Sun tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style back tattoo of a winged angel holding a palm frond, with red sun rays, black fleur-de-lis crosses and green leaves.
Winged angel with palm on a back
Gold stylised sun design with wavy rays around an open centre, shown as a flash design on a plain white background.
Stylised sun with wavy rays
Two matching forearm tattoos in a watercolour style, a blue and purple crescent moon with a face on the left arm and an orange and red sun with a face on the right arm.
Blue moon and orange sun on forearms
Colour traditional tattoo of a mermaid holding a rope, with waves, clouds, birds and a flower, on an upper arm.
Traditional mermaid with rope on upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the side of the torso showing a palm tree, a wave, an orange sun, a red flower and a surfboard-shaped panel with script lettering.
Palm tree, wave and surfboard tattoo on the side
Black and grey dotwork sun with a face and swirling rays on one foot and a crescent moon with a face on the other foot, both tattoos on the top of the foot.
Sun and moon tattoos on both feet
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with teal hair and a starfish beside a treasure chest of gold coins, on an upper arm.
Mermaid and treasure chest on an upper arm
Black and yellow tattoo of a rising sun with rays above dark mountains and rain lines, on the outer upper arm, in a bold graphic blackwork style.
Rising sun over mountains and rain on an upper arm
Flash sheet of red and blue filigree ornaments, swirls, rosettes and crescent moon phases, with the word Marked in blue script across the centre.
Red and blue ornament and moon phase flash sheet
Black and grey pencil drawing of a tribal sun with radiating rays above bold Polynesian-style patterns, shown as a design with no body part visible.
Polynesian sun and tribal sleeve design
Black tribal tattoo with a sun motif and swirling bands across the shoulder and upper arm.
Tribal sun tattoo on upper arm
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle with flame-like rays around it, placed on the upper chest below the neck.
Pentagram and sun design on upper chest
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a smiling sun with closed eyes and flame-like rays, placed on a person's back beside a purple patterned strap.
Smiling sun with closed eyes on back
Two black line tattoos on wrists, a sun with closed eyes and hatched rays on one wrist and a crescent moon with a face on the other.
Matching sun and moon wrist tattoos
Traditional style tattoo of a palm tree over a red sunset and sea, framed by teal leaves and red flowers, on a forearm.
Palm tree sunset and flowers on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork full sleeve on an arm, filled with mandala medallions, floral motifs and an eye-and-sun design across the upper arm and forearm.
Mandala and dotwork full arm sleeve
Graphite pencil drawing of a tattoo design showing a crowned lion, a wolf, roses, a sun, a dragon head and antlers, rendered in a realistic style with no body placement shown.
Crowned lion, wolf and dragon pencil design
Black fine line flash design of a compass star with a central sun, mountains, moon, clouds and trees, shown on a white background.
Compass and landscape line design
Collage of three black fine line tattoos: a geometric star symbol on the upper chest, outlined hands holding planets and stars on the upper arm, and moon phases with symbols on the back of the neck.
Fine line tattoos: geometric, hands and moon phases
Back view of both legs with a black and grey woodcut-style tattoo of a sailing ship on the sea beneath clouds and sunrays, running from the thighs to the calves, in a Blackwork style.
Woodcut-style ship scene on both legs
Back of a woman with a grey and brown sun tattoo on the upper back, its wavy rays surrounded by swirling linework.
Sun with swirling tendrils on upper back
Two small black fine line crescent moon tattoos with sun rays and stars, one on each ankle, shown against red wooden boards.
Matching crescent moon ankle tattoos
Two people seen from behind with matching black script tattoos on their shoulders, reading You Are My Sunshine and My Only Sunshine beside small sun rays.
Matching sunshine quote tattoos on the shoulders
Black outline tattoo of a sun with pointed rays on the back of a hand, with silver bangles on the wrist.
Sun outline tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and white line drawing of a sun and moon face split down the middle, with the words we live by the sun and we feel by the moon around it.
Sun and moon face with quote lettering
Black and white photo of two small fine line tattoos, a sun on the left arm and a crescent moon on the right, each beside woven bracelets.
Small sun and moon tattoos on two arms
Three views of a full arm sleeve with black linework lilies, a sun-like circle and pink watercolour washes, on the upper arm and forearm.
Watercolour flower sleeve on arm
Black and grey circular tattoo of a desert scene with a saguaro cactus, mountains and a rising sun, done in stippled shading on a forearm.
Desert landscape in a circle on a forearm
Traditional style flash drawing of a mermaid with shell top and a vintage brass diving helmet diver beside her, framed by a rope border.
Mermaid and diver under the sea
Black ink sun with a human face and long wavy rays tattooed on the inner wrist and forearm.
Sun with a face on the inner wrist
Close photo of a hand with small black fine line sun and crescent moon tattoos on two fingers, with dark nail polish.
Sun and moon finger tattoos
Black line tattoo of a sun with a smiling crescent moon face and rays, on the side of a person's torso above the waistband of their jeans.
Sun with a moon face tattoo on the side
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a sunrise over snowy mountains and pine trees, with a red and gold sun and three sports team emblems.
Mountains, sunrise and team logos on upper arm
Colourful tattoo on a forearm of a sunrise over mountains and a winding river, set inside an ornate grey shaded frame.
Mountain landscape in an ornate frame on a forearm
Fine gold line drawing of an eye with radiating rays, a sunburst centre and hanging geometric totem tassels on a black background.
Eye and totem design in gold line
Fine line black tattoo of a crescent moon and a sun with a face on the upper back, just above a black bra band, beside a long blonde braid.
Small moon and sun on upper back
Close-up of a small outlined sun tattoo in pale ink on a forearm near the wrist, with stacked fabric hair ties worn beside it.
Sun tattoo on a wrist with hair ties
Black ink tattoo on the side of the body showing a crescent moon with clouds, sun rays and a wave, in fine line and stippled dotwork.
Moon, sun and wave on the side
Colour tattoo of a sun and moon with two faces facing each other, in neo-traditional style, on the upper back near the neck.
Sun and moon faces on upper back
Black and white photo of a large blackwork geometric tattoo with a solid diamond and dotted lines across a woman's upper back, with a small sun tattoo on her shoulder blade.
Geometric diamond tattoo across upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a black-sailed ship with a red sun and teal waves on the back of a hand.
Sailing ship and waves on the back of a hand
Orange and yellow sun tattoo with a central circular emblem on a person's upper back, photographed from behind outdoors.
Sun tattoo on upper back
Hand-coloured flash drawing of sunflowers and green leaves with bold black circle and triangle linework, labelled Leo, planet Sun, element Fire, flower Sunflower.
Leo sunflower design on paper
Small black yin yang symbol inside a sun with rays, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Yin yang sun on the inner wrist
Black script lettering on a white background reading the darkest night will end and the sun will rise, with the caption Les Misérables in blue capitals below.
Script quote about the darkest night ending
Black and white flash design of a sun-like mandala with long radiating rays and concentric bands of geometric patterns, shown on a plain white background.
Sun mandala design with radiating rays
Two legs in a bath covered in traditional style tattoos of red roses, a skull, a bicycle, a sun and a mask, on the thighs and calves.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and skulls
Black ink drawing of a crab with moon phases on its shell, a feather, a flower, shells, an anchor and a CANCER banner, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Zodiac crab with moon phases and banner