Just like with neck tattoos, not everyone agrees that inking your palms is a good idea. The palms are unlike most other locations on the body because their callused skin presents the artist with a tricky texture to work on. Palm tattoos are also very prone to fading. However, a pro tattoo artist who's very experienced with the needle together with reasonable expectations can result in excellent tattoo design, even if it's on your wrinkled little fingers! Bored Panda has compiled a list of creative tattoo ideas that fit in the palm of your hand, and their imperfections only add to their uniqueness. From trippy 3D designs to gentle minimal strokes, these pieces definitely deserve the attention they can get!
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We Don’t Typically Recommend Palm Tattoos, But This One Has A Lot Of Meaning To Our Customer. Plus We Do Really Love How It Turned Out
Inked Mag advises to not complicate a palm tattoo with intricate designs, shading, or color palettes. "Palm tattoos are extremely prone to fading and falling out, which means simplistic designs with solid black will last the longest over time," they write. "Keep your body art as simple and readable as possible, otherwise, you'll be left with an illegible mess."
Dot Work Paw Print
Instead, they suggest considering lots of dots. "If you're not looking for a simple black outline of your small tattoo, you can opt for dot work shading. Most other shading styles won't hold, however, saturated dot work can stand the tests of time if the dots are applied in multiple passes. This is because an artist applies dot shading like they would linework, depositing more pigment per dot than the wash-like shading you see in the whip technique."
Very Fun Tattoo Done Today
But if dots aren't your thing, there are other alternatives that you'll see in this tattoo gallery. For example, designs that are bold and black. "Let us say this loud and clear: BOLD WILL HOLD. Small, intricate and delicate designs will fall out, but heavy blacks will stay saturated in the skin long after the tattoo has healed. Callused skin that is constantly in motion, like the palms, has a faster regrowth than other locations on the body, which means that tattoo ink fades or falls out at a faster rate."
He's Got The Whole World
Ginkgo Leaves. Fun Using The Palms In A Way I'm Not Normally Asked To Do
Rad Palm Tattoos, Such An Awesome Experience
Another Pair Of Butterfly Palms From Last Week
Honeycomb And Bee Tattoo
Palm Tattoo Inspired By The Simpsons
Minimal Palm Tattoo
Got Some New Ink
We Found This Little Foo In The Shop
Moon And Sun Palm Tattoos
Self-Poke! "Weird Is Good" On My Palm, Done With My Non-Dominant Hand
Palm Full O’ Pills
Palm Tattoos Are A Serious Undertaking But I Assure You Ariel Is Up To The Task
Atom - The Smallest Particle Of A Chemical Element That Can Exist
Palm Barcode Tattoo
Something Different
Traveller's Palm Tattoo
I swear I keep seeing a mistake in this one. Right smack in the middle. Anyone else?
Flowers On Both Palms
My First Palm Ever! Turned The Machine Way Doooooown For This One
Oldie But Goldie. Both Healed
It Was A Great Pleasure To Make This Beautiful Trifle On The Palm Of Jure
Intricate Palm Line Tattoo
Flamingo Tattoo
Dot-Work Palm Tattoo
I’m Just In Love With This Tattoo
Everything Fades
Palm Tattoo
Palm Tattoo
Circles
Ant Tattoo On Palm
Little Cute Devil
Snowflake
So This Happened Today, Finally Got My Other Palm Tattooed
Snake's Spine. Traditional Berber Tattoo. Antique Protection Symbol Against Bad Things And Evil Eyes
Palm Tattoo
Brain And Heart
Blasted A Palm Last Night. Kid Took It Like A Champ
Impressive Palm Tattoos
Broccoli Tattoo
Little Bit Red “Creation Of Adam” Hands For Jaleesa Made Today On The Palm
Fresh And Healed Pictures Of This Unalome In The Palm I Did Some Time Ago
Harry Potter Palm Tattoo
Hold On Palm Tattoo
The Most Painful Tattoos Became The Best Experience
You Could Have The World In The Palm Of Your Hand, But It Don't Mean A Thing 'Til U Change It Your Damn Self
Bearded Man On A Palm
Probably The Most Painful Tattoo I Have Ever Gotten
Got A New Tattoo
Wolf On A Palm
Palm Tattoo Done Few Days Back
Palm Tattoo
I hope no one gets inspired. A tattoo on palm will last like two to five years because of constant movement and lot of wrinkles, vains 🙄 Young people reading this: just don't do it 🙈🙈🙈
When there is no more space left on your body..... Some are very beautiful and well done, but I would never do this to myself
Why do they show 30 but then have a hundred more that they didn't show?
Beautiful work but most of them I just did not get, they seem meaningless. But what do I know!
I was wondering why the tattoos must be fit all over the palm, a simple and minimal small palm tattoo is great also. Some of these are pretty :)
I hope no one gets inspired. A tattoo on palm will last like two to five years because of constant movement and lot of wrinkles, vains 🙄 Young people reading this: just don't do it 🙈🙈🙈
When there is no more space left on your body..... Some are very beautiful and well done, but I would never do this to myself
Why do they show 30 but then have a hundred more that they didn't show?
Beautiful work but most of them I just did not get, they seem meaningless. But what do I know!
I was wondering why the tattoos must be fit all over the palm, a simple and minimal small palm tattoo is great also. Some of these are pretty :)
