myScoper.com proudly announces the upcoming and radically monumental Roanoke Tattoo Festival coming this Mother’s Day weekend at The Hotel Roanoke. The Tattoo Fashion Show at the Taubman earlier this year gave us a taste of the local flavor but this new festival promises to bring internationally acclaimed body artists to Roanoke, VA. May 8-10 will be chock full of tattoos, body art demos, competition, live music, and burlesque! Each week leading up to the festival we will profile one of the featured tattoo artists that will appear at this year’s festivities. So if you’re thinking about a tattoo, now is definitely the time. The world of body art will be descending on Roanoke early May! For more information about the festival: click here! Also, for vendors and businesses, they’re still looking for booths and sponsors, so contact the organizers at this link if you’re interested!

ARTIST PROFILE #2

Marco Ventura (Queensland, Australia)

Ten years ago Marco Ventura would not have imagined he would be as grateful for the Tattoo industry as he is today. In the beginning he thought it would just be an addition to his alternative everyday life. Marco has always loved to draw and to see his heavy metal rock idols tattooed. That was only the beginning, after traveling in the industry over the last 10 years he has met and tattooed many great people and artists. Marco is grateful to everyone of those people, everyone who has helped or hindered contributed to his skills via the interaction either good or bad. “What does not kill you makes you stronger, thank you to all my National and International associates in the Tattoo industry.” Marco has also used his 10+ years of expertise in the industry to publish one of the best Tattoo magazines available on the International market today, Custom Tattooz.

“Life has led me down this path and I intend to succeed in creating something for myself and others to be proud of. What I do is who I am and I will continue this journey throughout the remainder of my life.”

His Work

See complete images of Marco’s work on his myspace page or his website gallery.
CONTACT MARCO ABOUT SCHEDULING A TATTOO AT THE ROANOKE TATTOO FESTIVAL.