Calf tattoo ideas

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Traditional style tattoo of a swallow in flight in front of a red heart and anchor, framed by rope and grey flowers, on a calf.
Swallow and anchor on a calf
Two matching heart-shaped wreath tattoos on the calves, one of red roses and one of white daisies with green leaves, in a bold botanical style.
Matching rose and daisy heart wreaths on calves
Colour traditional tattoo of a cactus in a striped pot on a lower leg, with a red flower and blue blossoms below it.
Potted cactus and flowers on a lower leg
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a sleeping fox with a heart on its chest, a flower and leaves below and a star above, on the calf.
Sleeping fox with flower on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a sailing ship with red and yellow accents on a calf, with the words Loose lips sink ships on a banner below.
Sailing ship with banner on a calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a green sea turtle with a yellow and black compass rose shell on a calf, set against blue-grey clouds.
Turtle with compass shell on a calf
Traditional style spider tattoo with a purple gem-like abdomen and dotted web lines on a lower leg, beside a partly visible green leaf.
Spider with dotted web on a calf
Black and grey traditional style penguin tattoo with dotwork shading on a calf, with outlined stars partly visible beside it.
Penguin tattoo on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of an ornate key with a red polka-dot Minnie Mouse bow and grey shading, on the back of a lower leg.
Minnie Mouse bow key on the calf
Colour tattoo of an anchor wrapped in rope and pink roses with green leaves, on the outer lower leg, in a traditional style.
Anchor and roses on a calf
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a coffee mug with banners reading Death and Before Decaf on a leg.
Coffee mug with Death before decaf banners
Colour traditional tattoo of a teal house with a yellow roof inside a pink scalloped heart, with a home sweet home banner and red flowers on a lower leg.
Home sweet home house and heart on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of an anchor with a green and red compass rose at its centre, on a lower leg.
Anchor and compass rose on a lower leg
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cartoon character with a pompadour, round glasses and a tear, above a banner reading CRY BABY, on a calf.
Crying cartoon character with CRY BABY banner
Neo-traditional Batman and Catwoman head tattoos with banners and yellow roses on the back of both calves.
Batman and Catwoman calf tattoos
Traditional style tattoo of a seated black cat with a gold collar beside red hieroglyphs, on the lower leg.
Seated black cat with hieroglyphs on a calf
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a phoenix with spread wings, running from the thigh down past the knee to the calf of a bare leg.
Colourful phoenix running down a leg
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a flying saucer with beams of light and stars above the words GET IN LOSER, on the lower leg.
Get in Loser UFO on a lower leg
Traditional style tattoo of a stack of books with red flowers and green leaves on a calf, with part of an owl tattoo visible to the left.
Stacked books and flowers on a calf
Traditional style tattoo on a calf of a pair of legs in fishnet stockings and red heels, with banners reading Don't dream it, be it.
Fishnet legs and banners on a calf
Two legs in black canvas trainers covered in colourful traditional style tattoos of roses, birds and flowers on the calves and lower legs.
Traditional leg sleeve with roses and birds
Black and grey traditional grim reaper skull with star-shaped eyes and dotwork shading, above the words SING ME TO SLEEP, on a lower leg.
Grim reaper with lettering on a calf
Colour tattoo of four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in fighting poses across a leg, with bold outlines and bright green shell and skin tones.
Four Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on a leg
A bare leg with a large colour traditional tattoo of pink peonies and roses across the thigh and calf, with dark foliage, on a yellow floral bedspread.
Pink peony and rose leg tattoo
Colour traditional-style tattoo on a calf showing a cartoon man with an afro, glasses and moustache in a red and white bobble hat and striped top, with the words Hello and Is it me you're looking for.
Cartoon caricature with quote on a calf
Traditional style dagger tattoo with a twisted purple hilt, green leaves and a banner reading TRUE TILL DEATH on a lower leg.
Dagger with true till death banner on calf
Traditional style colour tattoo of praying hands holding a red heart with yellow flowers, on the lower leg.
Praying hands and heart on a lower leg
Traditional style tattoo of a red rose and a black swallow with green leaves on a lower leg, with bold outlines and solid colour.
Red rose and swallow on a calf
Traditional-style colour tattoo on a calf showing a stormtrooper helmet, a grey Death Star, a pink galaxy, green leaves and banners reading We're all fine here now and Thank you, how are you.
Stormtrooper, Death Star and banners on a calf
Traditional colour tattoo of a dog face in sugar skull style, with red flowers over the eyes, on a person's calf.
Sugar skull dog on a calf
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a pink flamingo with a flower-trimmed hair bow beside a pineapple, a sunset and sea, inside a rope-edged teardrop frame on a calf.
Flamingo in a rope frame on a calf
Small colour tattoo of a hot air balloon with a blue, yellow, orange and red gradient on the calf, with thin black outlines.
Hot air balloon on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat in a witch's hat beside an orange jack-o'-lantern, placed on the calf.
Black cat and jack-o'-lantern on a calf
Colour tattoo of a skull made from two fried eggs with orange yolk eyes and crossed bacon strips below, on a calf.
Fried egg skull with crossed bacon
Colour traditional tattoo of an hourglass with a skull, red roses, leaves and an eye with falling tears, on a lower leg.
Traditional hourglass with skull and eye on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of red flowers with dark leaves forming bands around both knees, with a black panther on the left calf.
Red flower knee bands with a panther
Traditional style tattoo of a bearded merman in a top hat and eye patch, with a blue and teal scaled tail, on a calf.
Bearded merman in top hat on a calf
Black and grey realistic bee tattoo with shaded wings and the words 'You're the bee's knees but so am I' above and below it, on a calf.
Bee with pun lettering on a calf
Colour tattoo of a pink flamingo standing on one leg, with the words 'Only one foot in the shit' arched above and below it, on a calf.
Pink flamingo with slogan on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of an owl above a sugar skull with red roses and a diamond, on a lower leg, shown in three side-by-side panels.
Owl and sugar skull on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cactus with flowers, crystals and a patterned pot, on the lower leg.
Cactus and crystals in a pot on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of an ornate gold and green cross with scalloped edges and red flower details, placed on the outer lower leg.
Ornate gold cross on a lower leg
Two matching colour sunflower tattoos with black outlines and brown centres, one on each lower leg, shown in a traditional style.
Two matching sunflower tattoos on legs
Traditional style colour tattoo of a moka pot with a red flower and a red scroll reading DEATH BEFORE DECAF, on a lower leg.
Moka pot and 'Death before decaf' scroll
Traditional style tattoo of a hedgehog wearing glasses, framed by red and orange flowers, on the lower leg of a person wearing blue polka dot shoes.
Hedgehog in glasses with flowers on a leg
Traditional style tattoo of a pink and teal dagger with red hearts and a banner reading Fight Like A Girl, on a lower leg.
Dagger and banner on a calf
Traditional style tattoo of a swallow in flight over a red heart pierced by an arrow, with the words I'll turn my back and let myself live, on a lower leg.
Swallow, heart and arrow in a traditional banner
Black and grey traditional tattoo with dotwork shading of a rain cloud dropping rain into a floral teacup, on a leg.
Rain cloud over a teacup