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The treet art of spraying graffiti onto city walls has found its way onto a new canvas - bare women's bodies.
And the content of a popular website called Graffiti On Girls, where thousands of women uploaded revealing photos of their brightly painted backs and torsos, has now been made into an art book.
Graffiti artist Vince Prawns started the notorious blog Shriiimp: Graffiti On Girls back in 2005, and its community of fans now stands at more than 60,000.
Almost half of pictures submitted get rejected and the new book features only the cream of the crop of what makes it onto the website.
Artist Vince Prawns' site Shriiimp: Graffiti On Girls has now been made into an arty picture book
A spread from the book shows artistic photographs of women adorned with street art
Unlike traditional graffiti which is seen as illegal vandalism, Graffiti On Girls has become an internet hit, with cheeky street-style art added to women's bodies and the photographs uploaded for all to admire.
Thousands of women upload provocative and artistic portraits of themselves with pieces of work scribbled across their torsos, breasts, bottoms and backs.
Unlike traditional graffiti which is seen as illegal vandalism, Graffiti On Girls has become an internet hit
Some of professional models and artist whiles others are the 'girl next door' types who just want to give it a try
'When I started Shriiimp in 2005 I never imagined it would take off as it did, or that there would be such a craze for it,' says Prawns.
'The basic concept is very simple: most graffiti artists, including myself, have already painted on their girlfriends. Hence my idea to launch Shriimp.com; the first, the one and only website totally dedicated to graffiti on girls.
'Over the years the site has grown in popularity to more than 10,000 photos posted (and just as many not approved) by members from all over the world.'
When Prawns started the site in 2005 he never imagined that there would be such a craze for it
A double page spread from the book shows a serpent-inspired design and bright pink with matching makeup
The new book features only the cream of the crop of the limited pictures that make it onto the site
Last year, the blog made headlines. Site owner Vince Prawns said at the time: 'The trend is big. There's now an enormous community of people around the world posting pictures of themselves online.
'Some of professional models and artist whiles others are the "girl next door" types who just want to give it a try.
'There are big risks when you do graffiti on the street, but adding your tag to a girl is much nicer - it's all soft and curvy.'
The 'graffiti on girls' trend requires either a friend or boyfriend to do the artwork while the female exposes her flesh. Some girls also put tags on themselves, but can't get into hard to reach places such as their back.
Water-based markers like those for outside are used to add the attractive design in a range of colours across the girls' legs or torso.
Vince added: 'The comment that comes up most often on is : "My two favourites things at one place : Girls & Graffiti".
'Graffiti On Girls is exclusively for girls, so that means no body art and definitely no guys.
'There are thousands of pictures online of sexy girls painted by graffiti writers with real style. But we get just as many from girls that are simply too rude, and we've had to reject them.
'Most graffiti artist like to paint on their girlfriends, but it hasn't been until recently thanks to the internet that its become a real art form.'
The book comes in at £9.09 ($15) from shriiimp.bigcartel.com who ship worldwide. They also sell calendars.
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