AWARDS & CATEGORIES
CONDITIONS
Tattoo award ceremonies will be held in the evening of each day Friday, Saturday and Sunday
Rules of Entry
1. Only artists attending the convention are allowed to enter
2. Tattoos entered must be started and finished at the convention - no partly healed or previously started/touched up tattoos
Category Rules
- If you are competing for Best Freehand Tattoo, a photo must be taken of the outline sketch before tattooing to enter. (freehand is freehand no part stencils)
- Multi days must run over two or more days
- Collabs must be more than one artist
- The print awards, best banner and best skate boards will be judged on the Friday, the judges will attend artist booths that have submitted their designs and vote for best one, you will receive award that night
Healed Tattoo Awards
- Best Healed Tattoos will have a time set during the day when the client is to attend the stage for entering the competition
- Tattoos must be completely healed - no touch ups or lightly healed tattoos are to be entered, we want full healed ink (so please don’t bring your client down and do a quick touch up and enter, they will be knocked back ..plan your work and do the touch ups a couple of months before so it’s healed completely)
Print Awards
- All prints must be hand drawn or painted - no digital work
- You can bring copies of the original for the convention as we know most of us have the original at the shop
- You can only enter one category per design (not have 5 designs in a3 for award, you must choose 1 design you wish to enter)
- Three different size categories; A4 Or Smaller, A3 and Larger Than A3 (including full body suits)
CATEGORIES
FRIDAY
RUNNER UP AWARDS ALSO AWARDED FOR EVERY CATEGORY
BEST ASIAN ART
BEST POLYNESIAN
BEST TRADITIONAL
BEST SMALL COLOUR (30cm and under)
BEST SMALL BLACK & GREY (30cm and under)
BEST FINE LINE (10cm and over)
BEST LETTERING
TATTOO OF THE DAY
SATURDAY
RUNNER UP AWARDS ALSO AWARDED FOR EVERY CATEGORY
BEST BLACKWORK
BEST GEOMETRIC
BEST NEO - TRADITIONAL
BEST LARGE COLOUR (30cm and over)
BEST LARGE BLACK & GREY (30cm and under)
BEST FREEHAND
BEST PHOTO REALISM
TATTOO OF THE DAY
HAND DRAWN CATEGORIES:
SMALL (A4)
MEDIUM (A3)
LARGE (LARGER THAN A3)
BEST SKATEBOARD
SUNDAY
RUNNER UP AWARDS ALSO AWARDED FOR EVERY CATEGORY
BEST BOOTH
BEST POP CULTURE/ANIME
BEST REALISM
BEST COLLABORATION TATTOO
BEST HEALED TATTOO
TATTOO OF THE DAY
MULTI DAY 2-3 DAYS AT SHOW
TATTOO OF THE SHOW
HEALED CATEGORIES:
SMALL COLOUR (30cm and under)
SMAL BLACK & GREY (30cm and under)
LARGE COLOUR (30cm and over)
LARGE BLACK & GREY (30cm and over)
LARGE JAPANESE
LARGE POP CULTURE/ANIME
Skate Boards
- Will be hung on a display wall with your name and if you wish to sell your board, please attach a little price for it – the money from the sale goes to you the artist.
Additional Rules
- Multi Day: Combined tattoos can enter a piece from Friday, Saturday & Sunday that make one piece
- Tattoo of the Day: Any fresh tattoo done that day can enter
- Tattoo of the Show: Any fresh tattoo or tattoo started and completed at the show can enter
- Thank you all for coming and competing, we wish you all the best of luck and can’t wait to see what you can do!