Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Two small black outline diamond tattoos, one on the back of each hand, in a fine line style.
Matching diamond tattoos on two hands
Two small black line smiley faces tattooed on adjacent fingers, joined by thin stick arms, shown on the hands.
Smiley face tattoos on two fingers
A small black anchor drawn in eyeliner on the back of a hand, shown in a collage with the pen, powder and other supplies used to make it.
Anchor drawn in eyeliner on a hand
Black fine line tattoo of three open books labelled Fig 1, Fig 2 and Fig 3, stacked across the inner wrist and forearm.
Three open books on a wrist
Black ink pen sketch of a woman with long flowing hair, large flowers and a flower with an eye at its centre, drawn on a spiral notebook page.
Woman with flowing hair and flowers
Close photo of a small black fine line cross tattooed on the side of a finger, with the hand curled into a loop and pale nails visible.
Small black cross tattoo on a finger
Gold botanical leaf design across the back of a hand, with a gold ring and bracelets, photographed beside turquoise gift packaging.
Gold leaf design on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of a man's bare upper back with hands behind his head, showing the word artist in lowercase sans-serif lettering between the shoulder blades, in Lettering style on the Back.
Word tattoo across the upper back
Black and white photo of a bare back with a botanical tattoo of bare branches and berry clusters running from the shoulder down to the waist.
Branch tattoo across a bare back
A grid of eight black fine line tattoos of wildflowers, sprigs, a leaf, a plant pot and outlined hands, placed on ribs, upper arms and forearms.
Fine line botanical tattoos collage
Colour tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye and an arrow above, set over teal and purple watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Hamsa hand and arrow on a forearm
Hands with metallic silver and gold geometric temporary tattoos, plus a gold and turquoise geometric bird design on the thigh.
Metallic geometric bird and hand designs
Two matching fine line black tattoos of linked pinky promise hands sit on the upper arms of two people pressed together.
Matching pinky promise hands on two upper arms
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand holding a reflective sphere that mirrors a room with a seated skeleton in a suit.
Hand holding a reflective sphere on upper arm
Gold metallic ornamental tattoo across the back of a hand and wrist, with a small peacock feather design on a second hand below.
Gold metallic ornamental tattoo on a hand
Traditional style tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and a gold beaded chain ending in a fleur-de-lis pendant, across the back of a hand.
Red rose and beaded chain on the hand
Two hands held together showing a small fine line black ink acorn tattoo on one wrist and a squirrel tattoo on the other.
Acorn and squirrel wrist tattoos
Black ink and pencil shaded flash drawing of a hamsa hand with a lotus flower at its base, in a botanical neo-traditional style.
Hamsa hand with lotus flash
Close-up of a hand held over a sunburst electric guitar, showing a small solid black guitar silhouette tattoo on the back of the hand.
Electric guitar silhouette on the hand
Traditional style colour tattoo of a hand making an OK sign with a skull and spider web, two red roses with green leaves, and the words Shit's a OK, on skin.
Traditional hand, rose and lettering tattoo
Black fine-line script lettering reading What would Love do? along the forearm near the wrist, with a hand and gold bracelets raised beside it.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Black line drawing of a woman with long hair and closed eyes, showing a Japanese-style sleeve of cherry blossoms, a koi-like fish and a skull on her arm.
Woman with Japanese-style sleeve and skull
Close view of a hand with dark nails showing small fine line tattoos of dots, a chevron and a horizontal line on the fingers.
Dot and line finger tattoos on a hand
Small black fine line snowflake tattoo on the middle finger of a hand resting on a plastic-wrapped surface.
Small snowflake tattoo on a finger
Two clasped hands on a pebbled beach, showing a small black outline sun tattoo on the back of one hand and a small black crescent moon tattoo on the other wrist.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos on clasped hands
Black line stencil of an ornate hamsa hand with mandala patterns and dotted border on transfer paper, with a faint pink outline behind it.
Hamsa hand stencil with mandala detail
Three people's forearms rest together, each with a small black fine line crown tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Three small crown tattoos on forearms
Red pencil tattoo design of a woman's face framed by a rose, leaves and vines, with a hand over her head, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman's face with roses and a hand
Black and white photo of two hands hooked together at the wrists, each with a fine line tattoo of birds on a wire on the forearm.
Birds on a wire on two wrists
Black ink neo-traditional design of a woman in a headscarf holding a tarot card over her mouth, with a flower and radiating dotted rays, drawn on cream paper.
Woman with tarot card and flower design
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with an updo and tear marks, holding an old telephone receiver, on a lower leg.
Black and grey portrait of a woman with a telephone
Black and grey outline tattoo of a shaded bow on the lower stomach, with a hand resting beside it and a patterned skirt below.
Bow tattoo on the lower stomach
Fine line drawing of an outstretched hand with poppy flowers, leaves, a moon and an eye motif, and the words trust the path unseen, in black ink with blue accents.
Hand with poppies and lettering
Black serif lowercase alphabet tattoo running across the ribs of a bare torso, with a hand with a ring holding the skin beside it.
Lowercase alphabet tattoo across the ribs
Blue floral tattoo with a leaf-like top and a round centre on the back of a hand, near the wrist, in a Botanical style.
Blue floral motif on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of a Buddha face with lotus flowers and a hand on the upper arm and shoulder of a person wearing a black vest top.
Buddha and lotus flowers on upper arm
Two clasped hands, each ring finger carrying a black band tattoo of angular geometric marks, with grey skulls in the background.
Matching band tattoos on two ring fingers
Fine line black Arabic script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a black background.
Small Arabic script on inner wrist
Black and grey image of two hands holding pistols, with the word VERITAS lettered across the knuckles and fingers and rosary beads wrapped around the wrists.
Veritas lettering on two hands holding pistols
Two people's shoulders in black and white, each with a small fine line outline tattoo of a hand on the upper shoulder.
Matching outline hands on two shoulders
Close-up of a hand gripping a black camera, with the word Smile in small black script lettering tattooed on a finger.
Smile lettering on a finger
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an outlined heart linked by a thin line to a small anchor on a forearm, with a tiny heart on a finger above.
Heart and anchor fine line tattoo on a forearm
Neo-traditional flash drawing of a woman's face framed by flowers, a large key and a red sun, inked in black and red on paper.
Woman with key and flowers flash design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a hand gripping a straight razor with eye motifs on the blade, on the calf.
Hand holding a straight razor with eyes
Black and grey photograph of a barcode tattoo with the word SLAVE beneath it, placed in the centre of an open palm.
Barcode and SLAVE on a palm
Black and grey illustrated tattoo of two figures, one kneeling and holding the head of the other, on the outer thigh.
Two figures on a thigh tattoo
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a hand rising from ripples with a banner reading DON'T LET ME DROWN, in black and grey linework.
Hand rising from water with banner
Black stag head with antlers above a fine line triangle motif, tattooed on the hand and wrist area in black ink.
Stag head and triangles on a hand