Cat tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a tabby cat with wide amber eyes, wearing a sailor cap with an anchor and a navy collar with a red neckerchief, on a forearm.
Sailor cat on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a seated pink cat with blue eyes and patterned lace-like shading, on the forearm.
Patterned pink cat on an arm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat face with red eyes and an inverted cross on the forehead, placed on the back of a hand over a red wash.
Black cat with inverted cross on the back of a hand
Neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling black cartoon cat with large pale eyes and a curled tail, on the calf.
Cartoon black cat on a calf
Colour tattoo of a grey maneki-neko cat with a red collar and bell, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms, on the calf.
Maneki-neko cat and cherry blossoms on a calf
Colour tattoo on a forearm of a mint ice cream scoop shaped like a cat's face, with a chocolate drip and cherry, beside red flowers in a neo-traditional style.
Cat-face ice cream cone on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a Siamese cat wearing a pearl necklace, with red roses, a fan and a banner on skin.
Siamese cat with roses and fan
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo with black outlined cartoon cats and abstract splashes covering a forearm, with a person in green trousers seated beside it.
Watercolour cartoon cats on a forearm
Coloured flash drawing of a woman in profile with blue hair, a red bandana, a sailing ship and a wave, with neck and chest tattoos of a cat, cross, diamond and heart in a neo-traditional style.
Blue-haired woman with ship and wave
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat with orange eyes and purple clouds, on the back of a person's neck.
Grey cat with purple clouds on the neck
Colour traditional tattoo of a cat wearing a teal collar in an ornate gold frame, with a red rose and black leaves below, on the thigh.
Cat in an ornate frame above a red rose
Colour tattoo of a white cat with green eyes inside a gold ornate frame, surrounded by pink hydrangeas and green leaves, in a neo-traditional style on a leg.
Cat portrait with hydrangeas in an ornate frame
Colour tattoo on a calf of a black cat wrapped with pink peonies, green leaves and a white snake, in a Japanese-inspired neo-traditional style.
Black cat with peonies and snake on a calf
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's grinning head on a forearm, with teal eyes, pink nose and ears, and soft grey shading.
Cheshire Cat head on a forearm
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland in pink and purple stripes with a wide grin, in a neo-traditional style on the upper leg.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on a thigh
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of a cat's head with a flame-like sunburst above it, on the calf.
Cat head with sunburst halo on a leg
Colourful neo-trad tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with large blue eyes and a blue striped scarf, set within dotted circle linework on the arm.
Sphynx cat in a blue scarf on an arm
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with a monarch butterfly and leaves on the outer thigh.
Sphynx cat and butterfly on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat's head in profile with yellow eyes, set within a yellow and orange circle and scrollwork on the calf.
Black cat head with scrollwork on calf
Pencilled neo-traditional tattoo design on paper showing a cat's head, a large rose, mandala-style flowers, a butterfly and a fan motif, with no body placement shown.
Cat, rose and mandala tattoo design
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a smiling cartoon cat with a crescent moon on its forehead and a red bow with a gold star brooch, on the upper arm.
Cartoon cat with crescent moon and red bow
Realism and neo-traditional style tattoo of a grey and cream cat with green eyes, set in a gold beaded frame, on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Cat portrait in ornate frame on upper back
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cartoon cat eating a slice of pizza inside a teal scalloped heart, on a forearm.
Cartoon cat with pizza in a heart frame
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on the upper arm of a cartoon cat with a red bow sitting on a red spotted mushroom, surrounded by butterflies, flowers and clover.
Cartoon cat with red bow on a mushroom, upper arm
Realism-style tattoo of a tabby cat in a top hat within a laurel wreath, with a banner reading Jack the Ripper, on the upper thigh.
Cat in top hat portrait on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a grey cat's head with blue eyes and a red collar on the forearm, drawn in a traditional style with bold black outlines and hatching.
Grey cat head with red collar on forearm
Bold colour tattoo of a stylised woman with dark bobbed hair holding a cat, with a teal plant below, in Neo-trad style on the forearm.
Stylised woman with a cat on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat face wearing a crystal crown, with teal, pink and yellow shading, on the thigh.
Colourful sphynx cat with crystal on a thigh
Colour tattoo of the cartoon character Hello Kitty with a red bow and pink dress, in a bold black outline with soft grey shading, on a limb.
Hello Kitty tattoo with red bow
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black and grey cat head with yellow eyes above a red rose with green leaves, on a leg.
Cat and rose on a leg
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's grinning face with green eyes and teal stripes, in neo-traditional style on the upper arm.
Cheshire Cat grin on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a grinning Cheshire Cat with green eyes and a red cherry in neo-traditional style across the upper arm and shoulder.
Cheshire Cat and smoke on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat in a top hat and monocle, with a songbird perched on the hat, on the upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle on upper arm
Hand-coloured flash sheet of kawaii sweets, including cupcakes, an ice cream cone, candies, a lipstick and cat designs, drawn in marker on white paper.
Kawaii sweets flash sheet in marker
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey and ginger cat with green eyes, a red heart and pearl chain, with pink and purple flowers, on a person's calf.
Cat with heart and flowers on a calf
Black and grey neo-traditional style design of a cat wearing a top hat, feather, monocle and bow tie, shown as a standalone drawing with no body part visible.
Cat in top hat with monocle
Colour tattoo of a purple cat with a yellow bow and a crown-like shape, set among ornate black ornamental patterns on a forearm.
Purple cat with yellow bow on forearm
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a green zombie cat in a pink bow and dress, with red drips, a spider web and flies, on an upper arm.
Zombie Hello Kitty style cat on an arm
Black line drawing of a cat wearing a mask and pearl necklace, with roses above and below and a lace ruff behind, in neo-traditional style.
Masked cat with roses and pearls design
Colour tattoo of two cats sitting on a black crescent moon with a red heart and green leaves, placed on the upper back, shown beside a photo of two cat silhouettes at a window.
Two cats on a crescent moon on the upper back
Colour tattoo of a grey cat wearing a tartan deerstalker and holding a pipe, on the forearm of a person in a checked shirt.
Grey cat in a plaid deerstalker on a forearm
Colour tattoo of Disney's Ariel, Flounder the fish and Marie the cat among seaweed and bubbles, in a bold neo-traditional style on a forearm.
Ariel, Flounder and Marie on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat wearing a black tricorn hat with yellow studs and a skull and crossbones, on the forearm.
Pirate cat in tricorn hat on a forearm
Coloured flash drawing of a sugar skull cat face with a red rose on its forehead, a red bow and a red rose below, framed by vines on a yellow background.
Sugar skull cat with rose and bow
Colour tattoo of a cartoon hairless cat with large blue eyes wearing a teal knitted sweater, placed on a calf in a neo-traditional style.
Sphynx cat in a teal sweater on a calf
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
Colourful neo-traditional style tattoo on the upper arm showing a cartoon cat with a red bow, a giraffe, a pink strawberry ice cream cone and purple bubbles.
Cartoon cat, giraffe and strawberry ice cream on upper arm
Flash-style design of a black cat with yellow eyes, framed by pink roses and green leaves, with a banner reading Wednesday beneath it.
Black cat with roses and Wednesday banner