Tattoo Ideas: Hands, Fingers, Palms
By becauseilive
How many times have I seen the words "love" and "hate" tattooed across the knuckles of each hand? Honestly, I've lost count. It's fairly common placement for a fairly common phrase, and although it fascinated me the first time I saw it, it has now grown old and tiresome. Luckily, there is always a new wave come to bring in the tide, and along with it flows a plethora of fresh ideas when it comes to hand tattoos. My girlfriend, for example, has the first initial of her ex's name tattooed on her ring finger -- they did this in lieu of exchanging rings and getting engaged like normal people. Obviously, they broke up in the end, and it would've been a much easier engagement to dissolve had they just been able to remove a metal ring from around their fingers and store it in a jewelry box; but neither of them regret their decision nor wish to cover the tat (much to my dismay, when I am feeling selfish and not thinking logically) even though the tattoo is located on a very prominent body part.
Perhaps this is why so many people choose to imprint words and messages on their hands. Other than your face, your hands are the feature you put forward first. We shake hands when meeting and greeting, high five when we're happy and give the thumbs up sign when we've accomplished something, so it makes sense to tattoo our ideals on the body part we use to communicate ideas with. Of course, images can be placed on hands as well, and you'll be amazed at the inventive and extraordinary things people can think up when it comes to body modification: a palm that opens to reveal a third eye, two halves of one heart that only form a whole when the hands are clasped together in prayer, letters on the insides of the knuckles rather than the outside and much, much more.
[images courtesy of bmezine]
WORDS ON KNUCKLES TATTOOS
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PALM TATTOOS
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RING TATTOOS
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Comments
wow that guy that has a tattoo on his palm is so funny, it's a russian tattoo that means "people that need to know everything get D-CK in their A-S" lmao
GREAT side. How do I spell Cornel / CORNEL in Latin? If anyone can help please.
that guy with the "pay up sucker" tat on his hand... thats fully sic!!! i love it.
I love the eye in the palm. I can imagine playing with kids by covering your eyes with the other hand and pointing the tattooed one at them and saying I See You!
The pay up sucker is Jesse James hand
wat lmao means?
haha these are great! i love your site. you have some great pages!
i saw a great knuckle tattoo that said 'HALF FULL', which i thought was awesome. exactly the opposite of what people expect from the kind of person with knuckle tattoos. similarly, saw a couple of guys who had matching OPTIMIST tattoos across their knuckles!
you gotta check out the Palm tat i did.
i need a cover up for initals on my ring finger
My friends Hubby got a ring tattoed on his finger because he's an electrician and can't wear his ring a work incase it gets hooked on something.
i think it's a wonderful idea.
omg thats funni shit!
lmao meens laugh my ass off btw
lol
x
I LOVE STARS ANS SPECIALLY GREEN THOSE ARE SICK
I have eyes tattooed in my palms aswell, check it out, they trump the one in the photo :)
last one. disgusting nails !
I had two people tell me that tattoos on the fingers will not last long, that you have to redo them every two years, and after a while, they look really bad. Can anyone telll me if this is true?
Oliver Sykes has a tattoo that says "High Five" on his palm, its so cool! :) These tattoos gave me lots of ideas! Thanks:)
hahaha yeah u gt that right the nails suck:P lol
The Latin equivalent of 'Cornel' (if you mean the male name, Cornel) is 'Cornelius'.
you all are so stupid
its crzy to tatoo ur ears bt i got influnced by ur site. i love my tatoos and da ears one most important!
be stupid today for tomorrow you may be dead ! tattoos are good fun so what if you are marked for life if you are truely into tattoos why would you care what people thing as with everything in life not everyone likes or understands why.
me i think tattoos rock and for the record im quite looking forward to being in an old peoples home covered in ink least you have something to take your mind off the fact you are waiting for god! carry on people spme wicked tattoos out there these days lots of luv monster xxx
my tatt artist said tatts on the palm of your hand wont stay....is there any truth to this , what can i tell him so he will try it... i wont go to any other artist but him....i really believe in sticking to one artist
im looking for a daisy chain effect, to have tattooed on the side of my hand, anyone know a good website with designs?
..its your tatt, get it where you want it. You dont ask him to try anything, you tell him 'I WANT THIS'...with a please of course lol, well thats what i did when i got the inners of three of my fingers done...i was told the same thing...if it fades, it fades but i got what I want where i want it because; it didint make sense to me to put it elsewhere. Probably not that helpful, but thanks for the chance to rant hahaha good luck :)
they are well cool
Here's mine. http://www.myspace.com/schligivitz/photos/41447771
I had a eye done on my palm of my hand and its nearly disappeared now proper faded,wonder if they all go like that?
WTF is up with the german nazi tatt?
LOVED THE ART WORK,LOOKEN TO GET A TOTTOO ON MY FINGER AND FOOT,I HAVE LOVED LOOKEN AT ALL THE DESIGNS,THEY WERE COOL.
I always had love 4 tattoos i think there awesome lookin 4ward 2 gettin more
awsome desings i lov tattoos hope we'll get more desings
4ward
tatoos r my life i lov them more than my boyfreind.
ashlee 4 years ago
that star tattoo is sick... i luv them