Inked Mag Staff
March 12th, 2014
Tattoo Madness Tournament – Realism Round 1
We took 64 tattoo artists and threw them into a bracket divided by four different styles of tattooing: Japanese Style, Black & Grey, Realism and The Field.
This is our favorite month of the year for one simple reason: March Madness, well, and booze-soaked St. Patrick’s Day. While we love filling out brackets for the NCAA Tournament and throwing our paychecks into more pools than there are in the state of Florida we still crave more competition; specifically we want a bracket tournament that is more our style. With this in mind, we created the 2014 Inked Tattoo Madness Tournament.
We took 64 tattoo artists and threw them into a bracket divided by four different styles of tattooing: Japanese Style, Black & Grey, Realism and The Field. The Field consists of a grab bag of tattoo styles including Traditional, New School, Watercolor and many more. There is no seeding in the tournament as we entered the names in at random. When picking a tattoo to enter in the tournament we went through each artist’s online portfolio and picked the first tattoo that made us drop our jaws in awe.
Throughout the month of March we will put up posts with a series of matchups pitting two artists against each other so you can vote for a favorite. The winner moves on to the next round in the bracket while the loser goes home. On April 7 we will announce the winner of the 2014 Inked Tattoo Madness Tournament as chosen by your votes.
Round 1 of Realism begins today so scroll down and vote for all 8 matchups.
Be sure to go back and check out Round 1 of Japanese Style and make your votes.
Click gallery below to blow-up the bracket.
Tattoo by Nikko Hurtado
Tattoo by Bang Bang
Tattoo by Yomico Moreno
Tattoo by Chad Chase
Tattoo by Mota
Tattoo by Dmitry Vision
Tattoo by Megan Jean Morris
Tattoo by Teneile Napoli
Tattoo by Moni Marino
Tattoo by Khan
Tattoo by Stefano Alcantara
Tattoo by Megan Hoogland
Tattoo by Victor Portugal
Tattoo by Ron 570
Tattoo by Boris
Tattoo by Ellen Westholm
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