Cat tattoo ideas

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

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Black ink fine line drawing of a cat in profile inside a crescent moon, shown on paper beside two fineliner pens.
Cat profile in a crescent moon
Black line drawing of a standing cat with its tail raised, filled with swirls and dots in a blackwork style on a cream background.
Ornamental cat design
Traditional-style flash design of a jewelled hand holding a lipstick, with pink roses, pearl strands, a cat cameo and the script words Femme Fatale, on a teal background.
Femme Fatale hand with roses and pearls
Dark grey silhouette drawing of two seated cats on a branch, with their tails curling together to form a heart, on a pale background.
Two cats on a branch with heart tails
Black tribal-style line design of a sitting cat with pointed ears and a curling tail, drawn on a plain white background.
Stylised cat tattoo design
Traditional style flash sheet showing six colourful cartoon characters, several decorated with red flowers, drawn with bold outlines on a cream background.
Traditional flash sheet of cartoon characters
Black and grey dotwork drawing of two hairless sphynx cat heads interlocking inside a stippled circle, shown as a tattoo design.
Two hairless cats in a dotwork circle
Bold black line drawing of a cat in profile with a small pink heart at its nose, on a white background, shown as a tattoo design.
Black line cat with a pink heart
Black and grey drawing of a cartoon white cat wearing a bow with a small skull, a lingerie-style outfit with fishnet detail and holding a whip.
Cartoon cat with skull bow in black and grey
Sepia line drawing of a steampunk cat wearing a clockwork top hat and brass goggles, with a pocket watch and mechanical butterfly, as a tattoo design.
Steampunk cat in top hat with gears
Black tribal-style cat face design in bold solid linework, shown as a flash drawing with no body placement.
Tribal cat face design
Black line drawing of a cat face inside ornate scrollwork, with dark gemstones on the forehead and below the chin, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper.
Ornamental cat face tattoo design
Flash design of a teal watercolour cat with gold eyes, leafy foliage, a full moon and a small silhouetted cat on a branch.
Cat and moonlit foliage design
Black and grey pencil drawing of a sphynx cat with a third eye and winged eyes, beside a snake and roses, as a tattoo design.
Sphynx cat with snake and roses design
Pencil and ink tattoo design of three sphynx cats stacked above a crescent moon, with flame-like lines behind them, drawn on paper in a neo-traditional style.
Three sphynx cats with a crescent moon
Flash sheet of solid black cat silhouette designs in varied poses, with small hearts and short captions on a white background.
Black cat silhouette flash sheet
Black ink drawing of a panther climbing through white lilies and leafy stems, in a botanical fine line style, shown as an uncoloured tattoo design.
Black panther among lilies design
Black ink line drawing of a sleeping cat with a curled tail, shown as a tattoo design on cream paper with no body placement visible.
Sleeping cat line drawing
Black tribal-style design of a sitting cat with bold flowing shapes and white negative-space lines, shown as a stencil-like drawing with no body placement visible.
Tribal-style sitting cat design
Japanese style flash design of a cat wearing samurai armour and a red helmet, surrounded by pink leaves and black accents, with no body placement shown.
Samurai cat in armour design
Black flash design of two cat silhouettes, each with a bass clef forming its tail and body, on a plain white background.
Two cats made from bass clefs
Black line drawing of a sitting cat with whiskers and a curled tail on a plain white background.
Sitting cat line drawing
Black tribal-style design of a sitting cat looking upward with one paw raised, drawn in bold black linework on white.
Tribal sitting cat with raised paw
Glossy red outline of a cat curled around a heart on a plain black background, shown as a flat design rather than a tattoo on skin.
Cat curled around a heart outline
Black and white line drawing of a cat's head in intricate ornamental patterns, with no tattoo placement shown.
Ornamental cat head line drawing
Four black line drawings of cats on a white background, showing two sitting cats, one curled up asleep and one sitting cat seen from the side.
Four cats in line drawing
Black ink sketch of an anthropomorphic cat with a hair bun, holding a cigarette, with wisps of smoke rising around the figure.
Sketched cat with cigarette and smoke
Painted Japanese-style design of a tabby cat with a white dragon wrapped around its body and red flames along its tail, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Tabby cat and dragon design
Black and white flash design of two cat characters with bows, one dressed as Batman and one as Robin, with no body placement shown.
Hello Kitty as Batman and Robin design
Illustrated lynx head tattoo flash design with amber eyes, fine linework and soft sepia shading on a beige background.
Lynx head illustration
Pencil-style neo-traditional sketch of a cat's head in profile with whiskers, beside a cluster of buds and leaves.
Sketched cat head with buds
Black tribal-style lynx face design with swirling linework and pointed ears, shown on a grey gradient background, with no body placement visible.
Tribal lynx face design
Three simple black line drawings of cats in different poses on a white background, shown as tattoo flash designs.
Three line drawings of cats
Illustration of a hairless cat with black and grey tattoo designs of roses, a swallow, a wing and '7 Lives' script, wearing a maroon bow with a skull charm.
Tattooed hairless cat with rose and swallow
Black ink flash drawing of a cat's head inside an ornate oval scrollwork frame, in a fine line style that could work as a tattoo design.
Cat in an ornate oval cameo frame
Flash sheet of five black line cat designs, including a seated cat, a kitten on a spiral, a cat with a music staff and a curled cat.
Five cat designs with music notes on a flash sheet
Flash sheet of black and white line icons on a pale blue background, including a heart on a skewer, a beer mug, a cat in a box and a galloping horse.
Line icon flash sheet on blue background
Colour flash sheet of Hello Kitty tattoo designs in a bold traditional style, including a dagger, a rose, a bow and an ice cream cone.
Hello Kitty tattoo flash sheet
Four flash designs on black in orange and yellow: a black cat, a skull with diamonds, a bat beneath a spiderweb and an owl in front of a moon, drawn in a bold vintage style.
Halloween flash sheet: cat, skull, bat and owl
Black and white flash design of a cat's head filled with intricate paisley, floral and dotted patterns, suited to a blackwork tattoo.
Ornate cat head design in black linework
Greyscale pencil design of a cat's face framed by swirling feather-like shapes and small star motifs, drawn on paper with no body placement shown.
Pencil sketch of a cat with swirls
Fine line pen drawing of a lynx head with amber eyes and detailed fur on a white background, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement.
Lynx head design
Black and grey flash design of a white cartoon cat face with a black bow on its head and dark ornate tendril patterning below, on a white background.
Black and white cat character with bow
Coloured drawing of a grey cat's head with pink-lined ears, three teal eyes and a yellow collar with a teal gem pendant, drawn on paper on a clipboard.
Grey cat with third eye and gem collar
Black single-line outline drawing of a sitting cat with its tail curled at the base, shown as a design on a plain white background.
Sitting cat line drawing
Black ink drawing of a silhouetted cat sitting on a crescent moon wrapped in vines and five-petal flowers, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Black cat on a crescent moon with flowers
Pen drawing of a hairless sphynx cat head in dotted linework, a flash design for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Sphynx cat head dotwork design
Close-up of leggings printed with traditional-style tattoo flash designs, including a geisha head, owl, cat, skulls and roses, worn on the legs.
Tattoo flash print leggings