Calf tattoo ideas

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Black and grey realism tattoo of two open pocket watches with chains and Roman numeral dials, with script names on the faces, on a calf.
Two pocket watches with chains on a lower leg
Realistic knight tattoo in grey shading with a red sash and raised sword, on the back of a lower leg.
Crusader knight with raised sword on a calf
Black and grey dotwork dragonfly tattoo with mandala-style floral wings running down the calf.
Mandala dragonfly on a calf
Two realistic colour portraits tattooed side by side on a lower leg, one showing a man with a beard pointing a pistol, the other a bald man with glasses and a beard, against a cloudy sky background.
Two realism portraits of men on a lower leg
Woman seen from behind in a black dress, showing black and grey floral and bird tattoos across her back, upper arm and forearm.
Floral and bird tattoos on back and arms
Two matching OHANA banner tattoos showing clasped hands and flowers on the lower legs, one in traditional colour and one in black and grey.
Matching OHANA handshake tattoos on calves
Neo-trad portrait of a 1920s style woman in an orange headband and teal feather headpiece, with pearl necklaces, tattooed on a calf.
Flapper portrait with feather headpiece on a calf
Traditional-style tattoo of two pin-up women with hearts and sunburst rays on the lower leg, with small rainbow belts on their waists.
Two pin-up women with hearts on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a curled sleeping fox with a cub inside its coil, framed by anemone-style flowers and leaves on the lower leg.
Curled fox and flowers on a calf
Black and white photo of a bare lower leg and foot with a solid black fern tattoo wrapping from the calf down towards the ankle, in a botanical style.
Fern tattoo wrapping a lower leg
Metallic gold mandala tattoo on a lower leg, with layered chain anklets on a bare foot on sand by the sea.
Gold mandala tattoo on a calf at the beach
Black and grey rose, skull and script tattoo covering the outer thigh and calf of a woman wearing grey shorts and white trainers.
Rose and skull leg sleeve with script
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas inside an ornate oval frame, on the calf.
Jack Skellington in an ornate frame on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a pug's face inside an ornate oval scrollwork frame, on a lower leg.
Pug portrait in an ornate frame on a calf
Black and grey pine tree silhouettes forming a forest treeline on a lower leg, fading into dotwork shading towards the ankle.
Pine forest treeline on lower leg
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red cabin with a smoking chimney, pine trees and a UFO beaming light, on the outer calf.
Cabin, pine trees and UFO on a calf
Blackwork calf tattoo of a stylised leaf pattern with small dots, shown from three angles on a lower leg.
Black leaf pattern tattoo on a calf
Black and grey crescent moon with a face, stars and clouds, in traditional style with dotwork shading, on the lower leg.
Crescent moon with face on a calf
Black ornamental blackwork tattoo on a calf, with small lettering on the ankle above a white sock, shown beside maroon and white trainers on a speckled floor.
Dark ornamental tattoo on a calf
Black and grey rose with leaves on the outer leg beside a script tattoo on the other leg, both photographed in bathwater.
Rose and script tattoos on legs in a bath
Realistic black and grey calf tattoo of a woman's face merging into a skull, with an eagle's head below.
Woman, skull and eagle on a calf
Realistic tattoo of a grey alien bust with large black eyes on a lower leg, set against a purple and blue halo.
Grey alien bust on a calf
Black and white photo of a black script quote tattoo on a lower leg, with a Lord of the Rings paperback held above it.
Quote lettering on a calf
Black ink script lettering reading wibbly wobbly timey wimey on the calf, with a small word tattoo on the ankle above a black high-top trainer.
Lettering tattoo on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of two stacked owls framed by green leaves, acorns and red berries, placed on a limb.
Two owls with oak leaves on a leg
Collage of four couple tattoos in fine black and blue linework, including script reading to and beyond on wrists, Mickey and Minnie on hands, MRS and MR on forearms, and a kissing silhouette on a
Matching couple tattoos in a four-photo collage
Blackwork tribal leg tattoo with three red hibiscus flowers running from the thigh to the calf of a woman standing on a beach.
Polynesian-style leg tattoo with red hibiscus flowers
Two photographs of brown-ink tattoos: Winnie the Pooh seen from behind with a leaf and the words 'If there ever comes a day when we can't be together' on a calf, and Piglet with a leaf and 'keep me in
Pooh and Piglet quote tattoos on legs
Two black line tattoos of cartoon characters on the backs of a person's lower legs, one standing and one seated, in a fine line style.
Two cartoon characters on the backs of the calves
Black fine line tattoo of a tail fin with dotwork shading on the back of a lower leg, just above the ankle.
Fine line tail fin tattoo on lower leg
Black blackwork tattoo of a bicycle inside a chainring with the text Phil 4:13, on a person's calf.
Bicycle in a chainring on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of a mermaid with swirling hair and scroll details on the calf.
Mermaid line tattoo on a calf
Full colour leg sleeve tattoo of a grinning Cheshire Cat peering from a tree, running down the thigh and calf.
Cheshire Cat leg sleeve
Black and grey realistic owl tattoo on the lower leg, with detailed eyes and shaded feathers on pale skin.
Realistic owl on the lower leg
Black scrollwork and a butterfly-style motif with pink outlines and pink dots, running from the ankle up the calf and onto the top of the foot.
Scrollwork and butterfly ankle tattoo
Colour and black lace-style tattoo of flowers and leaves on a woman's lower leg, with a pink bloom, red poppy and yellow leaves below black lace patterns.
Lace and flowers on a calf
Colour tattoo of three cartoon characters in a heart-shaped purple backdrop on a lower leg, the central figure wearing a pink bunny-eared hat.
Three cartoon characters in a heart on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo of a blue jay perched on a branch against a dark smoky background, on the calf.
Blue jay on a calf
Person kneeling on a sofa in a pink dress, with black and grey floral tattoos on the arms, thighs and calves, face hidden by a black mask.
Floral tattoos on arms and legs
Two black and grey tattoos on a calf, one of a guillotine above the words Keep your chin up and one of a gallows with a noose above the words Hang in there.
Guillotine and gallows tattoos on a calf
Small black cat silhouette tattoo on a lower leg, with a purple butterfly and a smaller blue butterfly above it.
Black cat silhouette with two butterflies on a leg
Black blackwork tattoo of a striped tiger with a curling tail on the calf, shown in a close photo against a dark background.
Striped tiger tattoo on a lower leg
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe beside a red heart pierced by an arrow, on a lower leg.
Grim reaper with scythe and heart on a calf
Black and grey traditional dagger tattoo on a calf, with a shaded rose and leaves above it.
Dagger and rose on a calf
Colourful watercolour-style teapot tattoo on a calf, pouring rainbow liquid into a teacup and saucer, shown from two angles.
Teapot pouring into a teacup on a calf
Colour tattoo of a blue and white NY logo shown through a torn-skin effect on the calf.
Torn skin reveal with blue NY logo on a leg
Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing the outline of the state of Maine filled with a lighthouse on rocky shore, a compass rose and the word MAINE, with a banner reading the way life should be.
Maine lighthouse and compass rose on a calf
Colour tattoo of a cartoon chibi Jason Voorhees holding a bloody machete, with a black outline, on a lower leg.
Chibi Jason Voorhees tattoo on a leg