Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Colour rose and grey linework hand tattoo on a person's lower left leg, with legs resting on a car dashboard and a camera in the lap.
Rose and hand tattoo on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of two small stick figures holding hands on the side of a ribcage, with a red berry-patterned top in the background.
Two stick figures holding hands on ribs
Black linework tattoo of a bald cartoon head with a skeptical expression and the word BULLSHIT above it, with red and yellow accents on a limb, placed on the body as seen in the photo.
Cartoon head with BULLSHIT lettering
Neo-traditional colour tattoo on the thigh showing a hand holding paintbrushes and pencils, framed by pink flowers and green leaves.
Hand holding paintbrushes and pencils on thigh
Two small black fine line tattoos, an X and an O, placed on the wrists of two raised arms in black sleeves.
XO tattoos on both wrists
Colour tattoo of Sally and Jack Skellington's split face on a calf, drawn in a bold outlined cartoon style.
Sally and Jack split face on a calf
Black ink stag head with antlers above interlocking geometric triangles on the back of a hand, in a blackwork style.
Stag and geometric triangles on the hand
Black ink drawing of a heart outline enclosing two handprints, each with a small heart in the palm, on a white background.
Heart outline with two handprints
Four small black fine line arrows tattooed in a row on the inner wrist of a hand with black painted nails, shown in black and white.
Four arrows on an inner wrist
Colour tattoo on a person's upper back showing two skull-faced portraits, a raised hand and red and blue geometric blocks, with a small hummingbird tattoo to the left.
Skull portraits and hummingbird on upper back
Two hands holding a small branch, with a tiny black fine line tattoo on each wrist, one a short curved stroke and the other a Y-like shape.
Small fine line marks on two wrists
Black line drawing of a hand gripping a tattoo machine, with roses and lotus leaves wrapped around the wrist and forearm in a traditional botanical style.
Hand holding a tattoo machine with roses
Colour realism tattoo of a woman's portrait with her hands forming a heart and the word Home beneath them, on a limb above a tiled floor.
Realism portrait of a woman with heart-shaped hands
White line drawing of a hamsa hand filled with a mandala pattern and dotwork shading on a black background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Hamsa hand with mandala design
Colour tattoo of a pink Ganesha elephant head with a gold ornate crown and a raised hand marked with an Om symbol, placed on the shoulder.
Pink Ganesha with raised hand
Two interlocked hands with small black numeral tattoos in a fine lettering style on the fingers, with silver rings worn on two fingers.
Matching numerals on two fingers
Colour traditional tattoo of a peony, pink and orange flowers and green leaves held in a hand with a red cuff, on a person's upper back.
Traditional flower bouquet held by a hand
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of a cat's head shaped like a balloon, tied by a string to a hand, on the outer thigh.
Cat balloon held by a hand on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing a skull within a tarot-style card labelled LA MORT, with a hand pinching a small object below it and a dotwork ornament at the base.
Skull tarot card and hand on forearm
Small black outline heart tattoo on a hand, in a fine line style, with a green ring on one finger and a bare torso and thigh beside it.
Small outline heart on a hand
Black and grey pencil drawing of a hamsa hand with a lotus flower and an eye at its centre, shown as a tattoo flash design on paper.
Hamsa hand with lotus and eye design
Traditional style tattoo of a hand holding a crystal ball with teal and green stars, shaded in black on the forearm.
Hand holding a crystal ball with stars
Traditional style flash design of a hand holding a bouquet of red roses, teal and yellow flowers and green leaves, with a gold tag reading for you.
Hand holding a rose and flower bouquet
Black and grey realistic boxing glove tattoo on the back of a clenched hand.
Boxing glove tattoo on the back of a hand
Two hands held together, each wrist showing a small black semicolon tattoo, with white dice bearing the same mark in the palm.
Matching semicolon wrist tattoos
Black and grey tattoo of pine tree silhouettes on a forearm that fades into dotwork stippling towards the wrist, shown in two side-by-side photographs.
Pine forest fading to dotwork on a forearm
Forearm with a dense black and grey tattoo sleeve, worn beside a black-bezel steel diver-style watch and a thin silver ring.
Black and grey sleeve beside a diver watch
Close-up of a small, fine-line cross tattoo on a woman's wrist, with pale nails and a deep red background.
Small cross tattoo on the inner wrist
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a heart-shaped planchette with a moon, a bat and the word GOOD BYE, surrounded by purple clouds and sparkles, with a hand resting on it, on the lower leg.
Planchette with bat and clouds on a calf
Two elderly hands clasped together in sepia tones, with small black crosses, star-like marks and fine lines tattooed across the knuckles, fingers and back of the hands.
Crosses and marks on elderly hands
Small black leaf sprig tattoo and two small letter-like marks on a palm holding a brass compass in front of misty mountains.
Leaf sprig tattoo on palm holding compass
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon woman with curly blonde hair, a hand cupped to her mouth, above three candy heart shapes with lettering, on skin.
Cartoon woman and candy hearts on skin
Dark blue-black paisley motifs on three fingers and a scalloped lace-style band across the back of a hand, with pink and turquoise nail polish.
Paisley and lace design on a hand
Black marker silhouette of a figure with a chain across the shoulder, reaching out to a small outlined star beside an outlined starburst, drawn as a tattoo design on plain white paper.
Silhouette figure with chain and star
Two hands held together, each with a fine line black heartbeat tattoo on a finger, one with a small heart inside the line.
Heartbeat line tattoos on two fingers
Close-up of a small black fine line cat face tattoo on the middle finger of a hand, with silver rings on the neighbouring fingers.
Small cat face tattoo on a finger
Two drawn hands showing a lotus and crescent moon design on one palm and a botanical stem and diamond eye design on the other, in black line with a warm peach wash.
Hands with lotus and botanical designs
Fine line drawing of a hand mid finger snap with the words SNAP OUT OF IT across the fingers, shown as a flash design for a hand tattoo.
Snap out of it hand design
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a face with dark eyes and cracked skin texture across the back of a hand, shown in Realism style on the hand.
Realistic face tattoo on the back of a hand
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands with cuffs and a red rose with dark spiked leaves on a forearm.
Clasped hands and rose on a forearm
Black cursive script tattoo reading la dolce vita across the back of a hand, in a lettering style.
La dolce vita script on the back of a hand
Woman with a raised hand showing a black and grey realism skeleton hand tattoo that runs from the fingers down onto the forearm.
Skeleton hand tattoo running onto the forearm
Two crossed hands and forearms on sand with gold and blue metallic temporary tattoos of mandalas and feathers on the hands and wrists.
Metallic mandala and feather designs on crossed hands
Black and white hamsa hand design with a central eye, stars and crescent motifs, shown as a flat drawing with no body placement.
Hamsa hand with eye design
Two matching traditional tattoos of hands linking little fingers in front of an orange sun, one on each person's upper arm near the elbow.
Matching pinky promise hands over an orange sun
Black and white photograph of two interlocked hands with small black script lettering tattooed on the fingers.
Small script words on interlocked fingers
Black fine line cursive lettering reading ad infinitum on the side ribs, with a hand holding a red fabric above it.
Ad infinitum script on the side ribs
Two clasped hands showing black wristbands and a black bird silhouette on a forearm, with a colourful sleeve tattoo on a third arm.
Black bands and bird silhouettes on forearms