Frank's Anvil

When someone is "not sure" how many tattoos they have, the one they do offer up can seem a bit random.

Take Frank, for example, who volunteered this anvil for us here at Tattoosday:

Why an anvil? "I'm a big Looney Tunes fan," he told me. The anvil, falling from great heights, is often a cartoon catalyst for one of those big expanding bumps on the head of say, Wile E. Coyote, for example. Thus the name on the anvil, ACME, which was said coyote's chief supplier of items designed to aid in the capture of the Roadrunner.

This particular piece was inked by Jae Connor at Electric Lotus Tattoo in Boonton, New Jersey. Work from Electric Lotus has appeared previously on Tattoosday here.

Thanks to Frank for sharing this nostalgic tattoo with us here on Tattoosday!

Themetacular

Some recentish Joe Capobianco girls...

Never the Bride

A couple of recent Joe Capobianco hands that I love.

Miro-culous!

Bjorn sent in this great recreation of a Loish (Lois van Baarle) pinup, done by Miro at Skinlab Tattoo, Prague.

Fairy Good!

I love it when I discover new UK talent! In addition to the huge backpiece below, these cartoon pinups were also done by Emma Kierzek.

Rudey Nudey!

An impish lady from Josh Woods

Channelling Jime

Derek Zielinski's Jime Litwalk inspired piece.

Something In My Rocket

New from blog favourite Tony Ciavarro.

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

Miaow!

Weird Joe Capobianco cat-lady!

Flower Lady

Simple but lovely, this pretty geisha was done by Darwin Enriquez.

Marvel-lous!

Roger LaDouceur is responsible for this comic book Mystique, would love to see one of the film version!

A thing of Wonder!

Alice has never looked better, thanks to Jason Blanton

We have a Vinall!

A nice collection of new school pinups from Steve Vinall, with a touch of the Corpse Bride about them?

Oh, my aching sides

Alessandro Mayer, culled from ModBlog. Not the greatest tattoo, but worth it for the 'ugh' factor.

Toon Time

This cartoony pinup was done by Darwin Enriquez.

Bedridden

Douglas Billian's hospital experiences were obviously a lot different to mine.

Geisha Cutie

CUte li'l geisha girl from Ed Perdomo, whose cartoon-style is just awesome!

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!