See Justin Bieber's New Owl Tattoo and His Seven Other Pieces of Ink

Justin Bieber has been averaging a new tattoo a month since the summer. So far, he's added "Believe" and a Japanese symbol to his arms and a crown to his chest since June. Over the weekend he shared his newest ink with his fans: an owl on his left arm.

The Biebs posted the shot of the new tat to his Instagram page with the caption: "Befo the paps get me." Perhaps the owl, a bird that appears as though it can turn its head all the way around, symbolizes that he's always on the lookout for sneaky photogs? They have caused him a bit of anguish on the roadover the last year. 

This isn't the first bird tattoo for the star. His first ever ink, back in March 2010, was the outline of a bird on his left hip.

Let's take a look back at Justin's tattoo timeline, shall we? 

Justin's bird tattoo (via Bauer Griffin)March 2010: The Biebs first got inked at the Son of a Gun tattoo parlor right around his 16th birthday. He went with his dad, Jeremy, and got a small outline of a bird on his left hip. Apparently the bird is part of a Bieber family tradition. Both his dad and uncle sport the same tat. 




Justin's Hebrew tat (via Bauer Griffin)April 2011: Bieber made another trip to the tattoo parlor with his dad while touring in Israel. That time, both guys got inked with "Yeshua" in Hebrew, which means "Jesus." Justin's tattoo is written vertically on his left ribcage, so you can't see it unless he's shirtless. It's unclear if the singer's dad got tattooed in the same spot.


Justin's fake star tattoo (via Justinbiebertattoos.com)May 2011: Biebs flaunted more body art shortly after returning from his world tour. This time, he sported the outline of a star on his left elbow. The first pictures of the tattoo were taken in Texas over Memorial Day weekend, but a few weeks later the black outline had disappeared! Turns out the elbow art was just a temporary Henna drawing. 



The Biebs' Jesus ink (FameFlynet)January 2012: Looks like the Biebs is into big, bold ink these days. While at the beach early in the year, Bieber revealed a large tattoo of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns on his left calf. This is the singer's first tat that's visible outside of the beach, even though it's easily covered up by pants.



Praying hands (via FameFlynet)March 2012: Around the second anniversary of the singer's first tattoo, he added another image to his left calf. Bieber's latest ink is an image of praying hands, and they're placed right next to the Jesus tat. The singer has yet to say anything about the fresh art, but he did address rumors of an inner-lip tattoo in an interview. "I think they wash out in like a year anyway. I don’t know if I’d go through the pain of getting one on my lip," he said.

Bieber's "Believe" (Getty)

June 2012: Just before the Biebs' Believe album dropped over the summer, he got a block letter tattoo of the title on the inside of his left arm. He was then lectured about tattoos by talk show host David Letterman. But that clearly hasn't stopped the star from adding to his ink collection. 

"Music" (Getty)

July 2012: It's unclear when the Biebs added a tiny tattoo to the inside of his right arm, but he showed off a small Japanese symbol on the red carpet over the summer. The symbol means "music." 

Bieber's crown (Twitter)

September 2012: Bieber posted a shirtless picture of himself in September, displaying a crown inked on the right side of his chest. "New tattoo its a crown if you couldn’t tell,” he wrote