Cat tattoo ideas

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Fine line and dotwork tattoo of a moon, a faceted shape and a cat resting on an outlined hand, with a small teal wash, on a forearm.

Moon, cat and geometric shape on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a seated cat silhouette filled with pine trees, on the inner forearm.

Cat silhouette filled with pine trees on a forearm

Two matching black and grey dotwork cats seen from behind, sitting, tattooed on the inner forearms.

Pair of sitting cat tattoos on forearms

Dotwork tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat head in grey on a forearm, with a purple and teal geometric sun and a green leaf shape behind it.

Sphynx cat head with geometric sun on forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a seated cat silhouette filled with pine trees, placed on the inner forearm.

Cat silhouette filled with pine trees on forearm

Woman seated with long wavy hair, showing black and grey mandala tattoos on her upper arm and wrist and a cat head tattoo on her forearm.

Mandala and cat tattoos on arms

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's head with large ears and shaded eyes, on the outer forearm.

Cat head on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of an anthropomorphic cat in a striped jumper and shorts on the forearm, with Cyrillic lettering below.

Cat in striped jumper with Cyrillic lettering

Black and grey dotwork mandala tattoo with leaves and a wavy snake-like line on the inner forearm, beside a sleeping tabby cat.

Dotwork mandala on a forearm

Black and grey realism tattoos of cats with ornamental scrollwork and a tower on two forearms, with script lettering above the wrists.

Cats, scrollwork and tower on two forearms

Neo-traditional forearm tattoo of a hairless cat head above a red spiral sun and a beetle, with red, grey and black ink.

Cat and beetle neo-traditional forearm tattoo

Black geometric cat face tattoo on a forearm, built from triangles and circles with dotwork shading.

Geometric cat face on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork and linework tattoo of a cat curled up asleep inside a circle with small stars, on the forearm.

Sleeping cat in a circle on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a curled, sleeping cat with a scaled fish tail inside a circle, on the forearm.

Curled cat with fish tail on forearm

Traditional style tattoo of a seated cat filled with mandala and paisley ornament in black, grey and red on the forearm.

Ornamental seated cat on forearm

Black and grey fine line tattoo of a seated tabby cat with a small heart on its chest, framed by thin geometric circles and lines, on the forearm.

Tabby cat with heart on forearm

Colour tattoo of a purple cat with a yellow bow and a crown-like shape, set among ornate black ornamental patterns on a forearm.

Purple cat with yellow bow on forearm

Black and grey geometric cat head tattoo with dotwork shading on the inner forearm.

Geometric cat head on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat face with large ears and wide eyes, on the inner forearm.

Sphynx cat face on a forearm

Four photographs of arm sleeves with whimsical black line-art tattoos, including a ladybird, a dandelion, a snail and a cat, with small red accents, on the upper arm and forearm.

Whimsical line-art sleeve shown across four arms

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a flying saucer beaming up a cat under a crescent moon and stars, on the forearm, shown in two photos.

UFO abducting a cat on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a winged anatomical heart above an oval frame holding two cats, on the forearm.

Anatomical heart with two cats

Woman and black cat in a mirror on forearm

Woman with cat head in profile on 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

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

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

Hairless cat head with geometric triangles on a forearm

Cat portrait on a forearm

Black dotwork and fine line tattoo of two curled-up sleeping cats with small stars, enclosed in a circle on the outer forearm.

Two sleeping cats in a circle on a forearm

Black and grey sketch-style tattoo of a cat head with geometric triangles and a dotwork anatomical heart on a forearm.

Cat head and anatomical heart on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a seated tabby cat with a small heart on its chest, set over fine geometric circles on a forearm.

Seated tabby cat with geometric circles on a forearm

Feline head with geometric triangles on forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's face framed by filigree ornaments on a forearm.

Ornamental cat head on a forearm

Black and grey realistic tattoos of a pair of scissors on one forearm and a cat's head on the other forearm, with shading in a dotwork style.

Scissors and cat on two forearms

Cat outline on a forearm

A dotwork and mandala-patterned cat tattoo in black, grey and red on a forearm, shown beside a photo of the real white and brown cat it depicts.

Ornamental cat tattoo on a forearm

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 tabby cat's face on a forearm, shown twice at different sizes beside a hand.

Tabby cat face tattoo on forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat with planets and stars on the inner forearm.

Cat with planets on a forearm

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a smiling cat wearing round glasses, a ribbed beanie and a striped jumper, on the forearm.

Bespectacled cat in a beanie and jumper

Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a cat's face inside a heart, with a crescent moon and sparkle stars, on the inner forearm.

Cat in a heart with moon and stars on a forearm