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Skull, snake, lion head, bird with wings, roses, dice, and a diamond in black and grey; AI-generated tattoo project; suitable for a cover-up.

Skull, snake, lion head, bird with wings, roses, dice, and a diamond in black and grey; AI-generated tattoo project; suitable for a cover-up.
Cover-up ready tattoo design: a dark skull, serpent and lion centerpiece with bird, roses, dice and diamond.

Centered composition features a skull with a faceted diamond clenched between teeth, a coiled snake weaving around the skull, a roaring lion to the right, and a flying bird with expansive wings on the left. Floral elements include roses at the lower left, with dice and a jagged script element forming a core text piece that reads Stay Life One Life One Chance. Rendered in black and grey realism, the piece showcases smooth tonal gradations and high-contrast details: the skull’s hollows, the snake’s scaled musculature, the fur and mane of the lion, and the feathers of the bird. The typography is integrated as part of the composition, following the negative space between roses and the creatures. The diamond is a focal point that adds a facet of light to the otherwise dark palette. The piece uses negative shading to separate layers, creating depth and drama that would read well on larger body areas such as the back or chest. The inclusion of dice adds a luck or fate motif, enhancing the symbolic reading of the phrase Stay Life One Life One Chance, which urges living with intent. The design reads as a cohesive narrative: mortality (skull), danger and protection (snake and lion), freedom and resilience (bird), beauty and fortune (roses and diamond), and fate (dice) all coexisting in a single tattoo design. While the image’s heavy black ink makes it ideal for a cover-up of an older tattoo, the client could also adapt it to emphasize one or two elements for a smaller sleeve. As an AI-generated tattoo project, the concept demonstrates modern approaches to dark, figurative storytelling, and with careful placement and line work, it remains a versatile option for meaningful tattoos, black and grey realism, and custom tattoo design. If very dark, this design is perfect for a cover-up.