Hand tattoo ideas

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Traditional style tattoo on the back of a hand showing a grey umbrella with yellow lightning bolts and blue raindrops, inside a circle of black lettering that reads you are the smell before the rain.
Umbrella and lightning with quote on the hand
Black and grey traditional tattoo of two swallows over a sun with rays and a flower, on the back of a hand.
Two swallows and a sun on the back of a hand
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red heart inside a teal and gold framed box, with a pink flower and teal leaves, on the back of a hand.
Heart and flower on the back of a hand
Traditional style tattoos of a diamond, club, heart and spade playing card suits, one on each finger of a hand, with a grey ornamental pattern across the back of the hand.
Playing card suits on fingers
A seated person in a black bra and patterned underwear shows neo-traditional tattoos of two female portraits on the upper arm, a rose on the hand, and ornate scrollwork and a teal wave on the torso.
Portrait and ornamental tattoos on arms and torso
Two black linework stencils on tracing paper show a traditional rose with hatched leaves and a cartoon character face, held beside a tattooed hand.
Rose stencils with cartoon faces
Traditional style colour tattoo on the back of a hand showing a dagger through a red heart with a blue banner reading ROMANTIC and purple flowers.
Dagger, heart and banner on the hand
Black ink eye tattoo on a finger with a dotted mandala flower on the back of the hand and a red and yellow snake tattoo at the side.
Eye, mandala and snake on the hand
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red, white and blue barber pole with green leaves and a small flower, on the back of a hand.
Barber pole with leaves on the hand
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 and white photograph of a seated woman with full floral sleeve tattoos on both arms and lotus-style tattoos on her chest, wearing a lace bra and studded belt.
Black and grey sleeves and chest tattoos
Traditional red rose tattoos with green leaves cover the backs of two clasped hands, with black outlines and shading.
Red roses on the backs of both hands
Two hands held together showing a red traditional rose on the back of one hand and a black and grey rose on the other, with small finger tattoos on the fingers.
Rose tattoos on the backs of both hands
Colourful traditional mandala tattoo on the back of a hand, with bold black outlines and green, purple and pink petals, against a whitewashed brick wall.
Mandala tattoo on the back of a hand
A clenched fist with blue-grey blackletter-style lettering reading CATS MEOW across the knuckles, with a turquoise painted fingernail on the thumb below.
Cats Meow lettering across knuckles
Small traditional-style tattoo of a dark grey storm cloud with an orange lightning bolt on the back of a hand.
Storm cloud and lightning bolt on a hand
Black and white photo of a hand with a traditional-style rose and leaves tattooed on the back, with silver rings on the fingers.
Rose tattoo on the back of a hand
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
A woman with blonde hair lies with her arms crossed, showing a mixed colour traditional sleeve with roses, an eagle and a camera on the forearm and upper arm, and a teal heart on the back.
Colourful arm sleeve with roses and an eagle
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of an eye with roses on the back of a hand, with lettering on the fingers and a further tattoo partly visible on the forearm.
Eye and rose tattoo on the hand
Traditional style tattoos on a forearm, thigh and calf, including a black cat sitting on a coloured crescent moon and a black panther on the lower leg.
Cat on a crescent moon and black panther tattoos
Two people with crossed, heavily tattooed forearms showing a grey rose with a black outline on a hand, a pink rose on a wrist, and a teal heart padlock on the chest.
Roses and padlock tattoos on crossed forearms
Two matching colour tattoos on adjacent fingers show Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, each holding a red heart, in a traditional style on the hands.
Jack and Sally finger tattoos
Traditional-style moth tattoo with black outlines and soft pink and grey shading on the back of a hand.
Moth tattoo on the back of a hand
Traditional black and grey moth tattoo across the back of a hand, with a feather tattoo on the wrist and letters on the fingers.
Moth on the back of a hand
A leg in a bathtub covered in bold traditional tattoos, including red roses, an anchor wrapped in rope and a red heart, on the thigh, calf and a hand.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and an anchor
Traditional style tattoo of two snarling wolves with orange-red eyes and black outlines, covering the back of a hand against a dark background.
Two snarling wolves on the back of a hand
Black and grey traditional-style tattoos of a cat head on the back of a hand and a pocket watch and anchor on a forearm.
Cat head, pocket watch and anchor on arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey lynx face with amber eyes and orange and yellow flowers across the back of a hand.
Lynx face and flowers on the back of a hand