Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a hand with dark nails and gold rings, showing gold and black geometric tattoos with triangle and arrow motifs across the fingers and back of the hand.
Gold and black geometric hand tattoos
Black and white photo of a hand with a geometric Geometric-style tattoo of a crescent moon, hexagons and small stars across the back of the hand and finger.
Geometric star and crescent hand tattoo
Close-up of two hands with a small black spade tattoo on one finger and a small pink heart tattoo on another finger, against a dark background.
Spade and heart tattoos on fingers
Two hands resting on white sheets, each with a small black fine line crown tattoo on the back of the hand, one with a larger crown and one smaller.
Small crown tattoos on the backs of two hands
Three black ink flash drawings on cream paper showing a crystal ball with flowers, a hand with a dotted trail and an eye with flowers, beside a pen and pencil.
Three flash designs: crystal ball, hand and eye
Two fine line script tattoos on the inside of a pair of wrists, each joined to a thin line that wraps around the wrist, as two hands hold together.
Matching script wrist tattoos
Black and white drawing of two open palms wrapped by a thorned vine, shown as a tattoo design with no placement on skin.
Open hands wrapped in a thorny vine
Close view of a pale hand with four small playing card suit tattoos on the fingers: a black spade, a red heart, a black club and a red diamond.
Playing card suit tattoos on fingers
Three people's wrists side by side, each with script lettering reading Sisters with 1 of 3, 2 of 3 or 3 of 3 and a small red heart, held together in a clasp.
Matching sisters wrist tattoos, 1 to 3
Black serif lettering reading NEVER TRUST THE LIVING across the fingers of a hand resting on a marble table, with mint nail varnish.
Lettering across fingers on a hand
Black Roman numeral lettering tattoo on a forearm, beside a thin gold bracelet and a white supplement tub.
Roman numerals on a forearm
Two small black and grey fine line crown tattoos, one on each wrist, shown as the wearers hold hands.
Matching crown tattoos on wrists
Black and grey tattoo of a lace-cuffed hand gripping a dripping snake head, shown in two close-up photographs, one above a LUCKY banner.
Snake-headed hand with lace cuff
A printed paper tattoo form with black line sketches of an anchor, an infinity symbol, a dreamcatcher, a feather and a flock of birds, held in a hand.
Typical girl tattoo form with design sketches
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo on an upper arm showing a hand with a heart inside a triangle, an eye below, and a sun, moon and stars.
Hand, heart and eye in a triangle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a magpie with spread wings on the side of a torso, with a faint outline of a hand holding a pocket watch chain below.
Magpie in flight on a side torso
Black and grey crossbones tattoo on a finger, with silver skull and coffin rings worn on the same hand.
Skull and crossbones finger tattoos beside skull rings
Black and grey tattoo of a rose with script lettering across the lower abdomen, beside a hand holding a fan of dollar bills.
Rose and script tattoo on the abdomen
Black serif lettering reading LOVE is split across two wrists, with LV on one wrist and OE on the other, while two hands are clasped together.
LOVE lettering split across two wrists
Dark grey stylised letter tattoo on the outer forearm of a hand with yellow stiletto nails reaching into a monogram tote full of banknotes.
Stylised letter tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey rose tattoo on the forearm running onto the back of the hand, with a geometric mandala design in fine linework and dark leaves.
Rose and geometric mandala on the hand
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo in flight on the back of a hand, with bold outlines and simple shading.
Swallow tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of stylised hands around a star-shaped flower on an elbow, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Stylised hands and flower on elbow
Black and white photo of two hands held out palms down, with knuckle lettering, a skull and banner, a spider web and a broken heart tattooed on the hands and forearms.
Knuckle lettering and skull banner on both hands
Close photo of a small fine line black geometric heart and triangle tattoo on the side of a finger, with silver skull rings nearby.
Geometric heart tattoo on a finger
Two hands form a heart around crossed rolled cigarettes, with a black lettering tattoo reading DON'T PANIC across the fingers of one hand.
Heart hands with DON'T PANIC finger tattoo
Two wrists held together, each with a small black infinity symbol tattoo, with teal and pink glitter nail polish on the fingers.
Matching infinity symbol tattoos on wrists
Black ink eye surrounded by a radiating sunburst on the back of a hand, with dot pattern tattoos on the wrist, resting on an open book.
Eye and sunburst on the back of a hand
Large neo-traditional colour tattoo on a side of the torso showing a wolf head, a hand holding a ring, bats and a red-haired figure in an ornate frame.
Large colour piece with wolf, hand and birdcage
Hands holding a white mug, with a red and black traditional ship's wheel tattoo on the back of one hand and small anchor, arrow and Roman numeral tattoos on the fingers.
Ship's wheel and small symbols on hands
Fine line drawing of two open hands reaching towards each other in black ink on a white background, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Two open hands in fine line
Pink rose tattoo inside a geometric diamond outline on the inner forearm, with red rose petals and a red rose held in the hand behind it.
Pink rose inside a geometric diamond on a forearm
Black and grey tattoo of an ornate key with a textured bow and a hand gripping it, running from the shoulder down the upper arm.
Ornate key tattoo on upper arm
Two wrists raised against sand, each with a gold foil script word, 'the maids' on the left and 'bride' on the right, with small hearts beside them.
Gold foil 'bride' and 'the maids' wrist tattoos
Two small fine line black yin yang tattoos, one on each of two people's forearms, with their hands clasped.
Matching yin yang tattoos on two forearms
Two hands pressed together with black script lettering reading Inhale love on one and Exhale hate on the other, placed on the backs of the fingers and hands against a dark background.
Inhale love and exhale hate hand tattoos
Black tribal flash design with cherry blossoms, waves and a central medallion, in a bold blackwork style with no body part shown.
Tribal and cherry blossom sleeve design
Close-up of a hand with red nails and a line of gold dotwork across the fingers and back of the hand, with metallic wave bands on the wrist.
Gold dot and metallic wave designs on a hand
Small black outline tattoo of a claddagh, two hands holding a crowned heart, on the upper back near the neck.
Claddagh on upper back
Small black fine line tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other on the upper arm, worn by a person in a grey t-shirt.
Two hands in fine line on upper arm
Two people holding hands, each with a small black flock of birds tattooed on the inner forearm, one person wearing a camera strap.
Matching bird flock tattoos on forearms
Traditional style colour tattoo of two clasped hands inside a red heart with a beaded border, on a forearm.
Clasped hands in a beaded heart on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two hands holding taut crossing string, placed on the forearm.
Two hands and string on a forearm
Realistic red and grey skull tattoo across the back of a hand, with smoky swirls on the forearm and small symbols on the fingers.
Realistic skull on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of a small fine line tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other on the inner forearm.
Two reaching hands on a forearm
Close-up of a hand and forearm with the words IGNORE ALL PROBLEMS in brown block lettering on the inner forearm, against a white background.
Ignore all problems slogan on a forearm
Traditional tattoo with dotwork shaded hand reaching upward beside a dagger, a small flower and a bird, on the arm near the elbow.
Stippled hand with dagger and bird
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lanky figure with wild hair inside a glass snow globe, on the calf.
Snow globe with a lanky figure on a calf