Sunburst tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tribal tattoo covering the shoulder and upper arm, with bold chevrons, bands and a sunburst motif.
Tribal shoulder and arm sleeve in black
Black and grey dotwork moth with a sunburst, dotted crosshair lines and a triangle on the inner upper arm.
Moth and sunburst on upper arm
Black and grey ornamental sleeve tattoo with geometric panels and dotwork shading covering a forearm and upper arm.
Ornamental geometric sleeve on an arm
Close view of a red pentagram inside a circle with a spiked sunburst border, tattooed on the back of a hand, shown in three photographs.
Pentagram in a spiked ring on the hand
Two forearm tattoos of birds set within geometric line frames, one with a diamond and teal circle, the other with concentric rings and a starburst, on a person in a grey t-shirt.
Birds in geometric frames on both forearms
Black and grey geometric sleeve tattoo running from the upper arm to the elbow, featuring a sunburst and a flower of life motif.
Geometric sleeve with sunburst and flower of life
Chest tattoo of an outlined geometric house in dotwork and black ink, with fine-line flower stems and red dotted rays, plus a number on the shoulder.
Geometric house and flower stems on chest
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of balance scales with a geometric diamond and leaf motif on the upper back.
Balance scales with geometric diamond on upper back
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a crescent moon and hanging drops on the inner forearm, above a black cord bracelet.
Mandala crescent moon on a forearm
Three-panel photo of an ornamental tattoo covering a person's shoulder and upper arm, with purple spirals and feather-like forms and a green and yellow mandala on the shoulder cap.
Ornamental shoulder and upper arm sleeve
Fine gold line drawing of an eye with radiating rays, a sunburst centre and hanging geometric totem tassels on a black background.
Eye and totem design in gold line
Black and grey dotwork design of a multi-pointed star with a stippled centre circle, drawn as a flash-style tattoo design.
Dotwork star with a stippled sunburst
Flash sheet of gold and silver foil temporary tattoo designs, including icosahedrons, arrows, a sunburst and lettering, with no body placement shown.
Metallic geometric flash sheet with lettering
Large white-ink mandala tattoo with a central flower and ornate radial linework on a lower leg, in a geometric style, on the calf.
White-ink mandala on a lower leg
Black line tattoo of a one-eyed triangle with a bow tie inside a ringed sigil with radial rays and small symbols, on the calf, covered in cling film.
Triangle eye sigil in a circle on a calf
Gold metallic temporary tattoos of a sun and dotted lace bands on a raised forearm and hand, with a peace sign against a pale sky.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on wrist and hand
Black dotwork and blackwork mandala tattoo with radiating spikes and a solid central circle, placed on the calf.
Dotwork mandala on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a feline head inside a geometric sunburst on the upper arm.
Feline head with geometric sunburst on upper arm
Three men display black and grey full sleeve tattoos on their upper arms and shoulders, with swirling blackwork, dotwork and geometric panels.
Three black and grey ornamental full sleeves
Fine line and dotwork starburst tattoo in black ink on the side of the ribs, with soft shadow across the skin.
Small starburst on the side of the ribs
Side view of a man's shoulder and upper arm with a dotwork tattoo of a red and black fan and geometric pattern, with red splatter shapes across the shoulder.
Red and black fan design on shoulder and upper arm
Geometric tattoo of a stylised tribal mask with purple and yellow accents and grey shading on a limb.
Geometric tribal mask tattoo
Two views of a black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a central unfilled flower on the forearm.
Black mandala tattoo on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of two crossed arrows with diamond and chevron patterns and small dotted accents, in a geometric fine line style on the inner forearm.
Crossed arrows and diamonds on a forearm
Copper-coloured fine line drawing of a symmetrical moth with sunburst and zigzag wing patterns and an eye at its centre, on a dark brown background.
Copper line moth with geometric wings
Black and grey dotwork forearm tattoo of an ornate mandala with an eye inside a triangle at the centre, on the inner forearm below an outstretched hand.
Mandala and eye forearm tattoo
Seven small black fine line radial burst tattoos run in a diagonal row across the top of a bare foot, on a tiled floor.
Seven radial burst tattoos across a foot
Black and grey realism eye inside a triangle with fine radiating lines, tattooed on an upper arm.
Eye in triangle on upper arm
Woman seen from behind on a sandy beach, with a small black geometric sunburst tattoo between her shoulder blades.
Sunburst tattoo on upper back at the beach
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
Three black Polynesian-style sea turtle tattoo designs on a white background, one with a plumeria flower on its shell and one with a sunburst centre.
Three Polynesian sea turtle designs
Black dotwork mandala tattoo on a calf showing an eye in a triangle above a ship's wheel and an anchor, with fern and filigree ornament.
Eye, anchor and ship's wheel on a calf
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 white line drawing of a palm tattoo design with symbols on the fingers, a sunburst eye and the words Deus Ex Machina, in a blackwork and geometric style.
Palm design with sunburst eye and numerals
Black and grey geometric dotwork full sleeves covering both arms of a shirtless man, with hexagons, dot gradients and sunburst patterns.
Geometric blackwork and dotwork full sleeves
Black and grey dotwork forearm tattoo of an eye in a sunburst, a shaggy ink cap mushroom, crystals and a puffball within dotted diamond lines.
Eye, mushrooms and crystals on a forearm
Fine gold line drawing of a bow and arrow with diamond ornaments on a dark background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Fine line bow and arrow design
Fine line tattoo design of a vertical geometric arrow with chevrons, diamonds and dots in gold on a dark background.
Vertical geometric arrow motif in gold line
Black and grey dotwork and geometric mandala with a triangle eye on a forearm, with a bold lettering tattoo reading I will stand my ground on the forearm below.
Eye mandala forearm and lettering on wrist
Black line tattoos on the inner forearm: a geometric egg-shaped sun motif, a semicircle with rays and a small mark, and a sun with an arrow, heart and banner in fine line style.
Three geometric line tattoos on a forearm
Dark henna mandala and dotted swirl patterns cover the back of a hand and fingers, with a floral motif on the wrist.
Henna mandala design on a hand
Black and grey tattoo of a rayed sun with three small stars on the upper arm.
Rayed sun with three stars on an upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of an eye inside a dotwork geometric star mandala on the forearm.
Eye in a geometric mandala on a forearm
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
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 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