Cat tattoo ideas

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Colour tattoo on a lower leg showing a maneki-neko cat with a raised paw, a skull-patterned moth and red petals, in a traditional style.
Maneki-neko cat and skull moth on a calf
Neo-traditional tattoo of a black cat with green eyes and a tongue out, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms, on the outer thigh.
Black cat with cherry blossoms on a thigh
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with a red sunburst, cherry blossoms and lotus on the thigh.
Maneki-neko cat on a thigh
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a black and white cat with red lightning, a red and white mountain and light blue clouds on the leg.
Cat with lightning and mountain on a leg
Colour tattoo of a white and grey maneki-neko beckoning cat with a red hat, blue collar and bell, framed by red flowers, in a Japanese and neo-traditional style.
Maneki-neko cat with red flowers
Black and grey Japanese-style tattoo of cats among peony and leaf linework across a thigh, shown beside a line drawing of the same design.
Cats and peonies on a thigh
Full back tattoo in colour showing a white cat with pink ears, blue and red roses, daisies and skulls, in a Japanese-influenced style.
Cat, roses and skulls across a back
Colour traditional-style tattoo of a grey tabby and an orange cat curled together inside a circle on the upper arm.
Two cats curled in a circle on upper arm
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty posed like a maneki-neko lucky cat, with a red bow, red flowers and a gold coin, on a forearm.
Hello Kitty as a lucky cat on a forearm
Neo-traditional colour tattoos on both thighs, showing a horned ox in a red harness with yellow peonies on the left and a snarling white wolf with a chrysanthemum on the right.
Horned ox and snarling wolf on thighs
Illustration of a hairless cat with a Japanese style koi fish, waves and clouds tattoo in blue and black, leaning over a pale hairless cat.
Tattooed hairless cat with a koi and waves design
Colour tattoo of a grey maneki-neko cat with a red collar and bell, surrounded by pink cherry blossoms, on the calf.
Maneki-neko cat and cherry blossoms on a calf
Colour tattoo on a calf of a black cat wrapped with pink peonies, green leaves and a white snake, in a Japanese-inspired neo-traditional style.
Black cat with peonies and snake on a calf
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a black and white cat with red and gold shide streamers and grey clouds, placed on the outer thigh.
Cat with shide streamers and clouds on a thigh
Japanese style tattoo of a black cat with swirling motifs and pink and purple shading, running down the back of a calf.
Black cat with swirl motifs on a calf
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a spotted leopard-like cat and a black and white cat across the top of a foot and ankle.
Leopard and cat on a foot
Colour tattoo of Hello Kitty in a dark kimono with pink star pattern, holding a fan and a parasol, on an upper arm in a Japanese style.
Hello Kitty in kimono with parasol
Traditional Japanese style colour tattoo of a white maneki-neko lucky cat with a green patterned collar and gold bell, surrounded by red flowers, on the thigh.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with flowers on a thigh
Japanese style flash drawing of a grey cat with a scowling face and one blue eye, wearing a red hood with gold floral patterns, set against blue clouds on a pale background.
Cat in a red hood with clouds
Pencil and ink flash drawing of a neo-traditional maneki-neko lucky cat with a raised paw, a fan and a bell collar, surrounded by leaves and flowers.
Maneki-neko lucky cat design with flowers
Three-panel drawing of a black ink design of a cat curled up with a tiger's head, shown being brushed in progressively in a Japanese-influenced style.
Sleeping cat and tiger design in ink
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat holding a coin with script lettering, in a Japanese style, on the upper back near the shoulder blade.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on upper back
Full back tattoo in bright colour showing a large white cat with a blue and red rose, surrounded by flowers and skulls, in a Japanese and neo-traditional style.
Cat, roses and skulls across a back
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a sleeping black and white cat wrapped in pink peonies and green leaves on the upper arm.
Sleeping cat with peonies on an upper arm
Black line drawing of a fluffy kitten with a bow and a ball of yarn, framed by swirling cloud motifs, shown as a tattoo design on paper.
Kitten with a ball of yarn and bow
Diptych of a Japanese style colour tattoo on a lower leg, showing a black and grey cat with teal eyes wrapped around a blue and orange dragon with swirling cloud motifs.
Cat and dragon tattoo on a lower leg
Colour tattoo of a white cat with black markings curled on a crescent, beneath a katana, with teal flames and pink petals, on the forearm.
White cat with katana on a forearm
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with cherry blossom flowers and petals, shown on the lower leg in two side-by-side photos.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with cherry blossom
Four-panel collage of tattoos: a cat with a skull and lotus in traditional colour, a cat with a red daruma doll in traditional colour, a black and grey Japanese lion on a back, and a black and grey
Four cat and Japanese motif tattoos
Colour tattoo of a spotted maneki-neko lucky cat in front of red sunburst rays and purple lotus flowers, on the side of the abdomen.
Lucky cat with sunburst and lotus on the abdomen
Japanese style tattoo of a grey cat with green eyes holding a red daruma doll, on the outer thigh.
Cat holding a daruma doll on a thigh
Black and grey tattoo on a forearm showing Totoro under an umbrella beside the grinning Catbus, with shaded grass and leaves.
Totoro and Catbus on a forearm
Japanese-style tattoo of a cat face with yellow eyes, black and grey markings and a red rope beneath it, on the outer thigh.
Cat mask with rope on thigh
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with a red lotus and cherry blossoms on an upper arm.
Maneki-neko cat with lotus on upper arm
Japanese style flash design of a cat wearing samurai armour and a red helmet, surrounded by pink leaves and black accents, with no body placement shown.
Samurai cat in armour design
Colourful Japanese-style tattoo of a sleeping black and white cat curled around patterned shapes on the top of a foot.
Sleeping cat on the top of a foot
Colour Japanese style tattoo of a stretched white cat with black skulls and red eyes over teal waves on the top of a foot, with a red crab on the ankle.
Stretching cat with skulls on a foot
Colour Japanese-style tattoo of a stretching calico cat, filled with cherry blossom and fan patterns, on the side of a ribcage.
Stretching calico cat on ribs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a purple winking lucky cat with pink blossoms and petals on the top of a foot.
Maneki-neko and blossom on a foot
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat surrounded by pink cherry blossoms in a Japanese style, on the upper thigh.
Maneki-neko lucky cat with cherry blossoms
Painted Japanese-style design of a tabby cat with a white dragon wrapped around its body and red flames along its tail, shown as a drawing with no body placement.
Tabby cat and dragon design
Colour tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat with red ears, orange patches and a green bell collar on the upper arm, in a traditional style.
Maneki-neko lucky cat on upper arm
Colour Japanese tattoo of a maneki-neko lucky cat and a red daruma doll with pink cherry blossoms on the top of a foot.
Lucky cat and daruma on a foot
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
Colour tattoo of a beckoning maneki-neko cat with a red collar and bell, decorated with a red fish and small flowers, in a Japanese-inspired style on the upper arm.
Maneki-neko beckoning cat on upper arm
Close-up of a Japanese-style tattoo of a black cat with yellow eyes, surrounded by grey clouds and red and orange patterns, on a forearm.
Black cat and clouds on a forearm
Colour tattoo of a smiling maneki-neko cat holding a red daruma doll, with a pink flower and petal, in Japanese style on the inner wrist.
Maneki-neko cat and daruma on the inner wrist
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