Deauville Tattoo Festival & Tatcon Blackpool 2018
The Killer Ink team was split recently between the Deauville Tattoo Festival in France and Tatcon Blackpool in the UK, but how did our artists get on?
It proved to be a busy weekend with many of our sponsored artists picking up awards at the two tattoo conventions, including a ‘Best of Show’ for a killer collaboration!
So, let’s take a look at how they got on…
Deauville Tattoo Festival 2018
The second edition of the Deauville Tattoo Festival was a big hit, with many of the world’s best tattoo artists taking part in the convention this year.
An incredible back piece that was the result of a collaboration between Ryan ‘The Scientist’ Smith and Rich Harris won ‘Best of Show’ at the convention, wowing the crowds with its stunning attention to detail.
After a short holiday, Thomas Carli-Jarlier was back in the swing of things in Deauville, taking home ‘2nd & 3rd Best Black & Grey’ for his efforts, including an excellent realistic portrait.
Pipping Thomas to the top prize of ‘Best Black & Grey’ was Alberto Escobar, whose clown-themed piece received great plaudits from the judges.
Rounding off the Killer Ink sponsored artist award winners at the Deauville Tattoo Festival was Christos Galiropoulos, who won ‘Best Realism’ for his healed portrait of Hedy Lamarr.
Not a bad haul for the Killer Ink Tattoo family!
Tatcon Blackpool 2018
A little closer to home now at Tatcon Blackpool, we watched our sponsored artist Kyle ‘Egg’ Williams from Grindhouse Tattoo Productions win ‘Best Small Black & Grey’, as well as triumphing in the ‘Disney Horror’ themed duel.
Geofferson Longley also swept the board, taking home three awards at the Blackpool tattoo convention: ‘Best Old/New School’, ‘Best of Saturday’ and ‘2nd Best of Show’.
A great weekend all round!
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