Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Collage of four small black fine line tattoos: a cross on a finger, a swallow on the upper arm, a simple outline shape on the nape of the neck, and a sailboat on the wrist over a nautical chart.
Four small fine line tattoos on skin
Black and grey realism lion face tattoo with a shaded mane across the side of a clenched hand, with gold rings on the fingers.
Lion face tattoo on a clenched hand
Black and grey tattoo of a raised finger in front of lips beside ornate blackletter lettering with flourishes, on a limb.
Lips and raised finger with blackletter lettering
Black line drawing of a skeletal hand making the rock horns gesture, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Skeleton hand making rock horns sign
Black fine line tattoo of a loop-topped symbol with three horizontal bars on the inner forearm of a raised arm, against a blurred city skyline.
Fine line symbol on a raised forearm
Black and white photo of a tattooed person in a floral sleeve on the upper arm and forearm, with a portrait-style tattoo across the stomach.
Floral sleeve and torso tattoos in black and grey
Black and grey hand with a blade through it and red drips of blood, tattooed on the upper arm and shoulder in a traditional style.
Hand and blade on upper arm
Small black dotwork bow tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand resting on a pale fabric.
Tiny dotted bow on the wrist
Two hands side by side against a dark background, each with a small grey horseshoe tattoo on the back of the hand and a small black finger tattoo on the ring finger.
Matching horseshoe and finger tattoos
Black and white photo of two blackwork triangle tattoos, one on each inner forearm, with the hands held open and palms facing the camera.
Nested triangles on both forearms
Black typewriter-style lettering reading choose joy on the inner wrist of a raised hand, set against dark weathered wooden boards.
Choose joy wrist tattoo
Two hands with spread fingers showing green botanical vine tattoos on the fingers and a green ornamental mandala-style tattoo across the back of the hand, with red nails and silver rings.
Green vine and mandala tattoos on hands
Black thread embroidery in a wooden hoop showing a traditional-style rose and a hand with leaves on cream fabric.
Embroidered rose and hand design
Black line tattoo of a hand with two fingers crossed, drawn in engraved-style hatching, on the inner upper arm.
Crossed fingers hand on an upper arm
Small solid black infinity symbol tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand with French manicured nails.
Infinity symbol on the inner wrist
Black ink hamsa hand tattoo with an eye and floral detail on the upper back of a person with dreadlocks tied in a bun.
Hamsa hand tattoo on upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint and a rose-patterned veil, shown on an outer limb.
Sugar skull portrait with rose veil
Black line drawing of a tattoo design in a traditional style, showing a hand holding a letter with a heart, two roses, leaves and a butterfly, on a tracing sheet.
Hand holding envelope with roses and butterfly
Two wrists held together showing matching black script tattoos with crowns, reading Queen on the left and King on the right, placed on the inner wrists.
Matching King and Queen crown wrist tattoos
Small solid black-grey tattoo of a raised horns hand gesture on a calf, above a white sock with red lip prints.
Rock horns hand tattoo on a calf
Black and white photograph of a small outlined skull tattoo on a finger of a clenched hand, with two thin rings worn nearby.
Small skull tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a face with dark hollow eyes and cracked skin across the back of a hand.
Cracked face portrait on the back of a hand
Black linework flash design of a woman with flowers in her hair, a hand at her face, paintbrushes and a skull with an all-seeing eye, in botanical style.
Woman with brushes, skull and eye design
Fine line tattoo of baby's breath sprigs, a small seated figure and a fern sprig on the upper leg, with a hand touching the design.
Baby's breath and fern on thigh
Black and white flash drawing of an ornate hamsa hand with a large eye in the palm, filled with dotted and linear patterns.
Hamsa hand with eye design
Realistic tattoo of a man in a brimmed hat with his hands gripping dog tags on a beaded chain, shown in a close-up photograph.
Hands holding dog tags under a hat
Back view of a person with a black and grey stippled rose tattoo on the back of the hand and a heart tattoo on the upper arm.
Black and grey rose on the hand
Two hands with matching thin black script tattoos on the fingers, reading mr and mrs, in a fine line lettering style.
Matching mr and mrs finger tattoos
Two people with crossed, heavily tattooed forearms showing a grey rose with a black outline on a hand, a pink rose on a wrist, and a teal heart padlock on the chest.
Roses and padlock tattoos on crossed forearms
Black and white photo of three matching fine line shamrock tattoos on wrists and forearms, with the arms clasped together.
Matching shamrock tattoos on three wrists
Three raised wrists with gold metallic temporary tattoos reading TEAM bride in lettering, set against a sandy beach.
Team bride gold temporary tattoos on wrists
Black and grey tattoo of a beer tap handle and base on a man's stomach, with a beer bottle held in one hand below it.
Beer tap tattoo on a stomach
Small fine line black x and o tattoos on the inner wrists of two people whose hands are clasped together on a white pillow.
Small x and o tattoos on two wrists
Fine line sketch of a woman with flowers in her hair and a teal watercolour wash on the ribs, with a second dark tattoo and a navel piercing on the left side.
Sketched woman with flowers on the ribs
Small black fine line tattoo of a triangle with a circle and vertical line on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the hand raised in a fist over grass.
Small triangle and circle tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a unicorn skull with a horn and flowing mane on the outer forearm, with hands clasped behind the back.
Unicorn skull tattoo on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands with cuffs, framed by a rose above and a smaller rose below, on the outer thigh.
Clasped hands and roses on a thigh
Traditional style tattoo on a forearm of a hand holding blue forget-me-not flowers in a blue and yellow base, with the words FORGET ME NOT in black lettering beside it.
Forget-me-not hand and lettering on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined hand reaching down above the words HUG LIFE and an underline, on the side of the ribs.
Outlined hand and HUG LIFE on the ribs
Black and white photo of script tattoos reading King and Queen, each with a crown, on the back of two hands.
King and Queen script with crowns on hands
Two pairs of hands held palm up on a beach show matching black fine serif Roman numeral lettering tattoos reading VIII IV XII on the inner wrists.
Roman numeral wrist tattoos on a beach
Realistic black and grey ribcage tattoo with thin vines across the back of a hand, shading up towards the wrist.
Ribcage tattoo on the back of a hand
Black ink flash sheet in a traditional style showing two female heads with daggers, barbed wire, clasped hands, a sailing ship and birds.
Traditional flash sheet with ship, daggers and barbed wire
A small coloured turtle tattoo with shaded green and brown shell sits on the inner forearm below an open hand.
Small turtle tattoo on a forearm
Black ink drawing of a hand whose fingers and knuckles are replaced by eyeballs, with dripping lines below, shown as a tattoo design rather than on skin.
Hand of eyeballs with dripping lines
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with waved hair and orange earrings, holding a fan with a hand and eye design, on an upper arm.
Portrait of a woman with a fan on the upper arm
Black symbol tattoos across the finger joints of two clasped hands, with a plain ring on one finger against a dark background.
Symbol tattoos on clasped fingers
Traditional style flower and rose tattoos cover a person's forearms, upper arms, thighs and calves, with their hands resting on a seated dog.
Floral tattoos on legs and arms with a dog