Sunburst tattoo ideas

296 photos and flash · 30% Geometric, 25% Traditional · Forearm most common

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Flash sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs, including two sunbursts, triangles, chevrons, a looping band and two hearts with arrows.
Metallic sun, triangle and heart flash sheet
Black and white lotus flower with an eye at its centre, set within a circle of radiating lines above a row of small script-like glyphs, shown as a design rather than on skin.
Lotus with eye in a radiating circle
Realism style black and grey tattoo of a winged hourglass with rays, roses and diamonds across the upper back.
Winged hourglass with roses on upper back
Black line drawing of the words HERE COMES THE SUN in hand-drawn lettering, with SUN inside a circle surrounded by a spiky sunburst outline, on a white background.
Here Comes the Sun lettering in a sun
Black ink drawing of a lighthouse within stippled clouds, with a compass rose below it on waves, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Lighthouse and compass rose design
Blue UV-reactive tattoo of the word Lumos with a star burst on the back of a hand, shown glowing under blacklight, in a lettering style.
Glowing UV lettering reading Lumos on a hand
Traditional-style flash design of a flaming heart with an eye, a dagger and red roses, framed by a sunburst and the Spanish banner text Sólo un corazón verdadero.
Flaming heart, eye and roses flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a tattoo design showing an anchor wrapped in rope and a serpent, with two sharks, bubbles and a sunburst behind, in dotwork and blackwork shading.
Anchor with rope, sharks and serpent design
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a lighthouse, ship's wheel and waves on the upper thigh, with a partly visible banner quote.
Lighthouse and ship's wheel on thigh
Linework tattoo on a thigh combining a wireframe cube, an eye within a compass, a skull, a crescent moon and a red sunburst.
Geometric skull and all-seeing eye on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of a green typewriter with a red dotted arch and orange flowers below it, on the calf.
Typewriter and flowers on a calf
Colour tattoo of a green cartoon monster stomping over grey buildings in a red sunburst, with a yellow banner reading Halt I am Reptar, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Cartoon monster over a city on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eye inside a radiating sunburst on the forearm, with a hand curled at the top of the frame.
Eye within a dotwork sunburst on a forearm
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of an ornate dagger through a heart, with a Valentine banner, rays and a swallow.
Dagger, heart and swallow flash design
Colour traditional tattoo of a red and white lighthouse with orange light beams, waves and clouds, framed by a rope border and banner on a forearm.
Lighthouse and waves with banner on a forearm
Stippled dotwork drawing of two open palms beneath a sunburst and a row of moon phases, with rosette shapes at the wrists, in black and ochre ink on cream paper.
Stippled hands with sun and moon phases
Overlapping gold foil temporary tattoo transfers on white backing, each showing a diamond ring with the words Team Bride inside an oval.
Team Bride diamond ring temporary tattoos
Black linework tattoo of a smiling sun with a face and sunburst rays on the side of a person's ribs, above the waistband of light blue jeans.
Sun with face tattoo on the side ribs
Fine line black ink tattoos of a crescent moon and a sun, each with an arrow running through it, on the top of two bare feet.
Matching moon and sun arrow tattoos on feet
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an eye inside a triangle with radiating lines, on the palm of a hand.
All-seeing eye in a triangle on a palm
Black geometric diamond tattoo with dotwork shading and a sunburst arc on a forearm, close to the wrist.
Geometric diamond and dotwork band on forearm
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a sun, circles, triangles and a crescent moon on a person's upper back, drawn with fine lines and dotwork.
Geometric sun and moon on the upper back
Colour neo-trad style tattoo on a woman's upper back showing a shaded red apple held by black-and-grey hands, with orange sunburst rays and abstract stripes behind it.
Apple held in hands over a sunburst on the back
Fine line tattoo of a small sunburst, a tiny star and a diagonal line on the inner forearm near the elbow, shown in two photographs.
Sunburst and line on a forearm
Black and white photograph of a lower leg, foot and hands covered in dark geometric tattoos, with the body resting on grass.
Geometric tattoos on a lower leg and hands
Fine line black tattoo of radiating lines and dots fanning out from a small central circle across the palm of a hand.
Radiating line sunburst on palm
Black and grey dotwork flash design of an eye inside a triangle, framed by fish, a cross, an anchor and a heart within a circular mandala.
Eye in triangle mandala design
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye within a triangle, with a square and compasses and leaf shapes, on the back of a person's neck.
Eye, compasses and leaves on the back of the neck
Two matching traditional tattoos of cartoon women in rope-framed ovals with sunbursts and flowers, one on each knee.
Two cartoon portraits in rope frames on knees
Black line drawing of an all-seeing eye inside a triangle, with leaves, rays above and a chain with a cross pendant hanging below, shown as a tattoo design.
All-seeing eye in a triangle with chains
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cabin among pine trees beneath a mountain and sunburst, set in an oval frame with a flower, on the upper arm.
Cabin, mountain and pines in an oval frame
Painted traditional-style flash design of a raised middle finger in a sunburst, framed by green leaves, red berries and a teal ribbon bow, with no body placement shown.
Raised middle finger in a botanical wreath
Large black and grey sketch-style moth tattoo across a person's upper back, with small pink flowers on the shoulder.
Moth tattoo across upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a Chi Rho symbol inside a circular sunburst of radiating lines on the inner forearm.
Chi Rho within a radiating sunburst
Traditional-style tattoo of two pin-up women with hearts and sunburst rays on the lower leg, with small rainbow belts on their waists.
Two pin-up women with hearts on a calf
Black and grey tattoo on a thigh showing a Regency couple, a standing figure, roses, leaves, a sunburst and scrolling quote banners in an engraved style.
Pride and Prejudice scene on a thigh
Black ink drawing of a compass rose tattoo design with feather accents on the west and south points and a dotted central medallion.
Compass rose with feathers
Close photograph of an intricate brown sunburst mandala design with scrollwork on a person's upper back shoulder, in a Geometric style.
Sunburst mandala design on a shoulder
Six traditional style flash designs of Star Wars characters, including Chewbacca, Darth Vader, an AT-AT walker, C-3PO, R2-D2 and Yoda, shown as printed sheets.
Star Wars characters traditional flash set
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the upper arm of a circular mountain and river landscape, surrounded by radiating lines and two small dots.
Mountain landscape in a sunburst on upper arm
Fine line black tattoo of mountains under a sunburst, a small tent and a pine forest in a diamond shape on the inner forearm.
Mountain, sunburst and pine forest on a forearm
Colour traditional tattoo of a pale teal rose with green leaves inside a dark oval frame with black sunburst rays, on the upper arm of a person in a striped top.
Traditional rose in a sunburst on upper arm
Black and grey sun tattoo with rays and a face on the side of the ribs, with the wearer's head turned away and long blonde hair decorated with flower hair clips.
Sun tattoo on the ribs
Black line drawing of a ribcage with a bow and arrow, flanked by flowers and a sunburst above, captioned Sagittarius, in a botanical illustration style.
Sagittarius ribcage, bow and flowers
Black and white hamsa hand design with a central eye, stars and crescent motifs, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Hamsa hand with eye design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a planchette with a crescent moon and three flowers on the thigh, beside a heron leg and a feather.
Planchette with crescent moon and flowers on thigh
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoo sheets with lace, chain, dot and leaf patterns, fanned out beside pastel envelopes on a grey surface.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheets in gold and silver
Three black ink flash drawings on cream paper showing a crystal ball with flowers, a hand with a dotted trail and an eye with flowers, beside a pen and pencil.
Three flash designs: crystal ball, hand and eye