Every Friday the 13th, tattoo shops around the world celebrate the occasion with a variety of offerings ranging from discounted tattoos to Friday the 13th designs to commemorate the experience. Odessa’s Evil Ink Tattoo shared in the celebration as it saw lines reach nearly around the block. Customers visited the shop to take home their own memory of the “unlucky day.” Evil Ink Tattoo has hosted the event since its opening in 2009 and each year the event grows larger than the last. Manager Gena Navarrette estimates the shop serves more than 1,000 customers between 18 artists beginning early in the morning and going until late in the evening.
Tattoo enthusiasts wait in line for Friday the 13th tattoos during an event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. Each Friday the 13th, tattoo shops around the world celebrate the day with a variety of offerings from discounted tattoos to Friday the 13th designs to commemorate the experience. Evil Ink Tattoo manager Gena Navarrette estimates that their shop serves over 1,000 customers between 18 different artists, beginning early in the morning and going until late in the evening. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Brandon McCollum, left, sits for a tattoo by artists Fernie B during a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. Evil Ink Tattoo manager Gena Navarrette remarked about the events that happen every Friday the 13th “It’s fun, it’s always fun, but it’s long.” Navarrette estimates that Evil Ink serves over 1,000 customers between 18 tattoo artists, four of which come from other cities close to Odessa. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Owner of Evil Ink Tattoo Henry Carrasco, left, helps a pair of customers as they decide on a tattoo design during the shop’s Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon in Odessa. Friday the 13th tattoos are now becoming a common tradition for most tattoo enthusiasts after celebrity artists such as Oliver Peck from Dallas’ Elm Street Tattoo popularized the tradition in the 1990’s. Most shops that celebrate the day offer discount pricing and Friday the 13th themed designs for patrons to commemorate the experience. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Noe Cortez, left, tattoos Mimi Gaines on her collarbone for a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Tattoo enthusiast gather in the shade as they wait in line for a tattoo during Evil Ink Tattoo’s Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon in Odessa. The tattoo shop has being hosting Friday the 13th events since their opening in 2009 and each year the events grow in size. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Husband and wife tattoo enthusiasts Joe and Anevay Galindo use their phones to find last minute tattoo designs as they wait in line to participate in Evil Ink Tattoo’s Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon in Odessa. Anevay remarked that she and her husband have been to two previous Friday the 13th events to get tattoos together but she had been to other events twice prior. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Tattoo enthusiasts wait in line for Friday the 13th tattoos during an event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. Each Friday the 13th, tattoo shops around the world celebrate the day with a variety of offerings from discounted tattoos to Friday the 13th designs to commemorate the experience. Evil Ink Tattoo manager Gena Navarrette estimates that their shop serves over 1,000 customers between 18 different artists, beginning early in the morning and going until late in the evening. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Tattoo enthusiast gather in the shade as they wait in line for a tattoo during Evil Ink Tattoo’s Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon in Odessa. The tattoo shop has being hosting Friday the 13th events since their opening in 2009 and each year the events grow in size. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Stephanie Ortega checks her stencil placement in a mirror before committing to the tattoo during a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Tattoo artist Steven “Skooby” Pacheco, left, lets a client’s skin breathe as he tattoos a design for his shop’s Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Tattoo Artist Briza Morales, right, tattoos lettering on Belle Cuellar’s thumb during a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Tattoo Artist Briza Morales, right, tattoos lettering on Belle Cuellar’s thumb during a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Jazmine Ituarte, second from left, bows her head as piercer Chris “SteadyHandz” Steady gives her an industrial piercing during a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Erik Chavarria, left, holds his friend Kamila Guzman’s hand as she receives an industrial piercing during a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Kamila Guzman exhales as piercer Chris “SteadyHands” Steady finishes the last part of an industrial piercing during a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Mario “Tat2Mario” Morales traces a design onto transfer paper for a client during a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Mario “Tat2Mario” Morales preps his station for a new client during a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
A plaque encouraging tipping adorns a wall in piercer Will Montoya’s studio during a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
Lord Rogers El Bey shows his knuckle tattoos for a photo as he waits for his tattoo artist to return to his station during a Friday the 13th event Friday afternoon at Evil Ink Tattoo. (Odessa American/Eli Hartman)
