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“The Holy Grail’s”

“The Holy Grail’s” Best of Show 1st, 2nd & 3rd London Tattoo Convention. Thought i would show you these beauties! 🏆🥇🥈🥉 How stunning are these? The prides of my tattoo awards, there are many others but these three are very special to my heart. 🫶🏻🤍✨ For many of us, the London Tattoo Convention at Tobacco Docks was THE pinnacle of tattoo conventions! Just to get an invite there was enough to make your career for yourself, but to actually go there & not only participate, but to actually win awards surround by your peers, grand masters, legends & friends was absolutely insane!! @mikivialetto created the most monstrous convention in the world! Artists & collectors from all over the world would be at this show. I still remember my first show there, I was walking down the stairs & I was greeted at the bottom by a smiling @brentmccown_ saying hello to me, I was in complete shock, I remember thinking to myself “how does he even know who I am!?” & this continued through the weekend with many other peers & masters i looked up to greeting me to say hello, I didn’t think anybody would know who I was. I was so wrong, & I was welcomed by all I meet there. It really was a huge turning point in my career. I remember thinking i felt like I finally belonged! As I think myself, like many other artists, can suffer with imposter syndrome.Especially when your career happens very quickly for you. Not anymore. It was such a special weekend every single time I worked The London Tattoo Convention. Now we have the almighty @godsofinktattooconvention in Frankfurt, Germany, again run by the master @mikivialetto, in its place. This show is equally insane, this year I had so much fun there & created a beautiful tattoo for my client. Again, I think I speak for all when we talk about this show, it is such an honour to be working this show alongside the world best tattoo artists. It really is humbling working alongside so many legends in the scene & the best of the new up & coming artists! Every year they just to get better & better! I’d love to find a client who wants to compete at this show with a back piece or some other large scale project! If this sounds interesting, contact me!

A religious tattoo by Ryan "The Scientist" Smith at @ryansmithtattooist, posted on Sep 25, 2026.

by Ryan "The Scientist" Smith

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