Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Red pencil sketch of a woman in profile with curly hair woven with roses and a pearl necklace, a design drawn for a possible tattoo.
Profile woman with roses in red pencil sketch
Two people hold hands, showing matching black fine line tattoos of an infinity symbol with heart-shaped loops on their wrists.
Matching infinity heart tattoos on wrists
Black and grey realism tattoo on a thigh showing a woman's face under a wolf's head, with one hand resting beneath her chin.
Woman and wolf portrait on a thigh
Close-up of a fine line script tattoo reading always on my mind, forever in my heart, on the upper thigh.
Script quote reading always on my mind on a thigh
Two hands held together showing matching lightsaber tattoos on the index fingers, one with a red blade and one with a purple blade, both with black hilts.
Lightsaber tattoos on two index fingers
Fine line black tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye and a vertical arrow with chevrons and feathered fletching, on the inner upper arm.
Hamsa hand and arrow on the upper arm
Close-up of a small black fine line bow tattoo on the wrist of a hand that is gently curled, with a warm peach-toned blanket behind it.
Small bow tattoo on the wrist
Black and grey full sleeve tattoo on an upper arm and forearm, showing a tree in a circle, an engraved hand and printed French text in a vintage style.
Vintage engraving sleeve with tree and hand
Two sketch-style tattoos on thighs: a left thigh with a woman's face, a sailing ship, a red rose and a bird, and a right thigh with a red-haired woman in black line and watercolour wash.
Sketch-style portraits on two thighs
Four hand-shaped forms display tattoo designs: a praying figure with rays, a horned devil, a geometric pattern and a skull in a feathered headdress.
Four tattoo designs printed on hand forms
Two inner wrists held together, each with a black anchor tattoo with a red ribbon wrapped around its shank, in a traditional style on the forearm.
Matching anchor tattoos on two wrists
Two hands clasped together, one with a small black fine line tree tattoo on the middle finger and the other with a tiny owl tattoo on a finger.
Tree and owl tattoos on fingers
Black and grey tattoo of a hand holding lily flowers above a lace-edged cuff, drawn in fine linework and dotwork shading on a limb.
Hand holding lilies with a lace cuff
Traditional style flash sheet showing a ship in a rope frame, a globe with a 30 degree banner, flowers, a hand with a bracelet and a geisha head with roses.
Traditional flash sheet with ship, globe and flowers
Black and grey traditional tattoo on a thigh, showing a wreath of three roses and leaves around a pointing hand and the script Love Me Till I'm Dead.
Rose wreath with hand and script
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a sun with radiating rays and overlapping circles on the inner wrist of a hand held up against a pale wall.
Small sun and rays on the inner wrist
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose made from dollar bills on the back of a hand.
Dollar bill rose on the back of a hand
Black and grey geometric whale drawing with small blue accents on paper, beside a forearm with a black and grey rose tattoo.
Geometric whale design beside a rose forearm tattoo
Traditional red rose tattoos with green leaves cover the backs of two clasped hands, with black outlines and shading.
Red roses on the backs of both hands
Two small fine line black infinity symbol tattoos on the fingers of two hands resting together, one on a finger and one on a finger of the other hand, placed on the hand.
Matching infinity tattoos on fingers
Green and teal hamsa hand tattoo with a central eye and dotwork border on the inner forearm, with cursive script beneath it.
Hamsa hand with eye on a forearm
Two hands held together showing a red traditional rose on the back of one hand and a black and grey rose on the other, with small finger tattoos on the fingers.
Rose tattoos on the backs of both hands
Small black treble clef tattoo in fine line on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a hand holding it and a feather in view.
Treble clef tattoo on a wrist
Close view of a man's inner forearm with a small solid geometric triangle tattoo in black and grey ink, shown against a soft, blurred room.
Small triangle tattoo on a forearm
Black and white photo of a black lettering tattoo reading Do I dare disturb the universe across the nape of a neck, with hands holding hair above it.
Handwritten quote on the back of the neck
Black geometric mandala tattoo covering the backs of both hands and wrists, with dotwork and blackwork patterns, shown resting on a dark leather surface.
Geometric mandala tattoo across both hands
Black line drawing of a Claddagh design, showing a heart held by two hands beneath a crown, shown as a flash design rather than on skin.
Claddagh design with heart, hands and crown
Fine line tattoo of a hand reaching out beside a half-filled sun on a shoulder, with a black and grey hand and the words NEVER TALK on the upper arm below.
Fine line hand and sun on shoulder
Sketch-style tattoo on the outer thigh showing a bearded face built from a house with windows, holding a pipe and a hand with yellow and blue wash.
Bearded face made of a house on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with dark bob hair and dark lipstick, framed by a spider web, on the outer thigh.
Gothic portrait with spider web on thigh
Black and grey pen drawing of a pair of eyes framed by acanthus scrollwork, being inked by a hand holding a fine liner pen.
Eyes framed in acanthus scrollwork drawing
Black and grey flash sheet of nine traditional-style tattoo designs, including a rose with a banner, a skull with crossed shovels, a boombox and two bold character heads.
Black and grey traditional flash sheet
Traditional flash sheet of tattoo designs in bold colour, including a skull with crossbones, a hand with flowers, a snake and heart, mushrooms and a frog.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, hand and snakes
A woman holding a white mug shows a black and grey traditional style tattoo on her forearm, with a fist and leaf shapes.
Black and grey traditional forearm tattoo
Black and grey outlined tattoo of a hand making a sign language gesture, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hand sign outline on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a horned demon with ram horns, wings and clawed hands on an upper arm.
Horned demon with wings on upper arm
Two fine line black tattoos on inner forearms, a small arrow on one arm and a bow on the other, with hands clasped on a beach.
Arrow and bow tattoos on forearms
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of coins, chains and feathers across a hand, wrist and forearm, shown in a fine line style on a white background.
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a hand gripping a beaded ring medallion, shaded in gold and brown, on the back of a lower leg.
Hand holding a beaded medallion on a calf
Black ink scrollwork tattoos across the fingers of a man's hands clasped near his chin, with a tattooed forearm and a feather pendant necklace visible.
Scrollwork finger tattoos on clasped hands
Two raised arms against a blue sky, each with a small black fine line swallow tattoo on the wrist.
Two small swallows on wrists
White line drawing of an open hand gripping a dagger on a black background, a fine line tattoo design with no body placement shown.
Hand gripping a dagger line drawing
Black and white photo of a hand with a traditional-style rose and leaves tattooed on the back, with silver rings on the fingers.
Rose tattoo on the back of a hand
Two hands pressed together showing a fine line black sprig tattoo on one finger and a small heart with a peace symbol tattoo on another finger, placed on the hand.
Small sprig and heart tattoos on fingers
Two tattooed hands crossed over a denim jacket, one showing a black and grey wolf head and the other a colour tiger head, both in traditional style on the backs of the hands.
Wolf and tiger hand tattoos
Purple ink drawing of a hamsa hand with an open lotus flower and dotted border, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Hamsa hand and lotus design
Black and grey realism tattoo on a shoulder and upper arm showing two helicopters, a pointing man's face and silhouetted figures rappelling from ropes.
Helicopters and rappelling figures on shoulder
Black and grey realistic rose tattoo with script lettering on the abdomen, beside a hand holding a fan of banknotes.
Rose and script on abdomen with banknotes