Hand tattoo ideas

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Black ink finger tattoos on two fists in a simple traditional style, showing a flower, a ship, a ship's wheel, a palm tree and crossed arrows.
Small nautical finger tattoos on two hands
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
Traditional style pin-up woman with rolled hair, red roses and a red hoop earring tattooed across the back of a hand.
Pin-up woman and roses on a hand
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
Heavily tattooed upper arm and forearm in traditional style, with a swallow and a banner design, cradling an orange cat.
Traditional tattoo sleeve holding an orange cat
Colour traditional style tattoos on a person's thighs and hand, showing a tiger head, a red rose, a framed portrait and a pocket watch, photographed in a car.
Traditional tattoo sleeve on legs and hand
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a raccoon face with bold outlines and hatched fur, on the back of a hand.
Raccoon face on the back of a hand
Traditional style colour tattoos on two fingers of a pair of hands, showing a woman's profile with a red flower above the word MOM and a man's profile in a green bowler hat above the word DAD.
MOM and DAD profile tattoos on fingers
Hand with dark script lettering across the middle finger, a dollar sign on the back of the hand and a shaded rose on the forearm.
Script lettering across a finger
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
Black and grey rose tattoo on the back of a hand, with a partly visible clock tattoo on the wrist and forearm.
Black and grey rose on the back of a hand
Small black and grey sailing ship tattoo with stippled shading and rigging on the back of a hand.
Sailing ship on the back of a hand
Close view of a black-ink traditional-style swallow and rose tattoo on the back of a man's hand and wrist, with his arm crossed over a tweed jacket.
Swallow and rose on a hand
Traditional style tattoos of red roses, a panther head and a sun with a face cover the thigh and calf of a person's legs, with a small tattoo on one finger.
Traditional roses, panther and sun on legs
Black linework traditional-style tattoo of a money bag with a dollar sign, coins and stacked banknotes on the palm of a hand.
Money bag and banknotes on a palm
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
Traditional panther head tattoo on a woman's neck, with small finger and hand tattoos, wearing a white shirt.
Traditional panther head on the neck
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman in a sailor cap beside an anchor, on the upper arm of a woman with long brown hair.
Sailor woman tattoo on upper arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a snarling black panther head in front of a yellow crescent moon on the back of a hand.
Panther and crescent moon on the hand
Traditional-style tattoo of two skulls and a banner on the upper back of a person in a white lace dress, with tattooed hands holding beer bottles.
Skull and banner tattoo on a lace-backed dress
Traditional style red rose tattoo covering the back of a hand and fingers, with teal leaves, yellow highlights and purple shading.
Red rose on the back of a hand
Traditional style pomegranate tattoo with dark green leaves on the back of a hand, with small heart, fish and star tattoos on the fingers.
Pomegranate tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of two hands with TRUE and LOVE lettering on the fingers and a shaded lion head with wings on the backs of the hands, a small child's hands resting on top.
TRUE and LOVE lettering across the knuckles
Traditional style gramophone tattoo with red and green leaves on the back of a hand.
Gramophone on the back of a hand
Black and grey rose and floral tattoo on a man's forearm and hand, with lettering across the knuckles, shown beside a cuff of a striped shirt and a dark suit.
Rose and floral forearm tattoo
Small bold-outlined cartoon cat with a red bow on the forearm, beside a large traditional flower with an eye on the back of a tattooed hand.
Cartoon cat with red bow on forearm
Close crop of a bearded man with a traditional-style diamond tattoo on his neck, a rose on the back of one hand and a female design on the other, with finger tattoos.
Neck diamond and hand tattoos on a bearded man
Colour traditional tattoos on a woman's leg and forearm, including a heart, a chrysanthemum and a skull, shown against white bedding.
Traditional colour tattoos on legs and forearms
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
Traditional style tattoo of a bearded man with a quiff and moustache on the back of a hand, with small finger tattoos and a Believe script on the wrist.
Bearded man portrait on the back of a hand
Two forearms with full traditional sleeve tattoos of roses, a swallow, stars and Chinese characters, held palms up towards the camera.
Traditional rose and swallow sleeves on both forearms
Traditional style tattoo of two horse heads within a wreath of leaves and a yellow flower, on the back of a hand.
Two horse heads in a wreath on a hand
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
Colourful traditional-style tattoos, including roses, cover both forearms and the hands of a woman in a white graphic t-shirt, with a small tattoo visible at the neck.
Forearm sleeves and hand tattoos, graphic tee
Black and grey skull tattoo with ornamental shapes on the back of a hand, which is holding a black ceramic skull mug.
Skull tattoo on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of a person's bare back showing a crown above bold ASSHOLE lettering with cross motifs, plus traditional sleeve tattoos on the raised arms and a word on one hand.
Crown and lettering across a back
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with red eyes and a white cross on the forehead, set on red splatter on the back of a hand.
Black cat with cross on hand
Traditional style tattoo of a globe with a compass rose, a sailing ship and teal flowers with leaves on the back of a hand.
Globe, compass and ship on the back of a hand
Two hands with traditional tattoos, showing a dagger and heart with a banner on the back of one hand and single letters across the knuckles of the other.
Knuckle letters and traditional hand tattoos
Traditional style tattoo of an eagle with spread wings inside a horseshoe, with a pink rose and dark leaves above, on the back of a hand.
Eagle in horseshoe on the back of a hand
Shirtless man with a black NY cap covering his face, showing traditional rose and heart tattoos and lettering across his chest, arms and abdomen.
Heavily tattooed torso and arms under a cap
Black and grey tattoos of a robed figure and blackletter text on a thigh, with lettering on the fingers and stretching across the stomach above denim shorts.
Blackletter text and robed figure on thigh
Bold traditional butterfly tattoo with black wings and red flowers on the back of a hand, with a fine line map outline on the forearm.
Butterfly with red flowers on the hand
Small black and grey owl tattoo with dotted shading on the side of a finger, shown on a hand resting on a light blue fabric.
Owl tattoo on a finger
Black ink finger tattoos on a clenched fist showing a flower, a sailing ship, a ship's wheel, a palm tree and crossed arrows, in a traditional nautical style.
Nautical finger tattoos on a fist
Traditional-style pomegranate tattoo with black leaves on the back of a hand, with a small black flower and numerals above the wrist.
Pomegranate on the back of a hand
A woman holding a tabby kitten shows a traditional-style sleeve of red roses and flowers on her forearm, with a small crescent moon on her hand.
Kitten held by a woman with a floral forearm tattoo