Cat tattoo ideas

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Colourful botanical tattoo of a curled cat formed from red, orange, blue and white flowers, spanning the upper back.
Cat made of flowers across a back
Realistic shaded Cheshire Cat grin with teal eyes and grey fur, with the words We're all mad here beneath it, tattooed on skin.
Cheshire Cat grin with We're all mad here
Black ink drawing of a cat's head with pointed ears and a white muzzle, filled with geometric hatching and suited to a design for a tattoo.
Geometric cat head drawing
Small black cat tattoo in fine line style with a curling tail, on the lower back above a white waistband.
Black cat with curling tail on lower back
Black and grey stipple flash drawing of a cat in a feathered top hat, smoking a pipe and wearing a bow tie and lace collar.
Cat in feathered top hat with pipe
Small fine line tattoo of a simple cat outline in black ink on the inner forearm, against a grey fabric background.
Minimal cat outline on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a cat in profile wearing steampunk goggles and brass-style gears, on a limb.
Realistic cat in steampunk goggles with gears
Colour traditional tattoo of a red rose with a central skull-like figure on a forearm, with a white long-haired cat held in the crook of the arm.
Traditional rose tattoo on a forearm holding a white cat
Colour tattoo of a purple cartoon cat with a crescent moon on its forehead, set in a pink heart frame with a jewelled crown, wings and stars, on a forearm.
Purple cat with crescent moon in heart frame
Small black-outlined cartoon cat face with a red bow and yellow nose tattooed behind a person's ear.
Cartoon cat with red bow behind ear
A cat silhouette tattoo filled with purple, pink, yellow and green galaxy-style colour and small stars, placed on a person's upper back near the shoulder blade.
Galaxy cat silhouette on shoulder blade
Black ink drawing of a snarling cat face merged with a skull, with stippled dotwork on the bone and fine hatched fur, shown as a tattoo design.
Cat and skull hybrid drawing
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
Close-up of a Japanese-style tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes, surrounded by grey clouds and red and orange patterns, on a forearm.
Black cat and clouds on a forearm
A watercolour-style kitten tattoo with splashes of blue, purple, pink and orange across the upper back and shoulder blade.
Watercolour kitten on upper back
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hairless cat's head in profile with a diamond-shaped eye, set against outlined triangles on the inner forearm.
Hairless cat head with geometric triangles on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a smiling maneki-neko cat holding a red daruma doll, with a pink flower and petal, in Japanese style on the inner wrist.
Maneki-neko cat and daruma on the inner wrist
Black tribal linework design of a stylised cat face with pointed ears and tapering swirls, shown on a plain white background.
Tribal cat face design
Black and grey tattoo of a cat peeking from a teacup with a small red heart above its head and the words Tea for Two beneath, shown in four close-up views.
Cat in a teacup with Tea for Two lettering
Close-up of a small black fine line tattoo of a cat with a crescent moon and a dotted swirl trail, placed behind a person's ear.
Cat, crescent moon and dotted swirl behind the ear
Colour tattoo of a grey cat in profile above green grass and a purple flower on the thigh, with a dotted yellow sun and geometric lines.
Grey cat in grass on a thigh
Neo-trad tattoo of a black cat with sugar skull face paint, red roses and green leaves, with small stars at the top left.
Sugar skull cat with red roses
Colour tattoo of a cat wearing a top hat, monocle and bow tie inside an oval frame above a red rose, on the upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle with rose on upper arm
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a forearm of a cat wearing a flat cap, round glasses and a bow tie, holding a glass beside stacked books and pink flowers.
Cat in cap and glasses with books on forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a cat's face on the inner upper arm, with whiskers, ears and shaded fur detail.
Cat face tattoo on an upper arm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head in profile on the inner forearm of a person wearing a dark floral top.
Cat portrait on a forearm
Black line drawing of a cat face with two curved ears, three whisker strokes on each side and a small solid heart for the nose, on a plain white background.
Cat face line design with heart nose
Colour tattoo on the top of a foot showing a white cartoon cat in a red bow and red collar, holding a gold coin, with bold black outlines.
Hello Kitty as a lucky cat on a foot
Black and grey realism tattoo across a bare back showing a small girl in a dress beneath a tall tree, with a grinning cat on a branch above, placed on the back.
Girl under a tree with grinning cat on a back
Close-up of a fine line black cat tattoo on a woman's upper chest near the collarbone, with a maroon top visible below.
Single-line cat outline on the upper chest
Colour tattoo of a stitched, zombie-style cat character with a red bow and skull on an upper arm, in a neo-traditional style.
Stitched zombie cat character on an upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat with sweets and a checkered pattern across the top of a foot, in a loose sketchy style.
Cartoon cat with sweets on a foot
Traditional-style tattoos of an eye, a bearded face with a flower and lettering on a thigh, with a white kitten in the foreground.
White kitten in front of traditional tattoos on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a Siamese cat's face with pointed ears on the upper thigh, shaded with fine stippling and linework.
Siamese cat face on a thigh
Black ink blackwork and dotwork tattoo of a curled-up cat in front of rooftops, a sun and waves, inside a circle on the upper arm.
Sleeping cat and town in a circle on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cat-shaped sugar skull with a pink bow and floral details on the top of a foot.
Cat-style sugar skull with bow on a foot
Geometric cat head tattoo with dotwork shading and watercolour splashes of pink, purple and teal on an upper arm.
Geometric cat head on upper arm
Two black and grey cat face tattoos on the inner forearms near the wrists, one softly shaded and one more loosely sketched.
Two cat face tattoos on the wrists
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling black cat with yellow eyes and a red tongue, on the forearm.
Snarling black cat on a forearm
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
Flash sheet of twelve black cartoon cat designs with large white eyes, drawn in solid black silhouette on a white background.
Grid of twelve cartoon black cats
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat's wide grin and green eyes on the inner forearm, with watercolour-style splashes of blue, pink and orange.
Cheshire Cat grin on a forearm
Black and grey realism drawing of a cat in profile wearing steampunk goggles and exposed gears, shown as a standalone design with no skin visible.
Steampunk cat in goggles
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
Colour realism tattoo of the Cheshire Cat grinning with blue stripes and wide blue eyes, with a blue caterpillar below it, on a forearm.
Cheshire Cat and caterpillar on a forearm
Two matching traditional tattoos of a cat and a bird inside pink scalloped hearts on a person's thighs, with a tortoiseshell cat on grass behind.
Matching cat and bird hearts on thighs
Fine line black outline tattoo of a cat in profile with a green eye and a curving tail, on the side of a leg.
Cat profile outline tattoo on a leg
Colourful sugar skull style cat face tattoo with a bow and flower motifs on the skin of a limb.
Sugar skull style cat with bow