Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Thin pale outline tattoo of a pistol on the back of a hand, shown glowing under blue ultraviolet light.
Pistol outline tattoo on the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoo of two hands cupping a crystal ball with stars and a crescent moon on an arm, with a butterfly and leaves tattooed nearby.
Hands holding a crystal ball with stars
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
Small black fine line outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger, with two hands clasped over a plaid blanket.
Small outline heart on a finger
Black and white photo of a small fine line feather tattoo on the back of a hand, resting beside a sketchbook, pencil and a sketched leaf sprig.
Small feather tattoo on the hand
Two matching black and grey hamsa hand tattoos with an eye and floral ornament, one on each of two thighs.
Matching hamsa hand tattoos on thighs
Traditional style colour tattoo on the thigh showing a hand holding a banner reading Forget Me Not, surrounded by purple flowers, lavender and dark green leaves.
Hand holding Forget Me Not banner and flowers
Small black outline heart tattoo on a finger between two intertwined hands, in a fine line style, on the Hand.
Small outline heart on a hand
Black and white photo of two hands pressed together, with the word PAST in serif capitals on one wrist and FUTURE on the other, a black and grey lettering tattoo on the inner wrists.
PAST and FUTURE wrist lettering
Two hands held together, with a small red king of hearts tattoo on one finger and a red queen of hearts tattoo on another, with grey script tattoos on the back of the other hand.
King and queen card tattoos on fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a compass over a map grid with clouds, a hand holding a scroll and cursive script, on the thigh.
Compass and map tattoo on a thigh
Two black linework stencils on tracing paper show a traditional rose with hatched leaves and a cartoon character face, held beside a tattooed hand.
Rose stencils with cartoon faces
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
Fine line black tattoos on a palm include a letter A, a small crescent and an arrow with a leaf, while the hand holds up a brass compass.
Small palm tattoos holding a compass
Black and white line drawing of six labelled arms and hands, lettered a to f, each covered in geometric bands, chevrons and triangles on the forearm and hand.
Six arm and hand tattoo patterns in line drawing
Two clasped hands on a black background showing matching fine line bird and heart tattoos on the inner wrists.
Matching bird and heart wrist tattoos
Two wrists held up beside crystals: a small fine line crescent moon with a star on the left wrist, and a gold metallic feather on the right forearm.
Crescent moon and gold feather on wrists
Four wrists held together, each with a small black fine line tattoo: an anchor, an infinity symbol, a mushroom-like shape and a bare tree.
Four small wrist tattoos: anchor, infinity, tree, mushroom
Small black lettering tattoos on the fingers of a hand with black nails, resting on the face of an orange and white cat with its eyes closed.
Lettering tattoos on fingers, hand resting on a cat
Two small solid black lightning bolt tattoos, one on an upper thigh above mint underwear and one on a hip, with hands wearing rings resting on the skin.
Two small lightning bolt tattoos on hip and thigh
Flash design of three sugar skull pin-up heads with skeletal hands over their eyes, ears and mouth, on a ribbon banner reading Beauty, Truth and Love.
Three sugar skulls with Beauty, Truth and Love banner
Black and grey flash drawing of a tattooed forearm and hand gripping a torch, with an eagle and the words Death Before Dishonor on the arm.
Hand holding a torch over a striped flag
Two clasped hands show matching rainbow tattoos on the wrists: a soft watercolour smudge with dots on the left and a heart outline on the right.
Matching rainbow wrist tattoos
Black and grey feather tattoo running across the back of a hand and over the index and middle fingers, which are held in a V sign.
Feather tattoo across fingers and back of hand
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
Small black airplane tattoo on the lower forearm, shown with a hand raised holding a turquoise frosted cupcake against a white background.
Small airplane tattoo on a forearm
Two hands with fine line black Roman numeral lettering tattooed along the fingers, reading V XIV XIII on one and XIII XIV V on the other.
Roman numeral tattoos on two fingers
Black and white photo of two open palms, with the words 'i love you.' tattooed on one wrist and 'i know' on the other in a serif font.
Wrist lettering with two palms turned up
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand holding a sprig of flowers and fern-like leaves, with the words Hello Lovely beneath, on the forearm.
Hand holding flowers with Hello Lovely
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a heart holding a human hand and a paw, with a crescent moon, stars, a flower and the words Boys Whatever and Cats Forever, on a limb.
Heart with hand and paw, cats forever lettering
White ink mandala design on the back of a hand, with dotted lines running across the fingers and wrist, against a hazy mountain landscape.
White mandala on the back of a hand
Several hands rest on weathered wood, each with gold and rose gold metallic geometric temporary tattoos on the wrists, forearms and fingers.
Gold metallic temporary tattoos on hands and wrists
Full back tattoo in a neo-traditional style showing two women framed by flowers, a bear, hands holding a jewel and ornate scrollwork.
Twin women and bear full back piece
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
Two small black Eiffel Tower tattoos on fingers in a black and white photo, with a diamond ring on a nearby finger.
Small Eiffel Tower finger tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a melting clock draped over a hand, with the words Lost time is never found, on the side of a person's torso.
Melting clock over a hand on the side
Two hands with small black dotwork tattoos of a circle and a dotted triangle on the middle fingers, in a Hand placement.
Dotted circle and triangle tattoos on two fingers
Black blackletter word Protect tattooed on a forearm, with two people's hands clasped inside a car.
Blackletter Protect forearm tattoo in a car
Small outline tattoo of a Claddagh, with a crown above a heart held by two hands, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Claddagh outline on the wrist
Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with an ornate pattern and a shaded eye, placed on the side of the ribs.
Hamsa hand with eye on the ribs
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
Traditional-style flash design of a grey weeping angel with its face in its hands beneath a peach banner reading DON'T BLINK, with blue tears.
Weeping angel with Don't Blink banner
Fine line black script lettering tattoo running around the inner wrist, with another person's hand holding the wearer's hand.
Fine line script tattoo on the wrist
Three traditional-style stickers on a grey surface: a skull with red and blue flowers, a pointing hand with flowers, and a pill bottle, each with text on a banner.
Three traditional flash designs with banner text
Black ink drawing of a butterfly above an open hand, with dotwork shading on the wings, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Butterfly above an open hand design
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading now I'm a warrior across the torso, with fingers with black nail polish resting above it.
Now I'm a warrior script tattoo
Black and white photo of a small black outline hamsa hand tattoo with dotted motifs on the inner wrist of a raised hand.
Small hamsa hand tattoo on the wrist
Black and white photo of two hands held together in a triangle, with the words what goes around comes back around tattooed in capitals across the fingers.
Quote tattooed across fingers