Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Close-up of a hand and forearm with three small black dashes tattooed on the inner forearm in a fine line style, wearing gold rings and a tied striped shirt sleeve.
Three short dashes on the inner forearm
Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo wrapping around the inner wrist, shown with the hand raised and palm facing the camera.
Infinity symbol wrist tattoo
Fine line black ink tattoos of planets, stars, suns and moons across the back of a hand and fingers, set against a dark starry background.
Celestial doodles across the back of a hand
Black and white photo of a woman's bare back with arms raised, showing a fine line cursive script lettering tattoo on her left shoulder blade.
Cursive script quote across a back
Close-up of a woman's ear and jaw, with a tiny black fine line tattoo on the upper ear and a hand holding her chin.
Small fine line mark on the ear
Black and grey snake coiled around a skull on a forearm, with a fine line triangle and circle tattoo on the wrist of the other arm.
Snake and skull on a forearm
Close view of a hand resting on a floral sheet, showing a fine line and dot constellation tattoo in black ink on the inner wrist.
Small star constellation on the wrist
Flash sheet of fine line designs with black ink and pale watercolour washes, including a hand, Saturn, a birdcage, a teacup, a bicycle and a paper plane, each with a text banner.
Sticker sheet of quote-banner designs
Small black fine line hamsa hand with an eye in the palm and a dotted outline, tattooed on the back of a foot near the ankle.
Small hamsa hand with eye on a heel
Black and grey fine line tattoos on an upper arm: a shaded polyhedron with animals and lettering, a diagram of hands on axes, and an engraved multi-tool below.
Polyhedron, hands diagram and pocket knife on upper arm
Two small black and grey tattoos, an acorn on the left wrist and a squirrel on the right wrist, shown with palms up against grass.
Acorn and squirrel on the wrists
Hand resting beside a feather-and-mandala drawing, showing a small fine line feather tattoo on a finger and a tiny crescent moon tattoo beside it.
Small feather and crescent moon finger tattoos
Small black hamsa hand tattoo with patterned detail on the inner wrist of a person with an open palm, against a purple and white tie-dye fabric.
Small hamsa hand on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of two hands wearing stacked silver rings, with small fine line tattoos of a crescent moon and an om symbol on the fingers.
Crescent moon and om finger tattoos in black and white
Fine line tattoo on the back of a hand showing a woman's face with red lips, hands holding strings above two black silhouette figures on the fingers, with an eight ball at the wrist.
Woman's face and marionette hands on the back of a hand
Close photo of a small fine line black lotus tattoo on a finger of a hand with grey nails, in front of white and yellow chrysanthemums.
Fine line lotus tattoo on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of two hands forming a heart above a chain, placed on the side of the ribs.
Hands forming a heart over a chain on ribs
Two people show matching fine line tattoos of hands with linked little fingers on their inner forearms.
Matching linked-finger hand tattoos on forearms
Two small black fine line anchor tattoos on the fingers of two hands linked together, one on each hand.
Matching anchor tattoos on fingers
Black ink fine line tattoo of a shaded cloud with dripping raindrops and a rope leading down to a hand holding a rose, on the upper arm.
Cloud raining over a hand holding a rose
Two open palms with black fine-line tattoos of birds, one bird spanning both hands on a dark background.
Bird tattoos across two palms
Small black outline heart tattoo on the side of a finger in a fine line style, on a hand raised in front of a black Buddha statue.
Small heart tattoo on a finger
Two small black outline diamond tattoos, one on the back of each hand, in a fine line style.
Matching diamond tattoos on two hands
Black fine line tattoo of three open books labelled Fig 1, Fig 2 and Fig 3, stacked across the inner wrist and forearm.
Three open books on a wrist
Black ink pen sketch of a woman with long flowing hair, large flowers and a flower with an eye at its centre, drawn on a spiral notebook page.
Woman with flowing hair and flowers
Close photo of a small black fine line cross tattooed on the side of a finger, with the hand curled into a loop and pale nails visible.
Small black cross tattoo on a finger
A grid of eight black fine line tattoos of wildflowers, sprigs, a leaf, a plant pot and outlined hands, placed on ribs, upper arms and forearms.
Fine line botanical tattoos collage
Two matching fine line black tattoos of linked pinky promise hands sit on the upper arms of two people pressed together.
Matching pinky promise hands on two upper arms
Two hands held together showing a small fine line black ink acorn tattoo on one wrist and a squirrel tattoo on the other.
Acorn and squirrel wrist tattoos
Black fine-line script lettering reading What would Love do? along the forearm near the wrist, with a hand and gold bracelets raised beside it.
Script quote on the inner wrist
Close view of a hand with dark nails showing small fine line tattoos of dots, a chevron and a horizontal line on the fingers.
Dot and line finger tattoos on a hand
Small black fine line snowflake tattoo on the middle finger of a hand resting on a plastic-wrapped surface.
Small snowflake tattoo on a finger
Two clasped hands on a pebbled beach, showing a small black outline sun tattoo on the back of one hand and a small black crescent moon tattoo on the other wrist.
Sun and crescent moon tattoos on clasped hands
Three people's forearms rest together, each with a small black fine line crown tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Three small crown tattoos on forearms
Black and white photo of two hands hooked together at the wrists, each with a fine line tattoo of birds on a wire on the forearm.
Birds on a wire on two wrists
Fine line drawing of an outstretched hand with poppy flowers, leaves, a moon and an eye motif, and the words trust the path unseen, in black ink with blue accents.
Hand with poppies and lettering
Fine line black Arabic script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a black background.
Small Arabic script on inner wrist
Two people's shoulders in black and white, each with a small fine line outline tattoo of a hand on the upper shoulder.
Matching outline hands on two shoulders
Black and grey fine line tattoo of an outlined heart linked by a thin line to a small anchor on a forearm, with a tiny heart on a finger above.
Heart and anchor fine line tattoo on a forearm
Two matching black fine line compass and arrow tattoos with dotted rings sit on the back of two hands held together.
Matching compass and arrow tattoos on two hands
Fine line black lettering of a quote arranged in a circle around an ankle, with two hands holding the foot against a wooden floor.
Circular quote tattoo around an ankle
Two matching fine line tattoos reading soulsister with an arrow, one on a forearm and one on a wrist, shown as two hands are held together.
Matching soulsister arrow tattoos on two wrists
Close view of a hand with red nails showing a small black fine line cross tattoo on one finger and a black semicolon tattoo on the adjacent finger, against a white background.
Cross and semicolon tattoos on fingers
Two matching fine line geometric tattoos of circles and vertical lines sit on the inner forearms of two people holding hands.
Matching geometric line tattoos on forearms
Two black script tattoos on the inside of the wrists, one reading El-Shaddai and the other Adonai, with two hands clasped together above them.
Matching wrist script tattoos reading El-Shaddai and Adonai
Forearm covered in fine line doodles, including a coffee cup, paper plane and pocket watch, next to a wrist tattoo of a spade and heart, with two hands clasped.
Doodle tattoos on a forearm with clasped hands
Black and white photo of two clasped hands with a small fine line planet tattoo on one finger and a rocket tattoo on another.
Planet and rocket finger tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of two gloved cartoon hands forming a heart on the hand, with a castle blurred in the background.
Mickey-style hands heart tattoo on a hand