Competitions for the 2025 show
Saturday 20th
Healed colour
All styles permitted Must be 100% healed, No fresh touch ups. The tattoo must be a maximum of 4 years old
Healed Black and Greyshade
Black and Greyshade only A small amount of white highlight is allowed. NO colour NO opaques Must be 100% healed, no fresh touch ups allowed. The tattoo must be a maximum of 4 years old.
Manga and Anime
Anime, Manga, Mangwa, Manhua Any style permitted Must be started and finished at the convention.
Cartoon and Animation
Disney, Video Games, Cartoons, Comics, etc Any style permitted Must be started and finished at the convention.
Nordic
Must have Viking, Nordic elements, Celtic Knotwork, or Runes. Any style permitted Must be started and finished at the convention.
Oriental
Designs of East Asian Origin Traditional or Modern Must be started and finished at the convention.
Sunday21st
Colour.
Any style permitted Must be started and finished at the convention, Black and Greyshade Black and greyshade only A small amount of white highlight is allowed. NO colour NO opaques
Avant Garde
Collage, Abstract, Mashup styles. Any style permitted
Must be started and finished at the convention.
Ornamental
Geometric, Shape, Tribal, Mandala, Pattern, Dotwork, Blackwork Must be started and finished at the convention:
Realism
Realism and Portrait ONLY
No avant garde elements permitted.
Collage or small accompanying scenes are allowed but MUST all be realism. Any style permitted
Must be started and finished at the convention.
Best of Weekend
1st place ONLY
Will be decided between all first place winners. NOT including winners of Healed Categories. Must be started and finished at the convention.
