Sun tattoo ideas

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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
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
Colour traditional tattoo of a mermaid holding a rope, with waves, clouds, birds and a flower, on an upper arm.
Traditional mermaid with rope on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a mermaid with teal hair and a starfish beside a treasure chest of gold coins, on an upper arm.
Mermaid and treasure chest on an upper arm
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
Black tribal tattoo with a sun motif and swirling bands across the shoulder and upper arm.
Tribal sun tattoo on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork full sleeve on an arm, filled with mandala medallions, floral motifs and an eye-and-sun design across the upper arm and forearm.
Mandala and dotwork full arm sleeve
Collage of three black fine line tattoos: a geometric star symbol on the upper chest, outlined hands holding planets and stars on the upper arm, and moon phases with symbols on the back of the neck.
Fine line tattoos: geometric, hands and moon phases
Three views of a full arm sleeve with black linework lilies, a sun-like circle and pink watercolour washes, on the upper arm and forearm.
Watercolour flower sleeve on arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a sunrise over snowy mountains and pine trees, with a red and gold sun and three sports team emblems.
Mountains, sunrise and team logos on upper arm
Collage of six colourful watercolour-style tattoos, including a wolf head, a splashed bird across a woman's upper back and shoulder, an elephant on an upper arm, and an orange sun on a man's arm.
Watercolour wolf, bird, elephant and sun tattoos
Colour realism tattoo of a palm tree sunset over the sea, with a starry night sky and pale moons above, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Palm tree sunset and starry sky on upper arm
Colour Japanese style tattoo on an upper arm showing a crane in flight, a red sun, grey clouds, waves and orange and red maple leaves.
Crane, red sun and clouds on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a brown bear wearing a blue collared shirt and orange spotted tie on an upper arm, set against an orange glowing sun.
Bear in shirt and tie on upper arm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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 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
Full sleeve geometric mandala tattoo in dotwork shading, with small pink rose accents near the elbow, covering the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve mandala tattoo on an arm
A person seen from behind on a sandy beach, with a red sunburst on the shoulder and a row of moon phases and a seated Buddha figure across the upper back.
Sunburst, moon phases and Buddha on upper back
Black and grey tattoo with a red sun of a moustached man in profile, wavy lines and a pentagram on an upper arm.
Moustached man portrait and pentagram on upper arm
Woman in a white mandala sun print t-shirt, with black lettering and a red rose tattoo on her forearm and upper arm.
Lettering and rose tattoos seen beneath a mandala tee
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a man's upper back and shoulder, showing a tree with a checked trunk, a sun, faces and a hand, with a small green bird and dashed line running onto the upper arm.
Surreal tree and hand on upper back
Black linework tattoo of a sun and crescent moon, each with a face, on the side of an upper arm, in a traditional style.
Sun and moon with faces on the side of the arm
Neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a red and blue lightning bolt, an green eye in black linework, and yellow and orange circles on a light background.
Lightning bolt and eye on upper arm
Neo-trad tattoo of a black cat with a crescent moon headpiece, green clouds and a heart-shaped locket with a sun, on an upper arm.
Black cat with crescent moon and heart locket
Black dotwork tattoo of a sun, pine tree and mountain inside an inverted triangle on an upper arm.
Sun, mountain and pine in a triangle
Two views of a fine line tattoo on the inner arm near the elbow, showing a small sunburst, a short dashed line and a tiny star in black ink.
Fine line sunburst and dashes on the arm
Colour tattoo on an upper arm showing a state-shaped outline filled with mountains, a sun, a peach, a log cabin, a pine tree and the words On My Mind, in a neo-traditional style.
State outline with mountains and peach on upper arm
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
Black and grey tribal cat tattoo with geometric and dotwork patterns, sitting on the upper arm.
Tribal cat tattoo on an upper arm
Shirtless man with a colourful traditional-style tattoo of a galaxy, planets and a crescent moon on his chest, with roses and an eye on both arms.
Full colour galaxy chest and arm sleeves
Black and grey fine line and dotwork tattoo of an atom-like design with dotted orbits, small planets and a sun-like centre, on the outer upper arm.
Atom and planets on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a sunset beach with palm trees, breaking waves and surfboards, with pink hibiscus flowers, covering an upper arm and shoulder.
Sunset beach scene and hibiscus on an upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a glowing red sun, a small blue planet, an asteroid and metallic spacecraft parts across an upper arm and shoulder.
Sun, planets and spacecraft on an arm sleeve