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    Former Humboldt Country resident Dean Flint, now living in Idaho, provided this creative Inked Hearts 2025 art work as a gift to Ted and Amy Marks. He and several others from out of the area ended up blocked by snowstorms from attending the event.
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    Event organizers Amy and Ted Marks from Nor Cal Tattoo in Arcata revealed big changes as they have fully taken over Inked Hearts management but the venue remains the same inside the Sapphire Palace at the Blue Lake Casino.
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    Dylan Ward, of Redding, sat for a sleeve created by tattoo artist Joey Sanchez, also of Redding, on Friday. Ward later entered the Best of Show contest with this completed tattoo artwork.
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    Tattoo artist Karley Andrews, of Boise, Idaho, and the Hidden Crow Tattoo shop, paused in her work to respond to a question on Friday.
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    Malik Cuellar, of Fortuna, enjoyed a treat while getting a portrait done by tattoo artist Emily Dillon of Springfield, Oregon.
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    Tattoo artist Rob Hill, of Ventura, had the most interesting and unusual table display of animal skulls.
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    Mary Lou Rena, of Salinas, was in the middle of getting a large tattoo done by tattoo artist Liz Venom, of Edmonton, Alberta, on Friday.
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    Inked Hearts 2025 opened on Valentine’s Day this year and tattoo artist Jaron Drinnan, of Art House in Redding, had these “flash” hearts displayed at his tattoo vendor table.
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    While celebrating her birthday on Friday, Alyssa Alveraz, of Arcata, talked over options for her choice of a bay leaf design with tattoo artist Jeremy LaFlamme of the Gilden Gator Tattoo shop in Fortuna.
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    Aggie Ramos, of Blue Lake, asked tattoo artist Tye Harris to add a portrait and paw print tattoo in memory of her dog Leo on Friday.
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    Ash Tello, of McKinleyville, asked tattoo artist Emily Dillon to create a symbolic “bat out of hell” tattoo on Saturday.
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    Tattoo artist Roxanne Andrade, of Nor Cal Tattoo in Arcata, gave a thumbs up on Saturday to her just-completed tattoo of a cat bird for Jaime Lara, of Arcata (a bird chosen in memory of recent wildlife-survey work in Minnesota).
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    Tattoo artist Ash Franks, of Hidden Veil Tattoo in Chico, added the first of two more tattoos on Sunday to Michael Meyer, of Eureka, who was covered with extensive tattoos (the second design can be seen under his left wrist).
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    To celebrate the memory of her mother who died in December, Eunice Oquist, of Trinidad, asked tattoo artist Zac “Lefty” Colbert, of Infamous Ink in Waco, Texas, to create this tattoo portrait of her mother (see photo of her mother).
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    Dylan Ward, of Redding, displayed the sleeve created by tattoo artist Joey Sanchez, also of Redding, that he entered in the Best of Show contest on Sunday.
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    Doug Skanes, of Ellensburg, Washington, entered this artwork by tattoo artist Liz Venom, of Edmonton, Alberta, in Sunday’s Best of the Day and Best of the Show contests and…won first place in both categories.
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    Winner of Best of the Day on Friday, Tiara, of Tracy, entered this work by tattoo artist Zac “Lefty” of Infamous Ink in Waco, Texas, in Sunday’s Best of Show contest and finished in second place.
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    Inked Hearts event organizer Ted Marks (left) presented Doug Skanes, of Ellensburg, Washington, winner of Sunday’s Best of the Day and Best of the Show contest categories, with the two trophies and two tattoo-shop pieces of office furniture that he had created as prizes.