Night sky tattoo ideas

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Black and grey fine line tattoo on an upper arm, showing a crescent moon, scattered dotted stars and contour-line mountains inside a bold brushstroke circle.
Crescent moon and contour mountains in a circle
Black and grey neo-trad style tattoo on an upper arm showing a castle under a moon inside a globe, with a triangle and circle symbol and shaded leaves below.
Castle in a globe with leaves on upper arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm of a green tent among pine trees under a starry sky, with the words Home is where your heart is arched above and below it, in a traditional style.
Tent and pine trees with lettering on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a retro rocket and planets inside a dotted circle of stars, placed on the thigh.
Retro rocket in a dotwork night sky
Colour tattoo of northern lights over a mountain range on an upper arm, with soft green, purple and pink bands above shaded grey peaks and small stars.
Northern lights over mountains on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl's face with a moon and trees behind it, covering the chest.
Realistic owl and moon on chest
Colour tattoo of a spired castle under a green smoky sky with a skull cloud, set in an ornate gold frame with a Deathly Hallows symbol, on the outer thigh.
Castle in an ornate frame on a thigh
Realistic colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a shaded grey moon, stars and a golden jackal-headed figure against a dark red and black background.
Moon and jackal-headed figure on a calf
Colour tattoo of a black cat sitting on a branch with orange blossoms beneath a blue moon in a dark cloud, on the side of a torso above jeans.
Black cat on a branch under a moon
Black and grey tattoo of a dark starry night sky over a brushed shoreline on the inner forearm, in a painterly blackwork style.
Night sky and shoreline on a forearm
Small crescent moon tattoo on the inside of a wrist, shaded with purple, pink and blue galaxy tones against green foliage.
Small galaxy crescent moon on a wrist
Colour tattoo pair on two calves showing cartoon Peter Pan and Wendy against a blue night sky with stars, in an illustrative cartoon style.
Peter Pan and Wendy on both calves
Two matching black and grey dotwork tattoos on a pair of forearms, each set in a solid black triangle showing a whale against a starry night sky with clouds and a crescent moon.
Whales and night sky in two triangles on forearms
Colour tattoo of a yellow Minion dressed as Scooby-Doo in front of a dark haunted house and bats, on the calf.
Minion dressed as Scooby-Doo on a calf
Colour tattoo of a full moon over a blue and purple galaxy with stars, shown as if torn through the skin on the upper arm and shoulder.
Moon and galaxy tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a circular night scene with a moon, a flying figure, clouds, mountains and a sailing ship on water.
Night sky landscape with ship on a calf
Collage of a purple galaxy-patterned swallow tattoo with white star dots on skin, shown on a shoulder, beside a photo of a starry night sky.
Galaxy swallow tattoo on a shoulder
Colour realism tattoo of a palm tree sunset over the sea, with a starry night sky and pale moons above, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Palm tree sunset and starry sky on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain range under a starry night sky, framed in a rectangle on the upper arm.
Mountain night sky in a framed box on the upper arm
Black and grey comic panel tattoo on an upper arm, with a speech bubble of lettering above two cartoon figures under a starry night sky.
Comic panel quote tattoo on upper arm
Forearm tattoo of a black cat silhouetted on a bare branch beneath a glowing moon and starry sky, in soft teal, green and orange washes.
Cat on a branch under a moon
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon with stars, small clouds and wavy sea lines on the upper arm.
Moon, clouds and waves on upper arm
Full-colour realism tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a girl on a swing under a starry sky above a planet.
Girl on a swing above a starry planet on the arm
Colour tattoo of a geometric owl with a galaxy-filled body on the thigh, perched on a black angular branch.
Geometric owl with galaxy fill on thigh
Blue watercolour-style night sky tattoo with small white stars on the upper arm of a person in a white t-shirt.
Starry night sky brushstroke on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a ringed planet, moons, stars and pine trees on a forearm.
Ringed planet and moons on a forearm
Realistic full moon with small stars and a purple and blue night sky tattooed across a shoulder and upper arm.
Full moon and night sky on a shoulder
Colour tattoo on an arm of a cartoon dog lying on a jack-o'-lantern beneath a bird in a witch's hat flying a broomstick past a full moon, with a bat and stars.
Halloween night scene on an arm
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm of a woman's face with hands covering her eyes, its hair and hands filled with blue and purple galaxy shading and stars, with a green shape below the chin.
Woman with hands over eyes, starry forearm tattoo
Small fine line black tattoo of eight-pointed stars and dots scattered across the inside of a forearm, photographed indoors.
Scattered stars and dots on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a lighthouse under a starry night sky, enclosed in a teardrop shape on the forearm.
Lighthouse in a teardrop on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a night mountain landscape with a moon and stars, set inside a leaf shape on the calf.
Night mountain landscape inside a leaf
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a tent beside a row of pine trees with dotted stars above, on the arm near the elbow.
Tent and pine trees under stars
Black and grey flash design of a palm tree above a dripping night sky with stars and a crescent moon, drawn on a cream background.
Palm tree over a dripping night sky
Black and grey diamond-shaped tattoo on a limb showing a flying saucer over mountains and pine trees, with the words I want to believe along the left edge.
UFO over mountains in a diamond frame
Neo-traditional tattoo of a glowing UFO over pine trees and a purple night sky, framed in an oval with the words I WANT TO BELIEVE below, on the thigh.
UFO and pine trees on a thigh
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on the upper arm showing a ringed planet, stars, mountain peaks and horizontal lines of water beneath a dark night sky.
Ringed planet and mountains on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a diamond shape on the inner forearm, with black pine tree silhouettes below and a purple, pink and teal galaxy sky above.
Diamond with pine trees and galaxy sky
Black and grey tattoo of a howling wolf on the upper arm, its head filled with stars and a moon above a pine forest and a tent, in blackwork and dotwork style.
Wolf howling over a pine forest on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional style tattoo of a fairytale castle with fireworks and a small flying figure inside a scalloped heart on the thigh.
Castle and fireworks inside a heart on a leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a grey alien head and two flying saucers with light beams over a starry night sky, on a limb.
Alien abduction scene with UFOs
Colourful galaxy wolf tattoo on a forearm, with blue, purple and pink nebula shading and small stars across the face.
Galaxy wolf tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey ink design of pine trees on a mountain ridge beneath a starry sky and a shooting star, framed by a dashed circle and triangles, drawn on cream paper.
Pine forest and night sky in a circle
Colourful geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing a winding road, purple and green mountains, a teal starry sky with white clouds and a red faceted shape with blue loops.
Road through mountains and night sky on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a full moon over clouds and pine trees, with a seated figure reflected in water below.
Moon, pine forest and seated figure on a forearm
Black and grey tattoos on a lower leg: a vertical column of geometric circles and triangles on the left, and a dark owl with a small figure on a branch on the right.
Geometric symbols and owl on lower legs
Colour realism tattoo of Van Gogh's Starry Night, with swirling blue and green sky, yellow stars and a dark cypress tree, on a shoulder and upper back.
Starry Night reproduction across shoulder and back
A colour tattoo of Van Gogh's The Starry Night inside a circle, placed in the centre of a person's upper back.
Starry Night circle tattoo on upper back