Cat tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey pencil flash sheet of gothic designs including a girl with braids, a black cat in a bat-winged frame, a cat on a crescent moon, and a heart-framed pair of monster-style profiles.
Gothic flash sheet with cats, moon and portraits
Ink drawing of a cat face with a large bow on its ear, with tribal-style swirls and dotted shading filling one side of the head.
Cat head with bow and tribal swirl pattern
Red Celtic knotwork cat in a seated pose with interlaced swirls, drawn as a design on a beige textured background with red crossing lines.
Celtic knotwork cat design
Small pink Hello Kitty temporary tattoo on a woman's lower abdomen, shown beside a sheet of Hello Kitty designs labelled HC-49.
Hello Kitty temporary tattoo sheet
Flash sheet of 30 small tattoo designs in Japanese style, pairing kanji characters with animals, flowers and symbols such as a rose, tiger, koi carp and dragon, each with an English label.
Kanji and animal tattoo flash sheet
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a three-eyed cat head with whiskers and sparkle stars on textured paper.
Three-eyed cat flash design
Flash sheet of small solid black tattoo designs including a swallow, clover, heart, rose, skull, cat, anchor and unicorn head, arranged in rows on a white background.
Black tattoo flash sheet of small icons
Fine line drawing of a sleeping cat with a curled tail, resting on a horizontal line, in black ink on a white background.
Sleeping cat line drawing
Six continuous fine-line drawings of seated and stretching cats in pale gold on a dark brown background, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Six line-drawn cats on a flash sheet
Black and grey ornamental drawing of a lynx face with intricate patterned fur, detailed eyes and geometric motifs on the forehead, shown as a tattoo design.
Ornamental lynx face illustration
Pencil-style drawing of a long-haired cat framed by blossom and leaves, with a small mouse at its chest, shown on paper as a tattoo design.
Long-haired cat with flowers and a mouse
Black and red illustrated design of a dark-haired woman with a black and white cat, a crow and a bare tree, set against ink splatter and brushed black marks.
Woman with black cat and crow design
Bold black outline drawing of a white cartoon cat with pink bows on its head and chest, shown as a flash-style design with no body placement.
Cartoon cat with pink bows stencil
Black ink drawing of a cat head in profile, filled with dotwork and fine linework patterns, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement visible.
Ornate cat head in black linework
Red tribal-style cat face design on a white background, drawn with bold, flowing linework and no body placement shown.
Tribal cat face design
Two pencil flash designs on translucent paper: a cat above an ornate shield with a rose and flowers, and a filigree heart locket with a key and ribbon, in a neo-traditional style.
Cat with rose and heart locket with key
Black ink line drawing of a seated cat in a zentangle style, filled with leaves, flowers, dots and striped patterns, on a plain off-white background.
Zentangle-style cat line drawing
Black silhouette design of a seated cat inside a crescent moon, with a five-pointed star to the left, shown as a flash-style drawing.
Cat and star within a crescent moon
Four pink pen sketches of cats whose lower bodies become octopus tentacles, drawn in loose line work on white paper.
Four cat and octopus hybrid sketches
Black ink line drawing of a cat face in a bold calligraphic style, showing long whiskers, two almond-shaped eyes and pointed ears on a white background.
Stylised cat face line drawing
Black ink flash drawing of a cat in profile with interlaced Celtic knotwork across its body and a curled tail.
Celtic knotwork cat design
Black ink drawing of a round cat face with a large bow and ornamental swirls filling one side, on a cream background.
Cat face with bow and swirl pattern
Black line drawing of two faceted, origami-style cats sitting face to face, a geometric tattoo design with no body part visible.
Two geometric origami-style cats facing each other
Pencil and ink sketch of a hairless sphynx cat above a skull, framed by geometric linework and dotwork, drawn on paper.
Sphynx cat and skull design sketch
Black outline drawing of a cat seen from behind, sitting with its tail curled round to the right, on a white background.
Sitting cat outline seen from behind
Flash design of a red and black skull with lightning-bolt eyes above the words SEMPRE OLTRE, beside a black cat with red eyes above the words LA NOTTE È LUNGA, in a traditional style.
Skull and black cat flash with Italian lettering
Black line drawing of a cat face with pointed ears, whiskers and the word MEOW written beneath, on a white background.
Cat face with whiskers and MEOW lettering
Black and white flash design of a seated cat covered in swirling, tribal-style linework, with curled whiskers and a curled tail.
Seated cat with swirling tribal linework
Black ink flash drawings on tracing paper: an anatomical heart with two roses and a sleeping rabbit inside, beside a dotwork cat head in a Dotwork style.
Anatomical heart with roses and cat head flash
Black single-line drawing of a cat's head in profile with ears, whiskers and a flowing neck line, shown as a tattoo design on a plain white background.
Minimal cat head line drawing
Bold black ink drawing of a treble clef with a stylised animal head at the top, shown on a white background with no body placement visible.
Treble clef with an animal head design
Black ink line drawing of a cat-faced matryoshka doll holding a mouse within a scalloped frame, a neo-traditional tattoo design sketch.
Cat-faced matryoshka doll with a mouse
Flash drawing of a black cat with a pentacle on its head, a blackletter banner reading Harm none, Do as ye wilt, and a row of moon phases above.
Black cat with banner and moon phases
Solid black tribal-style cat design filled with spiral swirls, shown as a flash drawing on a white background with no body placement visible.
Tribal swirl cat design
A black and white flash sheet with red accents, showing traditional tattoo designs themed around the number thirteen, including a cat, skull, dagger, heart and eye.
Thirteen themed traditional flash sheet
Illustrated flash design of a crouching hairless black cat with green eyes, gold ear and tail rings, set against a maroon inverted triangle.
Hairless black cat with gold details
Pencil-style tattoo design drawn on paper showing a hairless cat in profile beside a cluster of blossoms, in black and grey neo-traditional linework.
Hairless cat profile with blossom sprigs
Black and white flash sheet of Egyptian tattoo designs including a profile queen, a sphinx, an ankh, an Eye of Horus, a winged scarab, Anubis and pyramids.
Egyptian motif flash sheet
A collection of black cat silhouette flash designs, several containing a black and white yin yang symbol, with no body placement shown.
Black cat silhouettes with yin yang symbols
Black linework flash design of a vertical sleeve layout with a skeleton face, butterfly, voodoo doll with pins, bat-winged figure, Alice-style girl and teacups.
Tim Burton style character sleeve design
Pen sketch of a seated cat with a collar and curled tail, with a small outlined heart above its head, shown as a line design.
Seated cat with heart sketch
Black line drawing of a stylised cat sitting upright with a raised paw, its body filled with flowing swirl linework on a white background.
Stylised swirl cat line drawing
Flash sheet of eleven black cat silhouette designs on a white background, in sitting and standing poses with curled tails.
Sheet of black cat silhouette designs
Black line drawing of a stylised cat in profile with whiskers and an arched back, shown as a tattoo design without any body placement visible.
Bold black cat outline design
A numbered poster of twenty coloured sugar skull illustrations, with decorative patterns, flowers and a few non-skull motifs, headed 20 Free and Awesome Sugar Skull Graphics.
Twenty sugar skull graphic designs
Black ink drawing of a flowing swirl tattoo design with a small cat silhouette curled at its base, shown as a flash sheet design.
Swirling scroll with cat silhouette
Four line drawings of sitting cats on yellowish tracing paper and white paper, with stippled dot shading on the tails and legs, laid out on a wooden table.
Sitting cat line drawings on paper
Black line drawing of a stylised cat sitting upright, filled with swirls, lattice and dotted ornamental patterns, with a curling tail ending in a spiral.
Stylised cat with swirling tail design