Tattoo Artist Christian Anavitate Attempts To Break The Guinness World Record For The Most Tattoos Tattooed In 24 Hours
By Sidra Lackey
Christian Anavitate, a tattoo artist from Beautiful Sin Tattoos in Lancaster, Pennsylvania recently attempted to tattoo 900 tattoos in a 24 hour period. Why? He wanted to break the Guinness World Record for most tattoos done in 24 hours.
The world record for most tattoos in 24 hours is currently Jeremy Swan of Broken Art Tattoo in Los Angeles according to NBC, “World Record! Silver Lake Tattoo Artist Inks 875 in a Day.” On a Friday the 13th in November 2009 Swan took on the title of tattooing the most people in a day (a tattoo every minute and a half) and won. 801 tattoos done in a day, a year earlier by Hollis Cantrell of Artistic Tattoo in Arizona, was the old world record Swan broke.
At least 876 people needed to go through Anavitate’s tattoo chair, WGAL reported on the story, “Local tattoo shop trying to break records.” Anavitate was self-assured in telling WGAL, "There's definitely enough out there to be able to break this world record and make this happen. There's definitely a lot of support.” It's a goal Anavitate has had for a while now. But it was only a few weeks ago that he started putting a plan together to make it happen, WGAL further reports. "I put a post on Facebook and just kind of ran the idea through the crowd and thought, 'What do you guys think if I shoot to break the world record,'” Anavitate said in his WGAL interview. He told WGAL, “the feedback was just the push” he needed to “get things going.”
The world record breaking attempt event was from 10 p.m. December 16th to 10 p.m. December 17th. “We're gonna make history tonight," Anavitate told WGAL confidently.
On his Instagram, Anavitate posted a video detailing the event. He said he was super excited and had been joking about doing it for years. But this year he felt ready to take the challenge on. He asked clients-to-be to help him break the world record for the most tattoos in 24 hours. Anavitate however had strict rules to give out to clients on what they could expect if they came out to support him:
Must have ID & cash in hand
No alcoholic beverages, weapons, any substances or not be under the influence of any alcohol or drug
Only tattoos on: arms, chest, back and legs
If underage bring parent or legal guardian
A small amount of tattoos will be personally customized only for this event. There will be a billboard of all the designs with the numbers to give clients a preview
Tattoos are 2-3 inches and black and white
It’s a recorded event so come camera ready.
This sounds like it was a really cool event to be a part of. No reports yet on whether or not Christian Anavitate now holds the Guinness World Record title of tattooing the most tattoos in 24 hours.