skull motif
Macabre design element
A skull motif is a decorative pattern featuring skulls, used in fashion, art, tattoos, and design.
The image carries various associations—mortality and memento mori, rebellion and counterculture, or purely aesthetic edge: The designer incorporated skull motifs throughout the collection.
Skull motifs appear on everything from biker jackets to haute couture to Day of the Dead celebrations.
- deathCessation of life
- bonesRigid internal support structure
- crossbonesIntersecting skeletal warning
- pirateMaritime thief or bootlegger
- Jolly RogerBuccaneer's standard
pirate flag · Joliet · macabre · skeleton · gothic · mortality · memento mori · Halloween · horror movie · tattoo · danger · poison · cranium · biker · biker gang · punk · punk rock · Day of the Dead
skull motiffloral motif
Decorative botanical imagery
flower pattern · tree of life · smiley face · rose pattern · fertility symbols
skull motifpolka dots
Repeating circular print pattern
paisley · toile · chintz · fleur-de-lis · argyle