Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Two matching black fine line compass and arrow tattoos with dotted rings sit on the back of two hands held together.
Matching compass and arrow tattoos on two hands
Small black lettering reading me with a trademark symbol on the inner wrist of a raised open hand against a plain light background.
Small me lettering on the inner wrist
Colourful traditional-style tattoos cover a thigh and forearm as two people lie on a bed holding hands.
Two people holding hands with tattooed legs
Two matching colour traditional tattoos on forearms, each showing a hand holding a lighter or a joint, with a cannabis leaf, a pink flower and a banner reading BEST or BUDS.
Matching traditional forearm tattoos, lighter and joint
Fine line black lettering of a quote arranged in a circle around an ankle, with two hands holding the foot against a wooden floor.
Circular quote tattoo around an ankle
Black and grey tattoo covering a forearm, beside a bunch of keys on a chain and a gold-toned chain bracelet on the wrist.
Tattooed forearm with keys and chain bracelet
Black and grey realism rose with cursive script lettering on the side of a torso, held beside a fan of banknotes.
Black and grey rose and script on ribs
Two matching fine line tattoos reading soulsister with an arrow, one on a forearm and one on a wrist, shown as two hands are held together.
Matching soulsister arrow tattoos on two wrists
Black and grey dotwork flash design of a woman with flowing hair, a starfish, bubbles and a skull on her cheek, drawn in ink on textured paper.
Woman with starfish and skull, dotwork design
Black and white photo of a man's hands with blackletter-style lettering tattooed across the fingers and back of the hands, in black ink.
Black lettering tattoos across fingers and hands
Traditional colour tattoo of a teal and pink umbrella held by a hand above an orange sun, with an In Omnia Paratus banner below, on a limb.
Umbrella over a sun with motto banner
Traditional style tattoo of a hand forming an OK sign, wrapped in a grey cuff with red peonies and leaves, on the inner forearm.
Hand making an OK sign with red flowers on a forearm
Close view of a hand with red nails showing a small black fine line cross tattoo on one finger and a black semicolon tattoo on the adjacent finger, against a white background.
Cross and semicolon tattoos on fingers
Black ink flash design reading One for the road, surrounded by feathers, a kookaburra, a moon, a sun, wattle, a fish, a bottle, an eye and animal skulls, drawn in fine line with stippled shading.
One for the road tattoo flash design
Pencil flash design of a woman with peony flowers, a crescent moon on her brow and a hand holding a red heart, in a neo-traditional style.
Woman with peonies and crescent moon design
Two matching fine line geometric tattoos of circles and vertical lines sit on the inner forearms of two people holding hands.
Matching geometric line tattoos on forearms
Two black script tattoos on the inside of the wrists, one reading El-Shaddai and the other Adonai, with two hands clasped together above them.
Matching wrist script tattoos reading El-Shaddai and Adonai
Black and grey dotwork hamsa hand with a lotus and an eye at its centre, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Hamsa hand and lotus with eye on thigh
Forearm covered in fine line doodles, including a coffee cup, paper plane and pocket watch, next to a wrist tattoo of a spade and heart, with two hands clasped.
Doodle tattoos on a forearm with clasped hands
Small solid black quotation mark tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand holding a pen, shown in a black and white photo.
Small quotation marks on the inner wrist
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing two crossed-finger hands and red roses within a gold-edged oval, with the words 'All the best lies they are told with fingers crossed' beneath.
Crossed fingers and roses on a calf
Black and white photo of two clasped hands with a small fine line planet tattoo on one finger and a rocket tattoo on another.
Planet and rocket finger tattoos
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a thigh, showing a peony, daisies, fern leaves, a stylised hand and a banner reading I long for you to hold me in your arms.
Peony and hand banner tattoo on thigh
Fine line black tattoo of two gloved cartoon hands forming a heart on the hand, with a castle blurred in the background.
Mickey-style hands heart tattoo on a hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands with solid black shadow shapes behind them, on the side of the torso.
Dotwork hands with black shadow on side
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands with red roses, green leaves and a dagger on a person's lower abdomen, above a grey waistband.
Handshake with roses and a dagger on the stomach
Fine line black tattoo of two outlined hands, one reaching up and one below holding its wrist, on the calf above a black sock and brown boot.
Two outlined hands on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of fanned banknotes held in a hand, with green script lettering reading Get Money, on an upper arm.
Fanned banknotes and Get Money script on an arm
Hand with reddish-brown henna-style leaf and striped band designs on several fingers, a black tassel bracelet on the wrist and black line motifs on the nails.
Leaf and stripe bands across fingers
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, reading comrade, with hands wearing silver rings and yellow nail polish.
Script word tattoo on the inner wrist
Two realistic black and grey full moon tattoos on the inner wrists of raised hands against a plain white background.
Twin moon tattoos on the wrists
Three people hold hands with matching fine line symbol tattoos on their wrists.
Matching symbol tattoos on three wrists
Black and red mandala tattoo on the back of a hand, with a tabby cat resting its chin on the hand beside it.
Mandala tattoo on a hand holding a tabby cat
Black ink dotwork drawing of a jackal-headed Anubis figure with an ankh on a forearm-like shape, set among geometric lines and sun motifs.
Anubis head and ankh dotwork design
Dark brown henna-style ornamental design across the back of a hand, wrist and fingers, with a dangling chain motif and dotted linework.
Henna-style hand and finger design
Illustrated tattoo on the upper thigh of a woman in a patterned headscarf, resting her chin on her hand beside a rocking horse and a pram wheel, with a green wash and red accent.
Woman with rocking horse on a thigh
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a forearm and an ornamental floral sleeve on the other arm, with small finger tattoos, resting on white bedsheets.
Mandala and floral sleeve on forearm and hand
Two small fine line black tattoos of linked heart shapes on the wrists of two hands held together in a black and white photo.
Matching wrist tattoos on two held hands
Black and white line drawing of four hands, two views each, showing geometric and spiral tattoo designs across the back of the hand and the wrist.
Marquesan hand and wrist tattoo designs
Black ink line drawing of a pair of lips showing teeth, with GRRL POWER written across the lower lip above a clenched fist, in a hand-drawn style.
Lips and fist with GRRL POWER text
Two hands held together over grass, each showing a small purple flower tattoo on a finger, in a simple botanical style.
Matching small flower tattoos on two hands
Small black crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a dark blue background.
Small crescent moon on the wrist
Back of a person with a black and grey traditional style tattoo of roses, clasped hands holding a scroll that reads Everything we left unsaid, and a small coloured rose at the left shoulder, placed
Roses and clasped hands with script across upper back
Fine line black outline of two nested triangles on the upper arm of a woman resting her arm on a railing, with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Outlined triangles on upper arm
Three people hold their palms up to show matching All My Love script tattoos on their inner wrists, in black ink with the middle one faded.
Matching All My Love script on three wrists
Traditional-style tattoo on an arm of a hand holding an hourglass, with a yellow rose, green leaves, seed pods and a red background.
Hand holding hourglass with yellow rose
Both forearms with colourful traditional tattoos of yellow and blue roses, swallows, stars and Chinese characters, with palms held open toward the camera.
Traditional rose and swallow sleeve on both arms
Black mandala tattoo on the back of a hand, beside faded LOVE script on the wrist and fingers, shown in four photographs.
Mandala on the back of a hand