Inksoul: A rich congregation of tattoo artists

Vasudha Zora| NT

Bengaluru: The three-day Inksoul Tattoo and Music Festival concluded at the Manpho Convention Center in the city on Sunday. The event saw participation from artists hailing from seven countries, with around 158 artists registered for the various events and over 1000 people attended the event.

There was flea market, food street with a bar live streaming the T20 World Cup alongside musical events and stalls by tattoo and piercing artists across the country. The founder of the Inksoul competition and associate of King’s Tattoo Supply Ronak Patel said, “The competition is held to bring out the lost arts and make people realise that being a tattoo artist is a legitimate profession and it pays well.

Very senior artists and sponsors are on the judges’ panel to provide the right judgement and support the venture for the cause it starts for and till now we are very happy with the event's success.” The competition was also attended by Roadies fame Ranvijay Singh and the events were aimed at understanding the different styles used in tattooing and the connection between tattoo artists within a timeline working on a concept.

Infant from Micro tattoos, Church Street said, “It is my first showcase at the convention and I have planned to go truly wild with my imagination and focused more on the colours and how they present themselves on the skin, I have always been a fan of modern and contemporary arts, so most of my designs are inclined that way.”

The event experienced a full capacity of piercing artists and hairstylists and many customers were keen on getting their appointments fixed with the artist they most resonated with. A wide range of genres were played at the event, from progressive metal to fusion music alongside techno and many more, bands like Zhane,Goatsmoke, Space is all we have, Oxygen on the rock, Flying Cupid, Panchee and Dj Stella performed at the festival.

Trippink tattoos a Kormangala based tattoo studio’s owner Ritopriyo Saha said, “This year the tattoo community has truly found its match, the judgement is difficult which ads more flavour in the competition, I say this because there is a lot of politics that goes around in the industry so it nice to be part of a fair trial.”