Tit for Tats at the Hell City Tattoo Festival
Tattoos have come a long way, baby! Once reserved for sailors and burly bikers with Grizzly Adams beards and leather chaps, tats have slowly slithered their way onto college students, cubicle workers and yes, even geeks. While some of our geeky brethren were busy roleplaying or getting first editions signed at the Discworld convention this past weekend, a few were baring their souls -- and their flesh -- at the Hell City 8: Tattoo Vacation festival at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa.
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You expect pretty young things in pasties at a tattoo convention. |
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You do NOT expect to spot Mom, Dad or Grandma Sally. |
Saturday's entertainment lineup was geek pleasing, with girl-on-girl boxing courtesy of the Arisona Derby Dames, an art experiment where tattooists collaborated on charcoal pieces and a performance from Guinness World Record holder Daniel Browning Smith, aka "Rubberboy." We even spotted a few geeks among the famed Suicide Girls -- thumbing through their book, we found one whose most prized possession is her X-Box. Aww...a girl after our own heart, even if PS3 does have a kickass Blu-Ray player.
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| Thick plastic glasses are H-O-T. Just ask this Suicide Girl! |
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The award for coolest shop booth goes to Chicago's Native Rituals, who not only designed this hysterical sign but actually got into costume for it as well. Live long and tattoo prosperously!
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