Calf tattoo ideas

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Colour traditional-style rose tattoo with red petals, green leaves and bold black outlines, shown on a calf.
Traditional rose with green leaves on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a black vintage telephone with red flowers and green leaves, above the words The Jerk Store Called, on a lower leg above a trainer.
Telephone and flowers on a lower leg
Close photo of a traditional style tattoo of a green dragon head with orange-tipped frill, bold black outlines and yellow ringed eyes, on the lower leg.
Green dragon head on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a fox sitting in a pink and yellow teacup above a pink flower with black leaves, on a lower leg.
Fox in a teacup with flower on a calf
Shaded grey anchor wrapped in rope and decorated with blue flowers, with script initials on the stock, in a traditional style on the lower leg.
Anchor with rope and blue flowers on a calf
Two colour neo-traditional heart tattoos on a lower leg, one showing an anime girl with two cats and the other a white creature with soot sprites.
Anime heroine and cats beside soot sprite hearts
Traditional style tattoo of a red dinosaur head with open jaws, dotwork smoke and falling meteors, and pink and grey flowers, on a calf.
T-rex and flowers on a calf
Colour tattoo of a leg lamp in a wooden crate with a red banner reading A MAJOR AWARD, on a lower leg.
Leg lamp in a crate with banner
Colour tattoo on a calf of a gold armillary sphere with stars and a grey centre, above and below script lettering reading The ones we love never truly leave us.
Armillary sphere with script quote on a calf
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a paw print with angel wings, a halo and surrounding stars on the calf.
Paw print with angel wings on a calf
Colourful rose and fruit tattoos cover the legs and thigh of a woman in an inverted yoga pose on a purple mat.
Tattooed legs in an inverted yoga pose on a mat
Traditional style colour tattoo of a moka pot with a red flower and a scroll reading DEATH BEFORE DECAF, on the lower leg.
Moka pot and scroll reading Death Before Decaf
Black and grey traditional tattoos covering a bent leg, including a skull with a Before Dishonor banner, a swallow, a peacock and a pin-up head on the lower thigh.
Traditional leg sleeve with skulls and swallows
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a hand making a V sign and gripping folded banknotes, placed on the lower leg near the ankle.
Hand making a V sign holding banknotes
Colour traditional-style tattoo of the state of Texas on a calf, showing a red sunset, mountains, water and a red and teal tent.
Texas outline with sunset and tent on a calf
Traditional style tattoo sleeve on a person's legs, with red roses, a swallow and daggers, lying on a wooden floor.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and a swallow
Two matching OHANA banner tattoos showing clasped hands and flowers on the lower legs, one in traditional colour and one in black and grey.
Matching OHANA handshake tattoos on calves
Traditional-style tattoo of two pin-up women with hearts and sunburst rays on the lower leg, with small rainbow belts on their waists.
Two pin-up women with hearts on a calf
Black and grey Traditional style tattoo of Jack Skellington from The Nightmare Before Christmas inside an ornate oval frame, on the calf.
Jack Skellington in an ornate frame on a calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a red cabin with a smoking chimney, pine trees and a UFO beaming light, on the outer calf.
Cabin, pine trees and UFO on a calf
Black and grey crescent moon with a face, stars and clouds, in traditional style with dotwork shading, on the lower leg.
Crescent moon with face on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a grim reaper holding a scythe beside a red heart pierced by an arrow, on a lower leg.
Grim reaper with scythe and heart on a calf
Black and grey traditional dagger tattoo on a calf, with a shaded rose and leaves above it.
Dagger and rose on a calf
Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing the outline of the state of Maine filled with a lighthouse on rocky shore, a compass rose and the word MAINE, with a banner reading the way life should be.
Maine lighthouse and compass rose on a calf
Woman in a pale floral mini dress with traditional-style tattoos of a peacock on the upper arm, a snake on the other arm, a wolf head on the knee and further designs on the neck and legs.
Peacock, wolf and snake tattoos with floral dress
Traditional colour tattoo of Milhouse from The Simpsons riding a flying eagle above a banner reading Everything's coming up Milhouse, on a leg.
Milhouse riding an eagle with banner on a leg
Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf of stacked books, pink flowers and a banner reading We Are All Stories In The End.
Stacked books and banner on a calf
Traditional style black and grey leg sleeve on a thigh and calf, with a sugar skull, a moth, a kite, stars and a script line.
Leg sleeve with sugar skull and stars
Traditional tattoo of a heart-shaped padlock with a teal key and three ribbon banners on a calf, with dotwork shading.
Heart padlock and teal key with name banners
Black and grey traditional tattoo of Frankenstein's monster and his bride kissing inside a scalloped heart, on the calf.
Frankenstein couple in a heart on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a red and grey rooster hanging by its neck from a rope, on the calf of a leg.
Rooster hanging from a rope 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
Black and grey dotwork and traditional tattoo of a skeletal hand cupping a crescent moon on a calf, with other coloured tattoos visible at the edges of the frame.
Skeletal hand holding a crescent moon on a calf
Colour tattoo of two cartoon characters in hooded tops riding a mint bicycle across a cratered moon, with a bold black outline, on the calf.
Cartoon pair riding a bicycle past the moon
Colour traditional tattoo of a Lego-style painter minifigure with an afro, holding a palette and brush beside a landscape canvas and a Happy Accidents banner, on a calf.
Lego painter with Happy Accidents banner
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
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a globe on a stand with mountains and trees, a red flower and an arrow, on a lower leg.
Globe with mountains and a red flower
Traditional tattoo of a bob-haired woman in boxing gloves and a yellow vest, framed by laurels and a KNOCK OUT banner, on a lower leg.
Boxer pin-up with gloves on a calf
Black and grey anchor tattoo with a coiled rope on the lower leg, shaded with stippled dots and bold outlines in a traditional style.
Anchor and rope on a calf
Colour tattoos of roses, a cat and a butterfly in a traditional style on the thighs and calves of a person wearing denim shorts and layered chains.
Roses, a cat and a butterfly on both legs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a halved avocado with its pit, pink flowers and a banner reading Let's Avocuddle on the calf.
Avocado with banner and pink flowers
Traditional colour tattoo of a red A-frame tent with pine trees, a moon and a green lantern, placed on a calf.
Camping tent with lantern and pine trees on a calf
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a big-eyed alien holding a knife, with a small flower, leaves and lettering, on a lower leg.
Alien with knife 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
Shaded grey anchor tattoo with green leaves wrapped around the shank, on the calf.
Anchor with green leaves on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of an inhaler wrapped in a banner reading Catch My Breath, placed on a calf.
Inhaler with Catch My Breath banner on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a potted flower with green leaves and red petals on the calf, with a close-up inset.
Potted flower on a calf
Overhead view of two people in bed with traditional style tattoos of a snake, roses and a panther head on their legs, forearm and hand, with breakfast plates beside them.
Traditional tattoos on legs and forearms in bed