Hand tattoo ideas

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

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Coloured pencil tattoo design of a face with red spiky hair and a pale disc on the forehead, framed by two dark red roses and hands inside a yellow diamond.
Portrait with roses in a diamond frame
Small black semicolon tattoo in a fine line style on the wrist of a raised hand, with a wooden deck behind.
Small semicolon tattoo on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a lace-patterned garter band on a thigh, photographed in low, dark light with a hand resting on the leg.
Lace garter tattoo on a thigh
Two black script tattoos on wrists, one reading Queen with a crown and one reading King with a crown, shown on hands held together.
Matching queen and king wrist tattoos
Fine line black tattoo of two outlined hands, one reaching up and one open and angled, on the inner upper arm near the elbow.
Two outline hands on an inner upper arm
Black and grey tattoo of a bird in flight above the words Free Bird in script on the back of a hand.
Bird in flight and Free Bird script on a hand
Crossed forearms under UV light show a small glowing swallow tattoo on one forearm and geometric band tattoos around the wrists.
Swallow and geometric bands under UV light
Three matching fine line tattoos on forearms show two hands shaped like bunnies forming a heart, with the word love beneath each one.
Matching bunny hands heart tattoos on forearms
Two small grey crown tattoos on the backs of clasped hands, one wrist wearing a gold watch, in a fine line style.
Matching small crown tattoos on two hands
Two people holding hands at a cafe table, showing fine line black tattoos of a sun, a window and a small starburst on their forearms and wrist.
Sun, window and starburst fine line tattoos on forearms
Traditional style tattoo on an upper arm showing a heart frame with a black and grey mountain scene, red roses, a hand in a blue cuff and the words love and will tear us apart.
Heart frame with roses and lettering on upper arm
Fine line flash sheet of a house, ginkgo leaf, polar bear, pine trees, dinosaur, hand and a scorpio constellation in black ink on cream.
Woodland flash sheet of fine line motifs
Black ink script quote reading Through Dangers Untold and Hardships Unnumbered on the inner wrist, beside a white dogwood flower on stone.
Quote on the inner wrist beside a dogwood flower
Black and white photo of clasped hands with small dark tattoos on the fingers and back of the hand, a wristwatch on one wrist and a dark suit cuff.
Clasped hands with finger tattoos
Colour tattoo of beetroot, carrots and potatoes with green leaves and a hand reaching in, placed on the upper arm.
Root vegetables and a reaching hand on an upper arm
Two hands rest on a wooden tree stump, each with a small black tattoo on the ring finger.
Small finger tattoos on two hands
Black and grey photo of two hands resting together, with small simple linework tattoos on the side of two fingers.
Small finger tattoos on two hands
Dark brown henna-style botanical design of flowers and leaves running from the wrist across the back of a hand, with a matching motif above the wrist.
Henna flower and vine across hand and wrist
Close-up of a hand holding a champagne flute, with small silver geometric triangle and dot designs across the fingers.
Silver triangle and dot finger tattoos
Black and grey lettering tattoo reading amor vincit omnia in cursive script along the ribs, with a hand wearing a ring resting above it.
Amor vincit omnia script on the ribs
Two hands with dark nails rest over forearms covered in small black fine line doodle tattoos of dice, moons, arrows and the word ghoul.
Small doodle tattoos across both forearms
A sleeping fawn pug puppy rests on a forearm with bold colour traditional tattoos, including a red rose, and letter tattoos across the fingers.
Pug puppy resting on traditional forearm tattoos
Small solid black trident tattoo on the inner wrist of an outstretched hand, with waves breaking on a beach behind.
Small trident tattoo on the wrist
Two hands resting on a weathered wooden log, each showing a small black tattoo on a finger of the hand.
Two hands with small finger tattoos on wood
Black and white photograph of a fine scale pattern tattoo across the back of a hand and fingers, with chunky rings and a cigarette in view.
Scale pattern tattoo on the back of a hand
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a woman holding a crystal ball, with roses and a jewelled butterfly headpiece, on an upper arm.
Crystal ball woman and roses on upper arm
Two hands with fingers interlocked, showing a fine line tattoo running along a finger and a small outlined crescent moon tattoo on the side of another finger.
Fine line moon and line tattoos on fingers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cracked pocket watch with Roman numerals, held by a hand, on the upper arm.
Pocket watch held in a hand, realism
Small black linework symbol tattooed on the side of a finger, held beside an open book with printed text.
Small black symbol tattoo on a finger
Traditional colour tattoo of a dagger gripped by a hand with a crown pommel, above a red rose and black leaves, on the upper back.
Dagger and rose on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hand holding ferns, leaves and berry sprigs, with a decorative cuff, on the upper arm.
Hand holding botanical sprigs on upper arm
Black and grey photograph of a man's back and raised arms covered in skeletal anatomy tattoos, including a skull, ribcage, spine and spiders.
Skeletal back and arms tattoo, black and grey
Realism colour tattoo on a forearm of a young child resting their chin on their hands beside a tabby cat, with a few older tattoos at the top edge of the arm.
Realistic child and tabby cat on a forearm
Black and white photo of a bare back with a line of small black bird silhouettes tattooed from the upper back towards the shoulder, with hands visible at lower left.
Flock of birds across a bare back
Two open hands with silver and blue metallic geometric designs on the fingers, palms and wrists, styled with rings and bracelets.
Silver metallic geometric designs on both hands
Black script lettering reading promise along the side of a finger, with a diamond eternity ring on another finger.
Promise lettering on a finger
Close-up of a hand with black nail polish showing a black barcode tattoo on the wrist and a small heart-shaped barcode tattoo on a finger.
Barcode tattoos on a finger and wrist
Three raised wrists with gold metallic lettering: bride on the centre wrist and SQUAD with rules on each outer wrist, against a beach backdrop.
Gold bride and squad wrist tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo on the thigh showing a veiled woman among clock gears and a Roman numeral clock face.
Clockwork woman and gears on a thigh
Black and grey shaded chess king and queen tattoos on the forearms of two people holding hands in a black and white photo.
Matching chess king and queen tattoos on forearms
Dark brown henna design with diamonds, dotted lines and leaf-like fern motifs across the back of a hand and fingers, with a silver ring on one finger.
Geometric henna on the back of a hand
Black and grey realism back tattoo showing a tiger head above a woman's profile with closed eyes, with a skull held in a hand on the side of the body.
Tiger and woman full back piece with skull
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm of a hand fanning green banknotes, each with a yellow eye, surrounded by dark blue sparkles.
Hand fanning cash with eyes and sparkles
Black ink line drawing of a living hand clasping a skeletal hand, shown as a flash design on a pale background.
Two hands clasped, one skeletal, in black line
Realism tattoo of a graveyard, crosses, skulls and bones under a red lightning sky, covering a full back.
Graveyard and skulls across a full back
Close view of a heavily tattooed arm with a bold traditional rose and other coloured designs on the forearm, and dark tattooed knuckles and hand resting on a bare thigh.
Traditional rose sleeve with hand tattoos
Black outline tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other on the inner upper arm.
Two reaching hands on the inner upper arm
Black and grey rose tattoo with shaded petals and green-grey leaves on the inner wrist of a hand with turquoise nails.
Black and grey rose on a wrist