Hand tattoo ideas

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Two black and grey cartoon tattoos on the backs of two hands, one showing Sally with stitches and flowing hair and one showing Jack Skellington's head, in a bold traditional style.
Sally and Jack tattoos on the hands
Hand with silver metallic mandala-style temporary tattoos on the back and fingers, with matching wrist and finger bands, against a grey and white fur background.
Silver mandala temporary tattoo on a hand
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 simple red linework tattoos, a king with a heart and a queen with a heart, on the fingers of two intertwined hands, one hand with black nail polish.
King and queen playing card tattoos on fingers
Gold and silver temporary tattoos of triangles and a mandala motif on the back of a hand, with a wristwatch on the wrist.
Metallic temporary triangles and mandala on hand
Back of a hand covered in a black blackwork mandala tattoo of swirls, stripes and dots, placed on the hand and fingers.
Black mandala design across the back of a hand
Two hands with matching black lettering reading 5:1:13 on the ring fingers, in a fine, typewriter-style font.
Matching number tattoos on ring fingers
Colour tattoo of a comic-style kissing couple in red and black on the back of a hand, beside a printed comic panel reference.
Comic-style kissing couple on the back of a hand
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
Two hands with black and grey tattoos, including triangles on the fingers and a spider design on the back of one hand, with a wide-brimmed black hat covering the face.
Geometric finger tattoos and floral forearm
Small black dotwork tattoo of three dots on a finger, with silver rings worn on the same hand.
Three dots on a finger
Two hands with matching black Celtic knot band tattoos wrapped around the ring fingers.
Matching Celtic knot bands on two ring fingers
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
Two small black cross-like tattoos sit on the fingers of two clasped hands, one on each hand.
Small cross tattoos on fingers
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
Fine line black tattoo of a small outlined circle with a horizontal bar on a finger, shown on two interlaced hands.
Small circle tattoo on a finger
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
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
Small black dotwork tattoo of a few dots on the side of a finger, on a hand with black painted nails, palm facing the camera.
Tiny dot tattoo on a finger
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
Two hands held together show small matching grey fine line crown tattoos on the backs of them, with one wrist wearing a gold watch.
Matching crown tattoos on the backs of hands
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
Black and white photograph of two fingers on a hand, each with a simple black smiley face drawn on the skin.
Smiley faces on two fingers
Two hands pressed together, each with a matching traditional-style dagger tattoo with an eye on the hilt and a banner ribbon on the back of the hand.
Matching dagger tattoos on two hands
Traditional-style tattoos cover the back of a hand, including a shield and an eight ball, while the hand holds a small ginger kitten.
Traditional hand tattoos holding a kitten
White henna style design covering the back of a hand and fingers, with scalloped borders, floral motifs and dotted lines.
White henna style design on the back of a hand
Fine line black scallop shell tattoo on the side of a finger, beside a large mint stone ring, with a hand resting on sand.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a finger
Close-up of a hand with red nails showing a small black star tattoo cluster running along one finger, placed on the hand.
Star cluster tattoo on a finger
Two hands held together showing black script reading 'til death tattooed across the top of two adjoining fingers, with a tiled wall behind.
'til death lettering on two fingers
Two clasped hands show matching small black bow tattoos on the fingers, with white ribbons scattered on a wooden table behind them.
Matching bow tattoos on two fingers
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
Two raised middle fingers, each with the word Promise tattooed in black script along the finger, in a Lettering style on the Hand.
Promise tattoos on two middle fingers
Close-up of black handwritten lettering reading GRL on one finger and PWR on another, tattooed on the fingers of a hand with red nail polish.
GRL and PWR lettering on fingers
Fine line black airplane tattoo on a wrist, with a hand holding a dog's paw on a tiled floor.
Small airplane tattoo on a wrist holding a dog's paw
Close-up of simple black lettering reading Mt 19:6 tattooed along a finger, with a silver ring on the finger beside it.
Mt 19:6 lettering on a finger
Two small black tattoos on fingers of two hands resting on a wooden table, a crown outline on one finger and a solid dark symbol on another, with a gold signet ring nearby.
Small crown and symbol tattoos on fingers
Close photo of a colourful traditional swallow tattoo with bold black outlines on the back of a hand, with dark tattoos partly visible on the forearm.
Traditional swallow on the back of a hand
Two small red fine line bow tattoos on the side of two clasped fingers, on a hand held against a soft, blurred background.
Red bow fine line tattoos on two fingers
Black outline tattoo of a sun with pointed rays on the back of a hand, with silver bangles on the wrist.
Sun outline tattoo on the back of a hand
Small black dotwork bow tattoo on the back of a baby's hand, with the fingers curled against a soft peach blanket.
Dotwork bow on a baby's hand
Two small black anchor tattoos on the fingers of two interlocked hands, in a fine line style on the hand.
Matching small anchor tattoos on two fingers
Two black outline tattoos of cracked eggs with lettering sit on the palms of a pair of hands, shown in a simple line style.
Cracked egg tattoos on both palms
Silver and white ornamental linework designs on a woman's forearms and hands, with a metallic chain pendant over a blue crochet bikini.
Silver ornamental designs on forearms and hands
Black and grey traditional rose with leaves tattooed on the back of a hand, with the word LOVE across the fingers.
Black and grey rose on the back of a hand