Calf tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional mandala flower with grey petals, teal rings and green leaves on the lower leg.

Dark floral mandala on a lower leg

Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a UFO carrying an alien in its dome, with stars, a moon and a banner reading Ride or Die, on a calf.

UFO with alien and Ride or Die banner on a calf

Colour tattoo of the Joker's grinning face with green hair on the lower leg, shown above a white sneaker.

Joker portrait tattoo on the lower leg

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat head on a calf, with large ears and closed eyes.

Sphynx cat head on a lower leg

Black and grey realism tattoo of a skull merged with a woman's face, surrounded by swirling shading, on the lower leg.

Skull and woman's face on a calf

Traditional style tattoo of a grey cartoon shark wearing a brown cowboy hat, with HOWDY repeated in an arc above it, on a lower leg.

Cartoon shark in a cowboy hat with Howdy lettering

Fine line black tattoo of two kissing profiles with closed eyes inside a triangle, placed on the lower leg.

Kissing profiles in a triangle on a calf

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of butterflies lifting a hot air balloon with two small figures in the basket, placed on the calf.

Butterflies lifting a hot air balloon on a calf

Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a pink and orange owl with large round eyes, green scrolling vines and small flowers, on the calf.

Owl with green vines on a calf

Watercolour style tattoo of a stretching cat reaching towards a pink heart, outlined in fine black line with teal, pink, orange and purple washes, on a calf.

Stretching watercolour cat with heart

Black fine line outline of a stretching cat with splashes of blue, pink and green ink, running from the calf down across the ankle and foot.

Stretching cat outline on an ankle

Black and grey tattoo of a butterfly whose wings form skull faces with flower eyes, on the calf in Traditional style.

Skull and butterfly on a lower leg

Fine line black tattoo of a cat with an arched tail, seen from the front, on the lower leg.

Single-line cat tattoo on a lower leg

Small black fine line tattoo of a simple house with a chimney, windows and a door, on a hairy lower leg above a shoe strap.

Small line drawing of a house on a leg

Colour tattoo of a hunched cartoon old man in a cardigan beside a grinning green turtle on a calf, in a bold outlined traditional style.

Cartoon old man and green turtle on a calf

Black and grey realism tattoo of a raven perched on a bare branch that wraps down the lower leg towards the ankle.

Raven perched on a branch on the lower leg

Neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling black cartoon cat with large pale eyes and a curled tail, on the calf.

Cartoon black cat on a calf

Colour tattoo of a grey maneki-neko cat with a red collar and bell, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms, on the calf.

Maneki-neko cat and cherry blossoms on a calf

Colour neo-trad tattoo of a fox in a purple top hat and monocle, with red roses, a feather and stars, on a lower leg.

Fox in top hat and monocle with roses on a calf

Colour tattoo of a grey kaiju monster breathing a blue flame, surrounded by red flames and orange clouds, on the lower leg.

Kaiju monster breathing fire on a calf

Woman in a blue dress with traditional tattoos on her thigh, including an eagle over a skull, and colourful designs on her lower leg and upper arm.

Eagle and skull on a thigh, traditional legs

Colour tattoo of two sugar skull cats with blue paw prints, pink hearts and orange flower details on a lower leg.

Sugar skull cats and paw prints on a calf

Black and grey fine line geometric tattoo of circles, diamonds and hexagons joined by thin vertical lines, on a calf.

Geometric line tattoo on a calf

Traditional-style colour tattoo on a calf with pink roses, a sunflower framing a woman's face, and banners reading PRETTY ODD and THINGS ARE SHAPING UP TO BE.

Roses and sunflower with banners on a calf

Blue-black floral tattoo of a rose with leaves on a calf, with a matching larger rose design on a forearm and a smaller piece on another leg.

Matching blue rose tattoos on forearm and calf

Four side-on views of a full leg sleeve tattoo in a colour biomechanical style, covering the thigh down to the ankle.

Biomechanical leg sleeve in red, orange and green

Colour tattoo of the Harley Quinn character in her red and black jester costume, shown on the calf.

Harley Quinn character on a calf

Traditional style colour tattoo on a calf showing a blue puzzle piece with a gold outline motif, framed by a banner reading DIFFERENT NOT LESS.

Puzzle piece and banner reading Different Not Less

Black and grey tattoo of Belle and the Beast inside an oval hand mirror frame with a rose on top, on the back of a lower leg.

Belle and the Beast in a hand mirror on a calf

Black and grey tattoos on two calves, one of a standing bear and the other of a snarling bear face, photographed outdoors with mountains behind.

Bear tattoos on both calves

Black and grey traditional tattoo on a calf showing a tent, pine trees and stars inside a crescent moon, with the word HOMESICK arched above.

Homesick tent and moon on a calf

Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a lower leg showing mountains, pine trees and a crescent moon inside a circular compass frame, with the words 'You are home' beneath.

Mountain and moon badge with 'You are home' lettering

Colour tattoo of a blue TARDIS police box with lit yellow windows, with the script word allons-y beneath it, on the outer calf.

TARDIS tattoo with allons-y script on a calf

Abstract watercolour-style tattoo on a lower leg, with pink brushstrokes, yellow-ochre rings and small black dots and lines.

Pink brushstroke and rings on a calf

Traditional style grim reaper with a red scythe and dotwork shading, tattooed on the calf.

Grim reaper with scythe on a calf

Traditional black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon with a face, a black cat sitting on the moon, three stars and a flower with leaves, on a calf.

Crescent moon, cat and flowers on a calf

Colourful watercolour-style bird flying beside leaves in circles, tattooed on a calf, with an inset showing the black linework outline.

Watercolour bird and leaves on a calf

Colourful sketch-style tattoo of a Boston terrier's head in pink, lilac and pale blue with black outlines, on a person's calf.

Pink and blue dog portrait on a calf

Two colour tattoos in a neo-trad style: a sugar skull portrait with blue hair on the calf and a sugar skull portrait with flaming red hair on the forearm, with script lettering below.

Sugar skull portraits on calf and forearm

Watercolour-style tattoo of a cat face with bright green eyes and a paw outline on the calf, with blue, red and black dot splashes.

Watercolour cat face on a calf

Black traditional-style tattoo of a snake coiled around a skull with a dagger below, with dotwork shading, on a calf.

Snake coiled around a skull on a calf

Detailed black and grey realism style owl with amber eyes on the calf, with a branch tattoo running down to the ankle.

Owl and branch on a lower leg

Fine line black tattoo of a teepee with the word HOME beneath it, a crescent moon, a ringed planet and stars on the calf.

Teepee, planets and HOME on a calf

Colour tattoo of red blossoms, blue forget-me-nots and slender grass stems on the lower leg above the ankle, in a botanical neo-traditional style.

Red blossoms and forget-me-nots on a calf

Colour tattoo of a golden snitch with teal wings and a thin black trailing line, placed on the outer lower leg.

Golden snitch on a lower leg

Two lower legs in black boots show traditional tattoos on the calves, including a swallow, a black heart with an eye, a ship's wheel with roses and a small line of script.

Traditional leg tattoos with swallow and ship's wheel

Black and grey blackwork and dotwork leg sleeve on a thigh and calf, showing a large bird with spread wings, roses, leaves and geometric shapes.

Bird and rose leg sleeve on thigh and calf

Stacked profile faces in a bust on a calf