Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism sleeve tattoo on an arm, showing a woman's face with a hand near her mouth and a Roman numeral clock on the wrist.
Realism portrait sleeve with clock
Black and grey portrait tattoo on a forearm and upper arm, with knuckle lettering on the fingers and hand, photographed on a woman in a dark speckled t-shirt.
Portrait and lettering tattoos on hand and arm
Black and grey tattoo of balance scales held by a hand, framed by leafy branches and berries on the upper arm, with fine dotwork accents.
Scales and botanical branches on upper arm
Two people link arms to show matching fine line tattoos of two hands hooked together in a pinky promise on the upper arm.
Matching pinky promise hands on upper arms
Black and grey script lettering runs down a man's side over the ribs, while another man's arm shows a realistic skull sleeve from upper arm to forearm.
Script on ribs and skull sleeve on arm
Close-up of a woman with her hands clasped in front of her, both arms covered in black ornamental blackwork and dotwork sleeve tattoos.
Black ornamental sleeves with hands clasped
Black fine line tattoo of a profile head with flowers spilling from the hair and hands holding scissors, on the upper arm.
Profile with flowers and scissors
Fine line black tattoo of two hands gripping a rectangular object, placed on the inner upper arm.
Hands holding a rectangular object on the arm
Black fine line tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other, with dotted lines hanging planets, a sun and moon phases, on the upper arm.
Two hands with planets on upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a dark shadowy figure with a reaching hand across a shoulder, with a swirl design continuing onto the upper arm.
Shadowy figure tattoo on a shoulder
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 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 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
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
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 white photo of a fine line tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other on an upper arm, with a dark top in the background.
Two outlined hands on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a guitar being played by two hands, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Hands playing guitar on an upper arm
Realistic portrait tattoo on an upper arm of a long-haired, bearded man grinning with a gold tooth and holding a bat marked montos.
Realistic portrait of a grinning man with a bat
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with clockwork gears and a hand holding a clock face, on the upper arm.
Realistic skull with clockwork gears on upper arm
Black and grey neo-traditional style tattoo of a cartoon girl with her hair in a bun, chin resting on her hands, inside an ornate scrolled frame on the upper arm.
Cartoon girl in a scrolled frame on an arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two clasped hands with the words YOU ARE ENOUGH above them, on the inner upper arm.
Clasped hands with 'You are enough' lettering
Traditional tattoo of two clasped hands, one shaded and one skeletal, in front of a red rose with dark leaves and dotwork shading on an upper arm.
Clasped hands and red rose on an upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a pocket watch held by a hand, with roses, feathers and a script banner.
Pocket watch and roses with script banner
Black and grey realism tattoo on an upper arm showing a hooded grim reaper with a skull face holding out a hand above skull coins, with wispy smoke behind.
Hooded reaper with skull coins on upper arm
Black and grey traditional style tattoos stacked down a man's upper arm: a burning car, a tombstone reading THE SYSTEM IS A DEAD END, a globe and a hand with a dollar sign.
Burning car, tombstone, globe and hand on upper arm
Traditional style colour tattoo of a heart with a scalloped border, a hand holding a small sprig and leaves above, on an upper arm.
Traditional heart with hand and sprig
Woman in a white satin wedding dress with black and grey tattoo sleeves of roses and butterflies on both arms, hands resting at her waist.
Full arm sleeves with roses and butterflies
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman with dark wavy hair holding a skull, framed by red roses, on the upper arm.
Woman, skull and roses on upper arm
Two people holding hands outdoors, with a black and grey traditional rose tattoo on one forearm and geometric patterned tattoos on the other arm.
Couple holding hands showing forearm and upper arm tattoos
Upper arm tattoo of an outlined open hand filled with blue and purple galaxy shading and a gold Starfleet-style emblem.
Galaxy hand and Starfleet emblem on upper arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face make-up and filigree scrollwork on the upper arm, with one hand raised to her chin.
Sugar skull woman portrait on arm
Close crop of a woman in a burgundy slip dress, showing a small fine line tattoo of the word BIG and a hand outline on her upper arm.
Small word and hand tattoo on upper arm
Sketch-style black and grey tattoo on an upper arm showing a woman's face with crossed arms and a small red heart, with a mirrored face below.
Sketched woman and heart on upper arm
Small black fine line tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers and a small flower, placed on the upper arm.
Crossed fingers and flower on upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a woman with dark bobbed hair holding a cigarette, framed in a square, on the upper arm.
Woman with cigarette in a square frame
Black ink tattoo of a stylised hand with lace-like filigree and dotwork shading on the inner upper arm of a person in a pale patterned blouse.
Ornate hand tattoo on the inner arm
Black and grey tattoos of an anchor, a ship and a small cross on the hand, forearm and upper arm of a person with long hair, against a dark background.
Anchor, ship and cross tattoos on an arm
Black and grey realism tattoo of hands fanning playing cards across the upper arm.
Hands holding playing cards on upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a hand holding a small bouquet of flowers and sprigs on the back of an upper arm, in a fine line botanical style.
Hand holding a small flower bouquet on an upper arm
Black linework tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers and a ribbed cuff on the upper arm, with a partly visible grey rose tattoo below it.
Crossed fingers hand on upper arm
Black and grey realism sleeve on an upper arm showing palm trees, a surfboard and a beach scene at dusk.
Palm tree beach sunset sleeve
Black and grey rose tattoo on the upper arm of a person with green nails resting a hand on a car steering wheel.
Rose tattoo on upper arm in a car
Fine line black tattoo of a tulip on a stem held by a hand with a dotted cuff, placed on the inner upper arm.
Tulip held in a hand on the upper arm
Black ink drawing of a woman with flowing hair and pink rose and scroll tattoo designs on her shoulder and upper arm.
Woman with pink rose tattoo designs
A woman seen from behind wears gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos, with a gold ornamental design on her forearm and a silver mandala on her upper back.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos
Black and grey engraved tattoo of a rose with thorny stem and a hand holding a rose bud, on an upper arm.
Rose and hand engraving on upper arm
Full sleeve realism tattoo in black and grey showing a sugar skull woman, skulls and roses across the upper arm and forearm, photographed from three angles.
Black and grey sugar skull sleeve with roses
Black and grey fine line tattoo of two outlined hands cradling a flowering sprig on the upper arm.
Hands holding a flower sprig on upper arm