Hand tattoo ideas

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Palm of a hand with a single black Chinese character tattooed on each of four fingers, shown in a sepia photograph.
Chinese characters tattooed on four fingers
Close-up of a hand with stacked gold rings and a gold wristwatch, with black linework tattoos visible on the forearm and upper thigh.
Hand with gold rings and linework tattoos
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a heart holding two clasped hands, flanked by roses and leaves across the upper chest and neck, with an owl tattoo below.
Heart, hands and roses choker tattoo
Two black and grey crown tattoos with the words One Life and One Love in script, shown on the wrists of two clasped hands.
Matching crown tattoos on two wrists
Colour pop art comic style full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a blonde woman with a hand raised to her mouth, a speech bubble and a red explosion.
Pop art comic full sleeve with woman and explosion
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull-faced woman in a peaked military cap with an eagle insignia, with a hand at the chin, on the upper arm.
Skull-faced woman in peaked cap on upper arm
Black ink traditional flash sheet showing a skull, a sun, a bat, a spider web, an eagle and a snail, drawn in a bold outline style with shading.
Traditional flash sheet of skulls and symbols
Two hands rest on a floral quilt, each with a small solid black anchor tattoo on a finger.
Matching small anchor tattoos on fingers
Black line drawing flash design of two eyes behind outstretched hands with solid black nails and one tear, showing no placement on the body.
Hands covering eyes with a single tear
Black and grey dotwork flash designs pinned to a white wall, including hummingbirds, a heart, a hamsa hand, a scorpion, a ribcage and an eye.
Dotwork flash of birds, hearts and hands on a wall
Small solid black heart tattoo on the side of a finger, with hands held together to form a heart shape.
Small black heart on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a crown above a pair of eyes and a paisley bandana mask on the back of a hand.
Crown and bandana portrait on the hand
Black henna-style mehndi design with lace-like mandala patterns across the back of a hand, wrist and fingers.
Black henna-style hands with lace patterns
Fine line black cross tattoo on the back of a hand, with a silver twisted ring on the middle finger.
Small cross tattoo on the back of a hand
Solid black traditional tattoo of a moth with eye motifs and rays covering the back of a hand and parts of the fingers.
Moth and eyes across the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork hamsa hand tattoo with three small dots below it on the finger of a hand, in a black and white photo.
Hamsa hand with dots on a finger
Two wrists with dark blue script lettering reading Best and Friends, each with a small heart, joined by pinky fingers on a sandy beach.
Best Friends wrist lettering on a beach
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand holding a flowering branch on a forearm, with partial lettering beside it.
Hand holding a blossom branch on a forearm
Small black outline tattoo of a hand gripping a knife, fine line style, placed on the centre of a person's chest.
Hand gripping a knife on the chest
Two pairs of tattooed legs in black sneakers, with traditional-style skulls, roses and a compass on the calves and hands, in mixed colour and black ink.
Traditional leg and hand tattoos with black sneakers
Four people hold hands, each with a black and grey realistic tattoo of feathers wrapped around the inner wrist.
Realistic feather bands on four wrists
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each showing a small fine line geometric triangle tattoo with a circle on a finger.
Matching triangle tattoos on two fingers
Black geometric star motifs in a repeating pattern tattooed across the back of a clenched hand and onto the knuckles, in a Japanese-influenced geometric style.
Geometric star pattern across the back of a hand
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo covering the back of a hand and forearm, with short striped lines across two fingers.
Ornamental mandala tattoo on hand and forearm
Watercolour and ink drawing on paper of a pink hand raised beside a stylised face, with yellow flowers and a large eye.
Watercolour hand and face design with flowers
Black and grey feather tattoo that dissolves into dots, with the word love in flowing script below, on the inner wrist.
Feather and love script on a wrist
Black and grey pencil and ink drawing of a Medusa figure with snake hair, a clawed hand and a skull, drawn on tracing paper as a tattoo design.
Medusa and skull tattoo design on tracing paper
Colour realism tattoo of a hummingbird in mid-flight with a red head and blue-green wings on the back of a hand against a dark background.
Hummingbird tattoo on the back of a hand
Realistic peacock feather tattoo in black, grey and orange with a blue-centred eye, on the side of the ribs, with a hand resting on the skin.
Peacock feather on the ribs
Three forearms against a black background, each with two solid black bands tattooed around the forearm in a blackwork style with brushed, uneven edges.
Double black bands on three forearms
Grey and green tattoo of a Claddagh with a crown, heart and hands, a Celtic triquetra knot and green ivy leaves on the forearm.
Claddagh with ivy and Celtic knot on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of praying hands with an orange cigarette and a dark pipe, shown on the neck in shaded grey with teal accents.
Praying hands with cigarette and pipe
Colour tattoo on a forearm showing a ringed purple planet, a striped brown planet, a blue planet and a pale moon above a hand in galaxy shades of teal and purple.
Planets and galaxy hand on a forearm
Black fineline drawing of a dense floral design with leaves, paisley swirls and flower heads, being inked by hand with a fineliner pen.
Hand-drawn floral design with fineliner
Colourful botanical tattoo of red poppies, blue forget-me-nots and green leaves across the back of a hand, in a soft watercolour style.
Watercolour botanical florals on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo on the ribs showing two hands clasped together, with their shadow forming a side profile of a head.
Hands casting a profile shadow on the ribs
Flash sheet of gold, silver and black metallic temporary tattoo designs, including feathers, a hamsa hand, chevrons, a cross, the word dream in an infinity loop and tribal bands.
Metallic temporary tattoo sheet with feathers and chevrons
A heavily tattooed forearm and hand in black, grey and red ink reach towards a bare hand with a ring against a plain white background.
Tattooed forearm and hand reaching towards a bare hand
Black and grey fine line script tattoo reading 'Everything happens for a reason' along an upper arm, with a smiling mouth and a hand with a ring in the frame.
Fine line script quote on upper arm
Close-up of a small black airplane silhouette tattoo on the inner wrist, in a fine line style.
Small airplane tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of two hands with small fine line skull and crossbones tattoos on the fingers, one on a top knuckle and one on a middle finger.
Small skull tattoos on two fingers
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each with a black script lettering tattoo on the back of the hand reading Together and Forever.
Together and Forever script on clasped hands
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hand holding strings attached to an anatomical heart, on the forearm.
Marionette hand and anatomical heart on a forearm
Black ink drawing of an ornate hamsa hand with a central eye, filled with dotwork shading and mandala-style patterns, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Hamsa hand with eye in dotwork design
Two wrists with small black semicolon tattoos, one on each person, with hands raised inside a car.
Matching semicolon wrist tattoos
Black ink botanical tattoo of leaves and flowers running from the back of the hand down over the wrist and forearm.
Leaf and flower tattoo on hand and wrist
Black and grey script lettering reading Never regret anything that once made you smile across the ribs, with a hand resting above it.
Script quote tattoo on the ribs
Black script lettering reading Girl on a forearm, with a hand holding a bundle of banknotes above a pink handbag.
Script word Girl on a forearm