Cat tattoo ideas

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Colour Japanese style tattoo of a black and white cat with red and gold shide streamers and grey clouds, placed on the outer thigh.
Cat with shide streamers and clouds on a thigh
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a horned figure in a long cloak with a raven on its shoulder, framed in a circle on the thigh.
Horned figure and raven on a thigh
Black linework tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with blue eyes, set inside a geometric diamond frame on the upper thigh.
Sphynx cat in a diamond frame on a thigh
Traditional Japanese style colour tattoo of a white maneki-neko lucky cat with a green patterned collar and gold bell, surrounded by red flowers, on the thigh.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with flowers on a thigh
Seated cartoon cat with a pink bow on the outer thigh, drawn with grey outlines and shading and pink accents.
Seated cartoon cat with bow on thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a cat wearing a floral crown, with a teal banner reading MEATBALL and red and yellow flowers, on the thigh.
Cat in a floral crown with banner on thigh
Colour tattoo of a grinning Cheshire Cat with blue eyes and a purple and pink spiral body and striped tail, placed on the upper thigh.
Cheshire Cat with spiral body on thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a sleeping grey cat curled up beside a branch of blue berries and green leaves on the thigh.
Sleeping grey cat and blueberry branch on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a steampunk cat wearing a top hat and goggles, surrounded by gears, on the upper thigh.
Steampunk cat in top hat and goggles on thigh
Colourful geometric patchwork-style cat tattoo with small paw prints trailing behind it, on the outer thigh.
Patchwork cat with paw prints on the thigh
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
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
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
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 grey dotwork tattoo of four cats in a four-pane window framed by flowers, on the thigh.
Four cats in a window with flowers
Black and grey tattoos on a pair of thighs and knees, including lace-like patterns and a snake, with a black cat lying across the lap.
Black and grey thigh tattoos with a black cat
Black line tattoo of a woman with closed eyes and a cat napping on her head, with the words BEST NAP below, on the front of a thigh.
Sleeping woman with cat and BEST NAP text
Fine line black tattoo of an outlined cat beside a small crescent moon on the skin of a thigh.
Cat and crescent moon in fine line
Dotwork tattoo of a cat's face with blue-grey eyes set inside a geometric mandala, placed on the upper thigh.
Cat with mandala on thigh
Two matching black and grey tattoos of cats in top hats with small flowers, one on each thigh, in a traditional style.
Matching cats in top hats on two thighs
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman's face framed by purple roses, pearls and dark curling hair, placed on the outer thigh.
Woman's portrait with purple roses on a thigh
Two thighs: a colour budgie with roses inside an ornate black frame on the left thigh, and a black and grey sketch of a cat with glasses reading on the right thigh.
Budgie in a frame and a bespectacled cat on thighs
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
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
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon black cat in a hood on the thigh, with grey scrollwork above it.
Cartoon black cat tattoo on a thigh
Colourful tattoo of a cat with blue daisy-like flowers over its eyes, shaded in blue, teal, yellow and orange on the outer thigh.
Blue cat with flower eyes on a thigh
Mirrored neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat head with pink balloons and gold bells on the upper thighs.
Mirrored cat heads with balloons and bells
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
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
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
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
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a ginger cat in a top hat, monocle and green bow tie, framed in an oval with a teal background, on a thigh.
Cat in top hat and monocle on a thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat in an ornate oval frame with gemstones, on the outer thigh.
Sphynx cat in an ornate frame on a thigh
Realistic colour tattoo of a seated cat within an ornate gold and teal scrollwork frame on the thigh.
Cat portrait with gold scroll frame on thigh
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a curled-up sleeping cat with soft grey shading, on the outer thigh.
Sleeping cat on a thigh
Realistic colour tattoo of a cream cat with blue eyes inside an ornamental teal frame, on the outer thigh.
Cream cat portrait with blue eyes on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of two Siamese cats in an ornate grey frame on the outer thigh.
Siamese cats in an ornate frame on a thigh
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cat face with red poppies and blue flowers, placed on the upper thigh.
Cat face with poppies on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a woman with dark curled hair and a jewelled headpiece, with a cat below her, on the outer thigh, next to a fox and a squirrel on the other leg.
Neo-trad woman and cat portrait on thigh
Japanese-style tattoo of a cat face with yellow eyes, black and grey markings and a red rope beneath it, on the outer thigh.
Cat mask with rope on thigh
Small black fine line infinity symbol tattoo on a thigh, with a kitten in a pale shirt sitting on the leg beside it.
Infinity symbol tattoo on a thigh
Two matching colour tattoos of cat faces with bows and sugar skull decoration, placed on the thighs, in a neo-trad style.
Matching sugar skull cat tattoos on thighs
Neo-trad style tattoo of a green-eyed tabby cat wearing a blue bow tie, set within an ornate scrolled frame with outline roses, on the thigh.
Cat portrait in ornate frame on thigh
Black script lettering across the upper torso, a lace-pattern band on the thigh and a tattooed forearm holding an orange cat.
Script lettering and lace thigh band
Fine line black tattoo of several cats huddled together around a small bow in the centre, placed on the upper thigh.
Cluster of cats on the thigh
Black and grey thigh tattoos of an animal head and a rabbit with a pocket watch, each in an ornate frame with roses and checkerboard shading.
Cat and rabbit thigh tattoos in ornate frames
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat surrounded by pink cherry blossoms in a Japanese style, on the upper thigh.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with cherry blossoms
Teal and grey Cheshire Cat tattoo with a wide grin and green eyes, shaded in a realistic style on the thigh.
Cheshire Cat grin on a thigh