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For those of you who missed this year’s Baltimore Tattoo Arts Festival, don’t feel alone! While you all stayed home in your warm homes this past February we were in the hotel keeping each other company, having snow fights in the blizzard, and conducting business for those close enough to walk over to the Sheraton.

So, mulligan? We look forward to seeing you all rain or shine at Sheraton Baltimore City Center Hotel September 10th – 12th for the Baltimore Tattoo Arts Convention. For hotel reservations contact (410) 752-1100 and mention the Tattoo Convention for the discounted room rate of $89 a night!

Floors will be open Friday 2 PM – 12 AM, Saturday 12 PM – 12 AM, & Sunday 12 PM – 8 PM. Tickets Prices are
$20 per day or $40 for the weekend and are only available at the door. Have kids? Children under 12 are free!

Entertainment will include The Enigma & Serana Rose, Penguin Boy & Baron, Suspension By CRASH, Olde City Sideshow, Slip & Slide Bowling By Bombshell Brats, Burlesque, Live Music, and awesome Vendors!

We’ll be hitting the highways northbound next Wednesday.   See you there!

Ink & Dagger Tattoo’s Man Day 2010 Sponsored by Steadfast Brand. Coverage by TattooSnob.com from Tattoo Snob on Vimeo.

And we mean Nobody!

On Friday the Steadfast crew piled into a Tahoe and headed toward Atlanta for Ink & Dagger Tattoo’s 2nd Annual Man Day.  The short 8 hour drive ended with a stop over at Ink & Dagger just to say hi to everyone who came in for the event.  After our little visit we headed over for some good eats at R. Thomas Deluxe Grill.  Who doesn’t love a 24 hour dinner full of healthy and delicious choices?

The next morning was officially Man Day.  Ink & Dagger was open from noon to 4 pm tattooing everyone for $50 -anything on the special Man Day flash sheet.  What was on it you ask?  A few highlights included a weight-lifting mustache, mounted jackalope buck head, Popeye the Sailor Man, Cigar, Pirate, Barber pole & Shears, and our personal favorites: a Steadfast Compass & Infinite Tattoo Machine!

After the tattooing was through, everyone headed over to Twain’s Billiards & Tap for limited edition “Man Day Brew” and hours of entertainment.  We won’t bore you with the dirty little details of the delightful burlesque performances by Blast-Off Burlesque throughout the night or daring doings of Captain Stab-Tuggo or even the amazing prizes won on the Wheel of Destiny!

What else did you miss out on?  Only the Hella-Hot Wing Throwdown, Arm Wrestlin Showdown, Manliest Beard Face off,  Manliest Mustache Death Match, Beer Gut Pageant, Sexiest Back Hair, Handyman Challenge, and the one that made our night: Bobbing for Lobsters.

Needless to say we had a great time and would like to show some love to the Ink & Dagger crew, Myke Chambers, Tyson McAdoo, TattooSnob.com, Two Arms Inc, Mindzai, Rutabaga Salon & Boutique, Prick Magazine, and a very, very special thanks to Infinite Irons for making the stunning – and manly- Man Day Metals!

Where are we headed next?  New York City for Tattoo Society’s 4th Annual Romel Awards at Santos Party House!

Hello everyone!  Long time no talk.  We have been busy setting up our new offices here in Orlando and working on several new designs.   We have Russ Abbott’s Man Day party in Atlanta coming up on August 14th as well.  It’s a great time so come out!  Here is our Pirate Girl design that we did with Jime Litwalk of Hart and Huntington.  The original artwork is bad ass on it’s own but we wanted to fill the shirt out so we added the latitude and longitude lines to pull it off.  The compass isn’t our signature design but we like using variations when we can.  The lat and lon numbers actually

mark locations.  If you figure them out and email us at chris@steadfastbrand.com we will send you out a finders reward.  It’s our version of a treasure hunt.

-Steadfast Brand

Come out to the show and check out the newest gear and get some work done!  Looking forward to seeing everyone there.  The 14th Annual event will be this week June 4-6 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 6345 Powers Ferry Road.

The Atlanta Tattoo Arts Festival is honored to feature a select group of world-class artists showcasing a variety of styles and techniques.  Many of the artists will travel great distances to bring their unique art to the Atlanta community.

The festival offers live tattooing, contests with many different categories, seminars for tattoo artists, cool vendors with a variety of different treasures and new this year, a bikini contest by the pool!  When the tattooing is finished each day, the after party is across the street at Mardi Gras.  So come get a room and party with us all weekend!

Hours of Operation

Friday 3:00pm-12:00am
Saturday 12:00pm-12:00am
Sunday 12:00pm-7:00pm

For more information please visit www.atlantatattooartsfestival.com

Our re-designed Owl Tee done by Tattoo artist Gunnar is now released in Journey’s nationwide!  Here is the link to get in online at Journey’s.  The purple version is exclusively found at Journey’s and the gray version can be found at the Steadfast Brand website.  Please take a sec and let both us and Journey’s know what you think.  Thanks for all the love!!

http://www.journeys.com/product.aspx?id=162433&g=girls&p=app&c=872&m=SM

This is one of our favorite shows of the year so come out and say hello!  Mention this blog for a discount.  Check out the site and come get some new ink!

http://www.villainarts.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=27&Itemid=91

We are off to Tampa to watch our fighter Bruce Connors tonight!

The Orlando Tried and True Tattoo Expo, in collaboration with Universal Orlando® Resort, bring you two great events to help you enjoy all Orlando has to offer! The opening day of our Tattoo Expo, Thursday May 6th, 2010 at the Rosen Centre open from 6pm till 10pm, will wrap up with everyone going to Universal CityWalk® to the amazing Red Coconut Club® for a night of music, drink specials, and the intro to our art show featuring the Steadfast Brand Artist Signature Series artists and many others showing their original artwork for your pleasure.

Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (May 7-9) will be all about the Tattoo Expo held at the Rosen Centre on I-Drive! The hours are listed below. Come down and see some of today’s most talented tattoo artists and get the new tattoo you have always wanted! On-site entertainment, music, food, and art for viewing and sale will keep you busy all weekend long! Several seminars featuring studies in tattooing, photography, machine building, drawing, painting, and more are offered throughout the weekend.
You must be 18 or over to be tattooed, but the tattoo expo is open to all ages! Our kid’s corner has a variety of entertainment for the whole family and kids of all ages including face painting, temporary tattoos, and coloring contests. A licensed daycare service will be provided on premises for your convenience.

Monday after the show is when Universal Orlando® has joined up to give you the real central Florida experience. On our site you will see an exclusive afternoon ticket product not available anywhere else for attendees of the Tried and True Tattoo Expo! Make sure you get the afternoon ticket that has been discounted nearly 50% and is only available there! You already came to the show so take an extra day and enjoy a tattoo vacation in a city that was built for vacations at Orlando’s best theme park!

Click here for Universal Orlando® Resort Afternoon Tickets!

We went down there last minute with our friend Jime Litwalk of Hart and Huntington, Las Vegas.  We had a blast and got to see Russ Abbott, the Inksmith and Rogers crew along with many more of our friends.  We went downtown to the local shops and got to eat some really great Sushi at the industry famous Samuri Blue!  More pics and videos up soon!