Sun tattoo ideas

977 photos and flash · 28% Fine line, 17% Dotwork · Forearm most common

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Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a sun over snowy peaks and a river, framed by a rope border and the words If it's the mountains bending rivers you will have them.
Mountain, river and sun scene on a thigh
Black tribal sun motif with four pointed rays and a ring, drawn as a flash design with no body placement shown.
Black tribal sun design
Colour neo-trad style tattoo on the thigh showing tarot cards for The Sun and The Moon, a crystal ball, sparkles and dangling teardrops.
Tarot sun and moon with crystal ball on thigh
Two matching forearm tattoos in black ink: a sun with a face and dotted chain drapery on the left arm, and a crescent moon with a face on the right arm, in a dotwork style.
Sun and moon tattoos on two forearms
Three side-by-side views of a full back tattoo in colour, with blue waves and a figure on one side and orange flames on the other, shown on a bare back.
Full back piece, water and fire split, three views
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with dotwork rays and mandala-style petals on the upper thigh.
Sun and moon face on thigh
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 and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands framing a sun, crescent moon and planets, placed on a calf.
Two hands, sun and planets on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a palm tree, red setting sun and hibiscus-like flowers on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Palm tree and sunset on a forearm
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 line drawing of the words HERE COMES THE SUN in hand-drawn lettering, with SUN inside a circle surrounded by a spiky sunburst outline, on a white background.
Here Comes the Sun lettering in a sun
Full arm sleeve tattoo in dotwork and geometric patterns, with black and grey shading on the shoulder and upper arm fading to red and orange dots on the forearm.
Geometric dotwork sleeve with a pale sun
Colour tattoo of a sunset landscape with a crescent moon, palm tree and pine trees inside a black hexagon, placed in the centre of the upper back.
Hexagon landscape with sunset on upper back
Colour tattoo of a smiling sun and a blue crescent moon with faces, outlined in black with orange rays and small stars, on skin.
Sun and crescent moon with faces
Coloured illustration of an ornate sun with a human face, its rays filled with dotwork and paisley-like patterns, shown as a design drawing rather than a tattoo on skin.
Ornate sun face with dotwork rays
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a rising sun over teal waves and pine trees, with grey clouds on the shoulder, shown on an upper arm from three angles.
Sun, waves and clouds on an upper arm
Close-up of a fine line outline sun tattoo on the top of a foot, with red painted toenails visible above it.
Outline sun on the top of a foot
Black ink lettering on a forearm in a typewriter-style font, reading so please forgive what i have done, no you can't stay mad at the setting sun.
Four lines of text on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a prickly pear cactus with pink flowers, a red sun and the words DON'T TOUCH ME below, on the ribs.
Prickly pear cactus with Don't Touch Me lettering
Colour tattoo of swirling blue and black lines beside a yellow and orange sun on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Swirling night sky and sun on a wrist
Traditional style flash drawing of a pinup woman with a cigarette and pearl necklace, with teal roses on her arms in front of a pink sun.
Pinup woman with cigarette and roses
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with rays and stars on skin, with the body placement not clearly visible.
Sun and moon face tattoo with stars
Coloured traditional-style flash drawing of a red and white striped lighthouse framed by a rope border, with a red flower at the top and an anchor at the bottom.
Traditional lighthouse and anchor flash design
Neo-traditional hourglass tattoo on the outer thigh, showing a sunset above and a moon and stars over dotwork sand, inside a black diamond frame.
Hourglass with sunset and night sky on thigh
Black and grey silhouette tattoo of an adult lifting a child against a circle, placed centrally on a person's upper back.
Silhouetted figure lifting a child on a back
Fine line black ink tattoo of small planets, including a ringed Saturn and a sun, scattered across the upper chest.
Small planets and sun across the chest
Black Kokopelli figure with feathered headdress playing a flute, set against a red and orange circle, tattooed on skin.
Kokopelli figure over a red sun
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a bold sunburst with rays above a shaded mountain and rolling waves, in a realistic style.
Sunrise over mountains and sea on a forearm
Black and white flash design of a tribal sun face surrounded by spirals, chevrons and bold curved blackwork shapes, with no body part shown.
Polynesian-style sun face and spiral design
Colour tattoo of a sun and moon combined into one face with long rays and watercolour washes in orange, purple and teal.
Sun and moon face with watercolour wash
Four-panel collage of small tattoos on wrists and ankles, including black fine line hearts, a black hash symbol pair, and a colour design of two hands in front of an orange sun on a forearm.
Small wrist and ankle tattoos in a collage
Black and grey dotwork tattoo in a circle on the side of the ribs, showing a sun over mountains, a ringed planet and a spiral galaxy.
Dotwork sun, mountains and galaxy in a circle
Two black and grey tattoos side by side: a crescent moon with a face and hanging beaded chains, and a sun with a face, rays and beaded chains on the upper back.
Crescent moon and sun tattoos with chains
Fine line black sun and crescent moon tattoos with script wording running down the outer side of two bare feet.
Sun and moon script tattoos on feet
Traditional style colour tattoo of a cabin under a red sun with mountains and clouds, framed by red roses within a dotted arch on the upper arm.
Cabin, mountains and roses in a sunset arch
Fine line black tattoos of a small sun on one ankle and a crescent moon on the other, shown on two bare feet resting on dark leather.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos on ankles
Black and grey sun tattoo with a face, ornamental rays and hanging chains, sitting on the thigh.
Sun with face and hanging chains on thigh
Dotwork design of stippled mountains and a rising sun inside a geometric triangle, drawn in black ink on cream paper with no body placement shown.
Stippled mountains inside a triangle
Black and grey realism tattoo of two palm trees above a setting sun over water, on the side of the ribs.
Palm trees and sunset on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of the sun and a row of planets, including Saturn with its rings, with scattered stars running along a forearm.
Solar system tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a mountain, dotted sun and cable car cabins inside a triangle, on the upper back.
Mountain and cable car in a triangle on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a sun above two ornate crescent moons with arrows and a geometric triangle, on the upper arm.
Sun and layered crescent moons on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned, goat-headed robed figure beside a flame and candle, with sun and moon motifs, on the thigh.
Goat-headed robed figure with flame on thigh
Close view of a solid black tribal-style sun tattoo with flame-like rays on the lower back, above a pair of blue jeans.
Sun tattoo on the lower back
Black and grey fine line tattoo on a forearm, with a sun, mountains and pines above a sunflower on one band and a crescent moon and stars on a lower band.
Mountain, sunflower and moon forearm bands
Black dotwork compass rose tattoo with a stippled sun-like halo and four arrowed points, on the inner upper arm.
Dotwork compass on inner upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a thigh showing mountains, pine trees, a rising sun with rays, two roses and the script Let's be Adventurous.
Mountain lake scene with script on thigh
Black and grey sun and moon face tattoo with radiating rays on the top of a foot, above turquoise painted toenails.
Sun and moon face on a foot