Sun tattoo ideas

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

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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-style crescent moon wrapping around a solid sun on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Crescent moon and sun on upper back
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 yellow tattoo of a rising sun with rays above dark mountains and rain lines, on the outer upper arm, in a bold graphic blackwork style.
Rising sun over mountains and rain on an upper arm
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle with flame-like rays around it, placed on the upper chest below the neck.
Pentagram and sun design on upper chest
Back view of both legs with a black and grey woodcut-style tattoo of a sailing ship on the sea beneath clouds and sunrays, running from the thighs to the calves, in a Blackwork style.
Woodcut-style ship scene on both legs
Black and white photo of a large blackwork geometric tattoo with a solid diamond and dotted lines across a woman's upper back, with a small sun tattoo on her shoulder blade.
Geometric diamond tattoo across upper back
Black ink tattoo of sailing ships, clouds and a rising sun with engraved-style sea lines, covering the thighs and calves of both legs.
Sailing ships and sunrise across both legs
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
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
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
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
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 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
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 tribal tattoo with a central sun-like disc and swirling wings across the upper back, in a Polynesian-inspired blackwork style.
Tribal sun motif across the upper back
Black tribal flash design of a stylised face inside a circle, with sun-like rays and bold blackwork patterns.
Tribal sun face design
Black and grey tribal line design of a mermaid riding a large fish decorated with sun motifs, paw prints and a small lion, shown without any body placement.
Tribal fish and mermaid design
Black and grey tattoo of mountains, pine trees and a sun inside an arrowhead shape on a forearm, with part of a heart tattoo above.
Mountains and sun inside an arrowhead
Black tribal sun tattoo on one inner wrist and a matching tribal crescent moon on the other, shown in black and white.
Matching tribal sun and moon on wrists
Overhead photo of black and grey blackwork tattoos on a thigh and calf, including a skull with a sun motif and a mandala, with henna and gold temporary designs on a hand.
Black and grey mandala and skull tattoos on legs
Upper arm tattoo of a rearing black hare in hatched blackwork, set against a stippled red moon and red pine trees.
Black hare and red moon on upper arm
Flash sheet of black crescent moon tattoo designs with stars, swirls and ornamental linework on a white background, with no body placement shown.
Crescent moon tattoo flash sheet
Black and purple watercolour tattoo of a bare tree, crescent moon and stippled mountains, with ink splatter, on a limb.
Bare tree and crescent moon with watercolour sky
Black tribal sun design with rays and three spiral roses at the centre, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal sun with three roses
Solid black blackwork tattoo of a sun-like star motif above a hatched crescent moon, placed on the lower abdomen above a dark waistband.
Sun motif above crescent moon on stomach
Illustrated pair of hands with solid black sun face designs on the wrists, a black circle with crossbars on each palm, and the letters of DEATH across the fingers.
Sun and circle hand tattoo designs
Black ink Flower of Life mandala with a spiked outer ring on the inner forearm of a person in a grey t-shirt, against a painted brick wall.
Flower of Life mandala on a forearm
Close-up of dark ornamental tattoos on a thigh and knee, including a mandala-style design, in a blackwork style.
Ornamental blackwork on thighs
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
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
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
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
Black and grey photograph of a large tribal tattoo with a sun motif covering the shoulder, upper arm and upper chest.
Polynesian-style tribal sleeve on shoulder and chest
Black tribal design of a hibiscus, two plumeria flowers and curling spirals, shown as a drawing with no body placement visible.
Hibiscus and plumeria tribal design
Black and white flash drawings of a yin yang with floral and geometric patterning and a sun with rays around a crescent moon with a face, with no body placement shown.
Yin yang and sun and moon tattoo designs
Black blackwork flash design of outstretched wings framing a pentagram set within a flame-like sun, with no body placement shown.
Winged pentagram emblem
Black blackwork tattoo of a pentagram inside a circle with flame-like rays, on the ankle of a leg wearing a silver sequinned high-heeled shoe.
Flame-ringed pentagram on an ankle
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
Black and white drawing of a sun with a solid black circle and wavy, flame-like rays, with thin outlined rays between them, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Black sun with flame-like rays
Black tribal-style sun design with a stylised face, swirls and triangular rays, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Tribal sun face design
Black ink blackwork tattoo of a sun with flame rays and a mandala-style floral design across a thigh, with a thin chain draped over the skin.
Sun, flames and mandala on a thigh
Black and grey sun tattoo with a face, ornamental rays and hanging chains, sitting on the thigh.
Sun with face and hanging chains on thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned, goat-headed robed figure beside a flame and candle, with sun and moon motifs, on the thigh.
Goat-headed robed figure with flame on thigh
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 blackwork tattoo of a dark sun with radiating lines, clouds, mountains and pine trees inside a rectangular frame on a forearm.
Eclipse landscape on a forearm
Blackwork rib cage tattoo with a solid orange circle behind it and a grey-shaded triangle below, on the inner upper arm.
Rib cage and red sun on upper arm
Two solid black circular tribal designs with spiral motifs and a central wave-like symbol, shown as line art on a white background.
Two circular tribal spiral designs