Denver Tattoo Arts Festival Brought Three Days of Ink to the Convention Center: Photos

Cameron Edwards, 29, gets a medieval flail with a skull head tattooed on his back by artist Malachi Green during the 7th Annual Denver Tattoo Arts Festival at the Colorado Convention Center on Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Denver. Rebecca Slezak

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Hundreds of tattoo artists from around the United States set up booths at the seventh-annual Denver Tattoo Arts Festival at the Colorado Convention Center. The festival was spread across three days, from July 19 to 21. Attendees walked down rows observing artists and looking through artist's work; of course, there was also lots of folks getting fresh ink while listening to live entertainment.

Check out the festivities below:

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Sacred Art Tattoos’ artist Megan Chick tattoos a frog onto Bertilla Joe during the Denver Tattoo Arts Festival.

Rebecca Slezak

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Tattoo artist Malachi Green focusses on his art while tattooing his client Cameron Edwards.

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Maddy Visser tattoos a mandala variation on Stacy Gill during the 7th Annual Denver Tattoo Arts Festival.

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Kota Storms tattoos Choso from the Jujutsu Kaisen anime series on Daniella Goldstein.

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Tattoo artist Malachi Green dips his tattoo pen in ink.

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Sacred Art Tattoos’ artist Megan Chick focuses on the tattoo she is filling with color for her client Bertilla Joe.

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Cameron Edwards receives a tattoo by Malachi Green as people walk through the rows of hundreds of tattoo artists.

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Cameron Edwards, 29, gets a back tattoo by artist Malachi Green.

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Malachi Green tattoos a medieval flail with a skull head tattooed on Cameron Edwards’ back.

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Maddy Visser tattoos Stacy Gill during the 7th Annual Denver Tattoo Arts Festival. At the Festival. “It’s pretty awesome to see all the artwork and other [people's] styles,” shares Gill.

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Sacred Art Tattoos’ artist Megan Chick fills in a frog tattooed onto Bertilla Joe.

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Sacred Art Tattoos’ artist Megan Chick fills tattoos a frog onto Bertilla Joe. Joe has more than ten tattoos already.

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Maddy Visser finds the right placement for Stacy Gill’s new tattoo. Gill is from the Loveland area and has mandala tattoos from various artists.

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