Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Two drawn hands showing a lotus and crescent moon design on one palm and a botanical stem and diamond eye design on the other, in black line with a warm peach wash.
Hands with lotus and botanical designs
Fine line drawing of a hand mid finger snap with the words SNAP OUT OF IT across the fingers, shown as a flash design for a hand tattoo.
Snap out of it hand design
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a face with dark eyes and cracked skin texture across the back of a hand, shown in Realism style on the hand.
Realistic face tattoo on the back of a hand
Black cursive script tattoo reading la dolce vita across the back of a hand, in a lettering style.
La dolce vita script on the back of a hand
Woman with a raised hand showing a black and grey realism skeleton hand tattoo that runs from the fingers down onto the forearm.
Skeleton hand tattoo running onto the forearm
Two crossed hands and forearms on sand with gold and blue metallic temporary tattoos of mandalas and feathers on the hands and wrists.
Metallic mandala and feather designs on crossed hands
Black and white photograph of two interlocked hands with small black script lettering tattooed on the fingers.
Small script words on interlocked fingers
Close-up of a hand with dark nails and gold rings, showing gold and black geometric tattoos with triangle and arrow motifs across the fingers and back of the hand.
Gold and black geometric hand tattoos
Black and white photo of a hand with a geometric Geometric-style tattoo of a crescent moon, hexagons and small stars across the back of the hand and finger.
Geometric star and crescent hand tattoo
Close-up of two hands with a small black spade tattoo on one finger and a small pink heart tattoo on another finger, against a dark background.
Spade and heart tattoos on fingers
Two hands resting on white sheets, each with a small black fine line crown tattoo on the back of the hand, one with a larger crown and one smaller.
Small crown tattoos on the backs of two hands
Close view of a pale hand with four small playing card suit tattoos on the fingers: a black spade, a red heart, a black club and a red diamond.
Playing card suit tattoos on fingers
Black serif lettering reading NEVER TRUST THE LIVING across the fingers of a hand resting on a marble table, with mint nail varnish.
Lettering across fingers on a hand
Black and grey crossbones tattoo on a finger, with silver skull and coffin rings worn on the same hand.
Skull and crossbones finger tattoos beside skull rings
Black and grey rose tattoo on the forearm running onto the back of the hand, with a geometric mandala design in fine linework and dark leaves.
Rose and geometric mandala on the hand
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo in flight on the back of a hand, with bold outlines and simple shading.
Swallow tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of two hands held out palms down, with knuckle lettering, a skull and banner, a spider web and a broken heart tattooed on the hands and forearms.
Knuckle lettering and skull banner on both hands
Close photo of a small fine line black geometric heart and triangle tattoo on the side of a finger, with silver skull rings nearby.
Geometric heart tattoo on a finger
Two hands form a heart around crossed rolled cigarettes, with a black lettering tattoo reading DON'T PANIC across the fingers of one hand.
Heart hands with DON'T PANIC finger tattoo
Black ink eye surrounded by a radiating sunburst on the back of a hand, with dot pattern tattoos on the wrist, resting on an open book.
Eye and sunburst on the back of a hand
Hands holding a white mug, with a red and black traditional ship's wheel tattoo on the back of one hand and small anchor, arrow and Roman numeral tattoos on the fingers.
Ship's wheel and small symbols on hands
Two hands pressed together with black script lettering reading Inhale love on one and Exhale hate on the other, placed on the backs of the fingers and hands against a dark background.
Inhale love and exhale hate hand tattoos
Close-up of a hand with red nails and a line of gold dotwork across the fingers and back of the hand, with metallic wave bands on the wrist.
Gold dot and metallic wave designs on a hand
Realistic red and grey skull tattoo across the back of a hand, with smoky swirls on the forearm and small symbols on the fingers.
Realistic skull on the back of a hand
Black and grey photograph of two hands held together, each with a small fine line anchor tattoo with dotwork detail on the back of the hand.
Matching anchor tattoos on two hands
White ink ornamental filigree tattoo running from the wrist across the back of the hand, against a cream lace dress.
White ink filigree design on the hand
Small black crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist of an open hand, which rests beside a dark leather pouch with cords and orange beads on a brown fur background.
Crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tiger head tattoo on a finger of a hand with black nail polish, photographed in greyscale.
Tiger head tattoo on a finger
Black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo with diamond motifs and dotwork across the back of a hand, with a beaded bracelet on the wrist.
Ornamental mandala tattoo on the back of a hand
Traditional tiger tattoo on the back of a raised hand, with the words Diamonds are forever along the side, while a blue flame plays around one raised finger.
Tiger tattoo on a raised hand
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a winged heart split in two, with each half on the back of one of two hands pressed together.
Winged heart split across two hands
Two hands with a colour nautical star on the back of one hand, LOVE on the knuckles, and Japanese-style dragon and koi tattoos on the arms and legs behind them.
Nautical star and Japanese sleeve on hands
Black and grey traditional rose tattoo on the back of a man's right hand, with a skull tattoo on his left hand, as he adjusts a tie.
Rose and skull tattoos on the hands
Two hands pressed together in front of orange flowers, each with a small grey shaded wing tattoo on the back of the hand.
Grey wing tattoos on the backs of two hands
Gold metallic floral design with swirls and a dotted line running along the fingers, on the back of a hand.
Gold floral temporary tattoo on the back of a hand
Black tattoo of a stag's antlers and head across the back of a hand, with the head extending down the middle finger, in a geometric style.
Stag antlers across the back of a hand
Two black-and-grey outline tattoos on open palms: a small circle with a dot on the left hand and a crescent moon on the right, against a dark background and dry grass.
Circle and crescent moon tattoos on palms
Small black three-dot tattoo on the side of a finger, beside thin gold rings and mint green nail polish.
Three dots tattoo on a finger
Close-up of two hands pressed palm to palm, with small fine line black symbols tattooed on several fingers against a dark background.
Small symbols on the fingers of both hands
Black and grey realistic skull tattoo covering the back of a hand, with a tribal pattern continuing up the forearm.
Shaded skull on the back of a hand
Pencil sketch of an open hand with the words love, provoke, direction, promise and good luck placed above the fingers as a finger tattoo design.
Pencil sketch of a hand with finger words
Black script lettering tattoo across the back of a hand and wrist, with a small cross above it, on a woman wearing a black bikini top and denim shorts.
Script lettering tattoo on the hand and wrist
Close crop of a woman in pink satin lingerie with a black and grey ornamental mandala tattoo on the back of her hand.
Ornamental mandala tattoo on the back of a hand
Two hands with traditional style tattoos, bold black lettering across the finger knuckles and coloured banner designs on the backs of the hands.
Knuckle lettering and banners on both hands
Two black and grey tattoos: a dotwork and fine line geometric eye in a triangle on the inner forearm, and a traditional style swallow on the back of a hand.
Geometric eye on a forearm and swallow on a hand
Close-up of two fingers with green zombie faces in red, pink and dark tones, shown on the fingers of a hand.
Zombie faces on two fingers
Small black symbol tattoo on the side of a finger, shown in a hand held in an OK-style gesture against a blue wall.
Small symbol tattoo on finger
Dark ink Om symbol inside a sunburst border on the back of a hand resting on sand, in a black and grey style.
Om symbol in a sun design on the hand