Hand tattoo ideas

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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 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
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
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 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
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
Close photo of dark Hebrew lettering tattooed across the back of a hand, with a silver band ring resting on the knuckle above it.
Hebrew lettering across the back of a hand
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands showing small black script lettering on both wrists, partly upside down from this angle, with a ring on one finger.
Matching script wrist tattoos on clasped hands
Two hands pressed together, each showing a matching black script tattoo that reads bff, placed on the side of the hand near the fingers.
Matching bff script tattoos on two hands
Two hands overlapping on a green marble surface, with a fine line heart and infinity tattoo on one ring finger and a script word on the other hand's finger.
Heart and infinity fine line tattoos on fingers
Two hands pressed together showing black script lettering reading Inhale love and Exhale hate across the fingers and back of the hands.
Inhale love and exhale hate on the fingers
Close photo of a small fine line script tattoo reading "free" across the back of a hand resting on a shoulder, in black ink.
Fine line word "free" on the hand
Two interlocked hands show small black script lettering tattooed along the side of a finger on each hand, with silver rings worn on the same fingers.
Small script finger tattoos on interlocked hands
Fine line pale script tattoo across the back of a hand, reading I must not tell lies, with black stiletto nails resting on a wooden table.
Fine line script quote on the back of a hand
Close-up of a hand with the word grace in black script lettering on the back of the hand, beside a coffee mug and an open book.
Grace script lettering on the back of a hand
Two hands held palms out showing a black and grey realistic portrait tattoo on the back of one hand, lettering across the fingers, and a pink peony on the forearm.
Portrait hand tattoo with finger lettering
Black and grey lettering tattoo on a forearm and hand, with a gold wristwatch and a gold watch on the other wrist, beside a stack of banknotes.
Lettering on a forearm beside gold watches and cash
Two fingers with small tattoos, a black line-work anchor on one finger and a colour shark fin above blue water on the next, with black lettering across the knuckles and fingers.
Anchor and shark finger tattoos
Close-up of a small black fine line Roman numeral tattoo with a dot between the characters on the side of a finger, with red painted nails resting on a steering wheel.
Small Roman numeral tattoo on a finger
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
Black script lettering reading promise along the side of a finger, with a diamond eternity ring on another finger.
Promise lettering on a finger
Black and white photo of a script lettering tattoo across a man's chest and an ornamental tattoo on the back of his hand, with a tabby kitten resting against him.
Script chest tattoo and hand tattoo with a kitten
Close-up of a hand with black stiletto nails and black skull rings, over a forearm covered in black blackletter lettering tattoos and an ornamental design.
Blackletter lettering on a forearm beside skull rings
Palm of a hand with a single black Chinese character tattooed on each of four fingers, shown in a sepia photograph.
Chinese characters tattooed on four fingers
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each with a black script lettering tattoo on the back of the hand reading Together and Forever.
Together and Forever script on clasped hands
Black and grey lettering tattoos on two wrists, shown in a monochrome photo of clasped hands with a ring on one finger.
Matching wrist lettering on clasped hands
Two hands held together, each with a black outlined half-heart tattoo, one reading BEST and the other FRIENDS, in a simple lettering style on the hand.
Matching best friends half-heart tattoos on hands
Black and grey script lettering spelling a word across the back of a hand, with a shaded bow and diamond above it and a crown at the wrist.
Script lettering and bow on the back of a hand
Two hands with the word promise in black script tattooed along the side of a finger, with one finger raised in front.
Promise script tattoos on two fingers
Several tattooed arms and hands wrapped together, showing a black and grey figure on a forearm, a compass design on an upper arm and small lettering on the fingers.
Intertwined tattooed arms and hands
Pencil sketch of an open hand with the words Promise, love, PROVOKE, DIRECTION and Good Luck written around the fingers, shown as a tattoo design idea.
Hand sketch with word designs
Black and grey photo of two clasped hands with script lettering reading King and Queen, each word topped by a crown, on the hand and fingers.
King and Queen script tattoos on two hands
Several arms meet in a circle with clasped hands, and several wrists and forearms carry gold metallic script reading bride tribe.
Gold bride tribe script on wrists and forearms
Fine line dotted trail with small stars and script lettering across the back of a hand, with a cartoon bee sitting on one finger.
Dotted trail and script on the hand
Black Roman numerals in a fine line lettering style tattooed along the side of two fingers, one on each of two hands.
Roman numeral finger tattoos on two hands
Fine line script tattoo reading free on the back of a hand, resting on a shoulder in a denim shirt.
Free script on the back of a hand
Black and grey tattoos on a hand and forearm, including the word forever in script across the back of the hand, with a star on a finger, shown through a barred hatch with handcuffs and a chain.
Forever lettering on the hand and forearm
Close photo of a fine line black script tattoo reading believe along the side of a hand, with a gold ring on the ring finger.
Believe script on a hand
Close-up of two black script lettering tattoos on the backs of the wrists, reading figlia on the left hand and madre on the right, with a silver bangle on the left wrist.
Figlia and madre script on the hands
Black handwritten script tattoos reading Inhale love and Exhale hate across the fingers of two hands pressed together against a dark background.
Inhale love and exhale hate script on fingers
Dark brown henna design on the back of a hand, with the word Believe in cursive script on the wrist and a cross with swirling ornamental lines on the hand.
Believe script and cross on the back of a hand
Black and grey photo of two hands with matching infinity symbol tattoos, each with handwritten script, one reading My sister's protector.
Matching infinity tattoos with script
Two small black script letter tattoos on the fingers of clasped hands, in a fine line lettering style.
Script letters on two fingers
Black crown above a triangle with the letters FOB tattooed on the back of a hand, held beside a black wristband with white lettering.
Crown and FOB triangle on the back of a hand
Close-up of a hand with the index finger extended, showing a small black handwritten lettering tattoo reading "let's go" on the finger.
"let's go" script on an index finger
Black and grey photo of the word Strength in flowing script lettering on the inner wrist, with another hand holding it.
Strength script lettering on a wrist
Close view of a small black lettering tattoo of capital letters and numerals on the back of a hand, resting on an open Bible.
Small letter block tattoo on the back of a hand