Sun tattoo ideas

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Back view of a woman in a purple bikini on rocks by the sea, showing a dark winged moth tattoo with small lettering above it on her lower back.
Winged moth tattoo on lower back by the sea
Black and grey tattoo of a lion and a second animal around a sunburst on a person's upper back, with their hair in a bun.
Lion and sun on upper back
Black ink tree of life with a sun and crescent moon on a woman's upper back, photographed from behind, in a botanical style.
Tree of life with sun and moon on upper back
Grey shaded tattoo of a sun with a face and crescent moon surrounded by rays and stars on a person's upper back, with small blue and purple accents.
Sun with a face and crescent moon on upper back
Black and grey tattoo of interlocking gears and swirling linework across a woman's shoulder blade and upper arm, seen from behind.
Gears and swirls across shoulder and back
Black and grey ornamental floral mandala tattoo across the upper back of a woman in a peach open-back dress, with smaller tattoos on her arm.
Ornate floral mandala on upper back
Black dotwork sun tattoo with a stippled centre and pointed rays, centred on the upper back.
Dotwork sun on upper back
Back of a woman's neck showing a small black outline animal tattoo at the nape, with an orange sun and a green snowflake further down the upper back.
Sun, snowflake and animal outline on upper back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of an orange sun with black linework and blue, green and purple splashes on a person's upper back.
Orange sunburst with watercolour splashes on upper back
Colourful frog tattoo with a bold black outline, filled with a smiling sun, crescent moon and stars in neo-traditional style on the lower back.
Frog with sun and moon design
Two black ink mandala tattoos in a side by side photo: a sun with chain drapes on the chest, and a crescent moon with chain drapes on the upper back.
Sun and crescent moon mandala tattoos
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
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
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
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
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
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
Close photo of a pink, orange and yellow watercolour-style sun mandala with a central spiral and paisley petals on the upper back.
Pink sun mandala on upper back
Black blackwork sun with a solid filled centre and flame-like rays, tattooed on a woman's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Black sun tattoo on a shoulder blade
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a sun, circles, triangles and a crescent moon on a person's upper back, drawn with fine lines and dotwork.
Geometric sun and moon on the upper back
Full back tattoo in bold colour showing a cow, rooster and pig in a farmyard scene with a red barn, in a neo-traditional style.
Farm animal scene across a full back
Woman seen from behind in a car wearing a straw hat, with a small black sun tattoo with a spiral centre and rays on her upper back below the nape of the neck.
Small sun tattoo on upper back
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a lotus with an eye at its centre above balance scales with moon and sun pans, on a person's upper back.
Lotus and scales on upper back
Black sun tattoo with flame-like rays and a Virgo zodiac symbol in a central circle, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Sun with zodiac symbol on the back
Two people seen from behind lifting their tops, showing a fine line black crescent moon on one back and a fine line sun with a face on the other's side ribs.
Sun and moon tattoos on two backs
Collage of four photos: two matching traditional-style forearm tattoos of linked hands in front of an orange sun, a tiny eye tattoo on the upper back, lettering reading LOVE, HOPE and DREAM on the
Four small matching tattoos on arms and back
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a compass rose with a sun face at its centre, placed across the upper back.
Compass rose with sun face on upper back
Neo-traditional back tattoo of Mufasa standing on a rock beside a circular sunrise with Mufasa and Simba silhouettes and the words Remember Who You Are.
Mufasa and Simba sunrise across the back
Black ink tattoo of a crescent moon with ornamental filigree and a sun with radiating points, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crescent moon and sun on upper back
Yellow sun with rays surrounded by purple scrollwork and dots, tattooed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Yellow sun with purple scrollwork on upper back
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo on a person's upper back showing a palm tree, flamingo, dolphin, inflatable ring and boombox.
Retro palm tree and boombox on upper back
Pink phoenix with spread wings in front of an orange and purple sun motif, tattooed on the upper back in a soft fine line style.
Pink phoenix on upper back
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
Colour tattoo across a person's upper back showing a circular landscape, with a night mountain and pine scene on the left and a red sunset over water with a blossoming tree on the right.
Split landscape with tree across a back
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
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
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
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
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
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