One Direction get some Bondi Ink

One Direction members Zayn Malik (second from left) and Louis Tomlinson (far right) at Bondi Ink

One Direction's whirlwind visit to Australia started with a performance at the ARIAS on Wednesday night nad culminated in two band members marking the occasion with some ink.

During their short stay, Zayn Malik and Louis Tomlinson stayed on in Sydney to visit famous tattoo parlour Bondi Ink to get some new body etchings.

In an instagram post, Zayn, 21, appears to have had a dark pattern tattooed onto his hand while Louis, 22, had a new piece added to his left forearm.

Bondi hipster Shaun Bones, one of the stores tattoo artists took the time to work on Zayn's hand, snapping a picture with the British pop stars before they jetted off.

'So I tattooed Zayn's hand from One Direction...no big deal!' he said via social media.

The boy band have long had a love affair with body ink, as all five members have at least one tattoo on their body. Harry Styles alone has over 30 tattoos on his body.