Cat tattoo ideas

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

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Lower leg covered in black and grey traditional tattoos, including a snake, a dagger and roses, with a black cat sitting beside it on a carpet.
Traditional leg sleeve with black cat on carpet
Traditional style tattoo of a cartoon white cat with a pink bow and the words Bitch Please I'm Fabulous on a forearm.
Cartoon cat and lettering on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a cat face with bright turquoise eyes and angular black, brown and tan shading, on the inner forearm.
Geometric cat face on a forearm
Black ink line drawing of a cat-faced matryoshka doll holding a mouse within a scalloped frame, a neo-traditional tattoo design sketch.
Cat-faced matryoshka doll with a mouse
Realism tattoo of a grey cat and an orange cat sitting side by side on the forearm.
Grey and orange cats on a forearm
Two blue wrist tattoos: the word Duke in blackletter-style script on the left, and an outlined Hello Kitty holding an orange basketball on the right.
Duke lettering and Hello Kitty wrist tattoos
Colour tattoo of a white maneki-neko lucky cat with a raised paw and gold coin, in a traditional style, on the calf.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on a calf
Realistic black cat head tattoo with yellow eyes, shaded in black and grey, on the side of a torso near the ribs.
Realistic black cat head on the side
Flash drawing of a black cat with a pentacle on its head, a blackletter banner reading Harm none, Do as ye wilt, and a row of moon phases above.
Black cat with banner and moon phases
Traditional style tattoos on a forearm, thigh and calf, including a black cat sitting on a coloured crescent moon and a black panther on the lower leg.
Cat on a crescent moon and black panther tattoos
A red linework outline of a curled-up sleeping cat tattooed on skin, with closed eyes and a long tail wrapped around its body.
Sleeping cat outline in red ink
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat skull with whiskers on the back of a person's neck.
Cat skull tattoo on the back of the neck
Two matching fine line cat tattoos in black ink on the backs of two hands pressed together, one cat outlined and one with tabby stripes.
Matching cat tattoos on the backs of hands
Fine line black tattoo of a dog and a cat on the upper back, with the words always in my heart in script curving beneath them.
Dog and cat with script on the upper back
Black silhouette cat tattoo with a curling tail and a trail of paw prints, one with a small red heart, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Black cat and paw prints on upper chest
Colour tattoo of a cat outline filled with a pink and blue night sky, a yellow moon and a black cat silhouette in bare branches, on the outer thigh.
Cat silhouette with moon on thigh
Solid black tribal-style cat design filled with spiral swirls, shown as a flash drawing on a white background with no body placement visible.
Tribal swirl cat design
Small black fine line tattoo of a cat peeking round a thin vertical line, beside the words I am myself. That is not enough. on the upper chest.
Cat peeking beside a quote on the chest
Colour tattoo of a small cartoon cat character with brown quiff hair, a blue pinstripe suit and red tie, holding a teal gadget, on the lower leg.
Chibi cartoon cat in pinstripe suit on a calf
A black and white flash sheet with red accents, showing traditional tattoo designs themed around the number thirteen, including a cat, skull, dagger, heart and eye.
Thirteen themed traditional flash sheet
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a multi-eyed grey cat holding a goldfish bowl above a pink rose, placed on a limb.
Cat with goldfish bowl and rose
Realistic colour tattoo of a cat's face and eye beside a blue flower on a forearm.
Realistic cat eye and blue flower on forearm
Black fine line tattoo on an ankle and foot, showing a sweeping wavy line rising up the leg and a small outlined animal figure near the ankle bone.
Black line wave and small cat on an ankle
Japanese style tattoo of a stretched black cat with orange chrysanthemum patterning and green leaves on a lower leg.
Stretching black cat with chrysanthemum
Fine line tattoo of a dog and a cat touching noses in a continuous black outline on a shoulder.
Dog and cat nose to nose on a shoulder
Small black tattoo of a cat with an arched back and raised tail on the inside of a forearm, near the wrist.
Black cat tattoo on the forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a fluffy long-haired cat sitting with its tail curled around, on the inner wrist, shown beside two reference photos of the cat.
Fluffy cat outline on the wrist
Small fine line black tattoo of a cat face with whiskers on the side of a person's ankle, photographed on a dark carpet.
Cat face tattoo on the ankle
Illustrated flash design of a crouching hairless black cat with green eyes, gold ear and tail rings, set against a maroon inverted triangle.
Hairless black cat with gold details
Close-up of a small black fine line outline of a cat's head tattooed on the ankle of a foot resting on a floral duvet.
Small cat outline on an ankle
Collage of colourful neo-traditional tattoos of donuts, cakes, a cat with ice cream, candy canes and cupcakes on arms and legs.
Collage of colourful sweet treat tattoos
Neo-trad style tattoo on a lower leg showing a tabby cat's head inside a space helmet, surrounded by colourful nebula clouds and a small black bat.
Cat in a space helmet with nebula on a calf
Colour tattoo of a black and white cat stretching over a blue skeletal cat on the calf, in a Japanese-inspired neo-traditional style.
Black and white cat with skeletal cat on a calf
Traditional style roses, a heart and a sun tattooed on a person's thighs, with a tabby cat lying across the legs.
Traditional roses and a cat across tattooed legs
Black line drawing of a seated cat with pink, purple and blue watercolour splashes on a forearm.
Cat outline with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Small realistic tattoo of a striped tabby cat lying on its back with a red collar, placed on the outer thigh.
Tabby cat tattoo on the thigh
Colour neo-trad tattoo of a tiger face with butterfly wings, green eyes and a pink nose, on a leg with bold black outlines.
Tiger face with butterfly wings on a leg
Two matching neo-traditional cat tattoos with crowns, one ginger and one tabby, on the tops of a pair of feet.
Crowned cat tattoos on both feet
Pencil-style tattoo design drawn on paper showing a hairless cat in profile beside a cluster of blossoms, in black and grey neo-traditional linework.
Hairless cat profile with blossom sprigs
Black and white flash sheet of Egyptian tattoo designs including a profile queen, a sphinx, an ankh, an Eye of Horus, a winged scarab, Anubis and pyramids.
Egyptian motif flash sheet
Colour tattoo of a faceted grey and blue cat head with yellow eyes and a pink nose, sitting on the forearm in a geometric style.
Geometric cat head on a forearm
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat with planets and stars on the inner forearm.
Cat with planets on a forearm
Colour tattoo of two cartoon cats in an ornate gold frame on a blue background, with a banner reading Darling, on an upper arm in neo-traditional style.
Two cartoon cats in a gold frame with Darling banner
Two colour tattoos of a white cartoon cat in an ornate gold or silver frame, one with a pink ribbon banner and one with a pink bow, both on the thigh.
White cartoon cat in ornate frame on thigh
Fine line black tattoo of a cat's nose and whiskers across the side of a finger, with long blonde hair and a denim jacket visible behind.
Cat whiskers tattoo on a finger
Fine line black outline tattoo of a stretching cat with whiskers and a curled tail, on the upper back below the nape of a woman with her hair tied up.
Cat outline on the upper back
Black outline tattoo of a sitting cat filled with pink roses and green leaves, shown on a forearm.
Rose-filled cat on a forearm
Colour neo-trad style tattoo of a cat beside a grey moon and green crystals on a galaxy background, on the upper arm.
Cat, moon and galaxy on an upper arm