He's developed something of an obsession with body art after having his first tattoo at the tender age of 16.

And Justin Bieber has now brought his total collection of inkings up to 17 with an intricate new rose motif. 

The 19-year-old singer debuted his latest etching after appearing on stage for a gig at the Prudential Centre in New Jersey on Thursday night, with the new tattoo clearly visible above his existing owl design. 

Following his performance, the teen pop sensation headed to Bang Bang Tattoo Parlour in New York City, a favourite of the likes of Rihanna, Cara Delevingne and Adele, where he had his sleeve completed with the new design.

Pizza was seen being delivered to the studio as the work got underway, with Justin later emerging to pose for photos with a series of fans, while showing off his new ink. 

Posting a snap of the new rosebud design on his Instagram page, the Baby hitmaker wrote: 'Art'.

Since turning 16 three years ago, the star has amassed a collection of a whopping 17 tattoos. 

Earlier this month, he debuted a slightly unusual inking of his mother's eye, covering the entire width of the singer's arm and taking prominent pride of place in the crook of his left arm.

Writing underneath a picture of the body art, Justin said: '@bangbangnyc did this art ., Moms always watching ;).

Celebrity tattoo artist Keith 'Bang Bang' McCurdy, who is responsible for a number of Justin's inkings, including his latest one, is the go-to tattoo artist of Hollywood's A-list.

Stars such as Rihanna, Katy Perry, Chris Brown and Cara Delevingne are among the celebrity clientele flocking to the artist's New York parlour for his world-class talent.

In June, the teen heartthrob had a giant knight etched on his forearm, joining a tiger head, an owl, an X, a koi carp, and even a female angel that some people say resemble his on-again, off-again girlfriend Selena Gomez.

The star also has a large cross representing the Greek letter 'Chi', which means Christ, and the word 'Believe' just inside his left arm, which he had to commemorate the release of his album of the same name.

In January, Bieber acquired a native Indian head logo of Canadian junior ice hockey team the Stratford Cullitons on his left shoulder.

Posting photos of it on Instagram, Justin said: 'My grandfather always took me to the stratford culliton every Friday night this is for u Grampa ... My man @chenterios hooked it up.' 

Justin got his first inking of a seagull on his left hip on his 16th birthday.

In 2011, he and his father Jeremy had matching tattoos done on the left side of their torso of 'Yeshua' written in Hebrew, which many believe to be Jesus' Hebrew or Aramaic name.

In July 2012, he debuted a Japanese Kanji symbol for music tattoo on his right arm, and two months later, a crown design on his upper right chest.

He also has Roman numerals for 4, 1, 75 - his mother Pattie's birthday - across his chest.

Speaking about his tattoos on the Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier this year, Justin said: 'I like classic, classic tattoos…I just really like the detail [on the owl tattoo] and the artist was really good.'