Cat tattoo ideas

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

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Black and grey traditional tattoo of a winged, seated Egyptian cat above an Eye of Horus, placed on the ribs.
Winged Egyptian cat and Eye of Horus on ribs
Black linework tattoo on an upper arm showing a smiling maneki-neko cat above a ramen bowl with chopsticks, kawaii sushi characters and floral patterns.
Maneki-neko cat with ramen and sushi on upper arm
Colour traditional tattoo of a Hello Kitty style sugar skull with a red bow, blue diamond and purple flowers on the thigh.
Hello Kitty sugar skull on a thigh
Black and grey pencil flash sheet of gothic designs including a girl with braids, a black cat in a bat-winged frame, a cat on a crescent moon, and a heart-framed pair of monster-style profiles.
Gothic flash sheet with cats, moon and portraits
Two black and grey Japanese style tattoos on the top of a pair of feet, one showing a rat and the other a cat and snake, both set among clouds.
Rat and cat with snake on feet in Japanese style
Ink drawing of a cat face with a large bow on its ear, with tribal-style swirls and dotted shading filling one side of the head.
Cat head with bow and tribal swirl pattern
Black ink blackwork tattoo of a seated cat filled with mandala patterns on a forearm, with a paper stencil of the same design beside it.
Mandala cat on a forearm
Red Celtic knotwork cat in a seated pose with interlaced swirls, drawn as a design on a beige textured background with red crossing lines.
Celtic knotwork cat design
Small fine line tattoo of a black and white cat face with pink ears and yellow-green eyes on the inner wrist, beside a sleeping black and white cat.
Black and white cat face on a wrist
Realism tattoo of two grey tabby cats with a red yarn ball and red thread across a person's upper back.
Two tabby cats with red yarn on a back
Small pink Hello Kitty temporary tattoo on a woman's lower abdomen, shown beside a sheet of Hello Kitty designs labelled HC-49.
Hello Kitty temporary tattoo sheet
Small black fine line moustache tattoo on a finger, with a tabby cat's nose and white paws pressed against it.
Small moustache tattoo on a finger with a cat
Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cat face with blue eyes and splashes of blue, purple, green, orange and pink on an upper arm.
Watercolour cat face on upper arm
Colour tattoo of two black cats with red collars flanking a pink and green lotus with a central chakra symbol, on a person's upper back.
Two black cats and lotus on upper back
Woman seated with a realistic black and grey animal portrait on one leg and a colourful cat, ladybird and hummingbird sleeve on her arm.
Animal sleeves with cat, ladybird and bird
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat silhouette filled with red and pink roses and olive leaves, shown in a two-panel view on the torso.
Rose-filled cat silhouette tattoo
Fine line black tattoo on the inner forearm of a person in a white vest top, showing a cat silhouette and small heart joined by a heartbeat trace.
Cat and heartbeat line on a forearm
Small black and grey tattoos of a steaming coffee cup and a sitting cat on two fingers of a hand.
Coffee cup and cat on two fingers
Small fine line tattoo of two grey cats sitting side by side on the inside of an ankle.
Two small cats on an ankle
Small fine line Hello Kitty tattoo with a pink bow on the inside of a forearm, below a green knitted sleeve.
Small Hello Kitty tattoo on a forearm
Small colour tattoo of Hello Kitty with a pink bow, flanked by two pink stars, on the top of a foot near the toes.
Hello Kitty and stars on a foot
Black and grey tattoo of a cat's face with fine hatched fur and blank circular eyes, placed on the back of a hand.
Cat face on the back of a hand
Flash sheet of 30 small tattoo designs in Japanese style, pairing kanji characters with animals, flowers and symbols such as a rose, tiger, koi carp and dragon, each with an English label.
Kanji and animal tattoo flash sheet
Collage of four neo-traditional cartoon pet tattoos, including a chihuahua in a horseshoe and a cat asleep in a teacup, with a central photo of a puppy and kitten.
Cartoon pet tattoos in a four-panel collage
Colourful neo-trad tattoo of a teal spotted cat head with open mouth and paws beside a red balloon, on the calf.
Cat head and red balloon on a calf
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey cat with a finch on its shoulder and a blue rose below, on the side of the ribs.
Cat, finch and rose on the ribs
Fine line tattoo of a grey tabby cat with closed eyes and red hearts above it, with black paw prints trailing down the foot, on an ankle.
Cat with hearts and paw prints on ankle
Traditional style tattoo of a white cat with blue and yellow eyes and red ears, curled round a circle with an open mouth, on the upper arm.
Cat curled in a circle on an upper arm
Small solid black cartoon cat tattoo with white eyes and a curled tail on the forearm, photographed at an angle.
Black cartoon cat on a forearm
Small black fine line outline of a sitting cat tattooed on the neck just behind the ear, with a diamante stud earring visible.
Outline cat tattoo behind the ear
Colour tattoo of a stylised cat face in purple, pink and yellow with a black branch below it, on the forearm.
Stylised cat and branch on a forearm
Black cat tattoo with patterned bands on the upper arm, in a blackwork and neo-traditional style with a few pink accents.
Ornamented black cat on upper arm
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat wearing round glasses and a purple bow, holding a red heart, in bold black outline on a forearm.
Cartoon cat with glasses and heart on forearm
Black and grey traditional flash drawing of a three-eyed cat head with whiskers and sparkle stars on textured paper.
Three-eyed cat flash design
Small fine line tattoo of a black and white cat face with pink ears and nose on the inner wrist, with a checked shirt cuff below.
Small cat face tattoo on a wrist
Flash sheet of small solid black tattoo designs including a swallow, clover, heart, rose, skull, cat, anchor and unicorn head, arranged in rows on a white background.
Black tattoo flash sheet of small icons
Fine line drawing of a sleeping cat with a curled tail, resting on a horizontal line, in black ink on a white background.
Sleeping cat line drawing
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat in a sailor hat and striped top, framed by a coiled rope, on a forearm.
Sailor cat in a rope frame on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head with an eye above and a crescent moon below, framed by sunburst rays on an upper arm.
Cat with all-seeing eye and crescent moon
Colour tattoo of a sitting cat silhouette filled with a swirling Starry Night style sky, on the outer upper thigh.
Cat silhouette in Starry Night sky on thigh
Black and grey tattoo on the outer thigh of a cat with green eyes, its body filled with a sketchy forest scene of bare trees and a small cabin.
Black cat over a forest scene on thigh
Colour tattoo of a calico cat's face with green eyes, pink nose and whiskers, in a soft illustrative style, on the forearm.
Calico cat face on forearm
Neo-traditional style tattoo on a leg showing a black cat draped over an ornate oval frame containing a red-haired girl with X-marked eyes and a skull at the base.
Black cat and red-haired girl in an ornate frame
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow, set in a gold scrollwork frame with teal flowers, on the upper thigh.
Cartoon cat in ornate frame on thigh
Small black outline of a sitting cat with a curled tail on a forearm, filled with pink, purple and blue watercolour-style splashes.
Outline cat with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Black and grey realistic tattoo of a tabby cat's face with whiskers, shaded in detail on a forearm.
Realistic tabby cat head on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat in a witch's hat beside an orange jack-o'-lantern, placed on the calf.
Black cat and jack-o'-lantern on a calf
Six continuous fine-line drawings of seated and stretching cats in pale gold on a dark brown background, shown as a tattoo flash design.
Six line-drawn cats on a flash sheet