Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Traditional style colour tattoo of two hands clasping a red heart with a dotted outline and yellow flowers with green leaves, on the upper arm.
Hands holding a heart with yellow flowers
Traditional flash design of a red-crested songbird perched on an outstretched hand with a teal rose, a heart pendant and red nails.
Songbird perched on a hand
Black and grey tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers, outlined in bold black line with stippled shading, on the forearm.
Crossed fingers gesture on a forearm
Close view of a tattooed forearm and hand resting on a gold guitar, with a traditional style skull and rose design on the forearm and small lettering on the knuckles.
Tattooed forearm and hand on a guitar
Traditional-style flash design of a jewelled hand holding a lipstick, with pink roses, pearl strands, a cat cameo and the script words Femme Fatale, on a teal background.
Femme Fatale hand with roses and pearls
Traditional style colour tattoo of a hand holding lily of the valley sprigs and wearing a gold ring, on a lower leg.
Hand with lily of the valley on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and a gold beaded chain ending in a fleur-de-lis pendant, across the back of a hand.
Red rose and beaded chain on the hand
Traditional style colour tattoo of a hand making an OK sign with a skull and spider web, two red roses with green leaves, and the words Shit's a OK, on skin.
Traditional hand, rose and lettering tattoo
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a hand gripping a straight razor with eye motifs on the blade, on the calf.
Hand holding a straight razor with eyes
Pen sketch of a tattoo design showing a hand rising from ripples with a banner reading DON'T LET ME DROWN, in black and grey linework.
Hand rising from water with banner
Colourful traditional-style tattoos cover a thigh and forearm as two people lie on a bed holding hands.
Two people holding hands with tattooed legs
Two matching colour traditional tattoos on forearms, each showing a hand holding a lighter or a joint, with a cannabis leaf, a pink flower and a banner reading BEST or BUDS.
Matching traditional forearm tattoos, lighter and joint
Traditional colour tattoo of a teal and pink umbrella held by a hand above an orange sun, with an In Omnia Paratus banner below, on a limb.
Umbrella over a sun with motto banner
Traditional style tattoo of a hand forming an OK sign, wrapped in a grey cuff with red peonies and leaves, on the inner forearm.
Hand making an OK sign with red flowers on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing two crossed-finger hands and red roses within a gold-edged oval, with the words 'All the best lies they are told with fingers crossed' beneath.
Crossed fingers and roses on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a thigh, showing a peony, daisies, fern leaves, a stylised hand and a banner reading I long for you to hold me in your arms.
Peony and hand banner tattoo on thigh
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands with red roses, green leaves and a dagger on a person's lower abdomen, above a grey waistband.
Handshake with roses and a dagger on the stomach
Back of a person with a black and grey traditional style tattoo of roses, clasped hands holding a scroll that reads Everything we left unsaid, and a small coloured rose at the left shoulder, placed
Roses and clasped hands with script across upper back
Traditional-style tattoo on an arm of a hand holding an hourglass, with a yellow rose, green leaves, seed pods and a red background.
Hand holding hourglass with yellow rose
Both forearms with colourful traditional tattoos of yellow and blue roses, swallows, stars and Chinese characters, with palms held open toward the camera.
Traditional rose and swallow sleeve on both arms
Black and grey dotwork flash drawing of a skeleton resting its head on one hand while holding a steaming mug in the other.
Skeleton resting head on hand with steaming mug
Traditional style tattoo of a hand with a lace cuff, a strawberry on the back of the hand and small flowers and leaves below, on a forearm.
Hand holding a strawberry on a forearm
Set of traditional-style tattoo flash designs printed as stickers, showing a teacup, aeroplane, microphone, cigarette hand, globe, ship wheel and carousel horse, all with lettering on banners, on a
Traditional flash designs printed as stickers
Three traditional style flash designs on a pale surface: a ship wheel with a banner, a carousel horse with a banner, and a hand holding a microphone with a banner.
Ship wheel, carousel horse and microphone flash
A woman with a grey-blonde bun and both forearms covered in traditional tattoo sleeves, including a bird and a mandala, with her hands raised over her face.
Traditional tattoo sleeves with hands over face
Black line drawing of a hand holding a letter envelope with a red heart, leaves and the words I'll love you forever, in a traditional flash style on torn paper.
Envelope, heart and leaves flash design
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a heart holding a clasped human hand and a paw, with the words Boys Whatever above and Cats Forever below, on a limb.
Heart with clasped hand and paw and banner text
Black ink flash sheet of traditional-style designs including hands, daggers, a skull, a rose and a candle, drawn on white paper.
Black ink flash sheet of hands, daggers and skulls
Traditional tattoo on the inner upper arm showing a red rose, a hand holding an envelope marked R.I.P. and a skull on the wrist.
Rose, hand and envelope on upper arm
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a woman with a blunt fringe, one hand raised to her mouth, on the shoulder and upper arm, with a red rose partly visible at the edge.
Bob-fringed woman with hand at mouth on shoulder
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
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
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
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
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
Black and white photograph of two weathered hands, each with a small black swallow tattoo on the back between the thumb and first finger, in a traditional style.
Two swallows on the backs of hands
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm showing a gold-rimmed pocket watch with rope, a skeletal hand and a grey banner reading WAKE UP DEAD.
Pocket watch and skeletal hand on a forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a woman with blue eyes and a red veil that reveals a skull, held by a hand with long blue nails, on the thigh.
Veiled woman with skull on thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a red and white handshake with green cuffs, with the words Love your friends above and Die laughing below, on an arm.
Handshake with Love your friends lettering
Two people holding hands, each with a traditional-style anchor tattoo on the inner forearm, with black linework and orange-red accents.
Matching anchor tattoos on two forearms
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a beetle held between two outstretched hands with strings, with a pink glow and ribbon below, on a person's stomach above the navel.
Beetle held in hands on stomach
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a hand making a V sign and gripping folded banknotes, placed on the lower leg near the ankle.
Hand making a V sign holding banknotes
Black and grey tattoo of a hand with two fingers raised inside a braided rope oval tied with a knot, on the forearm, with stippled shading in the background.
Hand in a rope frame on a forearm
Traditional colour flash sheet of Halloween designs including a vampire, witch hat, jack-o-lantern, poison bottles, candy corn and a severed head with a knife.
Halloween traditional flash sheet
Collage of four photos: two matching traditional-style forearm tattoos of linked hands in front of an orange sun, a tiny eye tattoo on the upper back, lettering reading LOVE, HOPE and DREAM on the
Four small matching tattoos on arms and back
Black and grey claddagh tattoo with two hands holding a heart under a crown, set inside a Celtic trinity knot on skin.
Claddagh within a Celtic knot
A traditional flash sheet printed in cream on navy blue, showing a sheet of tattoo designs including a skull eagle crest, pistols, roses, a shark, a snake and a woman's bust.
Traditional flash sheet in cream on navy
White line drawings of traditional tattoo flash motifs, including an eagle, skulls, a hand, a bear and a skeleton, on a black fabric tapestry hung against a white wall.
Traditional flash sheet on black fabric