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Cat Doodle

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Drawn: A kitten going cross-eyed at a butterfly on its noseA kitten going cross-eyed at a butterfly on its noseDraw the kitten sitting. Put a bow-tie butterfly on its nose and set both pupils at the inner corners of the eyes.

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Faces and heads 15

A cat face built on a cross, eyes on the line across Pencil a cross inside a circle. Eyes sit on the line across, the nose just under where the lines meet, ears a third in.
A cat face from a capital M on a wide U Write a wide M for the ears and brow, then draw a U from its two ends. Dot the eyes under the dip of the M.
A cat face from a coin-size circle and two triangle ears Set a triangle on each top corner of the circle. Two dots, a tiny Y for the nose, three whiskers a side.
A cat face typed in keyboard marks Two carets for ears, an equals sign each side for whiskers, and two dots with a small w between them.
A cat head as a soft square with the corners pulled up A square with round bottom corners. Pull the two top corners into points for ears. Keep the eyes low.
A cat head in profile with one ear and a muzzle bump A C that opens to the right, a small bump for the muzzle and one triangle ear. One eye, one fan of whiskers.

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A cat muzzle: two small circles under a triangle nose Draw the head and a small triangle nose. Set two small circles side by side under it, dot them and add a chin curve.
A cat of whiskers only: six lines, a nose, two dots A small triangle nose, pointing down. Fan three lines out each side and put two dots above. Stop there.
A cat's ears, cheeks and chin in one unbroken stroke Start at a cheek, go up an ear, dip, up the other ear and round the chin. Loop in for the nose and mouth.
A crescent on its back as a cat head, tips for ears Draw a wide crescent with both tips pointing up. Close the top with a shallow dip and put the face low inside.
A fluffy cat face with zigzag cheek tufts Make the head wider than tall. Swap each side for a zigzag of three fur points. Small ears set far apart.
A sleeping cat face, each eye one sagging arc A circle with two ear triangles. Each eye is one short arc that sags in the middle. A dot nose over a small w.
The back of a cat's head: a dome and two shaded triangles One smooth dome with a triangle on each side of the top. Shade inside each one and add a few neck fur ticks.
Half a cat face peering round an edge, one paw hooked Rule an upright line. Draw half a head against it with one eye and one ear, and four toe bumps round the edge.
Two cat faces side by side sharing one cheek line Tilt each head outward. Four ears, two noses and a single line down the middle where the two cheeks meet.

Whole cats 15

A ball of a cat with a tail like a coiled spring One circle is the whole cat. Ears on top, the face in the upper half, and a tail that winds up in three coils.
A cat built from three circles: head, chest and hips Line up three circles, the middle one largest. Join them with two curves, then add ears, legs and a tail.
A cat from a wide triangle with a small one flipped on top A wide triangle for the body. Balance a small one on its tip, point down, so its two top corners are the ears.
A cat from above: a figure eight with a tail A small circle on a bigger oval, the ears two notches. Four paw tips peek out and the tail curves to one side.
A cat on the move, its legs in two upside-down Vs A long oval body seen from the side. Front legs make one V, back legs another. Tail level, head low and forward.
A cat pouring off a ledge like a drip Rule a shelf. The front half comes down in a long drip, paws reaching, while the back half still sits on top.
A flopped cat as a long oval with four legs in a row A long oval lying flat. All four legs stick out to one side in a row and the head rests on the floor line.
A long cat bent round the corner of a page Head and front paws lie along the bottom edge, the body turns the corner and the tail runs up the side.
A lying cat as a doorstop wedge, two paws out in front A low wedge, tall at one end. The head sits on the tall end, two paws reach forward and the tail lies behind.
A seated cat in profile, drawn from one S down the spine Start at the ear and run one S down to the tail. Add the chest line, one front leg and a round haunch.
A standing cat from a box, four sticks and an S tail A long box with soft corners, four straight legs, a round head and a tail that stands up in an S.
A teardrop cat on its wide end, tail hooked like a J Stand a teardrop on its wide end. Put the ears on the point, then hook the tail round the base like a J.
A triangle cat: a wide base with the head at the point A tall triangle with soft corners. The top third is the head, with ears. The tail curls out of a bottom corner.
Two cats spine to spine, their tails crossed in an X Two sitting teardrops that face away from each other. Each tail curls up and the two cross in the middle.
The word CAT turned into a cat: a face in the A, a T tail Write CAT in thick capitals. Add two ear points and a face to the A and curl the foot of the T into a tail.

Black and patterned cats 15

A black cat from above as a filled violin shape Head, shoulders and hips make a violin outline. Fill it, leave two ear notches and curve the tail out.
A black cat silhouette holding a night sky Fill the silhouette solid but leave pinprick gaps all over it and one narrow crescent. A white pen works too.
A cat coat of overlapping U scallops, nose to tail Start at the neck with a row of small U shapes. Tuck each new row under the last until the tail is covered.
A cat in a checkerboard coat of filled and bare squares Outline the cat, rule a small grid across the body only, and fill alternate squares. Keep the head plain.
A cat outline filled with calm repeating patterns Draw a sitting cat. Divide it into bands and fill each with one pattern: scales, waves, dots, leaves.
A cat split down the middle, half filled and half striped Draw the cat front on and divide it down the nose. Fill one half solid and band the other with stripes.
A dotted cat: pen dots in rows that follow its back Any simple cat outline. Fill the body with small dots in rows that follow the curve of the back. Face left clear.
A filled S of black cat tail below a shelf line Rule a shelf. Draw only what shows: a solid tail in a slow S under it, and two ear tips above the line.
A plain cat with a thick ringed tail Leave the body blank. Draw the tail thick and band it with five or six dark rings, the tip filled in.
A scribble cat: tight loops of ink, darkest in the middle Build the cat from looping scribble with no outline. Scribble less at the edges so the fur looks soft.
A solid black cat head, whiskers saved as bare paper Pencil the whiskers and eyes first. Ink round them so they stay bare, then fill the rest of the head.
A stencil black cat: three filled shapes with gaps between A circle, a bell and a hook that do not touch: head, body and tail. Fill all three and leave the thin gaps bare.
A striped cat with ladder bars down its back Draw the cat side on. Rule short bars across the back from neck to tail like the rungs of a ladder.
A white cat shape left empty in a black square Pencil a sitting cat inside a square. Fill the square round it, so the cat is the bare paper left behind.
An ink blot turned into a black cat with two ear ticks Make a solid blot the size of a thumbnail. Add two ears, a tail and four whisker lines round it.

Kittens 15

A basket rim with kitten ears in pairs and two tails over An oval rim over a bowl of crossed lines. Along the rim draw pairs of ears, then two tails over the side.
A kitten as a ball of fluff with two ears A scribbled circle no bigger than a button. Two small triangles, two big dots and a tail like a short carrot.
A kitten asleep as one plump comma Draw a plump comma. The round end is the head with two ear ticks, and the narrow end curls under as the tail.
A kitten asleep on top of a big cat loaf A big loaf with a head. On its back, a small oval with two ears and a tail trailing down the side.
A kitten clinging halfway up a curtain Two long wavy lines for the cloth. The kitten holds on from behind, four legs spread, claws as tiny ticks.
A kitten face with eyes too big for its head A round head with the ears small and low. Each eye is a large circle with a big dark pupil and a white shine dot.
A kitten going cross-eyed at a butterfly on its nose Draw the kitten sitting. Put a bow-tie butterfly on its nose and set both pupils at the inner corners of the eyes.
A kitten in a coat pocket, two ears and one paw out A pocket is a U with a stitched top edge. Above the edge, a half circle with ears, and one paw hooked over.
A kitten lapping at a saucer, tongue a tiny tick A flat oval for the saucer. The kitten crouches with its chin at the rim and its tail straight up behind.
A kitten meeting its own face in a puddle Draw the kitten leaning over an oval. Inside the oval draw its face again upside down, with one ripple line.
A kitten of two stacked balls, the head the bigger one A small ball for the body and a bigger one on top. Two ears, two dots set low and a tick of a tail at the side.
A kitten sitting lopsided, one back leg stuck out sideways A leaning triangle body under a round head. One back foot pokes out to the side as a long oval with toe ticks.
A pile of three kittens, one upside down Three overlapping ovals. Give each one a head at a different end and flip one so its paws point up.
A wobbly kitten on legs set wide like a table A small oval body on four legs splayed apart. A head as big as the body and a short pointed tail straight up.
Five kitten tails standing up behind a line, no two alike Rule a line. Stand five short pointed tails on it, each bent a little differently. Nothing else shows.

How this list was compiled: Original list written for Draw This Next on 2026-10-02: 60 cat doodles in four kinds (faces and heads, whole cats, black and patterned cats, kittens), each marked easy, medium or hard, with the shapes it is built from and the first strokes to draw. Kept apart from cat-drawing-ideas, which draws real cats in a pose, a named coat or a breed outline, and from the three cats on animal-doodles; no item repeats a title from any other list on the site. No facts are stated. Licence: own work

How it works

A cat doodle is a few plain shapes: a circle and two triangles, a wedge, a teardrop with a J for a tail. Every doodle here names its shapes and gives the first strokes.

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A cat face doodle or a cat head doodle first

Faces are the quickest start. A cat face from a capital M on a wide U takes two strokes, and a cat of whiskers only has no outline at all. Keep the eyes low on the head and the ears far apart.

A black cat doodle is all fill

Fill does the work. A stencil black cat is three filled shapes, head, body and tail, with thin gaps left bare, and An ink blot turned into a black cat with two ear ticks starts from a thumbnail of ink. The same kind holds striped, dotted and checkerboard cats, all made of marks a pen can repeat.

Draw the ears first. Once two triangles are down, almost any shape under them reads as a cat.
Whiskers go on last, in single quick strokes, three a side.

Questions and answers

What are some cute cat doodles?

The Kittens kind holds 15: a kitten of two stacked balls with the head the bigger one, a kitten asleep as one plump comma, a pile of three with one upside down. Big heads and big eyes do the work.

Which cats are the easiest to start with?

For cartoon cats easy to draw from one shape, try A ball of a cat with a tail like a coiled spring or A teardrop cat on its wide end, tail hooked like a J. Easy, under More filters, holds 20.

What is the simplest kitten doodle?

A kitten as a ball of fluff with two ears: a scribbled circle no bigger than a button, two small triangles, two big dots and a tail like a short carrot.

How is this different from the cat drawing ideas?

That list draws real cats: poses, named coats and breed outlines. These are small cats made of shapes, for a margin or a card.