Cat tattoo ideas

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

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Colourful watercolour-style tattoo of a cartoon cat face in pink and blue with black linework on the thigh, with a small bird drawing near the knee.
Watercolour cat and bird on a thigh
Fine line tattoo of a dog and a cat touching noses, in black ink on the back of a shoulder.
Dog and cat nose to nose on a shoulder
Fine line tattoo of a stylised cat with a curling tail running down the centre of a woman's back, with green accents on the head.
Stylised cat with curling tail on a back
Black and white photo of fingers with fine line tattoos spelling MEW, with a small cat face between the E and the W, on the hand.
MEW lettering with a cat on fingers
Fine line black outline tattoo of a cat in profile with a small green eye, placed on the ankle.
Cat profile tattoo on the ankle
Fine line black outline of a sitting cat with a curled tail, tattooed on the lower leg near the ankle.
Small cat silhouette on a lower leg
Small fine line tattoo of cat whiskers and a pink heart nose on the inner wrist, with a hand and glitter nails visible above.
Cat whiskers and heart on a wrist
Fine line black outline tattoo of a cat sitting on a ledge, seen from behind, on the back of a person's neck.
Cat outline on the back of the neck
Fine line tattoo of a white cat's head with blue and yellow eyes and a pink ribbon bow, on the inner forearm.
White cat with a pink ribbon on the forearm
Close photo of a single-needle fine line black outline tattoo of a seated cat on reddish skin, with no clear body part visible.
Fine line outline of a seated cat
Two black cat tattoos on the backs of hands: a fine line outline of a cat with an arched back on one hand, and a solid black silhouette of a cat on the other.
Two cat tattoos on the backs of hands
Black fine line tattoo of a cat drawn in one continuous line, sitting on the outer forearm against a pale background.
Single line cat on an arm
Fine line black and grey tattoo of a cat standing on a stool and looking down at a small bone, placed on a forearm with a coin beside it for scale.
Cat on a stool on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a cat with its tail curling up, above a trail of paw prints with one red heart, on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Black cat and paw prints on the chest
Fine line tattoo of a cat face with teal eyes and a pink nose on the forearm, with light grey shading.
Cat face on a forearm
Fine line tattoo of a curled-up sleeping cat on the inner forearm, drawn in single black linework.
Sleeping cat on a forearm
Colour tattoo of two cat heads, one orange tabby and one grey tabby, in a fine line illustrative style on the forearm.
Two cat heads on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a stretching cat with the word enjoy in script on the ankle, linked by a single line from its tail.
Stretching cat with script on an ankle
Small fine line tattoo of a black and white cat face with yellow eyes on the inner forearm near the wrist, with a real cat sleeping beside it.
Black and white cat face on the inner wrist
Small fine line tattoo of a cat's face on the ankle, with one half solid black and the other half in grey tabby-style linework.
Small cat face on an ankle
Small black and grey cat tattoo with stippled shading on the ankle, shown in a black and white close-up with a trouser cuff above it.
Small cat on an ankle
Fine line tattoo of small animals holding blue, purple and red balloons across the upper arm.
Animals holding balloons on upper arm
Black ink fine line drawing of a cat in profile inside a crescent moon, shown on paper beside two fineliner pens.
Cat profile in a crescent moon
Fine line tattoo of a grey tabby cat sitting inside a circle of small purple and red flowers and green leaves, on the upper thigh.
Tabby cat in a flower wreath on the thigh
Black fine line tattoo of a cat's head above the word Meow in script, on the inner wrist and forearm.
Cat outline and Meow script on a wrist
Close-up of a fine line cat face tattoo with whiskers and a dark nose on the top of a finger, in black ink.
Cat face tattoo on a finger
Fine line tattoo of a white cat sitting on a red ball of yarn, with a red thread trailing across the inside of a forearm.
Cat playing with red yarn on a forearm
Black fine line tattoo of a cat face with whiskers across the side of a finger, on a person with long wavy blonde hair.
Cat whiskers tattoo on a finger
Fine line black fish tattoo on the upper back of a person with a tabby kitten held against their shoulder.
Small fish tattoo on upper back
Small fine line black tattoo of a cat face with whiskers and dot eyes on the finger of a person with long blonde hair, in a Fine line style.
Cat face tattoo on a finger
Colour tattoo of a cartoon ginger cat with large glossy eyes and a curled striped tail, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Big-eyed ginger cat on a shoulder blade
Fine line black tattoo of a sitting cat beneath a crescent moon, with a dotted trail curling down behind a person's ear.
Cat and crescent moon behind the ear
Colour tattoo of a cat reaching up towards a small butterfly, with blue and purple watercolour-style shading and a black outline, on the side of the ribs.
Cat reaching for a butterfly on the ribs
Fine line black tattoo of a seated dog with a cat beside it, placed on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Dog and cat outline on the upper back
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a small simple cat sitting upright, placed on the forearm.
Small minimalist cat on a forearm
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a curled-up sleeping cat with soft grey shading, on the outer thigh.
Sleeping cat on a thigh
Black and white photo of a small fine line Taurus symbol tattoo on the back of a woman's neck, with a cat on her shoulder.
Small Taurus symbol on the back of the neck
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a cat face with ears, a dot nose and whiskers on a person's ribs, with a white towel draped over the lower body.
Cat face tattoo on the ribs
Fine line cartoon cat with closed happy eyes, red and grey shading, a script name and a red heart above it, tattooed on a forearm.
Cartoon cat with script name on forearm
Fine line tattoo of a chubby outlined cat holding a pink bowl of steaming noodles, placed on the ankle.
Cartoon cat with noodles on an ankle
Fine line tattoo of a black cat with a curled tail, paw prints and a small red heart, placed on the upper chest near the collarbone.
Cat and paw prints on upper chest
Black fine line tattoo of a dog and a cat curled together inside an outlined heart, on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Dog and cat curled in a heart on the wrist
Two matching fine line cat tattoos, one plain and one striped, sit on the tops of two feet that touch at the toes.
Two cats on the tops of feet
Fine line tattoo of a stretching cat with watercolour pink, green, purple and orange fills and a small pink heart, placed on a limb.
Stretching watercolour cat with heart
Small fine line tattoo of a cat sitting on a crescent moon, placed on the lower back of a person with dark hair.
Cat sitting on a crescent moon on the lower back
Black fine line tattoo of a stretched-out cat with a curled tail on the lower back, above the waistband of jeans.
Stretching cat outline on the lower back
Small black fine line infinity symbol tattoo on a thigh, with a kitten in a pale shirt sitting on the leg beside it.
Infinity symbol tattoo on a thigh
Fine line black outline of a cat face with whiskers on the inside of a wrist.
Small cat outline on the inner wrist