Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Coloured flash design of a brown hand holding red poppies, with a blue eye, a dotwork shaded grey orb and a red heart, in a neo-traditional style.
Poppies held in a hand with a heart
White henna style design covering the back of a hand and fingers, with scalloped borders, floral motifs and dotted lines.
White henna style design on the back of a hand
Fine line black scallop shell tattoo on the side of a finger, beside a large mint stone ring, with a hand resting on sand.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a finger
Close-up of a hand with red nails showing a small black star tattoo cluster running along one finger, placed on the hand.
Star cluster tattoo on a finger
Two hands held together showing black script reading 'til death tattooed across the top of two adjoining fingers, with a tiled wall behind.
'til death lettering on two fingers
Black and grey realism portrait of a woman with long hair, a hand raised to her head and red lips, tattooed on the outer thigh, with flowers beside her.
Portrait of a woman with flowers on a thigh
Black linework leg sleeve covering both legs from thigh to ankle, with a peony at the knee, hands in a mudra pose and ornamental patterns, on a grey bed.
Full leg sleeve with peony and hands
Black ink flash sheet of tattoo designs including a feather, antlers, mushrooms, a cleaver, an ear, an eye, a bird skull, balance scales with a brain, and a severed arm, drawn in dotwork and fine
Flash sheet of antlers, mushrooms and balance scales
Two people with arms pressed together, each showing a matching fine line tattoo of two hooked little fingers linked in a pinky promise on the upper arm.
Matching pinky promise hands on upper arms
Small fine line script tattoo on the inner wrist of a person in a sepia photo, with a silver bracelet on the same arm.
Fine line script on inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman in a winged headdress and beaded necklaces, holding a snake, on the side of a torso.
Egyptian-style woman with snake on side
Black and grey photograph of a raised hand with the words THIS SKIN + BONES IS A RENTAL in bold block lettering on the inner wrist.
Block lettering quote on an inner wrist
Forearm tattoo of a cubist-style figure playing a piano, in black, grey and orange with bold outlines, on a person wearing a black top and jeans.
Cubist pianist on a forearm
Two clasped hands show matching small black bow tattoos on the fingers, with white ribbons scattered on a wooden table behind them.
Matching bow tattoos on two fingers
Small black fine line tattoo of three swallows in flight on the inner wrist, with pastel nails and a silver bracelet.
Three swallows on a wrist
Black and white photo of a couple holding hands, showing black and grey tattoos on the man's hand and the woman's forearms, with a bouquet of roses.
Black and grey hand and arm tattoos with a rose bouquet
Line drawing in teal and pale blue of a woman with long braided hair, a hand raised near peony flowers, shaded with dotwork, on a pale pink background.
Woman with braided hair and peonies
Realism tattoo of a shaded skull merged with a clock mechanism and Roman numerals across the back of a hand, with a coloured forearm sleeve above the wrist.
Skull and clock on the back of a hand
Two raised middle fingers, each with the word Promise tattooed in black script along the finger, in a Lettering style on the Hand.
Promise tattoos on two middle fingers
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the inner forearm showing a red gloved hand with a yellow star above two banners reading Don't mess with my funky flow.
Gloved hand and banner on a forearm
Close-up of black handwritten lettering reading GRL on one finger and PWR on another, tattooed on the fingers of a hand with red nail polish.
GRL and PWR lettering on fingers
Dark blue ornamental hamsa hand tattoo on a wrist, with the hand raised against a pale bedsheet.
Blue hamsa hand on a wrist
Fine line black airplane tattoo on a wrist, with a hand holding a dog's paw on a tiled floor.
Small airplane tattoo on a wrist holding a dog's paw
Close-up of simple black lettering reading Mt 19:6 tattooed along a finger, with a silver ring on the finger beside it.
Mt 19:6 lettering on a finger
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a hand holding a bouquet of flowers, leaves and sprigs on the upper arm.
Hand holding a flower bouquet on an arm
Two small black tattoos on fingers of two hands resting on a wooden table, a crown outline on one finger and a solid dark symbol on another, with a gold signet ring nearby.
Small crown and symbol tattoos on fingers
Two black ink hamsa hand tattoos with an eye motif sit on the ankles of a person wearing grey knit high-top trainers and white trousers.
Hamsa hand tattoos on both ankles
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands in front of a red heart with a lace edge and orange flowers, on a forearm.
Clasped hands and heart with flowers on a forearm
Collage of three black fine line tattoos: a geometric star symbol on the upper chest, outlined hands holding planets and stars on the upper arm, and moon phases with symbols on the back of the neck.
Fine line tattoos: geometric, hands and moon phases
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with a crescent moon and hanging drops on the inner forearm, above a black cord bracelet.
Mandala crescent moon on a forearm
Black ink dotwork flash design of a wolf head merged with a woman's face, with a crown, skulls, ram horns, flowers and a hot air balloon.
Wolf and woman surreal design with skulls
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo of a hand and a profile face with closed eyes on a limb, with a shaded black and grey woman in a headdress tattoo below.
Fine line profile and hand with black and grey figure
Black script lettering tattoo reading L'amore vince sempre running down the side of a ribcage in a black and white photo.
Italian script along the ribs
Close photo of a colourful traditional swallow tattoo with bold black outlines on the back of a hand, with dark tattoos partly visible on the forearm.
Traditional swallow on the back of a hand
Two small red fine line bow tattoos on the side of two clasped fingers, on a hand held against a soft, blurred background.
Red bow fine line tattoos on two fingers
Black outline tattoo of a sun with pointed rays on the back of a hand, with silver bangles on the wrist.
Sun outline tattoo on the back of a hand
Small black dotwork bow tattoo on the back of a baby's hand, with the fingers curled against a soft peach blanket.
Dotwork bow on a baby's hand
Traditional colour tattoo of a hand holding a glass vial, with purple roses and an orange banner reading I know my value, on a forearm.
Hand holding a vial with roses and banner
Black and grey realism tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other on the inner forearm.
Two reaching hands tattoo on a forearm
Two small black anchor tattoos on the fingers of two interlocked hands, in a fine line style on the hand.
Matching small anchor tattoos on two fingers
Black fine line tattoo of a bird with spread wings above two cupped hands, inside a circle with geometric diamonds, on a person's upper back.
Bird and cupped hands on upper back
Small black fine line triskele tattoo with three spiralling arms on the inner wrist, shown with an open palm resting on a patterned fabric.
Triskele tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo on a calf and ankle showing a woman's face looking upward, reaching hands, a skull, bare branches and Roman numeral clock markings.
Realistic woman, skull and clock on a calf
Black and white ink drawing of two hands clasped in a handshake, with a snake with dripping fangs coiled over the joined hands, in a flash style.
Snake biting a handshake
Black line tattoo of a woman with long flowing hair and a hand raised near her chin, in a fine line style, on the inner forearm.
Art Nouveau style woman on forearm
Two black outline tattoos of cracked eggs with lettering sit on the palms of a pair of hands, shown in a simple line style.
Cracked egg tattoos on both palms
Silver and white ornamental linework designs on a woman's forearms and hands, with a metallic chain pendant over a blue crochet bikini.
Silver ornamental designs on forearms and hands
Black ink line drawing of a hamsa hand filled with mandala, scroll and paisley patterns on a textured teal and orange background, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Hamsa hand with mandala pattern