Evil Easels

Evil Easels ignites the Hell City Tattoo Festival main stage on Friday & Saturday Only!

The Evil Easels is a brand new artist performance event for Hell City 2026!

Evil Easels comes in hotter than hell with a fast-paced live color pastel showdown on Friday and Saturday Only at Hell City. Evil Easels feature 5 artists that go head-to-head in intense 30-minute rounds, pushing creativity, speed, and skill to the limit in front of a live Hell City audience. As the clock runs out, the crowd takes control with audience voting determines who claims victory, making the Evil Easels not just a fun competition, but an interactive spectacle where energy, artistry, and crowd connection to decide the winner right on the Hell City main stage on both Friday and Saturday starting at 3pm. Evil Easels ignites on the @Hell_City Main Stage on Friday and Saturday at 3:00 pm directly after the Art Fusion Experiment! “Evil Easels” comes in hotter than hell with an ALL NEW fast-paced LIVE color pastel showdown on Friday & Saturday ONLY at both Hell City Phoenix and Hell City Columbus. The Evil Easel features 5 talented artists that will go head-to-head in an intense 30 minute round, pushing creativity, speed and skill to the limit in front of a live Hell City crowd.

WHO VOTES FOR THE WINNER OF EVIL EASELS?
We have decided to put the power in the control of the artists participating in the event! Once the clock runs out, the five participating artists will be handed a judging card where they can vote for what they feel is the best piece created during their Evil Easels Showdown! There is only one rule, the Artists cannot vote for themselves!