Calf tattoo ideas

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Two colour sugar skull tattoos wearing grey crowns, one on each calf, in a bold neo-traditional style.
Twin sugar skulls with crowns on calves
Two black and grey dotwork tarot card tattoos on the lower legs, showing The Chariot on the left and Strength with the numeral VIII on the right.
Tarot cards The Chariot and Strength on legs
Realistic colour tattoo of red lips parted around fangs and a tongue, with a drop of blood, on the lower leg.
Realistic red lips with fangs and a drip of blood
Colour botanical tattoo of a wildflower bouquet with poppies, delphiniums and pansies wrapping the calf, shown with jeans rolled above it.
Wildflower bouquet on a calf
Traditional-style rose tattoo with a partly visible clock motif on a calf, with black platform boots and striped socks.
Rose tattoo on a calf above black platform boots
Close up of black fine line script reading expecto patronum on a lower leg, beside a bearded figurine holding a cage with an owl.
Expecto patronum lettering on a lower leg
Traditional style colour tattoo of a blue chameleon with pink and yellow flowers on its body, perched on a brown branch, on a calf.
Chameleon with flowers on a branch
Black and grey woodcut-style tattoo of a moon over pine trees, clouds and logs with a seated figure, on the calf.
Woodcut forest scene with moon on a calf
Black and grey botanical tattoo of queen anne's lace, dandelion seed head and dandelion leaves running up the back of a leg, in a fine line and dotwork style.
Botanical wildflowers on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of three succulent plants in green, blue and purple tones with pink-edged leaves, on the calf.
Succulent cluster on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a pink unicorn with a rainbow mane inside a gold frame with a teal bow, on the lower leg.
Unicorn in an ornate gold frame
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a banded planet, a ringed planet and a crescent moon inside a circle on a calf.
Planets and crescent moon in a dotwork circle
Gold and silver metallic temporary geometric tattoos of chevrons, arrows and lattice patterns on the back of a hand, forearm, calf and ankle.
Metallic gold and silver temporary tattoos on hand and legs
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoos of clouds and swirls cover both calves, with orange canvas trainers on a wooden floor.
Japanese-style leg tattoos on calves
Fine black scrollwork vine tattoo running up the outer calf of a leg, with black strappy heels visible at the ankle.
Black scrollwork vine on a calf
Two large cat tattoos on a pair of calves, a colour tiger on the left leg and a black panther on the right, both in a bold Japanese and traditional style.
Tiger and panther on the calves
Black and grey realism tattoo of an ornate heart-shaped locket on a chain with a key and script lettering, on a lower leg.
Heart locket and key on a calf
Realism portrait tattoo on a calf of a pale figure with wild dark hair, crossed metal blades over the chest and a small yellow boat detail.
Portrait tattoo with bladed hands on calf
Traditional style owl tattoo with swirling tendril linework and dotwork shading on the calf, with touches of red ink on the belly.
Owl tattoo on a calf
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a pine tree inside a dotted diamond frame, with a shaded ornament below, on a lower leg.
Pine tree in a diamond on a calf
Black and grey Japanese style leg sleeve on a seated person, with a hannya mask on the calf and a scaled creature with fangs across the thigh.
Hannya mask and clouds leg sleeve
Traditional style tattoo on a calf showing a red eye in a cloud frame above a shaded umbrella with raindrops and a red flower below.
Eye, umbrella and rain on a calf
Colour neo-traditional sugar skull tattoo with avocado eyes, onion rings, chilli peppers and a lime wedge, on a leg.
Sugar skull made of avocado, onion and chilli
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a stag head with large antlers, framed by fine geometric lines and a shaded flower, on the calf.
Stag head with geometric frame on a calf
Colour tattoo of a blue octopus with pink cherry blossoms and petals, in a neo-traditional style, on the lower leg.
Blue octopus with cherry blossom on a calf
Realism style skull wearing a gold crown above a grey banner reading True till death, tattooed on a calf in mixed grey and colour ink.
Skull and crown with banner on a calf
Full leg sleeve tattoo in colour styled as film strip frames with cartoon characters, shown from the thigh to the calf in two photographs.
Cartoon film strip leg sleeve
Traditional style colour tattoo of a pineapple house with a blue door and the words I'M READY beneath it, on the calf.
Pineapple house with I'm Ready lettering
Traditional style tattoo of a green and red cobra rising above a patterned coil, with two small red flowers, on a lower leg.
Cobra and flowers on a lower leg
Neo-traditional tattoo of a colourful songbird on a black branch, surrounded by pink blossoms with green leaves, on a person's leg.
Songbird and pink blossom on a leg
Black and grey tattoo with orange and yellow accents of a haunted Victorian house, bats and a full moon, with a wrought iron gate, on a person's calf.
Haunted house and bats on a calf
Black line drawing of five cats in different stretching and rolling poses, stacked vertically down the outer lower leg, in a fine line sketch style.
Five cats in a stretching sequence on a leg
Back view of a calf with a lettering tattoo of a black arrow, a warning-style sign and red capitals reading PLEASE GO AROUND, with pink running shoes.
Please go around calf tattoo
Two neo-traditional tattoos on the lower legs: a grey bat hanging upside down from a branch, and a pastel bird with a pink flower.
Hanging bat and pastel bird on two legs
Colour tattoo on a calf of a grey boxing glove with a yellow ribbon behind it and the words Fight Like a Girl in black script above.
Boxing glove and ribbon with script on a calf
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a woman's face behind a wire grid, with orange butterflies and a small pocket watch, on a calf.
Realistic woman's face with butterflies on a calf
Colour realism tattoo of figures walking along railway tracks through a wooded area, placed on the calf.
Figures on railway tracks on a calf
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a snarling bull head with a chain through its nose ring, shaded in grey with red and yellow accents, on a calf.
Bull head with chain on a calf
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with a red bell and pink cherry blossoms on a calf.
Maneki-neko lucky cat and cherry blossoms on a calf
Black and grey dotwork jellyfish tattoo repeated on a calf, with long outlined tentacles trailing down the leg.
Twin jellyfish tattoos on a calf
Black and grey realism leg sleeve on the thigh and calf showing a Joker face and a Batman figure with bat symbol, shown in two side-by-side photos.
Joker and Batman leg sleeve
Neo-trad style tattoo of a black lantern with a multicoloured geometric stained glass panel on the calf.
Stained glass lantern on a calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a turreted castle with blue roofs resting on a pink cloud, placed on the calf above a floral tattoo.
Pastel castle on a pink cloud on a calf
Two views of a calf with a colourful abstract tattoo of red, yellow, mint and black ribbon-like bands and shapes wrapping around the leg.
Abstract ribbon design on a calf
Black and grey tattoo on a calf showing a skull-faced figure embracing a long-haired figure with stitched limbs, seated on a chair.
Skull-faced and stitched doll figures on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a piglet peeking out of a teacup with a red rose, framed by pink flowers and green leaves, on a leg.
Piglet in a teacup with a rose
Realistic grey tabby cat snarling with its mouth open, set against a blue sunburst of rays, tattooed on a calf.
Snarling tabby cat with blue sunburst
Two matching fine line tattoos of a red balloon with a thin dark blue string, shown on the lower legs of two people.
Matching red balloon tattoos on two calves