Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Four-panel collage of small tattoos on wrists and ankles, including black fine line hearts, a black hash symbol pair, and a colour design of two hands in front of an orange sun on a forearm.
Small wrist and ankle tattoos in a collage
Black and white photo of a raised arm with a road map tattoo across the forearm and hand, set against a dark background.
Road map tattoo on a raised forearm
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
Two small matching elephant tattoos on the inner wrists of two hands clasped together, one solid black and one in black fine line outline.
Matching elephant tattoos on two wrists
Black ink handwritten-style quotation tattooed across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, with her hand resting on her shoulder.
Handwritten quote tattoo across a upper back
Black and grey geometric symbol tattoo with a diamond and cross-like motif on the middle finger of a hand, photographed in black and white.
Geometric symbol tattoo on a middle finger
Realistic tattoo of a purple crayon on a forearm, with a real purple Crayola crayon held against it.
Purple crayon tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand making the ILY sign, placed on the ankle of a bare foot.
Sign language hand on an ankle
Pencil line drawing of a hamsa hand tattoo design with an om symbol, an eye, flowers, a diamond and feather motifs, on pale paper.
Hamsa hand design with om and eye
Fine line black and purple tattoos of a straight razor, a comb and a thin looped line on three fingers of a hand with purple nail varnish.
Razor, comb and line tattoos on fingers
Two greyscale realism tattoos of dog faces, a pug on the left wrist and a French bulldog on the right wrist, shown with clasped hands against a white background.
Pug and bulldog portraits on wrists
Black and grey photograph of a bold tribal-style symbol tattoo on the nape of a woman's neck, with her hand resting on her shoulder.
Tribal symbol on the nape
Black and grey photo of a small script lettering tattoo reading James 1:2 on the neck, with a hand resting in hair above it.
Script "James 1:2" tattoo on the neck
Fine line black tattoo of two hands linking little fingers on the upper arm of a person wearing a grey t-shirt.
Pinky promise hands on upper arm
Two small crown tattoos on inner wrists, the left a solid black silhouette and the right a black outline, both in fine line style.
Matching small crown tattoos on wrists
Black and grey tattoo of a curled tabby cat with a hand shape over its back, placed on the side of the ribs.
Tabby cat tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with an eye and heart at the centre, placed on a woman's ribs beside a grey tank top.
Hamsa hand tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a lower leg showing a cat reaching up towards a ringed planet held on a chain by a hand, set within a dotted geometric panel.
Cat and planet on a calf
Black linework tattoo on the upper arm of a person showing a hatched mountain peak and pine trees resting in an outlined open hand.
Mountain and pine trees in a hand on upper arm
Black ink flash sheet of traditional-style designs including hands, daggers, a skull, a rose and a candle, drawn on white paper.
Black ink flash sheet of hands, daggers and skulls
Fine line black script lettering and a small outlined triangle tattoo on a person's forearms, with both palms held up towards the camera.
Script lettering and a triangle on both forearms
Fine line black tattoo of two overlapping triangles and a small dot on the back of a hand, which rests on an animal skull.
Overlapping triangles and dot on the hand
Black and grey pencil drawing of a woman in a cap with script lettering, a hand raised to her mouth and a rosary, a tattoo flash design with no placement on the body.
Pencil portrait of a woman in a script-embroidered cap
Black and white photo of a hand resting on fabric, with a small fine line cross tattoo on the side of one finger.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye above a pink and purple lotus, with black linework, on a forearm.
Hamsa hand and lotus on a forearm
Traditional tattoo on the inner upper arm showing a red rose, a hand holding an envelope marked R.I.P. and a skull on the wrist.
Rose, hand and envelope on upper arm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a skeletal hand raising its middle finger, placed on the upper arm of a person in a black top.
Skeleton hand middle finger on upper arm
Two forearms with matching black geometric bands of zigzags and triangles, shaded with dotwork, in a sepia photo of two people holding hands.
Matching geometric forearm bands on two people
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a woman with a blunt fringe, one hand raised to her mouth, on the shoulder and upper arm, with a red rose partly visible at the edge.
Bob-fringed woman with hand at mouth on shoulder
Black and grey Claddagh tattoo of two hands holding a crowned heart, flanked by swirling scrollwork across the top of a foot.
Claddagh and scrollwork on a foot
Black and grey ship tattoo with flowing script on the upper thigh, with a hand with glitter ombre nails resting beside it.
Ship and script tattoo on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cherub above a skull merged with a woman's face, with hands holding a rosary, on a limb.
Cherub, skull and rosary realism tattoo on a limb
Black script tattoo reading onward on the inner forearm, with silver rings and bracelets and a city view behind the hand.
Onward script tattoo on the forearm
Close-up of a hand with a small black swoosh tattoo on one finger and tiny dot clusters on the other fingers, in a minimal dotwork style.
Small swoosh and dot tattoos on fingers
Large realism tattoo across a bare back showing a woman in profile with a hand near her mouth, surrounded by handwritten script and red-tinged drips.
Woman portrait with script on back
Two hands held together showing small red tattoos of a K with a heart and a Q with a heart on the fingers, with grey script tattoos on the other hand.
King and queen of hearts on fingers
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand making a split-finger gesture, framed by flowers and leaves, on the inner forearm.
Split-finger hand with flowers on a forearm
Close photograph of a hand with pale nails resting on hair, showing fine line script lettering in black ink along the middle finger and a small mark on the index finger.
Script lettering across two fingers
Black and grey fine line tattoos of a small flower and a key on the inner wrist and forearm, with a hand raised near the mouth and silver rings on the fingers.
Small flower and key tattoos on a wrist
Hand-drawn fine line tattoo design of a lotus flower within a dotted geometric triangle, with a pen held beside it on white paper.
Lotus flower tattoo design in fine line
Two hands held together, each showing a black geometric band tattoo of zigzag lines around a finger, placed on the Hand.
Geometric finger band tattoos on two hands
Two small black crown tattoos in a fine line style on the backs of two hands, one hand resting over the other, with pearl and chain bracelets on the wrist.
Small crown tattoos on the backs of two hands
Two hands with linked fingers showing small black fine line infinity symbol tattoos on the fingers.
Matching infinity tattoos on two fingers
Black and white photo of two people holding hands, each with a black Celtic knot tattoo on the forearm, geometric in style.
Matching Celtic knots on two forearms
Two hands showing matching solid black triangle tattoos in a row across one finger each, in a blackwork style on the hand.
Three black triangles across two fingers
Small black infinity symbol tattoo on the side of a finger on a hand with curled fingers, set against a soft blurred background.
Infinity symbol on a finger
Close view of gold and blue metallic temporary tattoos with ornamental patterns on a forearm, wrist, hand and lower leg.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on arms and hands
Fine line black crystal tattoo on the side of a finger, beside rings, a skull and a quartz cluster.
Crystal tattoo on the finger