Friday, January 30, 2009

Tattoo sexy girl

Tattoo sexy girl A tattoo is a permanent mark made by inserting ink into the skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons. Tattoos on humans are a type of decorative body modification, while tattoos on animals are most commonly used for identification or branding.Tattooing has been practiced worldwide. The Ainu, the indigenous people of Japan, wore facial tattoos, as do some Maori

Phoenix tattoo

Phoenix are a very popular tattoo design. Phoenix made as phoenix tribal tattoos or phoenix Celtic tattoos are also very popular. Phoenix tattoos can be tattooed as armbands / arm bands, lowerback / lower back pieces, on ankles, shoulders, the upperback area, chest. . . just about anywhere as body art. People now commonly search online using the internet for phoenix tattoo flash (tattoo art /

If I weren't crazy, I'd be insane!


Tattoo Andy.

Geisha Cutie


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

Hoot of Africa


Another awesome reader submission, Erica sent in this cute thing done by Ed Perdomo.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Wherever I lay my Hoot


Elmo

Hoot Surgery


And another tattooist submission, this time from Tucson, Arizona's Ed Slocum.

Hoot In Mouth


Another reader submission, this one from Danny.

BraveHoot....2


Brave cos that one had to hurt....reader submission from Benny.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Monday, January 26, 2009

Adult Baby Jesus

Laura sent me this ridiculous and awesome Jesus tattoo. As you guys might know, I am kind of obsessed with Zombie Jesus tattoos. This one isn't Zombie Jesus, it's Adult Baby Jesus. I looked around for similar tattoos and could find NOTHING. This tattoo is in a category of it's own!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Gothic tattoos

Gothic tattoos represent some of the most interesting and beautiful forms of tattoo art today. Gothic lifestyle is so individually unique that there are no set standards for designs. Some of the more popular designs include Gothic cross tattoos, pentagram Gothic tattoos, and the ankh gothic tattoo. Gothic tattoos also have quite different styles with old English lettering and complex designs.Most

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

your early morning crap: presidental tattoo

It's a little late to be early morning crap, but I wanted to stick with a theme. Here's a tattoo to commemorate this historic date. A god awful tattoo of our 40th president, Ronald Reagan.


If you have an awful tattoo, feel free to contact alice@vivalavinyl.org and she'll try to get to it.

Fahrenhoot 451


The final reader submission of the day comes from Kim, who was lucky enough to have Uncle Allan do this piece at the Evian Tattoo Show 2008.

The King of Hoots


This owl comes from 'Handsome Al', done by Doc Fell at Mikes Tattoos in Carlisle, UK.

Stronghoot


Andi sent in this owltline, done by Kele Idol at Aerochild Tattoos in Birmingham, AL.

Monday, January 19, 2009

Everybody Hoots



Lastly, Ashley sent in this ace black & grey owl, called Vinny, and done at Infinate Art.

In My Hoot There Rings A Melody


DJ Kopp sent this owl in, done by Mikey Sarratt in Arizona.

Pops Hoot Stopped, In Came The Air Drop


A reader submission from the improbably monickered Gray Byrd.

Hoot Shot The Sheriff


Meg McNeil

your early morning crap: frat dolphin

This dolphin is member of a fraternity and obviously is into some major kush here. Wicked tribal, brah. He spends his day in his shitty recliner likely watching Old School with his other dolphin brahs. They all have tribal tattoos and love beer bongs.

This falls under the "it's so ridiculous it's awesome" category. Let's just call the AKH part awful, but the dolphin kinda awesome. I give you, your early morning crap...


If you have an awful tattoo, feel free to contact alice@vivalavinyl.org and she'll try to get to it.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Bird Tattoos

Bird tattoos are popular and far ranged.You will commonly find sparrows, owls, crows and ravens, doves, and hummingbirds.Crows and ravens symbolize revival and messenger of God.Doves symbolize Christianity, peace, hope, and new life.Eagles can represent might, spiritual growth, and patronism.Hummingbirds tend to represent a love charm and one who hoards.Owls symbolize wisdom and

Friday, January 16, 2009

Fairy Tattoo Pictures

Fairy TattooA fairy chasing a star tattoo on woman's back.


Fairy TattooSimple fairy tattoo on a man's arm.


Fairy TattooLovely fairy tattoo on a girl's back.

your early morning crap: lion!

Roar... this sucks!



If you have an awful tattoo, feel free to contact alice@vivalavinyl.org and she'll try to get to it.

Cherry Deadly


Happy New Year! To start 2009 off here is an awesome pinup from New-Skool master Leah Moule.

HootOut At The OK Corral


Finally for today's submissions, Joe Glassford sent in his owl, done by artist Robert Ryan from Electric Tattoo, Bradley Beach, NJ.

Hoot Stroke


Leeza sent in this submission, and writes, 'This was done to symbolize me with my memaw who past away. She was really into owls. It was done by "Wicked Ink" in Clearwater,Fl. by an artist named Prix.'

If You Can't Take The Hoot, Get Out Of The Kitchen


Happy New Year! I've been on holiday and had a slew of owl submissions waiting for me in my inbox when i got back, so I'll be posting them in the days to come. This little fella was sent in by Megan, and done by Shane at Classic Tattoo in Las Vegas.

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Bad straightedge tattoos volume one: text

I have a confession to make. I secretly love bad straightedge tattoos (maybe because I am straightedge? probably because they are just goofy). I actually secretly love all bad tattoos, that's why I do this blog. But I have a special soft spot in my heart for three x's that are stick-and-poked into someone's ankle. Many people get them, many people regret them later, but they are still awesome. These abominations, however, are not so awesome. Behold: the bad straightedge tattoos, volume one.


Bad font, bad linework, bad coloring, bad placement, just a generally bad idea.


Ditto! Only worse.


Why did he decide to put the text in a pool of water? I don't understand!


And finally- starship troopers straight edge dude. I have to admit this is actually pretty awesome, because I too love science fiction and not drinking. I hope this guy had a sense of humor about what he was doing, because that instantly turns this questionable tattoo into a hilarious and rad one.

If you have any regrettable edge tattoos (or any other kind of regrettable tattoo, for that matter) feel free to email me: alice@vivalavinyl.org.

your early morning crap: wizard!

I know how much Alice just loves wizard tattoos. Here's one to get your day going.


If you have an awful tattoo, feel free to contact alice@vivalavinyl.org and she'll try to get to it.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

It is never good... the "taz tattoo"

If there is ever a terrible god damn tattoo that people get, it's that piece of garbage "Taz" tattoo. For some reason or another the Warner Bros. Tasmanian devil has become one of the more well known shitstorms of ink pounded into the skin of the willing. I am unsure if it's some need to feel as if the person getting the tattoo is "wild and crazy" or some true love for the actual character. Nonetheless it is almost always an awful tattoo and unfortunately tends to be a "first" choice for a lot of people. All my searching on the internet found so many people saying that their Taz tattoo was their first and how much they loved it. I think it falls under the cheap flash art that on a dare someone finally gets to impress others. Now we look further into the lexicon of tattoo art and discover together this craptastic series of tattoos.






















I love how Taz takes on so many different roles and attitudes in these pictures. He is wild, crazy but hard working. Either way, they are all just awful.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

who ya gonna call?

Man oh man... I loved the movie too, but why?



sports and tattoos, a terrible mix...

Now I am a die hard Yankees fan and will never deny my devotion to the team. I however have always had an apprehension to getting a team related tattoo not because I dislike the team in some way, but mostly because sports related tattoos are normally god awful. They are almost always poorly executed and have stupid subject matter if it's not a specific logo. Here are some real stinkers I've found on my search around our faithful internet.




Since I mentioned I am a Yankees fan, it's only fair to start with them. I've been to enough games in my day to see some really terrible Yankees related tattoos. This one is just bad all around. Terrible idea, terrible execution and just poorly done. I would hide this from my friends and neighbors who might be fans themselves. I would be ashamed that I disparaged something I liked so much with absolute shit results.




Now it wouldn't be fair to all those Yankees fans like myself to allow our beloved pinstripers to be defaced in such poor ink fashion. So it's time to retaliate against the Boston Red Sox by exposing what is just utter crap. They took the team logo, which is fine, but the, added matching sweet, sweet tribal. Tribal that is color matched to the logo, absolutely brilliant. What is the point of the tribal? To show how you can make something that much more awesome by putting lines around it? I will never understand the obsession with tribal.





Holy Christ, quite possibly the worst logo reproduction I have ever seen. What this person must have done was found the best blind tattoo artist in the New England region of the United States and just described what this logo looked like. Imagine being proud of this enough to take a photo of it to show to people on the internet.



Ok so another combo of total stupid. Let's take a dragon (a wonderful tattoo cliche) and give him a soccer ball. What the hell, who gives a shit what nonsense you put on your skin. The dragon itself is barely recognizable. I mean is the soccer ball in the dragon's mouth?




Tough guy here thought he would show that playing hockey on broken, melted ice was a way to express his devotion to the game. Is the the hockey man wearing a gas mask? I don't blame him, this friggin thing stinks.




You save the best for last. This is the best. A pink bunny playing basketball. See ya next time...