Cat tattoo ideas

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

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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
Black and white photo of a script lettering tattoo across a man's chest and an ornamental tattoo on the back of his hand, with a tabby kitten resting against him.
Script chest tattoo and hand tattoo with a kitten
Black and grey traditional wolf head tattoo on an upper arm, with a leaping cat tattoo on the forearm and further tattoos on the same arm.
Wolf head and big cat on arms
Two side-by-side photos: a black ink wash cat curled on a forearm, and a colourful watercolour-style bird on a shoulder.
Ink wash cat on forearm and bird on shoulder
Realism style tattoo of a standing tabby cat with brown and grey striped shading on the inner forearm, shown beside another hand with white painted nails.
Tabby cat on the inner forearm
Small fine line tattoo of Hello Kitty holding a red heart balloon on the inner wrist.
Hello Kitty with heart balloon on a wrist
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
Black fine-line geometric cat face tattoo with small dots above it on the inner forearm, with a white and ginger cat lying on a bed beside it.
Geometric cat face on a forearm
Black and grey blackwork tattoo of two cats curled into a yin yang circle on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Yin yang cats on a forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a walking tabby kitten with a trail of paw prints on the inner forearm.
Tabby kitten and paw prints on a forearm
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
Traditional style tattoo of a seated cat filled with mandala and paisley ornament in black, grey and red on the forearm.
Ornamental seated cat on forearm
Realistic black and grey tattoo of an upside-down cat with dark points on the inner forearm, beside a white lace sleeve.
Upside-down cat on a 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
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a seated tabby cat with a small heart on its chest, framed by thin geometric circles and lines, on the forearm.
Tabby cat with heart on forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a stretching cat on a forearm, shown in a close-up and a wider photo.
Fine line cat outline on a forearm
Black tattoo of a sitting cat with a white-faced head, surrounded by red swirling vines, flowers and stars on a forearm.
Cat silhouette with red vines on a forearm
Two fine line black cat outline tattoos on the inner forearms, one fluffy with dashed fur lines and one simple with a curled tail, shown with the wrists pressed together.
Matching cat outline tattoos on wrists
Several arms and hands pressed together, showing a realistic black and grey cat tattoo, banknotes, portrait tattoos and a skull on the forearms and hands.
Realism portraits and cat on hands and forearms
Torso of a person in a white vest top, with black and grey realism style tattoo sleeves on both arms showing a cat, a skull and a ship.
Black and grey sleeve with cat and skull
Colour tattoo of two cat faces, a grey tabby and a ginger cat with green eyes and pink noses, on the forearm.
Two cat faces on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a cat and a dog inside a rectangular frame on a forearm.
Cat and dog in a frame on a forearm
Black line tattoo of a sleeping cat whose body forms a heart, with a striped tail, on the inner wrist.
Cat curled into a heart on the wrist
Black and white photo of a hand resting on a white cat, showing a realistic grey forest sleeve tattoo with pine trees on the forearm.
Forest sleeve tattoo on a forearm with a cat
Realistic colour tattoo of a tabby cat's head above a wreath of red, pink and blue flowers on the inner wrist of a hand held up beside a real tabby cat.
Tabby cat portrait with roses on the inner wrist
Black and grey lettering on a chest and a forearm covered in wings and florals, with a black cat held in front of the arm and gold chains and a cross pendant.
Black cat held against chest and forearm tattoos
Small black line tattoo of a geometric origami-style cat on the inner wrist, shown with the hand raised.
Geometric origami cat on the wrist
Small colour tattoo of a black and white cat's face on the inner wrist, with a sleeping black and white cat resting its paw across the arm.
Cat face tattoo on the inner wrist
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
Fine line black tattoo of a cat's head in profile with whiskers, on the inner forearm.
Single-line cat head on a forearm
Tabby cat held against a forearm and upper arm with a black and grey cat face banner tattoo and script lettering, with touches of red ink.
Cat face banner tattoo on an upper arm
Full colour realism sleeve tattoo on an upper arm showing a tabby cat in a bow tie and top hat, a second cat with orange eyes, and butterflies.
Cat and butterfly sleeve on an arm
Fine line black tattoo of a cat sitting in a teacup on a saucer, on the inner wrist.
Cat in a teacup on the inner wrist
Black and grey cat head tattoo with a star and geometric lines on the inner forearm of a person in a white top and grey joggers.
Cat head within geometric lines on a forearm
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
Realism tattoo of three kitten heads stacked vertically on a forearm, the top two in grey and the lowest in colour.
Three kitten portraits stacked 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
Four cat head designs wearing floral crowns in pink, red, yellow and orange, arranged in a diagonal row along a forearm against a white brick wall.
Four cat heads with flower crowns on a forearm
Black and grey geometric cat head tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner forearm.
Geometric cat head on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a seated cat outline with pink, blue and purple watercolour splashes on the forearm.
Cat silhouette with watercolour splashes on forearm
Man with colourful tattoos covering his neck and both forearms and upper arms, wearing a light grey t-shirt printed with a grumpy cat illustration.
Tattooed neck and arms, grumpy cat t-shirt
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat face with large ears and wide eyes, on the inner forearm.
Sphynx cat face on a forearm
A small solid black cat silhouette tattoo on the inside of a wrist, with white flowers and green foliage behind it.
Small cat silhouette on a wrist
Collage of four tattoos showing cats and dogs: a black silhouette on the neck, a fine line heartbeat with paw print on the inner arm, a fine line cat on the chest, and a watercolour cat and dog on the
Cat and dog tattoo designs in four placements
Black and grey tattoo of a small animal wearing round reflective sunglasses, stretched out horizontally on the forearm.
Small creature in sunglasses on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of an hourglass with a red blood drip, the words TO GET YOU OFF MY MIND and a blue flower below, on the forearm.
Hourglass with blood drip and blue flower
Fine line black tattoo of a cat curled around an outlined heart on the inside of a wrist.
Sleeping cat curled around a heart on a wrist