Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black ink tattoo of a ringed planet on a finger, with small marks on the wrist, shown on a hand wearing rings and black nail polish.
Tiny ringed planet tattoo on a finger
Black ink design of a hamsa hand filled with an elephant, an eye and dotwork patterns, drawn on cream paper.
Hamsa hand with elephant and eye
Tattooed forearm and hand resting on pink satin beside a black pistol, a serrated knife and scattered banknotes, with dark black ink tattoos on the forearm.
Tattooed hands with a pistol and knife
Neo-traditional flash design of a hand holding a planchette with an eye and the word OUIJA, framed by purple and pink roses and leaves.
Ouija planchette and roses design
Black-ink blackwork tattoos on a hand, including an eye on a finger, a crescent moon on another finger and an ornate mandala on the wrist, with black nails and silver rings.
Hand with eye, moon and mandala tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo portrait of a man with slicked-back hair and a moustache, holding a cigarette, shown on skin.
Black and grey realism portrait holding a cigarette
Fine line tattoo of an abstract face in profile, drawn in one continuous black line, on the inner forearm.
Single line profile face on a forearm
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
Black and white photo of a fine line cross tattoo on the side of a finger, with hands resting together.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Dark botanical design of flowers, leaves and vines across the back of a hand and along one finger.
Floral henna-style design on the back of a hand
Black fine line lettering reading LIKE A WAVE on the inner forearm of a person seated with ripped denim jeans.
Like a wave lettering on forearm
Black and white photo of two forearms with fine line script lettering, a triangle outline and small motifs, holding a metal skull.
Script lettering and fine line forearms holding a skull
Traditional style skull in a red paisley bandana, framed by red flowers and dark leaves, tattooed on the outer thigh.
Skull in a red bandana with flowers on the thigh
Black line tattoo of a hand with crossed index and middle fingers, in fine line style, on the lower leg above an ankle.
Crossed fingers outline on ankle
Close-up of a hand with four small playing card suit tattoos on the fingers: a black spade, a red diamond, a black club and a red heart.
Playing card suit tattoos on four fingers
Close view of a barber's tattooed hands holding a comb on a man's head, with a traditional skull on the knuckles and a coloured rose and dagger on the right hand.
Traditional hand tattoos while cutting hair
Black and grey realism tattoo of a jester figure on a Joker playing card held by a gloved-looking hand, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Joker playing card held in a hand on the back
Black ink line drawing of a weeping woman with curled hair, pearl beads and a cameo, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Weeping woman with cameo and pearls
Fine line black quotation marks tattooed on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with stacks of books blurred in the background.
Small quotation mark tattoo on the inner wrist
A white ink mandala and lotus design on the back of a hand, with silver rings and white nails, in a botanical and geometric style on the hand.
White mandala and lotus on the back of a hand
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
Two hands clasped together showing black script lettering reading 'Do Us Part' and 'Til Death' tattooed on the hands and wrists, in a lettering style.
Matching 'Do Us Part' and 'Til Death' hand tattoos
Small pink and magenta butterflies in a soft watercolour-style design across the back of a hand and wrist, with a person's dark hair visible behind.
Pink butterflies across the back of a hand
Black and grey photo of two palms turned up, each wrist showing a fine line infinity symbol above a lettered scripture reference.
Matching infinity symbols with scripture references on
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
Black and white photo of a small fine line geometric diamond outline tattoo on the wrist, with another hand wearing a ring holding it.
Small diamond outline tattoo on a wrist
Small solid black star tattoos running along one finger of a hand with red nails, a ring and a wristwatch.
Black stars running along a finger
Black and grey realistic portrait tattoo of a woman with curled hair and a cigarette, with ornamental sleeve designs on her arms, on a person's left side ribs.
Realistic black and grey portrait on ribs
Pencil sketch of a hamsa-style hand design with an elephant and leaves, drawn on paper on a wooden table.
Hamsa hand with elephant and leaves sketch
Traditional colour tattoos on a forearm show a hand holding a lighter labelled BEST, above a matching hand holding a joint labelled BUDS, with leaves and pink flowers.
Matching lighter and joint hand tattoos
Two wrists held together, each showing half of a matching black ink floral tattoo that joins across them.
Matching floral wrist tattoos
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
Two hands with small tattoos on the fingers and backs form a heart shape, with pink nail polish and the words Keep Calm and Love Ink overlaid in the centre.
Tattooed hands forming a heart
Black and grey fine line hamsa hand tattoo on the forearm, with ornamental patterns and a shaded eye at its centre.
Hamsa hand with an eye on a forearm
Two hands with dark, swirling scrollwork designs across the backs of the hands, wrists and fingers, shown against a dark teal background.
Swirling ornamental designs on both hands
Black and white photo of a raised hand showing a small fine-line geometric tattoo of interlocking triangles on the inner forearm above the wrist.
Fine line geometric tattoo on inner forearm
Black ink tattoo of two hands linking little fingers in a pinky promise, framed by sprigs and small stars, on the forearm.
Pinky promise hands with sprigs and stars
Fine line black tattoo of two hands clasping on the inner wrist and forearm.
Fine line hands clasped on a wrist
Black fine line ruler tattoo with tick marks across the middle section of a finger on a hand resting on a pale marble surface.
Ruler tattoo across a middle finger
Split image showing a colourful painted-style dachshund tattoo on a calf and a small black paw print tattoo on a wrist, next to a smiling golden retriever.
Dachshund on calf and paw print on wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line feather tattoo running up the inner wrist and forearm, with a hand raised in a fist and index finger pointing up.
Feather tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey engraved-style tattoo of an open palm diagram surrounded by French text on the forearm.
Palmistry hand and French text on an arm
Small black peace symbol tattoo on a finger of a hand making a V sign, against a blurred background.
Peace symbol on a finger
Black dotwork and blackwork tattoo on a forearm showing a hand, a lighthouse, a crescent moon and stars inside a large triangle, with smaller triangles below.
Lighthouse, hand and night sky in a triangle on a forearm
Close-up of a hand holding red and white twine, with a teal and black lettering and anchor design on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lettering and anchor on the inner wrist
Small black fine line crescent moon tattoo on the side of a finger, with the hand resting near a woman's chin and lips.
Crescent moon tattoo on a finger
Illustrated fox with a pocket watch, leaves and hands, drawn in red, black and grey linework with stippled shading, in the style of a tattoo design.
Fox and pocket watch illustration