Calf tattoo ideas

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Lower legs of a person in grey shorts and white trainers, with a black diamond argyle pattern tattooed on both calves in a geometric style.

Black argyle pattern on both calves

Man seen from behind with a full colour Japanese style tattoo covering his back, arms and legs, including dragons, flowers and a golden disc.

Full body Japanese style back and limb tattoo

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a mechanical walking castle with domed turrets, gears and stilt-like legs, shown on a calf beside its printed reference drawing.

Mechanical walking castle on a calf

Fine line black crescent moon tattoo on one calf beside a black sun tattoo on a second calf, in a sepia photograph.

Moon and sun on two calves

Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing a green cloaked figure holding a gold blade above red flames and a yellow and teal wing.

Green cloaked figure with gold blade on a calf

Colour tattoo on a calf showing a cartoon figure with an antenna and a long striped scarf, sitting on a blue TARDIS police box.

Cartoon figure in a scarf on a TARDIS, calf

Traditional style colour tattoo of a red heart pierced by an orange carrot with green leaves, with a VEGAN banner, on the lower leg.

Carrot through a heart with VEGAN banner

Traditional colour tattoo of a green umbrella over a purple cloud with rain drops, placed on the calf.

Umbrella and rain cloud on a calf

Black and grey realism tattoo on a lower leg showing a gothic church, an eye within twisting branches, and roots running down towards the ankle.

Gothic church, eye and tree on a calf

Solid black blackwork tattoo on a lower leg, showing a peace sign enclosing a human silhouette with outstretched arms whose head and limbs become bare tree branches and roots.

Peace sign with tree-figure silhouette on a leg

Pastel colour tattoo of a cartoon cat wearing a daisy flower crown and pink bow, placed on the calf.

Cartoon cat with flower crown on a calf

Black ink tattoo of a penny-farthing bicycle with spoked wheel and tiny rear wheel, on the calf.

Penny-farthing bicycle on a leg

Colour pixel-art tattoo of a spotted dog in a grassy scene with a toothed black ball on a lower leg, with outlined shapes above.

Pixel art dog and chomp on a lower leg

Three-panel photo of a colour botanical tattoo of pink peonies, red berries and an orange tulip on a lower leg, with grey fine-line sprigs on the left.

Peony and berry botanical tattoo on a lower leg

Two legs in denim shorts and black sneakers covered in colour neo-traditional tattoos, including an owl, a raven with roses, a fox and a rabbit.

Full leg sleeve of colourful neo-traditional tattoos

Colour tattoo of a beetroot with a pink and dark bulb and green leaves on the outer lower leg.

Beetroot with leaves on a lower leg

Badger with wheat and flower on a calf

Traditional style tattoo of a red heart with a yellow NOTHANKS banner, yellow flowers and dark green leaves on the lower leg.

Traditional heart with NOTHANKS banner and flowers

Realistic black and grey biomechanical tattoo of gears and metal machinery through torn red skin on a calf, shown from three angles.

Biomechanical gears on a calf

Two lowered-view legs in satin pointe shoes show black and grey tattoos on the calves, including a raven, a lightbulb and a cluster of roses in traditional and dotwork style.

Raven, roses and lightbulb on legs in pointe shoes

Two photographs of matching black and grey tattoos on a pair of calves, each showing a sextant, orbit lines and a sun face in an engraved sketch style.

Sextant and sun tattoo on both calves

Black and grey realism leg sleeve tattoo showing birds, wings and peony flowers across the thigh and calf, shown in two side views.

Black and grey bird and flower leg sleeve

Black tribal tattoo on a calf showing a stylised face within bands of triangles, spirals and geometric patterns.

Tribal face and pattern calf tattoo

Two matching fine line black script tattoos reading sisters with a small heart, one on a lower leg and one on an ankle.

Matching sisters script tattoos

Realistic black and grey pickup truck tattoo with large knobbly off-road tyres on the calf, shaded in muted green tones.

Lifted pickup truck on a calf

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a planet inside a triangle with orbiting circles and stars, on the calf.

Planet in a triangle on a calf

Close view of a seated person with several small black fine line tattoos, including a palm tree on the thigh and a can and a triangle on the forearm and lower leg.

Small fine line tattoos on arms and legs

Black and grey realism tiger head with red blossom and mandala detailing, tattooed on the calf.

Realistic tiger head with red blossoms on a calf

Colour tattoo of two stitched rag dolls, one with pink hair and angel wings and one in a Batman shirt, on a red torn background on the calf.

Stitched rag dolls on a torn background

Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box with a ringed orange planet and stars, placed on the calf.

TARDIS police box in a space scene

Black and grey tattoo of a face with an open mouth on a calf, with the script words Run n tell that above and Homeboy below.

Portrait and script on a lower leg

Black moon phase tattoos run in a vertical line down a person's calf, with a pink strappy sandal visible at the foot.

Moon phases down a calf

Colour traditional-style tattoo of a hand gripping a beaded ring medallion, shaded in gold and brown, on the back of a lower leg.

Hand holding a beaded medallion on a calf

Colour tattoo of a purple horned cat with a third eye and feathered wings, surrounded by peach cloud motifs, on a lower leg.

Purple horned cat with third eye on a calf

Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a calf showing a flying saucer beaming up a small animal beneath mountains, pine trees and a planet inside a diamond frame.

UFO beam over mountains in a diamond frame

Colour tattoo of a black anchor outlined in pink, with pink lilies with black outlines, on the calf in a traditional style.

Anchor and lilies on a calf

Traditional tattoo on a calf showing an aeroplane over a globe, a WANDERLUST banner and a red rose with a dagger.

Aeroplane, globe and rose calf tattoo

Traditional style colour tattoo of a snow globe showing a cabin, pine trees and snowy mountains, framed by flowers and dark leaves, on a calf.

Snow globe with mountains and cabin on a calf

Black lettering tattoo of a Van Gogh quote set in a simple hand-drawn typeface, running down the shin or calf.

Van Gogh quote on a lower leg

Solid blue tattoo of the Great Lakes outline on a calf, with a bicycle water bottle in the background.

Great Lakes map on a calf

Traditional style eagle tattoo with spread wings, black outlines and red and yellow tail feathers, running down a lower leg.

Traditional eagle with flame tail on a lower leg

Fine line botanical tattoo of a lavender sprig in purple and green on the lower leg, above the ankle.

Lavender sprig on a lower leg

Black traditional-style tattoo of an open mouth with teeth and fangs, outlined in dashes, on the calf, in front of a brick wall.

Toothy open mouth on a calf

Purple awareness ribbon tattoo with a heart cut out of the upper loop, outlined in black, on the lower leg.

Purple awareness ribbon with heart on leg

Colour tattoo of a large-eyed cartoon owl perched on a branch, on the calf above a maroon sneaker and white sock.

Cartoon owl on a branch on a lower leg

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a stylised fish with a bold red outline, teal and orange striped body and dark eye, on a leg.

Stylised orange and teal fish on a leg

Traditional style tattoo of a black bull head with an orange eye, above a dagger, a candle and a star, on the calf.

Bull head with dagger and candle on a calf

Black ink blackwork tattoo of wavy lines and a honeycomb of hexagons running down a person's thigh and calf, seated on a pale table edge.

Blackwork honeycomb tattoo on a leg