Contest Rules 2024

General Information / Rules

  1. All judges are impartial and unbiased. All entries are considered fairly and equally upon their own merit.
  2. The performing artists remain anonymous until awards are presented; judging is based solely on the technical and artistic qualities of each tattoo.
  3. Tattoos must be complete to enter.
  4. Tattoo models must be present during registration.
  5. All tattoos entered into the contests must be performed by artists in attendance at the convention.
  6. You can enter in each category with max. 6 tattoos (5 new & 1 old).
  7. Each tattooist can participate with 1 previously done tattoo (healed) in each category.
  8. A single tattoo can be registered in only 3 different categories (ie: Best color and/or best realistic and/or best of the day)
  9. Unfinished tattoo/s can only be completed and enter into the contest only if a fairly considerable work must be done during the convention.
  10. Both the tattoo artist and the collector must be present to receive their trophies. In the case that either is absent, trophies will be awarded to the runner up.
  11. If you are a judge you may not enter any category you are scheduled to judge. You also may not judge a category that one of your artistic pieces has been entered into. If you need to be excused from judging a specific category an alternate judge will be provided.
  12. Photographers from multiple tattoo and life-style magazines will be present to photograph contest winners and participants. The Cyprus Tattoo Convention reserves the right to publish these photographs for promotional and for documentation purposes.
  13. May the best tattoo win.

Contest Categories

  • Best Friday, Saturday & Sunday. You must have your tattoo done by an attending Artist that day of the convention.
  • Black and Grey (Must be only black, grey or white ink used. Tattoos with any color will not be judged in this category) Small (smaller than A5) – Big (over A5 )
  • Color (Any style of tattoo as long as it has bright vibrant coloring) Small (smaller than A5) – Big (over A5 )
  • Realistic (Must be a representation of something)
  • Blackwork (The term ‘blackwork’ covers mainly heavy bold work of body art rendered in solid planes of black ink.)
  • Japanese / Traditional (Can be a traditional or modern depiction of the Japanese mythical creatures and legends)
  • Portrait (Must be recognizable as the person portrayed. Must have photo or other acceptable reproduction of the person depicted. Must be a human subject, no unrealistic character/s such as cartoon art.
  • Dots (Creation of a pattern with varying solidity or shading using small dots or specks,
    rather then using lines or solid areas. Dots must cover the majority of the Tattoo)
  • Illustrative Blackwork (These tattoos make exceptional use of linework to create images that may have very well been drawn straight onto paper. Popular takes on Illustrative Tattoos can include floral, fine line, and blackwork – which is a style that only uses black ink.)
  • Old School (Western or traditional American tattoo style featuring bold black outlines and a limited color palette.)
  • Neo Traditional (a Neo-traditional tattoo features bold lines, an illustrative look, highly saturated modern colors, and a feeling of dimension without being exaggerated or 3D.)
  • Best of the Show In this category for a tattoo to be registered; it has to be one of the winners from ‘Best of the Day’ categories.

Winners of Tattoo Contests (2022)

SAT 23/07/2022

BLACK WORK

1st Place – Level Ninetynine99 Problems Tattoo GR
2nd Place – Scripta AbyssusSeven Stones Tattoo CY
3rd Place – Esenic Ninetynine – 99 Problems Tattoo GR


• OLD SCHOOL

1st Place – Theodoros Vegkli – TH.INK CY
2nd Place – Marina Spanou – Limassol Tattoo Crew CY
3rd Place Theodoros Vegli from TH.INK


• REALISTIC

1st Place – Theodoros Spanides from Open Mind Tattoo Club
2nd Place – G Pappa – Easy Rider CY
3rd Place – Pambos Demetriou – P Style Tattoo Studio CY


• BEST OF THE DAY (SATURDAY)

1st Place – PEROS – Tattooligans GR
2nd Place – Fiona Fraser (Fiona’s Tattoo Studio) CY
3rd Place – Anastasis Koukoulas – Anko Tattoos (Norway)


Sunday 24/07/2022

• Illustrative Blackwork

1st Place – Karo Dame – Anarchist Tattoo GER
2nd Place – SalvadorSeven Stones Tattoo CY
3rd Place – Andri Patera – Andri Patera Tattoo Studio


• DOTWORK

1st Place – Andriani Nikolaou – Limassol Tattoo Crew CY
2nd Place – Andri Patera – Andri Patera Tattoo Studio
3rd Place – Evripidis Asimidis [Yuri] – 99 Problems Tattoo GR


• NEOTRADITIONAL

1st Place – KelvinKTM Tattoo Studio CY
2nd Place – KelvinKTM Tattoo Studio CY
3rd Place – Eric Moreno – Katharsis Tattoo (Spain)


• COLOUR

1st Place – Theodoros Spanides from Open Mind Tattoo Club
2nd Place – Giorgos Sarkas (Gflesh) – Veil Of Crows Tattoo Studio CY
3rd Place – Chris Mallas Tattoo Studio CY


• BLACK & GREY

1st Place – Alex Fraser from Body Art Tattoo Studio Paphos
2nd Place – Pambos Demetriou – P Style Tattoo Studio CY
3rd Place – Kiriakos Karagiannidis [Kira] – ClownTown Tattoo GR


• BEST OF THE DAY (SUNDAY)

1st Place – Chris Mallas Tattoo Studio CY
2nd Place – Alex Fraser from Body Art Tattoo Studio Paphos
3rd Place – SalvadorSeven Stones Tattoo CY


BEST OF THE SHOW

Chris Mallas Tattoo Studio CY


Congratulations to all and huge respect to all the people involved in the creation and making of the awards.

Creators:

Winners of Tattoo Contests (2019)

Friday 29/03/2019

ORNAMENTAL

1st Place – Metatron from Sins & Signs CY
2nd Place – Matias from Bad Choices Tattoo Club
3rd Place – Baroque Rococo from Endangered Species Tattoo


• BEST OLD SCHOOL

1st Place – Hasapis from Bad Choices Tattoo Club
2nd Place – Mikey Boy from Rise ‘N’ Shine Tattoo Club & Endangered Species Tattoo
3rd Place Theodoros Vegli from TH.INK


• BEST BLACK & GREY (small)

1st Place – Ilias Efthymiou (9oat) from Sins & Signs CY
2nd Place – Fiona Fraser from Fionas Tattoo Studio CY
3rd Place – Max Pniewski from Phoenix Rising Tattoo


• BEST OF THE DAY (FRIDAY)

1st Place – Ralfy Dabrowski
2nd Place – Martyna Pichalska
3rd Place – Alex Fraser from Body Art Tattoo Studio Paphos


SATURDAY 30/03/2019

BLACKWORK

1st Place – Metatron from Sins & Signs CY
2nd Place – Matias from Bad Choices Tattoo Club
3rd Place – Matias from Bad Choices Tattoo Club


• PERSONAL STYLE

1st Place – Tzenio P from Dildo Tattoo Studio
2nd Place – Martyna Pichalska
3rd Place – Chris Mallas from Chris Mallas Tattoo Studio


• BEST COLOUR (small)

1st Place – Sasha Zuev
2nd Place – Laura Fraoula from Bad Choices Tattoo Club
3rd Place – Peros from Tattooligans


• BEST REALISTIC

1st Place – Theodoros Spanides from Open Mind Tattoo Club
2nd Place – Alex Fraser from Body Art Tattoo Studio Paphos
3rd Place – Chris T from Tattooligans


• BEST OF THE DAY (SATURDAY)

1st Place – Tzenio P from Dildo Tattoo Studio
2nd Place – Peros from Tattooligans
3rd Place – Alex Fraser from Body Art Tattoo Studio Paphos


Sunday 31/03/2019

• BEST DOT

1st Place – Metatron from Sins & Signs CY
2nd Place – Andri Patera – Andri Patera Tattoo Studio
3rd Place – Chris Mallas from Chris Mallas Tattoo Studio


• BEST COLOUR (large)

1st Place – Theodoros Spanides from Open Mind Tattoo Club
2nd Place – NAST from Tattooligans
3rd Place – Ralfy Dabrowski


• BEST BLACK & GREY (large)

1st Place – Andreas Christodoulou from Sins & Signs CY
2nd Place – Serius C from Inkaholic Tattoo Studio 
3rd Place – Serius C from Inkaholic Tattoo Studio


• BEST OF THE DAY (SUNDAY)

1st Place – Ralfy Dabrowski
2nd Place – Alex Fraser from Body Art Tattoo Studio Paphos
3rd Place – Sasha Zuev


BEST OF THE SHOW

Ralfy Dabrowski
E: ralfytattoo@gmail.com
www.instagram.com/ralfytattoo
www.facebook.com/RalfyTattoo


Congratulations to all and huge respect to all the people involved in the creation and making of the awards.

Creators:

TATTOO CONTEST RULES 2019

General Information / Rules

  1. All judges are impartial and unbiased. All entries are considered fairly and equally upon their own merit.
  2. The performing artists remain anonymous until awards are presented; judging is based solely on the technical and artistic qualities of each tattoo.
  3. Tattoos must be complete to enter.
  4. Tattoo models must be present during registration.
  5. All tattoos entered into the contests must be performed by artists in attendance at the convention.
  6. You can enter in each category with max. 6 tattoos (5 new & 1 old).
  7. Each tattooist can participate with 1 previously done tattoo in each category.
  8. A single tattoo can be registered in only 3 different categories (ie: Best color or best realistic or best of the day)
  9. Unfinished tattoo/s can only be completed and enter into the contest only if a fairly considerable work must be done during the convention.
  10. Both the tattoo artist and the collector must be present to receive their trophies. In the case that either is absent, trophies will be awarded to the runner up.
  11. If you are a judge you may not enter any category you are scheduled to judge. You also may not judge a category that one of your artistic pieces has been entered into. If you need to be excused from judging a specific category an alternate judge will be provided.
  12. Photographers from multiple tattoo and life-style magazines will be present to photograph contest winners and participants. The Cyprus Tattoo Convention reserves the right to publish these photographs for promotional and for documentation purposes.
  13. May the best tattoo win.

Contest Categories

Best Friday, Saturday & Sunday. You must have your tattoo done by an attending Artist that day of the convention.
Black and Grey Small (Must be only black, grey or white ink used. Tattoos with any color, dots will not be judged in this category) – Smaller than A4
Black and Grey Large (Must be only black, grey or white ink used. Tattoos with any color, dots will not be judged in this category) – Larger than A4.
Color Small (Any style of tattoo as long as it has bright vibrant coloring) – Smaller than A4
Color Large (Any style of tattoo as long as it has bright vibrant coloring) – Larger than A4.
Realistic (Must be a representation of something)
Blackwork (The term ‘blackwork’ covers everything from ancient sacred geometry to modern abstract ornamental designs to extremely detailed illustrative pieces.)
Dots (Dotwork ONLY)
Ornamental (A style of tattooing that is based on decorative design, geometric shapes and body flow.)
Old School (Western or traditional American tattoo style featuring bold black outlines and a limited color palette.)
Personal Style (This category includes pieces of ink that are truly unique, highly-creative and out-of-the-box. Category for pieces that do not fit into the other available categories. Perhaps they don’t exactly send a crystal clear meaning or message, however, they most certainly do to the beholder of the design.)
Best of the Show In this category for a tattoo to be registered; it has to be one of the winners from ‘Best of the Day’ categories.

* Three trophies for each category, except ‘Tattoo of the show‘.


Click HERE for the schedule 2019

Winners of Tattoo Contests (2018)

Friday 30/03/2018

BLACKWORK

1st Place – Prokopis from Sins & Signs CY
2nd Place – Matt Leblack from Bad Choices Tattoo Club
3rd Place – Metatron from Sins & Signs CY

 

• BEST OLD SCHOOL

1st Place – POW from Sins & Signs CY
2nd Place – Hasapis from Bad Choices Tattoo Club
3rd Place – Mikey Boy from Rise ‘N’ Shine Tattoo Club & Endangered Species Tattoo

 

• BEST OF THE DAY (FRIDAY)

1st Place – POW from Sins & Signs CY
2nd Place – NAST from Tattooligans GR
3rd Place – Ratliner from Bad Choices Tattoo Club


Saturday 31/03/2018

• BEST ORNAMENTAL

1st Place – Ratliner from Bad Choices Tattoo Club
2nd Place – Matt Leblack from Bad Choices Tattoo Club
3rd Place – 
Baroque Rococo from Sixteen Rounds Tattoo Studio

 

• BEST COLOUR

1st Place – POW from Sins & Signs CY
2nd Place – NAST from Tattooligans GR
3rd Place – POW from Sins & Signs CY

 

• BEST REALISTIC

1st Place – Elie Achkar from Dark Ink Tattoo Lebanon
2nd Place – Prokopis from Sins & Signs CY
3rd Place – Theodoros Spanides from Open Mind Tattoo Club GR

 

• BEST OF THE DAY (SATURDAY)

1st Place – Ilias 9oat from Sins & Signs CY
2nd Place – NAST from Tattooligans GR
3rd Place – Pambos from P-Style Tattoo Studio


Sunday 01/04/2018

• BEST DOT

1st Place – Matt Leblack from Bad Choices Tattoo Club
2nd Place – Metatron from Sins & Signs CY
3rd Place – Spiros Savva from Chris Mallas Tattoo Studio

 

• BEST BLACK & GREY

1st Place – Alex Fraser from Fionas Tattoo Studio CY & Body Art Tattoo Studio Paphos
2nd Place – Ivo Stankov from Evolution Tattoo Studio CY
3rd Place – NAST from Tattooligans GR

 

• BEST OF THE DAY (SUNDAY)

1st Place – Max Pniewski from Southmead TattooStudio
2nd Place – PEROS from Tattooligans GR
3rd Place – Metatron from Sins & Signs CY


BEST OF THE SHOW

Ilias 9oat from Sins & Signs CY


Big respect to all the people involved in the creation and making of the awards.
Especially to the creators:

Antony C
Savvas Koureas (Anexitilon)
Skullmade Creations 

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