Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Watercolour-style tree tattoo with bare black branches and blue and yellow wash on the inner forearm and wrist.
Watercolour-style tree on a forearm
Both arms and hands submerged in clear blue pool water, with black and grey botanical tattoos on the forearms and upper arms and small tattoos on the fingers.
Tattooed arms and hands in a swimming pool
Illustrated pair of hands with solid black sun face designs on the wrists, a black circle with crossbars on each palm, and the letters of DEATH across the fingers.
Sun and circle hand tattoo designs
Two arms and the upper back of a figure on a black background, covered in grey and red geometric star and flower tattoos on the upper arms, forearms and shoulders.
Geometric sleeve tattoos on both arms
Black and white photo of three small fine line tattoos on an inner forearm: a snowflake, praying hands and a four-leaf clover.
Snowflake, praying hands and clover on a forearm
Black and grey ornate patterned ink covering the backs of both hands and fingers, with spire motifs rising towards the wrists.
Ornate patterned hands on a textured blanket
Black linework tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers on the forearm, shaded with fine hatching in an engraving-like style.
Crossed fingers hand on forearm
Black and grey photograph of a fine line tattoo of two overlapping triangles on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a hand held loosely below.
Overlapping triangles on the inner wrist
Forearm with a blue-grey mandala tattoo near the wrist, the hand holding a thin cigarette over sandy ground.
Mandala tattoo on a forearm
Hand and forearm with a glowing violet skeleton design on the back of the hand and wrist, shown under ultraviolet light.
Glowing skeleton hand under UV light
Black and grey realism tattoo of a sleeping baby cradled by hands, across the forearm.
Sleeping baby in realism on a forearm
Two forearms held together, each with a black and grey traditional-style anchor wrapped in rope on the inner forearm.
Matching anchor tattoos on forearms
Black and white photo of a small dark rose tattoo on the forearm near the wrist, with a raised hand and a black t-shirt printed with white slogan text.
Small rose tattoo near the wrist, black slogan tee
Two people hold hands, each showing a fine line black maple leaf tattoo on the inner forearm.
Matching maple leaf forearm tattoos
A woman holds her hands over her face, showing dark geometric ornamental tattoos on the back of one hand, the wrist and a finger.
Geometric hand and wrist designs in dark ink
Three photographs of a black and grey realism forearm tattoo showing a pocket watch, two roses and flowing ribbons.
Pocket watch and roses on a forearm
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
Two matching black hamsa hand tattoos with floral patterns, yin-yang symbols and chevrons on the inner forearms.
Matching hamsa hand tattoos on forearms
Black ink linework of a mechanical robotic hand drawn across the fingers, back of the hand and wrist, with hatched shading.
Mechanical hand design in black ink
Small black lettering in a typewriter-style font reading just breathe on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with a beaded bracelet and city buildings behind.
Just breathe lettering on the inner wrist
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a skeleton hand forming a V sign on the forearm.
Skeleton hand making a V sign
Two forearms with fine line botanical tattoos, ears of wheat on the left arm and lavender sprigs on the right, with the two wearers holding hands.
Wheat and lavender on two forearms
Black and white photo of a woman seen from behind, with typewriter-style lettering tattooed across her upper back and sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Typewriter text tattoo across upper back
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
A grey tabby kitten held up by two hands, with a red and black floral tattoo sleeve on one forearm and a small black tattoo near the wrist of the other.
Tabby kitten held by tattooed forearms
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
Close view of a hand with a colour traditional-style tattoo on the back of the hand and wrist, worn beneath a tan suit sleeve with a striped shirt cuff.
Traditional-style hand and wrist tattoo
Black and white photo of a forearm with a wide band of black dotwork dots around the wrist, the hand resting on a dark fabric.
Dotwork band on a forearm
Black and grey photo of three small black semicolon tattoos on the inner wrists of three arms held together.
Three small semicolon tattoos on wrists
Black cat silhouette tattoo with the words Cat love on a wrist, with a second sheet of cat designs below.
Black cat silhouettes on a wrist
Black ink tattoos on an arm in a traditional style, showing a hooded skull, crossbones, an eye and the words BYE BYE, with a spiral tattoo on the hand.
Skull, crossbones and BYE BYE on an arm
Black and grey script tattoo on a forearm, beside a tabby cat and a white mug reading Proceed as if success is inevitable.
Script tattoo on forearm with cat and mug
Small black typewriter-style text reading no retreat no regrets on a forearm, with a hand holding a Starbucks cup beside it.
No retreat no regrets on a forearm
Hand raised against a black and gold botanical wallpaper, with a small gold metallic rose tattoo in a botanical style on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Gold rose temporary tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers, outlined in bold black line with stippled shading, on the forearm.
Crossed fingers gesture on a forearm
Two forearms raised in thumbs up, each with a navy oval badge reading it's AWESOME time in white lettering, lettering style, on the forearm.
Matching thumbs up badge tattoos on forearms
Two muddy hands cupped together around a pale object, showing green banded tattoos with dot details on both wrists.
Green banded wrist tattoos on muddy hands
Several hands meet in the centre of the frame, showing black ink sun, yin yang, spiral and cross designs on the hands, wrists and forearms.
Hands with sun and yin yang designs
Two people show matching fine line tattoos of hands with linked little fingers on their inner forearms.
Matching linked-finger hand tattoos on forearms
Black and white photo of two hands held together, each wrist showing a small black Roman numeral tattoo in a serif lettering style on the forearm.
Roman numeral tattoos on two wrists
Black ornamental mandala tattoo covering the forearm and back of the hand of a woman in a bikini, with small lettering tattoos on her side.
Mandala tattoo on forearm and hand
Close view of a tattooed forearm and hand resting on a gold guitar, with a traditional style skull and rose design on the forearm and small lettering on the knuckles.
Tattooed forearm and hand on a guitar
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a skull on a card labelled LA MORT, held by a hand above a geometric mandala, in a dotwork style.
Skull and hand tarot card on a forearm
Three views of a full arm sleeve on a man's arm, with a black and grey clock face, a shaded hand, geometric linework and red splashes.
Clock and hand full arm sleeve
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
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
Colour tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye and an arrow above, set over teal and purple watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Hamsa hand and arrow on a forearm