Night sky tattoo ideas

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Photograph of a large surreal tattoo on a person's upper back and shoulder, showing a glowing blue night sky with a moon and small planets framed by swirling brown organic shapes, with a tiny standing
Night sky and moon across a shoulder blade
Colourful tattoo of a leaping wolf silhouette filled with pine trees, mountains and a purple and orange night sky, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Wolf silhouette with aurora forest on chest
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the back of a hand showing a dark castle silhouette under a starry purple and orange sky, inside a crescent, with a Deathly Hallows symbol below.
Castle and Deathly Hallows symbol on the hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stack of books under an arched glass dome with stars and a ringed planet, on the inner forearm.
Stacked books in a glass dome on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a flying saucer above a log cabin and mountains in a triangle, with the words I want to believe arched above.
UFO over a cabin on a calf
Black and grey circular design of a mountain range, pine trees and stars beneath a quote in capitals, drawn in a woodcut style.
Mountains, pines and stars in a circle
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a green tent beneath pine trees and stars, with the words HOME IS WHERE YOUR HEART IS arched above and below the scene.
Camping tent and quote on upper arm
Full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm in neo-traditional style, showing a snarling brown bear head against a starry night sky with green and yellow swirls.
Colour sleeve with bear and night sky
Two traditional style tattoos on a pair of calves, each showing a turreted castle inside an oval frame with a ribbon and heart at the base.
Two castle cameo tattoos on the calves
Colour realism tattoo of two cats sitting on a branch under a full moon in a blue night sky, placed on the thigh.
Two cats watching a full moon on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a campfire beneath three pine trees and stars inside a circle, on the upper arm.
Campfire and pine trees in a night sky circle
Black dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon, pine trees, mountains and a tent inside a diamond, with fan shapes below, on the upper back.
Mountain and tent scene in a geometric diamond
Black and grey traditional tattoo with dotwork shading on a leg, showing a woman's profile filled with a night sky, crescent moon, stars and pine trees, above a rose and a small flower.
Night forest silhouette with roses on a calf
Colour tattoo of an outlined hand filled with a starry night sky, a planet with pine trees and an orange glow, on the outer thigh in a neo-traditional style.
Hand with starry sky, planet and pine trees
Realistic colour tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder showing a girl on a swing against a starry night sky above a glowing planet.
Girl on a swing over a starry planet
Colour geometric tattoo on an upper arm showing hexagon panels of night sky, a green planet, purple faceted mountains, a lake and dark pine trees.
Hexagon landscape with planet on upper arm
Watercolour-style drawing of a fox whose body and tail hold a sunset mountain landscape and night sky with stars and a moon, suitable as a tattoo design.
Fox with sunset landscape design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of mountains, a moon, stars and pine trees inside a circle on the inner forearm.
Mountain landscape in a circle on a forearm
Full colour sleeve tattoo themed on The Nightmare Before Christmas, with Jack Skellington and jack-o'-lanterns, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Nightmare Before Christmas full sleeve
Traditional style tattoo of a yellow crescent moon framing a dark mountain landscape under stars, with black leaves and red berries, on the shoulder and upper arm.
Crescent moon landscape on a shoulder
A howling wolf silhouette filled with a blue and purple galaxy, with pink nebula glows and bright stars, on the lower back.
Galaxy wolf howling on the lower back
Traditional-style flash design on paper showing two oval portraits with honeycomb, bees, a flying saucer and an atom, above two scrolled banners in colour.
Two illustrated portraits with banners and bees
Colour tattoo of a full moon above a dark pine forest and a starry purple and teal sky, covering the shoulder and upper arm.
Night sky, moon and pine forest on upper arm
Black and purple watercolour tattoo of a bare tree, crescent moon and stippled mountains, with ink splatter, on a limb.
Bare tree and crescent moon with watercolour sky
Colour tattoo of a full moon in a starry night sky above pale mountains and green rolling hills, set in a rounded panel on the forearm.
Moon over mountains and hills on a forearm
Black and grey realism full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a large red-tinged moon, bats, bare trees and a grinning pumpkin-style figure.
Full sleeve with moon and night scene
Colour realism tattoo of a glowing moon, silhouetted palm trees and a teal starry sky over a pink and orange beach, across a forearm.
Moon and palm trees beach scene on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a flying saucer beaming up a cat under a crescent moon and stars, on the forearm, shown in two photos.
UFO abducting a cat on a forearm
Black and grey pen drawing of a wolf head, with a tree, moon and forest scene shown within its face and ears, drawn as a tattoo design.
Wolf head with forest double exposure
Black and grey circular tattoo of a crescent moon, stars, waves and a whale tail in fine line and dotwork on the upper back near the shoulder.
Moon, waves and whale tail in a circle on a shoulder
Black and grey botanical tree branches and birds in a night sky across a realistic arm sleeve, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Tree and birds sleeve on an arm
Black ink dotwork drawing of an observatory dome among pine trees beneath a starry sky, set in a diamond shape on white paper beside two fineliner pens.
Observatory under a dotwork night sky
Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a UFO beaming up a figure over snowy mountains under a purple starry sky, with the words I want to believe below.
UFO over mountains with I want to believe
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm, showing a moon and stars over mountains and pine trees inside a diamond shape.
Night mountain scene in a diamond on a forearm
Small watercolour-style owl tattoo in purple, pink and red with a starry crown, on the side of the ribs.
Watercolour owl on the ribs
Fine line black and grey tattoo of small scattered stars running from the nape of the neck down the upper back, with dark hair in a loose bun.
Trail of stars down the back of the neck
Colour tattoo of Charlie Brown and Snoopy sitting on a dock over a lake under a night sky, with the name Charles W. Brown beneath, on the thigh.
Charlie Brown and Snoopy on a lakeside dock
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an ornate oval frame showing a night sky with stars, clouds, a sunset and mountains, with an orange flower below, on the leg.
Ornate oval frame with sunset landscape
Colour tattoo of a road with white edge lines and a yellow centre line running towards purple mountains, a turquoise sky with white clouds and a starry night patch, and a red angular star burst, on a
Road through mountains and night sky on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a leaping wolf silhouette filled with pine trees and a pink, orange and green night sky with stars, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Wolf silhouette with forest and night sky on the chest
Realistic colour tattoo of a howling wolf in front of a large blue moon with bare branches, across the forearm, shown from two angles.
Howling wolf and moon on a forearm
Colour realism tattoo of green and purple northern lights and stars above black pine trees and snow-capped mountains, shown on a forearm in a three-panel photo.
Northern lights over pine forest on a forearm
Colourful spade-shaped tattoo on a calf showing a UFO beaming orange light over black pine trees against a purple and pink sky, in a neo-traditional style.
Spade with UFO and pine trees on a calf
Colour tattoo of a lace-edged bow framing two figures kissing under a starry sky, with a red cape and purple ribbon tails, on the thigh.
Bow tattoo with kissing couple under stars
Traditional style colour tattoo of a snow globe showing a castle under a purple night sky, with a witch on a broom, on a leg.
Castle snow globe with a witch on a broom
Colour tattoo of a bear silhouette filled with a teal and pink aurora sky and pine trees, placed on the upper thigh.
Bear with aurora sky on a thigh
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo of a tipi with a crescent moon and mountains on a forearm, set against a wooden fence.
Tipi, crescent moon and mountains on a forearm
Colourful galaxy-filled cat silhouette tattoo on the inner forearm, with blue, purple and teal shading and small white star sparkles.
Galaxy cat silhouette on a forearm