Calf tattoo ideas

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Traditional style colour tattoo of a spotted green and yellow frog beside a red rose on a stem, on the calf.
Spotted frog and rose on a lower leg
Two pairs of tattooed legs in black sneakers, with traditional-style skulls, roses and a compass on the calves and hands, in mixed colour and black ink.
Traditional leg and hand tattoos with black sneakers
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf showing a pirate woman with teal hair, a heart eyepatch and a skull on her hat, with a red rose and a compass.
Pirate woman with rose and compass on a calf
Two matching black linework tattoos of a dog portrait in ornate oval frames with flowers on the lower legs, with a bulldog puppy resting on the knees.
Matching dog portrait tattoos in oval frames
Black and grey traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a leaping rabbit, a bear trap with a chain, and the words NEVER RENOUNCE FREEDOM beneath it.
Rabbit, bear trap and lettering on a calf
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing the LA Kings crest, the letters LA, a crown and the outline of California, in a bold traditional style.
LA Kings logo and crown on a calf
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a rope border and stippled shading on the calf, with N, E, S and W letters around the star.
Compass rose on a lower leg
Colour tattoo on a calf of a pink and a blue butterfly above ribbon banners with script lettering, in a traditional style.
Two butterflies with name banners on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf showing a pizza slice in place of a face, framed by thick dark wavy hair and a teal bow.
Pizza slice and wavy hair on a calf
Black and grey dancing skeleton tattoo on a lower leg, with one arm raised and a small bird perched on the raised hand, in a traditional style.
Dancing skeleton on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a woman with peacock feathers and a rose in her hair, wearing beaded necklaces, on the lower leg.
Traditional woman with peacock feathers on a calf
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a flower and leaf vine running down the lower leg, with a raised foot in white lace heels.
Colourful floral vine down a lower leg
Traditional style tattoos covering both legs, including a skull and rose on the knee, a snake and a panther on the thigh and calf, and a small piece on the ankle.
Traditional leg tattoos with skull and snake
Two tattoos on the lower legs, a grey and red snake on the left calf and a pink floral design on the right ankle, in a traditional and fine-line mix.
Snake and rose tattoos on lower legs
Black and grey tattoo of a steaming teacup with a rose and leaves in a traditional style with dotwork shading, on a lower leg.
Teacup, rose and leaves on a calf
Traditional-style tattoo of a red and grey Chi Rho symbol within a black laurel wreath, with alpha and omega letters below, on a lower leg.
Chi Rho and laurel wreath on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of a grey ghost in a witch hat holding a glowing orange jack-o'-lantern, with small sparkles, on the calf.
Ghost in a witch hat holding a pumpkin on a calf
Traditional-style tattoo of a seated black cat with a gold ear, green eyes and a coloured collar, beside Egyptian-style hieroglyphs on a calf.
Black cat with hieroglyphs on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a red-haired cartoon pin-up woman in purple gloves, with blue flowers below, on the calf.
Cartoon pin-up with blue flowers on a calf
Colour traditional style tattoo of a smiling pink cartoon train with a speech cloud reading I choo-choo-choose you and small red hearts, on the back of a leg.
Cartoon pink train with I choo-choo-choose you
Two side-by-side photos of traditional and neo-traditional tattoos on the calf: a grey skull with an ornate key and red accents, and a padlock heart with sugar skulls and a red rose.
Skull key and padlock heart on calves
Colour tattoo of a Mickey Mouse head silhouette filled with flowers in teal, pink and purple on a lower leg, with bold black outlines.
Floral Mickey Mouse silhouette on calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a woman with wavy bobbed hair and a large stippled rose below her shoulders, on a lower leg.
Woman portrait with rose on a calf
Two traditional style tattoos on a pair of calves, each showing a turreted castle inside an oval frame with a ribbon and heart at the base.
Two castle cameo tattoos on the calves
Black linework drawing of a pair of legs in high heels, covered in traditional-style tattoo flash designs such as a heart banner, anchor, spider web and skull across the calves.
Traditional flash designs on drawn legs
Traditional style tattoo of a three-masted sailing ship on rough green waves with a red flower below, on a lower leg.
Galleon and flower on a lower leg
Black and grey tattoo of a snarling cat head with bared fangs and dotted shading, on a lower leg, in a traditional blackwork style.
Snarling cat head on a calf
Two traditional colour tattoos side by side on a leg, a smiling sun with a face on the left and a teal crescent moon with a face on the right, both with a dotted chain and gemstone pendant below.
Paired sun and moon tattoos on legs
Black and grey traditional tattoo with dotwork shading on a leg, showing a woman's profile filled with a night sky, crescent moon, stars and pine trees, above a rose and a small flower.
Night forest silhouette with roses on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a storm cloud with lightning, a wave and a sailing ship rising out of a floral teacup.
Storm cloud and ship in a teacup on a calf
A seated woman with colour tattoos on her forearm and shoulder, outline stars on her thigh and a red and green snake on her calf, on a black leather sofa.
Star and snake tattoos on bare legs
Traditional style tattoo of a yellow flower with dark green-black leaves on a calf, with a faded outlined flower visible above it.
Yellow flower with dark leaves on a leg
Traditional colour tattoo of a bulldog wearing a green checked flat cap and scarf, on the calf.
Bulldog in a checked cap and scarf
Traditional colour tattoo of orange butterflies and red flowers with green leaves running down the lower leg and onto the ankle.
Butterflies and flowers on an ankle
Two legs covered in colourful traditional tattoos, including roses, a dagger, a heart and a bird, photographed from above in a bath.
Traditional tattoos covering both legs
Colour traditional tattoo of a hawk with a pearl necklace and red medallion, perched on a black leather glove, on a calf.
Hawk perched on a glove, traditional style
Black and grey traditional-style ram head tattoo on a lower leg, beside a colourful design on the calf of a cyclist riding a red bicycle.
Ram head tattoo and colour calf design on a cyclist
Traditional style tattoo of two colourful mandala flowers with dark green serrated leaves on a calf.
Traditional mandala flowers on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a bat head with a crescent moon and star above it, placed on the calf.
Bat head and crescent moon on a lower leg
Solid black ornate key tattoo with a scrolled bow and two stylised faces, sitting on the calf in a traditional style.
Ornate key on a calf
Traditional tattoo on a calf showing a woman in profile and a tabby cat facing each other inside a black heart, with flowers and the words BOYS WHATEVER and CATS FOREVER.
Woman and cat in a heart on a calf
Traditional style colour tattoo down a lower leg showing a spread-winged eagle, a woman's head, an eye and a clock on a purple base.
Traditional leg tattoo with eagle, woman and clock
Colour tattoo of the Hogwarts crest with a HOGWARTS banner above it and a Latin motto ribbon below, on the calf.
Hogwarts crest on a calf
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty with a red bow, pink cherry blossoms and a grey folding fan in Japanese style on a calf.
Hello Kitty with cherry blossom and fan
Colour traditional style tattoo of a smiling cartoon hamburger with raised arms and music notes, on a lower leg.
Cartoon hamburger with music notes on a calf
Black and grey compass rose tattoo with a central flower and scrollwork border, with a small fleur-de-lis above it, on the calf.
Compass rose with fleur-de-lis on a leg
Two traditional colour tattoos on a calf: a blue heart reading eat me beside a pink bottle reading drink me, both with flowers and leaves.
Eat me heart and drink me bottle on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a red heart with a dagger, an AS IF banner, red flowers and green leaves on a leg.
Traditional heart with dagger and AS IF banner