Calf tattoo ideas

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Black blackwork tattoo on a leg, with a honeycomb of hexagons on the calf, parallel lines running down the shin and curved bands across the thigh.

Blackwork honeycomb and lines on a leg

Skull in feathered headdress on a calf

Two legs raised against a pale wall, covered in traditional-style tattoos of a shark, roses and a clock on the thigh and calf, with white high-top trainers.

Traditional leg sleeve with shark and roses

Black and grey realism tattoo of a scarecrow with a carved pumpkin head and leafy vines on the calf, shown from two angles.

Scarecrow with pumpkin head on a calf

Colour tattoo of teal and blue crystals with pink and purple heart-shaped gems on a calf, drawn in a geometric style with bold black outlines.

Crystal cluster with hearts on a calf

Black ink illustration of two horned monster creatures and a smaller figure with a crown-like crest, shown on the outer calf in a fine stippled drawing style.

Fantasy creatures tattoo on a lower leg

Two legs covered in black and grey tattoos including roses, a crown and script lettering, with the thigh and calf visible.

Multiple black and grey tattoos on both legs

Colour tattoo of the cartoon bunny My Melody in a pink hood with a blue bow, surrounded by pink hearts, on a lower leg.

My Melody character tattoo on a calf

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

Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a DNA double helix and a labelled chemical structure on a lower leg.

DNA helix and molecule with watercolour splashes

Fine line tattoo of a red outlined heart joined to a black heartbeat line and script letters on a lower leg.

Heartbeat line with red heart on lower leg

Black and grey botanical tattoo of a lily and an orchid with trailing vines, shaded in realistic detail on a calf.

Lily and orchid on a calf

Colour traditional tattoo on a calf showing a woman clinging to a cross beside a ship, under a banner reading Rock of Ages.

Rock of Ages cross and woman on a calf

Traditional style tattoo of a blue inhaler with a grey banner reading Ain't easy bein' wheezy, on the calf.

Blue inhaler with banner on a calf

Realist tattoo of a chocolate-coated ice lolly with a smiling man's face on the lower leg, with melting drips and a wooden stick.

Smiling face ice lolly on a calf

Close view of a seated person's lower legs showing two small solid playing card suit tattoos, one a club and one a diamond, in dark red ink on the shins above black heels.

Two small playing card suit tattoos on the legs

Diptych of a Japanese style colour tattoo on a lower leg, showing a black and grey cat with teal eyes wrapped around a blue and orange dragon with swirling cloud motifs.

Cat and dragon tattoo on a lower leg

Colour tattoo of a blue dolphin leaping beside black swirling linework on the lower leg, with a bold black outline.

Blue dolphin with black swirls on a calf

Close view of a bare leg and foot in a blue skirt, with a silver filigree band on the calf and a blue and silver scrollwork design on the ankle.

Metallic temporary anklet and calf designs

Realistic tattoo portrait of a woman with dark lips and drifting orange petals, in a realism style on the calf.

Realistic portrait with orange petals on a calf

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a glowing red lava lamp with a plug and electric spark on a calf.

Lava lamp with plug on a calf

Two bare legs in a bath of foam, covered in colour traditional tattoos including roses, an animal head, a wolf or panther head, script lettering and designs on the feet and ankles.

Traditional leg tattoos with roses and animal heads

Black and grey realism tattoo of a lion's head with a full mane, placed on the calf.

Realistic lion portrait on a calf

Colour realism portrait tattoo of a man with dark swept hair, a moustache and a red jacket with a tie, on the calf.

Portrait of a man with moustache on a calf

Realistic black and grey bear paw print with claw marks tattooed on the calf, shaded to look pressed into cracked ground.

Bear paw print on a calf

Traditional style tattoo of a black anchor with a heart-shaped top, wrapped in gold rope and overlapped by a red lily, on the lower leg.

Anchor with heart, rope and red lily

Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with cherry blossom flowers and petals, shown on the lower leg in two side-by-side photos.

Maneki-neko lucky cat with cherry blossom

Black and grey realism tattoo of a Rolleicord twin-lens reflex camera with its lens and nameplate shown in detail, on a calf.

Rolleicord twin-lens camera on a calf

Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a city skyline, a red bridge, a moon and two stars, with a quote on banners.

City skyline, red bridge and quote banners on a calf

Black linework tattoos of stacked concentric circles run down both calves of a barefoot person standing with their back to the camera.

Concentric circle tattoos on both calves

Colour geometric tattoo of a French bulldog face with blue, green and red facets on the calf, with a smaller version on the ankle below.

French bulldog face on a calf

Traditional style colour tattoo of a cartoon chicken with a red comb holding a revolver, shown on the calf from three angles.

Cartoon chicken with revolver on a calf

Traditional colour tattoo of a pirate skull with a green bandana, eyepatch and crossed cutlasses on a calf, framed by red flowers and grey clouds.

Pirate skull with cutlasses on a calf

Two black and grey keyblade tattoos on the backs of a pair of calves, with the words ONE SKY and ONE DESTINY above them.

Matching keyblade tattoos on calves

Back of two lower legs with black and grey blackwork tattoos on the calves, one showing a rising sun over hills and a tower, the other a striped hot air balloon above clouds.

Sun and hot air balloon on both calves

Colour tattoo of a yellow and orange daffodil with soft painterly shading on a person's calf, beside a brown map-print bag.

Yellow daffodil tattoo on a calf

Small colour tattoo of an arrow with a red, orange and teal feather on a person's lower leg, photographed outdoors in a grassy clearing.

Feather arrow tattoo on a calf

Black and grey koi fish tattoo arranged in a yin yang circle on the calf, with fine scale shading.

Koi fish yin yang on a lower leg

Three repeated views of a colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grinning from beneath a pink curled tail, on a lower leg, with a lightning bolt and a green dinosaur nearby.

Cheshire Cat with pink spiral tail on a leg

Black and grey realism tattoo of a pine forest and log cabin on a calf, shown in four photographs from different angles.

Forest and log cabin on a calf

Traditional colour tattoo of red hockey gloves with a maple leaf on the cuff and a banner reading Droppin' Mitts, on a lower leg.

Red hockey gloves with banner on a leg

Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf showing a grey heart-shaped padlock with a key through its keyhole, pink ribbon, orange and pink flowers, and three silver keys hanging below.

Heart padlock and keys on a calf

Black and grey geometric unicorn head tattoo on a lower leg, with dotwork shading and triangular shards breaking away below it.

Geometric unicorn head on a calf

Close-up of a leg with two solid black brushstroke bands tattooed across the calf, in a blackwork style.

Two black brushstroke bands on a calf

Black and grey fine line tattoo of the words You are not alone above a sketched girl holding a book, on a lower leg.

Quote and sketched girl with a book

Five small white bird silhouettes flying in a diagonal line across a lower leg, shown as a white ink tattoo on tanned skin against a teal background.

Five white birds in flight on a lower leg

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey-green fish with a dagger through it, set inside a red rope ring on the lower leg.

Fish and dagger within a rope ring on a calf

Colour tattoo of two black Mickey and Minnie silhouettes, with a pink bow on Minnie, arranged in a heart of purple and teal stars and the word Believe in lettering, on a lower leg.

Mickey and Minnie heart with stars on a calf