Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey realism tattoo of two large-eyed pale animated characters covering the upper arm, one with flowers in her hair.
Two pale animated characters on an upper arm
Two wrists held together, one with a grey shaded key tattoo and the other with a padlock tattoo outlined in pink on the inner forearm.
Matching key and padlock wrist tattoos
Colour tattoo of the Joker laughing through clawing grey hands, with green and purple accents and HA lettering, on a lower leg.
Joker portrait on a calf
A hand draws a bold black tribal gorilla design with a marker pen on white paper, a design suited to a blackwork tattoo.
Tribal gorilla design being drawn
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with a hair bun and patterned bow, white cat-eye sunglasses and a hand at her chin, on the outer thigh.
Realistic portrait of a woman in sunglasses on a thigh
Hand raised against a black background with a small black dotwork tattoo on the inner wrist and a silver ring on the middle finger.
Small dot cluster on the wrist
Black lettering tattoo in Latin script running along a forearm, with another hand touching the skin in a pale, warm-toned photo.
Latin lettering tattoo on a forearm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a woman in a feathered headdress with red beads, covering the upper arm and shoulder.
Feathered headdress portrait on upper arm
Five white stencil-style circular designs on a black background showing a tree, scales, clasped hands, an eye and flames, with no body placement shown.
Five circular symbol designs on black
Two-panel pencil drawing of a geisha holding a fan, surrounded by frangipani and hibiscus flowers, shown as an outline and as a shaded design for a tattoo.
Geisha with fan and frangipani flowers design
Black and grey realism tattoo on the forearm of a man with swept-back hair in a dark jacket, his hands gripping the lapels beneath a banner reading THE KING IS DEAD.
Black and grey portrait with banner on forearm
Close-up of a hand holding a turquoise mug, with a small fine-line red bow tattoo on a finger and a silver flower ring on another.
Small red bow tattoo on a finger
Two black tattoos on forearms: a dark cap over a hand-like outline on the left, and a bearded face in a cap in silhouette on the right.
Matching cap and beard silhouette tattoos
Neo-traditional style flash design of a hand gripping a dagger with a ribbon wrapped around the blade, flanked by red roses and set in an ornate frame labelled Ace and Swords.
Ace of Swords tarot design with dagger and roses
Black linework flash design of an ornate stag head with antlers above a hamsa hand containing an eye, surrounded by paisley and mandala filigree.
Ornate stag and hamsa hand design
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a woman's face and hand with a fan-shaped motif, running down the upper arm.
Sketched woman portrait and hand on arm
Close photo of a hand with a row of five short black dash marks tattooed along the side of one finger, with a silver ring on another finger and a potted plant behind.
Short black dashes on a finger
Distressed vintage-style illustration of a dark-haired woman with red roses in her hair leaning towards a teal and cream skeleton, with clasped hands and swirling teal lines, shown as a design with no
Skeleton and woman embracing, distressed flash
Two traditional tattoos: a green and yellow face in profile with a pink heart and chain on the upper arm, and a cuffed hand holding a diamond with PRISONER JEWELLERY lettering on the thigh.
Traditional face, heart and chain with cuffed hand
Collage of four small black fine line tattoos on the wrist and forearm, showing a ringed planet, the words inhale exhale, a tiny heart and cross, and a heartbeat line.
Four fine line wrist tattoos in a collage
Flash sheet of drawn designs including crossed knives, a coiled snake, a dog's head, a bottle labelled Kingpin and a beetle, in navy and orange on cream.
Flash sheet of knives, snakes and objects
Close view of a desiccated, mummified hand with dark blue-grey tattoo marks of abstract curling shapes across the fingers.
Blue-grey markings on mummified fingers
Colour tattoo of a Claddagh design with a green heart gem, hands and crown in black outline, on a forearm.
Claddagh with green heart on a forearm
Close view of a fine line black script tattoo reading "we found love" on the inner forearm of a person whose hand rests nearby.
"We found love" script on forearm
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of an owl with amber eyes above a small house held in a hand, on the outer thigh.
Owl and house on a thigh
Realism colour tattoo of a grey Buddha with a raised hand and a pink lotus flower on the upper arm, set against green and orange clouds.
Buddha and pink lotus on an upper arm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of parallel lines, triangles and bands covering the back of a hand, fingers and forearm.
Geometric lines and triangles across hand and forearm
Two matching fine line script tattoos of a cursive word sit on the inner wrists of two people whose hands are clasped together.
Matching script word tattoos on wrists
Close-up of a hand holding a cigarette over pink satin, with the words LOVE YOU in small black lettering tattooed across the fingers.
Love you lettering on the hand
Small outlined tattoo of two cartoon gloved hands forming a red heart, placed on the lower leg just above the ankle.
Cartoon gloved hands forming a heart
Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh of a hand shake with a snake biting the wrist, above the words Trust No One.
Snake and handshake with Trust No One lettering
Black Arabic script lettering tattooed along the side of the ribs, with a hand resting over it and a jewelled ring.
Arabic script tattoo on the ribs
Realism tattoo of a woman in a red lace masquerade mask with a red feather, shaded in black and grey on the outer thigh.
Masquerade portrait with red feather on thigh
Realism tattoo of a woman with red sugar skull face paint, blue eyes and black linework, on the upper arm.
Sugar skull portrait in red on an upper arm
Grey ornamental mandala tattoo on a limb, with hands applying an orange cosmetic swatch to the skin beside it.
Grey mandala tattoo beside an orange swatch
Black script tattoo reading i am because you are running diagonally along the inner forearm, in a lettering style.
Script quote on a forearm
Vertical flash sheet of black and grey engraved designs, including a skull with candle, an eye, crossed bones, hands, scales and a plague doctor, with Latin lettering.
Vertical sheet of occult and engraved motifs
Realistic 3D skeletal ribcage tattoo across the back of a hand and fingers, shaded in grey with dark blue shadows.
Skeletal ribcage tattoo across the hand
Two colour tattoos of avocado halves, one on each person's upper arm, with the two people holding hands.
Matching avocado halves on upper arms
Black and grey realism tattoo on a forearm showing a singer with long hair, mouth wide open, gripping a microphone beside a hand with rings.
Singing performer with microphone on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a small gremlin-like creature standing on the calf, with a grey shadow of a hand and claw behind it.
Gremlin creature with shadow on a calf
Geometric dotwork tattoo on a leg near the knee showing a faceted male head with antlers, a raised hand and red roots below.
Antlered geometric figure on a lower leg
Two arrow designs in gold and silver metallic ink on the backs of a woman's hands, with stacked rings and a black feather-style wrist band.
Metallic arrow designs on the backs of hands
Two matching forearm tattoos show a black silhouette of a woman holding hands with two children, with script text reading because of her I will not fall and for them I'd risk it all.
Matching family silhouette and quote forearm tattoos
Two panels of abstract geometric tattoos: a stippled face with orange and blue accents on a forearm, and a tree, bird, hand and sun on a back.
Abstract face on forearm and tree on back
Realistic colour tattoo on a forearm showing a red, clawed creature with an open toothed mouth against a dark cloudy sky.
Red clawed creature with open jaws on a forearm
Black lace-pattern tattoo sleeve covering a woman's arm from the upper arm down over the hand, with a floral motif on the elbow and forearm.
Lace-pattern sleeve from upper arm to hand
Realism style tattoo on a forearm showing a grey shaded gas mask above a red rose, with a hand-like form below.
Gas mask and red rose on a forearm