Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful traditional tattoo on a forearm showing a bouquet of flowers held by a hand, with a yellow scroll border and a ribbon banner.
Traditional flower bouquet held by a hand
Two hands resting on a denim knee, with small fine line star tattoos on the fingers, one beside a gold ring.
Small star tattoos on fingers
Black and grey lettering tattoos on two wrists, shown in a monochrome photo of clasped hands with a ring on one finger.
Matching wrist lettering on clasped hands
Black and grey realism portrait tattoo of a smiling man with swept back hair and a hand resting beside his face, on the upper arm.
Black and grey portrait of a smiling man
Two people sit side by side with black lion and skull tattoos on their thighs, green sugar skull tattoos below them, and hands clasped between their legs.
Matching lion and sugar skull leg tattoos
Two small fine line tattoos in black ink, a circle with a minus sign and a circle with a plus sign, on the inner wrists of two people holding hands.
Matching plus and minus circle tattoos on wrists
Black and grey flash design of an owl with spread wings holding crossed pistols, flanked by skulls, dice and playing cards.
Owl with crossed pistols and skulls
Close view of a small fine line cross tattoo in black ink on the back of a hand, raised near the chest of a person wearing a green floral top.
Small cross tattoo on the hand
Black and grey tattoo of a human footprint and a paw print on the inner wrist, with a dog's paw resting on the palm in a black and white photo.
Footprint and paw print on wrist
Black and white photo of a hand resting on a white cat, showing a realistic grey forest sleeve tattoo with pine trees on the forearm.
Forest sleeve tattoo on a forearm with a cat
Black dotwork flash sheet showing a rose, a snake, a dagger, a praying hand, an angel, a cross and church buildings, shown as tattoo designs with no placement on the body.
Dotwork flash sheet of churches, snakes and hands
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a geometric flower across the back of a hand, with a tessellated cube pattern running up the forearm.
Geometric flower and tessellation on hand and forearm
Small black swallow and star tattoos on two people's hands and wrists as they hold hands outdoors, with a dark tattoo visible on a forearm.
Swallow and star tattoos on joined hands
Black and grey drawing of an ornate hamsa hand with a detailed eye at its centre, set on a textured beige background, shown as a tattoo design.
Hamsa hand with eye design
Fine line black ink tattoo of two hands holding a cat's cradle string, with the words NO DAMN CAT above and NO DAMN CRADLE below, on the outer thigh.
Cat's cradle hands with lettering on a thigh
Fine line tattoo of two hands, one reaching down from above and one palm up below, on the upper arm.
Two outlined hands reaching on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an owl with spread wings on the centre of a torso, with hands resting on the sides of the chest.
Owl with spread wings on the chest
Two hands held together, each with a black outlined half-heart tattoo, one reading BEST and the other FRIENDS, in a simple lettering style on the hand.
Matching best friends half-heart tattoos on hands
Black and white photo of a thin single line tattoo running from the wrist up the inside of a forearm, in a fine line style.
Single fine line along a forearm
Realistic colour tattoo of a tabby cat's head above a wreath of red, pink and blue flowers on the inner wrist of a hand held up beside a real tabby cat.
Tabby cat portrait with roses on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a woman's shoulder and upper chest showing a script lettering tattoo near the collarbone, with her hand resting on her chest.
Script tattoo on a shoulder, black and white
Black and grey script lettering spelling a word across the back of a hand, with a shaded bow and diamond above it and a crown at the wrist.
Script lettering and bow on the back of a hand
Small fine line outline heart tattoo in black ink on the hand between two interlaced fingers, placed on the hand.
Small outline heart on a hand
Two matching shaded tattoos of the ILY sign language hand with a white heart in the palm, placed on the inner wrists.
Matching ILY hand tattoos with a heart
Black and grey blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a castle held in two hands, with a crescent moon, stars and a hand above.
Castle, crescent moon and hands on upper arm
Black and grey photograph of two matching fine line script tattoos reading take care on the inner forearms, with the two people holding hands.
Matching take care script on forearms
Partly visible dark tattoo on the forearm near the wrist of a person lying on a white bed in ripped white jeans and a knit jumper.
Forearm tattoo beside white ripped jeans
Black and white line drawing of a collage with a pocket watch, teapot, key, keyhole and playing cards, shown as a tattoo design sketch.
Pocket watch and playing card collage
Black and grey cartoon tattoos of a smiley face and a balaclava-style masked face on two fingers of a hand, held up in front of an orange wall.
Smiley and masked face tattoos on fingers
Fine line drawing of a hand making the horns gesture above a purple banner reading I DON'T CARE, shown as a tattoo design.
Horns hand gesture with banner
Two small fine line snowflake tattoos in pale ink on the inner wrist of a raised hand with black nail polish.
Two small snowflakes on the wrist
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a hand holding a lavender sprig, placed on the inner forearm.
Hand holding a lavender sprig on a forearm
Two hands with small fine-line black infinity symbol tattoos on their ring fingers, set against white orchids.
Matching infinity symbols on two ring fingers
Two hands with the word promise in black script tattooed along the side of a finger, with one finger raised in front.
Promise script tattoos on two fingers
Two sketch-style portrait tattoos of faces on a person's thighs, one in grey and blue ink and the other with orange-brown wash, viewed from the waist down.
Sketch-style portrait tattoos on both thighs
Black and grey flash sheet of Addams Family themed designs, including a kissing couple in a heart, a young woman's face, a candelabra, a vintage car and a spider web.
Addams Family flash sheet in black and grey
Black and white photo of two people holding hands, each with a small fine line heart tattoo on the wrist or forearm, with script lettering on an upper arm.
Matching small heart tattoos on held hands
Black typewriter-style lettering reading life in every word across the upper back, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Life in every word lettering across upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a face in profile with two outlined hands and a small red rose on the inner wrist.
Profile face and rose on a wrist
Two overlapping hands show black and grey chain link tattoos on fingers, one on the top hand and one on the lower hand, in a close-up on a patterned background.
Chain link tattoos on two fingers
Several tattooed arms and hands wrapped together, showing a black and grey figure on a forearm, a compass design on an upper arm and small lettering on the fingers.
Intertwined tattooed arms and hands
Black line drawing of two facing profiles, one a horned figure and one a woman with her hair up, leaning towards a red rose, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Two profiles leaning towards a red rose
Close-up of a black mandala design covering the back of a hand, worn with several silver rings and green-grey nails, on a cream fur background.
Black mandala design on the back of a hand
Black and grey realistic eye tattoo on the back of a hand, with the fingers shaded solid black and skull-like details on the middle fingers.
Realistic eye tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head covering the back of a hand, with the mane extending towards the wrist and pale pink nails and gold rings visible.
Realistic lion portrait on the back of a hand
Black and grey realistic tattoo of an open pocket watch held in a hand, with Roman numerals and visible gears, on an upper arm.
Pocket watch held in a hand
Two clasped hands show matching double line band tattoos in dark blue ink on the ring fingers, with a music note tattoo visible on the arm.
Double line bands on ring fingers
Fine line tattoo of two hands clasping on the inner wrist, drawn in thin black single-line linework.
Two hands clasped in fine line on a wrist