Calf tattoo ideas

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Back view of both legs covered in black and grey geometric and botanical tattoos, including roses and a feather, on the thighs and calves.
Black and grey leg sleeve with roses and geometry
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of two hands framing a sun, crescent moon and planets, placed on a calf.
Two hands, sun and planets on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoos on two legs, with a mask inside a floral ring on each knee, a rose and a snake on the thighs and a web pattern with flowers on the calves.
Traditional masks, roses and snake on legs
Black and grey tattoo on a lower leg showing an eye inside a triangle with an ornate frame, a beetle below, and fine geometric construction lines.
Eye and beetle within geometric lines on a calf
Black blackwork tattoo of a pine tree silhouette inside a circle, with a long trunk line, on the back of a lower leg.
Pine tree in a circle on a calf
Black ink Polynesian-style tribal tattoo with chevrons and geometric bands covering a lower leg, shown against a black background.
Polynesian-style bold blackwork calf sleeve
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling pink drink cup with a striped straw, surrounded by purple and teal hearts and sparkles, on a calf.
Kawaii smoothie cup with hearts on a leg
Painterly colour tattoo of a lioness head on a lower leg, with orange, brown and purple shading in a realistic style.
Lioness head tattoo on a calf
Small black fine line tattoo of a bicycle on the calf of a person riding a mint green bike, photographed outdoors on a sunny road.
Bicycle tattoo on a calf
Small dotted-outline ghost tattoo with grey shading and pink cheeks, set among traditional colour tattoos on a lower leg.
Dotted ghost on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey and cream schnauzer's face inside a teal and green ribbon wreath with leaves, on a calf.
Schnauzer portrait in a teal wreath on a calf
Black and grey geometric honeycomb tattoo of hexagons covering the backs of both calves, shading from solid black at the centre to open outlines at the edges.
Hexagon honeycomb pattern on both calves
Black and white photo of a woman's legs, with a Beauty and the Beast outline tattoo inside a floral wreath on the thigh and a banner tattoo on the knee.
Beauty and the Beast thigh tattoo
Traditional style colour tattoo on a lower leg showing two cartoon characters above a pink retro television with a red heart reading I Love Lucy.
I Love Lucy TV and heart on a calf
Matching red bow tattoos with black outlines and a heart at the centre, sitting on both calves and seen from behind.
Red bow tattoos on both calves
Traditional style colour tattoo of a striped hot air balloon with draped bunting and clouds on a lower leg, shown in a two-panel close-up.
Hot air balloon on a calf
Black typewriter-style lettering reading Love always, Charlie across the outer lower leg, in a lettering tattoo.
Love always, Charlie lettering on a leg
Black outline puffin tattoo with a multicoloured beak and blue and orange watercolour splashes on a lower leg.
Puffin with watercolour splashes on a calf
Colour tattoo of a red rose with dark green leaves on the outer calf, with grey suede lace-up platform boots below.
Red rose tattoo on a calf
Solid black palm tree silhouette tattoo on the back of a calf, photographed on a sandy beach with the sea behind.
Palm tree tattoo on a calf
Realism tattoo on a calf showing a woman with sugar skull face paint, a red rose in her hair and a lace mandala behind her.
Sugar skull woman with red rose on calf
Black and grey photo of a small solid airplane silhouette tattoo on a lower leg, above a knitted sock, with an aircraft window behind.
Small airplane tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of a detailed crown above a blackletter R and a line of Roman numerals, on the calf.
Crown and blackletter R on a calf
Colour tattoo of a red circular emblem with a black outline and a red angular symbol inside, on the calf.
Red circular emblem on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a horned goat-faced figure with spiral eyes, with a hunched creature with hands raised to its face below, on a lower leg.
Horned goat figure with spiral eyes on a calf
Black tribal tattoo of spirals and chevron bands running from the thigh down the calf of a person's leg.
Tribal spiral tattoo down a leg
Three black line-drawn scallop shells stacked vertically on a sun-tanned calf, in a fine line style, with sand and sunlight in the background.
Three scallop shells on a lower leg
Realistic colour tattoo of a spotted moray eel and two clownfish among green and purple anemone on a lower leg.
Moray eel and clownfish on a calf
Colour botanical tattoo of green leaves and a climbing vine wrapping around a bare calf, photographed outdoors on a pavement.
Leafy vine wrapping a calf
Colour tattoo of a smiling cartoon teapot with a curled yellow handle and orange bubbles, outlined in bold black, on the calf.
Cartoon teapot character on a calf
Black and grey dagger piercing a shaded skull in front of a shield-shaped banner, tattooed on the calf.
Dagger and skull on a calf
Legs in a pale ruffled skirt and platform heels show traditional style tattoos of a bird with flowers, a stag head, a ship's wheel and roses.
Traditional tattoos on legs with stag and ship's wheel
Colour biomechanical tattoo wrapping the lower leg, shown from three angles, with orange and teal organic forms and feather-like shapes.
Biomechanical leg sleeve on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a dog wearing glasses, framed by orange and red flowers and a ribbon banner, on a person's calf beside a real white dog.
Traditional dog with glasses and flowers on a leg
Colour traditional tattoo of a black and white cat curled around two red roses with green leaves, on a lower leg.
Cat and roses in a traditional style on a calf
Realism-style tattoo of a tall black pine tree with roots spreading down onto the foot, set against an orange and yellow sunset gradient on the lower leg.
Pine tree and roots over a sunset on the leg
Four photographs of a black and grey dotwork and geometric leg sleeve on the lower leg, showing a skull with an eye, a stacked spine motif and a mandala on the calf.
Skull, eye and mandala leg sleeve
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
Two geometric tattoos on a leg: an anatomical heart shaded in red and orange watercolour tones beside a brain in blue and green, both outlined in black.
Geometric heart and brain on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling leopard entwined with a black and blue snake on a lower leg, in red, blue and black ink.
Leopard and snake wrapped around a leg
Two watercolour-style compass tattoos with paint-like drips in pink, blue and orange, one on the thigh and one on the calf.
Watercolour compass on thigh and calf
Black and grey sketch style tattoo of a stag head with antlers inside geometric triangles, on a lower leg.
Stag head with triangles on a calf
Two large rose tattoos on the backs of a person's calves, one red and one blue-grey, with dark linework and teal leaves.
Red and blue roses on both calves
Colour traditional tattoo of a green typewriter with a red dotted arch and orange flowers below it, on the calf.
Typewriter and flowers on a calf
Close-up of a traditional style tattoo of a smiling sloth hanging from a branch in bold black outline with dotted fur shading, on the lower leg.
Sloth hanging from a branch on a leg
Fine line botanical tattoo of a lavender sprig in purple and green on a calf.
Lavender sprig on a lower leg
Fine line geometric mandala tattoo with gear-like spirals and teal star accents on the back of a calf.
Mandala and gear calf tattoo
Realism portrait of a bearded man with red blood splatter and the words Don't Open and Dead Inside tattooed on a calf.
Bearded man portrait with zombie and blood splatter