Hand tattoo ideas

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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
Two small black line smiley faces tattooed on adjacent fingers, joined by thin stick arms, shown on the hands.
Smiley face tattoos on two fingers
A small black anchor drawn in eyeliner on the back of a hand, shown in a collage with the pen, powder and other supplies used to make it.
Anchor drawn in eyeliner on a hand
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
Gold botanical leaf design across the back of a hand, with a gold ring and bracelets, photographed beside turquoise gift packaging.
Gold leaf design on the back of a hand
Hands with metallic silver and gold geometric temporary tattoos, plus a gold and turquoise geometric bird design on the thigh.
Metallic geometric bird and hand designs
Gold metallic ornamental tattoo across the back of a hand and wrist, with a small peacock feather design on a second hand below.
Gold metallic ornamental tattoo on a hand
Traditional style tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and a gold beaded chain ending in a fleur-de-lis pendant, across the back of a hand.
Red rose and beaded chain on the hand
Close-up of a hand held over a sunburst electric guitar, showing a small solid black guitar silhouette tattoo on the back of the hand.
Electric guitar silhouette on the hand
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
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
Blue floral tattoo with a leaf-like top and a round centre on the back of a hand, near the wrist, in a Botanical style.
Blue floral motif on the back of a hand
Two clasped hands, each ring finger carrying a black band tattoo of angular geometric marks, with grey skulls in the background.
Matching band tattoos on two ring fingers
Black and grey image of two hands holding pistols, with the word VERITAS lettered across the knuckles and fingers and rosary beads wrapped around the wrists.
Veritas lettering on two hands holding pistols
Close-up of a hand gripping a black camera, with the word Smile in small black script lettering tattooed on a finger.
Smile lettering on a finger
Black and grey photograph of a barcode tattoo with the word SLAVE beneath it, placed in the centre of an open palm.
Barcode and SLAVE on a palm
Black stag head with antlers above a fine line triangle motif, tattooed on the hand and wrist area in black ink.
Stag head and triangles on a hand
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
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
Black and white photo of a man's hands with blackletter-style lettering tattooed across the fingers and back of the hands, in black ink.
Black lettering tattoos across fingers and hands
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
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
Hand with reddish-brown henna-style leaf and striped band designs on several fingers, a black tassel bracelet on the wrist and black line motifs on the nails.
Leaf and stripe bands across fingers
Black and red mandala tattoo on the back of a hand, with a tabby cat resting its chin on the hand beside it.
Mandala tattoo on a hand holding a tabby cat
Dark brown henna-style ornamental design across the back of a hand, wrist and fingers, with a dangling chain motif and dotted linework.
Henna-style hand and finger design
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
Black and white line drawing of four hands, two views each, showing geometric and spiral tattoo designs across the back of the hand and the wrist.
Marquesan hand and wrist tattoo designs
Two hands held together over grass, each showing a small purple flower tattoo on a finger, in a simple botanical style.
Matching small flower tattoos on two hands
Black mandala tattoo on the back of a hand, beside faded LOVE script on the wrist and fingers, shown in four photographs.
Mandala on the back of a hand
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
Close photo of a hand with a black ornamental mandala tattoo across the back of the hand and wrist, plus small geometric tattoos on the fingers.
Ornamental mandala hand tattoo with finger designs
Small black star tattoo on the side of a finger, beside pale lilac nails with gold foil accent nails, on a leopard print blanket.
Small star tattoo on a finger
Fine line black twisted rope band tattoos wrapped around a finger on each of two hands, one on the ring finger and one on the middle finger.
Twisted rope ring tattoos on two fingers
Two pairs of small black fine line bird tattoos on the backs of two clasped hands, one with red nail polish.
Two small birds on clasped hands
Black star tattoos on the fingers of a hand with bright pink nails, including a large outlined star and a cluster of small solid stars.
Star tattoos on fingers
Fine line tattoo of crossed arrows and feathers on the back of a hand, worn with silver rings and a cuff bracelet.
Crossed arrows and feathers on the back of a hand
Black and grey stag head tattoo with large antlers on the back of a hand, with a small letter I tattooed on a finger.
Stag head tattoo on the back of a hand
Fine line black heart and key tattoos on the fingers of two clasped hands.
Heart and key tattoos on clasped fingers
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
Black geometric tattoos of diamonds, triangles and lines across the fingers of a hand, with a gold chain bracelet and rings, in a geometric style on the hand.
Geometric finger tattoos on a hand
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
Black dotwork mandala tattoo with an om symbol on a person's upper back, with a hand resting beside it bearing the words This too shall pass.
Mandala back tattoo with om symbol
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