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2018PeoplesChoice
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2018PeoplesChoice

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 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 229.7k
2 Allen Bracknell
Allen Bracknell us
 14.3k
3 Josh Eon Johnson
Josh Eon Johnson us
 179.4k
4 Travis Cadeau
Travis Cadeau ca
 199.9k
5 Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson us
 214.8k
6 Daniel Melaniuk
Daniel Melaniuk pl
 199.5k
7 Coen Mitchell
Coen Mitchell nz
 162.3k
8 Sterling Grice
Sterling Grice us
 12.1k
9 Megan Jean Morris
Megan Jean Morris us
 90.3k
10 Kyle Chaney
Kyle Chaney us
 137.4k
11 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 11.5k
12 Gavin Dunbar
Gavin Dunbar gb
 190.8k
13 Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia
Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia ve
 158.2k
14 Helene Dahlberg
Helene Dahlberg se
 137.3k
15 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 6.9k
16 Damien Wickham
Damien Wickham au
 83.8k
17 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 75.7k
18 Brennan Clemance
Brennan Clemance gb
 90.3k
19 Cody Reed
Cody Reed us
 5.2k
20 Henrique Carmo
Henrique Carmo pt
 121.8k
21 Jørgen Schmidt
Jørgen Schmidt no
 80.0k
22 Joshua Short
Joshua Short us
 74.3k
23 Nathan Lavell
Nathan Lavell au
 90.1k
24 George Patrick
George Patrick us
 4.7k
25 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 68.6k
26 Brandon Hutchinson
Brandon Hutchinson us
 4.0k
27 Adam Aguas
Adam Aguas us
 72.2k
28 Nunzio Tannoia
Nunzio Tannoia it
 69.5k
29 Василий Suvorov
Василий Suvorov ru
 71.3k
30 Gretch Tattoo artist
Gretch Tattoo artist au
 63.1k
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 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 229.7k
2 Allen Bracknell
Allen Bracknell us
 14.3k
3 Josh Eon Johnson
Josh Eon Johnson us
 179.4k
4 Travis Cadeau
Travis Cadeau ca
 199.9k
5 Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson us
 214.8k
6 Daniel Melaniuk
Daniel Melaniuk pl
 199.5k
7 Coen Mitchell
Coen Mitchell nz
 162.3k
8 Sterling Grice
Sterling Grice us
 12.1k
9 Megan Jean Morris
Megan Jean Morris us
 90.3k
10 Kyle Chaney
Kyle Chaney us
 137.4k
11 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 11.5k
12 Gavin Dunbar
Gavin Dunbar gb
 190.8k
13 Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia
Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia ve
 158.2k
14 Helene Dahlberg
Helene Dahlberg se
 137.3k
15 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 6.9k
16 Damien Wickham
Damien Wickham au
 83.8k
17 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 75.7k
18 Brennan Clemance
Brennan Clemance gb
 90.3k
19 Cody Reed
Cody Reed us
 5.2k
20 Henrique Carmo
Henrique Carmo pt
 121.8k
21 Jørgen Schmidt
Jørgen Schmidt no
 80.0k
22 Joshua Short
Joshua Short us
 74.3k
23 Nathan Lavell
Nathan Lavell au
 90.1k
24 George Patrick
George Patrick us
 4.7k
25 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 68.6k
26 Brandon Hutchinson
Brandon Hutchinson us
 4.0k
27 Adam Aguas
Adam Aguas us
 72.2k
28 Nunzio Tannoia
Nunzio Tannoia it
 69.5k
29 Василий Suvorov
Василий Suvorov ru
 71.3k
30 Gretch Tattoo artist
Gretch Tattoo artist au
 63.1k
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 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 229.7k
2 Allen Bracknell
Allen Bracknell us
 14.3k
3 Josh Eon Johnson
Josh Eon Johnson us
 179.4k
4 Travis Cadeau
Travis Cadeau ca
 199.9k
5 Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson us
 214.8k
6 Daniel Melaniuk
Daniel Melaniuk pl
 199.5k
7 Coen Mitchell
Coen Mitchell nz
 162.3k
8 Sterling Grice
Sterling Grice us
 12.1k
9 Megan Jean Morris
Megan Jean Morris us
 90.3k
10 Kyle Chaney
Kyle Chaney us
 137.4k
11 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 11.5k
12 Gavin Dunbar
Gavin Dunbar gb
 190.8k
13 Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia
Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia ve
 158.2k
14 Helene Dahlberg
Helene Dahlberg se
 137.3k
15 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 6.9k
16 Damien Wickham
Damien Wickham au
 83.8k
17 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 75.7k
18 Brennan Clemance
Brennan Clemance gb
 90.3k
19 Cody Reed
Cody Reed us
 5.2k
20 Henrique Carmo
Henrique Carmo pt
 121.8k
21 Jørgen Schmidt
Jørgen Schmidt no
 80.0k
22 Joshua Short
Joshua Short us
 74.3k
23 Nathan Lavell
Nathan Lavell au
 90.1k
24 George Patrick
George Patrick us
 4.7k
25 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 68.6k
26 Brandon Hutchinson
Brandon Hutchinson us
 4.0k
27 Adam Aguas
Adam Aguas us
 72.2k
28 Nunzio Tannoia
Nunzio Tannoia it
 69.5k
29 Василий Suvorov
Василий Suvorov ru
 71.3k
30 Gretch Tattoo artist
Gretch Tattoo artist au
 63.1k
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 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 229.7k
2 Allen Bracknell
Allen Bracknell us
 14.3k
3 Josh Eon Johnson
Josh Eon Johnson us
 179.4k
4 Travis Cadeau
Travis Cadeau ca
 199.9k
5 Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson us
 214.8k
6 Daniel Melaniuk
Daniel Melaniuk pl
 199.5k
7 Coen Mitchell
Coen Mitchell nz
 162.3k
8 Sterling Grice
Sterling Grice us
 12.1k
9 Megan Jean Morris
Megan Jean Morris us
 90.3k
10 Kyle Chaney
Kyle Chaney us
 137.4k
11 Brock Swenson
Brock Swenson us
 11.5k
12 Gavin Dunbar
Gavin Dunbar gb
 190.8k
13 Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia
Ronnie James Urdaneta Barcia ve
 158.2k
14 Helene Dahlberg
Helene Dahlberg se
 137.3k
15 Jymi Calkins
Jymi Calkins us
 6.9k
16 Damien Wickham
Damien Wickham au
 83.8k
17 Victor GARCIA
Victor GARCIA us
 75.7k
18 Brennan Clemance
Brennan Clemance gb
 90.3k
19 Cody Reed
Cody Reed us
 5.2k
20 Henrique Carmo
Henrique Carmo pt
 121.8k
21 Jørgen Schmidt
Jørgen Schmidt no
 80.0k
22 Joshua Short
Joshua Short us
 74.3k
23 Nathan Lavell
Nathan Lavell au
 90.1k
24 George Patrick
George Patrick us
 4.7k
25 Aleksander Lien
Aleksander Lien no
 68.6k
26 Brandon Hutchinson
Brandon Hutchinson us
 4.0k
27 Adam Aguas
Adam Aguas us
 72.2k
28 Nunzio Tannoia
Nunzio Tannoia it
 69.5k
29 Василий Suvorov
Василий Suvorov ru
 71.3k
30 Gretch Tattoo artist
Gretch Tattoo artist au
 63.1k

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