Calf tattoo ideas

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Bare legs raised against a pale wall, showing a red rose with dark flowers on one thigh and black script lettering with flowers on the other thigh, in a traditional style.
Rose and script tattoos on raised legs
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a sunflower with leaves inside a diamond shape on a lower leg, placed on the calf.
Sunflower in a dotwork diamond on a calf
Neo-traditional style tattoo on a calf showing two cartoon-style figures in jackets above the words I WANT TO BELIEVE, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Cartoon pair with 'I want to believe' on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo sleeve of a space scene with ringed and banded planets and nebula clouds, shown across a full leg from thigh to ankle.
Space scene leg sleeve with planets and nebula
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a long needle and blue, green and yellow watercolour splashes on a lower leg.
Compass rose with watercolour splashes on a calf
Small black and grey fine line tattoo of an elephant with its trunk raised, on the calf.
Small elephant tattoo on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a hand gripping a straight razor with eye motifs on the blade, on the calf.
Hand holding a straight razor with eyes
Colour realism tattoo of the Muppets character Animal wearing aviator sunglasses, with a red nose and open mouth, on the calf against a blue splash background.
Animal from the Muppets on a calf
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a three-eyed cat with starry galaxy eyes and a cosmic background, on a calf.
Three-eyed cat with galaxy eyes on a calf
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a spiky-haired head outline with a lightning bolt shaded across the face, on a leg.
Spiky-haired head with lightning bolt on a leg
Black and grey silhouette of a woman in profile dissolving into red petals, tattooed on the calf.
Silhouette dissolving into red petals on a calf
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty dressed as a nurse, with a blue bow, nurse cap and syringe, on the lower leg.
Hello Kitty nurse tattoo on a leg
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an exploded mechanical watch movement, with plates, wheels and screws linked by dotted lines, on the calf.
Exploded watch movement on a calf
Colour tattoo across a calf of three panels showing Count von Count, Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch beside a Sesame Street sign, with orange numbers.
Sesame Street characters across a calf
Seated man with traditional-style tattoos on both legs and arms, including a dagger, a framed portrait and a rose on the knee.
Legs with traditional tattoos and a framed portrait
Realistic coloured tattoo of a blue and purple dragonfly with shaded wings and a green-blue body on a lower leg.
Realistic blue dragonfly on a lower leg
Black and grey realistic tiger face tattoo with blue eyes, covering the calf of a leg.
Realistic tiger face on a calf
Small fine line black tattoo of a scallop shell on the lower leg, with a thin cord anklet visible below it.
Scallop shell on a lower leg
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a cartoon winged dragon in grey and teal on a calf, set against a pink cloud-shaped outline.
Cartoon winged dragon on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a cat under a UFO beam within an oval frame with trees, moon and stars, on the back of a lower leg.
Cat beamed up by a UFO in an oval frame
Traditional style colour tattoo of a small brown bird perched on a red branch with pink flowers, green leaves and a paintbrush, on a calf.
Bird, flowers and paintbrush on a leg
Painterly tattoo of a panda face above a pink galaxy heart, with black ink drips and red washes, on a lower leg.
Panda and galaxy heart on a calf
Black and grey realism style tattoo of a tall conifer tree running up the back of a calf, with shaded trunk and feathered branches.
Tall pine tree on a calf
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
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing two crossed-finger hands and red roses within a gold-edged oval, with the words 'All the best lies they are told with fingers crossed' beneath.
Crossed fingers and roses on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a green raptor head with open jaws and a red rose with dark leaves, on the calf.
Raptor head and rose on a calf
Back view of two calves with black outlined triangles, one holding red lettering reading WHY and the other NOT, in a lettering and geometric style on the calves.
Why and Not triangles on two calves
Fine line black tattoo of two outlined hands, one reaching up and one below holding its wrist, on the calf above a black sock and brown boot.
Two outlined hands on a lower leg
Two painterly neo-traditional rose tattoos, one red and one blue, with green leaves, on the backs of a pair of calves.
Red and blue roses on both calves
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of gold hearts, a star medallion and a crescent moon brooch on a lower leg.
Gold and pink jewellery motifs on a lower leg
Two traditional colour tattoos side by side on a leg, each showing a cartoon woman in a rope-framed oval with a sunrise, mountains and a flower below.
Two cartoon portraits in rope frames on a leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a squirrel curled around a hedgehog, framed by flowers and berries, on a calf.
Curled squirrel and hedgehog with flowers on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a white cat in a black ornate frame with pink and red roses, on the lower leg.
White cat portrait in an ornate frame with roses
Two photos of black script tattoos: the words I'm fine on the outer lower leg below the knee, and save me on the ankle and lower calf.
Handwritten words on lower leg and ankle
Colour tattoo of Van Gogh's Starry Night, with swirling blue and yellow sky and a dark cypress tree, on the lower leg.
Starry Night tattoo on the lower leg
Colour botanical tattoo of a rose, poppies and wildflowers wrapping the calf of a leg, with grey shaded leaves.
Wildflower bouquet tattoo on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a bicycle and a row of houses inside a bottle, with stars, a moon and the words ALTIJD VOORUIT, on the calf.
Bicycle and town in a bottle on a calf
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a pink cartoon train with a smiling face and the words I choo-choo-choose you in a speech cloud, with red hearts, on a lower leg.
Cartoon train with I choo-choo-choose you
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of mountains above rippling sea inside a circle, placed on the lower leg.
Mountains and sea in a circle on a leg
Colour realism tattoo of a Captain America shield with a cracked metal section, a red star and blue and red lightning, on a man's calf.
Captain America shield and lightning on a calf
Colourful neo-traditional flamingo tattoo with a butterfly, roses and blue flowers on the calf of a leg.
Pink flamingo and butterfly on a calf
Traditional style armband tattoo of a red rose in orange, green and teal on a person's lower leg, with a dotted geometric border.
Rose armband tattoo on lower leg
Colour tattoo of a bow patterned with the American flag, with white stars on blue and red and white stripes, on a calf.
American flag bow on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a geisha with white flowers in her hair and a finger raised to her lips, on the lower leg.
Geisha with finger to lips on a calf
Black silhouette of a man raising a long gun overhead and holding a chainsaw, with red blood splatters and the words Hail to the king baby, tattooed on a calf.
Chainsaw silhouette with blood splatter on calf
Black and grey barn owl in flight on a branch with a red moon behind it, tattooed on the calf in a loose sketch style.
Barn owl in flight with red moon on a leg
A fresh red and black ornamental tattoo on a calf, being worked on with a tattoo machine by a tattooist in white gloves.
Red and black ornamental tattoo being inked on a calf