Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Fine line black tattoo of cupped hands, an eye motif, branch shapes and moon phases on the back of a neck.
Hands and symbols on the back of the neck
Collage of five tattoo photos: a traditional hamsa with an eye on the foot, a small colour hamsa on the hip, and three black cat faces with red accents on the leg.
Hamsa and cat tattoos in a collage
Black and grey traditional rose with leaves tattooed on the back of a hand, with the word LOVE across the fingers.
Black and grey rose on the back of a hand
Black line drawing of a pocket watch with Roman numerals, a ring bow and exposed gears on the dial, shown as a tattoo design.
Pocket watch with visible gears line drawing
Pen drawing of a hamsa hand filled with mandala and paisley patterns and an open eye at its centre, drawn on paper with a black pen.
Hamsa hand with eye design sketch
Close-up of a hand with pale pink nails and a tiny solid red heart tattoo on the side of the middle finger.
Small heart tattoo on a finger
Small black and grey fist tattoo on a finger, drawn in a fine line style and placed on the hand.
Small fist tattoo on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other with scattered star shapes between them, on the lower leg.
Two reaching hands with stars on a calf
Close-up of a small black outline pair of angel wings tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist, with the hand resting on white fur.
Pair of small angel wings on a wrist
Black and white linework drawing of a hamsa hand with an eye at its centre, a lotus behind it and dense ornamental patterns across the fingers and palm.
Hamsa hand with eye and lotus
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, with a serif letter tattoo on each wrist that together spell LOVE.
LOVE lettering on clasped wrists
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a zipper opening on the inner forearm to reveal a hand gripping from beneath the skin.
Zipper revealing a hand on the forearm
Close view of a small black fine line treble clef tattoo on the back of a hand, resting on ripped denim.
Small treble clef on the back of a hand
Black dotwork mandala-style flower tattoo on a forearm, with stippled petals and bold outlines, shown against tattoo flash sheets.
Dotwork mandala flower on a forearm
Fine-line black tattoos on a forearm showing a plaster, a hand gesture, a small wedge and a ribbon banner reading WHATEVER.
Small fine-line bandage, hand and WHATEVER banner
Black and grey realism forearm sleeve tattoo showing a classic car, banknotes, a pocket compass and a map, with small red accents on the forearm.
Realism forearm sleeve with car, cash and compass
Two hands hold white coffee cups marked MR and MRS, each with a small fine line anchor tattoo in grey ink on the fingers.
Small anchor tattoos on two hands
Black and grey shaded rose tattoo on a forearm, next to a hand holding a white travel mug printed with the words There's a chance this is wine.
Rose tattoo on forearm beside a travel mug
Two small black interlocking heart tattoos sit on the fingers of a hand, shown against a dark, softly blurred background.
Interlocking hearts on two fingers
Close photo of a hand resting on a black top, showing a small black lightning bolt tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Lightning bolt tattoo on a forearm
Two inner wrists held together, one with a small solid black downward triangle and the other with a fine outlined triangle, both on the forearm.
Small solid and outlined triangles on wrists
Black and white photo of two clenched fists pressed together, each with a small black fine line anchor tattoo on the hand.
Matching anchor tattoos on two hands
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face partly covered by a paisley bandana, holding a handgun with smoke curling up, on the forearm.
Bandana-masked portrait with handgun and smoke
Close-up of a hand with white ornamental lace-style designs on the fingers and back of the hand, set against grey fabric.
White ink lace-style design on a hand
Two open palms with fine black line tattoos of the world map, one showing the Americas and the other Europe, Africa and Asia, on a dark background.
World map outline tattoos on both palms
Colour tattoo on a calf of a red rose above a hand in a stained glass style oval, set within a gold ornate frame with a red gem at the base, in neo-traditional style.
Stained glass rose in an ornate frame on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of an hourglass with a bare tree inside, held by two hands on the upper arm.
Hourglass with dead tree held in hands
Black outlined cartoon hands curving together around a solid red heart, a bold traditional style tattoo on the thigh.
Cartoon hands forming a red heart on thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoos on an arm, with a small white tree on the forearm near the wrist and a map-style design with script covering the upper arm.
Tree and map tattoo on an arm
Black and grey fine line tattoos on a forearm, including small script reading BE IT and an outlined animal on the lower arm, with the wearer's arms crossed over a dark jacket.
Fine line lettering and animal tattoos on forearms
Black outline tattoo of the American Sign Language I love you hand gesture with the word iloveyou in script below, on the forearm.
Sign language I love you hand with iloveyou script
Black and grey tattoo of an anatomical heart hanging from strings held by a hand, on the forearm, in a detailed sketched style.
Marionette hand and heart on a forearm
Small red fleur-de-lis tattoo with dark shading on the back of a person's neck, with a hand holding up their hair.
Red fleur-de-lis on the back of the neck
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a tiger and pink lotus flower with blue waves on the outer thigh of a woman's leg.
Tiger and lotus on a thigh
Black and white photo of two hands with matching fine line arrow-like geometric tattoos on the middle fingers, one on each hand.
Arrow symbols on two fingers
Close photo of dark Hebrew lettering tattooed across the back of a hand, with a silver band ring resting on the knuckle above it.
Hebrew lettering across the back of a hand
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands showing small black script lettering on both wrists, partly upside down from this angle, with a ring on one finger.
Matching script wrist tattoos on clasped hands
Small solid black paw print tattoo on the back of a hand resting on a tartan blanket.
Small paw print tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and grey tattoo of the elephant-headed deity Ganesha with ornate patterned linework forming an Om symbol on skin.
Ganesha within an Om symbol
Black and white photo of two clasped hands on a pebble beach, with a small fine line sun tattoo on the back of one hand and a small crescent moon tattoo on the other wrist.
Small sun and moon tattoos on clasped hands
Scanned page of numbered black and white drawings of Russian prison tattoo symbols, including a hand with a boar's head and lettering across the fingers.
Reference sheet of Russian prison tattoo symbols
White line drawing on a black background of an open hand with an ornate cuff and an eye on the palm, holding a lotus flower, in a botanical tattoo flash style.
Hand holding a lotus flower design
Flash sheet of pastel tattoo designs including a horned skull, a crab, palm trees, watchful eyes and a seahorse in a bottle, in a neo-trad style.
Pastel flash sheet of skulls, eyes and palm trees
Two crossed hands on a white background showing a realistic black and grey rose tattoo framed by ornate filigree on the inner wrist and forearm.
Grey rose wrist tattoo with filigree
Two hands pressed together, each showing a matching black script tattoo that reads bff, placed on the side of the hand near the fingers.
Matching bff script tattoos on two hands
Small black fine line tattoo of a pear with a leaf resting in an open hand, on the upper arm beside a floral sleeve.
Pear resting in an open hand on an upper arm
Black and white photo of an open hand and forearm with a black tribal tattoo running along the forearm.
Tribal tattoo on a forearm
Close-up of a small black fine line arrow tattoo with a diamond head and a dot at the tail, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Fine line arrow on a forearm