Calf tattoo ideas

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Traditional style tattoo of a skeletal hand in a pinch gesture with the words THE END beside it, shaded with dotwork on a leg.
Skeleton hand with THE END lettering
Black and grey realism tattoo of a banknote-style portrait with a Money Talks banner on the calf, shown beside a $100 bill.
Banknote portrait tattoo on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoos on two calves, a stag in glasses and a suit on the left and an owl in glasses and a dress on the right, both framed by pink roses.
Stag and owl calf tattoos
Japanese-style dragon tattoo in pale blue linework on a lower leg above the ankle, against a black background with blue lighting.
Dragon tattoo on a lower leg
Neo-traditional style phoenix tattoo in red, orange, yellow and teal on a person's calf, with swirling flame and cloud shapes behind the bird.
Colourful phoenix tattoo on the lower leg
Colourful faceted crystal heart tattoo with black outlines and pastel pink, purple, green and yellow panels, on a calf.
Pastel crystal heart on a lower leg
Calf tattoo of a fragmented clock face with Roman numerals, a dotwork hand and a small butterfly, combining black ink and green geometric shapes in a mixed abstract style.
Clock, hand and butterfly calf tattoo
Black and grey neo-traditional owl tattoo on a calf, with a Deathly Hallows triangle and circle on one wing and the words Mischief Managed script along the tail.
Ornate owl with Deathly Hallows symbol on a calf
Two traditional style dagger tattoos on calves: the left has a teal and red snake coiled around the blade, the right has a red rose with green leaves.
Daggers with snake and rose on two calves
Black outline tattoo of a cartoon character with raised arms and an open mouth, with the words I AM THE LIZARD QUEEN below it, on a person's calf above a white sock.
Cartoon character with quote on calf
Two-panel photo of a fine black line tattoo of three stick figures and hearts on an ankle and calf, with a close-up on the right of the same design filled in with blue, pink and purple.
Three stick figures and hearts on an ankle
Colour traditional tattoo on a calf of a pin-up mermaid with a flower in her hair, surrounded by waves, pineapple, watermelon, orange slices, grapes and a pink flamingo inside a rope frame.
Mermaid and tropical fruit on a calf
Colour tattoo of red tulips and green leaves on a calf, with a lettered quote wound along a ribbon-like vine in a realistic style.
Tulips and lettering tattoo on a calf
Black tattoo of a film strip with a dark silhouette and ink drips on a leg, surrounded by other black linework tattoos of a ship, birds and high heeled legs.
Film strip with ink splash on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an animal skull with long canine teeth, with an arrow running vertically through it, on a person's lower leg.
Animal skull pierced by an arrow on a calf
Colour cartoon tattoo of a bird driving a supercharged dragster with blue flames, in a traditional style on the calf.
Cartoon bird in a dragster on a calf
Colour tattoo of a faceted grey Totoro-style character with red poppies and small black soot sprites on a calf.
Totoro with red poppies on a calf
Black fine line outline of a scallop shell tattoo on the lower leg, above a red and black cord anklet.
Scallop shell on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a grinning cat with glowing teal eyes and swirling blue smoke on a calf, in a realistic style.
Grinning cheshire cat on a calf
Traditional style tattoo on a calf of a cottage with a heart-shaped window, pine trees, hearts in the sky and a small fox among rocks.
Cottage, pine trees and fox on a calf
A woman in an inverted yoga pose on a purple mat shows colourful traditional-style tattoos of roses and fruit on her thigh and calves, with leaf designs on her upper arm.
Inverted woman with rose and fruit leg tattoos
Black and grey Celtic knotwork dragon tattoo on a calf, with interlaced bands, a scaled crest and a triquetra-style knot at the base.
Celtic knotwork dragon on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hot air balloon with a sun face on the calf, with clouds and a small figure in the basket.
Hot air balloon with sun face on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a golden potion bottle with a cork stopper, purple ribbons, a Lucky banner and a Felix Felicis tag, on the calf, over a pink stippled cloud.
Potion bottle with Lucky banner on a calf
Watercolour style botanical tattoo of cherry blossom and lavender wrapping both lower legs down to the ankles.
Cherry blossom and lavender watercolour leg tattoo
Colour tattoo on a calf of a small green-clad boy standing on a pale blue planet among stars, a comet and a ringed green planet.
Little Prince on a planet on a calf
Black line tattoo on the calf of a skeleton beside a RIP headstone, with a speech bubble reading CAN I PET YOUR DOG PLEASSSE.
Skeleton asking to pet a dog on a calf
Colour tattoo of three blue and orange butterflies among pink cherry blossom branches running up a calf, in a neo-traditional botanical style.
Butterflies and cherry blossom on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of a hooded skeleton with sugar skull face and praying hands, surrounded by orange and blue roses, on a lower leg.
Hooded skeleton with roses on a leg
Realism style tattoo of a black and grey woman silhouette dissolving into red petals on the lower leg.
Woman silhouette dissolving into red petals
Three tattoo photos: a galaxy-filled crescent moon, a black line moon with stars and a rocket on the hand and fingers, and a galaxy-filled diamond outline on the calf.
Galaxy moon, rocket and diamond tattoos
Colour tattoo of a purple fish with a green eye and flowing fins, with a blue watercolour-style splash, on the calf.
Purple fish with green eye on a calf
Colour botanical tattoo of red and orange maple leaves with black swirling vines running down a person's calf and shin.
Maple leaves and swirls down a calf
Red and black nine-pointed star inside a circle tattooed on a lower leg, in a geometric style.
Nine-pointed star in a circle on a calf
Colour tattoo of a red-haired cartoon mermaid with a green tail and a yellow fish beside her, surrounded by blue bubbles, on a lower leg.
Cartoon mermaid and fish with bubbles on a leg
Realism colour tattoo on a calf of a man in a dark jacket aiming a pistol towards the viewer.
Realistic portrait with pistol on calf
Black and grey tattoo of a woman with flowing curled hair in an Art Nouveau style, with red shading on the shoulder, on the lower leg.
Art Nouveau woman portrait on a lower leg
Watercolour and linework tattoo on a calf showing a line-drawn girl, a pocket watch with an eye at its centre and black dotwork.
Watercolour pocket watch and girl on calf
Colour tattoo of three red poppies with black linework and dotwork centres, on a calf, with thin stems and small triangles.
Watercolour poppies on a lower leg
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tall ship with full rigging silhouetted against a full moon, with its reflection on water below, on the calf.
Sailing ship and full moon on a calf
Two calves with multicoloured lines in a transit map style tattooed on the lower legs, shown in a side-by-side photo.
Transit-style map lines on two calves
Two photos of black ink lettering tattoos: one on the back of a lower leg, one on an ankle, with the words shown upside down in the frame.
Upside-down words on leg and ankle
Black and grey realism tattoo of a young child in a leafy headpiece holding a kitten, on the outer lower leg.
Child with kitten in greyscale realism
Colour tattoo of a woman in a blue robe with flowers in her hair, in an art nouveau style with swirling yellow stars, on the calf.
Art nouveau woman on a calf
Colour tattoo on a calf of a heart framing a tornado above a farmhouse, green Emerald City spires and red sparkly shoes on a yellow brick road, with the words There's no place like Home.
Ruby slippers and tornado in a heart on a calf
Colour tattoo of a stylised abstract human figure in red, yellow, blue and black, sitting on the calf.
Abstract figure tattoo on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of a gramophone with green leaves on a calf, set against a grey dotwork background with the word HARDCORE.
Gramophone and leaves with HARDCORE lettering on a calf
Colour tattoo of a cartoon green chameleon with a curled tail sitting on a purple mushroom, with blue flowers, on a lower leg.
Cartoon chameleon on a mushroom