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2018
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2018

tattoo artist of the year

The Artist of the Year Leaderboard is intended to be the king of all leaderboards on our site. The Artist of the Year Challenge is exactly what its name implies: it aims to crown the undisputed most skilled and popular tattoo artists of the year. It does this through a specially weighted accumulation of all 3 of the other leaderboards. Put simply, the Artist of the Year Leaderboard is a combination of all of the other leaderboards on our site.
The Artist of the Year Leaderboard is intended to be the king of all leaderboards on our site. The Artist of the Year Challenge is exactly what its name implies: it aims to crown the undisputed most skilled and popular tattoo artists of the year. It does this through a specially weighted accumulation of all 3 of the other leaderboards. Put simply, the Artist of the Year Leaderboard is a combination of all of the other leaderboards on our site.
Rank Artist Points
1 Allen Bracknell
Allen Bracknell us
 14.3k
2 Sterling Grice
Sterling Grice us
 12.1k
3 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 11.5k
4 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 6.9k
5 Cody Reed
Cody Reed us
 5.2k
6 George Patrick
George Patrick us
 4.7k
7 Brandon Hutchinson
Brandon Hutchinson us
 4.0k
8 Jay Joree
Jay Joree us
 3.4k
9 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 3.1k
10 Tuckan Vargas
Tuckan Vargas us
 3.0k
11 Poch !
Poch ! us
 2.9k
12 Gabe Gonzalez
Gabe Gonzalez us
 2.9k
13 Carmelo Silva
Carmelo Silva us
 2.8k
14 Luis Adorno
Luis Adorno us
 2.7k
15 Marzan -
Marzan - us
 2.7k
16 Rember Orellana
Rember Orellana us
 2.7k
17 Nicholas Armstrong
Nicholas Armstrong us
 2.6k
18 Jhon Campuzano
Jhon Campuzano us
 2.6k
19 Evan Olin
Evan Olin us
 2.6k
20 Richard Meggison
Richard Meggison us
 2.5k
21 Rene Palma
Rene Palma us
 2.4k
22 Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy us
 2.4k
23 Dane Smith
Dane Smith us
 2.3k
24 Mike Cruz
Mike Cruz us
 2.3k
25 Luis Inda
Luis Inda us
 2.3k
26 Sal Elias
Sal Elias us
 2.3k
27 Steve De Los Reyes
Steve De Los Reyes us
 2.3k
28 Justin Coppolino
Justin Coppolino us
 2.3k
29 Jesse Pinette
Jesse Pinette us
 2.2k
30 James Vaughn
James Vaughn us
 2.2k
Ranking highly on the Touring Tattoo Artist Cup Leaderboard reflects that an artist is highly decorated and has won many awards at a large number of live tattoo convention Challenges. The Touring Tattoo Artist Cup is also the most heavily weighted leaderboard in respect to its point contribution to Tattoo Artist of the Year. 50% of all points won through the Touring Artist Cup also count for an artist toward the Artist of the Year, making this leaderboard the most heavily weighted of all.
Rank Artist Points
1 Allen Bracknell
Allen Bracknell us
 14.3k
2 Sterling Grice
Sterling Grice us
 12.1k
3 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 11.5k
4 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 6.9k
5 Cody Reed
Cody Reed us
 5.2k
6 George Patrick
George Patrick us
 4.7k
7 Brandon Hutchinson
Brandon Hutchinson us
 4.0k
8 Jay Joree
Jay Joree us
 3.4k
9 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 3.1k
10 Tuckan Vargas
Tuckan Vargas us
 3.0k
11 Poch !
Poch ! us
 2.9k
12 Gabe Gonzalez
Gabe Gonzalez us
 2.9k
13 Carmelo Silva
Carmelo Silva us
 2.8k
14 Luis Adorno
Luis Adorno us
 2.7k
15 Marzan -
Marzan - us
 2.7k
16 Rember Orellana
Rember Orellana us
 2.7k
17 Nicholas Armstrong
Nicholas Armstrong us
 2.6k
18 Jhon Campuzano
Jhon Campuzano us
 2.6k
19 Evan Olin
Evan Olin us
 2.6k
20 Richard Meggison
Richard Meggison us
 2.5k
21 Rene Palma
Rene Palma us
 2.4k
22 Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy us
 2.4k
23 Dane Smith
Dane Smith us
 2.3k
24 Mike Cruz
Mike Cruz us
 2.3k
25 Luis Inda
Luis Inda us
 2.3k
26 Sal Elias
Sal Elias us
 2.3k
27 Steve De Los Reyes
Steve De Los Reyes us
 2.3k
28 Justin Coppolino
Justin Coppolino us
 2.3k
29 Jesse Pinette
Jesse Pinette us
 2.2k
30 James Vaughn
James Vaughn us
 2.2k
Judge's Choice competitions is a type of a challenge where items are not being voted for, but instead are judged by a hand-picked panel of industry leaders. Attaining a winning position in a Judge's Choice Challenge awards a significant amount of points, reflective of the level of difficulty present in winning these Challenges. This leaderboard is weighted at 35% toward Artist of the Year, so 1,000 points won through a Judge's Choice Challenge awards 350 points toward Artist of the Year.
Rank Artist Points
1 Allen Bracknell
Allen Bracknell us
 14.3k
2 Sterling Grice
Sterling Grice us
 12.1k
3 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 11.5k
4 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 6.9k
5 Cody Reed
Cody Reed us
 5.2k
6 George Patrick
George Patrick us
 4.7k
7 Brandon Hutchinson
Brandon Hutchinson us
 4.0k
8 Jay Joree
Jay Joree us
 3.4k
9 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 3.1k
10 Tuckan Vargas
Tuckan Vargas us
 3.0k
11 Poch !
Poch ! us
 2.9k
12 Gabe Gonzalez
Gabe Gonzalez us
 2.9k
13 Carmelo Silva
Carmelo Silva us
 2.8k
14 Luis Adorno
Luis Adorno us
 2.7k
15 Marzan -
Marzan - us
 2.7k
16 Rember Orellana
Rember Orellana us
 2.7k
17 Nicholas Armstrong
Nicholas Armstrong us
 2.6k
18 Jhon Campuzano
Jhon Campuzano us
 2.6k
19 Evan Olin
Evan Olin us
 2.6k
20 Richard Meggison
Richard Meggison us
 2.5k
21 Rene Palma
Rene Palma us
 2.4k
22 Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy us
 2.4k
23 Dane Smith
Dane Smith us
 2.3k
24 Mike Cruz
Mike Cruz us
 2.3k
25 Luis Inda
Luis Inda us
 2.3k
26 Sal Elias
Sal Elias us
 2.3k
27 Steve De Los Reyes
Steve De Los Reyes us
 2.3k
28 Justin Coppolino
Justin Coppolino us
 2.3k
29 Jesse Pinette
Jesse Pinette us
 2.2k
30 James Vaughn
James Vaughn us
 2.2k
Artists who rank highly on this leaderboard have tattoos that are trending often both on our website and on social media. Earning points on the People's Choice Leaderboard are based on the number of votes a tattoo receives, and each vote is then converted into points by our system and put into a prize pool. The higher amount of total votes there are in a Challenges, the more points will be added to the prize pool and awarded to the top artists in the Challenge.
Rank Artist Points
1 Allen Bracknell
Allen Bracknell us
 14.3k
2 Sterling Grice
Sterling Grice us
 12.1k
3 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 11.5k
4 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 6.9k
5 Cody Reed
Cody Reed us
 5.2k
6 George Patrick
George Patrick us
 4.7k
7 Brandon Hutchinson
Brandon Hutchinson us
 4.0k
8 Jay Joree
Jay Joree us
 3.4k
9 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 3.1k
10 Tuckan Vargas
Tuckan Vargas us
 3.0k
11 Poch !
Poch ! us
 2.9k
12 Gabe Gonzalez
Gabe Gonzalez us
 2.9k
13 Carmelo Silva
Carmelo Silva us
 2.8k
14 Luis Adorno
Luis Adorno us
 2.7k
15 Marzan -
Marzan - us
 2.7k
16 Rember Orellana
Rember Orellana us
 2.7k
17 Nicholas Armstrong
Nicholas Armstrong us
 2.6k
18 Jhon Campuzano
Jhon Campuzano us
 2.6k
19 Evan Olin
Evan Olin us
 2.6k
20 Richard Meggison
Richard Meggison us
 2.5k
21 Rene Palma
Rene Palma us
 2.4k
22 Sean Duffy
Sean Duffy us
 2.4k
23 Dane Smith
Dane Smith us
 2.3k
24 Mike Cruz
Mike Cruz us
 2.3k
25 Luis Inda
Luis Inda us
 2.3k
26 Sal Elias
Sal Elias us
 2.3k
27 Steve De Los Reyes
Steve De Los Reyes us
 2.3k
28 Justin Coppolino
Justin Coppolino us
 2.3k
29 Jesse Pinette
Jesse Pinette us
 2.2k
30 James Vaughn
James Vaughn us
 2.2k

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