From September 11 to 13, 2026, hundreds of artists from around the world packed Osceola Heritage Park in Kissimmee for the Orlando Tattoo Show — one of Florida's biggest tattoo competitions, where every category is judged live by industry veterans. Walking away with a single ribbon there is a flex. The Secret Tattoo Studio walked away with eight.
Four of our artists competed. Four of our artists placed. And one of them won the entire day.
🥇🥇 Jesus — Best of Day Sunday & Color Sunday
The biggest win of the weekend. Best of Day doesn't compare you to one category — it puts your piece against every single tattoo done that day, across every style, and Jesus's color work came out on top. Two golds, one unforgettable Sunday.
🥇🥇🥇🥈 Luisk feat. Iverson andYorsho — the most decorated artist of the show
Luisk walked in with healed work and walked out with four ribbons: gold in Color Movie/Game Healed, gold in Color Sunday Healed, gold in Male Collector Healed, and silver in Large Color Healed. Healed-work categories are the hardest to win — the judges aren't looking at fresh ink under studio lighting, they're looking at how a tattoo actually holds up on skin months later. That's the real test, and Luisk passed it four times over.
🥇🥈 Vannesa — Ornamental/Geometric gold, plus a collab silver
Vannesa took gold in Ornamental/Geometric solo, then teamed up with guest artist Camilo G for a second piece that placed silver in Artist Collaboration — proof that her precision holds up whether she's working alone or building on someone else's linework in real time.
🥈 Juanky — silver in Fusion and Opaques
A style that blends bold, saturated color with softer fusion shading is deceptively hard to balance. Juanky's piece did both without either side overpowering the other.
What does "Best of Day" actually mean?
It's the top prize awarded from every piece tattooed at the show on a given day, across all styles combined. It's judged separately from category awards, so winning it means a piece beat out realism, black & grey, fine line, and everything else that day — not just other color work.
What's the difference between a "fresh" award and a "healed" award?
A fresh-work award judges the tattoo right after it's finished — line quality, saturation, composition. A healed-work award (like Luisk's four wins) judges a piece weeks or months after healing, which shows whether the technique, depth, and aftercare actually held up. Healed categories are widely considered the tougher, more honest test of an artist's skill.
Can I book with one of these award-winning artists?
Yes — Jesus, Luisk, Vannesa, and Juanky all tattoo out of our Tampa studio at 525 N Howard Ave. Their books move fast after a result like this, so if you've been sitting on an idea, now's the time.
Four artists. Eight awards. One studio. If you want work from a team that industry judges — not just Instagram — just validated, your next tattoo starts here.
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