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
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
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
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
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
Close view of a teal blue rose tattoo with green leaves and black outlines on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Blue rose on the back of a hand
Two small skull tattoos on the hands, one wearing a red bow and one wearing a black top hat with a red band, shaded in black and grey with red accents.
Matching skull tattoos on two hands
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a banner and rope on the back of a hand, with the word FIND tattooed across the knuckles.
Anchor and banner hand tattoo from sketch to finish
Two hands held together, each showing a colour traditional dagger tattoo with an eye on the handle, placed on the back of the hand near the wrist.
Traditional dagger tattoos on both hands
Black and white photo of tattooed forearms and hands gripping a skateboard, with a traditional rose and a woman's portrait on the left forearm and a heart design on the back of the right hand.
Tattooed hands and forearms gripping a skateboard
Back view of a person with hands on their shoulders showing a skull on one hand, small star and heart tattoos on the fingers, and neck and upper arm tattoos.
Hands and fingers with traditional tattoos
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with a smiley face centre on the stomach, framed by two hands forming a heart, with small peace and heart tattoos on the hands.
Sunflower tattoo on the stomach
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
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
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
Anchor tattoo filled with pink and red flowers and leaves on the back of a hand, resting on kraft paper.
Floral anchor on the back of a hand
Two small black traditional-style tattoos on fingers: a ship's wheel on one finger and a compass star on another, shown on hands resting on dark leather.
Ship's wheel and compass star on fingers
Black and grey traditional style tattoos on the fingers and back of a hand, including a wolf head on one finger and a compass and square on another.
Wolf and symbol finger tattoos on a hand
Solid black traditional tattoo of a moth with eye motifs and rays covering the back of a hand and parts of the fingers.
Moth and eyes across the back of a hand
Two pairs of tattooed legs in black sneakers, with traditional-style skulls, roses and a compass on the calves and hands, in mixed colour and black ink.
Traditional leg and hand tattoos with black sneakers
Person in a black sweatshirt with white wing print, showing a red rose tattoo on the neck and floral tattoos on the hands.
Red rose on neck and floral hand tattoos
Two carved wooden arm and hand boards showing traditional-style tattoo designs of skulls, a heart with a dagger, a goat, a cat and flowers, in black and cream.
Carved arm boards with skull, goat and cat designs
Two clasped hands showing a traditional-style skull and crossbones tattoo on one wrist and a pink rose with a teal bow on the back of the other hand, with a black patterned tattoo on the forearm
Skull and rose tattoos on clasped hands
Small black and grey compass rose tattoo on the back of a hand, resting on a dark leather surface, with a ring on the adjacent finger.
Compass rose on the back of a hand
Two hands held together in sepia, each with a black and grey tattoo on the back of the hand: a tea bag tagged TEA on the left and a steaming teacup on the right.
Tea bag and teacup hand tattoos
Close view of a hand with a colour traditional-style tattoo on the back of the hand and wrist, worn beneath a tan suit sleeve with a striped shirt cuff.
Traditional-style hand and wrist tattoo
Close view of a tattooed forearm and hand resting on a gold guitar, with a traditional style skull and rose design on the forearm and small lettering on the knuckles.
Tattooed forearm and hand on a guitar
Traditional style tattoo of a red rose with green leaves and a gold beaded chain ending in a fleur-de-lis pendant, across the back of a hand.
Red rose and beaded chain on the hand
Tattooed forearm and hand holding a rolled joint over scattered hundred dollar bills, with bold red and black traditional-style linework and dark lettering across the hand.
Tattooed hand holding a rolled joint over banknotes
Small black anchor tattoo on the side of a finger, resting on a wooden table, with a colourful tattooed forearm visible beside it.
Small anchor tattoo on a finger
Black and white photograph of two weathered hands, each with a small black swallow tattoo on the back between the thumb and first finger, in a traditional style.
Two swallows on the backs of hands
Black line drawing of a hand gripping a tattoo machine, with roses and lotus leaves wrapped around the wrist and forearm in a traditional botanical style.
Hand holding a tattoo machine with roses
Black and grey rose tattoo on the forearm running onto the back of the hand, with a geometric mandala design in fine linework and dark leaves.
Rose and geometric mandala on the hand
Black and grey traditional swallow tattoo in flight on the back of a hand, with bold outlines and simple shading.
Swallow tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of two hands held out palms down, with knuckle lettering, a skull and banner, a spider web and a broken heart tattooed on the hands and forearms.
Knuckle lettering and skull banner on both hands
Hands holding a white mug, with a red and black traditional ship's wheel tattoo on the back of one hand and small anchor, arrow and Roman numeral tattoos on the fingers.
Ship's wheel and small symbols on hands
Traditional tiger tattoo on the back of a raised hand, with the words Diamonds are forever along the side, while a blue flame plays around one raised finger.
Tiger tattoo on a raised hand
Two hands with a colour nautical star on the back of one hand, LOVE on the knuckles, and Japanese-style dragon and koi tattoos on the arms and legs behind them.
Nautical star and Japanese sleeve on hands
Black and grey traditional rose tattoo on the back of a man's right hand, with a skull tattoo on his left hand, as he adjusts a tie.
Rose and skull tattoos on the hands
Two hands with traditional style tattoos, bold black lettering across the finger knuckles and coloured banner designs on the backs of the hands.
Knuckle lettering and banners on both hands
Two black and grey tattoos: a dotwork and fine line geometric eye in a triangle on the inner forearm, and a traditional style swallow on the back of a hand.
Geometric eye on a forearm and swallow on a hand
Close view of a man in a beige suit and striped shirt touching his jacket, showing a traditional style tattoo of a fist and banner across the back of his hand and wrist.
Traditional hand tattoo with banner on wrist
Two clasped hands with traditional tattoos of a butterfly, a cat head, a heart and a lily on the hands and forearm.
Hands with butterfly, cat and lily tattoos
Two tattooed hands tie a light blue shoelace on a dark shoe, with a traditional style animal face on the back of the right hand and letters across the fingers.
Tattooed hands tying a light blue lace
Close view of a barber's tattooed hands holding a comb on a man's head, with a traditional skull on the knuckles and a coloured rose and dagger on the right hand.
Traditional hand tattoos while cutting hair
Two hands showing traditional red rose tattoos with green leaves and chain drapes ending in a heart pendant on the back of each hand, with script on the fingers.
Traditional roses with chain drapes on hands