Sun tattoo ideas

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

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Colour realism style sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a bare tree, maple leaves and a bright sun burst in red, orange and yellow.
Autumn tree and maple leaves on an upper arm
Neo-trad tattoo of a goat skull with curved horns and an orange chrysanthemum on the forearm, set against an orange sun.
Goat skull and chrysanthemum on a forearm
A flash sheet of small black tattoo designs on white, including a snake, sun, butterfly, dragonfly, flower and frog, shown in a simple bold tribal-style outline.
Black tattoo flash sheet of small motifs
Two colour tattoos side by side on a limb: a geometric wolf head with a crescent moon on the left and a geometric stag head with antlers on the right, in a neo-traditional style.
Geometric wolf and stag side by side
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eagle head with a feather and flying birds on an upper arm and shoulder.
Eagle head and feather on an upper arm
Split image of two forearm tattoos: a geometric orange and red feather with a rising sun outline on the left, and a watercolour peacock feather in blue and green on the right.
Two feather tattoos on forearms
Small black fine line crescent moon and sun tattoo on the side of a finger, shown in a black and white photograph.
Crescent moon and sun on a finger
Three forearms side by side with brown henna-style designs: a mandala flower, a crescent moon with a star, and a sun with rays.
Mandala, moon and sun designs on forearms
Black and grey sun tattoo with rays and a face on the side of the ribs, with the wearer's head turned away and long blonde hair decorated with flower hair clips.
Sun tattoo on the ribs
Two black fine line tattoos on the backs of a person's legs, an ornate crescent moon on the left calf and a sun mandala on the right calf, with a small elephant outline on the right ankle.
Crescent moon and sun mandala on calves
Black and grey fine line crescent moon and a sun with rays tattooed on the side of the ribs, photographed in black and white.
Crescent moon and sun on the ribs
Black fine line script reading You are my Sunshine with a small sun and rays, tattooed across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
You are my Sunshine script on the upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of a black Kokopelli figure in front of a red and orange sun, with a yellow, brown and red geometric flower on healed skin.
Kokopelli figure with sun and flower
Two watercolour-style tattoos on a pair of forearms: a blue and purple moon with a face on the left arm and an orange and red sun with a face on the right, both with black linework.
Sun and moon watercolour forearm pair
Black and grey shaded wings and the Latin script Alis Volat Propriis tattooed across the upper back and nape, with stars and a sun motif below.
Wings and Latin script on upper back
Two matching traditional tattoos of hands linking little fingers in front of an orange sun, one on each person's upper arm near the elbow.
Matching pinky promise hands over an orange sun
Three black ink mandala-style tattoos on the inner forearms and wrists of arms held together, with a flower, a sun and a star-like design.
Three mandala-style tattoos on wrists and forearms
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a black and grey rocket with a cat silhouette in its porthole, set against an orange sun and clouds on an upper arm.
Rocket with cat silhouette on upper arm
Black ink fine line script reading still i rise with a small sun above the i, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Still I rise script with sun on upper back
Black ink drawing of a sun and crescent moon inside a geometric mandala with stars, dotted lines and swirling clouds, sketched on a notebook page.
Sun and moon mandala design in ink
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small sun and crescent moon on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Sun and crescent moon on a forearm
Woman seen from behind on a beach, with a black and grey sun face tattoo on her upper back by the shoulder and fine script lettering on her lower left back.
Sun face and script on a back
Close-up of a colour tattoo of a green giraffe head silhouetted against a red sun in a Jurassic Park style logo reading GIRAFFIC PARK, on skin.
Giraffic Park logo tattoo
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand with a heart inside a triangle, an eye below, and a sun, moon and stars.
Hand, heart and eye in a triangle
Two people seen from behind with matching black script tattoos on their shoulders, reading You Are My Sunshine and My Only Sunshine, each beside a small sun drawing.
Matching sunshine script tattoos on two shoulders
Black fine line tattoo of a small sun with a face and rays, placed between the shoulder blades on a woman's upper back.
Small sun with face on upper back
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a smiling sun with a crescent moon face and swirling rays on the lower abdomen, over a blue and purple wash.
Sun and crescent moon on the lower abdomen
Fine line black sun tattoo and crescent moon tattoo with lettering running along the outer edge of two bare feet.
Sun and moon foot tattoos with script
Black and grey Japanese full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and shoulder, with cherry blossoms, waves, chrysanthemums and a sun motif.
Japanese sleeve with cherry blossoms and waves
Black and grey line drawing of a vertical tattoo design with a sun, two crescent moons and an arrow, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Sun, crescent moons and arrow design
Black tribal knotwork tattoo of an interlaced animal inside a circle on the upper back, with a tribal sun design at the top right edge.
Interlaced animal knotwork across the upper back
Three small fine line tattoos of a sun, a star and a crescent moon on three wrists held together, placed on the forearm near the wrist.
Sun, star and crescent moon wrist tattoos
Traditional tattoo of a saguaro cactus, barbed wire ring, white flower and desert mesa on a forearm.
Desert cactus and barbed wire on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a grey cat in profile above green grass and a purple flower on the thigh, with a dotted yellow sun and geometric lines.
Grey cat in grass on a thigh
Black and white photo of a small fine line sun tattoo on one wrist and a small crescent moon tattoo on the other, with the forearms in a grey sweater.
Sun and crescent moon on wrists
Two pencil-style tattoo flash drawings on paper, one showing a sun with a face and rays, the other a crescent moon with a face, both with dotted chain and drop details; no body placement is shown.
Sun and crescent moon tattoo designs
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sun with radiating rays above rocky mesas and a path, with agave plants at the base, on an upper arm.
Sun over mesas on an upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sun and crescent moon above a hanging chain of dots and stars on the inner wrist and forearm.
Sun, moon and star chain on a wrist
Two bare feet on grass show matching fine line tattoos of the words You are my sunshine, each with a small yellow sun beside the text.
Matching sunshine quote tattoos on feet
Greyscale drawing of a dove in flight with outstretched wings, set against a sunburst and soft clouds, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Flying dove with sunburst and clouds
Two black ink script tattoos with rising sun designs sit on a pair of wrists, reading You are my Sunshine and My only Sunshine, shown in a phone screenshot.
Matching sunshine script tattoos on wrists
Black ink blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a curled-up cat in front of rooftops, a sun and waves, inside a circle on the upper arm.
Sleeping cat and town in a circle on upper arm
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a mountain cabin, pine trees and a sunburst with clouds on the upper arm.
Mountain cabin landscape with sunburst
Three small black fine line tattoos on the inner forearm: a sun with the words The Sun, a crescent moon with The Moon, and a yin yang with The Truth.
Sun, moon and yin yang tattoos on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe under a wreath of orange and pink flowers, with other tattoos visible around it on a limb.
Grim reaper with scythe and flower wreath
Sketch style forearm tattoo of dandelion seed heads, a red sun and lettering in black ink with touches of red, on the inner forearm.
Dandelions and red sun on a forearm
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo with a sunburst and wave lines on the inner forearm, photographed over a printed page.
Swallow and sun over waves on a wrist
Back view of a person with long dreadlocks and a teal headwrap, showing a large black sun tattoo across the upper back and a butterfly tattoo on the shoulder.
Sun design across a back with butterfly on shoulder