The human skull is an instantly recognisable and icon image, so no wonder that it often gets used as the basis for a logo. It can be simplified, to create an abstract shape perfect for logo design, or embellished to be anything from funny to dark and morbid.

With Halloween round the corner, now is the perfect time to examine some interesting and inspiring uses of skulls for your logo design.

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Starcom Entertainment

Skull Island

Skull Logo WIP

Basketball Skull

Victor Melendez

Yellow Skull

Tis The Season

Drink Beer Ear Asphalt

Dead Barber

Black Magic

Design Bros

Calender Skull

Modern Fossil

Radoslav Slavnic

Rebel Couture

Dead Rabbit

Boris Tattoo

TerrorPene

Sick Snowboards

Deadshot Media

Skull Photography

Skupple

West Skulls

Halopixel

Pencil Skull

Game Over

Innovolabs

Gearhead

Sugar Skull

Hopefully these spooky skulls didn’t scare you too much, but inspired you to get a bit dark and morbid on your next logo project!

Please share your favourite skull designs in the comments below!