Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Flash sheet of horror tattoo designs in black and pink, including a skull, werewolf head, open mouth with fangs, skeleton, coffin, raven and creature head on a pink background.
Horror flash sheet with skulls, skeleton and coffin
Flash design of a hand making a V sign, filled with a galaxy pattern, with the word SHAMBLES across the palm and a black cross motif, on a white background.
Galaxy hand with Shambles lettering
Traditional style flash sheet showing a retro television, a cassette with a flower and banner, a dark hand with a banner, and two round badges.
Traditional flash of TV, cassette, hand and banners
Watercolour flash design of a blue genie lamp with a hand rising from it and 'You're free' in blue script lettering above.
Genie lamp with 'You're free' script
Black ink line drawing of a skeletal hand making the rock horns gesture, shown as a tattoo flash design on a pale background.
Skeleton hand in rock horns gesture
Coloured pencil drawing of a clenched fist with red nails and a lettering design reading 'be kind to yourself' with a small heart on the wrist, in a lettering style.
Fist with 'be kind to yourself' wrist design
Black and grey traditional flash design of a heart holding a hand clasping a cat paw, with a crescent moon, stars, a flower and the words Boys Whatever Cats Forever.
Heart with clasped hand and cat paw
Pencil drawing of a clenched fist with red nails, showing the words be kind to yourself and a small heart as lettering tattoo design on the forearm.
Be kind to yourself lettering on a drawn wrist
Black and white line drawing of a lotus flower held aloft by an open hand with an eye in its palm, in a botanical style, with no body placement shown.
Lotus flower held in a hand
Black line drawing of a hand with a chain around the wrist, black-tipped nails and the words NEVER TALK in spaced capitals, a fine line tattoo design.
Hand with chain and NEVER TALK lettering
Black ink design of a hamsa hand filled with an elephant, an eye and dotwork patterns, drawn on cream paper.
Hamsa hand with elephant and eye
Neo-traditional flash design of a hand holding a planchette with an eye and the word OUIJA, framed by purple and pink roses and leaves.
Ouija planchette and roses design
Black ink line drawing of a weeping woman with curled hair, pearl beads and a cameo, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Weeping woman with cameo and pearls
Pencil sketch of a hamsa-style hand design with an elephant and leaves, drawn on paper on a wooden table.
Hamsa hand with elephant and leaves sketch
Illustrated fox with a pocket watch, leaves and hands, drawn in red, black and grey linework with stippled shading, in the style of a tattoo design.
Fox and pocket watch illustration
Traditional style flash design of a hand holding a quill over a scroll reading Dear John, with a red rose, black feathers and a heart envelope.
Quill, scroll and rose flash design
Black and grey drawing of a skeleton pirate in a tricorn hat with a skull and crossbones, holding a lantern and a dagger in its teeth, with a ship's mast behind.
Skeleton pirate with lantern and dagger
Neo-traditional style illustration of a queen figure framed by playing cards, with a king, jack and queen card and a small script detail on the body.
Playing card queen illustration
Black ink drawing of two cupped hands holding a crescent moon, with water drips and a star constellation above, labelled aquarius.
Aquarius hands holding a crescent moon
Fine line drawing of two hands clasped together on a cream background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Clasped hands line drawing
White fine line drawing of a clenched fist with the middle finger raised and a cuff at the wrist, shown small on a black background.
Raised middle finger fist line drawing
Black line drawing of a ribcage with two hands with long nails covering the centre of the chest, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Ribcage with hands over the chest
Red line drawing design of a woman's face framed by a rose and leaves, with her hand raised near her chin, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with rose in hair, red line drawing
Single-line black drawing of two hands with their little fingers hooked together on a plain pink background, in a fine line style.
Linked little fingers line drawing
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a white-haired figure with a halo, eyes in the palms, beaded necklaces and two skulls at the base, on a grey background.
Hooded figure with skulls and dotwork shading
Black and grey line drawing of praying hands wrapped in a rosary with a cross hanging below, shown as a tattoo design.
Praying hands with rosary design
Neo-traditional style flash design of a woman's portrait framed by bees, honeycomb, a UFO and an 'I want to believe' banner, with no body placement shown.
Portrait with bees, UFO and banner
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing an anchor, clasped hands, crossed arrows, a rope, flowers, an envelope and banners with lettering.
Traditional flash sheet with anchor, hands and banners
Black ink drawing of a woman with flowing hair and pink rose and scroll tattoo designs on her shoulder and upper arm.
Woman with pink rose tattoo designs
Two black linework stencils on tracing paper show a traditional rose with hatched leaves and a cartoon character face, held beside a tattooed hand.
Rose stencils with cartoon faces
Black and white line drawing of six labelled arms and hands, lettered a to f, each covered in geometric bands, chevrons and triangles on the forearm and hand.
Six arm and hand tattoo patterns in line drawing
Flash design of three sugar skull pin-up heads with skeletal hands over their eyes, ears and mouth, on a ribbon banner reading Beauty, Truth and Love.
Three sugar skulls with Beauty, Truth and Love banner
Black and grey flash drawing of a tattooed forearm and hand gripping a torch, with an eagle and the words Death Before Dishonor on the arm.
Hand holding a torch over a striped flag
Traditional-style flash design of a grey weeping angel with its face in its hands beneath a peach banner reading DON'T BLINK, with blue tears.
Weeping angel with Don't Blink banner
Three traditional-style stickers on a grey surface: a skull with red and blue flowers, a pointing hand with flowers, and a pill bottle, each with text on a banner.
Three traditional flash designs with banner text
Black ink drawing of a butterfly above an open hand, with dotwork shading on the wings, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Butterfly above an open hand design
Red pencil sketch of a woman in profile with curly hair woven with roses and a pearl necklace, a design drawn for a possible tattoo.
Profile woman with roses in red pencil sketch
Four hand-shaped forms display tattoo designs: a praying figure with rays, a horned devil, a geometric pattern and a skull in a feathered headdress.
Four tattoo designs printed on hand forms
Traditional style flash sheet showing a ship in a rope frame, a globe with a 30 degree banner, flowers, a hand with a bracelet and a geisha head with roses.
Traditional flash sheet with ship, globe and flowers
Black and grey geometric whale drawing with small blue accents on paper, beside a forearm with a black and grey rose tattoo.
Geometric whale design beside a rose forearm tattoo
Black line drawing of a Claddagh design, showing a heart held by two hands beneath a crown, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Claddagh design with heart, hands and crown
Black and grey pen drawing of a pair of eyes framed by acanthus scrollwork, being inked by a hand holding a fine liner pen.
Eyes framed in acanthus scrollwork drawing
Black and grey flash sheet of nine traditional-style tattoo designs, including a rose with a banner, a skull with crossed shovels, a boombox and two bold character heads.
Black and grey traditional flash sheet
Traditional flash sheet of tattoo designs in bold colour, including a skull with crossbones, a hand with flowers, a snake and heart, mushrooms and a frog.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, hand and snakes
White line drawing of an open hand gripping a dagger on a black background, a fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Hand gripping a dagger line drawing
Purple ink drawing of a hamsa hand with an open lotus flower and dotted border, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Hamsa hand and lotus design
Black line drawing of a skeletal hand making the rock horns gesture, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Skeleton hand making rock horns sign
Black thread embroidery in a wooden hoop showing a traditional-style rose and a hand with leaves on cream fabric.
Embroidered rose and hand design