Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink hamsa hand tattoo with ornate patterned detail, placed centrally on a woman's upper back while her arms are raised.
Hamsa hand on upper back
Black and white photograph of clasped hands, with a musical staff and notes tattooed across the back of one hand.
Musical staff tattoo on the hand
Black cat silhouette tattoo with the words Cat love on a wrist, with a second sheet of cat designs below.
Black cat silhouettes on a wrist
Black and grey blackwork tattoos on a woman's upper back, showing a solid black triangle with a crescent above and a winged design on the right shoulder blade.
Triangle and wings across a woman's upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two skeleton hands reaching towards each other above the sternum, with a wishbone shape between them.
Skeleton hands framing a wishbone on the chest
Black ink tattoos on an arm in a traditional style, showing a hooded skull, crossbones, an eye and the words BYE BYE, with a spiral tattoo on the hand.
Skull, crossbones and BYE BYE on an arm
Black and grey fine line tattoos on an upper arm: a shaded polyhedron with animals and lettering, a diagram of hands on axes, and an engraved multi-tool below.
Polyhedron, hands diagram and pocket knife on upper arm
Close view of a small black lettering tattoo of capital letters and numerals on the back of a hand, resting on an open Bible.
Small letter block tattoo on the back of a hand
Traditional style colour tattoo of two hands clasping a red heart with a dotted outline and yellow flowers with green leaves, on the upper arm.
Hands holding a heart with yellow flowers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a creature with ridged scales and two gripping hands tearing through skin across the centre of the back.
Creature tearing through skin on back
Circular flash design of two clasped hands and two small hearts inside a red and cream ring of lettering, on a dark navy background.
Clasped hands in a circular lettering ring
Black and grey script tattoo on a forearm, beside a tabby cat and a white mug reading Proceed as if success is inevitable.
Script tattoo on forearm with cat and mug
Two hands with black script initial tattoos on the fingers, each finger wrapped in a green striped band, shown in a lettering style on the hand.
Script initial finger bands on two hands
Traditional flash design of a red-crested songbird perched on an outstretched hand with a teal rose, a heart pendant and red nails.
Songbird perched on a hand
Two small black and grey tattoos, an acorn on the left wrist and a squirrel on the right wrist, shown with palms up against grass.
Acorn and squirrel on the wrists
Small black typewriter-style text reading no retreat no regrets on a forearm, with a hand holding a Starbucks cup beside it.
No retreat no regrets on a forearm
Hand raised against a black and gold botanical wallpaper, with a small gold metallic rose tattoo in a botanical style on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Gold rose temporary tattoo on a wrist
Black script tattoo reading Traveler on the back of a person's neck, with their hair pulled up and hands in their hair.
Traveler script on the back of the neck
Two dark-skinned hands pressed flat against a pale wall, showing black blackwork bands on the fingers and an abstract linework tattoo across the back of one hand.
Hands with black finger bands and linework
Sheet of metallic gold and silver temporary tattoo designs showing two hamsa hands, turquoise accents, a small eye motif and vertical chain strips.
Metallic hamsa hand and chain temporary tattoo sheet
Black and grey flash sheet showing a Celtic cross with interlaced knotwork beside a Claddagh design with a crown, heart and hands, labelled with their names.
Celtic cross and Claddagh flash designs
Black and grey tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers, outlined in bold black line with stippled shading, on the forearm.
Crossed fingers gesture on a forearm
Hand resting beside a feather-and-mandala drawing, showing a small fine line feather tattoo on a finger and a tiny crescent moon tattoo beside it.
Small feather and crescent moon finger tattoos
Two forearms raised in thumbs up, each with a navy oval badge reading it's AWESOME time in white lettering, lettering style, on the forearm.
Matching thumbs up badge tattoos on forearms
Small black hamsa hand tattoo with patterned detail on the inner wrist of a person with an open palm, against a purple and white tie-dye fabric.
Small hamsa hand on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of two hands wearing stacked silver rings, with small fine line tattoos of a crescent moon and an om symbol on the fingers.
Crescent moon and om finger tattoos in black and white
Two muddy hands cupped together around a pale object, showing green banded tattoos with dot details on both wrists.
Green banded wrist tattoos on muddy hands
Black and grey line drawing of praying hands with the number 6 above them on a white background.
Praying hands with the number 6
Several hands meet in the centre of the frame, showing black ink sun, yin yang, spiral and cross designs on the hands, wrists and forearms.
Hands with sun and yin yang designs
Fine line tattoo on the back of a hand showing a woman's face with red lips, hands holding strings above two black silhouette figures on the fingers, with an eight ball at the wrist.
Woman's face and marionette hands on the back of a hand
Pencil sketch of two hands meeting to form a heart shape on white paper, with a black pen lying beside it.
Pencil sketch of two hands forming a heart
Close photo of a small fine line black lotus tattoo on a finger of a hand with grey nails, in front of white and yellow chrysanthemums.
Fine line lotus tattoo on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of two hands forming a heart above a chain, placed on the side of the ribs.
Hands forming a heart over a chain on ribs
Two people show matching fine line tattoos of hands with linked little fingers on their inner forearms.
Matching linked-finger hand tattoos on forearms
Black and white photo of two hands held together, each wrist showing a small black Roman numeral tattoo in a serif lettering style on the forearm.
Roman numeral tattoos on two wrists
Two small black fine line anchor tattoos on the fingers of two hands linked together, one on each hand.
Matching anchor tattoos on fingers
Black ornamental mandala tattoo covering the forearm and back of the hand of a woman in a bikini, with small lettering tattoos on her side.
Mandala tattoo on forearm and hand
Close view of a tattooed forearm and hand resting on a gold guitar, with a traditional style skull and rose design on the forearm and small lettering on the knuckles.
Tattooed forearm and hand on a guitar
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a skull on a card labelled LA MORT, held by a hand above a geometric mandala, in a dotwork style.
Skull and hand tarot card on a forearm
Traditional-style flash design of a jewelled hand holding a lipstick, with pink roses, pearl strands, a cat cameo and the script words Femme Fatale, on a teal background.
Femme Fatale hand with roses and pearls
Black ink fine line tattoo of a shaded cloud with dripping raindrops and a rope leading down to a hand holding a rose, on the upper arm.
Cloud raining over a hand holding a rose
Two open palms with black fine-line tattoos of birds, one bird spanning both hands on a dark background.
Bird tattoos across two palms
Traditional style colour tattoo of a hand holding lily of the valley sprigs and wearing a gold ring, on a lower leg.
Hand with lily of the valley on a calf
Black and white photo of two hands crossed at the wrist against a black background, with small tattoos on the knuckles and a wristwatch on one wrist.
Hands with knuckle tattoos and a wristwatch
Small black outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger in a fine line style, on a hand raised in front of a black Buddha statue.
Small heart tattoo on a finger
Pen sketch of a weeping willow rising from a cupped open hand, drawn in black ink with dense hatching, a design suited to a botanical tattoo.
Weeping willow growing from an open hand
Black and grey linework tattoo of a riveted, mechanical-looking claw with hatched shading, on the outer upper arm.
Riveted mechanical claw on upper arm
Three views of a full arm sleeve on a man's arm, with a black and grey clock face, a shaded hand, geometric linework and red splashes.
Clock and hand full arm sleeve