Skulls can be depicted in tattoos in almost endless permutations and styles. Tattoo Johnny incorporates skulls in hundreds of different tattoo designs including a skull next to a dead man's hand in playing cards and dice, a skull above a bony hand shooting a gun, and three skulls vertically stacked with bony hands over their ears, eyes and mouth respectively. Evil Tattoo has pictures of skull tattoos with devil horns, sharp teeth and stylized tribal line work, a skull with a celtic knot woven in and out of the eyes, mouth, nose and holes in the cranium and even Jesus's head with a crown of thorns mirroring a skull wearing the same crown. Stylized skull tattoos are common among celebrants of Dia De Los Muertos, the Day of the Dead.
Some bold tattoo enthusiasts have opted to have parts of their skeleton depicted on the outside of their bodies, matching the location of their actual bones. One man chose to have all the bones of his spine, shoulder blades, ribs and hips traced in tattoo ink covering his entire back. Another extreme example is a man who had his teeth and skull bones tattooed on his face with black ink to demarcate the eye and nose holes in the bone structure. Evil Tattoo has a photo of a hand tattoo of life-size hand and wrist bones on the back of a man's hand.
Express your affinity for pirates and their kind by getting a skull and crossbones flag tattoo. Include a stylized pirate ship with the flag in a prominent location at the top or get a realistic-looking skull and two crossed humerus or femur bones at the upper center of your back or on your inner forearm. Consider a waving black Jolly Roger flag on your shoulder or calf. Include a black eyepatch over the skull to add to the pirate symbolism. Grateful Dead enthusiasts have been known to use the band's popular skull depictions with crossbones to express their appreciation for the music.