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The 3nd annual Liverpool Tattoo is taking place on Sat 19th/Sun 20th June 2010. Artists interested in booths, traders, bands and entertainers please email enquiries@design4lifetattoo.co.uk or visit www.tattooconvention.co.uk where you can complete an online enquiry form. Reviews of the 2009 show: 'Caps must be doffed to Tony and Hazel in honour of the originality and off the wall ideas that they pack in spades, as their concept of the Tattoo Duels was also one of unabashed genius.' - Neil Dalleywater - Skindeep 175 www.skindeep.co.uk 'D4L's show endeared us in a big way following its 2008 debut on the circuit and has evolved into an outstanding tattoo soiree that is deservedly lauded by collectors and artists alike. It manages to attain a mixture of warm ambience and great artistic variety in a capacious setting, and as many convention devotees will be aware, that is no mean feat when a show expands in what are still its formative years.' - Neil Dalleywater - Skindeep 175 www.skindeep.co.uk 'The Liverpool Tattoo Convention was, without doubt, one of the shows I most looked forward to covering for Total Tattoo this year. Last year's inaugral show had a fresh feeling about it and with good weather and a great venue in Liverpool University Guild Buildings, it did the city proud. It was a credit to the crew from Design 4 Life Tattoo studio, who had tried out some new ideas that worked well.' - James Sandercock - Total Tattoo Sept 09 www.totaltattoo.co.uk 'I had checked the list of artists on the show website prior to coming, and it certainly was mouth-watering. The best of British was there and, with so many overseas artists here for the weekend I knew I was in for some great surprises' - James Sandercock - Total Tattoo Sept 09 www.totaltattoo.co.uk 'Liverpool itself is a great place to spend a summer weekend and the fact that Tony and his Design 4 Life crew want to give you something a bit different allows this show to pop its head up above the crowd and say, with a cheeky wink,'Come on...you know you want to!' 'Last year’s UK Liverpool Tattoo Convention, the first, was a resounding success. The top Tattoo publications proclaimed it “a cracker” and a “serious contender for your hard earned pennies” amongst other worthy adulations. Many attending artists from last year’s show were very quick to sign up for this year’s convention after their first visit to the Merseyside Ink bash, a sign indeed that year 2 has something special in store.' - Martin McIver - Tattoo.tv 'This years Liverpool Convention had a lot to live up to considering the hype that surrounded Design 4 Life’s first convention ‘have-a- go’ in 2008. D4L had impressed all facets of the tattoo industry with the way last years Merseyside gathering was organised, and so the benchmark of their own making was set. With a sea of returning artists from the first year, and a heady mix of new talent adorning Liverpool University’s hallowed halls, it wasn’t long before the needles were in and the buzz was up.' - Martin McIver - Tattoo.tv Reviews of the 2008 show: 'Great work, a wonderful atmosphere, beautiful weather and reasonably priced drinks. What more could you possibly ask for? - Alex Guest - Skindeep Issue 162 www.skindeep.co.uk 'We were treated to a remakable range of artists from all over the U.K and around the globe.." Alex Guest - Skindeep Issue 162 www.skindeep.co.uk 'We seem to have a plethora of tattoo shows at the moment, this will be on that stands out as a good 'un! Well donr to all concerned" Neil Dalleywater - Skindeep Issue 162 www.skindeep.co.uk 'The gang at Design 4 Life gave it a go and, boy what a cracker it was!' Neil Dalleywater - Skindeep Issue 162 www.skindeep.co.uk 'The quality of the work was top draw, as you would have expected looking at the long list of artists who attended...' James Sandercock - Total Tattoo Issue 47 'There was plenty to do and it was easy to find some space to chill out when it was required..' James Sandercock - Total Tattoo Issue 47 'So there you have it. The first Liverpool convention rocked and rolled its way onto the convention calendar, establishing itself as a serious contender for your hard earned pennies' James Sandercock - Total Tattoo Issue 47 'I look forward seeing what the guys come up with for the Liverpool show in 2009' James Sandercock - Total Tattoo Issue 47