Winged Sun Feather Emblem Tattoo

A golden sun disk with white wings, red rays, teal accents and three hanging feathers, shown as a small centered emblem on the upper shoulder.

Style: Old school
Placement: Arm, Shoulder
Motif: Icarus
Good for: First tattoo
Mood: Color
Patchwork Builder: Ready to arrange on a body map

Add to Builder

Make it yours

Add a name or date

Download designFree · no sign-upPNG

An AI-generated concept, reviewed by our team before publishing. How we review designs

About this design

What the design shows

A bright round sun sits at the center of this symmetrical color emblem. The main disk is golden yellow, outlined in black, and surrounded by alternating long pointed rays and shorter red flame-like rays. White feathered wings extend equally to the left and right from behind the sun. Their inner sections include thin teal-blue accents, while the outer feathers stay mostly white with black contour lines. Three small feathers hang from the lower edge of the sun on separate short lines. Each feather is white with a dark teal tip, creating a dangling triangular finish below the horizontal wings. The colors are flat and graphic rather than softly blended. The on-skin view sets it on the shoulder cap at around two thumb lengths wide.

In this design

golden sun disk
white feathered wings
red pointed rays
three hanging feathers
teal feather accents

Part of these collections

See all collections

Placement

Placement and size

The shoulder cap preview keeps the sun centered and lets both wings run across the rounded upper arm. It also fits the upper chest, ankle front, back of the neck, or a small thigh space. The sun should remain wider than the three dangling feathers. If reducing it, use fewer feather divisions but keep the red rays and the teal tips; those color contrasts distinguish the emblem from a plain winged circle.

Patchwork

Building it into a patchwork

This compact design has medium color weight concentrated at the gold sun and red rays. It works as a centered shoulder or chest accent between lighter fine-line pieces. Small stars, short rays, or a small cloud can sit above it, while a vertical tattoo can begin below the three feathers. Do not add another large circle close to the sun. Leave a skin margin around each wing tip so the white feathers keep their separate scalloped outline.

Small pieces that pair with it

A tiny gold star above the sun
Two short red rays beside the right wing
A small teal dot below the middle feather

Patchwork Builder

Build a patchwork around this design

Place this design on a body map, then try reviewed pieces that fit the same area next to it. You can move, resize and swap them before you show the layout to your artist.

Start a layout with this design

On skin

More arm tattoos on skin

Other reviewed designs previewed on the same body area, to compare size and placement.

For your artist

Notes for your tattoo artist

01Match the left and right wing widths before tattooing.
02Keep the three hanging feathers at unequal slight angles.
03Preserve teal tips as separate color blocks.

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.

How we review designs Read the design license

More icarus