Skull

A skull tattoo symbolizes transience and death, but also rebirth and the power of survival. It can be an expression of acceptance of life as it is—with its endings and beginnings. Stylishly, it appears in realistic, old-school, biomechanical, or Mexican designs (e.g., sugar skulls). As a motif, the skull often conveys a message of courage and fearlessness in the face of fate.