killing Time.” When is the last time a piece of art made your synapses explode? If it’s been a while then you are reading this description before clicking play on the video above, just go ahead and do that now. It isn’t very often ...read more
Illuminated Skull Tattoos
The 11 illuminated skull tattoos that follow are going to light up your world. The fourth tattoo is on fire! Skulls have forever been a staple in the tattoo industry. So when we see artists innovating on the classic design, creating illuminated skull tattoos made up of flower ...read more
Yallzee's Tremendous Skull Tattoos Part 2
This gallery contains 20 tremendous skull tattoos, we bet that #15 will absolutely blow your mind! It's impossible to consider yourself a fan of tattoos and tattoo art without having an appreciation for the skull tattoo. Skull tattoos are one of the most ubiquitous tattoo ...read more
Yallzee's Amazing Skull Tattoos Part 1
We are guessing that if there was any possible way to catalog every tattoo that's ever been inked—and trust us, this is impossible, we have tried—skull tattoos would be the most common by a long shot. The cool thing about tattooing skulls is that there are so many different ...read more
The Twelve Skulls of Christmas
The great philosopher Glenn Danzig hit the nail on the head (dad joke intended) when he sang, "I want your skulls. I need you skulls." We love skulls and we can't get enough. What better way to feed our skull obsession than to do a countdown of our favorite skull related swag ...read more
Head Turning Skull Carvings by Aureus Arts
Photo Gallery Follows the Text Bone carving as been an ancient art form since the paleolithic era, when our ancient ancestors would carve intricate patterns into the bones of animals to be made into jewelry, clothing, battle gear, or cherished decorations. In its early years, ...read more
Golden Skulls
Billy Bogiatzoglou, more commonly known as Billelis, is an artist that you must know. We love skulls and he is catering to our whims with this amazing series entitled "Hope You Like Skulls." In the gallery below you will see some intricately detailed and beautiful skulls, it's ...read more
Roses Are Red, But Sometimes They're Black and Grey
Today's skull of the day is this absolutely phenomenal in-progress back piece by the super talented Joe Matisa. Matisa first got his start in the tattoo industry at the incredibly young age of just 13. After years working his way up through the industry, he eventually became the ...read more
Bury Me With Roses
Today's pick for skull of the day goes to the insanely talented Ryan Mullins! Based at Art Junkies Tattoo Studio, Mullins is best known for his impeccable black and grey realism, however, on occasion you can find him cranking out some amazing color work as well, as you can ...read more
Phenomenal Freehand
Today's skull of the day is this amazing piece by Carl Grace. Grace is a highly recognized and respected black and grey tattoo artist best known for his freehanded custom realism. As an artist who works so heavily in freehand, Grace is great at rendering organic pieces that flow ...read more
Crafty Collaboration
Today's skull of the day is this awesome tattoo collaboration between Aaron Springs and Dannii G! Springs is best known for his bright and beautiful New School work done at Red Dagger Tattoo in Texas. Dannii G, also located in Texas, works out of Perception Fine Body Art with a ...read more
Sugar Skulls, Spice and Everything Nice
Today's skull of the day is this amazing piece by Freshly Inked cover artist Big Gus. Many people may know Big Gus from his time on Spike TV's Tattoo Nightmares where he works to create custom cover up tattoos for people who have faced some serious nightmare-worthy tattoo ...read more
Heavy Lies The Crown
Today's skull of the day is this incredible chest piece by Hokowhitu Sciascia! Sciascia is based at Auckland, New Zealand's esteemed tattoo studio, Ship Shape Tattoo and specializes in black and grey realism. Black and grey is usually done in a realistic style, however, it is up ...read more
Skulls In Space
Today's skull of the day is this remarkable piece by Andrés Acosta. Acosta is best known for his rose morphs, but every now and then he'll showcase some of his galaxy-inspired work and it never fails to blow our minds. Based in Houston, Texas, at Red Dagger Tattoo, Acosta is one ...read more
If It's Baroque, Don't Fix It
Today's skull of the day is this amazing piece by Moni Marino. Marino is one of the best known international artists out there. Based in Germany, Marino has been tattooing since 1993 and eventually opened up Essen's Black Barock Art Palace. Best known for her color realism, ...read more
Tater Tatts Likes Your Sleeves
Today's skull of the day is this amazing piece by the talented Kegan "Tater Tatts" Hawkins. Hawkins is best known for his realism, which he does in both color and black and grey. Based in the land down under, Hawkins is one of the most well-known tattooists in Australia. Today's ...read more
In an Abstract Light
Today's skull of the day is this amazing piece by Domantas Parvainis! Parvainis is an incredible surrealist tattoo artist based at Totemas Tattoo Studio in Lithuania. Though equally skilled in color work, today's skull is done entirely in black and grey. Today's piece has a very ...read more
The Strange and Beautiful
Today's skull of the day is this lovely piece by Ryan Ashley Malarkey. Miss Malarkey is best known for her incredible realism. While she is equally skilled in color as well as black and grey, she currently works exclusively in black and grey. Malarkey is based in Kingston, PA, ...read more
Is This the Most Surreal Skull Out There?
Today's skull of the day is another remarkable piece by Rember Orellana. Orellana is a highly talented artist who can work equally well in both color and black and grey, for today's pick, however, he chose to go an all black and grey route. Orellana's work always has hints of ...read more
Painted Reality
Today's skull of the day is this breathtaking piece by A.D. Pancho. The artist best known for his surrealism pieces toned his aesthetic down a bit for this fun floral skull piece, instead making something a bit more traditional imagery wise, and we couldn't be more impressed! We ...read more
(Not So) Traditional Realism
Today's pick for skull of the day goes to the talented Jacob Gardner! You can typically find Gardner tattooing away in the Gold Coast of Australia. He is best known for his fun and out of the box neo-traditional style combining elements of New School and realism into the standard ...read more
Deadly Veil
Today's skull of the day is this remarkable piece by Carlos Torres. Torres is a true master of black and grey and has created some of the most well-recognized large scale pieces in the industry. It's not often that you get to see Torres scale back to something smaller, like ...read more
Grey Matter
Today's skull of the day is brought to you by Piotr Deadi Dedel. Dedel is a highly talented tattoo artist based at Kamil Tattoos in London. Originally from Poland, Dedel's move to the United Kingdom has helped broaden his clientele and expand the horizons for his surrealist ...read more
Death by Cupcake
Today's skull of the day is good enough to eat! Check out this amazing cupcake by tattoo artist Phil Garcia. Garcia is well known for his amazing skull tattoos, consistently having his work featured for our skull of the day picks. But that's why we love him! His skulls are always ...read more
Skulls in the Palm of Your Hand
Today's skull of the day is this gorgeous surrealism piece by A.D. Pancho. You can find Pancho typically tattooing in his signature color surrealist style at Rock 'n' Roll Tattoo in Scotland, one of the best known studios in the country. Today's pick is a Pancho classic. Using ...read more
Buried in Roses
Today's skull of the day goes to Luca Natalini. Natalini is a very diverse artist who can work in both color and black and grey. Her signature style is a cool cross between realism and New School, which adds a cartoony feel to real life objects and images. As you can see with ...read more
Morbid Monarch
Today's skull of the day is this regal piece by Brent Olson. Based at Art Junkies Tattoo Studio in Hesperia, California, Olson is a color artist who works in both illustrative, New School styles and realism. Art Junkies Tattoo Studio is home to some of the best in the industry as ...read more
This Tattoo Passes with Flying Colors
Today's skull of the day is this amazing piece by Sean McCready. Skilled in both color and black and grey tattoos, McCready is best known for his color work, which might explain why there are some many gorgeous colors packed into today's pick! Skulls and flowers typically go ...read more
The Final Countdown
Today's skull of the day is this incredible black and grey piece by Miguel Bohigues. The skull is a timeless image that has been around since the birth of man, thus naturally pairing a skull with a clock feels more hauntingly reminiscent of the idea of "memento mori" reminding ...read more
Skeletal Frame of Mind
Today's skull of the day is this beautiful skull and flower thigh piece. The piece features a classic, almost illustrative, skull amid a collection of highlight pieces. The color saturation and contrasts that make up the red rose draw the eye to the top of the tattoo whereas the ...read more
Pick Your Poison
Today's skull of the day is this wicked piece by Jesse Rix! Rix is best known for his work in realism. He can bring to life an incredible and original tattoo whether it be in color or black and grey. Many of his pieces feature cool surrealistic optical illusions that are ...read more
Venomous Ink
Today's skull of the day is this amazing realism piece by Phil Garcia. Garcia is one of our favorite skull tattooers as his portfolio is filled to the brim with incredible post-mortem noggins. Even though skulls are a major image in Garcia's work, he never makes the same tattoo ...read more
Dying for Black and Grey
Today's skull of the day goes to Victor Modafferi. Modafferi is the owner and head tattooist at Bullseye Tattoos in Staten Island, New York. He is best known for his black and grey style, which has led him to take many talented artists under his wing. One of the most well-known ...read more
The Mash-Up Artist
Today's skull of the day is this rad piece by Paul Tougas. Tougas is best known for his color realism, however, for today's pick, he switched up his style just a little bit to make a cool mash-up of realism and traditional Japanese. We are obsessed with this cool and original ...read more
Phenomenal Photorealism
Today's skull of the day is this remarkable piece by Nikko Hurtado. Hurtado is best known for his impeccable color portraiture, which has made him a highly respected icon in the industry. Every now and then, however, Hurtado branches out to other subject matters and styles, such ...read more
Smokin' Ink
Today's skull of the day pick goes to David Sivak. This Ukrainian artist is best known for his color surrealism, and there is no shortage of that in today's pick. Rather than just depicting a run-of-the-mill skull, Sivak took it up one notch and created the skull through a smokey ...read more
Bed of Roses (and Skulls)
Today's skull of the day is this amazing piece by Chad Lenjer. This Ohio based tattooist has a very distinct color work aesthetic that combines elements of realism, illustrative and traditional styles. His color saturation is bold and beautifully applied to the skin, as you can ...read more
Fun with Floral
Today's skull of the day is this fun piece by Lee Piercy! Skulls are some of the most common images used for tattoos, so as time has gone on and the industry has grown, artists have branched out to find new ways to depict such classic images. Today's skull is comprised entirely ...read more
Inked with Flying Colors
Today's skull of the day is this highly original piece by Alex Bruz. We are obsessed with the darker, demonic side of this skull along with the incredible choice in color palette. The electric blue paired with the crisp reds and bold black really make this piece stand out. Not to ...read more
Roses are Red, But Skulls are Blue
Today's skull of the day is this amazing color fantasy piece by the incredible Boris. Boris is one of the most looked up to artists in the industry and for having a tattoo career spanning 23 years, it was just this year that Boris got his first tattoo, an in-progress portraiture ...read more
Dead Rising
Today's skull of the day is this groovy piece by Nikko Hurtado. Hurtado is best known for his portraiture work, but his spin on horror realism is also pretty impressive. Today's pick was inspired from the iconic cult film, Evil Dead 2. We love the depth and sly expression Hurtado ...read more
Deadly Whiskey
Today's tattoo of the day is this intoxicating piece by Steven Compton. This New School tattooer adds a splash of realism to all of his pieces making his animated images really pop right off of the wearer's skin. Today's tattoo really showcases the client's love for good ol' ...read more
Skeletal Shapes of Realism
Today's skull of the day is this amazing piece by Jose Guevara Morales. Morales is a Hawaii based tattoo artist with an eye for color. Combining various styles such as geometric tattooing and realism, Morales was able to bring this incredible dual-themed skull to life. We love ...read more
Kickin' It New School
Today's skull of the day is this fun piece by Shawn Will. This cool thigh piece displays a fun twist between Neo-traditional and the animated New School style that has been blowing up in the tattoo industry for the past few years. By taking the iconic skull and rose combination, ...read more
Skeletal Freestyle
Today's skull of the day is this badass piece by Jay Freestyle. Freestyle tattoos just like his name says he does: with a freedom to his style. His work is instantly recognizable for it's unique, organic, in-the-moment direction. As you can see with today's pick, his choice to ...read more
Fatal by Nature
Today's skull of the day is this incredible piece by A.D. Pancho. Pancho is known for his unique style combining abstract elements of surrealism with realistic images to bring about works like today's pick. What's unique about this skull is it creates a semi-optical illusion of a ...read more
Adorned Afterlife
Today's skull of the day is this amazing piece by Joe Matisa. Matisa works in a variety of styles, but is best known for his cross between illustrative and realism, as displayed in today's skull. We love the contrast between the bold outlines and delicate shading used to bring ...read more
Deadly Roses
Today's skull of the day is this intricate piece by Ilona over at Slayer Tattoo in Poland. Here at INKED we love when different styles of tattooing are combined to make one killer piece, and today's skull does exactly that. Using a brushstroke-like technique, Ilona renders a ...read more