Cat tattoo ideas

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

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Small solid black cat tattoo on the outer lower leg, above a teal ankle boot, shown on a woman wearing a short skirt.
Small black cat on a lower leg
Fine line black tattoo of a simple cat face with ears, eyes and whiskers on the back of a person's neck, with hair falling around it.
Minimal cat face on the back of the neck
Flash sheet of five blue flat-colour creature designs, including a flame spirit, a masked face, a mushroom-shaped figure, a cat-like face and a large round creature with whiskers.
Blue character flash sheet of five creatures
Black and grey yin yang tattoo of a white cat and a black cat curled together inside a circle, on the side of a person's ribs.
Yin yang cats on the ribs
Black brush lettering design on a white background reading Curiosity did not kill this cat, set in three slanted lines with underlines, shown as a lettering tattoo design.
Curiosity did not kill this cat lettering
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grin with teal eyes and swirling smoke on a calf, in a neo-trad style.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of a cat drawn in one continuous line, sitting on a forearm against white bedding.
Single line cat on a forearm
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty dressed as a nurse, holding a syringe and a test strips canister, with the word Diabetic beneath, on the upper arm.
Hello Kitty nurse with syringe on upper arm
Black and grey dotwork cat head surrounded by overlapping geometric triangle lines, tattooed on the outer leg.
Geometric cat head with triangles on a leg
Sheet of solid black cat silhouette designs in varied poses on a white background, with no tattoo or body placement shown.
Black cat silhouette flash sheet
A man in a white t-shirt printed with the words In the event of an emotional breakdown, place cat here above a cat outline, with black and grey sleeve tattoos on both arms.
Cat slogan t-shirt with sleeve tattoos
Neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat with green eyes and olive leaves on the inner upper arm.
Tabby cat portrait with leaves on upper arm
Black and grey photo of a small solid black cat silhouette tattoo on an ankle, with hands holding a rolled denim jeans cuff.
Cat silhouette tattoo on an ankle
Photo of two black silhouette cats with arched tails tattooed on the lower leg above a white sock, with a hand resting on the ankle.
Two black cats on a lower leg
Black and white photo of two matching black outline cats tattooed on the sides of two pressed-together fine line limbs, in a fine line style.
Two matching cats on adjoining limbs
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey cat with a pink rose and green leaves on a forearm, shown from three angles.
Cat and rose on a forearm
Realism tattoo of a black cat's head and shoulders with yellow eyes and a red collar, on the forearm, shown beside the printed reference photo.
Black cat portrait tattoo on a forearm
Black and grey photo of a solid black silhouette of a cat tattooed on the neck behind the ear, in a blackwork style.
Black cat silhouette tattoo behind the ear
Black dotwork tattoo of a snarling big cat head in profile, with bared fangs, on the calf.
Snarling big cat head in dotwork
Black ink tattoo of a stylised sitting cat with a bold outline and curled tail on pale skin.
Stylised sitting cat with curled tail
Traditional style tattoo of an ornately decorated cat face with swirls, a diamond and red accents, on the forearm.
Ornate cat face tattoo on an arm
Colour tattoo on a limb of a grey tabby cat with a raised paw, a woman with red hair holding purple irises, in a neo-traditional style.
Tabby cat and woman with irises
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat with teal eyes, a pink collar and bow, and pink and purple flowers, on a limb.
Grey cat with teal eyes and pink bow
Matching colour tattoos of sphynx cat heads with crystals above, one in green and blue and one in orange and red, on two forearms.
Matching sphynx cat tattoos on forearms
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a flying saucer beaming up a cat under a crescent moon and stars, on the forearm, shown in two photos.
UFO abducting a cat on a forearm
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo with white swirl details on the upper arm.
Black cat silhouette on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat holding a coin with script lettering, in a Japanese style, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on upper back
Colour tattoo of a grey geometric cat head with amber eyes and a red polka dot bow on the forearm, against a dark starry background.
Geometric cat head with red bow on forearm
Black and grey traditional style cartoon tattoos of a rabbit, a cat and small creatures on a woman's leg, with a sleeved arm visible above.
Cartoon tattoos on a leg
Full back tattoo in colour realism showing a grinning teal cat, a tall skeletal figure beside a stitched rag-doll figure, a pink moon, bats and a bare tree, placed across the lower back.
Moonlit skeleton couple and grinning cat on back
Black and grey tattoo of a cartoon black cat with a curled tail sitting on a stack of books, shown on a limb.
Black cat sitting on stacked books
Realism tattoo of a black tabby cat with green eyes in profile, shaded in black and grey with touches of colour, on a calf.
Realistic black cat portrait on a calf
Black and grey realism tattoo of a black cat sitting on an old book beside a rose and thorny vines, with Latin script below, on a person's upper back.
Black cat, rose and book on a back
Traditional-style tattoo on a forearm of a tabby kitten with blue eyes inside a gold ornate frame, with a red rose and orange flowers below.
Kitten in ornate frame with rose on forearm
Black solid silhouette tattoo of a sitting cat with two paw prints above it, placed on the skin behind a person's ear and neck.
Sitting cat and paw prints behind the ear
Traditional style tattoo of a crescent moon with a face and a black cat sitting on it, with orange stars, on the forearm.
Crescent moon and black cat on a forearm
Small black line tattoo of a cat face inside a circle, with pointed ears and whisker strokes, on the side of a finger.
Small cat face outline on a finger
Full back tattoo in bright colour showing a large white cat with a blue and red rose, surrounded by flowers and skulls, in a Japanese and neo-traditional style.
Cat, roses and skulls across a back
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cartoon cat face in pink and blue with black linework on the thigh, with a small bird drawing near the knee.
Watercolour cat and bird on a thigh
Fine line tattoo of a dog and a cat touching noses, in black ink on the back of a shoulder.
Dog and cat nose to nose on a shoulder
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a seated cat on a stack of books, placed on the inner upper arm.
Black cat sitting on a stack of books
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cat with a small dark bird in its claws, placed on the upper arm.
Black cat clutching a bird on an arm
Colourful tattoo of a grey cat stalking a small mouse across a person's upper back, with splashes of blue, pink and orange ink.
Cat stalking a mouse on a back shoulder
Three-panel collage of a winged cartoon cat tattoo: a purple stencil on skin, a gloved tattooist working on the outline, and the finished blue and black cat on the upper arm.
Winged cartoon cat on the upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cartoon cat with large green eyes and round glasses, sitting on a stack of orange and red books, with starburst motifs on a limb.
Cartoon cat with glasses on a stack of books
Fine line tattoo of a stylised cat with a curling tail running down the centre of a woman's back, with green accents on the head.
Stylised cat with curling tail on a back
Colour tattoo of an origami-style orange cat framed by red and white flowers and teal clouds, sitting on the upper arm in a traditional style.
Origami cat with flowers on upper arm
Black and white photo of fingers with fine line tattoos spelling MEW, with a small cat face between the E and the W, on the hand.
MEW lettering with a cat on fingers