Calf tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo of two crispy bacon strips with bold black outlines and green-brown fat detail, on the calf.
Bacon strips 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
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
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
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
Triptych of a black and grey elephant tattoo with red roses, a dahlia and a lotus on the lower leg, in a neo-traditional style with shading.
Elephant with roses and dahlia on a calf
Colour tattoo of Sally and Jack Skellington's split face on a calf, drawn in a bold outlined cartoon style.
Sally and Jack split face on a calf
Three views of a leg tattoo on the calf and ankle showing a wolf head with blue eyes, honeycomb hexagons, pink cherry blossoms and a geometric line design in neo-traditional style.
Wolf, honeycomb and blossom leg tattoo
Two colour tattoos side by side on a limb: a geometric wolf head with a crescent moon on the left and a geometric stag head with antlers on the right, in a neo-traditional style.
Geometric wolf and stag side by side
Colour cartoon tattoo on a calf showing Oogie Boogie with red dice, a jack-o-lantern, a witch in a purple hat, a grey skeleton figure and a small red devil.
Oogie Boogie and Halloween characters on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a pug wearing a top hat, monocle and feather, framed by an ornate gold scroll border on a calf.
Pug in top hat and monocle on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a heart-shaped planchette with a moon, a bat and the word GOOD BYE, surrounded by purple clouds and sparkles, with a hand resting on it, on the lower leg.
Planchette with bat and clouds on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman in a black wide-brimmed hat with red roses and a lace collar, on a lower leg.
Woman in wide-brimmed hat with roses
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
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 cupcake with a red cherry and cream frosting on a lower leg, set against dark swirling smoke.
Cupcake with cherry 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
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 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
Black outline tattoo of a cat's head with a flower and leaves on the leg, in a neo-traditional style.
Cat head and flower on a leg
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a cat's head in profile, framed by leaves and blossoms, on the outer calf.
Cat head and blossoms on a calf
Colour tattoo of the Midna character from The Legend of Zelda on a calf, with a horned helmet, orange flame swirls and teal and black blocks behind her.
Midna character tattoo on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of Hogwarts castle inside a crystal ball, framed by green leaves and red berries, with a HOGWARTS banner, on a calf.
Hogwarts castle in a crystal ball on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black pug inside a rope-edged oval frame with two red roses and green leaves, on the lower leg.
Pug portrait with red roses on a calf
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of Jack Skellington and Sally from The Nightmare Before Christmas, sitting on the back of a calf.
Jack and Sally on a calf
Colour neo-trad tattoo on a calf of a circular mandala with teal lotus flowers, dotwork petals and a teal sphere with constellation lines.
Lotus mandala with constellation on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a top hat and monocle, smoking a cigar and holding a cane with a bird-head handle, on a lower leg.
Dapper cat in top hat and monocle on calf
Two calf tattoos of grey cat portraits, one framed by gold scrollwork with a red rose, the other surrounded by orange poppies, in a realism and neo-traditional style.
Cat portraits with flowers on two calves
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pizza slice with a green eye and pepperoni spots, placed on the lower leg with a small X tattoo beside it.
Pizza slice with eye on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black lace bow with a pink cameo centre and red ribbon tails on the lower leg.
Lace bow with pink cameo on a lower leg
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey cartoon creature with big eyes and blue patterned markings, framed by pink flowers and green leaves on a calf.
Cartoon creature with flowers on a calf
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Neo-trad style tattoo of a black lantern with a multicoloured geometric stained glass panel on the calf.
Stained glass lantern 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
Colour tattoo of Baby Groot wearing headphones and sitting in a red pot beside a cassette player, on a calf, in a neo-traditional style.
Baby Groot with headphones on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat with pink ears and yellow eyes, shaded in black, on the outside of a calf.
Grey cat tattoo on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a skull with a red rose, paintbrush and spray can on a lower leg.
Skull, rose and paintbrush on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a bearded figure wearing antlers and a helmet, framed by a black foliage wreath, on a calf.
Antlered bearded figure on a calf
Colour tattoo of Mike Wazowski, the green one-eyed monster from Monsters Inc, with a toothy grin, on the calf in a neo-traditional style.
Mike Wazowski tattoo on a lower leg
Two-panel photo of a Pikachu tattoo on a lower leg: a faint grey outline on the left and a full colour neo-traditional version on the right, with Pikachu painting on an easel.
Pikachu painting on an easel, before and after
Colour tattoo of a grinning clown with a red nose and torn skin edges on a lower leg, in a neo-traditional style.
Grinning clown face tattoo on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a woman with a red bow in her hair, holding red boxing gloves, above a banner reading TOUGH LOVE.
Woman with boxing gloves and Tough Love banner