Best Small Black & Grey

Size smaller than A5 (14 x 21 cm), black and gray including opaque and white shades. A small amount of color is allowed, less than 10%.

Best Small Colour

Size smaller than A5 (14 x 21 cm) , all tattoo styles are allowed.

Best Traditional / Neo Traditional Small

Format smaller than A5 (14 x 21 cm)

Permitted styles: traditional, neo-traditional.

Best Small Ornamental

Both color and blackwork are allowed.

Any size or color scheme.

Best Of Day (Friday)

Can be any size, color or style, but must be started and completed during the show on Saturday.

Best Medium Black & Grey

Size larger than A5 (14 x 21 cm) smaller than A4 (21 x 29 cm), black and gray including opaque and white shades. A small amount of color is allowed, less than 10%.

Best Medium Colour

Size larger than A5 (14 x 21 cm) smaller than A4 (21 x 29 cm) , all tattoo styles are allowed.

Best Traditional / Neo Traditional Medium

Size larger than A5 (14 x 21 cm) smaller than A4 (21 x 29 cm),

Permitted styles: traditional, neo-traditional.

Best Medium / Large Ornamental

Size larger than A5 (14 x 21 cm) smaller than A4 (21 x 29 cm),

Both color and blackwork are allowed.

Styles: geometric, shape, tribal, mandala, pattern, dotwork, blackwork

Best Oriental

Traditional or modern interpretations of East Asian themes. Any Size or color scheme

Best Realism Portrait

Permitted styles: realism and portraits only. No avant garde elements allowed. Collage or small accompanying realism scenes ARE allowed. but must all be realism.

Best Of Day (Zaterdag)

Can be any size, color or style, but must be started and finished at the show on Saturday

Best Large Black & Grey

Larger than A4 (21 x 29 cm), black and gray including opaque and white shades. A small amount of color is allowed, less than 10%.

Best Large Colour

Larger than A4 (21 x 29 cm), color tattoo. All styles are allowed.

Best Traditional / Neo Traditional Large

Permitted styles: traditional, neo-traditional.

Best Avant-Garde

Any format is allowed, can be in black and white or color. Tattoo styles: collage, abstract, mixture of styles.

Best of Day (Sunday)

Can be any size, color or style, but must be started and completed during the show on Saturday.

Regulations Tattoo Competition

1. The tattoo competition aims to promote art and craftsmanship in the tattoo industry, and provide a platform for tattoo artists to showcase their talents.
2. Registration 
   1. The competition is open to professional tattoo artists. 
   2. Participants sign up for the selected category.
   3. Announcements will be made for each category.
3. Categories 
   1. The tattoo competition can have different categories, such as black and white, color, traditional, realistic, …. 
   2. The organizer reserves the right to adjust the categories based on the number of entries and the nature of the tattoos.
4. Review 
   1. The tattoos will be judged by impartial expert judges.
   2. The tattoos are judged based on several criteria, including technical skill, originality, artistic expression and overall aesthetics, composition, legibility (clarity of the image), contrast, placement on the body (does it fit the body), line work, shadows/color gradient, saturation, durability.
   3. Jury decisions are final and not subject to appeal.
   4. There will be judging with tokens.
      1. Tattoos without a token do not advance in the competition.
      2. Tattoo eventually wins with majority tokens. 
5. Award ceremony 
   1. Prizes are always an INKJUNX trophy of the respective category. 
   2. The award ceremony takes place at a special event or ceremony, where the winners are announced and their work is displayed.
6. Conditions and restrictions 
   1. Participants must be exhibitors of the convention INKJUNX
   2. Participants must comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding tattoo safety and hygiene. 
   3. Participants are responsible for obtaining necessary permission and rights regarding the use of images or designs in their tattoos. 
   4. The organizer is not responsible for loss, damage or injury while participating in the tattoo competition.
   5. A tattoo can only participate in 1 category, so choose well. Multiple categories with the same tattoo is not allowed.
   6. The tattoo must be new! In other words it has just been done. If the tattoo is a part of an already healed tattoo, only the newly-set part will be judged.
   7. Only tattoos placed at the convention can participate.
7. Publicity and promotion 
   1. Participants agree that photos of their tattoos may be used for publicity and promotional purposes of Inkjunx

1. Changes and cancellations 
   1. The organizer reserves the right to make changes to the rules, categories or other aspects of the tattoo competition as needed. 
   2. In case of cancellation of the tattoo competition for any reason, the organizer is not liable for any costs, damages or disappointment caused by the cancellation.