Calf tattoo ideas

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Fine line black pineapple tattoo on the calf, with a thin ankle chain and white sneakers on stone steps.
Pineapple tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on the thigh and calf showing a lion head, sunflowers, a clock face and scrolled lettering.
Lion and clock leg sleeve in black and grey
Realistic colour tattoo of a woman with an updo and several eyes across her face, placed on the calf.
Woman portrait with multiple eyes on a calf
Full body Japanese style tattoo with koi, dragon and lotus motifs across the arms, chest and legs of a seated person against a black background.
Japanese bodysuit with koi and dragon
Black and grey biomechanical tattoo of armour plating with rivets and a numbered knee cap, shown on a calf and ankle.
Mechanical leg armour tattoo on a lower leg
Fresh blackwork tattoo of a large solid black area with a black line spiral on a lower leg, partly covered by clear plastic wrap.
Solid black fill and spiral on a lower leg
Traditional style tattoo of a red dinosaur head with open jaws, dotwork smoke and falling meteors, and pink and grey flowers, on a calf.
T-rex and flowers on a calf
Black and white photo of a person's legs with black silhouette pine trees tattooed from the thigh down to the calf, in a botanical style.
Pine tree silhouettes on both legs
Black dotwork and fine line tattoo on a calf showing a constellation-style ram with a dotted moon behind it and a small outlined crescent moon below.
Constellation ram and crescent moon on a calf
Two matching black and grey tattoos on the calves, each with a moth above a geometric crystal shape inside dotted diamond outlines, in a dotwork and geometric style.
Matching moth and geometric calf tattoos
Watercolour-style colour tattoo of a pink rose under a blue glass dome with falling petals, placed on the calf.
Rose under a glass dome on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a black raven perched on a branch over a glowing orange jack-o'-lantern, placed on the calf.
Raven perched over a glowing pumpkin on a calf
Colour tattoo of a grinning cartoon beaver with a red nose on a calf, set against green grass, trees and an orange sunset.
Cartoon beaver on a calf
Colour tattoo of a leg lamp in a wooden crate with a red banner reading A MAJOR AWARD, on a lower leg.
Leg lamp in a crate with banner
Colour tattoo on a calf of a gold armillary sphere with stars and a grey centre, above and below script lettering reading The ones we love never truly leave us.
Armillary sphere with script quote on a calf
Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a small pointed-eared creature on a calf, shown beside the original line drawing.
Pointed-eared creature tattoo on calf
Black ink tattoos on a seated person's forearm, calf and ankle, including a praying hands design, thin lines and small script, against dark volcanic rock.
Small black tattoos on legs and feet
Red and black blackletter capital letter with three black birds in flight, tattooed on a lower leg in a lettering style.
Blackletter initial with birds on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a cactus in a clay pot on the lower leg, with stippled dotwork shading on the cactus body.
Cactus in a clay pot on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pine forest covering the calf, with tall conifers fading into a faint red wash.
Pine forest tattoo on a lower leg
Pink magnolia flowers and orange-brown buds on a branch, painted in a soft watercolour style across the calf.
Pink magnolia branch on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of overlapping circles crossed by a vertical and horizontal line with arrowheads, placed on the calf.
Overlapping circles and crosshair on a calf
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of a large wave in a circle, with dotwork stippling and a small Mount Fuji, on the calf.
Great Wave in a dotwork circle on a calf
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a paw print with angel wings, a halo and surrounding stars on the calf.
Paw print with angel wings on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull with roses and pocket watches on a lower leg, shown from two angles.
Skull, roses and pocket watches on a calf
Colour tattoo of a green camper van, an orange Volkswagen Beetle, a blue Beetle and a red camper van on the calf, with a curving road line.
Vintage VW vans and beetles on a lower leg
Colourful rose and fruit tattoos cover the legs and thigh of a woman in an inverted yoga pose on a purple mat.
Tattooed legs in an inverted yoga pose on a mat
Colourful geometric hummingbird tattoo on the lower leg, with pink, teal and orange panels, black linework and triangle and diamond motifs above and below.
Geometric hummingbird on a calf
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a shaded iceberg inside a diamond outline, with circles and triangles above and below, on a calf.
Geometric iceberg diamond on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of a moka pot with a red flower and a scroll reading DEATH BEFORE DECAF, on the lower leg.
Moka pot and scroll reading Death Before Decaf
Small black hand-lettered tattoo reading BOYS SUCK on the lower leg above a white sock, in a lettering style and placed on the calf.
Small handwritten lettering on a calf
Black fine line sunflower tattoo with dotwork centre and a leaf, sitting on the calf above a partial circle outline.
Sunflower with circle on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of two crispy bacon strips with bold black outlines and green-brown fat detail, on the calf.
Bacon strips on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of three origami cranes and a shaded flying bird running down a woman's lower leg, shown against a white background.
Origami cranes and a flying bird on a leg
Black and grey tattoo of a cell diagram with a dotted nucleus and the Latin phrase omne vivum ex vivo below it, on the lower leg.
Cell diagram with Latin script on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoos covering a bent leg, including a skull with a Before Dishonor banner, a swallow, a peacock and a pin-up head on the lower thigh.
Traditional leg sleeve with skulls and swallows
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a hand making a V sign and gripping folded banknotes, placed on the lower leg near the ankle.
Hand making a V sign holding banknotes
Realistic tattoo of a brown eye with long lashes and a defined eyebrow on the calf, shaded in greys and black with an amber iris.
Realistic eye with lashes and eyebrow on a calf
Colour realism tattoo of a great white shark breaching above waves and a second shark with open jaws beneath the surface, on the calf.
Great white sharks on a calf
Two people show matching black lettering reading "You're my person" with a small red heart on the calf, in a lettering style.
Matching "You're my person" calf tattoos
Colour traditional-style tattoo of the state of Texas on a calf, showing a red sunset, mountains, water and a red and teal tent.
Texas outline with sunset and tent on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of a botanical sprig with a spike of lupin-like flowers, leaves and a small clover-like bloom on the calf.
Lupin sprig on a lower leg
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a halved avocado with a faceted gem pit, a whole avocado, a red leaf and red crystals, on a calf.
Avocado with faceted gem on a calf
Three red poppy flowers with dark stems in a painterly botanical style, tattooed on a calf.
Red poppies on a lower leg
Black fine line tattoos of two cartoon figures on the top of a foot and on the thigh, with a black swirl band on the calf.
Matching cartoon line tattoos on foot and thigh
Traditional style tattoo sleeve on a person's legs, with red roses, a swallow and daggers, lying on a wooden floor.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and a swallow
Realistic colour tattoo of a grinning grey cat with blue eyes, wearing a green top hat with a pink band and a peacock feather, on a calf.
Cheshire Cat in a top hat on a calf
Colour tattoo of a frog in dot-art style, with green dots, yellow and olive fills and black crosshatching, on the calf.
Dot-art frog on a calf