Calf tattoo ideas

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Black and grey traditional elephant tattoo with a red and gold woven blanket on the calf, shown in close-up and full leg views.

Elephant with woven blanket on a calf

Black fine-line tattoos of a palm tree, a safety pin, a can, a triangle and small words across a forearm, thigh and calf.

Small fine-line icons on arms and legs

Traditional tattoo of a woman embracing a skeleton that holds a red rose, bold black outlines and shading, on the lower leg.

Woman embracing a skeleton with a rose

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a spray paint can with an eye and a dripping pink shape, beside orange and red roses with green leaves, on a lower leg.

Spray can and roses on a leg

Colour traditional style tattoo on a calf of a cartoon dog wearing round glasses with its tongue out, framed by red, orange and yellow flowers and a script banner.

Bespectacled dog with flowers and banner

Colour traditional-style tattoo of a green alligator head with open jaws, teeth and an orange outline, on a lower leg.

Green alligator head on a calf

Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo above a row of moon phases and dotted chains on the calf.

Mandala and moon phases on a calf

Black and grey tattoo of a cigarette with rising smoke wisps on the lower leg, shown on hairy skin.

Cigarette with smoke on a lower leg

Black blackwork and dotwork mandala tattoo with a white heart at its centre, placed on the calf.

Mandala with a heart on a calf

Black and grey dotwork mountain and forest scene in a diamond shape with a red dotwork moon above, on a calf.

Red moon and mountain diamond on a calf

Realistic black cat portrait on a calf

Colour butterfly tattoo with black linework and blue and purple wing fill, sitting above swirled script reading Live Laugh Love on a lower leg.

Butterfly and Live Laugh Love script on a calf

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

Realism tattoo on a calf showing torn skin peeled back to reveal a coilover shock absorber with an orange spring and yellow reservoir.

Torn skin revealing a coilover shock on a calf

Black and grey tattoo of outlined legs rising from a tree stump with leafy sprigs, on the lower leg.

Legs rising from a tree stump

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a columnar cactus with spines in a striped clay pot, on the calf.

Cactus in a pot on a calf

Colour tattoo of a pint of stout with a face in the foam and a beer tap dripping at the top, placed on the calf in a neo-traditional style.

Stout pint with a foam face on a calf

Two small black ink hamsa hand tattoos in dotwork style, one on each lower leg, with a lace top and silver bracelets visible.

Two matching hamsa hand tattoos on the legs

Black and grey brushstroke flamingo tattoo on a calf, with a small coloured piece lower down the leg.

Brushstroke flamingo on a calf

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a fern with a curled fiddlehead on the calf, drawn in fine outlines with soft grey shading.

Fern and fiddlehead on a calf

Colour tattoo on a calf of a key with Minnie Mouse ears and a red polka-dot bow as its bow, with a dark castle silhouette beside the shaft.

Minnie Mouse key and castle on a calf

Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a bird with a fish-like head and clawed feet on a calf, with hatched and dotted shading.

Fish-headed bird on a calf

Colour traditional tattoo of a cartoon woman in glasses and a polka dot bandana flexing her arm, with banners reading I'm a strong smart sensual woman, on a calf.

Cartoon woman flexing arm with banners

Black silhouette of a helmeted soldier with a torn American flag in red, white and blue on a calf tattoo.

Soldier silhouette with torn flag on calf

Realistic owl head tattoo with a yellow-amber eye and soft grey feathers, placed on the calf of a leg.

Owl head tattoo on a calf

Traditional style tattoo of the Death Star with FLY and CASUAL banners over a red splash, on the calf.

Death Star with Fly Casual banners

Traditional style tattoo of a black telephone with red flowers and green leaves, with the words THE JERK STORE CALLED below it, on a lower leg above the ankle.

Telephone and flowers on a lower leg

Traditional colour tattoo of a cartoon woman holding a pizza slice, framed by blue flowers and a banner reading Eat pizza and complain, on the lower leg.

Cartoon woman with pizza and blue flowers on a calf

Black tribal band tattoo with geometric motifs and a central eye symbol wrapping around a calf, photographed indoors on a patterned tiled floor.

Tribal bands tattoo on a lower leg

Colour mandala flower tattoo with purple and pink petals and black outlines, placed on the calf below the knee.

Mandala flower tattoo on a calf

Solid black Texas silhouette on the calf, filled with white bat shapes that scatter into a flock of black bats across the upper right of the leg.

Texas outline with bats on a calf

Traditional-style tattoo of a red rose with bold black outlines and green leaves, on the lower leg.

Red rose tattoo on the lower leg

Black block lettering reading 'One foot in the grave...' on the back of a calf, with a prosthetic leg visible beside it.

Quote tattoo on a calf

Three views of a black blackwork tattoo of pine tree silhouettes and flying birds on a calf, fading into dotwork at the base.

Pine forest and birds on a calf

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 ink winged key with a triangle and circle design and the words It's real for us, on the outer lower leg above a sandal strap.

Winged key with script on lower leg

Black ink mandala tattoo on the outer calf of a person's leg, photographed with the legs raised.

Mandala tattoo on the calf

Fine line geometric animal head tattoo in black ink on the lower leg, above the ankle.

Geometric fox head on a lower leg

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a black cat looking at a crystal ball, with a red rose and a jack-o-lantern on a lower leg, shown in three side-by-side panels.

Black cat and crystal ball on a leg

Dense black ink ornamental floral tattoo covering a woman's thigh and running down to the calf, in a botanical style.

Ornamental floral tattoo on a thigh and calf

Black and grey realism tattoo of two roses, leaves and a pocket watch with Roman numerals on a calf.

Roses and pocket watch on a calf

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black and white cat wearing a grey hat with a feather, set inside an ornate gold frame on a calf.

Tuxedo cat in a hat in a gilded frame

Two neo-trad colour tattoos on a pair of calves, each showing a woman with closed eyes, a jewelled headdress and flowers.

Two ornate female portraits on calves

Neo-traditional barn owl tattoo with spread wings and a pale blue mandala behind it, on the calf.

Barn owl on a calf

Traditional colour tattoo on a calf showing a UFO beaming up a figure over snowy mountains under a purple starry sky, with the words I want to believe below.

UFO over mountains with I want to believe

Realism style colour tattoo of palm trees, a wooden boat and turquoise sea on the calf.

Palm tree and boat beach scene on a calf

Two black and grey cat head tattoos side by side on the lower legs, a hairless cat on the left and a tabby cat on the right, both in stippled dotwork shading.

Two cat heads on the calves

Small black and grey shaded bow tattoo with fine outlines on the lower leg, above the ankle, worn with glitter gold high heels.

Small bow tattoo on a lower leg