Old School Sun Face Elbow Tattoo

A yellow sun face with red cheeks, blue and red pointed rays, gold borders and bold black flash outlines, centered over the elbow.

Style: Old school
Placement: Arm, Elbow
Motif: Sun
Good for: For men
Mood: Bold, Color
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About this design

What the design shows

A calm human face sits inside a bright yellow sun disk. It has narrow black brows, almond eyes, a small red mouth, and round red cheeks. Sixteen rays surround the face in alternating lengths: long red points lead at the top, bottom, left, and right, while shorter gold and blue rays fill the spaces between. A gold ring dotted with small black marks frames the face before the rays begin. Each color section is bordered by a thick black outline, giving the piece the flat, deliberate look of traditional flash. In the on-skin image, the face is centered directly on the elbow point, with the longest upper and lower rays traveling along the arm. The full sun is about palm width.

In this design

yellow sun face
red cheek circles
sixteen pointed rays
blue ray accents
gold dotted ring
black flash outlines

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Placement

Placement and size

The elbow preview uses the face as the center of the joint and lets the longest rays run vertically with the arm. The same radial layout can sit on a knee cap, shoulder point, upper back, or broad thigh. It needs enough room for every ray tip to remain separate. If scaled down, reduce the number of shorter rays and keep the face, four longest points, and red cheek circles clear.

Patchwork

Building it into a patchwork

This saturated sun is a heavy round anchor in a traditional patchwork. It can be surrounded by a small swallow, banner, dagger, or simple cloud curl, but those pieces should not overlap the pointed rays. Use bold outlines in any neighboring flash so the styles match. Keep a narrow unmarked border around the ray tips; that edge is what makes the sun read as a complete cap rather than a colored circle.

Small pieces that pair with it

A tiny swallow above the top ray
A short cloud curl beside the left ray
A small red star below the bottom point

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For your artist

Notes for your tattoo artist

01Center both eyes over the elbow joint.
02Keep the red cheeks equally sized.
03Match the blue rays on opposite sides of the face.

Made and reviewed

How this design was made

Design: Generated with AI image tools under our direction, then reviewed by the Patchwork Tattoos team: a readable outline, the same design in the clean and on-skin views, and a reviewed Builder piece.
Page notes: Written from the clean design and the on-skin preview of this exact design, then checked against both pictures.
Last reviewed: 2026-10-03
Your tattoo: A concept for planning. Your artist will redraw it for your skin, placement and size, so the finished tattoo will differ from the image.
License: Free to download and use as the reference for your own tattoo and to share with your artist. Selling the file or republishing it in a collection is not allowed.

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