Cat tattoo ideas

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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
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
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a woman with curled hair and a cat inside a heart shape, on the lower leg.
Heart-framed woman and cat on a calf
Two colour cartoon Hello Kitty tattoos with black outlines, one on the calf and one above the ankle, shown on a person wearing pink satin heels on a grey road.
Two Hello Kitty tattoos on the lower legs
Colour tattoo of a grey cat holding a blue sprinkled donut inside a pink heart with lace edging, on the back of a lower leg.
Grey cat with donut in a pink sprinkled heart
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
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 and grey dotwork cat head surrounded by overlapping geometric triangle lines, tattooed on the outer leg.
Geometric cat head with triangles on a leg
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 dotwork tattoo of a snarling big cat head in profile, with bared fangs, on the calf.
Snarling big cat head in dotwork
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
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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black and white cat wearing a grey hat with a feather, set inside an ornate gold frame on a calf.
Tuxedo cat in a hat in a gilded frame
Two black and grey cat head tattoos side by side on the lower legs, a hairless cat on the left and a tabby cat on the right, both in stippled dotwork shading.
Two cat heads on the calves
Diptych of a Japanese style colour tattoo on a lower leg, showing a black and grey cat with teal eyes wrapped around a blue and orange dragon with swirling cloud motifs.
Cat and dragon tattoo on a lower leg
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with cherry blossom flowers and petals, shown on the lower leg in two side-by-side photos.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with cherry blossom
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
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
Colour tattoo of cartoon characters, including a figure in a top hat and a small figure with a black bob, in a bold illustrative style on a calf.
Cartoon characters under an umbrella on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a cat in a top hat and monocle, with roses, an apple and a One Love script on the calf.
Cat in top hat with One Love script
Neo-trad colour tattoo of a three-eyed cat with starry galaxy eyes and a cosmic background, on a calf.
Three-eyed cat with galaxy eyes on a calf
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty dressed as a nurse, with a blue bow, nurse cap and syringe, on the lower leg.
Hello Kitty nurse tattoo on a leg
Black and grey tattoo of a cat under a UFO beam within an oval frame with trees, moon and stars, on the back of a lower leg.
Cat beamed up by a UFO in an oval frame
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a white cat in a black ornate frame with pink and red roses, on the lower leg.
White cat portrait in an ornate frame with roses
Colour traditional tattoo of a black and white cat curled around two red roses with green leaves, on a lower leg.
Cat and roses in a traditional style on a calf
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on a lower leg showing a cat reaching up towards a ringed planet held on a chain by a hand, set within a dotted geometric panel.
Cat and planet on a calf
Fine line black outline tattoo of two cats sitting close together with intertwined tails, on the calf above a black shoe.
Two cats outline on a lower leg
Two lower legs resting on a floral sheet, covered in colour traditional tattoos of roses, a cat head and a butterfly on the calves and shins.
Traditional roses, cat and butterfly on legs
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a sitting cat built from angular outlined facets with hatched shading, on the calf.
Geometric cat on a lower leg
Two lower legs with traditional style tattoos of red roses, a cat's head, a moth and a penny-farthing bicycle, worn with a grey skirt and black shoes.
Traditional roses, cat and moth on two legs
Black and grey ornamental cat face tattoo with mandala-style patterns and a small flower on the calf.
Ornamental cat and flower on a calf
Fine line black cat tattoo with a curled tail and closed eyes on a calf, with two small red paw prints and hearts above it.
Fine line cat with paw prints on a calf
Two colour neo-traditional heart tattoos on a lower leg, one showing an anime girl with two cats and the other a white creature with soot sprites.
Anime heroine and cats beside soot sprite hearts
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with yellow-green eyes and a bell, framed by yellow roses and green leaves on a red patterned background, on a calf.
Black cat with roses on a leg
Realistic colour tattoo of a grinning grey cat with blue eyes, wearing a green top hat with a pink band and a peacock feather, on a calf.
Cheshire Cat in a top hat on a calf
Full colour leg sleeve tattoo of a grinning Cheshire Cat peering from a tree, running down the thigh and calf.
Cheshire Cat leg sleeve
Small black cat silhouette tattoo on a lower leg, with a purple butterfly and a smaller blue butterfly above it.
Black cat silhouette with two butterflies on a leg
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a cat in a striped jumper standing upright on a lower leg above black peep-toe heels.
Cat in a striped jumper on a calf
Black fine line tattoo of a cat drawn as one continuous outline, sitting on the side of a lower leg.
Single-line cat on a lower leg
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with large round eyes and a curled tail, sitting on a lower leg.
Sphynx cat tattoo on a calf
Colour tattoos of roses, a cat and a butterfly in a traditional style on the thighs and calves of a person wearing denim shorts and layered chains.
Roses, a cat and a butterfly on both legs
Black and grey tattoos of script lettering and a botanical motif on a thigh and calf, with a hairless sphynx cat resting on the leg.
Script and botanical tattoos on legs with a sphynx cat
Black outline tattoo of a cat's head with a flower and leaves on the leg, in a neo-traditional style.
Cat head and flower on a leg
Black and grey neo-traditional tattoo of a cat's head in profile, framed by leaves and blossoms, on the outer calf.
Cat head and blossoms on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a black cat with a paw resting on a hand, placed on the calf.
Black cat and hand on a calf
Shaded cat face with yellow eyes inside black ornamental mandala linework, tattooed on the calf.
Cat face within a mandala on a calf
Black and grey tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a top hat and monocle, smoking a cigar and holding a cane with a bird-head handle, on a lower leg.
Dapper cat in top hat and monocle on calf
Two calf tattoos of grey cat portraits, one framed by gold scrollwork with a red rose, the other surrounded by orange poppies, in a realism and neo-traditional style.
Cat portraits with flowers on two calves