Sunburst tattoo ideas

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

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Black tribal flash design of a sun with a spiral centre and an eight-pointed star behind it, shown as a solid black stencil-style drawing.
Tribal sun and star design
Traditional tattoo of a closed book with an eye and a yellow banner reading NERD LIFE, with red ribbon and sunburst rays, on a section of skin.
Book and eye banner tattoo
Black traditional-style tattoos on an upper arm, with a block-lettered quote reading NO BULLSHIT DO REAL HAVE PASSION STAY THIRSTY, an anatomical heart, a sunburst and a banner.
Quote, anatomical heart and banner on upper arm
Black and grey snake tattoo with a sunburst behind its head, wrapping across the inner forearm in a traditional blackwork style.
Black snake and sunburst on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo design drawing of a skull wearing a feather headdress, with an eye motif on the forehead band and a stippled, engraved finish.
Skull in feather headdress flash design
A woman sits on a dark blanket on sand beside an orange book, showing a dark sunburst tattoo on her upper arm.
Sunburst tattoo on upper arm at the beach
Black and grey flash design of a skeletal mermaid holding a skull and a flower, with dotwork sunburst rays and stippled waves inside an oval frame.
Skeletal mermaid with skull and sunburst
Black polynesian-style tribal tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with solid black fills and geometric linework.
Polynesian tribal sleeve on upper arm
Black henna-style yin yang sunburst with swirling vine linework on the back of a hand, shown underwater in a pool.
Yin yang sunburst design on a hand
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a dollar sign inside a sunburst with scrollwork on a calf, shown in two photos.
Dollar sign in sunburst on calf
Colour tattoo of a black circle with branching lines and radiating orange, red and blue rays on the upper arm.
Sunburst circle on upper arm
Black and grey Japanese full arm sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and shoulder, with cherry blossoms, wave patterns and a sunburst, shown from three angles.
Japanese cherry blossom sleeve in black and grey
Black fine line tattoo on a lower leg showing a sunburst, stacked circles, a vertical line with arrows and small dots, in a geometric style.
Celestial geometric line tattoo on lower leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a tree inside a circle with radiating lines and a mandala at its base, on the upper back.
Tree and mandala in a circle on upper back
Black and grey line drawing of a keyhole with an eye inside, framed by a crown, sunburst rays and two banners, in a vintage engraved style.
Keyhole crest with crown and banners
Full back tattoo in Japanese style showing a leaping striped bass over rolling blue waves, with an anchor and an orange sunburst behind it, on a man's back.
Leaping striped bass and anchor on a back
Black and grey flash drawing of a tattooed forearm and hand gripping a torch, with an eagle and the words Death Before Dishonor on the arm.
Hand holding a torch over a striped flag
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an arm showing manga-style women, bats, a skull, a checkerboard and an eye in a sunburst.
Black and grey manga-style full sleeve
Black and white flash design of a Triforce inside a circle with flame-like edges, radiating spikes and dots, shown without a body placement.
Triforce sunburst design with rays and dots
Colour traditional tattoo on an upper arm showing a T-rex, a raptor and a sunburst beside roses, leaves and two banners with lettering.
Dinosaurs, roses and banners on an upper arm
Black and grey flash drawing of two halved apples with leaves between two sunburst petal arcs, labelled Gemini, with no body placement shown.
Gemini split apple flash design
Black and grey engraving-style tattoo of a bat and a firefly with dotted arcs and dashed lines on a forearm.
Bat and firefly with dotted geometry on a forearm
Black and grey photograph of a woman's upper back showing two mirrored geometric sunburst tattoos over the shoulder blades, with the hair in a bun.
Mirrored sunburst tattoo across upper back
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a sun with eight patterned rays and three outlined stars on a person's upper back.
Sun with rays and three stars on upper back
Coloured flash design of a rose, sunflower, leaves, helmet and a pen-like tool, with banners reading DEMONS RUN, WHEN A GOOD MAN and GOES TO WAR, in a neo-traditional style.
Banner and rose design with sunflower and helmet
Traditional style flash design of the BB-8 droid with red roses, a sunburst and a banner reading They See Me Rollin.
BB-8 droid with roses and banner
Two people seen from behind with matching black and grey fine line sun and crescent moon tattoos on their upper backs.
Matching sun and eclipse tattoos on upper backs
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of mountains, pine trees and a lake inside a sunburst and leaf frame, with a flower at the base, on the thigh.
Mountain lake scene with sunburst and flower
Black traditional-style swallow design with a sunburst and wavy lines, printed on a grey t-shirt laid flat on a wooden background.
Traditional swallow with sunburst and waves on a grey
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS with a sunburst, roses, scrollwork and a banner on the side of the ribs, in a Neo-trad style.
TARDIS and roses on the ribs
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo sleeve on an upper arm, showing a hot air balloon, a red rose and a sunburst.
Hot air balloon and rose sleeve on upper arm
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a woman holding a parasol on a tightrope above an alligator, inked on an upper arm.
Tightrope walker and alligator on upper arm
Black and grey botanical tattoo on the upper arm showing a crowned crane with a fan-shaped crest, surrounded by ferns, poppies and wildflowers.
Crowned crane and botanicals on upper arm
Black and grey rooster tattoo with stippled shading on the forearm, with other tattoos of foliage and holly visible around it.
Rooster tattoo on the forearm
Solid black heart tattoo with knotwork and radiating lines on the back of a hand, with small X and O tattoos on the fingers.
Black heart with knotwork on the back of a hand
Traditional-style nautical design of two swallows, a rope-edged anchor and roses, burned into a pale wooden board, with no body placement shown.
Swallows, anchor and roses design on wood
Eight traditional-style flash designs of classic horror monsters, each on a sun-like red and orange backdrop, with red roses in the lower corners.
Eight classic monster flash designs with roses
Full back tattoo in traditional style showing an eagle, a coiled snake, a sailing ship on waves and red roses, placed on the back.
Eagle, snake and ship across a full back
Black ink full sleeve tattoo with bold geometric and tribal-style patterns covering a forearm, upper arm and hand, shown on a standing person in a grey t-shirt.
Black geometric sleeve tattoo on arm and hand
Black and white photo of symmetrical geometric mandala blackwork tattoos on both forearms of a person seated on a chair.
Geometric mandala tattoos on both forearms
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pin-up woman in a red polka dot dress cooking at a stove, with steam and a sunburst, on an upper arm.
Pin-up cook at a stove on upper arm
Black sword and eye tattoo with spiky rays above a black angular rune on the inner forearm, set against a red tribal-style background.
Sword, eye and rune on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a bespectacled man with a faceted, geometric face, sitting on the forearm.
Geometric portrait of a man on a forearm
Thigh tattoo of a sketched deer with a turquoise crescent moon on its brow, a sunburst above, and a hand mirror, with turquoise and purple watercolour washes.
Sketched deer and hand mirror on a thigh
Full sleeve tattoo of stylised birds, leaves and geometric motifs with dotwork shading, running from the upper arm down to the forearm.
Sleeve of stylised birds and leaves
Black and white drawing of a hamsa hand tattoo design with blackwork outlines and dotwork detailing on a white background.
Hamsa hand design
Two tattoo photos: on the left, a black and grey eye inside a triangle with sunburst rays in dotwork shading; on the right, a colour eye within a ribbon frame surrounded by teal and yellow flowers on
Eye in triangle tattoos, dotwork and neo-trad
Black line drawing of a geometric mandala design with overlapping circles at its centre, swirls, a sunburst above and hanging diamond shapes below.
Geometric mandala design with seed of life