Thursday, June 18, 2009

Smiley Happy Pinup


Chris Burnett chanelling the Joker, perhaps. Previously featured here.

Channelling Jime


Derek Zielinski's Jime Litwalk inspired piece.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Plane Gash (sorry)


And finally for today, a wicked rib-piece done by realistic king Cecil Porter.

Not Ugly Bettie


Bettie Page, as rendered by Pinup master Steve Soto

Hootthrob


Fabrizio Divari

Perky Plumage


Classic old school, wonderfully crisp, from a new tattooist to the blog, Shakey Pete. You can also find an excellent owl he did on Owl Tattoos.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Mother Nature


A classic Sean Herman piece.

Hooty Wainthropp Investigates


Tutti Serra. So crisp!

Hoot-Trick



Beth sent the above owls in, done by Trevor Muzik at Olde Town Tattoo in St.Cloud MN. These are great, be sure to submit the completed version!


Another reader submission above, from Rich.

Also, Matt sent in a much better pic showcasing his tattoo, featured here.

Something In My Rocket


New from blog favourite Tony Ciavarro.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Check Out My Post

To be honest, most of the tattoos uploaded to Check Out My Ink are, to put it mildly, shit. But I had a look through the pinup category and picked out a selection of the best....






I'm a huge fan of the second pic, wonder who that's by?

Bend Over and Cough


Another, more cartoony nurse from Johanna

Red Hoot Chili Peppers


Jime Litwalk

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Under The SeaWeed


Another classic Mike De Masi Piece, he of the pink lady in the 'submit your tattoo' pic on the right.

Hello Sailor!


Anon reader submission, done at Ed Hardy's Tattoo City, San Francisco.

Snow Good


New Joe Capobianco Snow Queen.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

HootBeat


Awesome tattoist submission from Shakey Pete

Lucky Lady


Nice gambling themed piece from Vinny Burkhart.

Your cheatin' hoots will tell on you



Jaer Connor

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Miaow!


Weird Joe Capobianco cat-lady!

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

OctoMilf and The Bandit



A couple of new, sleazy Mark Dupp pinups...

Hootel California

Another raft of reader submissions for you today...

Danyele sent the cute fella above in, done by Josh Lindley.


Not bad for a first ever tattoo! Submitted by Rachel, done by Donnie at Metamorphosis in Indianapolis, IN (above)


Great owl-tline submitted by Lauren. This should look ace when finished!


And finally, solid blackwork owl submitted by Rachael.

Monday, June 1, 2009

Tikipedia


Another superbly detailed Gil Elvgren peice from Cecil Porter

Samantha Hoot


Archimedes from the Sword In The Stone! Artist unknown.