Cat tattoo ideas

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Neo-traditional tattoo of a ginger cat with a teal thought bubble showing a golden slice of toast, placed on the thigh.
Ginger cat with toast thought bubble on thigh
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
Pink Cheshire Cat tattoo with teal eyes and a grinning mouth, with script lettering curling down its tail on the thigh.
Cheshire Cat with script lettering on a thigh
Neo-traditional tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow, set in a gold scrolled heart frame with pearls, on the upper thigh.
White cartoon cat in a gold and lilac heart frame
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a cat face with sugar skull eye markings, framed by red roses and flowers, on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull cat with roses on a thigh
Neo-traditional colour tattoo of a black cat wearing a jewelled headband and pearl necklace, resting behind a pale crystal ball on the thigh, shown in two photos side by side.
Black cat with crystal ball on thigh
Colour tattoo of a cartoon cat with a moustache and swept-back hair paddling an orange canoe, placed on the outer thigh.
Cartoon cat in a canoe on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a hairless sphynx-style cat with yellow eyes, set within green scrollwork and a red ornamental cartouche, on the outer upper thigh.
Sphynx cat with scrollwork on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a Siamese cat face with blue eyes and fine whiskers on the outer thigh of a bare leg, shown beside a second leg.
Siamese cat face on a thigh
Black and grey mandala tattoo on the chest of a person in a black cutout dress, with script and other small tattoos on the legs.
Mandala tattoo on chest beneath a black cutout dress
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
Three photographs of a leg covered in illustrated tattoos with bold outlines, featuring a bowler-hat figure with an umbrella, a stylised tree and a bird, placed on the thigh.
Illustrated leg tattoos in three panels
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a white cartoon cat with a pink bow inside a blue and black ornate frame, on the outer thigh.
Cartoon white cat in an ornate frame on a thigh
Winged black cat with a red mandala and om symbol behind it, shaded in dotwork, tattooed on the front of a thigh.
Winged black cat with mandala on thigh
Two neo-trad thigh tattoos in colour: a sugar skull cat wreathed in red roses and flowers, and a cat wearing a feathered headdress.
Two cat tattoos on the thighs
Fine line tattoo of a cat's head with four eyes and whiskers on the outer thigh, shown in black ink on skin.
Cat face with four eyes on a thigh
Black and grey dotwork tattoo of a standing cat with a curled tail on the upper thigh, with the cat's back arched toward the viewer.
Dotwork cat with curled tail on a hip
Black and grey engraved tattoos on both thighs showing wilted roses with a spider web, a rose bouquet, a cat skull and a snarling cat head.
Roses and cat heads on both thighs
Colour tattoo of a grey cat peering out from green and blue leaves and grass on the outer thigh.
Grey cat with green foliage on thigh
Traditional-style colour tattoo of a cat in a blue and orange heart frame above a pink bow, with a banner, on the outer thigh.
Cat in a heart frame on a thigh
Colour traditional tattoo of a cat wearing a flowered hat and bow tie within an ornate oval frame, on the outer thigh.
Cat in flowered hat on thigh
Black and grey realism tattoo of a cat's face on the inner thigh of a leg, with a real orange cat resting beside it on a floral duvet.
Grey cat portrait tattoo on a thigh
Back view of a person's legs with matching cartoon cat tattoos wearing pink bows above the knees, with a vertical chain of coloured stars, hearts, gems and bows running down each calf.
Cartoon cat with bows and jewel chain on both legs
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a tabby cat with green eyes in an ornate filigree frame with roses, on the thigh.
Cat portrait in an ornate frame on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a scowling cat in a gold frame with a banner reading No, on the thigh.
Grumpy cat in gold frame on thigh
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
Colour tattoo of a sugar skull style cat face with green eyes, surrounded by flowers and paw prints, on the outer thigh.
Sugar skull cat with flowers on a thigh
Teal cat eyes with dark linework tattooed on the thigh, with a faint feline face outlined around them.
Cat eyes tattoo on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a grey tabby cat's face framed by an ornate orange, red and blue mandala on the outer thigh.
Cat portrait in an ornate mandala on a thigh
Black and grey botanical tattoo of a cat's head framed by poppies, leaves and blossoms, covering the outer thigh.
Cat and botanical wreath on a thigh
Colour neo-traditional tattoo of a long-haired grey cat with green eyes sitting on pink lotus flowers, with a blue halo behind, on the thigh.
Cat on lotus flowers on a thigh
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
Black and grey traditional-style tattoo of a cat wearing a top hat inside an ornate oval frame with flowers, on the outer thigh, with small amber accents on the eyes.
Cat in a top hat in an oval frame on thigh
Small black line cat face tattoo on the upper thigh, in a fine line style, with patterned socks and creepers nearby.
Small cat face tattoo on a thigh
Scattered fine line black ink tattoos of cats, flowers, cherries and a crescent moon across two thighs.
Small fine line cats and flowers on thighs
Black and grey ornamental tattoos of an elephant and a cat in decorative headdresses, covering the outer thigh.
Elephant and cat thigh tattoos
Colour traditional tattoo of a cat wearing a teal collar in an ornate gold frame, with a red rose and black leaves below, on the thigh.
Cat in an ornate frame above a red rose
Colour tattoo of the Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland in pink and purple stripes with a wide grin, in a neo-traditional style on the upper leg.
Cheshire Cat tattoo on a thigh
Colour Neo-trad tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat with a monarch butterfly and leaves on the outer thigh.
Sphynx cat and butterfly on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a sleeping white cat curled on a stack of three orange books, with a pink and purple splash behind, on the thigh.
Sleeping cat on a stack of books on the thigh
Black and grey tattoo of a cat skull with anatomical labels, drawn in an engraved illustration style, on the outer thigh.
Labelled cat skull on a thigh
Realism-style tattoo of a tabby cat in a top hat within a laurel wreath, with a banner reading Jack the Ripper, on the upper thigh.
Cat in top hat portrait on a thigh
Colour tattoo of a hairless sphynx cat face wearing a crystal crown, with teal, pink and yellow shading, on the thigh.
Colourful sphynx cat with crystal on a thigh
Fine line single-line tattoo of two facing cats with flowing wave-like strokes on the outer thigh, in reddish-brown ink.
Two facing cats in single line on thigh
Two matching fine line black outline tattoos of a cat sitting in a teacup, one on a rib side and one on a thigh, with the wearers' faces not shown.
Matching cat in teacup tattoos on two people
Black filigree oval frame with a heart at the top, enclosing a cat silhouette against a dusky blue and pink galaxy background, on a thigh.
Cat silhouette in ornate frame on thigh
Traditional style tattoo of a snarling black cat head with purple eyes and red ears, with STAY above and HOME below, on the thigh.
Snarling black cat with STAY HOME lettering