It's not done is it? Needs more shading, it's 2D like a prison tat. Needs some 3D shading. Unless that's the look you were going for.
It's a sugar skull, which is a symbol for the Latin holiday Day of the Dead. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead
Sugar Skull for my Grandfather who passed recently. I doubt he was a DeadHead! Sly, I'm not really a 3D cartoon style tat kinda guy. It is on my forearm and props to the British guy who believes my cock is big enough to hold such a large piece of artwork!
Reminds me of the joke I heard in elementary school... Guy gets married, and decides to have a tattoo on his penis of his wife's name, Wendy. Small problem that, when he's not erect, it just says "WY". So he's in Jamaica for the honeymoon, and is in one of the bathrooms at the bar. Looks over and see a Jamaican dude utilizing the facilities, and he has a "W Y" tattoo also. He thinks this is incredible, and asks "is your wife named Wendy, too"? Jamaican dude laughs and says "no, mon...I'm not married, I'm in the tourist industry. It says 'Welcome to Jamaica, have a nice day!'"
Anything can be a way to honor someone if it makes you think about them. If HPC feels that that tat honors his grandfather than it does.
As BeerBoy pointed out earlier in this thread........... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Day_of_the_Dead