See celebrities, sideshow performers, and (many) covered in head-to-toe ink.
Kevin Urban of Por Vida Tattoo in Albuquerque, NM, poses for a photo on the opening night of the show, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
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by Thom Carroll PhillyVoice Contributor
The 19th Annual Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Convention, presented by Villain Arts, is held this weekend, Feb. 10-12 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
Here are some scenes from the opening night of the event.
Thom Carroll/PhillyVoiceNicole Auletto of Glendora, NJ receives a tattoo Friday night of the convention by Alex Rivera of Killeen, TX. Auletto and Rivera are both tattoo artists attending the convention.
Thom Carroll/PhillyVoicePhil Hatchet-Yau of San Diego gives a tattoo on Friday evening of the convention.
Thom Carroll/PhillyVoiceJohn Whitney Jr. of Nue Organic Body Jewelry and Indigenous Art was one of many who came to the convention to sell items from their industry-relayed businesses.
Thom Carroll/PhillyVoiceArtist Ryan Ashley, winner of the TV show Ink Master on Spike, attended, along with many other well-known artists from around the country.
Thom Carroll/PhillyVoiceTattooist and Illustrator, Brooke Michael Englehart of Chicago gets a tattoo from Aaron Harman of Sunhouse Tattoo in Detroit.
Thom Carroll/PhillyVoiceArtist, Andy Victoria of Dover, DE gives Warren Varney a Bill Nye tattoo, Friday, Feb. 10, 2017.
Thom Carroll/PhillyVoiceSideshow performer The Enigma, covered in a full-body jigsaw puzzle tattoo, was one of dozens of entertainers at this years convention. Here the Enigma lights a cigarette by throwing sparks from a hatchet pressed against an angle grinder.