Hand tattoo ideas

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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
Black line drawing of a woman with long hair and closed eyes, showing a Japanese-style sleeve of cherry blossoms, a koi-like fish and a skull on her arm.
Woman with Japanese-style sleeve and skull
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 black Arabic script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a black background.
Small Arabic script on inner wrist
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
Small black lettering reading me with a trademark symbol on the inner wrist of a raised open hand against a plain light background.
Small me lettering on the inner wrist
Colourful traditional-style tattoos cover a thigh and forearm as two people lie on a bed holding hands.
Two people holding hands with tattooed legs
Two matching colour traditional tattoos on forearms, each showing a hand holding a lighter or a joint, with a cannabis leaf, a pink flower and a banner reading BEST or BUDS.
Matching traditional forearm tattoos, lighter and joint
Black and grey tattoo covering a forearm, beside a bunch of keys on a chain and a gold-toned chain bracelet on the wrist.
Tattooed forearm with keys and chain bracelet
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
Traditional style tattoo of a hand forming an OK sign, wrapped in a grey cuff with red peonies and leaves, on the inner forearm.
Hand making an OK sign with red flowers on a forearm
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
Small solid black quotation mark tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand holding a pen, shown in a black and white photo.
Small quotation marks on the inner wrist
Close-up of a black script lettering tattoo on the inner wrist, reading comrade, with hands wearing silver rings and yellow nail polish.
Script word tattoo on the inner wrist
Two realistic black and grey full moon tattoos on the inner wrists of raised hands against a plain white background.
Twin moon tattoos on the wrists
Three people hold hands with matching fine line symbol tattoos on their wrists.
Matching symbol tattoos on three wrists
Black and grey mandala tattoo on a forearm and an ornamental floral sleeve on the other arm, with small finger tattoos, resting on white bedsheets.
Mandala and floral sleeve on forearm and hand
Small black crescent moon tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a dark blue background.
Small crescent moon on the wrist
Three people hold their palms up to show matching All My Love script tattoos on their inner wrists, in black ink with the middle one faded.
Matching All My Love script on three wrists
Traditional-style tattoo on an arm of a hand holding an hourglass, with a yellow rose, green leaves, seed pods and a red background.
Hand holding hourglass with yellow rose
Both forearms with colourful traditional tattoos of yellow and blue roses, swallows, stars and Chinese characters, with palms held open toward the camera.
Traditional rose and swallow sleeve on both arms
Four small fine line tattoos on hands and wrists in a collage, including a diamond, an eye, a heart, an arrow, a cross and a circle, placed on fingers and wrists.
Small fine line tattoos on hands and wrists
Fine line black tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other across the forearm.
Two hands reaching across a forearm
Black outline tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers on the inner forearm.
Crossed fingers outline on a forearm
Two wrists side by side, each with a fine line black tattoo of a hand beneath three radiating lines, on a blue painted surface.
Matching hand and rays tattoos on wrists
Traditional style tattoo of a hand with a lace cuff, a strawberry on the back of the hand and small flowers and leaves below, on a forearm.
Hand holding a strawberry on a forearm
Small black fine line semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand with dark painted nails, above a grey knitted sleeve.
Semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist
Small black compass rose tattoo on the inner wrist, shown on an open palm resting on a nautical chart.
Compass rose tattoo on the wrist
Black lettering tattoo reading Jerk and Bitch on the inside of a wrist, in a script and a bold serif style.
Jerk and Bitch lettering on a wrist
A woman with a grey-blonde bun and both forearms covered in traditional tattoo sleeves, including a bird and a mandala, with her hands raised over her face.
Traditional tattoo sleeves with hands over face
White ornamental design running from the forearm across the back of the hand, with a line of dots continuing towards the fingers.
White ornamental design on hand and wrist
Forearm with a black and grey botanical floral tattoo, resting on a silver laptop under a marble-print blanket.
Floral tattoo on a forearm beside a laptop
Black tattoos of spirals and tribal-style motifs cover a forearm and the back of a hand, with small dot-and-circle designs on the fingers.
Spiral and tribal patterns on a hand and forearm
Two matching realism tattoos in black and grey on forearms, each showing a hand with a hooked pinky finger above a ribbon banner.
Matching hands with ribbon banners on forearms
Fine line script tattoo reading forever and ever in dark purple ink running down the inner forearm near the wrist, beside a white rose.
Forever and ever script on a forearm
Small solid black four-leaf clover tattoo on the wrist of a hand resting on white bedding, in a fine line botanical style.
Four-leaf clover on a wrist
Black ink blackwork tattoo of five stacked circular motifs on the inner forearm, showing a flame, a hand, a tree, scales and an eye.
Five circular black ink symbols down a forearm
Black and grey tribal-style tattoo with a banknote-like central motif covering the back of a hand and extending onto the wrist and forearm.
Tribal and banknote-style hand tattoo
Close view of a gold and navy mandala-style temporary tattoo on the back of a hand, with a finer gold filigree design on the wrist and forearm.
Gold and navy mandala design on the hand
Two wrists on sand showing gold script lettering reading bride's babes with a small heart, in a lettering style on the forearm near the wrist.
Gold script bride's babes on wrists
Two people holding hands, each with a realistic Star Wars tattoo on the forearm: grey and blue R2-D2 on one arm and gold C-3PO on the other.
R2-D2 and C-3PO forearm tattoos
Four-panel collage of small tattoos on wrists and ankles, including black fine line hearts, a black hash symbol pair, and a colour design of two hands in front of an orange sun on a forearm.
Small wrist and ankle tattoos in a collage
Black and white photo of a raised arm with a road map tattoo across the forearm and hand, set against a dark background.
Road map tattoo on a raised forearm