Calf tattoo ideas

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Colour traditional-style tattoo of a globe on a stand with mountains and trees, a red flower and an arrow, on a lower leg.
Globe with mountains and a red flower
Black and grey botanical tattoo with flowers, leaves and a stylised face with closed eyes, running down a calf.
Floral and face design on a calf
Traditional tattoo of a bob-haired woman in boxing gloves and a yellow vest, framed by laurels and a KNOCK OUT banner, on a lower leg.
Boxer pin-up with gloves on a calf
Two mirrored black and grey dotwork tattoos on the calves, each showing a curled squirrel-like animal beside a hedgehog-like animal, framed by flowers and berries.
Mirrored animal and floral calf tattoos
Colour tattoo of a blue and green globe with a pink airplane and dashed flight paths in loose watercolour-style washes, on the outer lower leg.
Globe and airplane with flight paths on a calf
Two calves with tattoos: pink cherry blossom branches on the left leg with script lettering along the shin, and a grey realistic Buddha head with blossoms and waves on the right leg.
Cherry blossom and Buddha on both calves
Black and grey anchor tattoo with a coiled rope on the lower leg, shaded with stippled dots and bold outlines in a traditional style.
Anchor and rope on a calf
Colour tattoos of roses, a cat and a butterfly in a traditional style on the thighs and calves of a person wearing denim shorts and layered chains.
Roses, a cat and a butterfly on both legs
Full-colour tattoo of the Joker holding a jester playing card and raising a hand, with HA! comic lettering, on a lower leg.
Joker with playing card on a calf
Watercolour-style butterfly tattoo with black outline and pink, blue and teal washes on the outer calf.
Watercolour butterfly on a calf
Realism-style colour tattoos on both calves, with a snarling werewolf with blood dripping from its fangs on the left leg and a green zombie face above a house on the right.
Werewolf and zombie face on both calves
Two tattoos on a pair of calves: a colourful patchwork figure with red hair on the left and a black and grey tall figure with a bird-like head on the right.
Two character figures on lower legs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a halved avocado with its pit, pink flowers and a banner reading Let's Avocuddle on the calf.
Avocado with banner and pink flowers
Black geometric dotwork tattoo of a wolf's head with angular facets and stippled shading, on the lower leg.
Geometric wolf head on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of a red A-frame tent with pine trees, a moon and a green lantern, placed on a calf.
Camping tent with lantern and pine trees on a calf
Black and grey fine line dandelion tattoo with seeds drifting away, on the calf.
Dandelion with drifting seeds on a calf
Colour tattoo on the lower leg of a blue zip bag holding blue crystals, with a bearded face wearing a black fedora and sunglasses, in a bold outlined cartoon style.
Blue bag with bearded character on calf
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a big-eyed alien holding a knife, with a small flower, leaves and lettering, on a lower leg.
Alien with knife on a calf
Black and grey blackwork tattoos covering both legs from thigh to calf, showing mountains, clouds, towers and a bridge in a geometric landscape.
Mountain and bridge landscape leg tattoos
Realism colour tattoo on a calf of a scarred horror villain in a teal brimmed hat, with long metal blades on a glove, set against a red background.
Horror villain with bladed glove on a calf
Colour and grey tattoo of a leg lamp in a wooden crate with a red ribbon reading A MAJOR AWARD, on a calf, in a traditional style.
Leg lamp in a crate with a banner
Colour realism tattoo of a woman with sugar skull face paint, red autumn leaves and a keyhole on her forehead, on a calf.
Sugar skull portrait with autumn leaves on a calf
Reddish-brown paisley and lotus design running from the thigh down the calf to the ankle, in a henna-style pattern rather than black tattoo ink.
Paisley and lotus henna-style design on a leg
Colour realism tattoo of a cupcake with a red cherry and cream frosting on a lower leg, set against dark swirling smoke.
Cupcake with cherry on a lower leg
Shaded grey anchor tattoo with green leaves wrapped around the shank, on the calf.
Anchor with green leaves on a calf
Black lettering reading I'M WITH STUMPY above a black pointing hand tattoo on the outer calf of a person wearing a prosthetic leg.
Lettering and pointing hand on a calf
Black scissors tattoo with a dotted cut line and the words cut here on the calf, with a small faded colour design on the top of the foot.
Scissors and cut here line on calf
Traditional colour tattoo of an inhaler wrapped in a banner reading Catch My Breath, placed on a calf.
Inhaler with Catch My Breath banner on a calf
Black and grey geometric dotwork tattoo of a swallow in flight on a lower leg, with its wings spread and tail feathers extending down toward the ankle.
Geometric dotwork swallow on a lower leg
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a Game Boy wearing a top hat, with a laurel wreath and joystick, on the calf.
Game Boy with top hat on a calf
Gold and silver metallic temporary tattoos of arrows, a black triangle band and an Eye of Horus on a lower leg above an ankle chain.
Metallic arrows and Eye of Horus on a leg
Side by side photos of a solid black tribal dragon tattoo on a lower leg, before and after a rework with grey shading and highlighted outlines.
Black tribal dragon on a calf, before and after
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an anatomical heart pierced by nails, with green leaves, a yellow glow and blood drips, on a lower leg.
Anatomical heart with nails on a calf
Colour tattoo of Olaf the snowman from Frozen, with a small pink flower and green grass, on the lower leg.
Olaf the snowman on a calf
Close-up of a small black lettering tattoo reading adventure, running vertically along the calf below a knee, with a red cord and gold bangle at the ankle.
Adventure lettering on a lower leg
Traditional style tattoo of a potted flower with green leaves and red petals on the calf, with a close-up inset.
Potted flower on a calf
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a blonde cartoon woman in a mask and red and blue corset holding a smiley bomb, placed on the calf.
Cartoon woman with smiley bomb on calf
Overhead view of two people in bed with traditional style tattoos of a snake, roses and a panther head on their legs, forearm and hand, with breakfast plates beside them.
Traditional tattoos on legs and forearms in bed
Realistic solar system tattoo on a lower leg, showing Saturn, Jupiter, Earth and Mars over a purple galaxy background.
Solar system planets on a calf
Black and grey tattoos of script lettering and a botanical motif on a thigh and calf, with a hairless sphynx cat resting on the leg.
Script and botanical tattoos on legs with a sphynx cat
Black and grey chainring tattoo on the lower leg above the ankle, worn with rolled dark denim and black trainers beside a bicycle.
Chainring tattoo on a lower leg
Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf, showing a red rose inside a black-outlined diamond with a sprig of leaves above and a folded crane shape behind.
Red rose in a diamond with leaves on a calf
Colour tattoo of a blonde woman in a pink top and blue skirt, with dotted swirls around her, on the back of a calf.
Blonde woman in pink and blue dress on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of Jack Skellington inside an ornate oval frame on a calf.
Jack Skellington in an ornate frame on a calf
Fine line black tattoo of overlapping circles, a triangle and a hexagon running down a calf, in a geometric style.
Geometric shapes on a calf
Realistic colour tattoo sleeve on a calf showing a velociraptor, a triceratops, a tyrannosaurus head and a volcanic sunset over water.
Dinosaur scene sleeve on a calf
Black ink tattoo of an elephant decorated with paisley and floral patterns on a lower leg, above a striped sock.
Ornate elephant on a lower leg
Traditional style colour tattoo of a red tractor with billowing smoke above a sheaf of wheat, on the calf.
Red tractor and wheat sheaf on a calf