Hand tattoo ideas

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Collage of small fine line tattoos in black ink, including stars on the forearms and fingers, a dotted arrow on the upper arm and dotwork circles on the hands.
Small dotwork stars, arrows and circles
Black and white photo of a fine line arrow tattoo with a looped tail on the ankle, with a small semicolon-like mark on a hand nearby.
Fine line arrow tattoo on ankle
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of parallel lines, triangles and bands covering the back of a hand, fingers and forearm.
Geometric lines and triangles across hand and forearm
Two side-by-side photos of finger tattoos: a solid black geometric pencil with a dot on the middle finger, and a shaded grey wolf head on the middle finger.
Pencil and wolf finger tattoos
Close-up of a hand holding a cigarette over pink satin, with the words LOVE YOU in small black lettering tattooed across the fingers.
Love you lettering on the hand
Small fine line black heart outline with a script letter inside, tattooed on the side of a finger on a hand.
Heart and script letter on a finger
Dark outlined elephant motif on the top of a finger, with a thin line running down to a teal disc, on a hand wearing blue gloves.
Elephant motif on a finger
Black and white photo of a fine line script tattoo reading always across the side of a finger.
Always script on a finger
Fine line black heart tattoo on one finger beside a small black key tattoo on another finger, both shown on hands held side by side.
Small heart and key tattoos on fingers
Small dotwork bow tattoo in black ink on the wrist, with another hand resting against it on a soft peach background.
Tiny dotted bow on the wrist
Collage of matching small tattoos on fingers and wrists, including hearts, crowns and script lettering reading Always and Forever, in black and red ink.
Matching couple tattoos on fingers and wrists
Black typewriter-style lettering reading I contain multitudes on the inner wrist, photographed with the palm facing up in bright light.
I contain multitudes quote on wrist
Collage of small black and grey tattoos on fingers: a Harry Potter lightning scar, a shaded owl, a golden snitch, Platform 9 3/4, and a knot design on another finger.
Harry Potter finger tattoos and a knot design
Small black giraffe head tattoo in a blackwork style on the side of a finger, next to a gold solitaire ring.
Giraffe head tattoo on a finger
Realistic 3D skeletal ribcage tattoo across the back of a hand and fingers, shaded in grey with dark blue shadows.
Skeletal ribcage tattoo across the hand
Dark brown henna design on the back of a hand and wrist, with a matching motif on one finger, set against a striped towel.
Henna pattern on hand and wrist
Collage of black script lettering tattoos on forearms, wrists, hands and ankles, including the phrases You and me and Times infinity.
Script quote tattoos on forearms, hands and ankles
Black and grey fine line tattoos of cartoon princess faces across the fingers of a hand, with long pale nails.
Princess portraits tattooed on fingers
Three small black fine line tattoos on the back of a hand and wrist, with a curved shape, an angular shape and a spiky solid shape.
Three small black motifs on the wrist
Two arrow designs in gold and silver metallic ink on the backs of a woman's hands, with stacked rings and a black feather-style wrist band.
Metallic arrow designs on the backs of hands
Full arm sleeve in black geometric blackwork on a man's arm and shoulder, with a sun-like mandala on the shoulder and spiral patterns down to the wrist.
Geometric black sleeve on arm and shoulder
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
Fine line black tattoos on fingers, showing a small outlined circle on one hand and a crescent moon on a neighbouring finger of another hand.
Circle and crescent moon finger tattoos
Black lace-pattern tattoo sleeve covering a woman's arm from the upper arm down over the hand, with a floral motif on the elbow and forearm.
Lace-pattern sleeve from upper arm to hand
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skeletal hand with detailed bones, shown on the back of a hand held in a horns gesture against a black background.
Skeletal hand tattoo on the back of a hand
Fine line black tattoos of two simple faces on the side of two adjacent fingers, one with a smile and one with closed eyes and small arms.
Two small faces tattooed on adjacent fingers
Close view of a forearm and hand with white ornamental patterns on the skin, worn with silver rings and bracelets.
White ornamental designs on forearm and hand
Back view of a person with a densely tattooed back and arms, featuring a large grey hexagon, a crested eagle and engraved-style vintage motifs in realism style.
Full back tattoo with hexagon and eagle crest
Two photographs of a hand showing small black outline heart tattoos, one on the palm side of a finger and one on the side of the thumb, in a fine line style on the hand.
Small outline hearts on hand and fingers
Two black crown tattoos in fine line style on the backs of clasped hands, with a striped strap watch on one wrist and a gold bracelet watch on the other.
Two crown tattoos on clasped hands
Small black semicolon tattoos in fine line style sit on a wrist, the back of a hand and behind an ear, with two people in the frame.
Semicolon tattoos on wrist, hand and behind ear
Close photo of a small black fine line heart outline on one finger and the word Love in black script lettering on the next finger, both on the hand.
Heart and Love script on fingers
Close-up of a small solid black heart tattoo on the middle finger of a hand with white French manicure nails, placed below the nail.
Small heart tattoo on a middle finger
Several hands meet palms up over a table, each showing a small black star tattoo on the wrist or hand.
Small star tattoos on wrists and hands
Black and grey mandala tattoos on the backs of two hands and wrists, with small rose tattoos on the fingers and silver rings.
Mandala and rose hand tattoos
Hand with red nails resting on ripped jeans, showing fine line chevron and bar tattoos on the fingers and black lettering tattoo on the thigh.
Finger line tattoos and lettering on thigh
Collage of six small black fine line tattoos: stars near the collarbone, an arrow and a crescent moon on fingers, a chevron on the back of the neck, a music note on a finger and a small bird on the
Tiny fine line tattoos on neck, fingers and wrist
Back view of a person in a studded leather vest with a black spotted pattern tattoo on the upper arm and smaller tattoos on the forearm and hand.
Black spotted tattoo on upper arm
Small black ink tattoos of an alien head, a cross, a yin yang and a crescent moon on the fingers of a hand raised in a V sign, with more marks on the wrist.
Alien, cross, yin yang and moon finger tattoos
Silver metallic chevron and triangle temporary tattoos with turquoise accents run across a wrist and fingers, worn with crystal and silver rings.
Metallic silver chevron temporary tattoos on hand
A grid of small fine line tattoos in black ink on the neck, upper back, wrists, hands and ankle, including an infinity symbol, a feather and the word imagine.
Collage of small fine line tattoos
Small black ornamental scroll tattoo wrapped around the base of a finger, shown on a hand with dark tipped nails.
Small scroll band tattoo on a finger
Black script lettering tattoo on the back of a hand, which rests on a black object wrapped in plastic.
Script lettering tattoo on the hand
Palm of a hand under UV light with four small glowing outline symbols on the fingers: a triangle with a circle and line, an anchor, a heart and a circular emblem.
Four glowing symbols on fingers under UV light
Close-up of a woman's hand with a black ornamental filigree band tattooed around the wrist and running onto the forearm.
Black filigree wrist band tattoo
Close-up of a fine line black script tattoo reading til death along a finger, with a blurred background.
Til death script on a finger
Black dotwork tattoo of a symmetrical ornament on the forearm, joined by a fine dotted line to a matching motif on the palm.
Dotwork ornament on forearm and palm
Black and grey finger tattoos showing a heart with swirling scrollwork on one finger and a trident with a swirled band on another finger.
Heart and trident finger tattoos