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00:00Previously on Ink Master, Hometown Heroes.
00:07This looks like a food stall.
00:09In the Flash Challenge, the artists foiled the competition.
00:13I did not want to be on a team with Matt.
00:15I'm glad I chose.
00:16Wherever Matt is, I'm not going.
00:17Yeah.
00:18It's a hard decision because...
00:19They show artistry in different ways.
00:20Which one shows more artistry?
00:21That's the thing.
00:22Oh, scorpions are so original.
00:24Do you have any fingers and bones we got?
00:26We can't see all the bones you had
00:27because there's tinfoil covering them.
00:29The winner of the Flash Challenge is Team Mike.
00:33Yes.
00:34We leveled up today.
00:35In the elimination tattoo.
00:37I can't put that on me.
00:39So you're not going to give me a chance?
00:41No.
00:44That artist over there, she's tattooing herself.
00:46Weird position for the leg.
00:48Pretty crazy.
00:49Sink or swim, guys.
00:51Every second matters.
00:53I might add a touch more blue just to give it a little pop.
00:57Definitely an unexpected approach.
01:00I'm definitely playing it safe.
01:02In the elimination, OJ, Kayahi, and Mike were in the bottom.
01:08Kayahi's lacks contrast.
01:10OJ's has half a bottle.
01:12That's a big deal.
01:13Mike's is lacking cohesion, creativity.
01:16Mm-hmm.
01:17I'm bored.
01:18The judges have decided,
01:19Mike, you do not have what it takes to be Ink Master.
01:25Ten artists remain, but only one will earn a $250,000 prize.
01:31This shit real as hell now.
01:33And the title of Ink Master.
01:47The man of the hour.
01:48Ooh.
01:49Angel of death.
01:50Strange looking small.
01:51Yeah, it is.
01:55Oh!
01:56I told y'all I was going to fight.
01:59I told y'all I was going to fight.
02:01I knew you was coming back.
02:03Come on, boy.
02:05Oh, my God.
02:06My heart's racing.
02:13I'm going to say this.
02:14It is real down there.
02:15How was Mike during this?
02:17Mike's whole strategy was that it just make it as clean as possible,
02:20and it's not enough anymore.
02:22There's literally no room for error.
02:24You're either shooting for the top spot,
02:26or you could be on the bottom.
02:28Did anyone get emotional?
02:29Look at his eyes.
02:30He was fucking watering off.
02:32Matt, were you crying?
02:33Yeah, well, like, let's just move on.
02:35Be grateful where we are,
02:36and then you're all fucked tomorrow
02:38when we start another challenge.
02:48Uh-oh.
02:49They're back.
02:50Welcome.
02:51Each week, the battle for $250,000 gets more intense.
02:57It does.
02:59In the end, only one of you
03:01will bring home the title of Ink Master.
03:04We all know who it's going to be, right?
03:06It's not over till it's over, man.
03:08This week, the game changes.
03:10What?
03:11So what are we doing?
03:12What is this?
03:14This is a double elimination.
03:18Oh, damn.
03:19The stress is up now.
03:21Two people going home versus one?
03:22Awesome.
03:23That mean you have to really be the best at this point.
03:26What?
03:27You got to text me that next time, bro.
03:28I don't need to be saying it out loud, bro.
03:30You got my stress levels high.
03:32This week, you are being tested on one of the most important skills any tattoo artist must possess.
03:38Adaptability.
03:44Okay, okay, okay.
03:45Bro, you're tattoo artist.
03:46People are going to ask you a few different things.
03:47You have to adapt.
03:48This week, you must survive a flash marathon.
03:53A marathon?
03:54What the fuck?
03:55Oh, so good.
03:57Today, you will have six hours to create as many four-inch by four-inch flash designs as you can or want to create.
04:07Let's go.
04:08Tomorrow, your flash sheets will be displayed and you will have 12 hours to tattoo as many of those designs as possible.
04:1712 hours.
04:18This is so sick.
04:20Oh, my God.
04:22How many people are going to be here?
04:24It just sounds like chaos.
04:25Canvases will flood the shop, choosing designs based only on your artwork on the wall and your ability to sell your skills.
04:34All right.
04:35Your boy got this.
04:36I'm funny as hell, I'm charming as shit, and I have a major personality.
04:41This shit going to be a cakewalk.
04:42This is so fucking sick.
04:44Fast, quick, efficient tattooing.
04:47Get them in, get them out.
04:48This is what I was fucking made for.
04:50You'll probably only be working a few hours, Seth.
04:52Hey, hey, hey.
04:53No one's going to even want your tattoos.
04:54Wow.
04:55You calm down over there.
04:56But there's a catch.
04:57Of course.
04:58All right.
04:59Every canvas wants their tattoo in an extremely difficult and painful part of the body.
05:06Fuck.
05:07From the head, to the armpit, to the butt, or the kneecap, adaptability is crucial.
05:15Forget about your bold lines on the armpit.
05:18Oh, I'm going bold.
05:19We're going in.
05:20Fuck yeah.
05:21You don't know who is walking through that door or where they want their tattoo.
05:25I really need to make sure that I have something for everybody on this flash sheet.
05:29For all I know, my grandma's book club could be walking through the door.
05:32You will be judged not only on how many tattoos you do, but how well you tattoo them.
05:38I'm glad I'm fast.
05:40We are looking for quality and quantity.
05:43Yo, you're going to have to get busy.
05:45Back in the day, even when you worked with other tattooers, you were competing next to them.
05:49Hell yeah.
05:50You really want to sell yourself to these canvases because that's how you're going to edge out the competition.
05:55Here we go.
05:56Set yourself up for success by doing designs that will be versatile enough to fit on these hard parts of the body.
06:05You really think about time when you're designing these pieces.
06:07You have to be efficient.
06:08Yes.
06:09Slap the Vaseline, stick those in caps down and ride this thing out.
06:13Some people are going to start crumbling.
06:15But there is one more thing you should know.
06:18Why wouldn't there be?
06:20Your tattoos must speak for themselves because these tattoos will be judged together as a complete body of work
06:28without the judges knowing who did which design.
06:31We'll give.
06:32That's awesome.
06:33I like the fairness.
06:34The judges will then rank your complete body of work
06:37and the two artists with the lowest rankings will be eliminated.
06:43Damn.
06:44Just like that.
06:45Just like that.
06:46Just like that.
06:47Out.
06:48Out.
06:49Yeah.
06:50You have six hours to create your flash designs.
06:52Good luck.
06:53Oh boy.
06:54It's too damn quiet in here, man.
06:55I thought y'all was my family.
06:56We can't let this divide us.
06:57It's not going to divide us, but we're going to throw some people at home, man.
07:10How many birds do y'all think Matt is drawing?
07:13Oh, Matt.
07:14Please tell me all of your flash has wings.
07:16I should do that though.
07:18Small tattoos aren't easy.
07:19When you've got less lines and less detail, they expose more problems.
07:23So it takes a skill to know what to put in and what not to put in.
07:26What style are you going, Seth?
07:28Just a few different ones.
07:29Oh, that's very vague.
07:30Coming from a street shop background, I used to design flash sheets all the time.
07:35We had walk-ins every day.
07:37Maybe a few Neo.
07:38Maybe a couple American traditional.
07:40I'm doing flowers.
07:41I'm doing lady faces.
07:42I'm doing big traditional cats.
07:44These are tattoos that have been done a million times and they have to be done right.
07:48Luca, where you at?
07:50Going hard, man.
07:52I'm not too sure if I go super different every flash.
07:55So I could get more people.
07:57I'm going to make sure I make the design pretty small so I can do more.
08:01They want quality and quantity.
08:02I can do a lot of them if they want to get tattooed.
08:05OJ, what's up, my boy?
08:07Chilling.
08:08OJ got a couple of oranges over there.
08:11I'm doing some delicate designs.
08:13I'm doing some bolder designs.
08:14My strategy is to appeal to as many people as possible.
08:17You've got to put the cornucopia basket.
08:20I should do that.
08:21Probably add some Polynesian pieces just to mix it up.
08:26Keep in mind, it's like armpits, holy shitty spots.
08:30Trying to throw me off my game, man.
08:33You do it, man.
08:34It's all good.
08:35Don't listen to me.
08:37I'm going to be like, I'm flexible.
08:39What do you want?
08:40Alright, realistic?
08:41Little mixed styles.
08:42I don't care.
08:43I think I'm just stressing out because of my line work.
08:48I think it's easier to pull thicker lines than thins.
08:51That's kind of what I've been trying to think about.
08:53Like, what are my favorite liners and fastest ones to use?
08:56I love that one.
08:57What are you doing right now?
08:59I've already got ten done.
09:00How many are you going to do?
09:01Dude, I'm a fucking beast.
09:02I'll do as many as I want.
09:04Come on.
09:24That's his special move.
09:26Boucher putting his sales hat on today.
09:28Hell yeah.
09:29Come over here.
09:30Come over here.
09:31Come over here.
09:32Oh, here they come.
09:36What's up?
09:37Come on, we'll take a little step down this way.
09:39I specialize in everything, man.
09:41Fast, clean, solid tattoos.
09:43We got, you know, just some simple stuff.
09:45I'm kind of limited, but, you know.
09:46What are you specialize in?
09:47Black and gray photos.
09:49What are you specialize in?
09:50Anything we call it.
09:51Anything really?
09:52Black and gray, whatever you want.
09:53You can see you got really great stuff, man.
09:54You know what to find me now?
09:55Yeah, I do know what to find me now.
09:57What's your background?
09:58Pollination in Japanese, mostly.
10:01It's all about the flow, babe.
10:02Yes.
10:03I was looking at this one.
10:05Yeah.
10:06Or this one.
10:07That'd be sick.
10:08As you can see, I do like a lot of heavy black and gray, super saturated.
10:10I did a bunch of different designs to, you know, accommodate a bunch of different people.
10:14And then from them, we can go either black and gray, we can go color.
10:17I do both.
10:18I can show you a bunch of stuff.
10:20I'm watching you sell it.
10:21I want to know how you're selling it.
10:23I got you first.
10:24I got you second.
10:25If you need me third with the cake, let's do it, bro.
10:28100%.
10:29Artists, you've got 12 hours to prove your adaptability in a flash tattoo marathon.
10:35And your time starts now.
10:39All right, let's do it.
10:40Let's go.
10:41Flash tattoos are meant to be wham, bam.
10:44Thank you, ma'am.
10:45This will just look straight.
10:46Perfect.
10:47They're banging out as many as they can while keeping that quality.
10:51This is a double elimination.
10:54That looks sick.
10:55You gotta not just tattoo today.
10:57You gotta be able to hustle.
10:59Oh, that's fucking dope.
11:02You ready?
11:03Let's do it.
11:08How's that? You okay?
11:09Yeah.
11:10I'm gonna go easy.
11:11Okay.
11:12I'm ready to work.
11:13All right.
11:14I'm focusing more on quality than quality, but I definitely need to do a fair amount.
11:21It's also a double elimination.
11:23It's like no one's really safe.
11:28How did you get into tattooing?
11:30I was 11.
11:31And I saw my big brother getting a tattoo when I just thought it was the best fucking thing ever.
11:37I became completely obsessed about it.
11:40Yeah.
11:41And did this now for 18 years.
11:44Ever since I was a kid, I've struggled with the feeling of doing enough.
11:49Now, critiquing my own work, it's never enough.
11:53I have this reach for perfection.
11:55It takes a lot of balls to do what you do.
11:57It takes something for sure.
11:59Here, everything on steroids, the bar gets lower.
12:02So it fucks with my head a bit.
12:04So good.
12:05You like it?
12:06I'm good?
12:07Okay.
12:08Perfect.
12:09Perfect.
12:10If I can stop the little voice in my head telling me that things have to be perfect, I think I can go a long way.
12:17Sorry if I go into my zone a little bit here, babe.
12:26Oh, good.
12:27Tiny little lines to be here.
12:29Literally from the moment I get one inch away from the skin, I realize how shaky my hands are.
12:36I'm trying to do the teeniest fine line in the ditch of an arm with the most uncontrollable shakes of my life.
12:44I'm just trying to wing it through this and hope that my shakes calm down.
12:49I don't know what the fuck is going on with me.
13:05I hope you guys have at least one tattoo done.
13:08There are 10 hours remaining.
13:10Does anyone want to get tattooed?
13:12I feel like maybe a skull might match with what you have.
13:15I don't think so.
13:16I feel like the mushroom theme you were going with.
13:19You know, I have, you know, you've seen the mushroom.
13:20But then if you think about quality, these guys just don't do it.
13:23Okay.
13:24Okay, Montreal.
13:26Are you going to sway me?
13:27I was kind of looking at this one.
13:29Awesome.
13:30But it's the armpit.
13:32Yeah, perfect.
13:33OJ, are you gentle?
13:35Gentle?
13:36Like who?
13:37OJ, gentle.
13:38No, let me tell you something.
13:39OJ's a butcher.
13:40No, no, no.
13:41What?
13:42Are we kidding?
13:43OJ, you want to go?
13:44I don't want to wait.
13:45Oh, look at this.
13:46You want to do it?
13:47Okay, let's do it.
13:48What you looking to get?
13:49What placements?
13:50On my butt.
13:51Spooky.
13:52Spooky.
13:53There you go.
13:54The poison apple.
13:55Let's do the apple.
14:01What are you going to do when you win?
14:03I would definitely give like a large chunk to my parents to help them pay off in the house.
14:10Initially when I told my parents that I was getting into tattooing, they were on the fence about it because they're very traditional.
14:16Work your job, get your paycheck, save for your retirement.
14:20Why, why, why did I put all the lines in here?
14:23I hope that them just seeing me here is enough to really prove that I have what it takes to be a great artist.
14:33For me, everything's a surprise.
14:34I love it.
14:35What got you into art?
14:36Since I was a kid, they used to draw everywhere.
14:39The walls and the floor.
14:41My granny gave me a sketchbook.
14:43And then everything started.
14:45Sometimes I think about the things you did like, even when you were a kid.
14:49Yeah.
14:50It brought you here.
14:51Yeah, my look is pretty.
14:52That's it, Carol.
14:53All in.
14:54Love that.
14:58You've got eight hours.
15:02I always feel like I have to prove myself as a new artist.
15:04Who is the competition here, other than you?
15:06I would say probably the most experienced artist, you know?
15:09Yeah.
15:10But I'm trying to give them a run for their money.
15:11Dude, fight me.
15:13I'm an aggressive little Asian girl.
15:23I do love pit bulls, so that helps.
15:25I know.
15:26This is a tough tattoo to have on your butt.
15:29Ah, so happy.
15:31This is my first memory of a tattoo.
15:33As we walked into my dad's shop.
15:35It's the first flash sheet there.
15:36Damn.
15:37And that's, as a kid, that's the first thing I saw.
15:39That's so cool.
15:40Every piece of flash on the wall was a story to be told.
15:42Like, my dad would have tattooed this, like, thousands of times.
15:46Yeah.
15:47My dad passed away, so it's kind of cool to be able to do a tribute like this.
15:50Taking something that he was well known for, that was lost as he got sicker and sicker,
15:55and to come back around and use tattooing to make it positive again to, like, heal everyone else as well.
16:01I think that's really cool.
16:03That's the coolest thing I could have put on my butt.
16:05Yeah.
16:06We are halfway there.
16:07Six hours.
16:08How are you, man?
16:09Good, man.
16:10No one available right now?
16:11I don't know.
16:12I haven't gone over to check.
16:13Man, there's still so much more to do, man.
16:14Five hours.
16:15It's crazy.
16:16My daughter's 11.
16:17She gonna say, Daddy, when I get older, I wanna get a tattoo.
16:18God damn it, you gonna wait.
16:19This S on my chest stands for my daughter.
16:20I gotta carry her everywhere I go.
16:21And I want her to understand that, you know, if your daddy can fight to survive, you can
16:26too.
16:27That stinking black and grayscale for the dagger, and then, like, some color added to the leaves.
16:32I had to rob opportunity and take the shit that he was gonna give to somebody else.
16:35I don't know.
16:36I don't know.
16:37I don't know.
16:38I don't know.
16:39I don't know.
16:40I don't know.
16:41I don't know.
16:42I don't know.
16:43I don't know.
16:44I don't know.
16:45I haven't gone over to check.
16:46Man, there's still so much more to do, man.
16:47Take the shit that he was gonna give to somebody else.
16:49Right here?
16:50Like where you'd smack it.
16:51Yeah, right here.
16:53I'm determined and I'm fighting for the life that my family deserves.
16:58Why are you not tattooing?
17:00Go sell that shit.
17:01Be cool.
17:02Be funny.
17:03Go tell them some jokes.
17:04Tell them you got kids.
17:05Jenis.
17:06Bro, you better go long.
17:07Artists, there are four hours left on the clock.
17:10I really like her.
17:12Hmm.
17:13See?
17:14The bone.
17:15Last week, I tattooed myself.
17:17I felt really defeated after feeling like I wasn't worthy of tattooing somebody.
17:22I feel all this pressure now.
17:24Like, oh, do good.
17:25Show your hometown what's up.
17:27As long as you're happy with what you're doing, that's what really matters.
17:30Yeah.
17:31I'm pretty sure that I proved some fucking adaptability last week and I'm ready to show some more.
17:35You're in three?
17:36Three.
17:37How many of you?
17:38Five.
17:39Five.
17:40Yeah.
17:41We're gonna go back in strong.
17:42I work fast and I'm extremely gentle.
17:45You guys are good, right?
17:46Yeah.
17:47Locked in.
17:48What number are you on, OJ?
17:49Not a lot.
17:52My wife has a business of her own, so to run that and then also have the girls with her kind of takes a toll.
17:59Being away from my wife, it's tough, but I'm also here to pay her back in a way.
18:04Being a young tattooer, she was always there to kind of support me.
18:07When my career wasn't as strong as it is now, this is a chance to really show her that it was all worth it.
18:13I love it.
18:14Yeah.
18:15Glad I got to do that for you.
18:18Oh, yeah.
18:19We still got over three hours, man.
18:20We got plenty of time.
18:21You're not beat?
18:22No, with everything that we have on the line, man.
18:2412 hours ain't shit.
18:25If they told me to tattoo for 24 hours, I would do it.
18:27Each of these tattoo flash designs, I know that I could get done in an hour and 15.
18:32Time is not an issue today.
18:34Is he excited to win all that money?
18:36Oh, dude.
18:37You have no idea.
18:38First thing I'm doing is buying my wife a house.
18:40This is the longest that my wife and I have ever spent apart.
18:42Just knowing that she's there and she's so supportive, that drives me harder than anything.
18:49I know.
18:50I'm behind.
18:51No, no bullshit.
18:52After him?
18:53Come on.
18:54All right?
18:55Don't make me come back over here, bro.
18:56Time has always been my enemy since being here and today is not making that any better.
19:01You can tell.
19:02Like, you're very, like, cool, calm, collected, relaxed.
19:05Yeah.
19:06And you know, it's so funny because this competition is, like, the complete opposite of that.
19:09Keep hustling, guys.
19:10There's only two hours left and there are campuses out here waiting.
19:14How much do you want it?
19:15Just say I'm gauging, I'm gauging.
19:17Ooh, ooh.
19:18Calm down.
19:19Okay.
19:20Yay.
19:21Oh, my God.
19:22Are you looking at the cat?
19:23I'm looking at the cat.
19:24Oh, my God.
19:25Come on.
19:26She's moving on.
19:27She's moving on.
19:28Yeah, yeah.
19:29Go.
19:30Look.
19:31There's some trash traditional right here.
19:32Go on.
19:33Do that one.
19:34Get a tiger.
19:35Get a tiger.
19:36Oh, your style just got fucking shot down.
19:43Ah.
19:44Last chance.
19:45Last two hours.
19:46I just want a tattoo.
19:47Oh, you've got it.
19:49Get away from it.
19:50Oh.
19:51Who are you going to get tattoo by?
19:54Boucher.
19:55Oh, what the fuck?
19:57Fucking hell.
19:59How do you think you've been doing so far in the competition?
20:02I think I've been doing good.
20:03Nice.
20:04You know, the reason I came here, you know, because I think life is about experience.
20:09And I think anything that's worth anything is on the other side of fear.
20:12Yeah.
20:13If I would have let my fear got to me, I would never have even made it here.
20:17My hands have stopped shaking.
20:19It must have been a nerves thing.
20:21The last couple of days have been really hard.
20:23This is actually the longest I've been away from home ever.
20:25I'm really, honestly, I'm missing my kids.
20:27They are so fucking proud that I'm here.
20:30You know, I don't want to let anyone down, you know.
20:34My dog would be, like, very pleased with me if I came home with a tattoo of him on my ribs.
20:40You can think about it.
20:41I'll think about it.
20:42You can stew on Boucher for a while.
20:43So hurry up. Wrap it up.
20:51I am.
20:52Shut the fuck up.
20:53Are you not done?
20:54They're all waiting on you.
20:55They're waiting on me?
20:56Yeah, they're waiting on you.
20:57Girls are loyal to Boucher.
20:59Hey.
21:00Can't get him.
21:01Can't get him.
21:02Can't snake him.
21:03I hope you can get one more in.
21:04You got one hour left.
21:05You gonna do it?
21:06Yeah.
21:07It's for your dog.
21:08Come on.
21:09He's stealing me?
21:10Do it.
21:11Are you switching up?
21:12I'm bringing you a new person.
21:14You got another one.
21:15You got another one, though, instead.
21:16Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
21:18You got one hour.
21:19We're probably gonna have to do this thing black and gray.
21:21You better do a black and gray tattoo than an unfinished tattoo.
21:25I'm just worried about time.
21:26I don't know if we'll finish this because it's...
21:29Can we try?
21:30I waited a long time today.
21:32I really wanted something, like, bigger on my knee.
21:35Yeah.
21:36I got you.
21:41Oh, man.
21:42We are cutting it close.
21:43It's all right, though.
21:44It's all right.
21:4530 minutes left.
21:46I'm fighting time right now.
21:47Let's go.
21:48Nearly done.
21:50Damn.
21:51Surprised myself at this point.
21:53Hell yeah.
21:54120 seconds.
21:56Couple more lines.
21:58Five, four, three, two, one.
22:02That's it.
22:03Time's up.
22:04No more rings.
22:05All right.
22:06We're done.
22:07Did we do it?
22:08We did.
22:09That was crazy.
22:10Oh, my God.
22:11We did it.
22:12Yes.
22:13Awesome.
22:14Didn't see that coming, did you?
22:15No.
22:16Talented little Aussie.
22:17Anybody in here feeling nervous?
22:22Yeah.
22:23As usual, I expect the worst.
22:24There's no middle anymore.
22:25You're either on the top or you're in trouble going home.
22:27Y'all definitely just fucked it up for me.
22:28And my confidence is over with.
22:29No, no, no.
22:30All right, judges.
22:31The artists had to prove their adaptability by competing in a flash tattoo marathon.
22:3512 solid hours.
22:36Yeah, it'll weed out the week really quick.
22:37Damn.
22:38This is a double elimination.
22:39This is a double elimination.
22:40As a group, the artists created 71 tattoos.
22:4271?
22:43Serious?
22:44That's crazy.
22:45Damn.
22:4671?
22:47That's crazy.
22:4871.
22:49Good job, guys.
22:50So we got to critique 71 tattoos.
22:51To be clear, none of us have any idea who tattooed what.
22:52Let's see how they did.
23:09That's crazy.
23:1071.
23:11Good job, guys.
23:12So we got to critique 71 tattoos.
23:14To be clear, none of us have any idea who tattooed what.
23:18Let's see how they did.
23:22Who's first?
23:23Who's first?
23:24Bring up the first artist's body of work.
23:31Wow.
23:31Seven designs.
23:33That's me.
23:34A lot of different styles.
23:35The traditional tattoo looks super traditional.
23:38I like this stagger, the way it fits in the head.
23:40All of those colors play so well together.
23:43Cool little deer.
23:43I like the illustrative, bold shadow look.
23:46I love the way the antlers are done.
23:48I love the outline around it.
23:49It's so basic.
23:51Same kind of style.
23:52Big blocky shadows, heavy outline,
23:54cool little tattoo that's going to age well.
23:57I love armpit tattoos.
23:58They're fun.
23:59I do like the scenery.
24:00The mountains look cool.
24:01I like the light source.
24:02Little birds, classic.
24:03They fit good on the body.
24:05This artist killed two birds with one machine.
24:07Had to go there.
24:08It's a rose.
24:09Lacks a little contrast.
24:11The center looks unfinished to me.
24:13Every time I was touching the skin,
24:14it was getting super crazy red.
24:16Pizza?
24:17Who doesn't love pizza?
24:18I like the outline.
24:19I like the colors.
24:20I like the melty cheese dripping off it.
24:22I think it's probably my favorite one in the group.
24:24I like all of these, except for the rose.
24:26I'm super happy because I thought they would fucking
24:28destroy everything.
24:29You can breathe, though.
24:32All right, let's see the next artist's body of work.
24:35God damn it, it's me.
24:37Come on, Kyra.
24:38Oh, here we go.
24:38Come on, Kyra.
24:39It's a wide variety of stuff.
24:41Shows some colors, some black and gray.
24:43I'm not shocked that two people chose the UFO,
24:45because it's cool.
24:47Oh, look at the alien.
24:48It's cool that he's hiding in there, you know?
24:50I love how they brought in the red from the lights inside
24:53to put it up against the beam that comes out.
24:55It's cool to see it in the black and gray.
24:57I liked it better in color for sure.
24:59I like the expression on the little cat's face.
25:01But man, this line work is not good.
25:04It gets fatter and it just wobbles.
25:07The eye is rendered so well.
25:09It's a cool tattoo for the armpit.
25:12The placement is so good.
25:14The purple spiral's kind of cool.
25:16I'm impressed being able to do these nice gradations
25:18without anything.
25:19There might be, but they're hidden really well.
25:21Don't even do color.
25:23This one's cool.
25:23I like the contrast in this piece.
25:25I like how heavy the blacks are.
25:27It's really bold and dark.
25:29I don't like the shattered glass.
25:31Is it a heart?
25:32It is a heart.
25:32For me, it's going to look like armpit hair.
25:34Oh my god.
25:36Next.
25:37Boo!
25:39It looks like a cabbage.
25:40It doesn't have any kind of highlights.
25:42This one just goes dark, dark, dark, and then a background
25:45in there that's dark.
25:46Looks like this person has a bruise on their ass.
25:48I'm pretty sure you fought over me to get that last rose.
25:52I did, and I regret it.
25:54Let's bring up the next artist.
25:56Who's it going to be?
25:58Oh.
25:59Oh, shit.
26:00That's me.
26:01I like how it has one color palette that goes across all
26:03of these different designs.
26:04Yeah.
26:05I want to see these up close.
26:07Thick lines, solid, teeny, teeny, tiny little thin lines
26:10and all the rope and everything are just as solid.
26:13Another flower box.
26:14I like the way the rope stands out.
26:16It's really clean and delicate.
26:18I think this is my favorite one of the flowers.
26:19I like how they shaded that dark background into the flower.
26:23Off to a good start.
26:24Yeah.
26:25If you're going to do a black and gray panther,
26:27solid, dark, clean, bold, this is the way to do it.
26:30It's super readable.
26:32I like the mouth of this tiger.
26:33This tiger's badass.
26:34I really like the flip in the tongue.
26:36Super dope.
26:37I love this one.
26:38Solid saturation.
26:40Cool color palette.
26:41These classic designs are so cool.
26:43With that little bit of pop of red in the cheeks,
26:45simple gray shading with a bold ass line.
26:48Absolutely on point.
26:50I got an adrenaline rush.
26:51Good job, Seth.
26:52Thank you so much.
26:53Yeah.
26:54All right.
26:55Moving on to the next.
26:57That's me.
26:58Black and gray and color.
27:00It shows adaptability to all styles.
27:02Spider on the head.
27:04The web is too thick.
27:05Spider webs are not black.
27:07They're white.
27:07You can do it with tight lines and gray.
27:09I ain't never did a spider before.
27:11Pearl?
27:11Another spider.
27:13More webs.
27:14Literally nothing changed.
27:16God damn it.
27:17Oh.
27:18A little piece of cake.
27:20The strawberry seeds need help.
27:21There's shading on the top of one, not on the bottom.
27:24They just look like they've been in the fridge for a week.
27:26They do.
27:27Or out of the fridge.
27:28Or out of the fridge.
27:29I didn't know what the fuck I was doing with that piece of cake.
27:31The cowboy's a lot different.
27:33That looks like it's on paper.
27:34Super nice.
27:35The teeth are sick.
27:36What's up, you up?
27:38Dagger with a rose?
27:40Yeah, I think it's a dagger with a rose, but I can't tell what's going on.
27:43The silhouette is camouflaged with these leaves in the back.
27:46We got to go past this rose shit.
27:47Traditional skull and rose.
27:49The leaves could have definitely been in a more flattering shape.
27:51It looks like it's on a platter.
27:53Damn, son.
27:54Goldfish.
27:55The scales get a little weird.
27:57They should be more uniform.
27:58Flush it.
27:59It's so cool.
28:01The scorpion.
28:02It looks metallic.
28:03The lights and darks are awesome.
28:05I like the tail and the way the white highlights kind of follow the body.
28:09It's a really good looking scorpion.
28:10It's cool that you can pick up the scorpion with the four legs.
28:12It was three, right?
28:13No, it was four.
28:14On each side?
28:15This floor.
28:16Don't worry about it.
28:17We're moving forward.
28:18This floor.
28:19That was my favorite one.
28:20Don't bring it up.
28:21It's my favorite artist.
28:22It's me.
28:23This is a fun group of tattoos.
28:24And three tattoos were repeated.
28:26Crazy.
28:27Wow.
28:28The skulls are cool.
28:29I really love the color palette.
28:30The teeth on it's cool, right?
28:32Losing that one eye throws it off a bit for me.
28:35Do both or do none.
28:36And I thought it was like really cool to do a cyborg kind of thing.
28:39Oh, that's on the butt.
28:40I like the stem a lot from the line weight on it.
28:43But the red is not packed in there.
28:45Great.
28:46Comparing apples to apples, I like this one better.
28:48This thing pops.
28:49Everything looks a lot more intentional, even the contrast with the shadows.
28:52Thank you, Nico.
28:53Cool little cat.
28:55I love the shape of those planes going up the forehead.
29:00I like this one better.
29:01The nose is cute.
29:03I like the green eyes.
29:04They fixed all the little mistakes.
29:06The bandages.
29:09The scrape is cool.
29:10I like the way it's bleeding through.
29:11I like this little stoned devil.
29:13It's like a cereal box character.
29:15I'm putting all my money on Ishnard.
29:17Damn.
29:18We haven't seen black and gray from Ishnard before.
29:20Are you talking about the devil?
29:21If it is Ishnard.
29:22That's my favorite one up there.
29:23Dude, he was just here playing it cool the whole day knowing he had all this shit in his pocket.
29:27Come on, dude.
29:28I'm not going to wait for anything.
29:29I'm just going to throw everything on the table and be like, hey guys, that's it.
29:32Let's bring up the next artist's work.
29:35That's me.
29:36Rip the bandit off, please.
29:38This artist only did black and gray, which is interesting.
29:41The people pick what they want.
29:42I like the sparrow.
29:43I think a clean, bold, traditional sparrow is classic.
29:46I like the boldness, the heavy black.
29:48Veg does.
29:49It's a cool flower.
29:50The flips on the petals themselves, they don't make too much sense.
29:54It looks like a color tattoo that doesn't yet have color in it.
29:57Damn, those are rough guys.
29:59This design's not my favorite.
30:01There's a lot going on.
30:02If you're going to go with those slightly heavier lines down the middle, you should go around the outside.
30:07God damn.
30:08Another mandale.
30:09This one looks better to me.
30:10Yeah.
30:11Like there's more black.
30:12Sometimes the second time around you make better decisions.
30:14But are they missing lines on the right hand side on the leaf?
30:17It was rushing.
30:18Quick little rose banger.
30:20I really like the placement.
30:21It frames the kneecap out.
30:23Nice shading in the rose.
30:24All right, thank you.
30:25Woof.
30:26Every single one of those legs are super choppy, super wonky.
30:30Hopefully the centipede doesn't send them home, you know?
30:33I wish I didn't put those mandalas on there.
30:35Why do you do this?
30:36I feel like I forgot the whole placement thing, you know?
30:39At some point the line work is going to catch up to you, you know?
30:42All right, let's bring up the next artist's body of work.
30:46I guess that's me.
30:48Six tattoos.
30:49Looks like two people got the rat.
30:52It's not.
30:53Oh, on the neck.
30:54The neck is so curved, it makes the snout look really short.
30:58That's why you're getting more of a rat vibe.
31:00This is more fox-like.
31:02I like the browns in the fox.
31:04Real smooth, nice transitions.
31:06Cobra.
31:07On the head.
31:08I wish the pattern on the top of the head was a little more uniform.
31:11The way the tongue crosses, I don't love.
31:13I wish they would have been separate.
31:15I like that part.
31:16Tribal turtle.
31:17It has some style to it.
31:18It has some flow.
31:19It's a hard place to tattoo the armpit.
31:22You know, to get these lines this clean and the gaps that perfect.
31:25Whoever did this does these a lot.
31:27I think I have a guess.
31:28Maybe in Hawaii.
31:29Another turtle I like.
31:31The face in the middle is drawn really well.
31:33And it looks like it has volume and doesn't have no shading in it,
31:36which is really cool to pull off.
31:38Really cool placement.
31:39I like it.
31:40I like how the horns perfectly fit up the sides with the tendon.
31:44This is a great tattoo.
31:45The dragon is so cool.
31:47The dragon is my favorite out of all of them.
31:49In solids.
31:50Let's bring up the next artist's body of work.
31:53Oh.
31:54Oh, these are cool.
31:55That's mine.
31:56Eight tattoos.
31:57Two people chose the seahorse.
31:59I like the line weight on it.
32:00It's real heavy and bold.
32:02The shading is really solid in there.
32:04This is a really nice tattoo.
32:06Black and gray seahorse.
32:08I really like the control of the grays.
32:10The chest is cool too.
32:11It's just that solid black kind of bring your eyes through it.
32:14Little sacred heart.
32:15It's bold, clean, straight to the point.
32:17It's a sticker.
32:18That was my favorite.
32:20It's a great face.
32:22Look at that cool hair.
32:23I like these exaggerated, whimsical curls.
32:26It's a really cool stylized tattoo.
32:28Triple sevens.
32:29I really like how the tip of the seven overlaps the body of the seven.
32:33That's my least favorite part of it.
32:35What?
32:36The one all the way to the left doesn't look like that overlaps as much as the two on the right.
32:40I did that for DJ too, so that's fun.
32:42Three different people chose the butterfly.
32:45Fine line.
32:46Delicate.
32:47I wish there was some more punchy black in there.
32:49They'd get away with all of it if they had the eye really feel like it was a thing.
32:54This eye just feels not important enough in the design.
32:57This is true.
32:58Just adding that punched in heavier color, it looks a lot better.
33:02The third time's a charm, you know?
33:04It gets better each time it was done.
33:06I still feel like I'm going home.
33:07Come on, the seahorse is good.
33:09Yeah, come on.
33:10Shut up.
33:11Actually, the seahorse looks much better than I remember it looking.
33:14Let's bring up the next artist.
33:17Oh shit, that's me.
33:19These tattoos are tough.
33:20Nothing but tough tattoos up there, you know?
33:22The skeleton's trippy weird.
33:24I love that eyeball.
33:25The teeth, they're great.
33:26This thing is wonky and weird.
33:28It's cool.
33:29And I like it.
33:30I like it, it's not Japanese.
33:31Panther.
33:32Just black and open skin.
33:34I think that was the way to go on this one.
33:36This shows adaptability and versatility working on darker skin.
33:39Snake head.
33:40I love the flames.
33:41Nice line work.
33:42I like the scales.
33:43Classic weird pit bull head.
33:46I love the contrast between all the shading and the face of the dog.
33:49And then this flat collar.
33:50It makes the collar pop.
33:52I can't believe I did three pit bull tattoos though.
33:54That's insanity.
33:55This one's cool.
33:56I don't like it as much.
33:57This one to me gets a little tiger stripey.
34:00Portrait style.
34:01He did a straight up realism dog.
34:03What?
34:04This thing's sick.
34:05I like the texture of all the folds.
34:07Talk about adaptability.
34:08This is so different from every other approach that they've shown us.
34:12I've never tattooed it and being able to do it three times in one day was a nice moment.
34:17Yeah, but she also did it fucking good.
34:19Holy shit.
34:20Hell yeah.
34:21Every one of them was solid.
34:22Let's bring up the next artist's body of work.
34:26I wonder who?
34:27Oh yeah.
34:28This one's definitely more feminine.
34:30Got a bit of a girly touch to it.
34:31Let's see this fish.
34:33None of the line work is consistent.
34:36There's absolutely no areas of solid black.
34:40I was shaking real bad.
34:42I definitely prefer this one to the black and gray.
34:45The body is the most confident part where it comes off of dark black and then fades up and shades around.
34:50I'll take this fish.
34:52This is a peacock feather, yeah?
34:54I don't know because peacock feathers are longer.
34:56The actual head of the feather is confusing because it almost looks like a tiger eye or something.
35:02It's what it's supposed to look like.
35:04If you're gonna do a feather like this, at least bring in those thin feather lines to create some sort of texture inside the feather.
35:13See, I like this.
35:14I like the heart.
35:15I like how dark it is.
35:16I like the contrast within it.
35:18The jewel looks cool.
35:20My problem isn't all of the other stuff cluttering up the skull.
35:23They stuck a random thing in the forehead and put some flowers around it.
35:27They shouldn't just be stuck like they're glued to the skull.
35:29It was a bad move.
35:31And a flower.
35:33It has a nice flow, fits the ribs really nice.
35:36Delicate, smooth, soft gray in there as well.
35:40Definitely my favorite tattoo out of the pack.
35:42That was that fun.
35:43When I started that first betta fish, I could not stop shaking.
35:47My hands were like this, man.
35:49I think this challenge got a lot of us.
35:51No excuse.
35:52All right, that's it.
35:5410 artists, 71 tattoos.
35:56Yeah.
35:57Two artists are going home.
35:59Judges, it's time to rank the tattoos.
36:01I wonder how they're gonna score this.
36:03Artists, we'll call you in when the results have been tallied.
36:07Oh, man.
36:08There's two people going home.
36:10It feels surreal.
36:11Sometimes even if you feel like you did enough work, you don't know if it's enough for them.
36:16So, uh, I'm still stressed?
36:34This week, you had to prove your adaptability.
36:37Tough challenge.
36:38Based on your work, each of your tattoos have been ranked by the judges.
36:43The two artists with the lowest-ranked tattoos will be eliminated.
36:47The world is coming.
36:49Good luck.
36:50Yeah, shit, we need it.
36:52Please reveal the highest-ranked tattoos.
37:03Wow, man.
37:05I did not think these were yours for fucking sure.
37:07Three pipples out of the whole sheet.
37:09For me, that design is like a...
37:11Classic.
37:12It's a classic, right?
37:13You showed us three completely different tattoos where every single aspect was rendered differently.
37:19And on a day where we're testing you on that, I think that's really fucking cool.
37:23As you walk into my dad's first tattoo shop, it's the first flash that you see.
37:27It's like my earliest memory of a tattoo.
37:29So, I was just like, this is so fun.
37:32Congratulations, Matt.
37:33You are safe from elimination.
37:35Oh, big dog.
37:37That fucking dog.
37:38Bye, thanks.
37:39Oh.
37:40Big dog's back.
37:41Big dog.
37:42He's joining me up here.
37:43There was a tie for the second-highest-ranked tattoos.
37:48Damn.
37:49That's crazy.
37:50I didn't expect a tie.
37:52Please reveal the first artist that was tied for the second-highest-ranked tattoos.
38:01Yes, sir.
38:02Good job.
38:03Big dog.
38:04Thanks, guys.
38:05These tattoos are sick, Seth.
38:07All these are really consistent and really nice.
38:10Congratulations.
38:11You are safe from elimination.
38:13Welcome to safety.
38:14Yes.
38:15I want to do this last.
38:16Please reveal the second artist that tied for the second-highest-ranked tattoos.
38:24Yes.
38:25Hell yeah.
38:26Hell yeah.
38:27I love these.
38:28Every single one of these tattoos is fun, vibrant, bright.
38:30Each one was cool and unique across the board.
38:32Congratulations, Ishnar.
38:33You are safe from elimination.
38:35Oh, Ishnar.
38:36Well done.
38:37Well done.
38:38Well done.
38:39Stop these dogs.
38:40Please reveal the fourth-highest-ranked tattoos.
38:43Oh.
38:44Oh.
38:45Oh.
38:46Oh, God.
38:47Oh, God.
38:48Oh, God.
38:49Oh, God.
38:50Oh, God.
38:51Oh, God.
38:52Oh, God.
38:53Oh, God.
38:54Oh, God.
38:55Oh, God.
38:56Oh, God.
38:57Oh, God.
38:58Oh, God.
38:59Oh, God.
39:00Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
39:01Luka can do traditional?
39:03Oh.
39:05You showed us everything on the entire spectrum.
39:08Traditional.
39:09Black and gray realism.
39:11Full color.
39:12It was amongst the most versatile.
39:14Thank you very much.
39:15Congratulations.
39:16You are safe from elimination.
39:18Thank, Luka.
39:19I didn't know that was annoying.
39:21Oh, what's up?
39:22Please reveal the fifth-highest-ranked tattoos.
39:30Oh, yes.
39:31Yes, man.
39:32You killed it.
39:33Solid line work, nice shading.
39:35Just an overall cool vibe throughout all your pieces.
39:40Congratulations, Allie.
39:41You are safe from elimination.
39:43I'm so proud of you.
39:48Please reveal the sixth highest-ranked tattoos.
39:55Boom.
40:03Stop playing with me, boy.
40:04I knew it.
40:05I knew it.
40:06What y'all talking about?
40:07Stop playing.
40:08I knew it was you because of the dagger on the ass.
40:12This ain't all about right.
40:14Eight tattoos in 12 hours.
40:16This whole set shows a ton of versatility.
40:19You adapted to the challenge really, really well.
40:21This is a win, man.
40:22Congratulations, Boucher.
40:24Today, you are safe from elimination.
40:26What?
40:27What?
40:28Oh, my God.
40:29Oh, my God.
40:34Six artists are safe from elimination.
40:38Four artists remain.
40:40Two of you will be packing your machines.
40:43It's now time to reveal the artists with the lowest-ranked tattoos.
40:49The artists whose tattoos appear on the screen will be eliminated.
41:04I've seen it coming.
41:05I just got so in my head about which way to go with everything.
41:09In this competition, it's really hard because we get thrown things that we never do.
41:14This is something that I'm sure you don't do back at home with doing walk-ins.
41:18This competition's a bitch, dude.
41:20It takes a lot of good artists out before their time.
41:23It's been an amazing experience, and that, for me, was the main thing that I wanted.
41:28Tenille, you do not have what it takes to be Ink Master.
41:32You're an incredible artist with an immense amount of talent.
41:35Thanks, Ryan.
41:36Please pack your machines and close shop.
41:39Not without a hug.
41:43I think I definitely got in my head, but I don't believe in regrets.
41:47And it's better to regret something you've done than something you haven't done.
41:50Love you, Tenille.
41:51See ya.
41:53I'm excited to get back home to take everything that I've learned and start applying it.
41:58I'm gonna become an even better artist than I was before I left to come here.
42:03OJ, Kyra, and Kayahi, based on your tattoos, one of you will be eliminated.
42:20It is now time to reveal the artist with the second lowest ranked tattoos.
42:25Good luck, fam.
42:26Good luck.
42:27Good luck.
42:28Good luck.
42:29I know.
42:30The artist whose tattoos appear on the screen will be eliminated.
42:44Oh.
42:45Oh, man.
42:50That means, OJ, you do not have what it takes to be Ink Master.
42:55You know, it sucks to go out on something like this.
42:58I had a strategy of appealing to as many people as possible.
43:01It didn't work out the way I anticipated.
43:04It's tough, but you're not going out on bad tattoos.
43:07This was a tough challenge.
43:08Keep killing that black and gray, man, and just do you.
43:12Please pack your machines and close shop.
43:15This competition definitely takes you out of your comfort zone.
43:18I'm proud of myself for even coming.
43:19I did something I never thought I would ever do.
43:22Ever.
43:23I love you guys.
43:24I'll see you.
43:26I know I have the skill, and I know I have the vision,
43:29and I know I have the confidence now.
43:31Whatever challenge comes next in my life, I'm ready to take it on.
43:34On the next episode of Ink Master.
43:43I didn't know it took three brains to fuck some car.
43:46I'm about to make you eat sand.
43:48Oh, my God.
43:49How about you come do the highlights?
43:51I didn't trust you doing this.
43:52Damn, but I tripped it.
43:53Artists, the heat is on.
43:55Oh, how the mighty have fallen.
43:57I mean, I've seen that coming.
43:59Fuck.
44:04Paul Hoow.
44:09Ahh!
44:24Oh, my God.
44:33You
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