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this season on Ink Master

teams

built with artists from the country's four regions

will go to battle the turf war starts right now

west the west is crushing it right now

the other teams know that we're good at tattooing south

I gotta have you as mentally strong as possible

we gotta represent for the South Midwest

we are the Midwest and as far as I'm concerned

and east

nobody's paying attention to the east right now

we're gonna come out of nowhere

I'd rather be underestimated

they'll fight to prove which turf reigns supreme

I follow what my team told me

is your team gonna win this competition

no one seems to listen I listen to you today

and only the strongest artist will survive

there's no way around it

you're probably getting knocked out

I 100% disagree you can't

that's you're right

but when the competition gets tight

it's gonna get messy I mean

we ain't even started yet

earning a one hundred thousand dollar prize

the second you think you know

what's happening on Ink Master

you don't know anything at all

and the title of Ink Master

welcome to New York City yeah

since 1886 statue of Liberty

has welcomed immigrants to this country

from all across the world

she stands as a symbol of hope

freedom and the American Dream

America baby

and all of you come here with one dream in mind

and that's to win $100,000

a feature in ink magazine and the

title of Ink Master yeah

Whoo let's go however

you will not be able to do this alone what

what do you think that means

you will form four teams

based solely on what region of the country

you call home

west where

my west siders at West Side

people from the West Coast are hustlers

they have to be just to survive out there

I know that they're gonna have the drive

it takes to get to the end God Midwest

hell yeah yeah right

yeah Midwest

I love my Midwestern people

these friendly faces easy smiles

Midwest work ethic

it's gonna be a lot better than I thought South yeah

watch out

everyone thinks most people from the south are dumb

hillbillies but it's not true

I'm an artistic hillbilly and east yeah

home turf that's right alright

well the East Coast team better be pretty strong

cause

I know we don't take shit on this side of the country

you are on a team you will have to work together

I play the other side only one of you can win

who's it gonna be alright

see what you guys are made of

there's one returning artist on each team okay

take advantage of the knowledge they have

just from being in this competition before

just getting used to this environment

is the biggest learning curve that you need to tackle

right off the bat I got you guys

and the turf war starts right now because

we are moving directly into your first elimination

tattoo what shit

today you

each tattoo whatever state it is that you call home

this is gonna be rough I hate state tattoos

now your tattoos must include the shape of your state

but everything else is completely up to you

I hope no one has Maryland

Maryland is a crazy shaped state

this competition is killing me already

you'll have six hours and you can tattoo in any style

get ready your canvases are completely open

and have been randomly assigned

there is one more thing you should know yeah

always something no matter where you came from

your tattoos must speak for themselves

because these tattoos will be judged blind

oh what

it's great that it's blind critiques

I mean there are four returning artists

and this way it shows the rest of the room

that there's no playing favorites

shows you how brutally

honest that this competition can be

fail to impress us and you will be eliminated

not me good luck

let's go east Coast yeah

east Coast where you from

uh New York yeah

look at that right there yeah

should use that in your reference

oh my God damn

this is Dope East Coast

Daddy's home East East

East Side

we've got 20 artists divided up into four our teams

what side based on different regions of the country

dirty south and with the represent

that's a slam bro

grouping people according to their region West

Coast yeah dude yeah

let's win this guys

they are gonna have at least a common goal of

we're from this part of the country

we want to show the rest of the world that

we know what we're doing Midwest baby Whoo

I'm ready

let's kick their ass and their ass and their ass

Midwest for life that works

I'm your human campus how's it going

nice to meet you nice to meet you ma'am

it's a Florida tat for sure

it's gonna represent California hey

I know you're busy really quick

this isn't my first time in this competition

what if you do the state inside the big crab shell

so there's a shit ton of pressure on me

the judges are gonna expect a lot from me

they know what my work looks like

they know what I'm capable of

last time I had to fight to get on a team

this is not the time for a repeat

I'm gonna drop like some background dude

they hate backgrounds my team's also relying on me too

tell me what I should do different

I'm being pulled in all sorts of directions tilted

alright artists

you have 6 hours to tattoo your state

and your time starts now alright

let's go

let's do this man

oh yeah let's have some fun

I used to always want the outline of New Jersey

like on my hip when I was like a thin teen girl

there's so much pressure from the

outside world you have to look like this

you have to speak like this

like no dude I'm unapologetically here

I'm a plus size woman and I'm curvy as fuck

and I'm ready

we're gonna knock this out the park

you do not want to mess with this queen

how you doing man chilling

that hand looks smooth appreciate it bro

I'm gonna die with a tattoo machine in my hand

you know I was in a low point

was constantly in and out of trouble

found a career

a passion that's gonna last me the rest of my life

tattoo artist say it all the time

like it saved my life but it saved my life

alright guys 4 hours remaining this is 4 hours

if you need any sandpaper to like take it off

I have some why would I listen to you

get back to work check out your team

they're doing good don't worry

she's not even on the east coast huh

oh she's west coast

that's up invading our space man

she's always invading my space

everywhere I go turn around there's Angel

I could draw before I could write

I was always drawing

last time I was in this competition

I had a lot to prove just to myself that you know

I was a good tattooer and I could stand with giants

I went to film school for a couple of years

and I had already started tattooing

and I kind of realized

at that point that I was probably born to do this

I think everybody else should watch out

originally from Cuba since then man

tattooing full time

when I came to this country six years ago

I had zero English and I'm still was asking for a job

shop by shop with some people translating for me

what's Cuba like shops are not even legal

I had to overcome the struggle and I'm here now

we're gonna take it all home

what made you get into tattooing

I didn't wanna be a dentist hahaha

my folks really pushed academics

so I decided to pursue dentistry

two years in and I was like

this shit is not for me I'm an artist to the core

and art was what I gravitated towards for myself

that's what made me happy man

you're killing it I feel like black and gray

I just get more done in the day

we're gonna be great as a team I like that

feel like I'm the only one over here doing color

I guess I've got my work cut out for me

and do something creative with the state

instead of finding I love the cuts in the wood

that's really cool thanks

I think it's sick I mean

I'm from Oregon so hahaha

I kind of am like a tool monkey

I do it all I like to think outside the box

I like to think about

what other people aren't going to think of

because I know

that's gonna set me apart from everybody else here

three more hours three hours left

you think you know what you're talking about

and what you're doing until you're put to the test

day in and day out

it kind of made me so much of a better tattooer

you know put up or you shut up

and I'm not that good at shutting up

I play this game with integrity

I just choose not to be a dick

you know as a daily life goal

just don't be a dick the biggest thing is just

you know trusting in who you are and what

you know you bring to the table

from there you just get in there and you fight

I should be considered a threat in this competition

because I know how to get along with people

I can use that to my advantage

I have three stepkids four of my own

seven total oh wow

don't feel like just because I'm nice

and I won't take you down if I have to

because I will this isn't a game

it's a competition and I'm here to win

I'm literally gonna get somebody eliminated

with the square that's the goal

I definitely bend toward the weird

the blanket term that I use for my style is magic shit

it would be like if a wizard had a discount store

like the things that you would find in it

I don't know I like weird

things the odd weird things yes

yes most people on the coast

tend to think of the Middle Country as boring

or simple but we are anything but

so when somebody asks you

what's the most random tattoo you have

what are you gonna say I have a potato

I have a potato I got into tattooing when I was 17

my family they're like what the fuck is she doing

like go to college but I've become the reliable one

because I'm very goal oriented

like I know what I want and I'm gonna do it well

if this doesn't make people smile

then I will boycott potatoes forever

this is it guys 2 more hours

that looks really good thank you

they like to see a lot of black

this second time

coming back is gonna be a lot better for me

because I understand how to play the game

and that's a huge part of this competition

it's a good thing I didn't do oil derricks yeah

we've got we've got these bitches everywhere

well hope you lose what a great tattoo thanks man

I've always been the sarcastic prick

so this competition just makes sense for me

I know how to play mental games and I enjoy doing them

what state is that cause I don't know

I have to find out what bugs each individual artist

and I have to just keep pushing their buttons

that's coming together pretty nice yeah

I'm gonna put a bunch of white highlight up in here too

no don't do it

why no

they hate white I won't do it

they hate white they hate white

I'm telling you yeah

last thing I'm gonna do is listen to that guy

watch me put my white in here

alright guys this is your final hour 1 hour left

okay are you good

we're gonna make it through okay

I'm freaking out you know who's from Texas

Oliver and Jason does that do pink in it

does it look pink definitely hot pink

that's not hot I'm saying it's close to hot

it's close to hot pink I'm experiencing extreme anxiety

it's hard to breathe much less tattoo

he told me it was hot pink

the bottle says red it's red

I was like okay bro

well whatever

I've had to push through adversity my entire life

I do not give up easily

if I can be a single mom and an entrepreneur

I can do anything

I'm sorry I think I'm starting to twitch a little bit

I had zero problems with you

you probably had more problems

with me than I had with you

I'm from the south so you know

I throw a little spice in it here and there

just to shake things up cause

I would hate for my work to get confused with anybody

else's you know

there's only one person that's money

I'm always come through for you

I'm gonna win this competition

I'm like the most competitive person

you know is it a race

I'm gonna finish first I dropped out of school

I have no high school diploma

no GED I've made a name for myself

on just hard work and dedication

people either love me or hate me

but at the end of the day they're gonna know who I am

Yeehaw

you're not gonna be a team player and scream Yeehaw

I'm not screaming Yeehaw please don't me

there's a couple trash talkers on my team

but they can back it up especially Jason

I feel like it's gonna be advantage to our team

and I've been watching this competition since day 1

before I even had facial hair

I was a little baby Jordi

I'm so excited

the mint green is gonna bring it out so much

if I this up I can be sent home on the first day

and that's the one thing I don't wanna do

I wanna show that Miami we know how to tattoo

5 4

3 2 1 that is it machine's down

no more ink

just lay back and relax Alrighty

that is it you got yourself a New York City tab

hey do me a favor yeah

help me with geography cause I'm really bad at it OK

what you got we got we got East yep west

yep south yep and mediocre mediocre no

are you trying to put it out on the map

cause I looked and I didn't see it

I appreciate that you're here

but I'm gonna appreciate more when you're not oh

alright artists

hopefully your first tattoo

was enough to prove that you deserve to be here

let's head back to the shop for the blind critique

yeah

oh wow oh shit ah

this is what I'm talking about right here

definitely feeling this Midwest

my God it's beautiful

look at this station ghost in the building bro

check it out dominate Gold Coast baby

you guys ready alright guys

let's get into these blind critiques

let's do this let's go

let's get it hell yeah Bam

the screens of doom time for the blind critiques

these guys had to tattoo their states

let's bring up the first tattoo

California oh

that's mine instantly recognizable

just the way the palm tree closest to us is

a black silhouette

and then the palm trees going off in the distance

get lighter that's a hard trick to pull off

this artist shows a lot of promise for what's to come

cool killed it

let's bring up the next one oh

it's mine I don't recognize the state

do you nobody knows what Oregon looks like Oregon

it could be Oregon this is a really great design

the wood grain

and the textures really speaks to the artist ability

cool next up

oh shit California

it's very legible big bold outline

but if you zoom in to the bridge

yeah Yowza

it's not the definition of tight and clean

detail at all let's look at the next one

ah Nevada

oh shit here we go

the actual quality of tattooing in this thing is nice

that highlight

down the center of the closest cone to us

is done with meticulous care

it's gorgeous I appreciate it

next tattoo another black and gray

alright California

it's mine the drawing is not bad

but the technical application is

really one of the worst ones of the day

right at the right side of that palm tree

there is a big blue blowout

I strongly disagree with all of that

you can disagree all you want

but facts of the matter is

they're telling you how to win

let's have a look at the next one

that's me Oklahoma is okay

I think it's really beautifully laid out

the black is as dark as the outline

so it looks super clean

dude

let's have a look at the next tattoo

Idaho oh my God

that's mine the pancake itself

it's a potato bro

potato potato

oh Idaho's not really known for pancakes

yes it's a potato

I literally thought that was a pancake me

I really like the rich black in this tattoo

what I don't like is all the white

I mean I advised you not to do it

let's bring up the next tattoo

alright here we go

you would never guess

that that was even supposed to be a state

I would say Colorado but it's very difficult to tell

it's just a little bit of a weird

gray square around a horse

and then oh

I got an idea

I'm just gonna put five random leaves at the bottom

and it'll all tie together

that was brutal man yeah

it was rough let's take a look at the next tattoo

way more recognizable as Colorado

looks very smooth and I like the black and gray shading

but the actual details in the mountain

I don't get the idea of this big huge mountain range

I just get a couple little small hills here

those do not look like mountains

that is a freaking ocean scene

what are you talking about

I see sky in there no

let's have a look at the next one deep

so it's a deep dish in Illinois

the sauce looks like it could be a garment

the oozing cheese it's just yellow drips

you gotta make things look like what they are

let's bring up the next one

North Carolina here we are

this one has a lot of really chalky look to it

because none of the colors saturated

in a competition setting

none of this tattooing is gonna cut it

damn moving along

here we go Louisiana

they made everything in the tattoo out of four colors

so it's strange that shape of the state gets lost

moving on Texas

my fellow statesmen are letting me down

what about them

I think those are supposed to be blue bonnets

but kind of looks more like cauliflower or something

and it's weird cause the star would be white

I don't know why they're putting blue in the stars

strange it's not the worst in the room

next Tattoo Florida

okay here we go

definitely have no clue

what's going on with the little thing

down at the bottom

I'll be addressing the Cuban section of the tattoo

thank you hahaha

that's a little Cuban coffee in the bottom

but the outline around the cup is so wobbly

the simplest parts of the tattoo

are the parts that really need to be hit home

I mean long as Chris said it was a Cuban cop

he knew it right off the bat

so I'll take that let's take a look at the next tattoo

Texas oh

there we go Ali

talk to me well

there's some of the shape of Texas

wild take on anatomy of the rose

and this one petal that's over the top of the state

overtakes the shape of the state

and man

that little haze color that's not solid to the outline

I think the name of that color is light bruise

damn that hurt

that's not what I thought you were gonna do first

I did simple moving along up

here we go is there a shape of a state in there

it's Massachusetts oh Mass

I do see it now

design wise it's a little weird

but the black that's in the sales

it's solid it whips out it's all consistent

best done black that we've seen today for black

that tattoo kind of makes me a little nervous

about traditional day

we'll see if we get one and next tattoo

oh oh

that's the Garden State right there

that's right the black outline is black

it is deliberate

I like the fade on the bottom of the tomatoes

solid black the solid color

super nice good job

thank you next

the blue crab of Maryland

there we go it's mines

this one has a lot of problems

you have color that over runs the black outline

and then you have the outline

where the black doesn't push up to the outline

all these shades grinding on top of each other

blending brown and blue and green

and just overworked the death out of it

it looks like a crab got run over by a tire

so I need you to chill where are you from again

the west come on son

we are from the west hey

wait a minute hey

don't bring the west into this

well we do good tattoos over there

that's the south

next up Massachusetts color blending is really rough

nothing looks saturated a lot of outline problems

I'm gonna say that this goes beyond jitters

at least that's out of the way

let's look at the next one

New York Lady Liberty I like the concept

and obviously I like how this fills the space

the outlines just look like they

were done in a bumpy car jacked

you know what makes me really happy about this tattoo

that lets me know

now that you are no competitor in this competition

I wouldn't say that I mean

this is the first round it is the first round

if it was a draft pick his ass would get left at home

well that's it 20 tattoos

let's rank these things and see where the ships fall

alright Jason

you talk a lot of shit I

I said from the beginning

that I was gonna do a mid tattoo

and that's exactly what I did

why the fuck

you gonna come in here and do a mid tattoo though

you play the game the way you wanna play the game

I'll play the game the way I wanna play the game

you're a sneaky mother

your color's jacked up there's no way around it

I'm having an anxiety attack we ain't even started yet

I actually wanted to say something

before we move forward no don't do it

today you had to tattoo your state

and based only on your work

each of your tattoos have been ranked by the judges

one by one the top 12 artists will be revealed

I actually want to say something

before we move forward

okay go ahead bud

I'm actually bowing out of the competition

oh no what do you mean

why I mean we ain't even started yet yeah

I know dude you can't run

away from the things that make you uncomfortable

because your biggest moment of growth is gonna be

in the moment that you think

you can't make it so make it

don't quit

I just don't wanna crank out anymore

tattoos that I'm not happy with

so I can do this dude

you're looking at is I may this up again

why not look at it as I may crush it

just give it a chance bro

please don't turn your back on us dude

I'm good with my decision

let him go let him go

if you wanna excuse yourself you're welcome too

I'll see you guys around dude trust you

let's make a pact no one else is quitting

no you guys are all here to show who you are

this is all about your will

your drive that's it

stand strong yeah

let's move on and focus on what we came here to do yes

let's do it I'm having an anxiety attack

this bitch one by one

the top 12 artists will be revealed okay

if you made it into the top 12

you are safe from elimination

yeah shit alright

it's gross

I'm so nervous let's reveal the No. 1 ranked tattoo

hey Angel

Angel congratulations

thank you way to come back and just own it

thank you Angel

please go ahead and have a seat

let's bring up the 2nd ranked tattoo

from the Midwest Frank

I'm glad to see you sitting in second spot

I'm stoked on it man

please have a seat

let's have a look at the 3rd rank tattoo

all right win for the east

please have a seat next to Frank

let's move on to the No. 4 ranked tattoo

yeah here we go

here we go alright Hiram Las Vegas

Nevada you are safe

thank you very much

let's bring up the No. 5 ranked tattoo

Bob Bob Bob

Congratulations West Coaster

the 6th ranked tattoo

Jimmy congratulations please have a seat

let's bring up the 7th ranked tattoo

wow Jordan

congratulations the Midwest once again

let's move on to the 8th ranked tattoo

what's up Raul

California congratulations

please have a seat let's see the 9th ranked tattoo

Jordy great state of Florida congratulations

you're safe from elimination

let's see who came in with the 10th ranked tattoo

Colorado Gerald Congratulations please have a seat

let's take a look at the 11th ranked tattoo

from the Midwest Kelly congratulations

all right

we have 11 artists sitting comfortably and safe

we have eight artists standing before us

one spot remains for safety

let's bring up the 12th ranked tattoo

shit shit

just squeaks by money Mike

my heart beating fast as hell man

I'm just happy to be down here congratulations

please have a seat

and that means that all 12 spots for safety are full

there's people sitting there that have blowouts

that have fucked up line work

that have poor saturation

I didn't leave my kids and come

up here to make an ass of myself

and have other people do mistakes when I didn't

and sit down here at the bottom

well let's see your tattoo

go for it that's not jacked up

my man your color is jacked up

there's no way around it I 100% disagree

you can't you're right

look at the Parkway tattoo and look at your tattoo

there's a vast divide in how the colors

put in what's one solid shade of red

where I went in

and actually add texture and different colors

listen

the point is that your bird could look like this tomato

if it was applied different

clean and solid versus scratchy and weak

alright your opinion

you did a tattoo

that's actually prettier than some of the ones

sitting down but it's not technically as solid

that is your fault not mine

I like that you have passion and you love this tattoo

and I'd much rather hear you fight back

then see you quit man

I'mma be honest man

it's an emotional roller coaster for me

but uh I promise you this ain't over

I came out here to go to the end

y'all had to drag me out here with chains

before I leave good

and let's move forward man

congratulations to the top 12 artists

you are all safe from elimination

happy to hear that the rest of you will have one

final chance to save yourself tomorrow

all seven of you must face off tattooing

patriotic tattoos

you'll have 6 hours to tattoo

and your canvases are completely open

yes the style

and design elements of these patriotic tattoos

are completely up to you

alright you got a brand new start

leave us no questions let your artwork speak for itself

this is your last chance

to prove that you deserve to be here

to fight for the title good luck

I don't want help from anyone here

you're gonna go down quick

I'mma show everyone who they're with

I see things going south from here for him

that's badass man solid simple

my mentality on this is leave no man behind

I'm definitely gonna do whatever I can to help my team

get that safe spot looked around the room

and a lot of people are going really big

kind of complicated kind of wonky

you just gotta knock them off one by one

you just gotta make sure

it's the best tattoo you've ever done no pressure

all right artists

this is your last chance to avoid elimination

you have six hours to do a patriotic tattoo

and your time starts now yeah

alright let's see what we do for the face off

the bottom

ranked artists all have to do patriotic tattoos

but other than that whatever style

whatever imagery it's wide open Bam

we need this to come out perfect

knowing that you're in the bottom is definitely a blow

these artists have to shake that off and just

do what they do if you can't adapt

you're probably not gonna make it very far

Team East Side that's right

I think they're gonna kill this

I think so too

I think they're prepared

and they got their team behind them

get it get it

get it get it get it

Jake is number one

nothing says America like a bald eagle

bold will hold mother I've been tattooing a long time

14 years I've had a lot of people tell me that

you'll never amount to anything

I can do everything that you say I can't

I'm good at what I do that's why I'm here

Whoo

Jake is far too good to be sitting here right now

he's gonna blow everything out of the water

careful with those lines don't think I'm too deep

I'm kind of over the team thing at this point

I've been tattooing for 12 years

I don't need anybody micromanaging me

you know

it's like telling the adult in the room what to do

bitch I know what to do

just make sure that line's there where it needs to be

and then if you gotta shade over it

you gotta shade over it

but I don't like to pull the line all the way up

because I know I'm gonna just fill it with black

if you don't wanna listen

you don't have to but we know you're good

we get it keep wearing the same size hat

don't get big headed

you bit off a big one today

I'm gonna show everyone who they're with

I love doing patriarch tattoos

I'm gonna come out with a big

bold patriarch flan tattoo

and I'm gonna secure that spot

because I know

I'm a better artist than half the people in this room

four hours to go four more hours to go guys

I've never tattooed a bell before

or anything

that was supposed to have a reflective surface

and a wood grain at the same time

how you gonna change up

like the metals and the woods on the top

simulating wood is easy

it's getting something to look shiny and round is hard

I have a chance to redeem myself

if they think I'm gonna back down

cause I don't have the most experience

they have another thing coming

we have over half the south team in the bottom

now it's embarrassing I went to the bottom

but not cause I did a bad tattoo

I just kind of went a little safe on it

I did come in this competition

run my mouth a lot and it doesn't mean I'm gonna stop

but this tattoo it has to match

the level of shit that I've been talking

how big is that tattoo that's huge

my God more to judge

more to fuck up

I see things going south from here for him

I'm goddamn tickled pink

two more hours two more hours

let's give her some space

she needs a minute alright

we're good with that right

yeah they're my bouncers

am I nervous about anything in this competition

um she just needs a little bit of space to get high

alright yeah

I'm nervous about all of it

come on come on

let's go over here

especially nervous of just like up a tattoo

like big time I got you girl

yeah you do

thanks Jimmy

I do mostly black work it's what I love to do

but in the last tattoo I decided to do it in color

I don't know why looks good okay

don't tell me it does if it doesn't

I won't daddy does not lie

I went with an American traditional tattoo

because it's patriotic

you see anything that can use cleaning up

and you feel confident that you can hit it

without causing trauma then do it

I am a team player and Jimmy quarterback

he gave me a play and I ran with it

teamwork makes the dream work

that's right you know

I started tattooing to keep me out of trouble

when you come from where I come from

not a lot of people get here

I'm not going home not today

yeah the emac attack

emac attack you know what

you feel it you're doing it

5 4

3 2 1

time is up machine's down

no more ink I just got done

damn dude that's awesome

oh man you killed it

yeah that's badass

good enough to keep me from the bottom oh

I would imagine

that's good enough to shoot you up to the top

the second you think

you know what's happening on Ink Master

you don't know anything at all

I think everyone got really scared today

when they seen what I pulled out

I wouldn't go that far

I picked up and kicked everyone's ass well

he's thinking about himself

you know he said he kicked everyone

that's a that's a team player

is a team gonna win this competition

there's one person that stands on that stage

and that's them that collects that money

and them that has that title

you're just putting a big target on your back dude

you're gonna be a lone wolf

you're not gonna have help from anybody

and you're gonna go down quick

on the next episode of Ink Master

this turf war is just getting started

Time's ticking Jason's so full of shit

we gotta establish that we are not a team

that they need to yeah

we're gonna go to war together yeah

we were in the bottom

there's only one place that we can go

you guys think you're at the top

there's only one place you can go I see you Jason

I see you at the end of the day

it's every man and woman for himself

you got one good critique

and now you're back to acting like an asshole

we're a team don't you wanna hear me or do you

wanna just yell at me

I don't trust you and I think you're a liar

it is just a nightmare what

you're probably getting knocked out

we're gonna need a miracle here that was rough

today you had to face off for your survival

creating patriotic tattoos based solely on your work

one of you will be packing your machines

let's begin with the Midwest

Jake you're up

hello judges

I like this drawing

your outline is clean and your blends in this really

really nice night and day

difference from what you did the other day thank you

east you're next

K let's start with you

it's a very simple clean design

just in your face political statement

it's a tough looking tattoo

and the layout

and the statement also holds power within itself

thank you

EMAC you're next

simple and clean the area is filled in black

seems very solid black

but literally this is one hour max tattoo

you're gonna have to be able to pick up the pace

my job is not to look at how long something takes you

I think you do something here

to put up the best fight you can

I'm not gonna go down without a fight

so let's go I like it thank you

moving on to the West Arlene

this is a bold heavy tattoo where you have solid black

it is solid

but there's a couple of areas in your outlines

where you color black completely

over the outline

if you know an area is gonna be solid black

then you don't need to outline under it

I know this

it's just I was getting all this advice in my ear

and I know like what you're saying

that's what I usually do you have to relax

you're the only one that's killing yourself

next up is the south

who has three team members remaining

let's start with Patrick

it's a beautiful tattoo thank you

the gradient that you have here

and the way that you purposely put in your blacks

having the guts to make a face

that black on the left side

that's confidence in tattooing

and I love really

the resilience in you

for coming back and showing us what you got

this is the biggest sharpest

cleanest tattoo of the day for sure thank you

Michelle

it definitely has an unfinished feel to it

pretty much

nowhere in the tattoo do you have any really rich

solid black the only place that you did put it

was behind your image

if your background richness was in the bell

it would look completely different

best way to show light is with black

I'm about to piss myself

Jason you're next

the way this thing's color band

I just have a lot of problems with it

the brown's not solid your yellow's not up to the line

your red's not up to the line

if you're gonna do these solid fields of color

they need to be solid to the line

alright judges

it is time to determine who's going home

Jason has the most problems

technically I can't back that vote

I would argue that there are some tattoos out there

that aren't even competitive

it's hard for me

like how big and badass the tattoo Jason did

but it's also very clear to me that it's not as solid

as what imac did

so did imac just play smart and clean for me

I think that Michelle struggled

I'd much rather walk out with Jason's

I hear you man but I don't see the proper whip

I don't see the solid black silhouette okay

but then let me just put this to you

fundamentally speaking

Jason's outline versus Michelle's

Jason's saturation versus Michelle's

I know where I messed up

but I do have the technical skill

not to throw you under the bus bro

but

it took your whole team to help you pull three arrows

are you gonna be able to tattoo

the rest of the competition

like that I'm a better

I'm fundamentally you may be

but you wasn't on this tattoo

I'm not going home

I go back and forth and I gotta fall down on Michelle

I'm just simply looking at what I'm looking at

and I'm one of three voices and my voice stays solid

my vote is for Jason

my vote's for Michelle

the judges have decided Michelle

you do not have what it takes to be ink

master wow

today it's it's the way it fell

and I think you just got the jitters

please pack your machines and head out

I've gotten to where I am in life

because I listen to my gut

and I didn't do that while I was here

thank you so when I go back home

I'm just gonna trust myself like I always have

I'm gonna come back and I'm gonna kill it