Chinese Koi Tattoo

Chinese koi tattoo on a woman's back.

Cappy Christmas!

Joe Capobianco isn't just one of the most well-known pinup tattoo artists, but my personal favourite. So for Christmas, I thought I'd show a few of his early works, to get that festive spirit into you! Happy Christmas!

Stin City

These wonderful ladies were done by Stina Nyman. Wow!

Everything's Coming Up Roses

And finally for today, a thing of pure beauty from Valerie Vargas.

The Dark Ages

The picture quality isn't up to snuff, but I'm too big a fan of Derek Noble's Old School work to not post these...

Nurse-At-Sea

Nice mer-nurse from Chad Stone.

Red Devil

A classic Elvgren interpretation, by Jani.

Vamp Collector

Paul Acker's realistic vampires are a touch good, no? Wonderful use of colour, although I suppose I'm straining to call them pin-ups, perhaps.

Beady Ess Em

Such a fantastic tattoo, by Galen McHatton, although its fair to say a touch unconventional too.

Gypo!

New Dawnii pin-up!

Special Ranch

On the farm with some new Jime Litwalk pinups.

Bettie Page RIP

It's a sad day in Pin-up Land, as the queen of them all, Bettie Page, passed away today. Lets celebrate her by reminding ourselves of the times she's already been in the blog, and have one more for the road, by Marc Vienneau.



EDIT: Needled have a great tribute, with a link to Inked's gallery of Bettie tattoos.

Eve Sleeve!

Tempting Stuff! Done by Alison Manners

Hey Nurse, I Need A Bedbath!

Classic stuff from Cara Massacre.

Traditional Koi Tattoo

Traditional orange koi fish tattoo on back sleeve.


A Japanese boy being tattooed traditional koi tattoo on his arm.

Tattoo Best vs Tattoo Worst

The worst (bad) tattooes

We’ve all done it. Seen, heard, or experienced something so amazing we wanted to commemorate it for the rest of our lives. Unfortunately, some of these people obviously didn’t have the internet to help show them that some ideas are in fact, just plain stupid. There are worse, many by folks with many more We’ve all done it. Seen, heard, or experienced something so amazing we wanted to commemorate it for the rest of our lives. Unfortunately, some of these people obviously didn’t have the internet to help show them that some ideas are in fact, just plain stupid. Close your eyes and put yourself in these people’s shoes and maybe you can hear somewhere in the back of your head, their reasoning for doing this or what they told their friends as they were headed off to the tattoo parlor to go get it done. Maybe you’ll just hear silence - Hey, we tried folks.

Poor little baby

Careful what you wish for.

The McDonald’s Tattoo
Rule #1 about tattoos - there is no way a giant McDonald’s tattoo will NOT make you look like a total child molester.

no one is going

to rape him

in jail.

Is this full blown depression?

Girl Next Door

Don't know who did this, but the pinup in question is former carer and fellatrix for Hugh Hefner, 106, Bridgette Marquardt.

Dirrty

But perhaps my favourite Chip Rutz tattoo is this portrait of Christina Aguilera at her best.

Hot Chip!

And id if to prove the below, check out these wicked Gil Elvgren pinups, again from Chip Rutz.

Faster Pussycat Kill Kill!

I love this cheetahprinted pinup from Chip Rutz, someone who I only discovered for the first time today. His portfolio is shit hot!

Shoulder Koi Tattoo

Very beautiful red koi tattoo on a man's shoulder.


A man with gold koi fish tattoo on his shoulder.

Bleedin' Nice!

Bloody Hell! Nice work John Sweeney!

Rawr.

Here, kitty, kitty! Douglas Billion.

Threesome

Three completely different styles, all from the same needle, courtesy of Phil Young.