Sunburst tattoo ideas

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

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Full-colour tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha, seated with a halo of shell motifs, in a neo-traditional style on the outer thigh.
Ganesha seated with a halo of shells on thigh
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with a red sunburst, cherry blossoms and lotus on the thigh.
Maneki-neko cat on a thigh
Black and grey lighthouse tattoo within a leaf and flower wreath on the thigh, in a traditional engraved style with dotwork water.
Lighthouse in a floral wreath on a thigh
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 and grey traditional tattoo with dotwork shading on a thigh, showing mountains, pine trees, a sunburst, roses and the script Let's be Adventurous.
Mountain sunrise and roses on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey songbird perched on an ornate gold birdcage with bleeding hearts and a red sunburst, on the outer thigh.
Bird in a birdcage with bleeding hearts on a thigh
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
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing a banner reading HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS, with a red and yellow sunburst, a heart and mountains with pine trees.
Home is where the heart is banner on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo spreading across a person's hip and upper thigh, photographed from the side against a plain background.
Dotwork mandala on hip and thigh
Black and grey owl on a branch with red-toned mandala and sunburst lines, tattooed on a thigh in a geometric and botanical style.
Owl on branch thigh tattoo
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
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 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
Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS in front of an orange sunburst, with the words we're all stories in the end, on the upper thigh.
TARDIS with quote on thigh
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
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
Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a green crack through it, set in a black flame burst with the words The World, Will Never and Take My Heart, on a thigh.
Cracked red heart with flames and lettering