Sun tattoo ideas

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

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Black and white flash design of a sun with flame-like rays around a circle containing a pentagram and interlocking circular motifs.
Sun burst with pentagram circle design
Traditional black and grey tattoos of a crescent moon and a sun with faces, placed side by side on a forearm.
Crescent moon and sun on forearms
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading 'You are my sunshine' with a spiral sun, on the side of an ankle.
Script quote and spiral sun on ankle
Small black fine line tattoo of a ringed planet, a sun and scattered dots on the inner wrist, with succulents in the background.
Planet, sun and stars on a wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sun with radiating rays and a row of planets, one with rings, running down a forearm.
Sun and planets along a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of a sun and crescent moon with carved faces, set in an ornate diamond frame with scrollwork, on a person's upper back.
Sun and moon with faces on upper back
A dark ink mandala with dotted rings and scrolled petals on the palm of a hand, in a geometric style.
Circular mandala design on a palm
Flash sheet of seven black silhouette emblems on a tan background, including a lion head, boar, ram, serpent, fox, a creature with a spiral tail and a ring of eyes, with Japanese title text.
Seven Deadly Sins emblem flash sheet
Colour traditional tattoo of a snow globe showing a red sun over mountains and a lake, with the words I WISH I COULD STAY HERE above and below, on the forearm.
Snow globe with mountains and sunset on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a red heart with a gold crown inside a yellow starburst, beside a cartoon sea witch with purple tentacles.
Heart, crown and sea witch on upper arm
Black lettering reading Here comes the sun in a typewriter style serif, tattooed on the side of the ribs, with a striped bandeau top and a braid visible.
Here comes the sun lettering on ribs
Fine line yin yang tattoo on the inner forearm, with a black sun ringed by yellow rays in the light half and a speckled moon in the shaded galaxy half.
Yin yang with sun and moon on a forearm
Black ink sun with a solid circle centre and wavy rays, tattooed on the inner wrist of a light-skinned hand.
Black sun tattoo on the inner wrist
Traditional style scorpion tattoo with black outlines, grey shading and a red sun behind it, on a forearm.
Scorpion over red sun on a forearm
Two small fine line black tattoos, a sun and an arched window, on the forearms of two people holding hands at a café table.
Sun and window tattoos on forearms
Traditional style tattoo of a striped teepee, red sun, cactus and stars on a lower leg, with bold black outlines and red and yellow fills.
Teepee and desert scene on a calf
Black tribal-style flash drawing of a spiral sun with spiked rays and diamond shapes on a plain white background.
Tribal spiral sun design
Colour tattoo of a red and yellow sun, black line mountains and teal pine trees across a man's side above his waistband.
Sun, mountains and pine trees on the side
Watercolour design of the sun, Saturn, Jupiter, Earth and smaller planets against pink and blue clouds, drawn as a tattoo design with no body part shown.
Watercolour solar system with sun and planets
Black dotwork and fine line tattoo of a songbird perched on a leafy branch beneath a stippled sun, shown on the forearm.
Songbird on a branch with dotwork sun
Black and grey shaded lily tattoo with curling tendrils and a small sun motif on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Shaded lily with swirls on upper back
Black line drawing flash sheet of sun and crescent moon designs with faces, ornamental rays and dangling drop details, shown without any body placement.
Sun and crescent moon flash sheet
Back of a person showing a tattoo of a guitar body shape filled with a red and orange sunset, trees and a tent, with a dark treeline forming the neck on the upper back.
Guitar silhouette landscape across upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a cabin with a smoking chimney, pine trees, a low sun and a red flower on the calf.
Cabin scene with pines and flower on a calf
Fine line tiny sun tattoo in black ink on the side of a woman's back, photographed from behind in a white knit top.
Tiny sun tattoo on the side of the back
Fine line black tattoos on two forearms, one reading bon voyage in script and the other showing a city skyline with a dotted path and a sun.
Bon voyage script and skyline on forearms
Traditional-style colour tattoo on the forearm of a cartoon cat in a red bow and eye patch, standing in a galleon with orange sails above green waves.
Cartoon cat pirate on a sailing ship
Black linework sun with dotted hanging chains and drop motifs tattooed on the side of the ribs, with a grey top lifted above it.
Sun with dotted hanging chain on ribs
Black ink flash sheet of many small fine line doodle tattoo designs, including eyes, stars, a moon, a skull and a bicycle, on a grey background.
Stick 'N' Poke doodle flash sheet
Close photo of a solid black sun tattoo with pointed flame-like rays on the side of a bare abdomen, beside a navel piercing.
Sun tattoo on the side of the abdomen
Black tribal tattoo design of a pentagram inside a sun motif, flanked by spiked wings, shown on a white background.
Winged pentagram tribal design
Black tribal circular tattoo on a foot, with black painted toenails visible above it.
Tribal circle tattoo on a foot
Black and grey fine line sun and crescent moon tattoos with dangling drops on the upper back, shown in a three-panel collage with two people seen from behind.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos on upper backs
Colour tattoo on an arm showing a sunset over hills and a lake, with large maple leaves in orange and yellow across the lower part.
Sunset landscape and maple leaves on an arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in profile with curled dark hair, orange spiked rays and a teal hair ornament, on the inner forearm.
Neo-trad woman profile on a forearm
Black ink mandala inside a crescent moon and geometric star outline on the upper back shoulder, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Mandala and crescent moon on a shoulder
Black tribal tattoo design sheet showing a sun-face motif, two bands with swirling patterns, and a small lizard-like figure, with red arrows marking two areas.
Tribal sun and band designs
Black tribal-style crescent moon wrapping around a solid sun on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crescent moon and sun on upper back
Black ink mandala drawing on white paper, with a circular centre surrounded by teardrop petals filled with swirls and dots, and small dash and arrow marks around the edge.
Mandala design with petals and swirls
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a column of planets with Saturn, dotted orbit arcs, and a surreal face with roots below.
Planets and orbits with a surreal face on a calf
Realism tattoo of a shaded grey lion head with red gerbera daisies and an orange sunburst, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Lion and red gerbera daisies on a back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a smiling sun above a trail of planets running down the inner forearm and wrist.
Sun and planets trail on a forearm
Black and white flash sheet of Polynesian-style tattoo motifs, including a turtle, dolphins, a whale tail, a lizard, a fishhook and a sun, each with a printed label and meaning.
Polynesian motif flash sheet with labelled designs
Purple ink sketch of a fox head inside a sun-like mandala with sacred geometry and swirling lines, shown as a tattoo design drawing.
Fox head in a sun mandala design
Solid black blackwork sun tattoo with a yin yang centre and triangle border, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Tribal sun with yin yang centre on chest
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two swallows in flight, a sunburst and a small flower on the back of a hand.
Swallows and sunburst on the back of a hand
Two wrists crossed over each other, each with a small black fine line tattoo of a sun and a crescent moon on the inner wrist, mirrored between the two.
Sun and crescent moon on two wrists
Fine line black tattoo of an arrow running diagonally across the inner forearm, passing through a sun motif with a crescent moon at its centre.
Arrow and sun motif on a forearm