Cat tattoo ideas

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

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Neo-traditional tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a leather jacket and star badges, holding a blade, with orange and blue washes behind, on the forearm.
Cat in leather jacket with a blade
Black fine line geometric tattoo on a forearm, with a white kitten resting its paw and face against the skin.
Geometric line tattoo with a white kitten
Black fine line tattoo of a group of cats huddled together with linked paws, placed on the outer thigh.
Huddled cats outline on a thigh
Two matching fine line geometric cat tattoos in black ink, one on each ankle.
Matching geometric cat tattoos on ankles
Small black cartoon cat tattoo with large eyes sitting on the side of a torso, shown in black ink on pale skin.
Big-eyed black cat on the side of the torso
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo behind a person's ear, with dark hair pulled back and a hair pin visible.
Small black cat tattoo behind the ear
Colour tattoo of a curled pink cat-like creature with a blue eye and a long tail, placed on the upper back beside the shoulder blade.
Curled pink cat-like creature on upper back
Large neo-traditional back tattoo of a grey owl with spread wings, with a snarling red cat head and blood drips across the lower back.
Owl with spread wings and snarling red cat on back
Fine line black cat face with whiskers tattooed along the side of a finger, held up in front of long blonde hair.
Cat whiskers tattoo on a finger
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
Two side-by-side tattoos on an arm: a pastel faceted geometric cat on the left and a shaded realistic cat within a gold scrollwork frame on the right.
Geometric cat and realistic cat tattoos
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a tabby cat wearing a peacock feather headdress and gem tiara, with a red heart gem and red flowers, on a forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Cat with peacock feathers and red flowers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cat's face above a sleeping cat, with clouds behind them, on a forearm.
Cat portrait and sleeping cat on a forearm
Two matching tabby cats seen from behind, tattooed in grey, black and orange ink on two forearms.
Matching cats on a pair of forearms
Colour tattoo of two cat silhouettes seen from behind, outlined in black, sitting on a lower leg against pink, purple, blue and orange splashes.
Two cat silhouettes with colour splashes
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of Baymax from Big Hero 6 hugging a cat, with pink and purple hearts and a banner reading Hairy Baby, on a forearm.
Baymax holding a cat on a forearm
Black single-line outline drawing of a sitting cat with its tail curled at the base, shown as a design on a plain white background.
Sitting cat line drawing
Realistic green cat eyes with black liner tattooed side by side on the inside of a forearm.
Green cat eyes on a forearm
Black linework tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with a jewelled pendant, framed by scrollwork and beads, with a rose below, on the upper thigh.
Sphynx cat and rose on a thigh
Close photo of a fine line tattoo of a sitting cat with a curled tail on a person's upper back, near the shoulder blade.
Sitting cat fine line tattoo on upper back
Fine line black tattoo of a small sleeping cat with closed eyes and a curled tail on the ankle, shown against a pink textured rug.
Small fine line cat on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a grey kitten with blue eyes inside a pink lace heart with a yellow bow, in a vintage neo-traditional style on the upper thigh.
Grey kitten in a pink lace heart on a thigh
Traditional colour tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes beside two red roses and green leaves on a forearm.
Black cat and roses on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a hairless cat skull with large ears and fangs, placed centrally on the chest.
Cat skull on the chest
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tabby cat in a top hat, monocle and waistcoat inside a beaded oval frame with a bow, on an upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle in a beaded oval frame
Black ink drawing of a silhouetted cat sitting on a crescent moon wrapped in vines and five-petal flowers, shown as a tattoo design with no body placement.
Black cat on a crescent moon with flowers
Cartoon black cat with pink ears and a pink star collar, surrounded by stippled dotwork stars, tattooed on the upper back.
Black cat and stars on upper back
Black fine line tattoo of a geometric cat head in profile above a small heart and the script word meschats, on the outer ankle.
Geometric cat and script on an ankle
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a walking tabby kitten with a trail of paw prints on the forearm.
Tabby kitten and paw prints on forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon characters CatDog, a dog and cat sharing one body, in orange and tan with black outlines, on a forearm.
CatDog cartoon characters on a forearm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on an upper arm of a grey cat wearing a top hat and sitting in a teacup beside a red flower.
Grey cat in a teacup on an upper arm
Full colour leg sleeve tattoo of a grinning Cheshire Cat peering from a tree, running down the thigh and calf.
Cheshire Cat leg sleeve
Traditional style tattoo of a grey cat holding a pale fish, with blue tears, on the upper thigh.
Grey cat holding a pale fish on a thigh
Collage of three colour tattoos: a neo-traditional ice cream cone with a cat-face scoop on the upper left, a galaxy hot air balloon on the upper right, and outlined seashells joined by chains on the
Ice cream, hot air balloon and shell tattoos
Black fine line tattoo of a cat-like head and outstretched limb beside a stippled moon, on the side of the ribs.
Fine line outline and stippled moon on ribs
Small colour tattoo of a black and white cat's face with green eyes and pink ears on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Black and white cat face on the wrist
Black line tattoo sleeve of many small cartoon cats covering the upper arm and shoulder, with a few blue accents on one figure.
Cat doodle sleeve on upper arm and shoulder
Realistic black and grey Cheshire Cat with teal eyes and black branches tattooed on the inside of an upper arm.
Cheshire Cat with branches on upper arm
Pen drawing of a hairless sphynx cat head in dotted linework, a flash design for a tattoo with no body placement shown.
Sphynx cat head dotwork design
Colour tattoo of a white cartoon cat with pink ears and a lilac bow, above the script words Because I'm a lady, on the upper thigh.
Cartoon white cat and bow on thigh
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
Solid black cat silhouette with blue eyes, sitting beside three paw prints that trail up the side of the ribs.
Black cat silhouette with paw prints on ribs
Geometric black linework cat on the thigh, with blue, green, magenta and purple watercolour washes behind the lines.
Geometric cat with watercolour fills on a thigh
Close-up of leggings printed with traditional-style tattoo flash designs, including a geisha head, owl, cat, skulls and roses, worn on the legs.
Tattoo flash print leggings
Colour tattoo of a spotted leopard prowling along a branch across a woman's upper back, shaded in a realistic style.
Leopard on a branch across upper back
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat with grey-lilac ears sitting above a blue flower and green leaves, placed on the forearm.
Black cat and blue flower on a forearm
Colourful neo-traditional tattoo of cartoon cat characters with bows, flowers and sweets across the fingers of a hand.
Cartoon cat and candy sleeve across fingers
Black line tattoo of two cats holding paws on the inner forearm, drawn in a fine line style with light dotwork shading.
Two cats holding paws on a forearm