Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Realistic black and grey back tattoo of a bearded older man smoking a pipe, with hands holding a tin below, covering the back.
Bearded man with pipe on full back
Black and grey dotwork calf tattoos showing a moon, crystals, a cactus, an eye in an open hand and morel mushrooms, across both legs.
Calves with moon, hand and cactus tattoos
Two hands resting on grass, each with a small black outline triangle tattoo on one finger, in a fine line geometric style.
Matching outline triangles on two fingers
Black line drawing of a hamsa hand with a lotus flower in its centre, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Hamsa hand with lotus flower design
Two hands high-fiving, showing a small black fine line crescent moon on one forearm and a small black fine line sun on the inner wrist of the other arm.
Crescent moon and sun wrist tattoos
Two people hold hands, showing full colour tattoo sleeves on their forearms and upper arms, with a dragon-style design on the woman's right arm.
Colourful tattoo sleeves on two clasped arms
Flash sheet of black henna-style floral and paisley designs drawn on outlined hands, with pricing bundles shown at the top of each section.
Henna hand design flash sheet
Small red maple leaf tattoo with a little blue detail on the inner wrist of a hand with red nail polish.
Small maple leaf on a wrist
Black dotwork elephant head with ornate mandala detailing across the back of a hand and onto the wrist.
Ganesha mandala on the back of the hand
Black and grey fine line script tattoo of a three line quote on the ribs, with a hand resting above it.
Script quote along the ribs
Small dotwork tattoo of a ring of coloured dots forming a colour wheel on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Colour wheel of dots on the wrist
Two hands pressed together, each showing a solid black puzzle piece tattoo with pink swirl linework on the hand.
Matching puzzle piece tattoos on hands
Black ink tattoo on the side of the neck showing a solid sign language hand gesture above a fine line outline of a state.
Hand sign and state outline on the neck
Black outline tattoo of two cartoon gloved hands forming a heart, placed on the wrist.
Cartoon gloved hands forming a heart on a wrist
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands with script lettering reading King and Queen, each word topped by a crown, on the hand and fingers.
King and Queen script tattoos on two hands
Several arms meet in a circle with clasped hands, and several wrists and forearms carry gold metallic script reading bride tribe.
Gold bride tribe script on wrists and forearms
Fine line rose tattoo on the back of a hand resting on the steering wheel of a vintage car, with gold rings and a bracelet visible.
Small rose tattoo on the back of a hand
Two wrists gripping a wooden bar, each with a teal lettering tattoo on the inner forearm: Breathe in on the left and Breathe out upside down on the right.
Breathe in and breathe out wrist tattoos
Fine line dotted trail with small stars and script lettering across the back of a hand, with a cartoon bee sitting on one finger.
Dotted trail and script on the hand
Fine line black tattoo of an eye within radiating rays, two outstretched hands and small stars on the back of a hand.
Eye, hands and rays on the back of a hand
Neo-traditional tattoo on a thigh of a hooded, blindfolded woman with a black raven, a hand holding rope and an orange crescent moon.
Blindfolded woman and raven on a thigh
Close view of hands holding a dark green ceramic cup, with a thin fine line double band tattoo across one middle finger.
Thin double band tattoo on a finger
White mandala and dreamcatcher design with hanging feathers on the palm of a hand, worn alongside silver rings and blue nails.
White mandala dreamcatcher on a hand
Black and white photo of two people holding hands, both with tattooed arms, showing a dragon and clouds sleeve on the right arm and a dagger design on the left forearm.
Tattooed sleeves holding hands
Small fine line outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger, on a hand with dark nails and gold rings.
Outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger
Close view of a hand with dark ornamental tattoo linework across the back and fingers, with stacked gold rings and long brown hair in the frame.
Ornamental hand tattoo with finger designs
Two clasped hands show matching black heart and scroll tattoos on the ring fingers, placed as a band around each finger.
Matching heart and scroll ring tattoos
Black and grey traditional flash sheet showing a central urn, a hand holding a dagger, a bird, an eye, a pipe, flowers, arrows and script lettering.
Black and grey flash sheet with urn and hand
Black and grey photo of a hand holding scissors through the handles, with a small black looped symbol tattooed on the side of the finger.
Small symbol tattoo on a finger
Two hands resting on a wooden table show fine line ornamental tattoos across the backs of the hands and fingers, in grey ink.
Ornamental tattoos across the backs of both hands
Black and white photo of clasped hands with small linework symbols on the fingers and a larger dark design on the back of the hand, with a steel wristwatch on the wrist.
Tattooed hands clasped over a wristwatch
Black lettering tattoo in a typewriter-style font reading history will be kind to me, running down the inner forearm near the wrist.
Typewriter quote on the inner wrist
Person in a black sweatshirt with white wing print, showing a red rose tattoo on the neck and floral tattoos on the hands.
Red rose on neck and floral hand tattoos
Fine line black script lettering tattoo across the upper back, spread over several lines of text beside the shoulder blade.
Script quote tattoo across the upper back
Two black and grey claddagh tattoos, each showing a heart held between two hands beneath a crown, on the fingers of two people's hands.
Claddagh finger tattoos in black and grey
Black and grey tattoo of a ring of old-fashioned keys with an open hand above them, on the upper thigh of a person wearing sheer tights and a black skirt.
Bunch of keys and a hand on a thigh
Small black geometric tattoo of two triangles on the inner wrist of a raised hand, set against a white faceted wall.
Small triangle pair tattoo on the inner wrist
Drawing of a skeleton hand making the rock horns gesture, outlined in black with purple, green and yellow watercolour-style washes over the bones.
Skeleton hand in rock horns gesture
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm of a woman with sugar skull face paint and flowing hair, with a rose below her.
Sugar skull woman and rose on a forearm
Black line tattoo of two outlined hands reaching towards a solid black heart on a lower limb, shown in a fine line style.
Two outlined hands with a solid heart
Black and grey realism tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other across a person's upper back.
Two reaching hands across the upper back
Black fine-line mandala tattoo on a woman's upper chest below the breast, with black lace lingerie and a lace bracelet visible.
Mandala tattoo on chest with black lace lingerie
Black and grey script lettering reading Fleur Rebelle across the ribs, with a hand with long nails resting beside it.
Fleur Rebelle script on ribs
Black tribal tattoo with koru spirals and fine patterned filler across the back of a hand, reaching towards the wrist.
Tribal koru design across the back of a hand
Black line drawing of two solid black hands reaching up out of concentric ripples, shown as a flash design on a white background.
Two hands rising from ripples
Two people holding hands, each with a small black curved stroke tattoo on the inner forearm.
Matching curved forearm marks on a couple
Black and grey photo of two hands held together, each with a solid black cartoon mouse tattoo in a Mickey and Minnie style on the hand and finger.
Matching cartoon mouse tattoos on hands
Fine line black outline of a small heart tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand holding another hand.
Small heart outline on the inner wrist