Our gift for the convention
Free plates for visitors of Oahu International Tattoo Expo
January 15 to January 17, 2027 · Honolulu · Hawaii Convention Center
Eight comic plates about life on the convention floor, each drawn in a different tattoo tradition, from American traditional flash to Japanese woodblock. They are free, in 4K, for your studio, your wall or your collection.Print them, pin them up, share them.
Made by Poli International for the visitors. We are not affiliated with the organisers. Dates can move: check with the organiser before you travel.
He budgeted exactly sixty minutes of his island vacation for a complete custom sleeve.
American traditional flash: fresh from the snow and still in his parka, a walk-up asks for a full sleeve. “Aloha! Ready for a quick sleeve?”
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The absolute worst agony of his convention weekend had absolutely nothing to do with needles.
Japanese woodblock: a dragon back piece goes on, but the real pain is the shave ice brain freeze. “Mahalo for the ice…”
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He read that leaving slippers at the door was customary and decided to keep going.
Aloha shirt print: a visitor takes the shoes-off custom one step too far and arrives at the booth in his shorts. “Just trying to be respectful.”
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Twelve straight hours of one visitor’s three ukulele chords will test any portrait artist’s sanity.
Black and grey realism: a portrait artist at work while the visitor next door plays his brand-new ukulele. “I learned it this morning!”
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He spent six months mentally preparing for a tattoo the size of a small coin.
Pop art: a tiny star on his ankle, his wallet clenched between his teeth. “Will I need a stretcher?”
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Half a jar of ointment ensured the judges only saw their own reflections.
Linocut: on the contest stage, a calf shining with ointment blinds all three judges. “Look at that shine!”
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The exhausted artist was already dreaming of his bed when the weekend’s final optimist appeared.
Watercolour: closing time on Sunday, and a walk-up unrolls a design the size of a bedsheet. “Got time for something small?”
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Come for the paradise, leave covered in plastic wrap and poor financial decisions.
1930s travel poster: a visitor waves from the plane steps, fresh tattoos and surfboard all in plastic wrap. “Mahalo!”
Download free in 4K4K = 5504 x 3232 pixels, sharp up to poster size. Every joke is on us, the visitors. Kākau, the traditional Hawaiian tattoo, is sacred culture: it is never the joke here.
There is much more in our shop
Hundreds of plates in every drawing style, printed albums for the waiting room, framed posters for the wall. For studios and for every body art lover.
