The Hell City Tattoo Festival returns to the Hyatt Regency Downtown Columbus, Ohio this May 4th-6th for another exciting year of good times and great body art!

Hell City is not only a great time because of the amazing tattooing and it's friendly atmosphere, Hell City also has new, live acts every day of the fest. So book your rooms now!

LIVE ALL WEEKEND LONG in the Hell City special events room!

On a various stages in the special events room on the second floor, over a dozen of the tattoo worlds finest and most exciting artists will be creating their work right before your very eyes! Paint will splatter, messes will be made, mistakes scratched out and painted over, accidents will happen, jokes will be told, drinks will be spilled; in short, artistic genius will unfold RIGHT BEFORE YOUR VEY EYES!

Over a dozen artists from around the country, and the world, will be working on their creations all weekend long. fueling each others imaginations and firing their creative flames. Come witness the artistic process in action. You might even be able to buy the artwork whose birth you've witnessed! With this years unbeatable line-up of artists, there won't be a dull moment on the WET PAINT PROJECT Stage all weekend long!

Wet Paint Artists @ Hell City 2012:

• CHRIS DINGWELL - Portland, Maine
         CHET ZAR - From the planet AWESOME!
         PIEW CHOQUETTE - Montreal, Quebec
         KIMBERLY REED - Deep South Georgia!
         GUNNAR - Home Town Boy; Cowlumbus, OH
         CARYL CUNNINGHAM - Goddess of the Detroit Metro Area
         DEE DEE SERUGA - Requiem Body Art; Florida.
         TERESA SHARPE - Studio 13; Fort Wayne, IN
         TOBY GEHRLICH - Stained Skin!
         JOSH REYNOLDS - Cannibal Graphics; Oklahoma City!
         CAN MAN - Visions Tattoo; Medway, MA
         TEE JAY DILL - White Tiger; Rochester, NY
         HOLLY AZZARA - Always and Forever; Watertown, MA
         RUSS ABBOTT- Ink-N-Dagger, Decatur, GA
         DAMON CONKLIN - The Moon Orbits his Fro.
         TOM STROM - The Strom Refinery; Minneapolis
         BENJAMIN DUARTE - Loft De La Ben; Chicago
         MORGAN HABERLE - Classic Tattoo; San Marcos, TX
         PHIL YOUNG - Hope Gallery, New Haven, CT
         NATHAN JOHN - Take Action Tattoo, Warsaw, IN
         EVA HUBER - Horseshoes and Hand Grenades! Chickopee, MA
         TIMOTHY BOOR - Last Rites; NY, NY.
         TIM VICTIM PANGBURN- Art Machine, Philly!
         THEA DUSKIN - Ghostprint Gallery; Richmond, VA
   RYAN THOMPSON- Slinging Ink; NJ.

Dont miss your chance to get tattooed by the best in the business! Be sure to check out our attending artist page to see who will be adding to the sin this year at Hell City.

Chet Zar - Live Painting Seminar

In this seminar Chet Zar will cover the techniques and materials I use to create my oil paintings. I will go over creating the initial sketch, painting a small study and creating the final painting. 
Some of the subjects I will be covering are reference, tools and materials, under painting, value, color, composition, texture, glazing…and a whole lot more. I will start with a rough sketch and discuss subject, value and composition decisions. Next will be a small study, which will focus on color, value and troubleshooting the final piece.

Finally, I will create the final painting. This will be the longest part of the seminar and cover the subjects stated above. I will also be covering my experiences as an artist and thoughts on art throughout the demo.
There will be limited space for artists with some painting experience to set up and paint during the demo but simple observation and note taking is also encouraged. I will leave that up to you. I will be happy to go around to those who decide to paint or sketch and offer suggestions and/or criticism at the end of the day. Also, if time allows we can do a final question and answer session.

Check out the rest of this years amazing seminars going on at Hell City!

Don't miss all the special events at this years Hell City Tattoo Fest "A Decade Of Sin"May 4th-6th, 2012 in Killumbus, Ohio, including Live Painting exhibitions, Live Freakshows, new tattoo competitions and much, much more. Check out the scheduled events section for more info!

Hell City presents a brand new category, Black & Grey/ Color Fusion! This new category to be added to our competitions was brought to us by our fellow artists Juan Salgado and Ryan Hadley! This new category will invigorate a new judging approach to viewing  a fusion of both color with black and grey tattooing.   Now both schools can finally be at peace! Time to express your skills and give this elegant style a home and standing point in competitions. We think it would be interesting to see what has been done and can be done with this new category. It can be adapted to any style so no more limits. Be sure to enter your tattoos at this year's Hell City Tattoo Fest. As always, the lovely Suicide Girls will be presenting the trophies!

"BEST FUSION" CATEGORY

     

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Happy Hellidays from your fiends at the Hell City Tattoo Fest! Be sure to
pass this new animated card around to all of your friends, loved ones and
enemies! - http://www.happyhellidays.com/

Tattoo Magazine issue #255 from Killumbus, Ohio is on shelves now! Be sure to check out the great coverage from the action packed 2010 Festival in the HC Press Section now!