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!
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!
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...
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.
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.
EDIT: Needled have a great tribute, with a link to Inked's gallery of Bettie tattoos.
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!
New Blog Header!
...and its all thanks to this awesome Tim Harris rendition of a classic Gil Elvgren piece.
Good Pin-up Bad Pin-up
I was hoping not to include bad tattoo art in this blog, but this, from Horrible Tattoos was too good to pass up. I particularly like his caption...
"Are you sure that my tattoo will look exactly like this one ?"
"Sure, sure relax..."
Care for a blow dry?
Wow, Mark Dupp! My hairdresser is a 60 year old geezer with whooping cough. Sigh.
Batter Up!
This tattoo by Robert Hixon is about the only thing that could get me even slightly interested in baseball.
Mmm, niffy!
This is a great tattoo, but I suppose If I had to have one of Jem, I'd have a random set of buttocks farting in her face too. Good work Steve Monie!
Si!
And just to get something slightly classier at the top of the blog, this gorgeous senorita was done by Ben Grillo.
Nipped In The Bud!
I took this from Roman's myspace, hence the lack of uncovered nipple. Great work though!
And now for something a little different....
Not quite 'pin-up', I admit, but the cute expression is rendered so well, I had to include it. By Hector Cedillo.
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