Leg tattoo ideas

215 photos and flash · 18% Botanical, 17% Fine line · Calf most common

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Bare legs standing on a wooden floor, with a colour traditional-style tattoo of a dagger and flowers down the calf and ornamental pieces on both ankles.
Traditional leg and ankle tattoos on bare legs
Three views of a colour biomechanical tattoo covering a lower leg and ankle, with bronze, gold, green and purple mechanical plating.
Biomechanical leg tattoo shown from three angles
Black and grey tattoo of Totoro holding an umbrella on the lower leg, with soot sprites running across the top of the foot.
Totoro and soot sprites on an ankle
Black and teal botanical paisley tattoo running from the calf down over the ankle and onto the top of the foot, shown against burgundy satin.
Floral paisley tattoo on a lower leg
Black and white photo of a dancer en pointe showing a black and grey skull tattoo on the top of the foot, with a second tattoo on the lower leg.
Skull tattoo on foot in pointe shoe
Two bare legs and feet covered in colourful scale and fin tattoos in pink, purple, teal and green on the calves and ankles.
Full leg scale and fin tattoo
Traditional-style anchor tattoo with pink, purple and blue roses and a rope on the lower leg above the ankle.
Anchor and roses on an ankle
Black and grey brushstroke tattoo of a small perched bird with a long tail, placed on the lower leg above a black sock.
Small bird on the lower leg
Close view of a leg in black strappy heels and a gold chain anklet, showing a black tribal blackwork tattoo wrapping around the ankle and up the calf.
Black tribal tattoo on an ankle and calf
Black tribal blackwork tattoo wrapping a person's calf and shin, with further tribal patterns on the ankle and upper thigh, seated on concrete steps.
Polynesian-style tribal leg tattoo
Small black outline heart tattoo on an ankle, in a fine line style, with a bare leg and blue suede platform heels.
Small heart tattoo on ankle
Two pairs of tattooed legs in black sneakers, with traditional-style skulls, roses and a compass on the calves and hands, in mixed colour and black ink.
Traditional leg and hand tattoos with black sneakers
Traditional style tattoos covering both legs, including a skull and rose on the knee, a snake and a panther on the thigh and calf, and a small piece on the ankle.
Traditional leg tattoos with skull and snake
Black and grey photo of a small, solid palm tree tattoo on the back of a lower leg above the ankle, seen from behind with white Converse trainers.
Small palm tree tattoo on the ankle
Small black line tattoo of an ornamented elephant with a teal clover above its back, on a person's ankle.
Ornate elephant with clover on an ankle
Black scorpion tattoo with bold linework on the top of a bare foot and ankle, with legs crossed while sitting on a wooden floor.
Black scorpion tattoo on a foot and ankle
Small colour tattoo of two red cherries with green stems on an ankle, with legs resting in green wedge sandals on a vintage cream car.
Cherry tattoo on an ankle in green wedge sandals
A small black outline skull tattoo on the ankle of a leg in a high heel, in a sepia-toned fine line style.
Small skull tattoo on the ankle
Two tattooed legs raised against a pale wall, showing black and grey script, a lace-style floral piece and colour roses in a botanical style on the calves.
Tattooed legs with script, roses and lace
Realism style tattoo of two pink roses over black lace patterns running from the calf down to the ankle.
Pink roses and black lace down a leg
Side view of a leg in a strappy heeled sandal, with a black and grey ornamental tattoo running from the calf down to the ankle.
Black and grey ornamental tattoo on a calf and ankle
Full leg tattoo of a red, gold and black Japanese-style dragon running from the thigh down to the ankle.
Red and gold dragon tattoo down a leg
Small black fine line bow tattoo on the ankle of a leg wearing black platform heels with a leopard print strap.
Bow tattoo on ankle beside leopard print heels
Small black script lettering tattoo on an ankle, beside brown lace-up heeled sandals on a grey floor.
Small script tattoo on an ankle
Black and white photo of a bare lower leg and foot with a solid black fern tattoo wrapping from the calf down towards the ankle, in a botanical style.
Fern tattoo wrapping a lower leg
Sheet of gold metallic temporary tattoo designs including yin yang, hamsa hand, enso circle, lotus, om symbol and the words YOGA, BREATHE and relax, with a photo of a gold hamsa tattoo on an ankle.
Gold yoga temporary tattoo designs sheet
Top-down view of a colourful tattoo covering one calf and smaller black tattoos on the other shin, both legs in green canvas trainers.
Colourful leg tattoos above green trainers
Small black script lettering on the inner ankle of a leg, with a plum high-heeled shoe on the foot.
Small script word on an ankle
Collage of black line-art elephant designs, including mandala and origami styles, with a photo of similar elephant tattoos on a lower leg above navy suede loafers.
Elephant tattoo flash collage
Reddish-brown paisley and lotus design running from the thigh down the calf to the ankle, in a henna-style pattern rather than black tattoo ink.
Paisley and lotus henna-style design on a leg
Legs covered in colour traditional tattoos including a tiger head and a rose on the thigh and calf, shown in denim shorts outdoors.
Traditional tattoos covering legs
Black fine line circle tattoo with a simple inner mark on the outer ankle of a leg wearing black platform sandals.
Small circle tattoo on the ankle
Studio photo of a bare leg and foot with gold metallic ornamental designs, including scrollwork, a crown motif and a snake, on the calf, ankle and hand.
Gold metallic temporary designs on a leg
Two side-by-side views of a leg with blue snowflake tattoos cascading from the calf down towards the ankle.
Blue snowflakes running down a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo on the ankle, above pink glitter platform heels on a white bed.
Thin black ankle tattoo above glitter heels
Small dark blue-black script tattoo on the ankle of a person wearing taupe lace-up block heel sandals, shown in a lettering style.
Small script tattoo on an ankle
Colour botanical tattoo on an ankle with a pink hibiscus, a lavender rose and black lace linework with a small feather above.
Lace and flowers on an ankle
Small black palm tree tattoo on the ankle of a person standing on a skateboard in white platform shoes.
Palm tree tattoo on an ankle
Small black script tattoo on the back of a leg just above the ankle, with taupe wedge sandals on a wooden floor.
Small script tattoo near ankle with taupe wedges
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a bow with trailing ribbons on the calf, with a ribbon band wrapped around the ankle.
Bow and ribbon tattoo on a calf
Black geometric line tattoo of chevrons and parallel bands running down a leg from thigh to ankle, in a sepia photo.
Geometric line bands on a leg
Black and white photo of a bare foot balancing on a rail, with a fine line swallow tattoo on the ankle.
Swallow tattoo on an ankle
Black and grey photo of two small solid black butterfly tattoos, one on each ankle, worn with lace-up heeled shoes.
Matching butterfly ankle tattoos
Close-up of a small black star tattoo on the ankle of a person wearing metallic platform heels on a red carpet.
Small star tattoo on an ankle
Pastel pink, purple, blue and green scale and fin tattoo covering both legs from the ankles up the calves, with the legs raised against a pale fabric backdrop.
Pastel mermaid scale tattoo on both legs
Two photographs of legs with black handwritten lettering tattooed on the calf and ankle, reading I'm fine and save me.
Handwritten words on calf and ankle
Black tribal band tattoo with two flower motifs running from the thigh over the calf to the ankle, shown on a bare leg.
Tribal band with flowers down a leg
Blue, purple and green watercolour-style flowers with long thin stems tattooed down a bare leg, from above the knee to the ankle.
Watercolour-style flowers down a leg