Hand tattoo ideas

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Two black and grey cartoon tattoos on the backs of two hands, one showing Sally with stitches and flowing hair and one showing Jack Skellington's head, in a bold traditional style.
Sally and Jack tattoos on the hands
Hand with black lettering across the fingers reading Don't ask me about my tattoos, with teal diamonds, a bow and small pink and grey motifs in a traditional style.
Finger lettering reading Don't ask me about my tattoos
Black laurel wreath tattoo with a tied bow on the palm of a hand, with a colour tattoo of hearts visible on the wrist.
Laurel wreath on palm
Two closed fists showing BOOKWORM tattooed in black traditional-style letters across the knuckles, one letter per finger.
BOOKWORM knuckle lettering
Two hands show matching traditional red rose tattoos with green leaves and bold black outlines on the backs of the hands, with lettering on the knuckles.
Red roses on both hands
Black and grey traditional style tattoos on three fingers of a hand: an anchor, a sailing ship and a ship's wheel, with the ship placed on the middle finger.
Anchor, sailing ship and ship's wheel on fingers
Back view of a woman with colourful traditional tattoos of a snake and flowers across her back and arms, and a black and grey dotwork mandala on her neck.
Back, arm and neck tattoos with snake and mandala
Traditional style tattoo of Medusa's head with grey snakes, yellow eyes and a gold tiara, on the side of a finger.
Medusa head on a finger
Small black and grey tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship above waves, with stippled shading, on the back of a hand.
Sailing ship on the back of a hand
Two black and grey swallow tattoos on the backs of hands clasped together over a grey tweed jacket.
Two swallows on clasped hands
Tattooed hands resting on a white cat, with a colour traditional shell design and roses on the hand and arm and a grey etched design on the back of the other hand.
Tattooed hands petting a white cat
Traditional style tattoo of a reptile head with spiny ridges and clawed forelimbs on the back of a hand.
Reptile head on the back of a hand
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
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
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
Two hands with traditional tattoos: a red rose with green leaves on the left hand and a colourful crescent moon with a face and flowers on the right hand.
Rose and crescent moon on two hands
Black ink finger tattoos on a clenched hand showing a flower, a sailing ship, a ship's wheel, a palm tree and crossed arrows in a simple traditional style.
Nautical finger tattoos on a fist
Two matching traditional goat head tattoos with curled horns and orange eyes, one on the back of each hand, with red shading and leaf tattoos on the wrists.
Matching goat head tattoos on the hands
Close photo of a colourful traditional swallow tattoo with bold black outlines on the back of a hand, with dark tattoos partly visible on the forearm.
Traditional swallow on the back of a hand
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
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
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
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
Traditional-style tattoos cover both hands, with a skull on one palm, a blue and red mandala on the back of the other hand, and small finger designs including a spider and an anchor.
Skull and mandala hand tattoos with finger designs
Black and white photo of black and grey knuckle tattoos spelling SAVE THEM, with forearm tattoos of a scorpion and a star, holding a white puppy.
Save Them knuckle tattoos holding a puppy
Black and white drawing of six forearms and hands, each with a different traditional-style tattoo design including a mandala, skull, rose, eye in a triangle and crossed bones.
Six hands with black ink tattoo designs
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a swallow with two roses and leaves on the back of a hand.
Swallow and roses on the hand
Close view of a teal blue rose tattoo with green leaves and black outlines on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Blue rose on the back of a hand
Black and white photo of two hands with traditional-style finger tattoos of block letters, an umbrella, a rain cloud, a crescent moon and a star.
Finger lettering with umbrella, cloud, moon and star
Close view of a man's neck with black and grey script and a winged design, and his hands with traditional-style tattoos including a red-ribbed tiger and a rose, and knuckle lettering.
Neck script, wing and hand tattoos
Two small skull tattoos on the hands, one wearing a red bow and one wearing a black top hat with a red band, shaded in black and grey with red accents.
Matching skull tattoos on two hands
Two clenched fists pressed together, each with a traditional style tattoo: a panther head in a top hat and a rose on the right, a skull and a cartoon figure with an axe on the left.
Traditional hand tattoos with panther and rose
Black and grey traditional anchor tattoo with a banner and rope on the back of a hand, with the word FIND tattooed across the knuckles.
Anchor and banner hand tattoo from sketch to finish
Two hands with small sugar skull tattoos on the middle fingers, one with a pink bow and a tiny infinity symbol on the ring finger, in colour and black ink.
Sugar skull tattoos on two fingers
Two hands held together, each showing a colour traditional dagger tattoo with an eye on the handle, placed on the back of the hand near the wrist.
Traditional dagger tattoos on both hands
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a skull with butterfly wings on the back of a hand.
Skull and butterfly on the back of a hand
Colour traditional tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes, a crown and a third eye on the back of a hand, with LADY lettered across the fingers.
Black cat with third eye on hand
Traditional style tattoos of an open book with an eye and an anvil with nails, one on each hand.
Open book and anvil on hands
Small black and grey tattoos of a star, a bat and a skull and crossbones on the fingers of a hand resting on a keyboard.
Star, bat and skull tattoos on fingers
Traditional style tattoo of a ship's wheel over green waves with a banner reading Home Sweet Ocean, on the back of a hand.
Ship's wheel and Home Sweet Ocean banner
Black and white flash sheet showing six drawn forearms and hands, each with a different traditional and blackwork tattoo design including a mandala, rose, dagger and horseshoe.
Six forearm and hand flash designs on drawn arms
Black and white photo of tattooed forearms and hands gripping a skateboard, with a traditional rose and a woman's portrait on the left forearm and a heart design on the back of the right hand.
Tattooed hands and forearms gripping a skateboard
Back view of a person with hands on their shoulders showing a skull on one hand, small star and heart tattoos on the fingers, and neck and upper arm tattoos.
Hands and fingers with traditional tattoos
Black and grey portrait of a woman with a red circle behind her head, tattooed on the back of a hand, in a traditional style.
Female portrait tattoo on the back of a hand
Man in a grey waistcoat and turquoise tie holding an MR sign, with colourful traditional-style tattoos covering both forearms and small tattoos on the fingers.
Colourful sleeve tattoos on forearms holding an MR sign
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling bear head in orange, red and black on the back of a hand, with dark patterned ink on the wrist above.
Snarling bear head on the back of a hand
Black and grey sunflower tattoo with a smiley face centre on the stomach, framed by two hands forming a heart, with small peace and heart tattoos on the hands.
Sunflower tattoo on the stomach