Calf tattoo ideas

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a smiling cartoon teapot with dotted bubbles rising above it, on the lower leg.
Cartoon teapot with bubbles on a calf
Black and grey dotwork and blackwork tattoo of mountains, pine trees and a crescent moon within an ornate frame, on a calf.
Mountain, moon and pine tree calf tattoo
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain peak and moon inside a circle, placed on the calf.
Mountain and moon in a dotwork circle on a calf
Black and grey dotwork and fine line bull skull tattoo with crossed arrows and a crescent moon on the back of a leg, framed by thin geometric circles.
Bull skull with arrows and moon on a leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a lower leg showing a cat reaching up towards a ringed planet held on a chain by a hand, set within a dotted geometric panel.
Cat and planet on a calf
Black and grey traditional bouquet tattoo with a rose, poppy-style flowers and leaves, tied with a band at the stem, on a calf.
Flower bouquet on a calf
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a jellyfish with dotwork shading on the bell, on the lower leg.
Jellyfish tattoo on a lower leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag, pine trees, a river and mountains inside a diamond frame on a lower leg, shown from three angles.
Stag and mountain landscape in a diamond frame
Black circle tattoo on a calf with white geometric mountain linework and white dots for stars, in a blackwork and dotwork style.
Geometric mountains in a black circle on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a curled-up sleeping squirrel framed by flowers and leaves, done in dotwork and linework on a lower leg.
Sleeping squirrel with flowers on a calf
Black and grey dotwork raven head in profile on a calf, with inky strands trailing down below the neck.
Raven head tattoo on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mountain and pine forest inside a diamond outline on the calf.
Mountain and pine forest in a diamond frame
Black and grey traditional coffin tattoo reading SOONER THAN YOU THINK, with flowers and dotwork shading, on the calf.
Coffin with flowers on a calf
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of a house split down the middle, with shaded windows and a tiled roof, on a calf.
Split house on a lower leg
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a whale tail rising from waves, with stippled shading and a bold outline, on the calf.
Whale tail above waves in dotwork
Black and grey mandala leg sleeve with a moth on each upper thigh, shown from the thighs down to the feet on a dark table.
Mandala leg sleeve with butterflies
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a dog's face inside a diamond with rosebuds, on the calf.
Dog portrait in a diamond on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a long-legged elephant carrying a stack of cubes on its back, on the outer calf.
Elephant with stacked cubes on a calf
Two black dotwork tattoos on a lower leg: a fox in a top hat within a triangle on the left, and a rabbit beside a church spire on the right.
Fox and rabbit calf tattoos in dotwork
Black and grey blackwork and dotwork tattoo of an ornate bird head with a single eye and mandala-style feathers, on the calf.
Ornate bird head with eye on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of a veined leaf with dotwork shading on a person's calf.
Veined leaf tattoo on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of birch tree trunks inside a circle on a calf.
Birch trunks in a circle on a lower leg
Black and grey dotwork yin yang tattoo on a calf, with a ringed planet and galaxy swirl on one side and a sun, birds and mountains on the other.
Yin yang with sun, mountains and planet
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with N, E, S and W points and two feathers hanging below, on the outer calf.
Compass rose with feathers on a calf
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 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
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 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 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
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 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
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
Black and grey dotwork dragonfly tattoo with mandala-style floral wings running down the calf.
Mandala dragonfly 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 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
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 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 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