Vintage Skull Gangster: Smoking Prohibition Era Icon

A stylized monochrome illustration of a skull wearing a classic fedora with a cigarette, blending noir aesthetics and dark graphic design.

The image depicts a meticulously detailed black and white skull wearing a classic fedora hat, rendered in a high-contrast, engraving-style illustration. The skull is positioned at a slightly angled perspective, with a cigarette clenched between its teeth, surrounded by wispy smoke tendrils against a stark black background.

Precise line work creates intricate texture and depth, emphasizing the skull's bone structure and the hat's crisp edges. The illustration uses bold white and black contrast, with fine hatching and shading techniques that give the graphic a vintage, woodcut-like quality. Smoke curves elegantly around the skull, adding movement and atmospheric depth to the composition.

The artwork evokes themes of mortality, vintage noir aesthetics, and rebellious underground culture, drawing inspiration from tattoo art, vintage poster design, and classic gangster iconography.