Unmasked Beauty

Another terrific piece from Anabi in Poland.

Holy Cowgirl!

Another Nikko Hurtado masterwork!

What about Bob?

Vintage Bob Tyrell

Poles Apart

A nice reader submission from Jakub from Poland. Tattoo by Batoon.

Flare Rib

Marilyn sent in this excellent submission, a Gil Elvgren piece by Jose Lopez at Lowrider Tattoo in Fountain Valley.

Back That Ass Up!

HUGE back pinup from Emma Kierzek.

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?

The Beautiful and The Damned

Nice 20s style pinup from Jason Butcher, looks like it was ripped from an F Scott Fitgerald cover.

Beautiful Noise

New Dawnii

Kat Power

Kat Von D might get a lot of criticism in the tattoo world, but some of her portraits are still phenomenal. These are two of my favourites of hers, Sharon Tate and Eliza Dushku respectively.

Dead Sexy

I love this Zombie Marilyn Monroe, done by Jason Butcher. Marilyn is probably one of the most popular icons for pinup tattoos, even entering the world of celebrity, on Megan Fox(y), below. Although for some reason she didn't go for the zombie option.

A Black And Grey pinup-fest!

I got a great email from Ruben, who has a nice collection of pinup tattoos done by some top-class artists.

This beautiful Pearl Frush lady was done by Steve Soto from Good Fellas Tattoo Shop, Orange, CA.


The Gil Elvgren Piece above was done by Tom Clarke at Ace's High in Fullerton, CA.


Also by Tom Clarke, the Marilyn Monroe portrait above.


And this is how they tie together! Some wicked ink there, thanks!

Eyes In The Back Of My ...Neck?

Such a great idea for placement, this black and grey Ryan Hadley piece is certain an eye-catcher, pardon the pun.

Snakes in her Mane!

Scarily good, and thoroughly NSFW realistic Medusa, from Dave Newman. Apologies for the awful title punnage.

Who's there?

Something a bit different from Darwin Enriquez this time...

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.

Vamp Stamp

This black and grey vampire tattoo is just awesome! Whoah, Russ Abbott.

Si!

And just to get something slightly classier at the top of the blog, this gorgeous senorita was done by Ben Grillo.

'If I win, you become my slave...'

Hackers-era Angelina Jolie, by Bob Tyrell. WOW!

Badges? We don't need no stinkin' badges!

Chris Garver's nice bandito lady.