Hand tattoo ideas

1,970 photos and flash · 27% Fine line, 15% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing an outstretched hand, a lantern with a flame, green leaves and a dangling bead chain.
Hand, lantern and rosary beads on a thigh
Two black and grey cartoon tattoos on the backs of two hands, one showing Sally with stitches and flowing hair and one showing Jack Skellington's head, in a bold traditional style.
Sally and Jack tattoos on the hands
Woman lying on dark bedding showing a dark branch-like tattoo on her thigh and a tattooed forearm, with a navel piercing and a black top with a white skeleton hand print.
Branch tattoo on thigh with forearm design
Fine line black tattoo of a hand cupping a small heart with radiating rays, placed on the inner wrist.
Small hand holding a heart on the wrist
Black ink flash sketch on cream paper showing a wolf head, a skull, a woman's face with a hand, a dagger and scissors, with no body placement shown.
Wolves, skull and woman sketch flash
Small black fine line om symbol tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in black and white while another hand holds the arm.
Small om symbol on the inner wrist
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with an eye, lotus flowers and dotwork detail across the upper back.
Hamsa hand with eye and lotus on the back
Black and white photo of a fine line outline world map tattoo on the inner wrist and lower forearm, with the hand raised in a loose fist.
World map outline on a wrist
Hand with silver metallic mandala-style temporary tattoos on the back and fingers, with matching wrist and finger bands, against a grey and white fur background.
Silver mandala temporary tattoo on a hand
Black and grey crossed fingers tattoo in an engraved, hatched style on the upper arm, with a floral tattoo visible on the forearm below.
Crossed fingers on the upper arm
A woman in a white vest top rests her hand on her pregnant belly, with a small black fine line tattoo running along her forearm.
Fine line tattoo on the forearm of a pregnant woman
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart with swirling loops on the inner wrist, with a hand resting on a car steering wheel.
Fine line heart on the inner wrist
Black and grey line drawing of a woman wearing an ornate masquerade mask, with swirling hair and a shell held in one hand, on tracing paper.
Masked woman with flowing hair design
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a woman with wavy hair and eyes closed, with a small rose outline beside her, on a person's upper back.
Black and grey portrait of a woman on the back
Black and grey tattoo of a hand holding a flower with an eye at its centre and radiating rays, with leaves, on a forearm.
Hand holding an eye flower on forearm
Four hands stacked together in the centre, each wrist showing a small black compass rose tattoo in Geometric style on the forearm.
Matching compass tattoos on four wrists
Black line flash drawing of two long-nailed hands with stylised flames, sparkles and the words Fire Walk With Me above a chain.
Hands with flames and Fire Walk With Me
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a planchette with a moon, a yellow rose and a spider, above a hand with a jewelled ring and spiders crawling near a red cuff with a web.
Planchette, hand and spiders on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two reaching hands inside an outlined triangle on the forearm, against a white brick wall.
Reaching hands in a triangle on a forearm
Two hands with pale blue nails on a white wooden surface, showing red script lettering on the inner left wrist and dark grey script on the back of the right hand.
Pale blue nails with script tattoos on hands
Two matching black and red robot tattoos with small red hearts sit on the inner forearms of two people holding hands.
Matching robot tattoos on two forearms
Black ink flash sheet of ornate calligraphic lettering designs on a beige background, including the words Joy, Love, Peace and Love One Another, with no body placement shown.
Calligraphic lettering flash sheet
Black ornamental linework drawing of a hamsa hand with floral motifs and a red and blue circle holding a white lightning bolt at its centre.
Hamsa hand with lightning bolt emblem
Fine line drawing of two hands interlocking, with black filled nails, on a plain cream background.
Interlocking hands line drawing
Two simple red linework tattoos, a king with a heart and a queen with a heart, on the fingers of two intertwined hands, one hand with black nail polish.
King and queen playing card tattoos on fingers
A man in a grey t-shirt with a black silhouette print of a profile and hands, showing black and grey traditional tattoos of a lighthouse, moths and a hot air balloon on his forearms and upper arms.
Man in grey tee with silhouette print and arm tattoos
Black ink drawing of a saguaro-style cactus with several arms, its base cupped by two outlined hands, shown as a flash design on white paper.
Cactus cradled by two hands
A hand holding a cream canvas makeup pouch printed with black lettering, with a partly visible coloured tattoo on the forearm.
Makeup pouch held over a wooden floor
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with a raised hand gesture on the forearm.
Realism portrait of a man on a forearm
Neo-trad style chest tattoo of a heart-shaped planchette with teal gems and a crescent moon, flanked by hands and beaded chains on the sternum.
Planchette and hands across the chest
Gold and silver temporary tattoos of triangles and a mandala motif on the back of a hand, with a wristwatch on the wrist.
Metallic temporary triangles and mandala on hand
Back of a hand covered in a black blackwork mandala tattoo of swirls, stripes and dots, placed on the hand and fingers.
Black mandala design across the back of a hand
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon, a faceted shape and a cat resting on an outlined hand, with a small teal wash, on a forearm.
Moon, cat and geometric shape on a forearm
Black fine line ornamental tattoo wrapping the wrist like a bracelet, with a lotus motif, dotted chains and diamond shapes, on a hand with dark nail polish.
Ornamental wrist bracelet tattoo
Two hands with matching black lettering reading 5:1:13 on the ring fingers, in a fine, typewriter-style font.
Matching number tattoos on ring fingers
Traditional style tattoo of an open hand gripping a peony with a gold band and falling crystals, on the inner forearm.
Hand holding a peony on a forearm
Two wrists held together, each with a small black yin yang tattoo on the inner wrist, one outlined and one solid.
Matching yin yang wrist tattoos
Two matching fine line tattoos of a letter C with small numbers and a fraction, on the inner forearms near the wrists, in black and grey.
Matching C and fraction wrist tattoos
Black line tattoo of an outlined hand with two raised fingers and studded black bands on the fingers and wrist, on the forearm.
Outlined hand with studded bands on forearm
Black outline tattoo of two clasped hands on the side of the ribs, shown in a fine line style with no shading.
Outlined clasped hands on the ribs
A hand uses a black marker pen to draw an intricate ornamental design of figures and swirling foliage on white paper.
Hand inking an ornate black linework design
Black line drawing of three hands rising from a dotted ellipse with a teardrop beneath, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Three hands rising from a dotted circle
Colour tattoo of a comic-style kissing couple in red and black on the back of a hand, beside a printed comic panel reference.
Comic-style kissing couple on the back of a hand
Colourful traditional tattoo of a woman's profile with a shaved patch and curly blonde hair, beside candy hearts on the ribs.
Woman's profile and candy hearts on ribs
Black ink hamsa hand tattoo with dotwork and ornamental detail on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Hamsa hand on the inner wrist
Two forearms with a black and grey dotwork lotus mandala on the wrist and a pink rose with a woman's face on the other arm, with clasped hands.
Mandala and rose tattoos on two forearms
Fine line black tattoo of a hand holding a steaming mug, sitting on the outer side of a thigh.
Steaming mug line drawing on a thigh
Black and grey photograph of tattooed hands buttoning a dark suit jacket, with dotwork and geometric tattoos on the hands and wrists.
Tattooed hands buttoning a dark suit jacket