Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey tattoo of praying hands with a rosary, a cross and two banners reading IN GODS and HANDS, on a forearm.
Praying hands and cross on a forearm
Black line drawing of a hand delicately holding a rose stem with leaves, beside a triangle containing the number 13, on a peach background.
Hand holding a rose stem with triangle 13
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a forearm showing a tarot-style card labelled LA MORT with a skull, a hand holding the card edge, and a mandala below.
La Mort tarot skull and hand on forearm
Stippled dotwork drawing of two open palms beneath a sunburst and a row of moon phases, with rosette shapes at the wrists, in black and ochre ink on cream paper.
Stippled hands with sun and moon phases
Black and grey realism tattoo on the ribs of clasped hands beside the shadow silhouette of a head in profile.
Clasped hands and shadow profile on ribs
Close-up of a black geometric mandala design on the back of a hand, with silver rings and grey matte nails.
Black mandala on the back of a hand
Two clasped hands showing black script lettering reading King and Queen, each with a small crown, tattooed on the back of the hands.
King and Queen script hand tattoos
Upper arm tattoo of an open mouth and a blue hand in a loose watercolour style with red and blue splashes.
Watercolour mouth and hand on upper arm
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each with a small black outline heart tattoo on the back of the wrist in fine line style.
Matching outline hearts on clasped hands
Two small black puzzle piece tattoos on the wrists of a couple holding hands, one wearing a dark suit and the other a white dress.
Matching puzzle piece wrist tattoos
Pencil and dotwork drawing of a hamsa hand with the face of Ganesha and ornate mandala patterns, a design suitable as a tattoo.
Hamsa hand with Ganesha design
Traditional tattoo on the upper arm of a heart-shaped frame holding a moth, a flower, a snake and a hand gripping a small heart, outlined in black with orange-red accents.
Heart, moth and hand on upper arm
Gamago Fingerstache temporary moustache tattoo on a finger, shown in its clear blister pack beside a card of black moustache designs.
Temporary moustache tattoos in Gamago packaging
Two hands resting together, each showing the same small black fine line Roman numeral tattoo across a finger.
Matching Roman numeral finger tattoos on two hands
Two matching fine line tattoos of hands linking little fingers, one on each upper arm, shown with the arms pressed together.
Matching pinky promise hands on two upper arms
Tattooed forearm and hand holding a rolled joint over scattered hundred dollar bills, with bold red and black traditional-style linework and dark lettering across the hand.
Tattooed hand holding a rolled joint over banknotes
Two hands resting on a stone, with small black dot tattoos on the fingers and several rings, in a dotwork style on the hand.
Small dot tattoos on fingers
Black outline tattoo of cartoon gloved hands forming a red heart, on the top of a foot above black platform heels.
Cartoon gloved hands forming a red heart on foot
Black ink infinity symbol on a finger and ornate tattoos across the back of a hand and wrist, shown in a mirror selfie where a patterned phone case covers the face.
Infinity symbol and hand tattoos in a mirror selfie
Two clasped hands rest on sand, each wrist bearing a matching black script tattoo reading S'il plaît à Dieu.
Matching French script wrist tattoos
Close-up of a fine-line gold chevron tattoo on the back of a hand, worn beside stacked metallic bracelets on the wrist.
Gold chevron tattoo on the back of a hand
Close photo of a red heart in an ornate blue-and-gold frame on the forearm, traditional style, with a shaved scalloped design on the back of a head beside it.
Red heart in ornate frame on a forearm
Two hands with black lettering tattooed across the fingers, including a spiral letter form, worn with coffin-shaped rings and long pale nails.
Finger lettering and spiral tattoos on two hands
Two colour tattoos of blue tits perched on the inner wrists of a pair of hands with white nail polish, in a realistic style.
Two blue tit tattoos on wrists
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a hand releasing falling grains above a pocket watch, on the inside of a forearm.
Realistic hand and pocket watch on a forearm
Small black anchor tattoo on the side of a finger, resting on a wooden table, with a colourful tattooed forearm visible beside it.
Small anchor tattoo on a finger
Close-up of a hand with a brown henna peacock feather design across the back of the hand and fingers, beside a real peacock feather.
Peacock feather henna design on a hand
Black and grey tattoo of a dismembered humanoid figure with drips of ink, running across the ribs of a bare torso.
Dismembered figure on the ribs
Black fine line tattoo of chevron lines radiating from a central line across the back of a hand and onto the wrist, in a geometric style.
Chevron line tattoo across the back of a hand
Hands hold open a spiral notebook showing a colourful feather design in teal, pink and purple that breaks apart into small flying birds.
Feather dissolving into birds sketch
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands, each with a small black anchor tattoo on the side of a finger.
Matching anchor tattoos on two fingers
Close view of a hand with a small black linework tattoo on the side of one finger, resting on a black book beside a rose gold digital watch.
Small finger tattoo beside a watch and book
Black and white photo from behind of a person with hands raised to the head, showing a lotus design at the nape of the neck in a botanical style.
Lotus design on the nape of the neck
Fine line black and grey tattoo of an OK hand gesture on the inner wrist, beside a second hand making the same sign with red nails.
OK hand gesture tattoo on the wrist
Two crossed wrists held together, one with a small solid black downward triangle and the other with a small outline triangle, in a minimal geometric style.
Two small triangles on inner wrists
Fine line black and grey feather tattoo on the side of a woman's neck, with her hand resting in her hair.
Small feather tattoo on the neck
Black tally marks in simple strokes on a forearm, with another person's hand holding the wrist.
Tally marks on a forearm
Fine line black triple moon tattoo on the inner wrist, shown with a hand holding a dark stone and crystals in the background.
Triple moon tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of three small solid black star tattoos on the inner wrist, with the hand raised and dark nail polish.
Three small stars on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of praying hands wrapped in a scroll banner reading Lord forgive me for my past wrongs and future sins, on the upper arm.
Praying hands with banner on upper arm
Black and white photo of two hands clasped together, with a small fine line outlined heart with a keyhole on one finger and a tiny key tattoo on the other hand.
Small heart and key tattoos on two hands
Black script tattoo reading Today is a gift on the upper back of a person with short dark hair, in a Lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a smiling man with swept-back hair and the words The King in script, on the upper thigh.
Black and grey portrait with script on thigh
Black lettering reading accio adventure in a serif typeface runs along the inner forearm of a hand resting on a map of India.
Accio adventure lettering on a wrist over a map
Two hands with fingers interlocked show matching small black abstract symbol tattoos on the inner wrists, against a wooden panel wall.
Matching abstract symbol wrist tattoos
Flash drawing of two grey stylised hands gripping knitting needles, with pink yarn and a yarn ball above a lotus and leaves, a botanical design for a tattoo.
Hands with knitting needles and yarn over a lotus
Colour neo-trad style tattoo on a woman's upper back showing a shaded red apple held by black-and-grey hands, with orange sunburst rays and abstract stripes behind it.
Apple held in hands over a sunburst on the back
Two hands with black glitter nails and silver rings show black ink finger tattoos of an eye and a crescent moon, and a mandala-style tattoo on the forearm.
Finger tattoos and mandala forearm