Knuckle tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of Beaker from The Muppets with orange flame hair, wide eyes and MEEP MEEP lettering across the knuckles of both fists.
Beaker from The Muppets tattoo
Black and grey Game Over lettering tattooed across a man's knuckles, with small cross marks above, shown in a close-up of both fists held together.
Game Over lettering across knuckles
Traditional style tattoos of roses and flowers covering a forearm and the fingers and hands of a person wearing a white graphic t-shirt.
Traditional forearm sleeve and hand tattoos
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
Four arms show temporary tattoos: a black shutter aperture on a forearm, a teal digital watch on a wrist, the word PLAY HARD across the knuckles, and a rainbow colour wheel on a hand.
Temporary tattoos of a shutter, watch and colour wheel
Black lettering across the finger joints of two clenched fists, reading Do or do not, there is no try, a lettering tattoo on the hands.
Finger lettering reading Do or do not, there is no try
Drawn Mr and Mrs knuckle tattoo design on two fists, framed by red roses and blue forget-me-not flowers, in a botanical Hand style.
Mr and Mrs knuckle design with roses
Black line drawing of two fists with the words BOOB and MILK lettered across the knuckles, printed on a grey t-shirt.
Knuckle fists design on a grey t-shirt
Black and grey tattoo of AK-style rifles across the four fingers of a clenched hand, shaded in a realistic style.
AK-style rifles across four fingers
Two fists showing eight small colour tattoos on the fingers in a fine line cartoon style, including an ice cream cone, lollipop, pumpkin, pizza slice, cupcake, skull, doughnut and crescent moon.
Sweet and spooky finger 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
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
Two hands resting palm down on a pale fabric, each with small black dot tattoos on the fingers and rings worn on several fingers, in a dotwork style on the hand.
Small dot tattoos on fingers
Black line drawing of two fists with CATLADY across the knuckles, framed by flowers, in a traditional tattoo style, printed on a white crop top.
Knuckle fists with CATLADY lettering
Black geometric star motifs in a repeating pattern tattooed across the back of a clenched hand and onto the knuckles, in a Japanese-influenced geometric style.
Geometric star pattern across the back of a hand
Black ink tattoo of a 2, an infinity symbol, an ampersand and a less-than sign across the finger knuckles of a hand, with a screenshot of an online comment thread beside it.
Infinity, ampersand and less-than tattoo on fingers
Black and grey tattoos cover a person's back, arms and hands, with skull, ribcage and spine imagery against a dark background.
Full back and arms covered in skeletal tattoos
Black and white photo of a clenched fist with fine line cartoon animal faces tattooed on the fingers, including antlers across the top knuckles.
Cartoon animal faces across fingers
Black and grey fine line tattoo of topographic contour lines across the back of a hand and knuckles, photographed against a plain light background.
Topographic contour lines across the back of a hand
Full arm sleeve tattoo in colour showing Bowser, Link, Princess Peach, Mario and Yoshi from video games, photographed from three angles on a black background.
Video game character full arm sleeve
Black and grey portrait tattoo on a forearm and upper arm, with knuckle lettering on the fingers and hand, photographed on a woman in a dark speckled t-shirt.
Portrait and lettering tattoos on hand and arm
Black and grey tattoos on a clenched hand: a wolf head on the index finger, a square and compass on the middle finger, a rose on the ring finger and an eye in a triangle on the little finger.
Wolf, rose and eye tattoos on fingers
Close-up of two fists with black ink knuckle lettering spelling STAY TRUE, with a grey rose tattoo on the right forearm.
STAY TRUE knuckle lettering
Woman with a raised hand showing a black and grey realism skeleton hand tattoo that runs from the fingers down onto the forearm.
Skeleton hand tattoo running onto the forearm
Black line flash design of two fists with HAND MADE across the knuckles, beside a spool of thread, scissors, a needle and yarn.
Hand made fists with sewing tools
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
Black and white photo of two clasped hands, each with a small solid black anchor tattoo on the back of the hand.
Matching anchor tattoos on two hands
Two clasped hands resting on a wooden ledge, with black and grey finger lettering and geometric patterns on the knuckles and back of the hands.
Hands with finger lettering and geometric knuckle tattoos
Two clenched fists show the word SELFMADE tattooed in dark letters across the knuckles, in a lettering style with teal shading on the hands.
SELFMADE lettering across knuckles
Colour cartoon turtle faces tattooed across the knuckles of a hand, with grey script lettering above them on the back of the hand.
Four cartoon turtles across the knuckles
Close-up of knuckle lettering spelling TEA TIME in black letters with teal shading, with a small teal teapot on the left hand, in a traditional lettering style.
TEA TIME lettering across knuckles
Black ink scrollwork tattoos across the fingers of a man's hands clasped near his chin, with a tattooed forearm and a feather pendant necklace visible.
Scrollwork finger tattoos on clasped hands
Two tattooed hands crossed over a denim jacket, one showing a black and grey wolf head and the other a colour tiger head, both in traditional style on the backs of the hands.
Wolf and tiger hand tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skeletal hand with detailed bones, shown on the back of a hand held in a horns gesture against a black background.
Skeletal hand tattoo on the back of a hand