17th Annual NC Tattoo Convention

Start: Sept. 9, 2011, 7 p.m.

End: Sept. 12, 2011, 2 a.m.

Event at Little John's Tattoo

Join us for the 17th Annual NC Tattoo Convention!
September 9th, 10th and 11th 2011 @ the Downtown Greensboro Marriott!
SPECIAL GUEST ARTIST: JACK RUDY! Don't miss a rare appearance by this world famous artist!


One of the longest running Tattoo Conventions in the nation! This event is invitation only for attending artists, but is open to the general public to come get tattooed, pierced, or just to come hang out and have fun! Each year we bring a collection of artists to the area for three days that the public would not normally have access to. Don't miss out!


Featuring a Tattoo Machine Building/Tuning seminar by Pro Machine builders Rob Rutherford & John Williams!


Over 80 tattoo artists from around the nation, body piercing, live suspensions, jewelry, live music featuring The Tremors, artwork, vendors, national magazine coverage and tons of fun!


SPONSORS:
KINGPIN TATTOO SUPPLY
H2OCEAN


MAGAZINES:
PRICK
SKIN ART


EAST COAST INK


Schedule of Events


"The Mother Truckin' Agenda"


--------Friday-----------


booth setup 9:00am-11:00am


health inspections 10:00am-noon


tattoo floor opens at Noon-closes at Midnight


Machine Building & Tuning Seminar


by Rob Rutherford


1:00pm-4:00pm


contest registration 4pm-8pm


tattoo of the day-11pm—band ballroom


----------Saturday----------


Tattoo floor opens at 11am-closes at Midnight


Contest registration 11am-4:30pm


General Tattoo contests start at 5pm in the band ballroom


Advanced Machine Tuning Seminar + Q&A by Rob Rutherford -1pm


Martial arts demo 3:30pm


The Tremors- 9pm


Tattoo of the day-11pm—band ballroom


---------Sunday---------


Tattoo floor opens at 11am and closes at 6pm


Seminar by Jack Rudy: "Mastering Black & Grey" 3pm


Get tattooed, pierced, clean up and go home!!


Tattoo Contest Categories


General Tattoo Contests: Saturday
Tattoos must be completely healed



  1. Best Traditional

  2. Large Color

  3. Small Color

  4. Large Black & Grey

  5. Small Black & Grey

  6. Portrait

  7. Asian

  8. Sleeve

  9. Cover up

  10. Full Back

  11. Black & Grey Flash

  12. Color Flash

  13. 911 Tribute

  14. Overall Female-1 winner

  15. Overall Male -1 winner

  16. Best booth--1 winner


Tattoo of the Day
Tattoos done at the Convention ONLY


Friday, Sept 9th
1.Color Tattoo of the Day
2.Black & Grey Tattoo of the Day


Saturday, Sept 10th
1.Color Tattoo of the Day
2.Black & Grey Tattoo of the Day


-------------Attending Artist List------------
1. Gabe Sandy-Little John's Tattoo
2. Emily Rose--Little John's Tattoo
3. Luke Wilkins--Little John's Tattoo
4. Jason Spainhour -Little John's Tattoo
5. Hayden Abernathy --Little John's Tattoo
PIERCING BOOTH AND JEWELRY –Jess & Tuna
6. Michael Truitt – Trinity Tattoo
7. Kevin Collins/Outtasight Threads
8. Bomb's Away Tatoo--Bart Andrews (myspace.com/bombsawaytattoo)
9. Family First Tattoo--"Big" Al Fielder & Kurt Elkins -- (www.familyfirsttattoo.com)
10.Blue Flame Tattoo--Ray Alexander & Shaun Bushnell-- (www.blueflametattoo.com)
KINGPIN TATTOO SUPPLY
KINGPIN TATTOO SUPPLY
11. Ace in the hole—Andy chambers & Shane Wolf
12. Anything's Possible--Mark Evans & Bobby Williams-- (www.anythingspossibleonline.com)
13. Two Kings Tattoo--Mario Bell & Debo-- (www.twokingstattoostudio.com)
14. Cape Fear Tattoo—Joe Almquist & Justin Essing
15. Asylum Studios--Daniel Jones & Keturah Salminen-- (myspace.com/asylumstudiostattoo)
16. Smokin' Guns Tattoos—Frank Thrasher & Johnny Awesome-- (www.sgtattoo.com)
17. Joe Faucette-Wicked Ink
18. Glenn's Tattoos--Glenn Wilson
19. Golden Spiral-Deran Hall & Sam King(www.goldenspiraltattoo.com)
20. Chop Shop Tattoo--CHOP---(www.chopshoptattoos.com)
21. Patty's Art Spot--Patty & Craig Colebank-- (www.pattysartspot.com)
22. STAR CITY-ROGER LADOCEUR & Patrick Loud
23. Jack Rudy- H2Ocean Pro Team
24. H2ocean vendor
25. GYPSY ROSE--Jamee Melvin
26. Hero Tattoo--Jeff Cribb & Randy Hall-- (www.herotattoo.com)
27. Duffy Fortner & Matty Hixson
28. 501 Experts-Mark Kotula
29. Inked Sanity-Thomas Oliver & Zach Rabil
30. Liberty Tattoo—John Slater and Luke Scheid
31. Skin Thrills Tattoo-Troy Taylor
32. Dustin Golden-(www.dustingolden.com)
33. Jade Monkey--NOEL HARE & MICHAEL BLAYLOCK
34. Fu's Tattoo--Joey Vernon & Hayley Lakeman (www.fustattoos.com/)
35. Terry “Darkman” Stephens & Brandon Yow (Forever Yours/Straight A)
36. Ace Custom Tattoo—Lil Tommy & Chanslor Jones
37. Ace Custom Tattoo--- Matt Skinny Bagwell & Chad Stewart
38. Ace Custom Tattoo--- Rodney Raines & Chris Stuart
39. Matt Simmons-Classic Tattoo
40. Glenn Collins & Zenon Pawelski
41. Blood, Sweat, and Tears Tattoo --Dave Scearce & Jenn Small-- (www.bsttattoo.com)

42. Blood, Sweat, and Tears Tattoo- Kevin Stress
43. LEGACY IRONS TATTOO CO—Nate Hall & Mike Blas
44. DIAMOND THIEVES-Kimi Leger & William Wood
45. RACHELS SCREEN PRINTING / Hardnox Clothing
46. Yi Shen Jing--Dale Callahan & Jake Kirk------ (www.yishenjing.com)
47. Garry's Skin Graphics--Bill Dermody & Caroline Hedgepath--- (www.skingraphix.com)
48. Phoenix Tattoo--Matt Mebane & Matt Kerley

49. Wild Oats Tattoo---David Jesse & Shane Lindley--- (www.wildoatstattoo.com)
50. JACK JIANG—vendor Asian Artwork
51. A.D.I. ----Jim Januzik & Scott Cole-- (www.aditat2.com)
52. LJT MERCH
53. Brian Leebrick & AJ Lingerfeldt
54. Darkside Tattoo-Adam Duncan & Catfish


Body Piercing
Little John's Tattoo--Jessica + Tuna


Suspensions
Hold Fast Suspensions—Andy Mcleod & Nathan Potts


Unique Vendors
1.RACHELS SCREEN PRINTING/Hardnox Clothing
2.KINGPIN TATTOO SUPPLY
3.Jack Jiang Asian Artwork
4.H2Ocean-PRO TEAM & FREEWIRE TATTOO MACHINES
5.Little John's Tattoo Convention Merchandise Booth


Hours:
Fri-Noon-Midnight
Sat-11am-Midnight
Sun-11am-6pm


Admission cost:
$20 for one day
$30 for two days
$40 for a three day pass
tickets are sold ONLY at the door-no presales!