Cat tattoo ideas

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

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Colour Japanese style tattoo of a black and white cat with red lightning, a red and white mountain and light blue clouds on the leg.
Cat with lightning and mountain on a leg
Three photographs of a leg covered in illustrated tattoos with bold outlines, featuring a bowler-hat figure with an umbrella, a stylised tree and a bird, placed on the thigh.
Illustrated leg tattoos in three panels
Black and white photograph of a dotwork drawing on paper showing a cat's head in profile beside a stippled crescent moon, with no body placement visible.
Cat head with crescent moon design
Fine line black ink tattoos on three fingers of a hand: an eye with lashes, a crescent moon and a cat's head.
Eye, moon and cat finger tattoos
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow inside a blue and black ornate frame, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon white cat in an ornate frame on a thigh
Black and white pen drawing of a stippled cat-like creature with large ears, circular eyes and a crescent-shaped dotted tail, shown on paper.
Stippled cat creature drawing
Colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat peering out of a black Darth Vader helmet, on the calf.
Cat in a Darth Vader helmet on a calf
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the inner wrist and forearm, with the cat facing left and a dark grey top in the background.
Black cat silhouette on a wrist
Small black and grey tattoo of a cat seen from behind, sitting with its tail curled up, on the upper back below the neck.
Seated cat tattoo on upper back
Black and grey dotwork and fine line tattoo of a curled cat with a long solid tail on the inner ankle.
Curled cat on an ankle
Realistic tattoo of a tabby cat's face with green eyes on the side of a finger, shaded in black and grey.
Cat face on a finger
Black and grey line drawing of a large-eyed black cat inside a lace oval frame, with peonies and leaves below, as a tattoo design.
Black cat in lace frame with peonies
Painted design of a grinning grey cat with pale blue eyes and blue-striped fur, emerging through a swirling smoky wash on white paper.
Grinning cat emerging from smoke
Colour tattoo of Alice tumbling through a purple swirl above the grinning Cheshire Cat, across an upper arm and shoulder.
Alice and the Cheshire Cat on an upper arm
Small colour tattoo of a cat silhouette filled with blue and purple galaxy shading, with blue flowers and fern sprigs, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Cat silhouette with galaxy and flowers on collarbone
Fine line tattoo of two cat heads side by side with green and blue eyes on the inner forearm.
Two cat heads with green and blue eyes on a forearm
Black line drawing of a stylised sitting cat with a curled tail and swirling linework, with a script quote running down its back, shown as a tattoo design on white.
Stylised sitting cat with script quote
Black and grey cat head with green eyes, framed by swirling scrollwork and lotus flowers, tattooed along the side of the torso.
Cat with green eyes and lotus scrollwork on side
Traditional-style tattoos cover the back of a hand, including a shield and an eight ball, while the hand holds a small ginger kitten.
Traditional hand tattoos holding a kitten
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a Siamese cat's head with bright blue eyes and whiskers, on the inner forearm.
Realistic Siamese cat head on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat face with three orange eyes on the upper arm, shown in a close photograph.
Three-eyed black cat face on an arm
Winged black cat with a red mandala and om symbol behind it, shaded in dotwork, tattooed on the front of a thigh.
Winged black cat with mandala on thigh
Fine line black outline tattoo of a sitting cat on the upper back of a person with dark hair, who is holding a Siamese cat over one shoulder.
Cat outline tattoo on upper back
Black cat silhouette with a speckled finish sitting on a curling branch with small red berries, shown as a tattoo on skin.
Black cat on a branch with red berries
Small fine line black cat outline tattooed on the back of a woman's neck, with a tabby cat on her shoulder.
Small cat outline on the back of the neck
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat hugging a pink heart on a frosted cupcake, with cherries at the top right, on a forearm.
Black cat and cupcake on a forearm
Black and white photo of two matching fine line cat tattoos, one on each foot, with the feet raised in front of a shelved background.
Matching cat tattoos on the feet
Woman seated with long wavy hair, showing black and grey mandala tattoos on her upper arm and wrist and a cat head tattoo on her forearm.
Mandala and cat tattoos on arms
Black and grey dotwork drawing of a big cat's face framed by geometric spikes and dots, shown as a flash design with no body placement.
Stippled big cat face in geometric frame
Fine line black outline of a small cat tattooed on an ankle, with the foot in a leopard print flat on a pink rug.
Small cat outline on an ankle
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a pin-up woman with curly dark hair and two cats, with an orange banner reading EAT LADY, on the upper arm.
Pin-up woman with cats on upper arm
Realistic colour tattoo of a grey cat with blue eyes resting on a purple checked blanket, on the forearm.
Grey cat with blue eyes on a forearm
Black and grey traditional tattoos on a torso, including a coffin marked RIP, a dagger through a pair of fanged lips, a snake head and a cat head.
Traditional flash cluster on a torso
Small solid black cat silhouette tattoo sitting behind a person's ear, shown in a black and white photo.
Small black cat behind the ear
Colour realism tattoo of a long-haired cat with green eyes on the inner forearm, set against a red circle and teal wash.
Long-haired cat portrait on forearm
Colour tattoo of a cat's face with a butterfly beside it on the upper back, shaded in soft purple and blue with orange eyes.
Cat face and butterfly on a shoulder blade
Neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat's head with green eyes and a pink nose, framed by olive leaves on a branch, on a forearm.
Tabby cat portrait with leaves on a forearm
Two close photographs of a forearm tattoo showing a group of black outline cats huddled near the wrist, with a soft rainbow spray rising above them.
Rainbow spray and cat outlines on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cat in a top hat, monocle and bow tie inside a beaded oval frame on the upper arm.
Cat in top hat and monocle in a frame
Solid black cat silhouette tattoo with a curling tail on a limb, shown in black and white in a Blackwork style.
Black cat silhouette with curling tail
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head with large ears and shaded eyes, on the outer forearm.
Cat head on a forearm
Solid black stylised cat silhouette with swirling tail lines, tattooed on the inside of a bare ankle, beside a black studded shoe.
Stylised black cat on an ankle
Colour tattoo of a white and grey maneki-neko beckoning cat with a red hat, blue collar and bell, framed by red flowers, in a Japanese and neo-traditional style.
Maneki-neko cat with red flowers
Realistic colour tattoo of a tabby cat face with a green bow tie on the top of a foot, with black painted toenails.
Realistic tabby cat face on a foot
Two neo-trad thigh tattoos in colour: a sugar skull cat wreathed in red roses and flowers, and a cat wearing a feathered headdress.
Two cat tattoos on the thighs
Colour tattoo of a long-haired cat in a scalloped oval frame with a pink background and a banner reading BIXBY, on the upper arm.
Cat portrait in oval frame on upper arm
Side by side, a photo of a grey Persian cat and a colour traditional tattoo of a cat in a top hat, monocle and bow tie with hibiscus flowers and a banner reading You Sir Are The Cat's Meow.
Top hat cat tattoo beside a cat photo
Fine line tattoo of a cat's head with four eyes and whiskers on the outer thigh, shown in black ink on skin.
Cat face with four eyes on a thigh