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Tattoo Sketches

NOMINATIONS AND AWARDS

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Judging system

Categories

Voting will take place as follows: all candidates are on stage; Each of the judges has three voting cards. Each jury member selects the work that he rates above all others and gives the participant his card without consulting with his colleagues.

The participant with the most cards wins. In case of controversial situations, an additional round of voting is held.

Nominations

The best tattoo done by several artists

Best of collaboration

Not divided into categories

The best project made on artificial leather

Artificial skin

Not divided into categories

Costume design presented on paper,

according to a single pattern

Best suit 
design

Not divided into categories

Only works that took first place on each day of the festival will participate.

Grand prix of the festival

Not divided into categories

The best tattoo done during two or three days of the festival

Best of show

Not divided into categories

The best tattoo performed on a given day of the festival

Best of day

  • Color tattoo;

  • Black and white tattoo;

  • Traditional tattoo(Japanese style, old school);

  • Neotraditional tattoo(Modern interpretation of a classic tattoo);

  • Ornament and graphics (Patterns, ornaments, lettering, graphics);

The best tattoo done before the festival in the following categories:

Healed tattoo

  • Large color tattoo (Fully tattooed body part or more);

  • Large black and white tattoo (Fully tattooed body part or more);

  • Traditional tattoo(Japanese style, old school);

  • Neotraditional tattoo(Modern interpretation of a classic tattoo);

  • Ornamental tattoo (Patterns, ornaments, lettering);

  • Minimalistic  tattoo (up to 10 cm);

  • Cover up (Overlap of an old tattoo + necessarily a photo BEFORE the overlap);

  • Realism(As close as possible to the real image);

  • Graphic arts(Clear contour, stroke, without complex halftones);

  • Author's style(Works that do not fit into any of the other categories)

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