Cat tattoo ideas

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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
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat face with big blue eyes and a waffle cone body, topped with teal soft serve, on the forearm.
Cat in an ice cream cone on a forearm
Fine line black tattoo of a cat face with whiskers and pointed ears on the inner wrist.
Minimalist cat face on a wrist
Black and grey tattoo on the inner forearm and wrist showing silhouetted bats, a shaded moon and clouds, with a black cat sitting at the lower edge.
Bats, moon and black cat on a forearm
Fine line black outline tattoo of a sitting cat with a curled tail on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Outline cat with curling tail on a wrist
Fine line black tattoo of a seated cat reaching up toward a butterfly with small sparkles, on the inner forearm.
Cat reaching for a butterfly on a forearm
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
Neo-traditional style tattoo of a cat's face with lettering reading Lil Bub on a forearm, with a real tabby cat held against the arm.
Cat portrait tattoo on a forearm
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
Black and grey dotwork tattoo on the inner forearm showing a woman's profile with a hand raised to her face and a black cat sitting in a round hand mirror.
Woman and black cat in a mirror on forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat head in profile with pink-tinted ears and dark leaves, on the forearm.
Black cat and leaves on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of a grey cat face with yellow eyes, a golden crown and a fleur-de-lis on the forearm.
Cat face with crown and fleur-de-lis on forearm
Black and grey realism tattoo of a tabby cat's face on the inner forearm, with shaded fur stripes and whiskers.
Tabby cat portrait on the inner forearm
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
Black and grey fine line tattoo of a woman with a cat's head in profile, with a hair bun and dotwork shading on the shoulder, on a forearm.
Woman with cat head in profile on forearm
Solid black silhouette tattoo of a cat in profile on the inner forearm, with a simple, bold outline.
Black cat silhouette on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a chubby cartoon cat holding a pepperoni pizza slice, with bold black outlines, on the inner forearm.
Cartoon cat with pizza slice on a forearm
Colour tattoos of a cartoon cat and a cartoon dog side by side on a person's forearms, with yellow fill and reddish outlines.
Cartoon cat and dog on forearms
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a grey cat wearing a red bow and a dotted halo, on the outer forearm.
Grey cat with red bow on a forearm
Neo-traditional tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a leather jacket and star badges, holding a blade, with orange and blue washes behind, on the forearm.
Cat in leather jacket with a blade
Black fine line geometric tattoo on a forearm, with a white kitten resting its paw and face against the skin.
Geometric line tattoo with a white kitten
Two side-by-side tattoos on an arm: a pastel faceted geometric cat on the left and a shaded realistic cat within a gold scrollwork frame on the right.
Geometric cat and realistic cat tattoos
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a tabby cat wearing a peacock feather headdress and gem tiara, with a red heart gem and red flowers, on a forearm, shown in three side-by-side views.
Cat with peacock feathers and red flowers
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cat's face above a sleeping cat, with clouds behind them, on a forearm.
Cat portrait and sleeping cat on a forearm
Two matching tabby cats seen from behind, tattooed in grey, black and orange ink on two forearms.
Matching cats on a pair of forearms
Neo-trad style colour tattoo of Baymax from Big Hero 6 hugging a cat, with pink and purple hearts and a banner reading Hairy Baby, on a forearm.
Baymax holding a cat on a forearm
Realistic green cat eyes with black liner tattooed side by side on the inside of a forearm.
Green cat eyes on a forearm
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
Realistic black and grey tattoo of a walking tabby kitten with a trail of paw prints on the forearm.
Tabby kitten and paw prints on forearm
Colour tattoo of the cartoon characters CatDog, a dog and cat sharing one body, in orange and tan with black outlines, on a forearm.
CatDog cartoon characters on a forearm
Small colour tattoo of a black and white cat's face with green eyes and pink ears on the inner forearm near the wrist.
Black and white cat face on the wrist
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
Black line tattoo of two cats holding paws on the inner forearm, drawn in a fine line style with light dotwork shading.
Two cats holding paws 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
Colour tattoo of a ginger cat head with pink roses and leaves on the wrist, drawn in fine line style.
Ginger cat and roses on a wrist
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
Shirtless person with black and grey tattoos on the chest and upper arms holding a kitten against their body.
Tattooed arms holding a kitten
Two black and grey forearm tattoos: a geometric cat face with bold linework on the left, and a dotwork fox head with a moon, stars and mountains on the right.
Geometric cat and dotwork fox on forearms
Colour tattoo on the inner forearm of a tabby cat with blue eyes peeking over a coffee cup, with the words all you need is love and more coffee in a realistic style with lettering.
Cat peeking over coffee cup with lettering
Small watercolour-style cat silhouette in rainbow colours on the inner wrist, shown in a close photo of the arm.
Watercolour cat on the inner wrist
Fine line black cat outline tattoo with pink and blue watercolour splashes, sitting on the forearm.
Cat outline with watercolour splashes on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow and blue eyes, outlined in black, on the inner forearm above a floral ribbon.
Cartoon cat with pink bow on forearm
Fine line black ink tattoos of two cats on the inner wrists of raised arms, one small and seated, one larger and fluffy.
Two cat outlines on inner wrists
Black outline tattoo of a chubby cartoon cat with stripes on a person's forearm, shown in a black and white bathroom photo.
Cartoon cat outline on a forearm
Two black and grey dotwork tattoos on forearms that together show a cat's head split down the middle within geometric triangles.
Split cat head in triangles on forearms
Black and grey geometric tattoo of a cat's head with angular facial planes and pointed ears, on the inner forearm.
Geometric cat head on a forearm
A forearm with grey pentagram, floral and script tattoos, and a small red rose on the finger, held beside a hairless Sphynx cat.
Pentagram and script on a forearm, with a Sphynx cat
Black outline tattoo of a cat head with whiskers above a curled tail line on the forearm, in a fine line style.
Cat head and curled tail on forearm