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New Braunfels-based artist Joe Melin tattoos Stephanie Diaz during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Art from Austin-based creative Jeff Ensminger of Southern Cross Press explodes with color during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Artists from across the country gathered for the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Round Rock-based artist Eric Garcia gets started on a tattoo for Vincent Tobey during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

A tattoo by Round Rock-based artist Eric Garcia is just getting started on Vincent Tobey's thigh during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Artists from across the country gathered for the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Houston-based artist Bobby Mack tattoos Lee Snedaker during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024. "I decided to make my whole right leg nautical themed," Snedaker said. "Sailing was a gnarly thing dude. I wish I could've been a sailor."

Houston-based artist Bobby Mack tattoos Lee Snedaker during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024. "I decided to make my whole right leg nautical themed," Snedaker said. "Sailing was a gnarly thing dude. I wish I could've been a sailor."

Art from Austin-based creative Jeff Ensminger of Southern Cross Press explodes with color during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

American-Statesman Intern Cross Harris gets a tattoo from Austin-based artist Trang Phan during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Austin-based artist Trang Phan tattoos American-Statesman Intern Cross Harris during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Austin-based artist Jeff Ensminger of Southern Cross Press paints during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Austin-based artist Sydney Dyer touches up a tattoo on a customer, did not want to be named, during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Synthetic hands tattooed by California-based artist Jesse Prewitt stand out during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Tennessee-based artist Chris Lochbihler tattoos Jacob Shaw during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024. Jacob Shaw's wife, Dsiree Shaw, left, scrolls on her phone in the meantime.

Round Rock-based artist Eric Garcia gets started on a tattoo for Vincent Tobey during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Round Rock-based artist Eric Garcia gets started on a tattoo for Vincent Tobey during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Austin-based artist Jeff Ensminger of Southern Cross Press paints during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Artist Joshy Herrera tattoos Van Ortiz during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024. Polynesian tattoos are one of Herrera's specialties. "I want to bring the people a little taste of the islands," he said. "The culture."

Tennessee-based artist Chris Lochbihler tattoos Jacob Shaw during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

A tattoo mock-up on a mannequin torso by California-based artist Jesse Prewitt stands out during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Tal Mir, owner of San Marcos-based company Skull Slides, admires his product during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Work from Harker Heights-based artist Danny Mack depicts Kanye West as a cone head during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Austin-based artist Sydney Dyer touches up a tattoo on a customer, did not want to be named, during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Art from Austin-based creative Jeff Ensminger of Southern Cross Press explodes with color during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Artist Joshy Herrera tattoos Van Ortiz during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024. Polynesian tattoos are one of Herrera's specialties. "Each symbol has a unique meaning," the artist, originally from Guam, said.

Austin-based artist Sydney Dyer touches up a tattoo on a customer, did not want to be named, during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Austin-based artist Jeff Ensminger of Southern Cross Press paints during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

A tattoo stencil by Houston-based artist Bobby Mack sits on a table during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024. The tattoo, for Lee Snedaker, is one in a series of nautical-pieces on his right leg.

Artist Joshy Herrera tattoos Van Ortiz during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024. Polynesian tattoos are one of Herrera's specialties. "I want to bring the people a little taste of the islands," he said. "The culture."

Las Vegas-based artist Chad James works on a t-shirt design during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Original art by New Braunfels-based tatooist Joe Melin illuminates an iPad screen during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Austin-based artist Trang Phan tattoos American-Statesman Intern Cross Harris during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.

Footwear from San Marcos-based company Skull Slides devours some mannequin toes during the Austin Tattoo Festival at the Austin Convention Center, Friday Aug. 2, 2024.