Hand tattoo ideas

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Close-up of a small black fine line cross tattoo on the side of a finger of a hand held against a textured white background.
Small cross tattoo on a finger
Three purple butterflies in a realistic style sit on the back of a hand, with a smiling woman's lips and chin visible at the top of the frame.
Three purple butterflies on a hand
Hands with an intricate white ink mehndi-style design on the back of the hand, wrist and fingers, set against a white lace dress.
White ink mehndi-style design on hand
Blackwork botanical tattoo of swirling vines and a rose covering the back of a hand and the forearm, resting on a wooden table.
Blackwork vine and rose sleeve on hand and forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a lipstick tube with MAC lettering on a finger, beside a red painted nail.
Lipstick tube tattoo on a finger
Fine-line world map outline tattoo in red, green, blue and orange across the inner wrist, with the palm of the hand raised above it.
Multicolour world map on a wrist
Black lettering reading KEEP GRL PWR on a woman's forearm, with a sleeve tattoo on the upper arm and small marks on the fingers.
Keep Girl Power lettering on forearm
Small fine line unicorn horn tattoo with a pink bow on the forearm, above a hand with a tiny finger tattoo and orange nail polish.
Unicorn horn with a bow on a forearm
Fine line black constellation tattoo of dots, stars and connecting lines on the inner forearm and wrist, with partly visible lettering above it.
Star constellation tattoo on a wrist
Two finger tattoos in a cartoon style, a smiling orange pumpkin with a green vine on one finger and a startled white ghost on the other, both on the hand.
Pumpkin and ghost finger tattoos
Neo-traditional mandala flower tattoo in pink, purple and teal with eye motifs, on the back of a hand.
Colourful mandala flower on the back of a hand
Colourful tattoo sleeve covering a forearm, with dark specks scattered across the red, teal and yellow designs, shown against a plain grey wall.
Colourful forearm sleeve with scattered specks
Cyan UV-reactive swirl and dot tattoo glowing on the back of a hand under blacklight.
Glowing UV swirl tattoo on the hand
Fresh-looking red script lettering across the back of a hand, shown as a lettering tattoo in a single line.
Red script lettering on the back of a hand
Two hands with black and grey tattoos on the knuckles: a dollar sign with the word never and a pocket watch with the word enough, both with ink swirls, in a realism style on the hand.
Dollar sign and pocket watch on hands
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two swallows in flight, a sunburst and a small flower on the back of a hand.
Swallows and sunburst on the back of a hand
Black and grey photo of small eye tattoos on the back of a hand, on a finger and near the wrist, in a fine line style.
Small eye tattoos on hands
Hand and wrist with a grey-blue fox tattoo on the back of the hand, an ice cream cone above the wrist and small symbols and script around them.
Fox and ice cream cone on a hand and wrist
Gold metallic mandala and lace-style tattoos on a hand, forearm and upper back, with hands crossed over the shoulder.
Gold metallic mandala and lace tattoos
Small black fine line giraffe tattoo on the side of a finger on the hand, with palm fronds blurred in the background.
Small giraffe tattoo on a finger
Small black dotwork tattoo of a few dots on the side of a finger, on a hand with black painted nails, palm facing the camera.
Tiny dot tattoo on a finger
Two forearms resting on a white sheet, each with fine line black script tattoos, including the words always in flux and float, and a small arrow on the left forearm.
Fine line script and arrow tattoos on two forearms
Fine line black ink tattoos on three fingers of a hand: an eye with lashes, a crescent moon and a cat's head.
Eye, moon and cat finger tattoos
Small black and grey sailboat tattoo on the inner wrist, with a hand raised in front of a plain pale background and blue painted nails.
Small sailboat tattoo on the wrist
Small black fine line arrow tattoo on the side of a finger, shown on a hand resting on knitted grey fabric.
Small arrow tattoo on a finger
Fine line black tattoo of a feather threaded on a chain bracelet across the inner wrist.
Feather and chain bracelet on a wrist
Realistic tattoo of a tabby cat's face with green eyes on the side of a finger, shaded in black and grey.
Cat face on a finger
Close torso photo of a woman in a black lace bralette, showing a black geometric tattoo on her hand and a dark tattooed sleeve on her upper arm.
Geometric tattoos on hand and arm
Woman on a sandy beach with silver ornamental mandala-style designs on her forearm and hand, and turquoise rings and bracelets.
Silver mandala designs on forearm and hand at the beach
Two hands held together show small matching grey fine line crown tattoos on the backs of them, with one wrist wearing a gold watch.
Matching crown tattoos on the backs of hands
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
Small owl tattoo with orange eyes and dark linework on the middle finger of a clenched fist, with a yellow top in the background.
Owl tattoo on a finger
Small shaded black and grey wolf head tattoo on the middle finger of a hand with dark blue nails, in a realism style.
Wolf head tattoo on a finger
Black sans-serif lettering reading BEER GOES HERE arcs across the back of a hand between the thumb and finger, with other tattoos visible above it.
Beer goes here lettering on the hand
Black and white photograph of two fingers on a hand, each with a simple black smiley face drawn on the skin.
Smiley faces on two fingers
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
Gold metallic temporary tattoos of triangles, chains and arrows across a wrist, hand and forearm in a geometric style.
Gold metallic triangle tattoos on hand and wrist
Two pairs of fists show black circle tattoos on the top knuckles and the words TAKE TIME in black lettering across the lower knuckles, a lettering tattoo on the hands.
Take time knuckle lettering
White henna style design covering the back of a hand and fingers, with scalloped borders, floral motifs and dotted lines.
White henna style design on the back of a hand
Fine line black scallop shell tattoo on the side of a finger, beside a large mint stone ring, with a hand resting on sand.
Small scallop shell tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of an eye with fur-like texture across the back of a hand, with letters on the knuckles.
Realistic eye tattoo on the back of a hand
Close-up of a hand with red nails showing a small black star tattoo cluster running along one finger, placed on the hand.
Star cluster tattoo on a finger
Black henna-style mandala patterns cover the back of a hand and wrist, with dotted lines running up the forearm and metallic stickers added.
Black henna mandala on hand and wrist
Close view of a woman's upper arm with four black blackwork playing card suits in descending size, plus a small red heart on the hand.
Playing card suits down the upper arm
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
Close photo of a fine gold mandala tattoo on the back of a hand, with a dotted line running along the fingers and a dotted band at the wrist.
Gold mandala tattoo on the back of a hand