Sun tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey geometric dotwork tattoos on two forearms, showing a sun over mountains and pine trees in one triangle and a moon, clouds and waves in the other.
Matching sun, mountain, moon and wave triangles
Traditional flash sheet of ten coloured sailing ships on green waves, with banners reading Hell Bound and Home Ward Bound and a few small stars and a rose.
Sailing ship flash sheet
Two hands with dark nails rest over forearms covered in small black fine line doodle tattoos of dice, moons, arrows and the word ghoul.
Small doodle tattoos across both forearms
Black fine line tattoo of mountains, a partly hidden sun and grass on the upper arm.
Mountain and sun line tattoo on upper arm
Black and white photo of two tiny fine line tattoos, a sun and a crescent, on the inner wrist beside a black strap.
Tiny sun and crescent on the wrist
Black line outline of a sun with a plain circle centre and flame-like rays, tattooed on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Sun outline on upper back
Black and grey geometric mandala with dotwork shading on a person's ribs, beside a colourful bird tattoo on the upper arm.
Geometric mandala tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey pencil drawing of a Polynesian-style tribal tattoo design with a sun motif, bands of triangles and zigzags, shown on a sketchbook page.
Polynesian-style tribal sleeve design
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship in a bottle with a rope and anchor on a forearm, in red, teal and black ink.
Ship in a bottle and anchor on a forearm
Fine line black outline of a sun with pointed rays on a forearm, and a crescent moon outline on a person's lower back beside jeans.
Sun and crescent moon outline tattoos
Small purple fine line crescent moon and sun tattoo on a wrist, resting on a cream knitted jumper.
Crescent moon and sun on a wrist
Three black and grey photos of fine line sun rays with script lettering reading You are my sunshine and My only sunshine, placed on the upper back and shoulder blade.
Sun and script lettering tattoos on the back
Small black-ink sun with a human face and wavy rays, a traditional-style tattoo on the side ribs of a woman with long blonde hair.
Small black sun tattoo on the side ribs
Traditional style tattoo of a dark grey whale with a rope around it, rising above green and grey waves in front of a red sun, shown on an upper arm in two photos.
Whale with rope over a wave and red sun
Woman in a black band t-shirt showing a colourful neo-trad style tattoo of a rose, sun and hot air balloon on her upper arm and forearm.
Rose, sun and hot air balloon tattoo on an arm
Two black ink tattoos of the lyric phrases "You are my sunshine" and "My only sunshine", each with a small sun motif, on a person's upper back and a second area of skin below.
Matching sunshine lettering on the back
Fine line black sun outline with lettering on the left foot and a crescent moon outline with script on the right foot, both placed near the ankle.
Sun and moon outlines with script on two feet
Black linework tattoo of a sun with a human face and wavy rays on the side of a person's ribs, in a fine line style.
Sun with face on the ribs
Black and grey tattoo of a snarling bear head with two snakes, a triangle and a dotwork sun on the forearm.
Bear head with snakes on a forearm
Black ink flash sheet of a sword, a bare branch, a bubbling cauldron and a star in a circle with rays, drawn in hatched linework on paper.
Sword, branch, cauldron and star flash sheet
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with a monarch butterfly and leaves on the outer thigh.
Sphynx cat and butterfly on a thigh
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a hand holding a tarot card with a moon and sun, with a snake wrapped around the arm.
Tarot card, hand and snake on a forearm
Colourful traditional-style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm showing a sunburst, a rose and a hot air balloon.
Sun, rose and hot air balloon sleeve
Traditional style colour tattoo of a death's head hawkmoth with a skull marking on the upper thigh, set against a red circle.
Death's head hawkmoth on thigh
Black ink flash drawing of a sun with a sleeping face and moon phases above, with dotwork shading and hanging drops, on a sketchbook page.
Sun face with moon phases design
Black and grey tattoo of a sun with a human face and long wavy rays on the forearm, with a hand visible at the top left.
Sun with a face on a forearm
Black and grey script tattoo reading the sun will soon rise above the shadow, with a sun above and a crescent moon below, on the side of a torso.
Sun, moon and script quote on the side ribs
Blue crescent moon with a face on one forearm and a yellow and orange sun with a face on the other, both framed by fine dotted geometric lines.
Crescent moon and sun on forearms
Black and grey sun and moon tattoo with stylised faces, dotwork shading and swirling clouds, on the forearm.
Sun and moon face tattoo on forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun over clouds and waves in a circle on the forearm, with the scene mirrored below a horizontal split.
Sun, clouds and waves in a circle on a forearm
Black and white photo of two blackwork thigh tattoos, one showing a sunburst over a horizon and the other showing clouds over waves, worn on the thighs.
Sun and sea scene on both thighs
Two matching black linework tattoos on forearms, a crescent moon with a face on one arm and a sun with a face and rays on the other, both with dangling chain details.
Matching sun and moon forearm tattoos
Close photo of a fine line sun tattoo with a small dot and short rays on the side of a ribcage, shown in sepia tones.
Fine line sun on the ribs
Hand-drawn sun mandala design with yellow petals, black and grey zentangle patterns and the script words Live by the sun, Love by the moon around a yellow centre.
Sun and moon mandala with script text
Colourful frog tattoo with a bold black outline, filled with a smiling sun, crescent moon and stars, on the lower back.
Colourful frog tattoo with sun and moon
Full colour tattoo across a person's upper back showing a blossoming tree split between a night scene with moon and aurora on the left and a sunset with red sun on the right.
Day and night landscape with blossom tree on back
Black bare-branched trees framing a green ringed sun with a red centre and red rabbits, tattooed on a calf.
Trees and rabbits on a calf
Colour tattoo of a sunset landscape with a tree and birds inside a scalloped heart outline, on the upper arm.
Sunset landscape in a heart on an upper arm
Black ink traditional flash sheet showing a skull, a sun, a bat, a spider web, an eagle and a snail, drawn in a bold outline style with shading.
Traditional flash sheet of skulls and symbols
Black ink tattoo of an ornate elephant with a skull below it on the upper thigh, with a small sun and crescent moon on the legs and an ornamental forearm tattoo beside it.
Elephant, sun and crescent moon on thighs
Black and grey realism tattoo of mountain peaks, a pine forest and a sun inside a diamond-shaped frame on the inner forearm.
Mountain landscape in a diamond frame on a forearm
Traditional style colour tattoo on a forearm showing a couple embracing inside a rope frame, with a crescent moon, a sun and a red flower below.
Embracing couple and flower on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of two crossed daggers over a pentagram in a sun burst, with the words Fear No Evil below, on an upper arm.
Crossed daggers, pentagram and Fear No Evil on arm
Black linework tattoo of a figure with a hair bun holding a sunburst parasol and a flowing sash, in a Japanese-inspired style, on the upper arm.
Parasol-holding figure on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a sun with a face and a crescent moon, surrounded by stars and swirls, on a forearm.
Sun and crescent moon on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a smiling sun with a face and spiky rays on the side of a ribcage, with a white garment falling beside it.
Sun with face on the ribs
Colour tattoo of a red-haired Art Nouveau woman framed by a golden halo and white flowers, placed on the outer thigh.
Art Nouveau woman with halo on thigh
Geometric tattoo of a solid black disc inside an orange ring with radiating black marks, on the front of a lower leg below the knee.
Geometric sun and lines on a lower leg