DustinsDuster
03-14-2010, 11:54 AM
so i got a call from my friend who was hired to photograph the days at Lefty's Tattoo Expo in CR. it was at the Clarion, about 5 min from my house, so i went to go check it out. i was bummed to find no booth from Nemesis(where i've had almost all my work done), but it was a pretty cool show anyway. shops from as far away as Chicago showed up, and it was really awesome to see a wide variety of work.
after a while, they kept calling for sign ups for the tattoo competitions, and my friend convinced me to go enter it. i ended up signing up for "Best Large Black and Grey"- i wasnt sure how it would go because they said there having trouble finding people to sign up for them. i hung out for a while, but it was taking forever before they even started judging for my catagory, so i ended up going home and taking a shower and getting changed because i had dinner plans for the night. i got back to find my line was up for judging, and though there were only like 10 people left to go, someone told me there were a good 40-50 people in our group. i got into the room, and the three judges didnt say anything to me. to keep the judges as unbiased as possible, the contestants were not allowed to tell them where they had the work done. so i take my shirt off, and they all just sit there and look at it. no comments. no smile, nothing. they quietly write down their scores, and thats it. pretty uneventful, and didnt instill much faith in me.
i hung out for a little while longer, but it was getting close to time for my dinner plans, so i decided just to leave. i told my friend if i won anything, he'd have to accept it for me, but didnt expect much given how the judging went.
sitting in the restaurant an hour or so later, i get a text from my friend; "where'd you get your tattoo done? you got 1st place!!!". thats right, i won the contest, and wasnt even there to get my award, dammit all! it made my night though, i couldnt get out of my good mood all night. pretty good saturday. here's a pic:
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs443.snc3/25443_733181725950_16915156_42694187_932888_n.jpg
after a while, they kept calling for sign ups for the tattoo competitions, and my friend convinced me to go enter it. i ended up signing up for "Best Large Black and Grey"- i wasnt sure how it would go because they said there having trouble finding people to sign up for them. i hung out for a while, but it was taking forever before they even started judging for my catagory, so i ended up going home and taking a shower and getting changed because i had dinner plans for the night. i got back to find my line was up for judging, and though there were only like 10 people left to go, someone told me there were a good 40-50 people in our group. i got into the room, and the three judges didnt say anything to me. to keep the judges as unbiased as possible, the contestants were not allowed to tell them where they had the work done. so i take my shirt off, and they all just sit there and look at it. no comments. no smile, nothing. they quietly write down their scores, and thats it. pretty uneventful, and didnt instill much faith in me.
i hung out for a little while longer, but it was getting close to time for my dinner plans, so i decided just to leave. i told my friend if i won anything, he'd have to accept it for me, but didnt expect much given how the judging went.
sitting in the restaurant an hour or so later, i get a text from my friend; "where'd you get your tattoo done? you got 1st place!!!". thats right, i won the contest, and wasnt even there to get my award, dammit all! it made my night though, i couldnt get out of my good mood all night. pretty good saturday. here's a pic:
http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs443.snc3/25443_733181725950_16915156_42694187_932888_n.jpg