Philadelphia Tattoo Convention 2015

[suburbanxcore]

Civ, Todd Noble, Mario Desa, and Nick Collela will also be there, among others.

[Bunny Switchblade]

Thanks @suburbanxcore .......I didn't realize Civ or Todd will be there.....very cool!

[Mike Panic]

I'll be there all weekend in the GO! Tattoo Removal booth... hopefully this isn't seen as spam but here's the info http://www.gotattooremoval.com/2015-philadealphia-tattoo-convention/

Come by and say HI!

[suburbanxcore]

@Mike Panic I'm pretty sure a few of my friends have gotten laser up at Go! and have nothing but good things to say.

[Mike Panic]

Awesome @suburbanxcore - if you're coming to the convention swing through and say hey.

[herewego]

I may be there Friday night if my ski trip falls through due to brutal cold weather. Anyone else going Friday night?

[SeeSea]

So who's up to meet on Sunday? Lunch? Dinner? I'll probably get there early afternoon if no one's up for anything earlier, and just wander around until after the contests finish up. Hope to see some of you there - too bad many of us don't know what anyone else looks like in real life. Hopefully Tapatalk will be behaving this weekend.

[suburbanxcore]

I actually totally forgot I have a bunch of family stuff on Sunday, so I'm out. Getting tattooed today and tomorrow actually, so can't swing a third day in a row anyway. Haha.

[marley mission]

wish i was going - too much going on plus i have a session next wednesday - woulda been cool to meet up and see the convention madness - seesea take some pics!

[herewego]

I actually totally forgot I have a bunch of family stuff on Sunday, so I'm out. Getting tattooed today and tomorrow actually, so can't swing a third day in a row anyway. Haha.

Who are you getting work from tonight?

[Cork]

Yeah I'll still be going on Sunday to do battle.

[SeeSea]

My tattoo artist, Sean Zee, is tattooing with Myke Chambers in the Seven Swords Tattoo booth this weekend.

[suburbanxcore]

@herewego I wasn't at the convention. I got tattooed by Keith Reed in West Chester at X-Treme Ink. Two of their artists are at the convention, but he was at the shop.

Good luck and have fun today everyone.

[SeeSea]

Hanging with @Cork and Mrs. Cork. Visiting all the LSTers we can.

[SeeSea]

@Cork took 3rd and treated the audience to a quick burlesque after he dropped his drawers for the judge. I think that cost me the win. :). It was a field of almost 30 and some really nice work.

Congrats to @Cork!

[Cork]

Sorry to see you didn't go home with anything, @SeeSea, except this awesomely ironic picture of us being photobombed by Brian O'Halloran from Clerks while wearing a shirt that says "Polite as Fuck."

It was cool catching up with you again @Bunny Switchblade, and meeting you @daveborjes.

[SeeSea]

I shall treasure the picture!

It was great to meet you @Cork and Mrs. Cork and Baby Cork! And @Bunny Switchblade and @daveborjes and @Mike Panic. It was as we said a couple weeks back - an experience to try, and I'm glad I did it. And it was a lot more boring than I thought it would be. The audience seemed to just be everyone standing around waiting for their classes to be called, and it was impossible to see much of the work as it was being judged.

[SeeSea]

...and then there was this genius who set fire to himself and part of the stage. Almost looked like it was part of the act until random people started running in from the sidelines flipping a table and dumping their bottles of water on it. Lucky the fire didn't run all the way up the banners in the back or get out of control. Can you imagine an evacuation at a convention?

Caught on Cam: Fire Breather Catches Fire During Tattoo Convention | NBC 10 Philadelphia

[Cork]

...and then there was this genius who set fire to himself and part of the stage. Almost looked like it was part of the act until random people started running in from the sidelines flipping a table and dumping their bottles of water on it. Lucky the fire didn't run all the way up the banners in the back or get out of control. Can you imagine an evacuation at a convention?

Caught on Cam: Fire Breather Catches Fire During Tattoo Convention | NBC 10 Philadelphia

Oh damn we must have just missed that. We got there in time to see them popping balloons with knives and the kiss of death trick.

[pidjones]

Stop. Drop. Roll. We teach it to kids. He's very lucky to not be much more seriously burned. I saw a link to this on my Xfinity feed this morning, but didn't follow it.

Sounds like the convention organizers could have improved the audience enjoyment with some cameras and flat screens up high showing the ink, and maybe a good MC leading appreciation from the crowd. I know that if I had been there, I'd be cheering the two LST reps!

[abees]

I'd rather everyone paid a few pence less to get in, and there wasn't any "entertainment" at conventions. But that might just be me.

[Bunny Switchblade]

It was great to see everyone there! :)

[Mike Panic]

Great to meet you too, @SeeSea! Here's my recap from the weekend Wrap Up: 2015 Philadealphia Tattoo Convention

[j9ladylucktattoo]

Darn. Missed this convention. Maybe next year!