Hand tattoo ideas

1,970 photos and flash · 27% Fine line, 15% Lettering · Forearm most common

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Traditional colour tattoo on a thigh showing an outstretched hand, a lantern with a flame, green leaves and a dangling bead chain.
Hand, lantern and rosary beads on a thigh
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
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
Black line flash drawing of two long-nailed hands with stylised flames, sparkles and the words Fire Walk With Me above a chain.
Hands with flames and Fire Walk With Me
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
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
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
Colourful traditional tattoo of a woman's profile with a shaved patch and curly blonde hair, beside candy hearts on the ribs.
Woman's profile and candy hearts on ribs
Pencil drawing of a traditional-style tattoo design showing a hand with dark nails holding a cracked oval hand mirror, with a banner reading YOU'RE STILL PRETTY.
Hand holding a cracked mirror with banner
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 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
Traditional tattoo of two clasped hands over a red heart with blood drops, flanked by red roses on the abdomen, with a white lace bra visible above.
Handshake, heart and roses on the torso
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
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
Traditional style tattoo of two clasped hands in front of a red heart with a lace edge and orange flowers, on a forearm.
Clasped hands and heart with flowers on a forearm
Close photo of a fine line black tattoo of a hand and a profile face with closed eyes on a limb, with a shaded black and grey woman in a headdress tattoo below.
Fine line profile and hand with black and grey figure
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
Traditional colour tattoo of a hand holding a glass vial, with purple roses and an orange banner reading I know my value, on a forearm.
Hand holding a vial with roses and banner
Black and white ink drawing of two hands clasped in a handshake, with a snake with dripping fangs coiled over the joined hands, in a flash style.
Snake biting a handshake
Collage of five tattoo photos: a traditional hamsa with an eye on the foot, a small colour hamsa on the hip, and three black cat faces with red accents on the leg.
Hamsa and cat tattoos in a collage
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
Black outlined cartoon hands curving together around a solid red heart, a bold traditional style tattoo on the thigh.
Cartoon hands forming a red heart on thigh
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 style tattoo of a hamsa hand with an eye, flowers and dotted detail, on the side of a person's ribs, with partial Latin script below.
Hamsa hand with eye on the ribs
Traditional dotwork tattoo in black and grey, showing a rose above a stippled hand with a scalloped cuff on the upper arm.
Rose and dotwork hand on upper arm
Traditional style flash drawing of a pale hand with pink fingertips, wrapped in three yellow banners reading COLD HANDS, COLDER and HEART, with dripping red and white details at the wrist.
Hand with COLD HANDS, COLDER, HEART banners
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
Traditional style flash design of a hand holding a lipstick above a Femme Fatale banner, with pink roses and pearls on a teal background.
Hand with lipstick and roses flash
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
Traditional style colour tattoo of a horned ram skull above a red-cloaked hooded figure, on the forearm.
Horned ram skull and cloaked figure on forearm
Traditional colour tattoo of a pin-up woman with a red rose in her hair and a spider on its web, on the ribs, shown beside a close-up of the face.
Pin-up woman with rose and spider on ribs
Traditional style tattoo on the thigh showing a hand gripping a stake, red carnations, a banner reading INTO EVERY GENERATION A SLAYER IS BORN and a red gem with a B.
Hand with stake, banner and carnations
A traditional style red rose tattoo with green leaves on a forearm, holding up a grey hairless cat against a plain white background.
Red rose tattoo on a forearm with a hairless cat
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a carnation and leafy stem held by a dotwork hand on the upper arm.
Carnation and hand in dotwork
Traditional style tattoo of a dark hand with a red eye, orange flames, a tower and a banner reading In the Eye of the Beholder, on an upper arm.
Hand and eye with flames on an upper arm
Black and grey traditional hamsa hand tattoo with an eye and mandala flowers across the ribs of a torso, with a white top lifted above it.
Hamsa hand tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey forearm tattoo of a dagger held by two hands, with peony flowers and the words Hands Remember, in a traditional engraved style.
Dagger, hands and peonies on a forearm
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
Traditional colour tattoo on a forearm of a Ouija planchette with an eye, above a hand holding pink crystals and wearing a bracelet.
Ouija planchette and hand holding crystals on a forearm
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
Traditional colour tattoo of the Golden Gate Bridge with a banner reading HOME and a red heart held in hands, on the inner forearm.
Golden Gate Bridge and heart on a forearm
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 linework flash sheet drawn on paper, showing a skull with a flower, a flowered heart, a bouquet, a hand and a rope banner reading forget me not, in traditional style.
Traditional flash sheet with skull, heart and flowers
Traditional colour tattoo of a hand with crossed fingers, framed by red flowers and green leaves, on the upper arm.
Crossed fingers and flowers on upper arm
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