Figure tattoo ideas

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A model in a red polka dot pencil skirt shows a colourful tattoo on her lower leg and black and grey tattoos on her arms.
Colour leg tattoo beside a red polka dot skirt
Black linework tattoo of two women on a calf, one upside down with geometric triangular hair, with a mint green triangle and red circle accents.
Two linework women with geometric hair on a calf
Colour tattoo of a lakeside landscape with mountains, a large tree and two silhouetted figures sitting by the water, on the calf.
Lakeside landscape with two figures on a leg
Black and grey realism tattoo on a calf and ankle showing a woman's face looking upward, reaching hands, a skull, bare branches and Roman numeral clock markings.
Realistic woman, skull and clock on a calf
Black ink botanical tattoo on a lower leg showing a swirling tree with a meditating figure, a small hummingbird and the word Namaste in script.
Meditating figure in a swirling tree with Namaste
Black and grey realism tattoo of a bald, mottled face with dark eye sockets, wearing a dark suit and tie, on the calf.
Suited skull figure on a calf
Seated person with bold traditional tattoos on the thigh and calf, including a red rose, a skull, a wolf head and a flower, with more tattoos on the forearm.
Traditional leg tattoos with skull and wolf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a figure hanging upside down from a chain and hook, with two vertical lines running alongside it, on a calf.
Figure hanging upside down on a calf
Four-view collage of a colour realism tattoo on a calf showing a clock, an owl, a maze, a tall-haired figure with a companion and furry creatures.
Fantasy scene with clock, owl and creatures on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of butterflies lifting a hot air balloon with two small figures in the basket, placed on the calf.
Butterflies lifting a hot air balloon on a calf
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork mandala tattoos covering a woman's thigh and calf, with a further design on her forearm, while she sits on sand.
Blackwork mandala leg sleeve on sand
Close-up of a yellow triangular warning sign tattoo with a black outline and a football tackle pictogram on the calf, worn with a navy football boot and black sock.
Football tackle warning sign on a calf
Solid black tattoo of a silhouetted figure with a flowing ribbon inside a circle, on the outer lower leg.
Silhouette figure in a circle on a calf
Black and grey tattoos on a lower leg: a vertical column of geometric circles and triangles on the left, and a dark owl with a small figure on a branch on the right.
Geometric symbols and owl on lower legs
Small solid black silhouette of a figure on the lower leg near the ankle, with a leg in lace platform heels against a dark street at night.
Silhouette figure tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoo of a leaping dancer silhouette with blue and green wash shading, on the lower leg above the ankle.
Dancer silhouette in blue and green wash on a lower leg
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a figure leaning forward with long hair and a dark jacket, placed on the calf.
Leaning figure silhouette tattoo on a calf
A woman's leg covered in black and grey tattoos from thigh to calf, wearing black high heels, with a person in jeans leaning against a wall beside her.
Leg tattoos with high heels on a cobbled street
Black and grey tattoo of a smiling LEGO minifigure with outstretched arms and a bent leg, on the calf.
LEGO minifigure on a calf
Black and grey traditional style cartoon tattoos of a rabbit, a cat and small creatures on a woman's leg, with a sleeved arm visible above.
Cartoon tattoos on a leg
Black and white photo of a woman wearing a stormtrooper helmet, showing black and grey tattoos on her forearm, upper arm, hands, abdomen and legs, including a script lettering piece on the stomach.
Script and rose tattoos with stormtrooper helmet
Watercolour style tattoo of a figure under a blue umbrella with coloured paint drips running down, on the calf.
Figure under an umbrella in watercolour rain
Black and grey fine line tattoo of vertical lettering running down a calf, with a small line drawing of a reclining figure across the top of the foot.
Vertical text and reclining figure on leg
Colour tattoo of cartoon characters, including a figure in a top hat and a small figure with a black bob, in a bold illustrative style on a calf.
Cartoon characters under an umbrella on a calf
Black and white photo of a woman's legs, with a Beauty and the Beast outline tattoo inside a floral wreath on the thigh and a banner tattoo on the knee.
Beauty and the Beast thigh tattoo
Black and grey floral leg sleeve with roses, foliage and script running from ankle to thigh, with the leg raised against a wooden jetty.
Floral leg sleeve with script
Colour tattoo of a stylised figure with swirling head and teal ribbons, shaded to look like carved stone, on the calf.
Carved stone figure with teal swirls on a calf
Realism colour tattoo on a calf showing a woman's face framed by an ornate hair ornament, with two figures in a red fiery scene below.
Realistic portrait with fiery scene on a calf
Full colour leg sleeve tattoo of a grinning Cheshire Cat peering from a tree, running down the thigh and calf.
Cheshire Cat leg sleeve
Black and grey realism style tattoo of an eye inside a red triangle with radiating rays, above a solid black suited figure, on the lower leg.
Eye in a red triangle with a suited figure
Realism-style colour tattoos on both calves, with a snarling werewolf with blood dripping from its fangs on the left leg and a green zombie face above a house on the right.
Werewolf and zombie face on both calves
Two tattoos on a pair of calves: a colourful patchwork figure with red hair on the left and a black and grey tall figure with a bird-like head on the right.
Two character figures on lower legs
Black and grey realism tattoo of a lanky figure with wild hair inside a glass snow globe, on the calf.
Snow globe with a lanky figure on a calf
Realism tattoo on a calf of two men in suits shaking hands, one figure engulfed in orange flames, mirrored across the leg.
Two men shaking hands with flames on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of a short-haired figure leaning forward with a raised limb and a lettered band across the torso, placed on the calf.
Fine line figure with raised arm on a calf
Black and grey woodcut-style tattoo of a moon over pine trees, clouds and logs with a seated figure, on the calf.
Woodcut forest scene with moon on a calf
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoos of clouds and swirls cover both calves, with orange canvas trainers on a wooden floor.
Japanese-style leg tattoos on calves
Colour realism tattoo of figures walking along railway tracks through a wooded area, placed on the calf.
Figures on railway tracks on a calf
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing a skull-faced figure embracing a long-haired figure with stitched limbs, seated on a chair.
Skull-faced and stitched doll figures on a calf
Two black silhouette tattoos on the backs of a person's calves, one showing a man in a suit with a red tie, the other an abstract dark figure.
Silhouette figures on both calves
Colour tattoo of a smiling Vault Boy bobblehead in a blue jumpsuit, standing on a VAULT-TEC base, on the outer calf.
Vault Boy bobblehead on a calf
Black outline tattoo of interlocking figures with motion lines around them, in a bold graphic style, on the outer lower leg.
Interlocking figures tattoo on a lower leg
A loose watercolour-style tattoo of a seated figure on a blue shape, with purple and pink washes running up the back of a leg from the calf to the thigh.
Watercolour figure tattoo on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of an adult and a child holding hands in silhouette, walking, on the calf.
Adult and child silhouettes on a calf
Realism leg tattoos on a pair of calves, with a sun and falcon-headed figure on the left leg and a moon and jackal-headed figure on the right.
Sun and moon leg tattoos with Egyptian deities
Black and grey realism tattoo of a semi truck with smoke, a moon and the script The Ride Home, on the calf.
Semi truck with The Ride Home script
Realistic tattoo of a figure in a dark suit, hat and red headband, in a one-legged pose, on the back of a calf, beside a printed reference photo.
Dancing figure in a suit on a calf
Colour tattoo of a starry galaxy-filled figure silhouette inside a scalloped shell on the lower leg, with a bold black outline and pink and orange wash behind.
Galaxy silhouette in a shell on the calf