Calf tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette filled with pink and peach flowers and green leaves on a navy background, on the back of a lower leg.

Floral cat silhouette on a calf

Close photo of a realistic shaded snake tattoo wrapping down a person's calf, with dark scales and pale markings.

Shaded snake coiled around a calf

Black and grey lion face tattoo with loose ink splatter on the calf of a leg, in a realistic style.

Lion face tattoo on a lower leg

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

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grumpy cartoon teapot with a grey bearded face, wrapped in a gold chain and padlock, on a calf.

Cartoon teapot with chain and padlock

Traditional style tattoo of a cabin with a smoking chimney, pine trees, a low sun and a red flower on the calf.

Cabin scene with pines and flower on a calf

Colour neo-trad tattoo of a green-skinned zombie pin-up woman in a red dress, seated on a chair, on the calf.

Zombie pin-up in a red dress on a calf

Black castle silhouette with the word Believe beneath it, surrounded by blue, green, purple, red and yellow fireworks, on the lower leg.

Disney-style castle with fireworks and Believe on a lower

Traditional colour tattoo of a brown cow head with yellow flowers, green leaves and the words WE ARE ALL EARTHLINGS, on the back of a lower leg.

Cow head with flowers and lettering on a calf

Back view of two legs with a watercolour-style tree on the left calf and a splashed bird on the right thigh, in pink, blue, green and teal.

Watercolour tree and bird on both legs

Realistic shaded yellow and orange rose tattoo on the calf, with soft highlights on the petals and a blurred background.

Yellow rose on a lower leg

Two people shown from behind with full body Japanese-style tattoos, the left in black and grey with a dragon and bird, the right in colour with a warrior figure and peonies.

Full body Japanese tattoos seen from behind

Traditional style tattoo of a black raven perched on a grey skull, with red flowers and green leaves, on a lower leg.

Raven on a skull with red flowers on a calf

Two colour cartoon Hello Kitty tattoos on the calves of a person wearing pink satin heels with black lace trim, photographed from behind.

Two Hello Kitty tattoos on the lower legs

Black script lettering tattoo reading Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it, Proverbs 4:23, on the back of a lower leg above the ankle.

Proverbs 4:23 script quote on a calf

Black and grey realism leg sleeve on a calf and thigh showing feathers, a dreamcatcher mandala and a woman's face, with a compass and clouds tattoo on the other leg.

Feather, dreamcatcher and portrait leg sleeve

Realistic colour tattoo on a leg of a red-haired grey-skinned creature with large ears resting on a stone wall beside a wooden ladder.

Furry creature peering over a stone wall

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

Colour leg sleeve tattoo on a calf showing a skeleton character, jack-o'-lanterns, ghosts and a full moon in a neo-traditional style.

Nightmare Before Christmas leg sleeve

Black and grey mandala tattoo on the chest of a person in a black cutout dress, with script and other small tattoos on the legs.

Mandala tattoo on chest beneath a black cutout dress

Black ink script reading Home is where the heart is, inside a state outline with a small heart at its left edge, on a lower leg.

Home is where the heart is lettering on calf

Black fine line tattoo of a vertical arrow with a diamond, dots and a small chevron, running down the lower leg above the ankle.

Vertical arrow and diamond line tattoo on a leg

Colour tattoo of a cubist face with several eyes and bold red, yellow, blue and black shapes, placed on a person's calf.

Cubist face on a calf

Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a column of planets with Saturn, dotted orbit arcs, and a surreal face with roots below.

Planets and orbits with a surreal face on a calf

Black and grey photograph of a person's legs with tall pine tree silhouette tattoos running from thigh to ankle, in a botanical style.

Pine tree silhouettes down both legs

Black Polynesian-style tribal tattoo covering a thigh and knee, with bold swirls, chevrons and a solid band below the knee.

Polynesian tribal leg tattoo

Colour tattoo of a cartoon rat clutching a large wooden spoon on the lower leg, with soft brown and tan shading.

Cartoon rat holding a wooden spoon on a calf

Realistic red maple leaf tattoo with a heart-shaped negative space on a lower leg, shaded in deep red and maroon.

Red maple leaf with heart cut-out on leg

Colour tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette filled with pink flowers and multicoloured dots, with a small blue butterfly above its raised paw, on a lower leg.

Cat silhouette with flowers on a calf

Colour neo-trad style tattoo of the BB-8 droid in orange, white and grey with black outlines, placed on the lower leg.

BB-8 droid on a calf

Colour neo-trad tattoo of a cat in a flying helmet and goggles beside a red biplane, with the words Come Fly With Me on a banner, on the calf.

Cat pilot and biplane on a calf

Single-line face tattoo on a calf

Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a fox face with an owl and a full moon above and peacock feathers below, on a lower leg.

Fox and owl with moon on calf

Black and grey realism roses with swirling black vines tattooed along a bare thigh and down towards the calf.

Black and grey roses and vines on a leg

Traditional black and grey tattoo of a snarling panther head with bared teeth and droplets, placed on a calf.

Snarling panther head on a calf

Black and grey owl tattoo with green eyes perched on a branch, with the word libertad in script below, on the back of a lower leg.

Owl on a branch with libertad script

Black and grey tattoo of a shield-shaped design with overlapping ribbon-like forms, shaded, on a limb above a striped sock cuff.

Shield with overlapping ribbon forms in grey

Black and grey tattoo of a horned animal head inside a cracked circular medallion beside a cross, on a lower leg.

Horned animal medallion on a calf

Colour neo-trad tattoo on a calf showing Maude Flanders from The Simpsons in the pose of Our Lady of Guadalupe, with the banner text ONLY MAUDE CAN JUDGE ME.

Maude Flanders as Our Lady of Guadalupe

Fine line botanical tattoo of two lavender stems with green leaves on the lower leg, shown in soft purple and green ink.

Lavender sprig on the lower leg

Black and grey mandala tattoo on the lower leg above the ankle, in a black and white photo of a bare foot standing on grass.

Mandala tattoo on lower leg

Black linework tattoo of an anchor combined with an infinity symbol on the calf of a leg.

Anchor and infinity symbol on a calf

Three women seen from behind in pin-up skirts, with black and grey tattoos on their upper arms and shoulders and a pair of bow designs on the middle woman's calves.

Three women seen from behind in pin-up outfits

Black and grey botanical tattoos on two calves, a rabbit with strawberries on the left leg and a fox with mushrooms and blackberries on the right.

Rabbit and fox calf tattoos with botanicals

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 botanical tattoo of a tied bunch of carrots with leafy tops on the lower leg, drawn in engraved-style linework with dotted shading.

Bunch of carrots on a calf

Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey dog in an ornate gold frame, with a red flower, green leaves and paw prints on the lower leg.

Dog portrait in gold frame with red flower