By Tim Tolands

For million years now, the sun is venerated because of its profound impact and significance to the human existence. The cultures of the Mayans, the Egyptians and the Babylonians even worshipped the sun as their highest god.

The sun is an important theme in the myths of many ancient cultures including the Mayans, the Aztecs, the Greeks, Romans and Egyptians. Tattoos with sun themes are found in virtually every culture in the world.

Many of the tribal art representations of the sun have intricate and beautiful designs. Some of the designs, like the Aztec calendar design, are easily recognizable because they are seen very often in tattoos and other artwork. If you want a unique tattoo, you may have to look around to find the more obscure tribal sun designs.

Well, you don't need to look far for the most eye-catching sun tattoos with tribal embellishments you've long been searching for; here are the steps you need to carry out to get the unique and original tattoo designs.

Sun tattoos are often used as a central theme in larger designs, although they work quite well as stand alone body art. There are subtle differences in the symbols associated with different cultures. You can, of course, combine elements of two or more different designs to create a design that is unique but retains its tribal flavor.

Find ideas by using search engines with different search terms. You may try African tribal suns, Greek suns, Egyptian suns, the sun in tribal art,etc. By using different search terms you will find the richest selection of designs. Don't just look at tattoo designs, look at all designs to find the ones that can be adapted to a tattoo. Most tribal symbols adapt easily.

Websites that are created by tattoo artists rarely contain unique designs. Instead they feature popular designs.

There are other places to find good designs.

The best thing that you must consider in searching for these tattoos is by browsing through the online community of tattoo enthusiasts. Internet forums by far can provide you hidden treasures in tattooing to include quality tattoo designs of tribal artwork and imagery of the sun.

The forums are a place to express creative ideas and share new information on the subject of a passion, in this case, tattoos.

You may choose to view different images and create your own unique design while making reference to the tribal designs from which you are borrowing. If you are artistic by nature, this may be the best way to make your tattoo one of a kind. You can add modern touches to these ancient designs.

While some tribal tattoos are done in a single outline color, modern sun tattoos are usually depicted with colors. The choice of whether to use a color is one you must make. Colors do make the design stand out more.

Other variations of these tattoos include appending other images to the center of the circle like a face, letter tattoos or a random design that signify your personality. You can also combine the tribal sun tattoos with other heavenly bodies like the Earth and the moon.

In tribal art the sun is the representation of life, death and rebirth, even in some cases, eternity. Even in the modern world this symbolism is understood.

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