Cat tattoo ideas

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

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Four-panel collage of tattoos: a cat with a skull and lotus in traditional colour, a cat with a red daruma doll in traditional colour, a black and grey Japanese lion on a back, and a black and grey
Four cat and Japanese motif tattoos
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a tiger head with a cigarette and a curling smoke line, on a section of skin.
Tiger head with cigarette
Traditional-style flash design of a jewelled hand holding a lipstick, with pink roses, pearl strands, a cat cameo and the script words Femme Fatale, on a teal background.
Femme Fatale hand with roses and pearls
Colour neo-traditional tattoo on a calf of a black cat with sugar skull face paint and skeletal ribs, above a red rose with orange flowers.
Sugar skull cat and rose on a calf
Traditional style flash sheet showing six colourful cartoon characters, several decorated with red flowers, drawn with bold outlines on a cream background.
Traditional flash sheet of cartoon characters
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a winged anatomical heart above an oval frame holding two cats, on the forearm.
Anatomical heart with two cats
Traditional panther head tattoo on a woman's neck, with small finger and hand tattoos, wearing a white shirt.
Traditional panther head on the neck
Traditional colour tattoo of a snarling black panther head in front of a yellow crescent moon on the back of a hand.
Panther and crescent moon on the hand
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cat face with red poppies and blue flowers, placed on the upper thigh.
Cat face with poppies on a thigh
Traditional-style tattoo of a black cat head with red inner ears, orange-yellow eyes, whiskers and an open red mouth showing fangs, on skin.
Black cat head in traditional style
Colour traditional tattoo of a black and white cat curled around two red roses with green leaves, on a lower leg.
Cat and roses in a traditional style on a calf
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a heart holding a clasped human hand and a paw, with the words Boys Whatever above and Cats Forever below, on a limb.
Heart with clasped hand and paw and banner text
Small bold-outlined cartoon cat with a red bow on the forearm, beside a large traditional flower with an eye on the back of a tattooed hand.
Cartoon cat with red bow on forearm
Two lower legs resting on a floral sheet, covered in colour traditional tattoos of roses, a cat head and a butterfly on the calves and shins.
Traditional roses, cat and butterfly on legs
Colour tattoo of a Hello Kitty style sugar skull with a pink bow and floral details, traditional style, on the top of a foot, shown in two photos.
Sugar skull Hello Kitty tattoo on the foot
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat wearing a flower crown with red ears and orange eyes, with a VILLERO banner and script above, on a forearm.
Black cat with flower crown on a forearm
Two lower legs with traditional style tattoos of red roses, a cat's head, a moth and a penny-farthing bicycle, worn with a grey skirt and black shoes.
Traditional roses, cat and moth on two legs
Three newborn kittens rest on a forearm covered in traditional colour tattoos of a sailing ship, a red ribbon and flowers.
Kittens resting on a traditional forearm tattoo
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat with large white eyes inside an oval gold frame with a red bow, on a forearm.
Black cat in an oval gold frame on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat head with red ears, wide staring eyes and a dotted starry background, on a limb with other tattoos nearby.
Black cat head with red ears on a limb
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat surrounded by pink cherry blossoms in a Japanese style, on the upper thigh.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with cherry blossoms
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat holding a red and white striped umbrella among raindrops on the upper arm, with a red flower above.
Black cat with umbrella on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo on the forearm of a cat-shaped figure in teal and red with a red bow, with a red rose and an eye at its centre.
Cat-shaped design with rose and eye
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with red ears, orange patches and a green bell collar on the upper arm, in a traditional style.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on upper arm
Colour Japanese tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat and a red daruma doll with pink cherry blossoms on the top of a foot.
Lucky cat and daruma on a foot
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a white maneki-neko beckoning cat with cherry blossom, gold coins and a pink lotus, on a forearm.
Maneki-neko and lotus on a forearm
Illustration of a hairless cat with black and grey tattoo designs of roses, a swallow, a wing and '7 Lives' script, wearing a maroon bow with a skull charm.
Tattooed hairless cat with rose and swallow
Two traditional-style thigh tattoos: a purple rose with an animal skull on the left thigh, and a black and grey cat head with a red rose on the right thigh.
Animal skull and cat with roses on thighs
Two colour neo-traditional heart tattoos on a lower leg, one showing an anime girl with two cats and the other a white creature with soot sprites.
Anime heroine and cats beside soot sprite hearts
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat with orange eyes and a red collar, beside a red rose and green leaves, on a forearm.
Black cat and rose on a forearm
Two side-by-side photographs of neo-traditional cat head tattoos with jewelled crowns on the top of the foot, one ginger and one tabby.
Cats wearing crowns on two feet
Black and grey shaded tattoo of a cat head with four eyes and a crescent moon above it, on the upper arm.
Four-eyed cat and crescent moon on an upper arm
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a cartoon cat face with a red bow between two polka dot bows, red and turquoise, on a limb.
Cartoon cat bow with polka dots on an arm
Traditional colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat with yellow eyes, a purple and teal bow, and a teal collar with a pearl necklace, on a limb.
Grey tabby cat with bow and pendant
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with red eyes and a white cross on the forehead, set on red splatter on the back of a hand.
Black cat with cross on hand
Colour flash sheet of Hello Kitty tattoo designs in a bold traditional style, including a dagger, a rose, a bow and an ice cream cone.
Hello Kitty tattoo flash sheet
Four flash designs on black in orange and yellow: a black cat, a skull with diamonds, a bat beneath a spiderweb and an owl in front of a moon, drawn in a bold vintage style.
Halloween flash sheet: cat, skull, bat and owl
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a meowing cat head with the word meow on a banner, on the side of the torso.
Meowing cat head with banner on the side
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
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
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
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
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
Traditional tiger head tattoo in black, orange and red on a torso, beside a colourful arm sleeve with an eagle and a leopard head.
Traditional tiger head on ribs with arm sleeve
A woman holding a tabby kitten shows a traditional-style sleeve of red roses and flowers on her forearm, with a small crescent moon on her hand.
Kitten held by a woman with a floral forearm tattoo
Colour tattoos of roses, a cat and a butterfly in a traditional style on the thighs and calves of a person wearing denim shorts and layered chains.
Roses, a cat and a butterfly on both legs
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