Support Your Favorite Tattoo Artist in Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay Voting

Tampa Bay is home to some of the most talented tattoo artists anywhere in Florida, and now is your chance to show them a little love.

Creative Loafing's Best of the Bay voting is underway, and the Best Tattoo Artist category features an incredible lineup of artists representing studios from across the Tampa Bay area. If one of these artists has created a piece you'll wear for life, or you've been following their work for years, take a minute to cast your vote.

This year's nominees include:

• Alejandro Roman Aquino
• Carly Venus (Dark Mark Ink)
• Cupids Baby Tats (Artisan Tattoos)
• Dennis Lopez (ResQInk Tattooing)
• Dick Ruse
• Emerald Inc and Esthetics Co
• GG (Dark Mark Ink)
• Janet Kell (Holy Grail Tattoo)
• Jeffrey Zioszios
• Kaitlin Brock (Electric Gold)
• Kayla Ortiz (Dark Mark Ink)
• Paula Tsurara
• Tat2sumi
• Victoria (Cupid's Baby Tattoos)
• Walter Lopez (Dark Matter)

Whether your favorite specializes in realism, traditional, Japanese, fine line, blackwork, or something completely unique, every vote helps recognize the artists who continue to push Tampa Bay's tattoo scene forward.

You can cast your vote here: https://vote.cltampa.com/arts/best-tattoo-artist

At 727Tattoo, we're proud to celebrate every artist helping make the Tampa Bay tattoo community one of the strongest in the country. Good luck to all of this year's nominees—we can't wait to see who takes home the title!