If you’re feeling the itch for your first ink piece, or maybe the second or the perfect sleeve ending and you’re looking for the best tattoo ideas, kickassthings.com is the place to be. Small tattoos, big tattoos, and everything in between — we’re here for it. In this article, we’re going to cover some seriously pretty body art – Day of the Dead tattoos. With a rich symbolism behind and beautiful aesthetics, these cool ink pieces will have you sprinting to your nearest tattoo parlor for your own Dia de los Muertos tattoo.

Day of the Dead tattoos meaning

Whether you want a tattoo for symbolic reasons or for purely aesthetic ones, Day of the Dead tattoos can be a very beautiful way to express yourself through ink. But before you decide on this tattoo style, you should know what Day Of The Dead is, its meaning, symbols and the traditions connected with it.

Day of the Dead (or Dia de Los Muertos in Spanish) is a Mexican holiday that celebrates the lives of the deceased, the cycle of life, death and rebirth. Dia de Los Muertos is a joyous and sacred time, a time to welcome the souls of the dead; it is a celebration in which the living and the dead are joined if even for a short while. The reason a holiday revolving around death is so full of color instead of being gloomy and gray is because it celebrates the lives led by those who are now gone. In some ways it is a triumph over death and therefore becomes a celebration of life.

Spirits coming down and walking among the living, sampling earthly treats and joining in the festival … it sounds like a merry version of our Halloween holiday. But instead of scary goblins and blood curdling shrieks, the people in Mexico welcome the spirits of their families with the delicious smell of food in the air, tasty candies decorated like skulls, and lighted candles to guide them home again. Gravestones are decorated and the whole family will gather in the graveyard to await and pay respects to the deceased.

Dia de los Muertos tattoos are meant to show the duality of life, which is that it can only exist surrounded by death. Besides, death is the only thing that’s certain in this life, so it should be accepted and acknowledged instead of feared. Day of the Dead tattoos are also a way to remember the ones we’ve lost, their lives and the impact they had upon us, keeping them alive in our hearts and memories.

40+ Day of the Dead Tattoos to Inspire Your Next Piece of Body Art

With the help of a skilled tattoo artist, all these ideas and symbols that stand behind the Day of the Dead celebrations can be transposed on your skin. Whether you opt for color tattoo or a black and grey one, the aesthetic of a day of the dead tattoo is really beautiful.

Generally, people associate Day of the Dead tattoos with beautiful women with their faces painted as skulls. While this is probably the most well-known and currently popular expression of the Day of the Dead, it’s only one of many. In fact, Day of the Dead tattoos can come in any style from the classic American Traditional tattoos, to comic book styles or Chicano.

That said, it’s time for some ink inspiration. Roll up your sleeves and settle in, you’re going to see some incredible Day of the Dead tattoos created by skilled artists from around the world. Just be warned, these ink pieces are so beautiful that might just tempt you to travel far and wide for your very own. If you want get one as a talisman of good luck or just for the way it looks, check out these amazing tattoos and be inspired!


Day of the Dead tattoos

tattoo artist © Benji_Roketlauncha

Dia de Los Muertos tattoo

tattoo artist © EDUARDO LUNARDI

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tattoo artist © Ben Kaye

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tattoo artist © Ace @chicanoace

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tattoo artist © @web.mc

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tattoo artist © Kindamo

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tattoo artist © David Corden

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tattoo artist © Adrian Lindell

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tattoo artist © ShOoBY

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tattoo artist © Mihail Kogut


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tattoo artist © TastikTattoo

tattoo artist © Ace @chicanoace

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tattoo artist © Vladimir Drozdov

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tattoo artist © Andrea Ceccarini

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tattoo artist © Benji_Roketlauncha

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tattoo artist © Andrew Lead

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tattoo artist ©  Szidónia Csenge Gergely

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tattoo artist © Michael D’agostini

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tattoo artist © ᏴOᏞO

Day of the Dead tattoos

tattoo artist © Iva Chavez


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tattoo artist © NowakTattoo

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tattoo artist © Yz Asencio

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tattoo artist © Kindamo

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tattoo artist © Liz Cook

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tattoo artist © Denis Casella

Day of the Dead tattoos

tattoo artist © ShOoBY

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tattoo artist © RIKO

best Day of the dead tattoo

tattoo artist © Benji_Roketlauncha

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tattoo artist © Diogo Nunes

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tattoo artist © Istvan Notdi


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tattoo artist © Ace @chicanoace

awesome Day of the Dead tattoos

tattoo artist © Yz Asencio

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tattoo artist © ShOoBY

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tattoo artist © Vladimir Drozdov

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tattoo artist © Iva Chavez

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tattoo artist © Andrea Ceccarini

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 tattoo artist © Szalai Tibor „Tibi“

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tattoo artist © Michael D’agostini

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tattoo artist © Kindamo

Day of the Dead tattoo ideas

tattoo artist © Yz Asencio



Dia de los Muertos art

tattoo artist © Mohammed Mommo

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tattoo artist © EDUARDO LUNARDI

Day of the Dead tattoos

tattoo artist © Denis Casella

colorful tattoos

tattoo artist © Allen Brunn

best Day of the Dead tattoos

tattoo artist © Samurai Standoff

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tattoo artist © Lorenzo Baca

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tattoo artist © Javier Rodriguez

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