Hand tattoo ideas

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Black and grey photo of a hand with three thin black bands tattooed around the middle finger, beside a silver ring, in a fine line style on the hand.
Three thin bands on a middle finger
Small black and grey elephant head tattoo with soft shading on the side of a finger, photographed against a dark surface.
Elephant head on a finger
Two black outline tattoos of cracked eggs with lettering sit on the palms of a pair of hands, shown in a simple line style.
Cracked egg tattoos on both palms
Close-up of a dark geometric tattoo covering the back of a hand and fingers, in a Geometric style, with black painted nails resting on grey knit fabric.
Geometric hand design with black nails
Silver and white ornamental linework designs on a woman's forearms and hands, with a metallic chain pendant over a blue crochet bikini.
Silver ornamental designs on forearms and hands
Colourful traditional-style sleeve of peonies, roses and a unicorn on a woman's arm, with lettering on her fingers and a white t-shirt behind.
Traditional floral sleeve with peonies and roses
Two small fine line tattoos on fingers, a flying bird on one finger and a birdcage with a heart on the next, both wrapped in clear plastic film.
Bird and birdcage on fingers
Two palms facing the camera, each with half of an outlined broken heart tattooed in black ink, with the words FUCK and YOU across the split.
Split heart tattoo across two palms
Two small black fine line tattoos on the side of a pair of pressed-together hands, one a crossed line with loops and the other a vertical bar with a circle.
Two minimalist line tattoos on the hands
Small black and grey heraldic crest tattoo on a finger, showing a tower, scrolled flourishes and a letter S on a shield.
Heraldic crest tattoo on a finger
Dark ornamental mandala design with dotted lines and finger bands across the back of a hand and fingers, in a style resembling henna.
Mandala design across the back of a hand
Black serif roman numerals XLIX tattooed along the side of a finger, in a lettering style on the hand.
XLIX roman numerals on a finger
Close photo of a hand with small black fine line sun and crescent moon tattoos on two fingers, with dark nail polish.
Sun and moon finger tattoos
Two small black fine line smiley faces with arms linking them, tattooed on the side of two adjacent fingers on a hand.
Two smiley faces hugging on fingers
Close-up of a hand with pale pink nails and small fine line black tattoos of a diamond, three stars and a bow on the fingers, beside pearl and black bead jewellery.
Fine line diamond, stars and bow on fingers
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
Two hands held together, each with a black script lettering tattoo on the back: Time Lord on the left hand and Companion on the right.
Time Lord and Companion script on hands
Two colour Japanese oni mask tattoos on the backs of hands, one green and one red, edged with gold swirling clouds.
Twin oni masks on the backs of hands
Two clasped hands show matching solid red tattoos of a crowned letter Q and a crowned letter K, each above a heart, on the back of the hand.
Matching queen and king tattoos on two hands
Black and grey skull tattoo with roses and a thorny vine across the back of a hand, photographed against a black background.
Skull and roses on the back of a hand
Close-up of a hand with pale pink nails and a tiny solid red heart tattoo on the side of the middle finger.
Small heart tattoo on a finger
Small black and grey fist tattoo on a finger, drawn in a fine line style and placed on the hand.
Small fist tattoo on a finger
Black and grey tattoos cover a woman's arm, hand, thigh, calf and ankle as she kneels on sand beside the water.
Black and grey tattoo sleeve and leg on beach
White ink mandala-style design across the back of a hand and fingers, with a matching band on the wrist and bare legs in the background.
White ink mandala on the back of a hand
Black and white two-panel photo of small star constellation tattoos made of dots and fine lines on a wrist, hand and forearm.
Star constellations on wrist and forearm
Close photo of white ink mandala, lace and scroll designs on a dark-skinned forearm, wrist and fingers, with a bracelet-style band and finger motifs.
White ink mandala and lace design on hand and forearm
Close view of a small black fine line treble clef tattoo on the back of a hand, resting on ripped denim.
Small treble clef on the back of a hand
Two black outline tattoos of broken chain links and cuffs on the palms of outstretched hands, with a star tattoo and lettering visible on the forearms above.
Broken chain tattoos on both palms
Two hands with dark henna designs of paisley, lace-like patterns, dots and fine motifs across the fingers, back of the hand and wrist, resting on pale pink fabric.
Henna designs on two hands
Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with fine line geometric detailing across the back of a hand and wrist.
Mandala tattoo on the back of a hand
Two hands hold white coffee cups marked MR and MRS, each with a small fine line anchor tattoo in grey ink on the fingers.
Small anchor tattoos on two hands
Traditional style tattoo of a black-sailed ship with a red sun and teal waves on the back of a hand.
Sailing ship and waves on the back of a hand
Two small black interlocking heart tattoos sit on the fingers of a hand, shown against a dark, softly blurred background.
Interlocking hearts on two fingers
Black fine line botanical tattoo of a fern sprig running from the wrist across the back of a hand, with a silver ring on the middle finger.
Fern sprig tattoo across the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoos of a ringed planet, an alien head and a crescent moon with stars, one on each of three fingers on a hand resting on a dark leather seat.
Planet, alien and moon tattoos on three fingers
Fine line black tattoos of a outlined pyramid and small symbols on the fingers of a bearded man's hand, raised near his mouth.
Small geometric finger tattoos
Fine line black infinity symbol tattoo with a small red heart on the side of a finger, photographed on a hand against a dark background.
Infinity symbol with red heart on a finger
Dark lace-patterned tattoo wrapping around the wrist and onto the back of a hand.
Lace design across wrist and hand
Traditional style tattoos of a red flower with green leaves at the wrist and a red and black butterfly on the back of a hand, with small star dots on the knuckles.
Red flower and butterfly on the hand
Black and white photo of two clenched fists pressed together, each with a small black fine line anchor tattoo on the hand.
Matching anchor tattoos on two hands
Close-up of a hand with white ornamental lace-style designs on the fingers and back of the hand, set against grey fabric.
White ink lace-style design on a hand
Two open palms with fine black line tattoos of the world map, one showing the Americas and the other Europe, Africa and Asia, on a dark background.
World map outline tattoos on both palms
Fine line black bow and arrow tattoos on two fingers, with a small heart at the arrow's nock, shown on a hand with purple nail varnish.
Bow and arrow finger tattoos
Black and grey realism tattoo of a rose with water droplets on the back of a hand, with a tribal pattern on the forearm above.
Realistic rose with water droplets on the hand
Colour road map design covering a raised forearm and hand against a dark background, with red highways and place names visible.
Road map tattoo on a raised forearm and hand
Small fine line black daisy tattoo on the side of a finger, next to a wire-wrapped gold ring, in a botanical style.
Small daisy tattoo on a finger
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bearded warrior in a winged helmet on the back of a finger, with a printed copy of the design held beside the hand.
Bearded viking warrior portrait on finger
Collage of small black fine line tattoos: two triangles on the wrists, a deer head on the back of the neck, a tiny mark on a finger, and a palm tree on the upper arm.
Small fine line tattoos: triangles, deer and palm tree