2023 Banners: Cryptids of Colfax
Introducing the Cryptids of Colfax! Our talented tattoo artists from Bound By Design, Conspiracy Theory Tattoo, Lifetime Tattoo, and Ogden Tattoo have brought these creatures to life in our newest set of street banners.
Catch the Cactus Cat on a nightlife prowl or posing atop neon signs at The Satire. The Lafayette Vampire? He’s snapping pre-show selfies at The Fillmore. And then there’s Dave, the Mountain Bigfoot, who likes to venture into the city to enjoy donuts and support local businesses.
Check out the banners on Colfax from Grant to Josephine Streets, and keep scrolling to meet the cryptids and the artists behind them Thanks to all of our incredible artists – go see them for your next tattoo!
Colorado Mothman
Artist: Gabby VanHarpen
Instagram: @gabertron.tattoos
Shop: Conspiracy Theory Tattoo
My mothman is patterned like the miller moth that often storms our state once a year and of course what better place to perch him than on top of the capital building where a red light glows all night?
Lafayette Vampire
Artist: Gabby VanHarpen
Instagram: @gabertron.tattoos
Shop: Conspiracy Theory Tattoo
I came across the Colorado-based cryptid the Lafayette Vampire and ended up putting my own twist on this idea of a concert creature that is ready to rock and taking a pre-show selfie.
Colfax Cactus Cat
Artist: Molly Tsunami
Instagram: @mollytsunami
Shop: Conspiracy Theory Tattoo
The Cactus Cat is an old timer cryptic found in the southwestern US, they’re a peculiar species of wild cat similar to a bobcat but covered in greenish fur and cactus spines with a cactus bunch on their tail. Fond of fermented cactus juice, these prickly fellows have been known to cat around local drinking holes and perch atop neon Satire Lounge martini signs!
Colorado Bigfoot
Artist: Jim Anderson
Instagram: @mr_anderson_tattoos
Shop: Conspiracy Theory Tattoo
This is my Colorado Bigfoot, who got tired of hiding in the Rocky Mountains and only being seen in blurry paparazzi pictures. He decided he would come to our lovely capital and support the local businesses of Colfax Ave. After a brief shopping spree to get some Colfax Ave swag, he grabs a pumpkin spice latte to accompany him on his stroll in our neighborhood.
Graffiti Alien
Artist: Josh Topher
Instagram: @ghost_ham
Shop: Bound By Design
I love the city for all its mural work and all the graffiti you see around. Working on colfax there no shortage of this art. And having see many UFOs while living out here I joined the two ideas. The aliens stalk the streets at night looking for the best place to tag and let us humans know they are here.
Colfax Sparrow
Artist: Travis Koenig
Instagram: @travisktattoos
Shop: Conspiracy Theory Tattoo
A lone haunted sparrow floating down CLFX can be an ominous sight, especially when it's the harbinger of things to come.
Colorado Bigfoot
Artist: Harry Catsis
Instagram: @i_am_harry
Shop: Bound By Design
This is Dave; he heard good things about Colfax Avenue and made the trip down from the mountains to check it out. He’s picked up some records and a donut and is about to swing into the skate shop for some shoes.
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Artist: Walter McDonald
Instagram: @saltywalt
Shop: Lifetime Tattoo
This piece represents the miraculous transformative spirit of the human soul. To be found when you are sure that you are lost. To realize the you that you really are is limitless, eternally innocent, and have the power to change no matter how much of a cretin you have been in the past you have within you the ability to transform into a Better Version of that cretin or to become something else all together that can extend the good, Holy, and beautiful to others as a mirror of your true self.
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Artist: Zane Jolley
Instagram: @og.zane.tattoo
Shop: Ogden Tattoo