Hand tattoo ideas

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Realistic peacock feather tattoo in black, grey and orange with a blue-centred eye, on the side of the ribs, with a hand resting on the skin.
Peacock feather on the ribs
Traditional style tattoo of praying hands with an orange cigarette and a dark pipe, shown on the neck in shaded grey with teal accents.
Praying hands with cigarette and pipe
Black and grey realism tattoo on the ribs showing two hands clasped together, with their shadow forming a side profile of a head.
Hands casting a profile shadow on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hand holding strings attached to an anatomical heart, on the forearm.
Marionette hand and anatomical heart on a forearm
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
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
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 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
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 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
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
Black and grey realism tattoo of praying hands above cursive script lettering, on the back of a person's neck.
Praying hands and script on the back of the neck
Black and grey realism tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other across the skin of a limb.
Two reaching hands in black and grey
Realism tattoo on a ribcage with a red ribbon, a hand holding a red apple, a chess king and pawn on a checkered board, and script quote lines.
Chessboard, apple and red ribbon on the ribs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose formed from a banknote, covering the back of a fist with more banknote detail continuing up the forearm.
Banknote rose on the back of a hand
Realism tattoo of a hand making a peace sign with two pink badges reading The Beatles, on the inner forearm.
Peace sign hand with Beatles badges on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with long lashes and a small hand inside the iris, with Chinese-style characters above it, on the inner forearm.
Realistic eye with characters on a forearm
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 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 and grey realism tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other across a person's upper back.
Two reaching hands across the upper back
Realism tattoo of a skull with glowing teal eye sockets and shaded bone detail across the back of a hand.
Realistic skull with teal eye sockets on the hand
Two arms show a full sleeve tattoo of skulls, swirling forms and hands in realistic grey shading with bright pink bands, worn on the upper arm and forearm.
Full sleeve of skulls and swirls in grey and pink
Black and grey realism wolf head tattoo on the middle finger of a hand with blue nails.
Wolf head tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realistic octopus tattoo with curling tentacles across the back of a hand, shown in a close photograph.
Octopus tattoo on the back of a hand
Realism tattoo on a forearm showing a colour portrait of a woman with long curved horns, one hand resting under her chin, against a black background.
Realistic horned woman portrait on a forearm
Realism black and grey tattoo of a bass guitar across the back of a hand, with letters tattooed on the fingers.
Bass guitar tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of the Virgin Mary with a halo and roses, sitting on an upper arm.
Virgin Mary portrait with roses on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man with swept, wild hair holding a large blade, shown on a limb.
Realistic portrait of a man holding a blade
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sleeping baby cradled by hands, across the forearm.
Sleeping baby in realism on a forearm
Three photographs of a black and grey realism forearm tattoo showing a pocket watch, two roses and flowing ribbons.
Pocket watch and roses on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers on the upper arm, with part of a botanical tattoo visible below the elbow.
Crossed fingers tattoo on upper arm
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
Black and grey realism chest tattoo of a deer skull held between two raised hands and antlers, set against a misty landscape with a moon, across a man's chest.
Deer skull and antlers chest piece
Black and grey stag head tattoo with large antlers on the back of a hand, with a small letter I tattooed on a finger.
Stag head tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey realistic crown tattoo with ornate scrollwork on a person's upper back, with hands with pink nails resting on the shoulders.
Crown tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned goat-faced figure with spiral eyes, with a hunched creature with hands raised to its face below, on a lower leg.
Horned goat figure with spiral eyes on a calf
Two matching realism tattoos in black and grey on forearms, each showing a hand with a hooked pinky finger above a ribbon banner.
Matching hands with ribbon banners on forearms
Two people holding hands, each with a realistic Star Wars tattoo on the forearm: grey and blue R2-D2 on one arm and gold C-3PO on the other.
R2-D2 and C-3PO forearm tattoos
Realism portrait of a bearded man with red blood splatter and the words Don't Open and Dead Inside tattooed on a calf.
Bearded man portrait with zombie and blood splatter