Cat tattoo ideas

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

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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
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
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
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
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
Black line drawing of a cat's head in profile with three whiskers and a long sweeping tail on a white background.
Cat in profile line design
Black line drawing of a cat sitting in a teacup on a saucer, with a small solid heart on the side of the cup, shown as a flash design.
Cat sitting in a teacup with a heart
Two cat silhouettes sit side by side, their tails curling together to form a heart, shown as a grey filled version on the left and an outline version on the right.
Two cats with a heart-shaped tail outline
Black and white photograph of a dotwork drawing on paper showing a cat's head in profile beside a stippled crescent moon, with no body placement visible.
Cat head with crescent moon design
Black and white pen drawing of a stippled cat-like creature with large ears, circular eyes and a crescent-shaped dotted tail, shown on paper.
Stippled cat creature drawing
Black and grey line drawing of a large-eyed black cat inside a lace oval frame, with peonies and leaves below, as a tattoo design.
Black cat in lace frame with peonies
Painted design of a grinning grey cat with pale blue eyes and blue-striped fur, emerging through a swirling smoky wash on white paper.
Grinning cat emerging from smoke
Black line drawing of a stylised sitting cat with a curled tail and swirling linework, with a script quote running down its back, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Stylised sitting cat with script quote
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a big cat's face framed by geometric spikes and dots, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Stippled big cat face in geometric frame
Black line drawing of a stylised cat sitting upright with a smiling face, whiskers and swirling flourishes around its body and tail, shown as a tattoo design without skin.
Stylised cat line drawing with swirls
Black and grey flash design of a cat's face inside an ornate heart-shaped border of dots and lace-like linework, with no body placement shown.
Cat face in an ornate heart frame
Black stylised line drawing of a cat head in profile, looking upwards, with bold tribal-style flowing strokes on a cream background.
Stylised cat head in black line design
Black and grey drawing of a hairless sphynx cat head inside a triangle filled with mandala and geometric patterns.
Sphynx cat in a geometric triangle mandala
Flash sheet of solid black cat silhouettes in varied poses, shown as tattoo designs with no body placement visible.
Black cat silhouette flash sheet
Line drawing of a white Hello Kitty style cat face decorated in sugar skull style, with a pink bow, red flower, blue flower eyes and cheek motifs, and a spider web in each ear.
Hello Kitty sugar skull design
Flash sheet of black cat silhouette designs on a white background, including two cats with tails forming a heart and the words Cat love.
Black cat silhouette flash sheet
Solid black silhouette of a seated cat inside an ornate baroque oval frame, shown as a flat design with no body placement.
Cat silhouette in an ornate cameo frame
Black outline drawing of two sitting cats facing left, a simple line design on a white background with no body placement shown.
Two cats sitting side by side
Illustrated design of a black cat head with a half-visible skull, red poppies across the face and a small golden halo above, shown without skin.
Black cat skull with red poppies
Black line drawing of a sleeping cat with closed eyes, whiskers and its tail curled around its body, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Sleeping cat with curled tail line drawing
Black line drawing of a cat and a curled animal interwoven within a Celtic knotwork triangle, shown as a tattoo design.
Celtic knot cat in a triangle
Coloured pencil drawing of a grinning grey Cheshire Cat design with blue stripes, a green Drink Me bottle, a red Eat Me tin and the words We're All Mad Here, shown as a flash design.
Cheshire Cat with Drink Me and Eat Me bottles
Flash sheet of twelve loose black ink sketches of cats in sitting, sleeping and stretching poses on a white background.
Sketched cats flash sheet
Pencil drawing of an Egyptian-inspired winged cat holding an ankh pendant, shown as a flash design for a tattoo.
Winged cat with ankh pencil design
Black and grey flash sheet of small hand-drawn tattoo designs, including hearts, eyes, stars, a moon and a skull, under the heading Stick and Poke.
Stick and poke flash sheet of small doodles
Pen and dotwork drawing on paper of three cat designs: two skulls and a hairless sphynx cat head, with black drawing pens beside them.
Cat skulls and sphynx cat flash sheet
Illustration of a hairless cat with a Japanese style koi fish, waves and clouds tattoo in blue and black, leaning over a pale hairless cat.
Tattooed hairless cat with a koi and waves design
Black brush-stroke outline drawing of a cat sitting upright with its tail curling along the bottom, shown on a white background.
Sitting cat outline in brush strokes
Black line drawing of a cartoon cat wearing a pirate hat, a heart-shaped eyepatch and crossbones beneath it, design only with no body placement shown.
Pirate cat with heart eyepatch and crossbones
Black line drawing of a cat sitting upright with its head turned up and to the left and its tail curled around its body, shown as a flash design.
Sitting cat line drawing
Black single-line drawing of a seated cat in profile and a dog's head and shoulders in profile, shown as a tattoo design on white with no body part visible.
Cat and dog line drawing
Pencil sketch of a big-eyed, round cat-like creature hanging by its paws from two ropes, with a fluffy tail, drawn on cream paper beside a pencil.
Big-eyed cat creature hanging from ropes sketch
Flash design of a black kitten with amber eyes resting its paws on the rim of a Nutella jar, drawn in a realistic style with a white outline.
Kitten peeking from a Nutella jar
Coloured flash drawing of a woman in profile with blue hair, a red bandana, a sailing ship and a wave, with neck and chest tattoos of a cat, cross, diamond and heart in a neo-traditional style.
Blue-haired woman with ship and wave
Black line drawing of a cat face in sugar skull style, with swirling ornamental patterns, a diamond motif on the forehead and detailed eyes.
Sugar skull cat face design
Black line drawing of a sitting cat seen in profile, looking up, with its tail curled around its body, shown as a tattoo design on a white background.
Sitting cat line drawing with curled tail
Coloured drawing of a cat face in sugar skull style, with black outlines, patterned fills and floral eyes, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Sugar skull cat design
Pencilled neo-traditional tattoo design on paper showing a cat's head, a large rose, mandala-style flowers, a butterfly and a fan motif, with no body placement shown.
Cat, rose and mandala tattoo design
Six black line-art cats on a cream background, shown sitting, walking and stretching, drawn as a fine line tattoo flash sheet with no body placement shown.
Six line-drawn cats in varied poses
Black ink drawing of a sitting cat built from angular geometric facets filled with fine parallel hatching, shown on a plain white background.
Geometric cat design in black ink
Black line drawing of a cat with closed eyes, curled whiskers and a looping tail, shown as a tattoo flash design inside a border.
Sleeping cat line drawing in a frame
Black and white line drawing of several kittens with bird-like wings, shown in flight across a white background.
Winged kittens in flight, line drawing
Green tribal-style line drawing of a cat face with swirling bold strokes, shown as a flat design on a white background.
Tribal cat face design