Cat tattoo ideas

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Black and grey tattoo of a cat peeking from a teacup with a small red heart above its head and the words Tea for Two beneath, shown in four close-up views.
Cat in a teacup with Tea for Two lettering
Neo-trad tattoo of a black cat with sugar skull face paint, red roses and green leaves, with small stars at the top left.
Sugar skull cat with red roses
Colour tattoo on the top of a foot showing a white cartoon cat in a red bow and red collar, holding a gold coin, with bold black outlines.
Hello Kitty as a lucky cat on a foot
Traditional-style tattoos of an eye, a bearded face with a flower and lettering on a thigh, with a white kitten in the foreground.
White kitten in front of traditional tattoos on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a cat-shaped sugar skull with a pink bow and floral details on the top of a foot.
Cat-style sugar skull with bow on a foot
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling black cat with yellow eyes and a red tongue, on the forearm.
Snarling black cat on a forearm
Two matching traditional tattoos of a cat and a bird inside pink scalloped hearts on a person's thighs, with a tortoiseshell cat on grass behind.
Matching cat and bird hearts on thighs
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a black cat with a paw resting on a hand, placed on the calf.
Black cat and hand on a calf
Colour traditional tattoo of Hello Kitty with a red bow, pink and yellow flowers and a banner reading HELLO KITTY on a forearm.
Hello Kitty banner tattoo on a forearm
Traditional black and grey tattoo of a crescent moon with a smiling face and a black cat sitting on it, on the upper arm.
Crescent moon and black cat on upper arm
Two forearms pressed together, each with a colour traditional-style tattoo of a cat inside a yellow scalloped heart on the inner forearm.
Matching cat hearts on two forearms
Black and grey traditional tattoo of a cat silhouette in an oval cameo frame with flowers and a pearl drape, on a person's upper back.
Cat cameo on upper back
Colour traditional tattoo of a cat face with a pink bow, purple accents and pink flowers on the forearm.
Sugar skull style cat with bow on forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black cat's head with yellow eyes inside a red heart and green scalloped border, on the upper arm.
Black cat head in a heart on an arm
Colour tattoo of a grey cat with sugar skull face paint, red roses and green leaves on the upper arm, with black star outlines nearby.
Sugar skull cat with red roses
Traditional style tattoo on the upper thigh of a cat wearing a flowered hat and red bow tie, framed in a scalloped oval.
Cat in a hat and bow tie on a thigh
Woman seen from behind holding a cat, showing a large colourful traditional-style back tattoo of flowers and dark swooping shapes, with a tattoo on her thigh.
Colourful back and thigh tattoos with a cat
Traditional style colour tattoo of a black and white cat wearing a red collar with a bell, above a red flower and dark leaves, on the upper arm.
Cat with bell collar and flower on arm
Traditional black and grey cat face tattoo with fangs, red blood drops, a crossed knife and the number 13 above it, on skin.
Cartoon cat with crossed knife and number 13
Two clasped hands with traditional tattoos of a butterfly, a cat head, a heart and a lily on the hands and forearm.
Hands with butterfly, cat and lily tattoos
Colour traditional tattoo of a skeleton-faced black cat, a red rose and blue flowers above a banner reading Siempre en mi corazon, on the upper arm.
Skeleton cat and rose banner on upper arm
Four identical solid black cat head designs with white linework for the eyes, ears, whiskers and muzzle, arranged in a two by two grid on a white background.
Four black cat head designs on a sheet
Black ink flash design of a seated cat with a third eye and a triangle emblem, resting on a crescent moon decorated with flowers and dots, shown on a dark wooden surface.
Cat on a crescent moon flash design
Black ink Hello Kitty outline filled with peony and blossom flowers in a traditional style, tattooed on the upper back near the shoulder.
Hello Kitty outline filled with peonies
Traditional black and grey cat head tattoo with yellow eyes and a solid black moon above it, on the upper arm.
Sphynx cat head with yellow eyes on an arm
Traditional style tattoo of a cat in a space helmet and suit floating beside a ringed planet, on the forearm.
Cat astronaut with ringed planet
Black ink flash sheet of traditional-style designs including skulls, a cat, a rose, a dagger, an owl and a rabbit, many marked with the number 13, shown as drawings with no body placement.
Hand-drawn flash sheet with 13 motifs
Black outline tattoo of a snarling cat head in profile on the ankle, in a traditional style.
Snarling cat head on an ankle
Colour traditional Japanese maneki-neko lucky cat tattoo with a gold coin, shown on the arm.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on the arm
Colour tattoo of a black and brown cat with green eyes above an orange rose with green leaves, on a forearm, in neo-traditional style.
Cat face and orange rose on a forearm
Small black and red Japanese maneki-neko lucky cat tattoo with a red collar and raised paw, shown on a forearm.
Maneki-neko lucky cat tattoo
Black and grey traditional flash design of a heart holding a hand clasping a cat paw, with a crescent moon, stars, a flower and the words Boys Whatever Cats Forever.
Heart with clasped hand and cat paw
Traditional style tattoo on the back of a hand showing a grey and black cat with pink-tinted hair buns, a robe and a banner reading NERF HERDER, beside a photo of the real cat.
Cat portrait tattoo with banner on the hand
Black and grey traditional style tattoo of a striped cat curled around the upper arm, with bold outlines and shaded stripes.
Striped cat tattoo on upper arm
Traditional style tattoo of two black cats peeking over a red heart with daisies and leaves, on a limb of skin.
Two black cats peeking over a red heart
Japanese-style flash drawing of a black and white cat holding a sword, with a woman's head and pink flowers on its body, set beneath a gold halo.
Cat with sword and woman's head design
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat holding a teal fish on the forearm, outlined in bold black linework.
Maneki-neko cat on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a seated black cat with a gold collar beside red hieroglyphs, on the lower leg.
Seated black cat with hieroglyphs on a calf
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat character wearing a gold crown and red bow, set above a large pink rose on a forearm.
Cat character with rose on a forearm
Traditional style tattoo of a black and white cat in a pink collar above a red and turquoise flower with green leaves, on a limb.
Black and white cat with red flower
Traditional style tattoo of a sugar skull cat face with grey shading, red accents and swirling linework on an arm.
Sugar skull cat on an arm
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
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
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
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
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
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
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