Melting Skull King Embroidery Design, Gothic, Instant Download

Spent a good bit of time on this one. Its a skull wearing a crown, but the whole thing is literally melting, dripping down into a black puddle at the base. The crown sits right on top with those round finials and diamond shapes cut into the band, and the jaw has dropped open showing the bottom teeth. The face has that heavy woodcut-style hatching running through it, proper cross-hatched lines in the cheeks and around the eye sockets giving it real depth. Doesnt look digital at all, more like something youd find in an old engraving.

Its digitised in 2 colours so theres only one thread change and the stitch counts go from 13,606 at the 3.5 inch size up to 33,030 at 7.6 inches. That top size has alot of stitches packed in and the density is tight at 579, so back it with a firm cutaway stabiliser. I usually recommend this for black denim or dark canvas, the contrast makes those white hatching lines pop properly. On lighter fabrics the black fill will look fine but you lose some of the drama.

Drop this on a jacket back and youve basically got a full gothic statement going. My nephew runs a custom streetwear thing and he stitched the large version on black denim last October for a client who wanted something dark but not cheesy. The hatching technique is what separates it from a flat skull, those parallel lines in the face sections give it real texture when stitched out.

Use a stabiliser that can handle the density or youll get puckering on the drip sections where the fill transitions from solid to sparse. Slow your machine speed on the hatched face areas and youll get clean line separation.