Cat tattoo ideas

1,806 photos and flash · 22% Fine line, 16% Neo-trad · Forearm most common

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Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cat's head with black linework and ink splatter, placed across the upper back.
Watercolour cat head on a back
Colour tattoo of a black cat silhouette sitting on a blue shaded crescent moon, placed on the upper back below the shoulder blade.
Black cat on a blue crescent moon on the back
Black cat silhouette with a green eye and pink watercolour splashes fading downward, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Black cat with pink watercolour splashes on a shoulder blade
Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a maneki-neko cat with a raised paw, a skull-patterned moth and red petals, in a traditional style.
Maneki-neko cat and skull moth on a calf
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a stretching cat on a cushion beneath an Easy Life banner, on the forearm.
Stretching black cat with Easy Life banner
Ink line drawing flash design of a cat curled inside an ornate beaded frame beside a rose, in a neo-traditional style, with no body placement shown.
Cat and rose tattoo design
Painterly blue and black cat head tattoo with yellow-green eyes and white whiskers, shown on a limb.
Blue cat head tattoo with yellow-green eyes
Grey shaded tattoo of a cat with angel wings and small sparkles on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a pink beaded bracelet beside it.
Cat with angel wings on a wrist
Black fine line tattoo of a cat sitting in the curve of a treble clef, with a thin trailing tail, on a shoulder.
Cat and treble clef on a shoulder
Fine line tattoo of a sleeping cat curled up on the foot, in black and grey, with a drawing of the same design on paper below.
Sleeping cat outline on a foot
Bold black line drawing of a sitting cat in profile with a curled tail, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Sitting cat outline design
A painterly, multicoloured kitten tattoo with a long trailing tail on the forearm, in soft shades of blue, green, pink and yellow.
Multicoloured kitten tattoo on a forearm
Black silhouette of a cat seen from behind, sitting above a diagonal trail of black paw prints on a white background, shown as a flash design.
Cat silhouette with paw print trail
Neo-traditional tattoo of a ginger cat with a teal thought bubble showing a golden slice of toast, placed on the thigh.
Ginger cat with toast thought bubble on thigh
Black linework tattoo of a cat sitting on a crescent moon wrapped in swirling vines, with dotwork shading, on the shoulder.
Cat on a crescent moon on a shoulder
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with green eyes and a tongue out, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms, on the outer thigh.
Black cat with cherry blossoms on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a cat stretched upwards with its paws raised, shown on a forearm beside a white lace sleeve.
Cat tattoo on a forearm
Colour fine line tattoo of three cats seated within a wreath of coral flowers and dark leaves, on the inner upper arm.
Three cats in a floral wreath
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with a red sunburst, cherry blossoms and lotus on the thigh.
Maneki-neko cat on a thigh
Fine line tattoo of a black cat outline with a tail curling beside a red heart, on the lower leg.
Cat outline and red heart on a leg
Colour tattoo of a decayed zombie cat character with a pink bow and two bats on the upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Zombie cat with bats on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat in a space helmet with a jetpack and stars, on a calf.
Astronaut cat with jetpack on a calf
Small black cat with a curled tail and whiskers, with a trail of paw prints rising towards the hairline on the back of a person's neck.
Cat and paw prints at the nape
Traditional tattoo on a calf of a woman curled inside a dark crystal ball on a fringed pedestal, surrounded by black stars, with a black cat and pumpkin tattoo at the left edge.
Woman in a crystal ball with stars on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of a stretching cat with a curled tail and four paw prints above it, on the upper back of a person seen from behind.
Cat and paw prints on upper back
Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon, a faceted shape and a cat resting on an outlined hand, with a small teal wash, on a forearm.
Moon, cat and geometric shape on a forearm
Pink Cheshire Cat tattoo with teal eyes and a grinning mouth, with script lettering curling down its tail on the thigh.
Cheshire Cat with script lettering on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a blue cat in profile inside a black-edged diamond, with the words Expecto Patronum below it, on the upper arm near the shoulder.
Blue cat in a diamond with Expecto Patronum lettering
Fine line black tattoo of a cat face with pointed ears and whiskers on the inner wrist, next to a green patterned sleeve.
Minimal line cat face on a wrist
Black linework tattoo of a sitting cat built from straight geometric lines in a folded, origami-style design, on a area of skin.
Geometric sitting cat tattoo
Neo-traditional tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow, set in a gold scrolled heart frame with pearls, on the upper thigh.
White cartoon cat in a gold and lilac heart frame
Colour flash design of a cartoon kitty, a care bear, a pastel pony, cupcakes and a lollipop on purple clouds, with no body placement shown.
Cartoon cupcakes and pastel characters design
Shaded grey tattoo of a cat stretched out in a long arc with a curled tail and yellow-green eyes, on the side of the torso above a waistband.
Stretching cat on the side of the torso
Two black line-art Hello Kitty tattoos on the inner forearms of two people holding hands, in a fine line style.
Two Hello Kitty forearm tattoos
Small black fine line tattoo of a cat face with pointed ears and simple eyes, on the inner upper arm.
Simple cat face on an upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat face with sugar skull eye markings, framed by red roses and flowers, on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull cat with roses on a thigh
Colour tattoo of two red cherries with cartoon cat faces, pink bows and a green leaf and stem on skin.
Twin cherry cat heads tattoo
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat face with a bow above a teal and blue cupcake case on the top of a bare foot, with pink toenail varnish.
Cartoon cat cupcake tattoo on a foot
Fine line tattoo of a small cartoon cat with a bow on the inner forearm, shown in black ink against pale skin.
Small cartoon cat with bow on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a black cat wearing a jewelled headband and pearl necklace, resting behind a pale crystal ball on the thigh, shown in two photos side by side.
Black cat with crystal ball on thigh
Black cat with an arched back and red accents, two bats and crossed bones above the word LUCKY, tattooed on an ankle.
Black cat and LUCKY lettering on ankle
Fine line tattoo of a black cat with green eyes sitting on a crescent moon entwined with flowers and vines, shown on skin.
Black cat on a crescent moon
Black and grey photograph of a small solid black cat silhouette tattoo sitting behind a person's ear, with the hairline visible above it.
Small cat silhouette behind the ear
A small solid black silhouette of a walking cat with a raised tail, tattooed on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Walking cat silhouette on a forearm
Black ink tattoo of a grinning cat with green eyes, its striped tail curling into a large spiral, on the upper back in a Blackwork style.
Grinning cat and spiral tail on upper back
Several sheets of cartoon cat temporary tattoo designs in watercolour style, with cat portraits, paw prints, fish, mice and words such as Meow and Purr.
Cat temporary tattoo design sheets
Fine line tattoo of a sleeping cat with green, blue and purple watercolour washes on the top of a foot.
Watercolour cat on the top of a foot
Colour tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette filled with pink and peach flowers and green leaves on a navy background, on the back of a lower leg.
Floral cat silhouette on a calf