Hand tattoo ideas

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Black and grey hamsa hand tattoo with an eye, lotus flowers and dotwork detail across the upper back.
Hamsa hand with eye and lotus on the back
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a woman with wavy hair and eyes closed, with a small rose outline beside her, on a person's upper back.
Black and grey portrait of a woman on the back
Black ink tattoo of a temple with spires, an eye and stars above, and two open hands with water drops below, on a person's upper back.
Temple with hands and eye on a back
Fine line hamsa hand tattoo with filigree scrollwork and a central eye, sitting on the upper back between the shoulder blades.
Hamsa hand on upper back
Large red ink hamsa hand tattoo with ornamental mandala patterning across the lower back, in a geometric style.
Red hamsa mandala on lower back
Black ink hamsa hand tattoo with ornate detailing centred on a woman's upper back, with gold temporary tattoos on her shoulder and arm.
Hamsa hand tattoo on upper back
Gold metallic mandala and lace-style tattoos on a hand, forearm and upper back, with hands crossed over the shoulder.
Gold metallic mandala and lace tattoos
Black fine line tattoo of a bird with spread wings above two cupped hands, inside a circle with geometric diamonds, on a person's upper back.
Bird and cupped hands on upper back
Black ink hamsa hand with ornate lace-like patterns running down the centre of a woman's back, seen from behind.
Hamsa and lace design along the spine
Black and grey linework tattoo of a hand gripping a tattoo machine and marking a small arrow, placed on the upper back.
Hand holding a tattoo machine on the back
Full back realism tattoo of cupped hands holding a leafy tree on a small island, set against a swirling galaxy with planets and asteroids, in full colour.
Cupped hands holding a tree in a cosmic back piece
Fine line tattoo of two hands linking little fingers, placed on the upper back just below the neck.
Pinky promise hands on upper back
Fine line tattoo of two hands hooking little fingers together, placed on the upper back near the neck.
Pinky promise hands on the upper back
Black ink hamsa hand tattoo with an eye motif, ornate patterned linework and Hebrew lettering, on a person's upper back.
Hamsa hand with Hebrew lettering on upper back
Full back tattoo in black and grey realism showing a pentagram, faces, an angel, a boombox, a factory and hooded figures, placed across the back.
Full back collage tattoo in black and grey
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 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
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
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
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
Black and grey realism angel wings tattoo spanning the upper back, shown in a sepia-toned photograph of a bare back.
Black and grey angel wings across a back
Black and grey tattoo of an engraved hand releasing strings from which dotwork planets, including a ringed Saturn, hang across the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Hand holding planets on the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo collage covering a man's entire back, with a woman smoking, an open book, film strips, a film reel and a figure holding a pistol.
Film-themed collage across a full back
Black typewriter-style lettering reading life in every word across the upper back, with a hand resting on the shoulder.
Life in every word lettering across upper back
Black and grey geometric tattoo on a man's upper back and shoulder, showing a tree with a checked trunk, a sun, faces and a hand, with a small green bird and dashed line running onto the upper arm.
Surreal tree and hand on upper back
Black and grey sketch tattoo across a man's upper back showing two hands holding a wooden cross above an anatomical heart with thin wire-like lines.
Hands holding a cross above a heart on back
Realistic black and grey back tattoo of a bearded older man smoking a pipe, with hands holding a tin below, covering the back.
Bearded man with pipe on full back
Fine line black script lettering tattoo across the upper back, spread over several lines of text beside the shoulder blade.
Script quote tattoo across the upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of two hands reaching towards each other across a person's upper back.
Two reaching hands across the upper back
Black and grey tattoos cover a person's back, arms and hands, with skull, ribcage and spine imagery against a dark background.
Full back and arms covered in skeletal tattoos
Colour Traditional-style tattoo of a green shamrock framing a Claddagh hand-held heart with a gold crown, on the upper back.
Claddagh and shamrock on the back
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 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
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 ink hamsa hand tattoo with ornate patterned detail, placed centrally on a woman's upper back while her arms are raised.
Hamsa hand on upper back
Black and grey blackwork tattoos on a woman's upper back, showing a solid black triangle with a crescent above and a winged design on the right shoulder blade.
Triangle and wings across a woman's upper back
Black and grey realism tattoo of a creature with ridged scales and two gripping hands tearing through skin across the centre of the back.
Creature tearing through skin on back
Black and white photo of a man's bare upper back with hands behind his head, showing the word artist in lowercase sans-serif lettering between the shoulder blades, in Lettering style on the Back.
Word tattoo across the upper back
Black and white photo of a bare back with a botanical tattoo of bare branches and berry clusters running from the shoulder down to the waist.
Branch tattoo across a bare back
Back of a person with a black and grey traditional style tattoo of roses, clasped hands holding a scroll that reads Everything we left unsaid, and a small coloured rose at the left shoulder, placed
Roses and clasped hands with script across upper back
Black and grey realistic crown tattoo with ornate scrollwork on a person's upper back, with hands with pink nails resting on the shoulders.
Crown tattoo on upper back
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 ink handwritten-style quotation tattooed across a woman's upper back and shoulder blade, with her hand resting on her shoulder.
Handwritten quote tattoo across a upper back
Large realism tattoo across a bare back showing a woman in profile with a hand near her mouth, surrounded by handwritten script and red-tinged drips.
Woman portrait with script on back
Black script tattoo reading Today is a gift on the upper back of a person with short dark hair, in a Lettering style.
Script quote tattoo on upper back
Colour neo-trad style tattoo on a woman's upper back showing a shaded red apple held by black-and-grey hands, with orange sunburst rays and abstract stripes behind it.
Apple held in hands over a sunburst on the back
Colour tattoo of a woman's face framed by red and pink poppies on a back, in a neo-traditional style with bold black outlines.
Poppy-crowned woman across a back piece
Black and white photo of a fine line wave tattoo on the upper back of a woman whose hair covers her face, with one hand raised to her head.
Fine line wave on upper back