Hand tattoo ideas

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Close-up of the word love in thin black cursive lettering tattooed on the side of a finger, with dark nail polish and a blurred teal background.
Love script tattoo on a finger
Dark ornamental design with mandala and paisley motifs across the back of a hand, fingers and wrist, extending towards the forearm.
Ornamental hand design across the back of the hand
Hand with lilac nails and small finger tattoos of a treble clef, a pink heart and a symbol, with a realistic portrait tattoo on the back of the hand.
Finger tattoos and a portrait on the back of a hand
Two open palms show small black line tattoos: an arrow, dots and a symbol on one hand, and an eye with a short line of lettering on the other.
Arrow, eye and lettering on palms
Black and white photo of two clenched fists with the word SPINSTER tattooed in serif capitals across the finger segments, a lettering tattoo on the hands.
Spinster lettering across knuckles
Realistic black, grey and red tattoo of an ornate pocket watch surrounded by acanthus scrollwork across the back of a hand and forearm.
Pocket watch and scrollwork on hand and forearm
Two hands with intertwined fingers showing matching small red fine line bow tattoos on the fingers.
Matching red bow tattoos on fingers
Close photo of a small black fine line script word reading love on the side of a finger, against a blurred night city background.
Small script love tattoo on a finger
Two hands show mirrored blue seahorse tattoos running along the index fingers.
Blue seahorse tattoos on two index fingers
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
Close-up of a small teal and silver geometric diamond tattoo on the side of a finger, with a silver ring on the adjacent finger.
Teal geometric diamond on a finger
Small full-colour taco tattoo on the back of a clenched hand, with a tan shell and green lettuce.
Small taco tattoo on the hand
Realism-style tattoo of a moth with blue-shaded wings across the back of a hand, with red nail polish on the fingertips.
Realistic moth on the back of a hand
Black fine line tattoo of a smiling cloud character with a small star above it, on the side of a finger.
Smiling cloud character on a finger
Black and grey skull tattoo on a forearm, with more small tattoos on the arms and hands, shown with a black crop top and silver western belt.
Skull tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a feather running along the back of a hand, close to the thumb.
Feather tattoo on the back of a hand
Traditional style tattoo of Medusa's head with grey snakes, yellow eyes and a gold tiara, on the side of a finger.
Medusa head on a finger
Small black semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist, shown in a fine line style, with the palm facing up towards the camera.
Semicolon tattoo on the inner wrist
Black and grey photo of a hand with a small fine line umbrella tattoo on the side of the middle finger.
Small umbrella tattoo on a finger
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
Neo-traditional tattoo of a large pink flower with green leaves and a green beetle across the back of a hand, with a tattooed forearm above.
Pink flower and beetle on the hand
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
Small black semicolon tattoo on the side of a finger, shown against a teal background in a fine line style.
Semicolon tattoo on a finger
Small black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship above waves, with stippled shading, on the back of a hand.
Sailing ship on the back of a hand
Two black and grey swallow tattoos on the backs of hands clasped together over a grey tweed jacket.
Two swallows on clasped hands
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
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
Realistic red rose tattoo with green leaves across the back of a hand, with a dark tattoo visible on the wrist above.
Realistic red rose on the back of a hand
Black linework leaf tattoo on the hand and wrist and a coiled snake tattoo on the arm, with a crystal ring, acorn pendant and pinecone beside an open book.
Leaf and snake tattoos beside an open book
Small black outline bow tattoo on the middle finger in fine line style, with turquoise painted nails on the hand.
Small bow tattoo on a finger
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
Black and grey fine line tattoos of the letters M, E and W and a small cat face across four fingers of a hand, with glitter nail polish.
Letters and small cat on fingers
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
Fine line script tattoo reading family with a small heart outline on the side of a finger, in dark ink.
Script word family with heart on finger
Fine line black arrow tattoo on the side of a finger, photographed in black and white.
Small arrow tattoo on a finger
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 dandelion tattoo with drifting seeds on the back of a hand, next to a silver ring with a turquoise stone.
Dandelion seeds on the back of a hand
Woman in a striped top and blue underwear lifts her shirt, showing a black and grey Japanese-style dragon tattoo on her side and thigh and a rose tattoo on her hand.
Dragon on hip and thigh with rose on hand
Traditional style tattoo of a reptile head with spiny ridges and clawed forelimbs on the back of a hand.
Reptile head on the back of a hand
Small fine line cross tattoo in black ink on the side of a finger, with white and gold glitter nail polish.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
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
Palm of a hand with a large black and grey mandala tattoo, a small purple centre, radiating lines and dotwork across the hand.
Mandala tattoo across a palm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cat's face covering the back of a hand, with detailed fur and whiskers.
Realistic cat face on the back of a hand
Four photos of small fine line arrow tattoos in black ink on the upper back, side ribs, inner wrist and upper arm.
Arrow tattoos in four fine line placements
Black and grey ornamental sugar skull tattoos on the side of two fingers, with a ring visible on a third finger.
Sugar skull tattoos on two fingers
Black sketch-style tattoo of an elephant wrapping across the back of a hand, with its trunk running along an extended finger.
Elephant tattoo across a hand