Sun tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional stag head with gold antlers, black fur and feathered neck, set within fine geometric linework and a red dotwork sun on a thigh.
Geometric stag head on a thigh
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a forearm showing an inverted triangle filled with crystals, a sun above and ringed planets on dotted orbits.
Inverted triangle with crystals and planets on a forearm
Two colour tattoos in a neo-traditional style: a forearm portrait of a moustached man with lightning bolts and lettering, and an upper arm portrait of a bearded man in a paper boat hat with an eye and
Two colourful portrait tattoos on forearm and upper arm
Woman with long blonde hair showing a metallic gold and turquoise feather temporary tattoo on her back, with small gold and black designs on her upper arm.
Gold and turquoise feather tattoo on the back
Black line drawing of a sun with a plain circular centre and wavy, flame-like rays, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Outlined sun with wavy rays
Black and grey realism tattoo on a lower leg showing a Roman numeral clock face in front of a pyramid, with birds flying through clouds above and scrollwork below.
Clock, pyramid and birds on a lower leg
Small blue geometric tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle with sun-like rays, placed on the back of a woman's neck.
Star and sun tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line tattoo of a half sun above three wavy horizontal lines on the upper arm, shown against a black sleeve.
Small sunset line tattoo on an upper arm
Neo-traditional forearm tattoo of a hairless cat head above a red spiral sun and a beetle, with red, grey and black ink.
Cat and beetle neo-traditional forearm tattoo
Pencil sketch of a neo-traditional tattoo design showing a castle in a beaded oval frame, surrounded by roses and the words Beauty Lies Within.
Castle and roses in an oval frame
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a falcon perched on a red rose branch in front of a red sun, on the outer thigh.
Falcon on a rose branch on thigh
Small black fine line and dotwork tattoo of a sun, crescent moon and eye with lashes on the upper arm.
Sun, moon and eye on an upper arm
Colour tattoo on the thigh showing a blue TARDIS police box above a cream banner reading ALLONS-Y, framed by red roses and pink swirls, in a neo-traditional style.
TARDIS and roses banner on a thigh
Mixed colour tattoo of pine trees and mountains under a dotwork circle inside a red and orange watercolour-style ring, placed on the upper back.
Mountains, pines and a dotted sun on the back
Small fine line black crescent moon with radiating spiky rays tattooed on the inner wrist, beside a thin gold chain bracelet.
Crescent moon with sun rays on wrist
Traditional tattoo on the upper arm showing a red sun over mountains, a lake, pine trees, a small cottage and red flowers, with dotwork shading.
Mountain lake scene with red sun on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a grey otter holding a speckled pebble, with pink flowers, green leaves, a blue cloud and an orange sun behind it, on the forearm.
Otter with pink flowers on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo flash of a compass rose with a sun and moon face at its centre, drawn in bold linework.
Compass rose with sun and moon
Black linework tattoo of a desert sunrise, cacti and mountains with bands of solid black, across the back of both calves.
Desert landscape across both calves
Small black and grey circular tattoo with radiating dark strokes on reddened skin, placed on the upper body, possibly the shoulder or neck area.
Small circular sun tattoo on skin
Fine line black sun tattoo with a circle, triangle rays and dots, placed on an ankle.
Small sun tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey geometric mandala tattoo on the upper arm of a person in a green bikini, with a small floral tattoo near the shoulder.
Mandala tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey traditional tattoo with dotwork shading on a thigh, showing mountains, pine trees, a sunburst, roses and the script Let's be Adventurous.
Mountain sunrise and roses on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a winged sun, a cactus in a circle, and a vertical arrow with a feather at the top.
Geometric cactus and winged sun on a forearm
Black and white flash sheet showing six drawn forearms and hands, each with a different traditional and blackwork tattoo design including a mandala, rose, dagger and horseshoe.
Six forearm and hand flash designs on drawn arms
Flash sheet of Mexican-style tattoo designs in colour, including sugar skulls, roses, a praying woman, a sun with an eye and a central cross.
Mexican tattoo flash sheet with skulls and roses
Black ink circular tattoo of a rising sun with rays, a rounded rock and wave lines, on the outer forearm.
Circular sun and sea scene on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on a limb showing a handshake in front of a red sun, with GRATITUDE arched above and red and orange flowers below.
Handshake and flowers with GRATITUDE lettering
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a roaring tiger and a green snake with a red disc and flames, on the upper arm.
Roaring tiger and snake on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of the solar system with a sun with a face, dotted orbits, planets and a ringed Saturn running down a forearm.
Solar system with sun on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sun with a spiral centre and wavy green and blue rays on the inner forearm.
Green and blue sun with spiral centre
Two forearms and hands with tattoos: a colour flower and green swirl on the left, and black and grey roses, a sun motif and mandala on the right, with ring-finger designs visible.
Floral and mandala tattoos on both forearms and hands
Black fine line tattoo of a solar system with a radiating sun, concentric orbits and a ringed Saturn, placed on a forearm against a brick wall.
Solar system orbit diagram on a forearm
Collage of four small black ink tattoos: a sun and crescent moon on an ankle, a lotus on a toe, a rose behind an ear, and a panda on a wrist.
Four small black tattoos: sun, lotus, rose and panda
Black and grey linework tattoo on a thigh showing a gothic cathedral skyline, a rayed sun, mountains and a half-sun above banded lines.
Cityscape with sun and mountains on a thigh
Two matching fine line tattoos in dark ink on skin, one reading love by the moon beside a crescent moon and one reading live by the sun beside a sun, shown on forearms.
Matching moon and sun script tattoos
Red tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle with flame-like rays, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Red pentagram sun on upper back
Black and grey wildflowers with a red swirling sun and small birds, tattooed across a person's upper back and shoulder blade.
Wildflowers and red sunburst on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of mountains, a sun with rays and birds, enclosed in a circle on the thigh.
Mountain landscape in a circle on a thigh
Two colourful neo-traditional tattoos side by side on forearms, a sun with a face on the left and a crescent moon with a face on the right, both with dotted chains and a gemstone.
Sun and moon tattoos on two forearms
Fine line tattoo design of four small black icons in a row: a sun, three wavy lines, a mountain and a cross, on a plain light grey background.
Sun, waves, mountain and cross line icons
Colour traditional tattoo of a palm tree, red sunset over water and the word ALOHA beneath, on a forearm.
Palm tree and sunset with ALOHA lettering
Fine line black tattoo on an upper arm showing a desert road, cactus, sun, mountains, bull skull and the words Doing time in the universal mind.
Desert road and cactus with lettering on an arm
Two people holding hands at a cafe table, showing fine line black tattoos of a sun, a window and a small starburst on their forearms and wrist.
Sun, window and starburst fine line tattoos on forearms
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sailboat on rippling sea inside a circle of sunburst rays, on the upper back.
Sailboat at sea in a circle on upper back
Pencil sketch on paper of a sun with a face and radiating rays beside a crescent moon, both with hanging dangles, shown as tattoo design drawings.
Sun and crescent moon tattoo sketches
Back view of a woman with her hair in a bun showing a small black fine line tattoo of a crescent moon, a sun with a face and another crescent moon stacked down the centre of the upper back.
Sun and crescent moons on upper back
Black line tattoo of geometric figures and dotted circles with a sun motif, in dotwork and geometric style, on a person's upper arm and shoulder.
Geometric figures and dotwork on upper arm