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 face with green and blue eyes, surrounded by purple and pink galaxy hues, on the outer thigh.
Galaxy cat on a thigh
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a tabby kitten sitting upright on the upper arm, with faint sketched building lines behind it.
Realistic kitten tattoo on an upper arm
Small fine line outline tattoo of a seated cat on the outer ankle, with the foot resting on a wooden surface.
Seated cat outline on an ankle
Fine line cat face with whiskers and a small pink heart on a finger, with a grey bow and script lettering on the fingers beside it.
Cat face and bow on fingers
Black cat silhouette sitting inside an ornate scrolled oval frame, a blackwork tattoo on the forearm.
Cat silhouette in ornate oval frame
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a cat with blue eyes in an ornate gold frame above white flowers and green leaves, on the thigh.
Cat portrait in ornate frame with flowers on thigh
Black dotwork tattoo of two stylised cats facing each other with eye motifs and a crescent moon above, on the upper back.
Two facing cats and a crescent moon
Fine line geometric tattoo of a cat's head in black ink on pale skin, with triangular facets forming the ears, eyes and muzzle.
Geometric cat head on skin
Traditional tattoo on a calf showing a woman in profile and a tabby cat facing each other inside a black heart, with flowers and the words BOYS WHATEVER and CATS FOREVER.
Woman and cat in a heart on a calf
Small solid black cat silhouette tattooed on the ankle, with a tiny red dot above it and a glitter shoe in the foreground.
Small black cat tattoo on an ankle
Pencil and ink flash drawing of a neo-traditional maneki-neko lucky cat with a raised paw, a fan and a bell collar, surrounded by leaves and flowers.
Maneki-neko lucky cat design with flowers
Small colour tattoo of Hello Kitty with a red bow on the inner wrist of a hand shown palm out against a purple background.
Small Hello Kitty tattoo on inner wrist
Forearm tattoo divided down the middle, with a cat skull on the left and a sphynx cat face on the right, set against a pink and purple galaxy with small stars.
Split cat skull and sphynx on forearm
Close-up photo of a small black fine line tattoo of a simple cat outline with dot eyes on the side of a foot near the ankle, against green fabric.
Minimal cat outline on the ankle
Back view of a fine line black outline tattoo of a cat on the back of a woman's neck, with a tabby cat resting on her shoulder.
Cat outline tattoo on the back of the neck
Fine line tattoo of two cartoon cats in soft grey-blue and peach on the inner wrist.
Two cartoon cats on a wrist
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty holding a pink heart, with a soft red shaded background, on the side of the ribs.
Hello Kitty tattoo on the ribs
Black and grey traditional-style tattoos covering a person's arms, with a ginger cat cradled against the right forearm and a small tattoo visible on the upper chest.
Black and grey tattoo sleeve with a ginger cat
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cat face with turquoise eyes on the forearm.
Watercolour cat face tattoo
Black and grey neo-traditional flash drawing of a woman with roses in her hair, her head resting beside a cat, shown on paper with no body placement.
Woman with roses and a cat design
Black line tattoo of a faceted geometric cat head on the side of a person's ribs, with a grey shirt lifted beside it.
Geometric cat head on the side ribs
Fine line black tattoo of cat whiskers and a shaded heart nose on the upper arm.
Cat whiskers and heart nose on upper arm
Black continuous line drawing of a seated cat in profile with a curled tail beside a dog's head in profile, drawn as a tattoo design on a white background.
Cat and dog in a single line drawing
Three-panel drawing of a black ink design of a cat curled up with a tiger's head, shown being brushed in progressively in a Japanese-influenced style.
Sleeping cat and tiger design in ink
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two cats, pink and purple flowers and a butterfly on the outer thigh.
Two cats and flowers on a thigh
Realistic grey tabby cat head in profile with peach, pink and blue roses on the inner wrist of a raised hand against a white background.
Grey cat and roses on a wrist
Black continuous single-line drawing of four cats stacked one above another, shown as a fine line tattoo design on a white background.
Four stacked cats in one line
Close photo of a small solid red bow tattoo on the hip, above white shorts printed with cartoon cat faces and red bows.
Red bow tattoo on a hip
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cat in profile wearing steampunk goggles and brass-style gears, placed on the side of the ribs.
Steampunk cat on the ribs
Black and grey close-up photo of a tiny solid cat silhouette tattoo sitting behind a person's ear.
Small cat silhouette behind the ear
Two colour tattoos of cats in ornate gilt-style frames on the lower legs of a person sitting on wooden stairs, placed on the calf.
Cat portraits in ornate frames on the calves
Small black cartoon cat face tattoo with large white eyes and whiskers on the inner wrist and forearm.
Black cat face on the inner wrist
Two-panel photo of a small black and blue Cheshire Cat grin tattoo on the upper chest, shown in normal light and under UV light where the full cat glows.
Cheshire Cat grin on the chest
Fine line grey tattoo of a curled-up cat on the upper back near the shoulder blade, shown on skin in a teal top.
Curled cat on upper back
Fine line outline of a seated cat with a soft pink and blue watercolour wash on the inner wrist.
Cat outline with watercolour wash on wrist
Colour tattoo of a grey cartoon cat floating from pink, teal and purple flower balloons, with small hearts, on an upper arm.
Cartoon cat on flower balloons on upper arm
Black and grey tribal cat tattoo with geometric and dotwork patterns, sitting on the upper arm.
Tribal cat tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a crescent moon with a smiling face and a black cat sitting on it, with small stars, on a torso.
Crescent moon and black cat on torso
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat and a brown tabby touching noses inside a pearl-edged heart with pink flowers, on the thigh.
Two cats in a pearl heart on a thigh
Black and white photo of a small solid black cat silhouette tattoo sitting behind a person's ear, on the neck area.
Small cat silhouette behind an ear
Black and white tattoo design of a sitting black cat on a crescent moon wrapped in botanical vines and flowers, shown without a body placement.
Black cat on a flowered crescent moon
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of four cats in a four-pane window framed by flowers, on the thigh.
Four cats in a window with flowers
Pencil drawing of a tattoo flash design showing a cat in a top hat and bow tie inside a beaded oval cameo frame, with a rose and leaves below, on a sepia sheet of paper.
Cat in top hat cameo with rose, pencil flash
Realistic shaded cat face tattoo on the middle finger of a hand, with a silver ring on the adjacent finger.
Realistic cat face tattoo on a finger
Flash drawing of a sphynx cat head inside an ornate pink heart frame, with blue eyes and pink paisley detailing on the ears.
Sphynx cat in a pink heart frame
Small fine line colour tattoo of a white cat face with pink ears, amber and blue eyes and a bell collar, on the shoulder of a person wearing a grey striped top.
White cat face on a shoulder
Colourful galaxy-style cat head tattoo on an upper arm, with black ears, teal whiskers and pale pink and green eyes, in a soft watercolour-like finish.
Galaxy cat head on upper arm
Four photographs of arm sleeves with whimsical black line-art tattoos, including a ladybird, a dandelion, a snail and a cat, with small red accents, on the upper arm and forearm.
Whimsical line-art sleeve shown across four arms