Ray tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey pentagram set inside a sun with flame-like rays, with two small bat silhouettes, on the upper back near the neck.
Pentagram sun and bats on upper back
Traditional colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a dagger with a green glow, a red rose, green leaves and a blue banner reading GERONIMO, set against black rays.
Dagger, rose and Geronimo banner on upper arm
Watercolour tattoo of a compass rose with feathers and small abstract marks on a lower leg, in blue, green, yellow and orange with black linework.
Watercolour compass and feathers on a leg
Black linework tattoo on a shoulder showing a striped half-sun with radiating rays, a heart with a bow, and a small cloud, with a partial tattoo at the top left.
Sun, heart and cloud tattoo on a shoulder
Black linework eye with radiating lines tattooed on the finger of a hand, resting on a light blue surface.
Eye tattoo on a finger
Black ink dotwork drawing of a sun with stippled rays, leaf-shaped petals and a crescent moon, shown as a design on grey paper with no body placement.
Sun and crescent moon design
Traditional black and grey flash design of a cartoon character with glasses inside a rayed halo, holding a rose, with the words Pray for butts beneath.
Madonna-style cartoon figure with rose flash
Two black and grey realism tattoos: an open pocket compass on a forearm, and an anatomical heart beneath a light bulb with radiating lines.
Compass and anatomical heart with light bulb
Back view of a woman with her hair up, showing a small black tribal-style sun with a spiral centre on her upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Small black sun tattoo on upper back
Pencil drawing of a neo-traditional compass and lighthouse design with a Find Your Own Way banner, in black and grey shading, shown on a sketch pad.
Compass and lighthouse with Find Your Own Way banner
Black and grey photograph of a tattoo reading skin is boring in typewriter-style lettering, set among bold outlined rays and ornamental linework on the arm.
Skin is boring script within a linework design
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of an eye within an ornate scrolled frame with rays, on the inner forearm.
Eye in an ornate frame on a forearm
Realistic grey tabby cat snarling with its mouth open, set against a blue sunburst of rays, tattooed on a calf.
Snarling tabby cat with blue sunburst
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a radiating sun with concentric circles, centred on the upper back.
Radiating sun on upper back
Small black pentagram inside a spiked sun tattoo on the upper chest, above a blue camisole strap.
Pentagram sun tattoo on the chest
Black line tattoos on the ttops of two bare feet, a sun with a face and rays on the left foot and a crescent moon with a face and hanging ornaments on the right, plus small sun and moon marks on the
Sun and moon tattoos on both feet
Close-up of a small fine line tattoo of a half sun rising above a horizon with short rays, on the upper arm of a person with a bent elbow.
Small sunrise tattoo on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a sun with a face and rays, placed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Small sun with a face on the wrist
Four side-by-side views of a black and grey tattoo on an upper arm, showing a raised fist with radiating lines, banknotes, swirling smoke and a star.
Raised fist with rays and banknotes on upper arm
Close photograph of a bold tribal-style sun tattoo on skin, with a black swirling centre and red, orange and yellow rays.
Tribal sun tattoo in red and orange
Black ink dotwork and fine line drawing of a sphynx cat head with a third eye, set beneath a dotted sun with radiating rays.
Sphynx cat with third eye and sun
Black ink tattoo of a sun with an outlined oval centre and twisted, leaf-shaped rays, shown on the skin of a lower body part.
Black sun tattoo on skin
Small black fine line outline of a sun with short rays, tattooed on the inner wrist of a hand with yellow nail polish.
Small outline sun on the inner wrist
Black tribal sun flash design with eight flame-like rays radiating from a central point, drawn on white paper.
Tribal sun design in black ink
Black and grey tattoo of a sun with a face and a crescent moon on a woman's upper back, with the script words live your life above the right shoulder blade.
Sun and moon with script on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a ship's wheel with radiating light rays behind it, on the calf.
Ship's wheel with light rays on a calf
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of The Moon tarot card across a person's upper back, showing a large solid black moon with rays.
The Moon tarot card across a back
Black linework tattoo of a sun with long wavy rays and a crescent moon, both with faces, across the upper back.
Sun and crescent moon with faces on upper back
Small traditional style candle tattoo with a yellow flame, black rays and a gold holder on the back of a hand.
Candle tattoo on the back of a hand
Solid black flash design of a flaming sun with wavy rays surrounding a pentagram inside a circle, shown without any body placement.
Flaming sun with pentagram design
Two side-by-side photos of black ink tattoos: a sun with rays on the left and a small crescent moon on the right, both on the side of the torso.
Sun and crescent moon on the side body
Colour tattoo of a yellow outlined sun with a purple wash and swirling vine linework on the side of the torso.
Yellow sun with purple wash
Line drawing of an anchor wrapped in rope, with a fish skeleton on the shaft, an eye at the centre and radiating rays behind, shaded in blue, purple and yellow.
Anchor with rope, fish skeleton and eye
Four-panel photo of a black and grey full arm sleeve with clouds, sunburst rays, doves, a pocket watch, an anchor and a compass rose, on the upper arm and forearm.
Black and grey cloud sleeve with doves and anchor
Gold line drawing of a geometric owl with spread wings, an arrow through its talons and rays above its head, on a black background.
Geometric owl with arrow and spread wings
Traditional style tattoo of an eye within a yellow and green crescent moon, with a dagger through the top and black spiked rays behind it, on the back of a hand.
Eye in a crescent moon on the back of a hand
Man in a navy polo shirt showing an eye tattoo with red linework on his neck, a geometric eye tattoo on his upper arm and a rose tattoo on his forearm.
Eye tattoos on neck and arms
Close-up of a colourful traditional-style tattoo on the upper arm, showing a pointed elongated shape with yellow rings, red and orange rays and black lightning bolts.
Traditional colour design on upper arm
Black ink drawing in a dotwork and fine line style of the state of Oregon filled with mountains, pine trees and a sun with dotted rays, on a cream background.
Oregon outline with mountains, pines and sun
Black and white drawing of an ornate fleur-de-lis surrounded by acanthus leaf scrollwork and radiating lines, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Fleur-de-lis with scrollwork design
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head with an eye above and a crescent moon below, framed by sunburst rays on an upper arm.
Cat with all-seeing eye and crescent moon
Pencil line drawing of a winged eye inside a triangle with rays, scrollwork and two roses, designed as a neo-traditional style tattoo.
Winged eye in triangle with roses
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bare tree with a dotted sun and birds in flight across the upper back.
Bare tree with birds and dotwork sun on a back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two swallows over a sun with rays and a flower, on the back of a hand.
Two swallows and a sun on the back of a hand
Traditional tattoo of a closed book with an eye and a yellow banner reading NERD LIFE, with red ribbon and sunburst rays, on a section of skin.
Book and eye banner tattoo
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a muscular bearded sea god holding a trident, with a red lightning bolt and stippled clouds, on a person's upper back.
Trident-holding sea god on upper back
A small colour sun tattoo with a black outline and spiky rays sits on the inside of a wrist, in a traditional style.
Small sun tattoo on the wrist
Close-up of a fine line black sun tattoo with a circle, short rays and dots on the outer thigh, above a black knee-high sock.
Small sun outline on a thigh