A symbolic representation of a skull, usually heavily stylized or simplified.

A skull symbol may be a design on clothing items, painted or printed onto a surface, painted or tattooed onto a character's body, or used in an abstract background. A skull symbol also can appear as iconography. When seen on clothing, the skull_print, or skull_accessory tag may apply.

Important Note:

This tag should not be confused with a physical skull, a naturally occurring skull shaped marking on a character's skin, fur or scales, or with a skull and crossbones symbol.

Skull Symbol As Iconography

A skull symbol may represent:

• a character dying (or merely feeling like they're dead), similar to x eyes
• a character being very angry
• a character having mischievous, violent or evil intent
• poison or a deadly hazard, especially on labels and signage
• if joined by crossed bones, it should instead be tagged as skull and crossbones

Related tags

• skull_and_crossbones
• skull_print

See also

• skull
• skull_accessory
• skull_head
• skull_mask