Ray tattoo ideas

335 photos and flash · 20% Dotwork, 20% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Black and white flash design of a sun with flame-like rays around a circle containing a pentagram and interlocking circular motifs.
Sun burst with pentagram circle design
Black and grey line drawing of an eye with radiating rays above, sprigs of leaves on each side and teardrops below, with the word Cancer beneath.
Eye with leaves and tears, Cancer design
Black line drawing of a traditional-style bird carrying a sealed envelope with a scalloped flap and small heart, with flowers and radiating rays, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Bird carrying a love letter with flowers
Gold stylised sun design with wavy rays around an open centre, shown as a flash design on a plain white background.
Stylised sun with wavy rays
Fine gold line drawing of an eye with radiating rays, a sunburst centre and hanging geometric totem tassels on a black background.
Eye and totem design in gold line
Black and grey tattoo design of a tooth framed by radiating lines, with the word WISDOM beneath it, in a traditional flash style.
Wisdom tooth with sunburst flash
Black and white flash design of a sun-like mandala with long radiating rays and concentric bands of geometric patterns, shown on a plain white background.
Sun mandala design with radiating rays
Black and grey pen drawing on paper of a sun with wavy rays, a crescent moon and four-pointed stars in its centre, shown as a tattoo design.
Sun with crescent moon and stars
Black line drawing of a sun with a plain circular centre and wavy, flame-like rays, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Outlined sun with wavy rays
Black and grey flash design of an open hand with a dotted triangle in the palm, a key, a bullet and the words TO KILL, with no body placement shown.
Open hand with triangle and key design
Pencil sketch of a circle with a horizontal line, a small inner circle, a swirl above and rays either side, with the quote I am flowing with creativity beneath, drawn on lined paper.
Circle with swirl and rays sketch
Black ink flash drawing on pink paper showing a mountain range in a circle, an animal skull with an eye and rays, and a feather crossed with a sprig inside a dotted circle.
Mountains, skull and feather flash sheet
Pencil sketch design of a lighthouse set inside a ship's wheel, with rays, scrollwork and a ribbon banner below, drawn on white paper.
Lighthouse in a ship's wheel with banner sketch
Pencil sketch on paper of a sun with a face and radiating rays beside a crescent moon, both with hanging dangles, shown as tattoo design drawings.
Sun and crescent moon tattoo sketches
Black ink flash sheet of a sword, a bare branch, a bubbling cauldron and a star in a circle with rays, drawn in hatched linework on paper.
Sword, branch, cauldron and star flash sheet
Traditional-style flash drawing of an eye with radiating lines inside a turquoise heart with a pink scalloped border and a small pink bow on top.
Eye in a turquoise heart flash design
Black line flash design of an eye within a cloud, with two crossed straight razors above and red rays and raindrops below, with no body placement shown.
Eye in a cloud with crossed razors
Black ink drawing of a sun with a face and a crescent moon with a face, a tattoo design in engraved-style linework with dotwork and hatching.
Sun and crescent moon design
Symmetrical geometric line design in rust ink on kraft paper, showing a diamond with an inner eye shape, radiating rays and small sparkle marks.
Geometric diamond with radiating rays
Black and grey neo-traditional flash design of a woman in profile inside a crescent moon, with a large rose, leaves and dotted rays.
Woman in profile with moon and rose
Black ink line drawing of a sun with dotwork and rays above geometric mountains and wavy sea lines, all enclosed in a triangle, shown as a tattoo design on white paper.
Sun, mountains and waves in a triangle
Black and white line drawing of a palm tattoo design with symbols on the fingers, a sunburst eye and the words Deus Ex Machina, in a blackwork and geometric style.
Palm design with sunburst eye and numerals
Black and beige line drawing of an open eye with a detailed iris and short rays radiating outward, shown as a flash design.
Eye with radiating rays design
Black line drawing of a flying saucer over a desert with cacti, an eye motif and the lettering Just Hold On We're Going Home, in a traditional flash style.
UFO and lettering tattoo design
Black ink line drawing of a small sun with rays and a crescent moon with three dots, sketched on white paper as a tattoo design.
Sun and crescent moon sketch
Hand-painted flash design on cream paper showing a red lightning bolt with a teal shadow, a black line sun with rays, and a teal teardrop.
Lightning bolt, sun and teardrop flash
Black dotwork and line drawing of a sun with an eye and a crescent moon with a face, surrounded by radiating rays, three roses and arrows, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sun and moon with roses and arrows
Hand-drawn flash design of two closed eyes with radiating dotted lines, above and below the words 'AND YOU SEE YOUR GYPSY' in dark brown lettering on a pink textured background.
Hand-lettered eyes design on pink
Black and grey line drawing of an open lighter with a flame, framed by roses and a sunburst of rays, in a traditional flash style.
Open lighter and roses flash design
Traditional style flash drawing of a red anatomical heart with black rays, surrounded by an arrow, an owl's eye and a rose, with no body placement shown.
Anatomical heart with rays flash design
Four black flash designs on a tan background: a vinyl record with lightning bolts, an abstract blue and black star, and two cracked hearts, one with radiating rays.
Vinyl, lightning and cracked heart flash sheet
Solid black sun design with a plain circle centre and twelve wavy flame-like rays on a white background, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Black sun with wavy rays
Black ink flash design of a smiling sun with a face and a crescent moon decorated with mandala patterns, with dangling ornaments below, in fine line and dotwork style.
Sun and crescent moon with mandala detail
Black and white flash drawings of a yin yang with floral and geometric patterning and a sun with rays around a crescent moon with a face, with no body placement shown.
Yin yang and sun and moon tattoo designs
Black line drawing of a hand-drawn sun with rays, with the words LIFE IS TOUGH BUT SO ARE YOU lettered inside the circle, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Line drawn sun with lettered quote
Pencil drawing of a hatched mountain peak under a sunburst with swirled clouds on either side, shown as a tattoo design on plain paper with no body part visible.
Mountain peak with sunburst and clouds
Black line drawing of a winged heart flanked by two roses with radiating rays, in a traditional flash style with no body placement shown.
Winged heart with roses flash
Black ink neo-traditional design of a woman in a headscarf holding a tarot card over her mouth, with a flower and radiating dotted rays, drawn on cream paper.
Woman with tarot card and flower design
Black and grey pencil and ink drawing of a tattoo design inside a diamond, showing a UFO-like eye with rays, raindrops, stars and waves.
Diamond with eye and rain over waves
Black and white drawing of a sun with a solid black circle and wavy, flame-like rays, with thin outlined rays between them, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Black sun with flame-like rays
Blue line drawing of a rayed sun with the words You are my sunshine written in script and capitals inside it, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
You are my sunshine lettering in a sun
Black and grey pencil drawing of an ornate lantern with a rose, leaves, bees and radiating rays, drawn as a tattoo design.
Lantern and rose design with bees
Pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing praying hands, a winged cross, a dove and clouds in black and grey shading, with no body placement visible.
Praying hands, winged cross and dove design
Black ink drawing of a split sun and moon design with an eye, two roses, arrows and radiating dotwork rays, drawn on paper.
Sun and moon with eye, roses and arrows
Black ink drawing of a sun and crescent moon with carved-style faces, dotwork mandala detail and wavy rays, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sun and crescent moon with faces
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sphynx cat with a third eye and winged eyes, beside a snake and roses, as a tattoo design.
Sphynx cat with snake and roses design
Neo-traditional style flash drawing of a woman with a bob haircut wearing a space helmet, with stars, planets and roses in pink, red and teal.
Astronaut woman with roses flash design
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of an ornate dagger through a heart, with a Valentine banner, rays and a swallow.
Dagger, heart and swallow flash design