Sun tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of dark ornamental tattoos on a thigh and knee, including a mandala-style design, in a blackwork style.
Ornamental blackwork on thighs
Black and white flash sheet of small line tattoo designs, including an om symbol, a hamsa hand with an evil eye, script words and a crescent moon, in fine line and lettering styles.
Black and white flash sheet of small designs
Colour realism tattoo of the solar system running down a forearm, with the sun near the wrist and small planets stepping up towards the elbow.
Solar system planets along a forearm
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
Solid black flaming sun design with an outlined pentagram inside a circle, drawn on a plain white background, with no body part visible.
Pentagram in a flaming sun design
Colour tattoo of a fox standing in front of a red and yellow sun on the upper arm and shoulder, with loose black linework.
Fox and sunset on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cabin with smoking chimney, pine trees and rolling hills inside a scalloped heart frame, on the thigh.
Cabin landscape in a heart frame on a thigh
Black fine line script tattoo on the inner wrist reading Live by the sun above Love by the moon, with a horizontal arrow under each line.
Live by the sun and love by the moon wrist script
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a breaking wave with an orange sun inside the curl, set against a sunset sky, on a man's upper arm and shoulder.
Colourful breaking wave and sunset on shoulder
Black tribal sun motif tattoo on the top of a foot, with black painted toenails and a blurred background.
Tribal sun tattoo on the top of a foot
Black block lettering reading I'VE BEEN MOVING MOUNTAINS THAT I ONCE HAD TO CLIMB, with a fine line mountain range and an orange sun, on a forearm in a lettering style tattoo.
Mountain quote and sun on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a sun with a human face and long wavy rays on the side of the ribs, shown in orange, yellow and brown tones.
Sun with a face on the side ribs
Black linework tattoo of a sun with a human face and radiating rays, on the side of a person's torso above a dark waistband.
Sun with face on the side of a torso
Flash sheet of tattoo designs in yellow, black and grey showing swallows, a peacock feather, arrows, moon phases, a sun and script words on a white background.
Yellow and black bird, feather and arrow flash sheet
Black line drawing of a teepee with the words Girls Have Cooties, a cactus, a sun and clouds, drawn on tracing paper beside pens and a hand with a tattooed forearm.
Teepee and cactus desert design sketch
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a smiling sun with a face inside a crescent moon, above a shaded lotus flower, on skin of the upper leg or arm.
Sun, crescent moon and lotus tattoo
Colour tattoo of a green sea turtle swimming through blue waves beside a sun and a star, placed on the top of a foot.
Sea turtle tattoo on a foot
Black dotwork sun tattoo with a stippled centre and pointed rays, centred on the upper back.
Dotwork sun on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a pine tree, mountain peaks and a small circle above them, on the inner forearm.
Pine tree and mountains on a forearm
Black line drawing of four stylised female figures, each with flowers, leaves, a sun, a snowflake or a spiral, arranged as a flash design.
Four seasonal female figures in line art
Black and grey photos of two feet, each with fine script reading a sunshine quote beside a small sun, one on the top of the foot and one near the ankle.
Script sunshine quotes on feet
Fine line black ink tattoos of planets, stars, suns and moons across the back of a hand and fingers, set against a dark starry background.
Celestial doodles across the back of a hand
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a mountain, a tree and a sun inside a circle on the inner upper arm.
Circular mountain and tree landscape on upper arm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a compass rose with a sun and crescent moon face, placed on the upper arm.
Sun and crescent moon compass on upper arm
Neo-traditional coloured forearm tattoo of a snow-capped mountain, pine trees, a lake and a pine cone inside a circular frame with antler-like branches and the numerals 5280.
Mountain lake and pine cone on a forearm
Black handwritten script lettering reading Tomorrow may rain, so today I will follow the sun, tattooed on skin in a lettering style.
Handwritten quote about following the sun
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
Realism full sleeve tattoo of a ringed planet, a sunburst, comets and stars across the upper arm and forearm.
Space sleeve with planets, sun and stars
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun with a face and orbiting planets on the inside of a forearm, with a small cluster of stars.
Sun and planets on a forearm
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
Black line tattoo of three pine trees, a mountain and a sun above wavy water on an ankle, in a fine line style.
Pine trees and sun on an ankle
Black line drawing design of a script quote reading I think i'll miss you forever like the stars miss the sun in the morning sky, with silhouetted birds, shown on a white background.
Script quote with flying birds
Back of two lower legs with black and grey blackwork tattoos on the calves, one showing a rising sun over hills and a tower, the other a striped hot air balloon above clouds.
Sun and hot air balloon on both calves
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a cartoon character with glasses and a dark bob haircut, framed by teal leaves and a banner reading UGHHH, on a leg.
Cartoon character and UGHHH banner
Realistic colour tattoo of an animal eye with a vertical pupil, showing a savanna scene with an elephant and trees reflected inside, on a forearm.
Animal eye with savanna scene on forearm
Black and white line drawing flash sheet showing a lighthouse, a sailing ship, a compass rose, an anchor, two birds and a floral swirl, with no body placement shown.
Nautical flash sheet with lighthouse and anchor
Fine line black tattoo of a sun and crescent moon on the inner wrist, with black braided bracelets worn on the same arm.
Sun and crescent moon on a wrist
Traditional colour tattoo of a postcard with a log cabin, mountains and red flowers, reading wish you were here, on a forearm.
Wish you were here postcard on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on a thigh of an orange skateboard breaking out of a black and grey television with the words GO OUTSIDE, with a coloured figure tattoo below.
Skateboard bursting from a TV on a thigh
Black tribal-style shark tattoo with dotted and patterned fill on the side of the ribs, shown in a photo of a torso wearing low-rise jeans.
Tribal shark tattoo on the ribs
Two matching black and grey forearm tattoos of a sun and a crescent moon, each with a drawn face and dotted chain detail, in a Dotwork and fine line style on the forearms.
Sun and moon forearm tattoos with dotted chains
Black tribal tattoo covering the chest, shoulder and arm of a shirtless man, with a sun-like face at the centre of the chest piece.
Tribal sun chest and arm sleeve
Black and white flash design of an ornate planchette with a central eye, sun, moon and stars, lettered OUIJA and AS ABOVE SO BELOW.
Ouija planchette with eye and celestial motifs
Dark mandala-style sun design with a central spiral on the upper back, close to the shoulder blade, in a geometric style.
Mandala sun on the upper back near the shoulder
Solid black sun design with a plain circle centre and twelve wavy flame-like rays on a white background, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Black sun with wavy rays
Black ink tattoo of a winged scarab beetle with an eye motif above and a sun disc below, in dotwork and blackwork style on the forearm.
Winged scarab beetle with eye and sun on forearm
Several hands meet in the centre of the frame, showing black ink sun, yin yang, spiral and cross designs on the hands, wrists and forearms.
Hands with sun and yin yang designs