Cat tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey script tattoo on a forearm, beside a tabby cat and a white mug reading Proceed as if success is inevitable.
Script tattoo on forearm with cat and mug
Black and grey realism tattoo of a black cat with a ruffled collar and bow inside an oval frame, on the outer thigh.
Black cat with ruffled collar on thigh
Three repeated views of a colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grinning from beneath a pink curled tail, on a lower leg, with a lightning bolt and a green dinosaur nearby.
Cheshire Cat with pink spiral tail on a leg
Small fine line tattoo of a black and white cat face with yellow eyes on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a real cat sleeping beside it.
Black and white cat face on the inner wrist
Sketch-style black and grey cat face tattoo with blue eyes on a person's upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Sketched cat face on a shoulder blade
Small fine line tattoo of a cat's face on the ankle, with one half solid black and the other half in grey tabby-style linework.
Small cat face on an ankle
Black and grey tattoo of a woman's face framed by a black hood with cat ears, with small stars and a bell collar, on the upper arm.
Cat-eared woman portrait on an upper arm
Close photograph of a colour tattoo of Hello Kitty winking with a pink bow and pink dress, with the words Hello Kitty in black script above.
Hello Kitty character with script lettering
Black and grey cartoon cat with musical notes and a hot rod on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Cartoon cat driving a hot rod on an upper arm
Small black and grey dotwork tattoo of a black cat sitting on a stack of books on the inner upper arm.
Black cat sitting on stacked books
Four-panel collage of tattoos: a cat with a skull and lotus in traditional colour, a cat with a red daruma doll in traditional colour, a black and grey Japanese lion on a back, and a black and grey
Four cat and Japanese motif tattoos
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty with a pink bow and red top on the side of a person's waist, above low-rise denim jeans.
Hello Kitty tattoo on the side of the waist
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the side of a finger, with a gold ring on the neighbouring finger.
Small black cat silhouette on a finger
Small black and grey cat tattoo with stippled shading on the ankle, shown in a black and white close-up with a trouser cuff above it.
Small cat on an ankle
Fine line tattoo of small animals holding blue, purple and red balloons across the upper arm.
Animals holding balloons on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon kitty wearing a pink bow on a teal yarn ball with knitting needles and pink stars, placed on a person's stomach.
Kitty on a yarn ball with knitting needles
Black script reading Bad Kitty with a paw print and pink watercolour splashes on a forearm, with a tabby cat resting beside it.
Bad Kitty script and paw print on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat in an orange and black tiger-stripe costume with a red bow, on the forearm.
Cartoon cat in tiger costume on forearm
Black and white yin yang style design of two cats curled together inside a circle, drawn as a bold solid silhouette.
Yin yang cats design
Split image: a grey cat with orange eyes on the left, and a geometric black and grey cat face tattoo with orange eyes on skin on the right.
Geometric cat face beside a photo of a grey cat
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a tiger head with a cigarette and a curling smoke line, on a section of skin.
Tiger head with cigarette
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 and grey tattoo of a tabby cat standing upright and holding an umbrella, placed on the upper arm.
Standing cat with umbrella on upper arm
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
Black cat silhouette tattoo on the upper back, with pink, blue, yellow and green paint-like splashes trailing behind it.
Black cat with watercolour splashes on the back
Black and white photo of a solid black silhouette tattoo of four upright cats in a row across the back of a neck.
Four black cat silhouettes on the neck
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
Fine line tattoo of a grey tabby cat sitting inside a circle of small purple and red flowers and green leaves, on the upper thigh.
Tabby cat in a flower wreath on the thigh
Two colour cartoon tattoos of a large cat and a smaller dog, one on each forearm, drawn in bold outlines with yellow, orange and purple fill.
Two cartoon cat and dog tattoos on forearms
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a cat's head wearing a feathered headdress, pearl strands and a gem, with a small butterfly below.
Cat head with feathers 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 fine line tattoo of a cat's head above the word Meow in script, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Cat outline and Meow script on a wrist
Close-up of a fine line cat face tattoo with whiskers and a dark nose on the top of a finger, in black ink.
Cat face tattoo on a finger
Fine line tattoo of a white cat sitting on a red ball of yarn, with a red thread trailing across the inside of a forearm.
Cat playing with red yarn on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of the grinning Cheshire Cat hanging upside down with a striped tail on the forearm, shown in a wide view and a close-up.
Cheshire Cat on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a black cat with sugar skull face paint and skeletal ribs, above a red rose with orange flowers.
Sugar skull cat and rose on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of a cat face with whiskers across the side of a finger, on a person with long wavy blonde hair.
Cat whiskers tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of a spotted maneki-neko lucky cat in front of red sunburst rays and purple lotus flowers, on the side of the abdomen.
Lucky cat with sunburst and lotus on the abdomen
Neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm of a crescent moon with a woman's face in profile, a black cat sitting on the crescent, and blue beaded chains below.
Crescent moon and black cat on forearm
Japanese style tattoo of a grey cat with green eyes holding a red daruma doll, on the outer thigh.
Cat holding a daruma doll on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cat's head framed by a botanical leaf wreath on the inner upper arm.
Cat portrait in a leaf wreath on upper arm
Fine line black fish tattoo on the upper back of a person with a tabby kitten held against their shoulder.
Small fish tattoo on upper back
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
Two matching cartoon tattoos on the tops of a pair of feet, each showing an animal beside a green signpost reading DOG or CAT, in orange, red, green and blue.
Matching cartoon dog and cat tattoos on feet
Small fine line black tattoo of a cat face with whiskers and dot eyes on the finger of a person with long blonde hair, in a Fine line style.
Cat face tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of a cartoon ginger cat with large glossy eyes and a curled striped tail, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Big-eyed ginger cat on a shoulder blade
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a hairless cat in a green knitted beanie holding a teal yarn ball, with black script reading Trouble below, on a thigh.
Sphynx cat in a beanie with Trouble script
Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat beneath a crescent moon, with a dotted trail curling down behind a person's ear.
Cat and crescent moon behind the ear