Ray tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey script tattoo reading 'You are my sunshine' curved around a shaded heart with a sun behind it, placed on the side of the hip.
You are my sunshine heart with sun on the hip
Close-up of a hand with black nail polish showing a small black eye with radiating lines on the middle finger and a triangle with circle and line symbol on the ring finger.
Eye and triangle tattoos on fingers
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
Small red hand-lettered tattoo reading wild, with two short rays above it, on an ankle.
Wild script on an ankle
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a lighthouse with banner lettering on a person's calf, shown beside a black and grey flash design of the same lighthouse.
Lighthouse banner tattoo on a calf
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 and grey sun tattoo with wavy rays and a shaded disc, edged by a dotted arc with hanging dots, on a person's abdomen.
Sun with dotted arc on the abdomen
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 grey tattoo of a light bulb containing a rising sun, rays and clouds, on a forearm, with framed traditional flash art in the background.
Light bulb with sunrise and clouds on a forearm
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
Fine line black tattoo of an eye within radiating rays, two outstretched hands and small stars on the back of a hand.
Eye, hands and rays on the back of a hand
Close-up of a fine line and dotwork starburst tattoo in black ink on an upper arm, with a hand and gold ring at the left edge.
Fine line starburst on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoos of a crescent moon and a sun, each with a face and hanging chain details, shown on two upper thighs.
Crescent moon and sun tattoos on the thighs
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 and grey dotwork sun mandala tattoo with radiating rays and oval motifs across a woman's upper thigh.
Dotwork sun mandala on a thigh
Traditional style full arm sleeve tattoo in bold colour across the shoulder, upper arm and forearm, featuring a rosette, a grey skull in a hat, roses and an orange flower.
Traditional full sleeve with skull and roses
Black and grey tattoo of a stag's head with antlers in front of a keyhole, a crown and radiating rays, on a forearm.
Stag and keyhole on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a lion and a second animal around a sunburst on a person's upper back, with their hair in a bun.
Lion and sun on upper back
Black and grey realistic manta ray tattoo shaded in detail across the upper back near the left shoulder blade.
Manta ray tattoo on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of a sun with a crescent moon face and wavy rays, centred on the forearm.
Sun and moon face on a forearm
Back of a person's neck with a small fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon beside a sun with rays, placed just below the hairline.
Crescent moon and sun on the neck
Black and grey tattoo of curling waves, swirling clouds and a stippled sun with rays, on the upper arm, in a linework style.
Waves and rising sun on an upper arm
Grey shaded tattoo of a sun with a face and crescent moon surrounded by rays and stars on a person's upper back, with small blue and purple accents.
Sun with a face and crescent moon on upper back
Traditional style tattoo of an eye within a screwed metal plaque with red rays and a red drop, on the inner forearm.
Eye plaque on a forearm
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of a French bulldog wearing a collar, with an all-seeing eye in a triangle above it, on an upper arm.
French bulldog with all-seeing eye on upper arm
Three views of a colour Japanese-style half sleeve on the upper arm and shoulder, with teal waves, red blossoms and dark shaded rays.
Japanese waves and blossom half sleeve
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
Black linework sun with wavy rays and small star shapes on an ankle, with a second bare foot crossed over it on white bedsheets.
Sun and stars on an ankle
Close-up of dark ornamental tattoos on a thigh and knee, including a mandala-style design, in a blackwork style.
Ornamental blackwork on thighs
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a pizza slice in a tarot card frame with the words LA FETTA, on a forearm.
Pizza slice tarot card on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sun with a human face and long wavy rays on the side of the ribs, shown in orange, yellow and brown tones.
Sun with a face on the side ribs
Black linework tattoo of a sun with a human face and radiating rays, on the side of a person's torso above a dark waistband.
Sun with face on the side of a torso
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a smiling sun with a face inside a crescent moon, above a shaded lotus flower, on skin of the upper leg or arm.
Sun, crescent moon and lotus tattoo
Black dotwork sun tattoo with a stippled centre and pointed rays, centred on the upper back.
Dotwork sun on upper back
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
Small black fine line tattoo of a faceted geometric heart with radiating lines on the ankle, above a grey sock.
Small geometric heart on an ankle
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo covering the full back and chest, with a Statue of Liberty portrait, a skull holding a torch, roses and a central religious figure.
Full back and chest black and grey tattoo
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
Two matching black and grey forearm tattoos of a sun and a crescent moon, each with a drawn face and dotted chain detail, in a Dotwork and fine line style on the forearms.
Sun and moon forearm tattoos with dotted chains
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 linework geometric tattoo covering the back of a hand and wrist, with banded rings on the fingers and a small cross on one finger.
Geometric line tattoo across the back of a hand
Black line tattoos on the inner forearm: a geometric egg-shaped sun motif, a semicircle with rays and a small mark, and a sun with an arrow, heart and banner in fine line style.
Three geometric line tattoos on a forearm
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