Hand tattoo ideas

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Woman lying on dark bedding showing a dark branch-like tattoo on her thigh and a tattooed forearm, with a navel piercing and a black top with a white skeleton hand print.
Branch tattoo on thigh with forearm design
Fine line black tattoo of a hand cupping a small heart with radiating rays, placed on the inner wrist.
Small hand holding a heart on the wrist
Small black fine line om symbol tattoo on the inner forearm near the wrist, shown in black and white while another hand holds the arm.
Small om symbol on the inner wrist
Black and white photo of a fine line outline world map tattoo on the inner wrist and lower forearm, with the hand raised in a loose fist.
World map outline on a wrist
A woman in a white vest top rests her hand on her pregnant belly, with a small black fine line tattoo running along her forearm.
Fine line tattoo on the forearm of a pregnant woman
Small black fine line tattoo of a heart with swirling loops on the inner wrist, with a hand resting on a car steering wheel.
Fine line heart on the inner wrist
Black and grey tattoo of a hand holding a flower with an eye at its centre and radiating rays, with leaves, on a forearm.
Hand holding an eye flower on forearm
Four hands stacked together in the centre, each wrist showing a small black compass rose tattoo in Geometric style on the forearm.
Matching compass tattoos on four wrists
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm showing a planchette with a moon, a yellow rose and a spider, above a hand with a jewelled ring and spiders crawling near a red cuff with a web.
Planchette, hand and spiders on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of two reaching hands inside an outlined triangle on the forearm, against a white brick wall.
Reaching hands in a triangle on a forearm
Two hands with pale blue nails on a white wooden surface, showing red script lettering on the inner left wrist and dark grey script on the back of the right hand.
Pale blue nails with script tattoos on hands
Two matching black and red robot tattoos with small red hearts sit on the inner forearms of two people holding hands.
Matching robot tattoos on two forearms
A man in a grey t-shirt with a black silhouette print of a profile and hands, showing black and grey traditional tattoos of a lighthouse, moths and a hot air balloon on his forearms and upper arms.
Man in grey tee with silhouette print and arm tattoos
A hand holding a cream canvas makeup pouch printed with black lettering, with a partly visible coloured tattoo on the forearm.
Makeup pouch held over a wooden floor
Black and grey realism tattoo of a man's face with a raised hand gesture on the forearm.
Realism portrait of a man on a forearm
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon, a faceted shape and a cat resting on an outlined hand, with a small teal wash, on a forearm.
Moon, cat and geometric shape on a forearm
Black fine line ornamental tattoo wrapping the wrist like a bracelet, with a lotus motif, dotted chains and diamond shapes, on a hand with dark nail polish.
Ornamental wrist bracelet tattoo
Traditional style tattoo of an open hand gripping a peony with a gold band and falling crystals, on the inner forearm.
Hand holding a peony on a forearm
Two matching fine line tattoos of a letter C with small numbers and a fraction, on the inner forearms near the wrists, in black and grey.
Matching C and fraction wrist tattoos
Black line tattoo of an outlined hand with two raised fingers and studded black bands on the fingers and wrist, on the forearm.
Outlined hand with studded bands on forearm
Black ink hamsa hand tattoo with dotwork and ornamental detail on the inner forearm, near the wrist.
Hamsa hand on the inner wrist
Two forearms with a black and grey dotwork lotus mandala on the wrist and a pink rose with a woman's face on the other arm, with clasped hands.
Mandala and rose tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey photograph of tattooed hands buttoning a dark suit jacket, with dotwork and geometric tattoos on the hands and wrists.
Tattooed hands buttoning a dark suit jacket
Fine line black tattoos on two forearms, one reading bon voyage in script and the other showing a city skyline with a dotted path and a sun.
Bon voyage script and skyline on forearms
Tattooed hands resting on a white cat, with a colour traditional shell design and roses on the hand and arm and a grey etched design on the back of the other hand.
Tattooed hands petting a white cat
A person with hands over their face wears a brown fedora and grey t-shirt, showing colourful figurative tattoos on both forearms and small tattoos on the fingers.
Colour forearm tattoos and finger tattoos
Black ink pine forest silhouette on the wrist beside a dotwork mandala design across the back of a hand.
Pine forest and mandala on hand and wrist
Black and grey tattoo covering a forearm, with the word Money in script, a skull, smoky shapes and bare branches, reaching down toward the hand.
Black and grey skull and smoke forearm sleeve
Small black keyhole tattoo on the inner wrist of a raised hand, with vintage keys hanging on strings in front of a pale wall.
Tiny keyhole tattoo on a wrist
Colour tattoo on the arm of a heart-framed scene with No-Face from Spirited Away holding gold nuggets, a black cat and soot sprites.
No-Face and Jiji in a heart on the arm
Blackwork botanical tattoo of swirling vines and a rose covering the back of a hand and the forearm, resting on a wooden table.
Blackwork vine and rose sleeve on hand and forearm
Fine line black constellation tattoo of dots, stars and connecting lines on the inner forearm and wrist, with partly visible lettering above it.
Star constellation tattoo on a wrist
Two forearms crossed under clasped hands against a white wall, one with a dark spiked band tattoo with two stripes near the wrist and the other with a tiny line of script.
Spiked band tattoo on a forearm
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
Collage of four photos showing small matching tattoos on wrists and ankles, including heart outlines, hash marks, a colour pinky-promise hands design and small lettering.
Matching small tattoos on wrists and ankles
Small purple fine line cross tattoo on the inner wrist of a hand with French tip nails, with a car steering wheel behind.
Small cross tattoo on inner wrist
Two matching cartoon robot tattoos on a pair of forearms, each with red heart and bow details, in a traditional style with bold black outlines.
Matching robot tattoos on two forearms
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a dotwork hand holding a flower stem with leaves, with the words Wish me the best beside it, on a forearm.
Hand holding a flower reading Wish me the best
Close torso photo of a woman in a black lace bralette, showing a black geometric tattoo on her hand and a dark tattooed sleeve on her upper arm.
Geometric tattoos on hand and arm
Close-up of a shaded realistic pink hibiscus tattoo with a yellow stamen on the inner forearm, near the wrist, against a dark background.
Pink hibiscus on the inner forearm
Black and white photo of two people embracing, with LOVE tattooed across the knuckles and black-and-grey lettering and a portrait tattoo on the forearms.
Embracing couple with knuckle lettering
Small fine line script tattoo on the inner wrist of a person in a sepia photo, with a silver bracelet on the same arm.
Fine line script on inner wrist
Black and grey photograph of a raised hand with the words THIS SKIN + BONES IS A RENTAL in bold block lettering on the inner wrist.
Block lettering quote on an inner wrist
Forearm tattoo of a cubist-style figure playing a piano, in black, grey and orange with bold outlines, on a person wearing a black top and jeans.
Cubist pianist on a forearm
Small black fine line tattoo of three swallows in flight on the inner wrist, with pastel nails and a silver bracelet.
Three swallows on a wrist
Black and white photo of a couple holding hands, showing black and grey tattoos on the man's hand and the woman's forearms, with a bouquet of roses.
Black and grey hand and arm tattoos with a rose bouquet
Realism tattoo of a shaded skull merged with a clock mechanism and Roman numerals across the back of a hand, with a coloured forearm sleeve above the wrist.
Skull and clock on the back of a hand
Colour traditional-style tattoo on the inner forearm showing a red gloved hand with a yellow star above two banners reading Don't mess with my funky flow.
Gloved hand and banner on a forearm