Sun tattoo ideas

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Black line drawing of a ship in a glass bottle above an octopus and a whale, with a rose at the base and ribbon banners, in a traditional style.
Ship in a bottle with octopus and whale
Traditional style eagle tattoo with a red sun, a lettered banner and a purple flower on a person's upper arm.
Traditional eagle with banner on upper arm
Black ink drawing of a yin-yang circle, with a stippled starry night sky and a city skyline on one half and a sun on the other.
Yin-yang with night sky, city and sun
Close view of black lettering tattooed along the side of a person's waist reading 'In the sun I feel as one', with a small black tattoo on the forearm at the top right.
Lyric line tattoo along the side of the waist
Fine line black tattoo of mountain peaks beside a circular sun on the inner wrist of a raised hand with red painted nails.
Mountains and sun on the wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a crescent moon and a sun with rays on the side of a finger, photographed against a white background.
Small crescent moon and sun on a finger
Black ink tattoo of the handwritten phrase 'my only sunshine' beside a drawn sun with rays, on the inner wrist and forearm, with a silver rhinestone bangle above.
Handwritten 'my only sunshine' with sun on wrist
Back of a person with teal braided hair decorated with leaves and twigs, showing a colourful sun and sea tattoo on the upper back.
Sun and ship tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a radiating sun with concentric circles, centred on the upper back.
Radiating sun on upper back
Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo on the inner forearm, with a small sun, a star and a crescent moon.
Infinity symbol with sun, moon and star
Woman seen from behind with a row of colourful planets and a sun tattooed across her upper back, in a painterly style.
Solar system planets across a 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
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a katana over blue waves and orange sun shapes on the calf, shown in three views.
Katana and waves on a calf
Fine line tattoo of a solar system with elliptical orbits and small coloured planets around a dark sun, on the inside of a forearm.
Solar system on a forearm
Red script lettering reading 'You are my sunshine' with a small sun beside it, tattooed on skin just below a grey garment hem.
You are my sunshine script with a sun
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
Fine line black ink drawing of a mountain range with a circle behind the central peak, on a plain white background.
Mountain range with circle sun design
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
Traditional colour tattoo of a globe showing continents and latitude lines, with yellow and green leaves and a red rose below, on the upper leg.
Globe with leaves and a rose on a leg
Two raised fists show black and grey tattoos on the wrists: a sun on the left and a tribal crescent moon on the right, with the words 'This too shall pass' beneath them.
Sun and moon wrist tattoos with script
Woman in a white graphic t-shirt showing fine line lettering reading KEEP GRL PWR and Carpe Diem on her left forearm, and a coloured lotus tattoo on her right forearm.
Lettering and lotus tattoos on forearms
Pen drawing on paper of a sun, a crescent moon and an ornate chained mandala-style design, held up in a room with people in the blurred background.
Sun, moon and ornate chain design on paper
Black fine line handwritten script tattoo on a forearm reading The sun will rise and we will try again, set diagonally down the arm.
Quote tattoo on a forearm
Dark brown henna-style design of a yin yang inside a sun with flame-like petals, dotted rays and swirls on the inner forearm.
Yin yang sun design on a forearm
Two people seen from behind with matching fine line shoulder tattoos in black ink: a sun with script reading You see all my light, and a crescent moon with script reading You accept all my dark.
Matching sun and moon shoulder tattoos
Small fine line black sun tattoo on one ankle beside a braided anklet, and a thin crescent moon tattoo on the other foot.
Sun and moon ankle tattoos
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm of a circle enclosing a sun, mountains and water, with lettering above and below reading room for one more troubled soul.
Mountain and sun circle with quote on forearm
Bold black tribal sun design with spirals and a stylised face covering the upper back and shoulder blade.
Tribal sun design on a shoulder blade
Three views of a colour full sleeve tattoo of a space scene with a red sun, ringed planets, stars and nebula clouds, on an arm against a black background.
Space scene full sleeve
Small black and grey sunburst design tattoo on a woman's ankle, with sand on her feet and legs on a beach.
Sunburst ankle tattoo on a beach
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
Colour traditional tattoo of a cactus in a striped pot on a lower leg, with a red flower and blue blossoms below it.
Potted cactus and flowers on a lower leg
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a crescent moon and a sun, each with a face, surrounded by stars, on a person's upper back.
Moon and sun face tattoo on upper back
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 dotwork chest tattoo of a mandala with a winged insect, crescent moons and a sun, centred on the upper chest.
Dotwork mandala and winged insect on chest
Black and white photo of a flexed arm with a dotwork and blackwork interlace tattoo of beast heads and knotwork on the forearm and upper arm, with a sun-like motif on the shoulder.
Interlace and beast tattoo on a flexed arm
Two hands with spread fingers showing small fine line black tattoos of astrological symbols on the fingers, including a sun, a crescent moon and a triangle.
Planetary symbols on fingers
Fine line black script running down a forearm, with a small sun tattoo on the back of the hand and a small arrow on the wrist.
Script lettering and small sun tattoos on forearms
Back of a woman's neck with a fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon with a star and sun rays, above the word Sum, with her hair in a bun.
Crescent moon and sun tattoo on the nape
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a palm tree with birds, a half-set sun and wave lines, on the forearm.
Palm tree and sunset on a forearm
Black line tattoo of a crescent moon and sun with faces inside a teardrop-shaped geometric mandala, on the side of a torso.
Crescent moon and sun in a geometric mandala
Painted tattoo design of a sailing ship rising from a teacup under storm clouds and lightning, beside a red rose, shown as a framed drawing.
Ship in a teacup with storm clouds and rose
Realism leg tattoos on a pair of calves, with a sun and falcon-headed figure on the left leg and a moon and jackal-headed figure on the right.
Sun and moon leg tattoos with Egyptian deities