1 00:00:01,401 --> 00:00:03,770 Male announcer: This season on "Ink Master"... 2 00:00:03,871 --> 00:00:06,540 It's new artists versus veterans 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,610 as 16 tattooers are battling it out 4 00:00:09,710 --> 00:00:12,646 to prove they're the best. 5 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:15,148 - This competition's gonna be the toughest one 6 00:00:15,249 --> 00:00:16,316 that we've ever had. 7 00:00:16,416 --> 00:00:19,620 - To win the $100,000, you must out-tattoo 8 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:22,422 some of the fiercest artists ever to compete 9 00:00:22,523 --> 00:00:23,423 for the title of Ink Master. 10 00:00:23,524 --> 00:00:24,625 - [bleep] 11 00:00:24,725 --> 00:00:27,094 - And they're back, looking for revenge. 12 00:00:27,194 --> 00:00:28,262 - Buckle up, get ready, 13 00:00:28,362 --> 00:00:30,697 and put everything you have into it. 14 00:00:30,797 --> 00:00:32,799 announcer: Week after week, the competition 15 00:00:32,900 --> 00:00:34,401 is rattled to its core. 16 00:00:34,501 --> 00:00:35,981 - Every week, when somebody goes home, 17 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:37,237 somebody's coming back. 18 00:00:37,337 --> 00:00:39,239 And it's not just anybody coming back. 19 00:00:39,339 --> 00:00:42,109 It's somebody who's already done really well. 20 00:00:42,209 --> 00:00:43,710 announcer: As a new veteran returns... 21 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:44,845 - Ugh! 22 00:00:44,945 --> 00:00:46,313 announcer: Looking for revenge. 23 00:00:46,413 --> 00:00:47,881 - Everybody that's come into this competition 24 00:00:47,981 --> 00:00:50,017 has had a hazing... a trial by fire. 25 00:00:50,117 --> 00:00:52,686 - To me, I'm just seeing you as being scared and broken 26 00:00:52,786 --> 00:00:54,521 from your season, and I like that. 27 00:00:54,621 --> 00:00:56,256 I love it. I smell blood. 28 00:00:56,356 --> 00:00:58,125 announcer: Fueled by the desire to win, 29 00:00:58,225 --> 00:01:02,596 they'll face off in extreme challenges. 30 00:01:02,696 --> 00:01:04,831 - I feel like a gladiator walking into the ring, 31 00:01:04,932 --> 00:01:06,934 and I can smell fear. 32 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:08,435 announcer: Alliances will form. 33 00:01:08,535 --> 00:01:11,071 - Three of us team up, we're a powerhouse. 34 00:01:11,138 --> 00:01:13,373 We can pick them off like fish in a barrel. 35 00:01:13,473 --> 00:01:14,541 - It's our house. I don't give a [bleep] 36 00:01:14,641 --> 00:01:15,809 who walks back in here. 37 00:01:15,909 --> 00:01:17,578 - You already had a chance to be Ink Master once, 38 00:01:17,678 --> 00:01:18,879 and you wasn't good enough, bro. 39 00:01:18,979 --> 00:01:20,848 - I'll [bleep] knock your fat ass out, bitch. 40 00:01:20,948 --> 00:01:22,868 - Lack of disrespect. - What's up, mother[bleep]? 41 00:01:22,950 --> 00:01:25,285 announcer: And loyalty will be betrayed. 42 00:01:25,385 --> 00:01:27,354 - My tattoo was fantastic. - Bull[bleep] 43 00:01:27,454 --> 00:01:28,522 - I [bleep] nailed it. 44 00:01:28,622 --> 00:01:30,357 - All the old dudes are trying to screw us. 45 00:01:30,457 --> 00:01:31,558 - I know it's personal. 46 00:01:31,658 --> 00:01:32,793 - I got the [bleep] end of the stick, 47 00:01:32,893 --> 00:01:34,161 so I'm not gonna let you push me around. 48 00:01:34,261 --> 00:01:35,162 [bleep] you. 49 00:01:35,262 --> 00:01:36,663 - We are all here to play a game, 50 00:01:36,763 --> 00:01:37,965 and you know what the name of the game is? 51 00:01:38,098 --> 00:01:40,000 [bleep] the guy next to you when you have to 52 00:01:40,100 --> 00:01:41,502 to get to the end. 53 00:01:41,602 --> 00:01:43,637 announcer: Judged by industry icons... 54 00:01:43,737 --> 00:01:46,106 - You're freaking out while you're tattooing, 55 00:01:46,139 --> 00:01:48,509 and we can't let that happen to other clients. 56 00:01:48,609 --> 00:01:49,849 announcer: They'll be eliminated 57 00:01:49,877 --> 00:01:52,913 until only the best tattoo artists remains. 58 00:01:53,013 --> 00:01:55,782 - Quit thinking of them as these legends that you respect, 59 00:01:55,883 --> 00:01:57,818 and look at them like the prey that they are. 60 00:01:57,918 --> 00:01:59,553 - The flash challenges are through the roof. 61 00:01:59,653 --> 00:02:01,722 The critiques are through the roof. 62 00:02:01,822 --> 00:02:03,724 - The fact that we have this caliber artists in here 63 00:02:03,824 --> 00:02:06,660 makes this one of the toughest seasons ever created. 64 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,963 announcer: Earning a $100,000 prize... 65 00:02:10,063 --> 00:02:11,665 - I told you, this is a viper's den. 66 00:02:11,765 --> 00:02:13,901 - I'm here to tattoo and I'm here to prove that I'm the best. 67 00:02:14,067 --> 00:02:17,905 announcer: And the title of Ink Master. 68 00:02:18,071 --> 00:02:20,908 [rock music] 69 00:02:21,074 --> 00:02:28,949 ♪ 70 00:03:08,055 --> 00:03:10,924 [dramatic music] 71 00:03:11,058 --> 00:03:18,966 ♪ 72 00:03:21,602 --> 00:03:22,602 - Whoa. 73 00:03:24,338 --> 00:03:26,740 - There is a nude model. This is crazy. 74 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,375 - Oh, damn. 75 00:03:29,843 --> 00:03:31,778 - The guys are gonna be more nervous than we are. 76 00:03:33,647 --> 00:03:35,449 - Oh, [bleep]. 77 00:03:35,549 --> 00:03:38,385 - Welcome to your initiation. 78 00:03:38,485 --> 00:03:40,821 - Initiation? I don't even know what that is. 79 00:03:40,921 --> 00:03:43,223 - This is your first flash challenge, 80 00:03:43,323 --> 00:03:45,459 designed to test your fundamentals. 81 00:03:45,559 --> 00:03:47,561 - My stomach is doing [bleep] flips right now. 82 00:03:47,661 --> 00:03:50,330 - It's divided into three different rounds. 83 00:03:50,430 --> 00:03:52,966 Complete one round, and you'll move on to the next. 84 00:03:53,100 --> 00:03:55,102 - Three rounds? [bleep] crazy. 85 00:03:55,202 --> 00:03:59,206 - You have four hours to complete all three rounds. 86 00:03:59,306 --> 00:04:02,209 Get stuck, and you're first challenge in this competition 87 00:04:02,309 --> 00:04:04,845 will be a fail. - [bleep] me. 88 00:04:04,945 --> 00:04:07,047 - This is Round One. 89 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:12,219 You must create a full-body sketch of this model. 90 00:04:12,319 --> 00:04:14,388 - I've never done a live drawing before. 91 00:04:14,488 --> 00:04:16,190 This is the worst [bleep] challenge 92 00:04:16,290 --> 00:04:19,793 I've ever been faced with in my life. 93 00:04:19,893 --> 00:04:21,962 - Once you're satisfied that your drawing 94 00:04:22,062 --> 00:04:25,165 is a true representation of your artistic skill, 95 00:04:25,265 --> 00:04:27,367 then you can move on to the next round, 96 00:04:27,467 --> 00:04:30,237 and your time starts now. 97 00:04:30,337 --> 00:04:31,337 [rock music] 98 00:04:31,371 --> 00:04:32,773 - Let's go. 99 00:04:32,873 --> 00:04:34,675 - This is the toughest first week in "Ink Master" history. 100 00:04:34,775 --> 00:04:36,710 We're expecting these artists to be able to draw, 101 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:38,979 be able to execute, and really stand up and show us 102 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:40,147 what they can do. 103 00:04:40,247 --> 00:04:42,416 - Drawing from a live nude model? 104 00:04:42,516 --> 00:04:44,585 Agh. High anxiety. 105 00:04:44,685 --> 00:04:46,286 - My specialty is full color, 106 00:04:46,386 --> 00:04:48,822 big, bold lines, anything new-school, 107 00:04:48,922 --> 00:04:50,757 I'm an anxious person as it is. 108 00:04:50,858 --> 00:04:53,093 What does that even mean that I can get stuck 109 00:04:53,126 --> 00:04:54,428 in one of the rounds and fail? 110 00:04:54,528 --> 00:04:56,797 That's kind of worrying me a little bit. 111 00:04:56,897 --> 00:04:59,800 [fast-paced rock music] 112 00:04:59,900 --> 00:05:01,335 ♪ 113 00:05:01,435 --> 00:05:03,103 - Anyone else having fun yet? 114 00:05:03,203 --> 00:05:04,805 - Why are there only eight of us? 115 00:05:04,905 --> 00:05:07,641 There's never only eight starting the competition. 116 00:05:07,741 --> 00:05:09,476 I know that there's gonna be a twist. 117 00:05:09,576 --> 00:05:12,079 Let's do this. Anything you got... bring it. 118 00:05:12,179 --> 00:05:13,680 Trying to get you perfect, girl. 119 00:05:13,780 --> 00:05:15,816 ♪ 120 00:05:15,916 --> 00:05:18,218 - Could I have her turn a little bit more that way? 121 00:05:18,318 --> 00:05:19,753 - Everyone's pussyfooting around. 122 00:05:19,853 --> 00:05:22,189 Everyone's afraid to ask the model to do what they need. 123 00:05:22,289 --> 00:05:24,091 There's $100,000 riding on this. 124 00:05:24,191 --> 00:05:26,431 If I need her to sit a certain way, I'm gonna ask for it. 125 00:05:26,527 --> 00:05:28,295 Can you put one of your hands on your knee? 126 00:05:28,395 --> 00:05:31,665 I specialize in realism and surrealism. 127 00:05:31,765 --> 00:05:34,935 My style's unique. It's creative, original. 128 00:05:35,068 --> 00:05:36,603 Just try and keep your chin down. 129 00:05:36,703 --> 00:05:37,738 Yeah. 130 00:05:37,838 --> 00:05:39,773 My strategy for drawing this nude model 131 00:05:39,873 --> 00:05:42,176 is draw it figuring I can refine things later. 132 00:05:42,276 --> 00:05:44,711 I don't know what's coming. I might need more time. 133 00:05:48,081 --> 00:05:49,850 - She keeps moving. 134 00:05:49,950 --> 00:05:51,518 - I know time's gonna be a factor. 135 00:05:51,618 --> 00:05:53,520 I'm gonna make sure I'm not stuck in the back of the pack, 136 00:05:53,620 --> 00:05:55,980 and whoever's in the front, I want to be hot on their heels. 137 00:05:56,089 --> 00:05:59,426 ♪ 138 00:05:59,526 --> 00:06:01,228 - Homegirl ran out pretty fast. 139 00:06:01,328 --> 00:06:02,796 I hope she got enough [bleep]. 140 00:06:02,896 --> 00:06:06,433 ♪♪ 141 00:06:06,533 --> 00:06:08,235 - Welcome to Round Two. 142 00:06:08,335 --> 00:06:11,338 You have to assemble your liner machine and a shader machine. 143 00:06:11,438 --> 00:06:12,506 You get it in complete working order. 144 00:06:12,606 --> 00:06:13,507 - Okay. 145 00:06:13,607 --> 00:06:14,808 - The quicker you finish this, 146 00:06:14,908 --> 00:06:16,176 the more time you'll have in the final round. 147 00:06:16,276 --> 00:06:17,578 - Okay. Thanks. - Good luck. 148 00:06:17,678 --> 00:06:19,046 - Being able to put a machine together 149 00:06:19,079 --> 00:06:20,747 and get it running correctly is definitely 150 00:06:20,848 --> 00:06:22,916 one of the basic fundamentals of tattooing. 151 00:06:23,050 --> 00:06:24,885 - Okay, come on. 152 00:06:25,052 --> 00:06:26,153 Damnit. 153 00:06:26,253 --> 00:06:28,322 - Even if these artists do a great drawing, 154 00:06:28,422 --> 00:06:29,957 but can't assemble these machines 155 00:06:30,057 --> 00:06:32,626 and get them running correctly, it's gonna show us that they 156 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:35,062 don't really care about everything about tattooing. 157 00:06:35,128 --> 00:06:37,097 Know your tools. Know your craft. 158 00:06:37,197 --> 00:06:38,932 - Welcome to Round Two. - Yeah. 159 00:06:39,066 --> 00:06:41,401 - You have to assemble a tattoo machine from Seth Ciferri, 160 00:06:41,502 --> 00:06:44,104 - Right on. Sweet. I got this. 161 00:06:44,204 --> 00:06:47,107 I've been building tattoo machines for almost 15 years. 162 00:06:47,207 --> 00:06:49,142 - When you think you have your machines in working order, 163 00:06:49,243 --> 00:06:50,711 let me give them a check and give you the okay, 164 00:06:50,811 --> 00:06:51,879 and move on out. 165 00:06:51,979 --> 00:06:53,213 - I'm an all around tattoo artist. 166 00:06:53,313 --> 00:06:55,082 I'm known for doing black-and-grey realism, 167 00:06:55,148 --> 00:06:57,417 but I'm proficient in every style of tattooing out there. 168 00:06:57,518 --> 00:06:59,653 There's nothing they're gonna hand me that I can't do. 169 00:06:59,753 --> 00:07:01,922 I might very well be the only grandpa 170 00:07:02,022 --> 00:07:03,524 that's ever been in this competition, 171 00:07:03,624 --> 00:07:05,926 and my age, experience, and wisdom are gonna help me 172 00:07:06,026 --> 00:07:07,628 beat all these young kids. 173 00:07:07,728 --> 00:07:09,897 - So, who's gonna get in trouble first for hands and feet? 174 00:07:10,030 --> 00:07:11,765 - That's the [bleep] that slows everything down, right? 175 00:07:11,865 --> 00:07:13,700 - I'm running into a huge obstacle right now. 176 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:14,835 - I'm a perfectionist, 177 00:07:14,935 --> 00:07:17,371 and that's really killing my time. 178 00:07:17,471 --> 00:07:20,107 As I see artists leaving, I'm starting to worry a bit. 179 00:07:20,207 --> 00:07:21,875 - Oh, [bleep]. 180 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:23,082 - We have tattoo machines. 181 00:07:23,110 --> 00:07:24,745 Your job is to completely assemble it 182 00:07:24,845 --> 00:07:26,079 and get it running in working order. 183 00:07:26,180 --> 00:07:27,614 - Oh, my dark lord. 184 00:07:27,714 --> 00:07:30,117 I don't know how to build a machine. 185 00:07:30,217 --> 00:07:31,852 I'm screwed in this second round. 186 00:07:31,952 --> 00:07:34,855 [dramatic music] 187 00:07:34,955 --> 00:07:38,091 ♪ 188 00:07:38,192 --> 00:07:39,293 - Oliver, can you check this one? 189 00:07:39,393 --> 00:07:41,061 I'm almost done with my second machine, 190 00:07:41,094 --> 00:07:43,063 and I haven't even heard another one buzz yet. 191 00:07:43,163 --> 00:07:44,064 [buzzing] 192 00:07:44,164 --> 00:07:45,065 - All right, you're ready to go. 193 00:07:45,165 --> 00:07:47,801 Take everything with you. 194 00:07:47,901 --> 00:07:49,303 - Oh, [bleep]. 195 00:07:49,403 --> 00:07:52,272 [eerie discordant sounds] 196 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:55,709 - You made it to Round Three. - Thanks, man. 197 00:07:55,809 --> 00:07:57,849 - You're gonna use the drawing that you did earlier, 198 00:07:57,911 --> 00:08:00,013 coupled with the machines that you just built. 199 00:08:00,113 --> 00:08:01,748 You're gonna reproduce that right on the pig. 200 00:08:01,849 --> 00:08:03,183 - Oh, [bleep]. Okay. 201 00:08:03,283 --> 00:08:05,319 - Right out of the gate, we're gonna test fundamentals. 202 00:08:05,419 --> 00:08:07,654 One is assembling your tools, one is drawing, 203 00:08:07,754 --> 00:08:09,790 and, finally, we're gonna test them on tattooing. 204 00:08:09,890 --> 00:08:11,792 How good are they at executing their job? 205 00:08:11,892 --> 00:08:14,528 That's why, today, these challenges are their initiation. 206 00:08:14,628 --> 00:08:16,763 [buzzing] - All right. Take everything... 207 00:08:16,864 --> 00:08:18,165 - Okay. - And go into the next room. 208 00:08:18,265 --> 00:08:20,167 - Everything you do is under a magnifying glass. 209 00:08:20,267 --> 00:08:21,902 These artists have to be ready for that. 210 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:23,504 - [sighs] 211 00:08:27,174 --> 00:08:28,475 - That's gonna be your client. 212 00:08:57,070 --> 00:08:58,672 - Thirty minutes to go. 213 00:08:58,772 --> 00:09:00,040 - I [bleep] suck. 214 00:09:00,140 --> 00:09:03,477 - Picasso and Ashley... definitely in trouble. 215 00:09:03,577 --> 00:09:05,012 ♪ 216 00:09:05,112 --> 00:09:06,346 - Damnit. 217 00:09:06,446 --> 00:09:08,615 I'm gonna get one of these mother[bleep] running. 218 00:09:08,715 --> 00:09:10,250 [bleep] embarrassing. 219 00:09:10,350 --> 00:09:11,752 If it wasn't for tattooing, I would've never 220 00:09:11,852 --> 00:09:13,320 gotten over my depression. 221 00:09:13,420 --> 00:09:17,491 I like to jump around between new school, neo-traditional, 222 00:09:17,591 --> 00:09:21,862 realism, surrealism... all I got is art. 223 00:09:22,029 --> 00:09:24,598 I don't have nobody else. 224 00:09:24,698 --> 00:09:26,033 Damnit. 225 00:09:26,099 --> 00:09:28,101 - You're doing this at home, it's like nothing. 226 00:09:28,202 --> 00:09:29,636 but I don't know. 227 00:09:29,736 --> 00:09:31,638 I'm an artist, not a mechanic. 228 00:09:31,738 --> 00:09:34,875 - The basic mechanics of this machine are completely lost. 229 00:09:35,042 --> 00:09:37,611 Not only am I not impressed, but I'm pretty bummed out. 230 00:09:37,711 --> 00:09:38,812 - I'll figure it out. 231 00:09:38,912 --> 00:09:40,581 - 15 minutes remaining. 232 00:09:40,681 --> 00:09:43,217 [rock music] 233 00:09:43,317 --> 00:09:46,220 [buzzing] 234 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:47,321 ♪♪ 235 00:09:47,421 --> 00:09:49,089 - I wasted way too much time drawing, 236 00:09:49,189 --> 00:09:51,758 and now I'm getting a little nervous. 237 00:09:51,859 --> 00:09:53,460 I have been an athlete my whole life. 238 00:09:53,560 --> 00:09:56,430 I played college basketball. Every sport you can think of. 239 00:09:56,530 --> 00:09:57,598 They all have the same fundamentals. 240 00:09:57,698 --> 00:09:59,600 Without discipline, you have no direction. 241 00:09:59,700 --> 00:10:01,335 I'm a self-taught tattoo artist, 242 00:10:01,435 --> 00:10:03,203 and I've been tattooing for five years. 243 00:10:03,303 --> 00:10:05,906 I'm here to prove to all those who turned me down 244 00:10:06,006 --> 00:10:08,375 for an apprenticeship: not only am I a great artist, 245 00:10:08,475 --> 00:10:10,043 I'm the next Ink Master. 246 00:10:10,143 --> 00:10:13,046 [suspenseful music] 247 00:10:13,146 --> 00:10:14,414 ♪♪ 248 00:10:14,515 --> 00:10:17,284 - Five, four, three, 249 00:10:17,384 --> 00:10:19,253 two, one. 250 00:10:19,353 --> 00:10:21,722 That is it. Time's up. Machines down. 251 00:10:21,822 --> 00:10:23,423 No more ink. 252 00:10:23,524 --> 00:10:25,425 - Machines down. 253 00:10:25,526 --> 00:10:27,060 - I feel like a [bleep] idiot. 254 00:10:27,160 --> 00:10:28,428 I know how to build a tattoo machine, 255 00:10:28,529 --> 00:10:30,564 but the pressure of the competition got to me. 256 00:10:30,664 --> 00:10:31,832 I failed. 257 00:10:31,932 --> 00:10:34,434 This is not a good way to start this competition. 258 00:10:37,771 --> 00:10:41,975 - Artists, it is now time to critique your work. 259 00:10:42,075 --> 00:10:43,915 - Anthony, the execution you did in the drawing 260 00:10:43,944 --> 00:10:46,813 would not lead me to believe that this is what you would be 261 00:10:46,914 --> 00:10:49,750 working towards, so what you did get done is much better 262 00:10:49,850 --> 00:10:51,785 than what I would've imagined was coming. 263 00:10:51,885 --> 00:10:54,121 - It does show a little bit of promise, in the details 264 00:10:54,221 --> 00:10:56,156 and just the little bit of shading you were able to do. 265 00:10:56,256 --> 00:10:57,858 I really wish you had more time 266 00:10:57,958 --> 00:11:00,227 to get further along with this tattoo. 267 00:11:00,327 --> 00:11:02,663 - Christian, starting off with the sketch... 268 00:11:02,763 --> 00:11:04,565 the face on it is a beautiful face. 269 00:11:04,665 --> 00:11:06,567 That translates right over to your tattoo. 270 00:11:06,667 --> 00:11:08,735 You definitely added more details into the tattoo 271 00:11:08,836 --> 00:11:10,070 than you have in your drawing. 272 00:11:10,103 --> 00:11:12,072 I think it's a great job. - Thanks. 273 00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:15,175 - Alex, this is one hell of a train wreck of a tattoo, man. 274 00:11:15,275 --> 00:11:17,377 - I was having some trouble with my machines. 275 00:11:17,477 --> 00:11:19,246 - Without knowing how to put that machine together, 276 00:11:19,346 --> 00:11:20,914 it's a big fundamental lack. 277 00:11:21,081 --> 00:11:22,649 - The tattoo itself, man... it looks just like 278 00:11:22,749 --> 00:11:23,650 your body language. 279 00:11:23,750 --> 00:11:24,785 It looks nervous. 280 00:11:24,885 --> 00:11:27,988 This tattoo, for me, is a pretty big letdown. 281 00:11:28,088 --> 00:11:29,928 - Chris, how did you find this challenge today? 282 00:11:31,291 --> 00:11:32,291 Oh, you didn't bother. 283 00:11:34,795 --> 00:11:36,964 - That's your work. You're representing yourself, 284 00:11:37,097 --> 00:11:38,857 and this is what the whole world's gonna see. 285 00:11:41,101 --> 00:11:42,336 Okay. 286 00:11:42,436 --> 00:11:43,370 - That's a first. - It's a first. Yeah. 287 00:11:43,470 --> 00:11:44,838 - Yeah, yeah. 288 00:11:44,938 --> 00:11:46,840 - Who the [bleep] does this guy think he is? 289 00:11:46,940 --> 00:11:49,109 I put my life on hold just to be here, 290 00:11:49,209 --> 00:11:53,680 and this guy's treating it like a [bleep] child's game. 291 00:11:53,780 --> 00:11:55,349 - Corey. - I think your drawing's 292 00:11:55,449 --> 00:11:56,617 the best drawing in the room. 293 00:11:56,717 --> 00:11:58,437 Those beautiful lines that you have on paper 294 00:11:58,485 --> 00:12:00,487 don't show through on this particular tattoo. 295 00:12:00,587 --> 00:12:03,357 - The shader was not hitting at all like I wanted it to. 296 00:12:03,457 --> 00:12:06,126 - I don't think your machines were really running properly. 297 00:12:06,226 --> 00:12:08,729 It's a really rough tattoo. 298 00:12:08,829 --> 00:12:10,469 - Megan Jean. - I really like your drawing 299 00:12:10,497 --> 00:12:12,533 a lot... it's just very loose, very free. 300 00:12:12,633 --> 00:12:14,134 - I love drawing figures. 301 00:12:14,234 --> 00:12:15,502 - Being able to get this accomplished 302 00:12:15,602 --> 00:12:17,571 shows good confidence, and definitely fundamentals 303 00:12:17,671 --> 00:12:18,671 in drawing ability. 304 00:12:18,739 --> 00:12:20,274 - Thank you. 305 00:12:20,374 --> 00:12:22,276 - Ashley. - We don't have any tattooing 306 00:12:22,376 --> 00:12:24,077 to look at, so we look at your drawing. 307 00:12:24,178 --> 00:12:26,914 Proportion of the hands and feet to the rest of the body... 308 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,282 very tiny. 309 00:12:28,382 --> 00:12:30,584 With that being said, it would be hard to know 310 00:12:30,684 --> 00:12:33,820 that the Ink Master can't build a machine. 311 00:12:33,921 --> 00:12:35,241 - So, Picasso, what happened here? 312 00:12:35,322 --> 00:12:37,424 Obviously, you didn't get a tattoo done today. 313 00:12:37,524 --> 00:12:40,427 - I totally spaced out on how to build a machine. 314 00:12:40,527 --> 00:12:43,263 It's the one thing I should've [bleep]...ugh! 315 00:12:43,363 --> 00:12:45,265 - Looking at your drawing, there's no doubt 316 00:12:45,365 --> 00:12:46,633 that I want to see a tattoo from you. 317 00:12:46,733 --> 00:12:49,603 - It's got a real sense of your own style, 318 00:12:49,703 --> 00:12:52,506 but also, you captured that model amazingly, 319 00:12:52,606 --> 00:12:55,409 but, obviously, tattoo machines, and they got to run. 320 00:12:55,509 --> 00:12:56,410 Rough day. 321 00:12:56,510 --> 00:12:57,744 - Yeah. 322 00:12:57,845 --> 00:13:00,347 - I think we have two obvious weak links right now. 323 00:13:00,447 --> 00:13:03,050 To me, all these other artists look like prey. 324 00:13:05,686 --> 00:13:08,455 - You must out-tattoo the fiercest artists 325 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:10,824 ever to compete, starting with the veteran 326 00:13:10,924 --> 00:13:12,526 who's about to walk through the door. 327 00:13:12,626 --> 00:13:13,660 - Oh, man. 328 00:13:13,760 --> 00:13:15,162 - Every week, somebody's coming back 329 00:13:15,262 --> 00:13:18,198 who's already done really, really well. 330 00:13:18,298 --> 00:13:20,300 Coasting is not gonna be an option at all. 331 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:21,400 - [sighs] 332 00:13:23,875 --> 00:13:26,778 [intense music] 333 00:13:26,878 --> 00:13:27,912 ♪ 334 00:13:28,012 --> 00:13:29,480 - Today, we're testing fundamentals. 335 00:13:29,581 --> 00:13:30,815 How did our feel do overall? 336 00:13:30,915 --> 00:13:33,115 - We definitely saw some fundamentals that were lacking. 337 00:13:33,151 --> 00:13:35,853 - Picasso clearly excels in the art world, 338 00:13:35,954 --> 00:13:38,523 but didn't have the fundamentals to put a machine together. 339 00:13:38,623 --> 00:13:40,992 Ashley didn't really even do a great drawing, 340 00:13:41,092 --> 00:13:42,393 and didn't build the machine. 341 00:13:42,493 --> 00:13:44,195 - She was one of the people that came in the room 342 00:13:44,295 --> 00:13:47,098 super confident, and was just like, "No problem." 343 00:13:47,198 --> 00:13:48,600 And then, for three hours, 344 00:13:48,700 --> 00:13:51,169 couldn't put it together right one. 345 00:13:51,269 --> 00:13:54,038 - Chris, with all that black, weird background... 346 00:13:54,138 --> 00:13:56,274 - He's thinking, "I'm safe. Screw these other people." 347 00:13:56,374 --> 00:13:57,475 "Who cares what I do?" 348 00:13:57,575 --> 00:13:59,043 - I mean, to hear that in this competition... 349 00:13:59,143 --> 00:14:00,545 I'm ready to send that guy out of here. 350 00:14:00,645 --> 00:14:02,180 - Yeah. 100% clowned it. 351 00:14:02,280 --> 00:14:03,681 - Whereas Christian did the drawing, 352 00:14:03,781 --> 00:14:06,684 he put the machine together, and he got a huge tattoo done. 353 00:14:06,784 --> 00:14:09,220 - Definitely shows that he's got strong fundamentals 354 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:10,320 and strong roots. 355 00:14:10,388 --> 00:14:11,923 - I think the other top would be Megan. 356 00:14:12,023 --> 00:14:14,826 She was able to improve upon her drawing in the tattoo. 357 00:14:14,926 --> 00:14:16,494 Across the board, I think she did good. 358 00:14:16,594 --> 00:14:18,229 - Well, it seems like we have a clear decision. 359 00:14:18,329 --> 00:14:19,230 - Yeah. - Let's let them know. 360 00:14:19,330 --> 00:14:21,399 both: All right. - All right. 361 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,671 - Today, you are being tested on your fundamentals. 362 00:14:26,771 --> 00:14:28,873 The judges have decided that the winner 363 00:14:28,973 --> 00:14:30,909 of the first flash challenge... 364 00:14:33,545 --> 00:14:35,446 Is Christian. 365 00:14:35,547 --> 00:14:37,181 [applause] 366 00:14:38,616 --> 00:14:41,085 - The fact that you had a machine running well enough 367 00:14:41,185 --> 00:14:43,154 to do smooth shading... great job. 368 00:14:43,254 --> 00:14:44,889 - The finished product is smooth. 369 00:14:44,989 --> 00:14:46,324 You can see the quality of the line work, 370 00:14:46,424 --> 00:14:48,159 and you see the quality of the shading. 371 00:14:48,259 --> 00:14:51,095 That shows me who I want to see more work from. 372 00:14:51,195 --> 00:14:53,531 - You will have the power to assign the canvases 373 00:14:53,631 --> 00:14:55,533 in the elimination tattoo. 374 00:14:55,633 --> 00:14:57,302 - I won this challenge because I'm better 375 00:14:57,402 --> 00:14:58,803 than all these other losers. 376 00:14:58,870 --> 00:15:01,573 Having the skull pick is gonna be a huge advantage. 377 00:15:01,673 --> 00:15:02,974 I'm not the guy you want to [bleep] with 378 00:15:03,074 --> 00:15:04,342 in this competition. 379 00:15:04,442 --> 00:15:06,611 - Head back to the loft. 380 00:15:12,016 --> 00:15:15,520 - Oh, yeah. 381 00:15:15,620 --> 00:15:16,521 [both clap] 382 00:15:16,621 --> 00:15:17,655 - Yes. - Yeah! 383 00:15:17,822 --> 00:15:18,656 This looks awesome. 384 00:15:18,823 --> 00:15:19,724 - Damn. - Oh, I like that. 385 00:15:19,824 --> 00:15:21,025 - Yeah! - Wow. 386 00:15:21,125 --> 00:15:22,760 - This is some cool [bleep]. 387 00:15:22,827 --> 00:15:25,330 This is my home. [laughs] 388 00:15:25,430 --> 00:15:27,899 Can't wait to get these tattoos crackin'. 389 00:15:27,999 --> 00:15:29,359 - Looking at other people's artwork 390 00:15:29,400 --> 00:15:30,868 is pretty intimidating. 391 00:15:30,969 --> 00:15:32,537 It's gonna be a really hard competition. 392 00:15:32,637 --> 00:15:35,340 - Who's over here? - Oh, wait a minute. 393 00:15:35,440 --> 00:15:37,609 - That one's covered up. There's a name under there. 394 00:15:37,775 --> 00:15:39,844 - Oh, what's up? There's number nine. 395 00:15:39,944 --> 00:15:43,414 - Yeah. - I am so curious about that. 396 00:15:43,514 --> 00:15:45,617 - Hey, guys. Come on in. Grab a seat. 397 00:15:48,152 --> 00:15:51,189 - Welcome to your first elimination tattoo. 398 00:15:51,289 --> 00:15:55,193 You make it to the end, you will earn $100,000, 399 00:15:55,293 --> 00:15:59,063 a feature in "Ink" magazine, and the title of Ink Master. 400 00:16:00,899 --> 00:16:03,801 Now, you may have wondered why there's only eight of you. 401 00:16:03,902 --> 00:16:07,405 Well, you're about to find out. 402 00:16:07,505 --> 00:16:10,074 - I knew it was coming. - To win the $100,000, 403 00:16:10,174 --> 00:16:13,678 you must not only defeat every artist here... 404 00:16:13,811 --> 00:16:17,715 you must also out-tattoo some of the fiercest artists 405 00:16:17,815 --> 00:16:20,184 ever to compete for the title of Ink Master. 406 00:16:20,285 --> 00:16:21,386 - What? 407 00:16:21,486 --> 00:16:24,155 - And they're back, looking for revenge. 408 00:16:24,255 --> 00:16:25,790 - [bleep]. 409 00:16:25,890 --> 00:16:27,992 - Starting with the veteran who's about to walk 410 00:16:28,092 --> 00:16:29,527 through the door. 411 00:16:29,627 --> 00:16:31,429 - Who do we have to defeat? 412 00:16:31,529 --> 00:16:34,499 [intense music] 413 00:16:34,599 --> 00:16:36,067 ♪ 414 00:16:36,167 --> 00:16:37,769 - St. Marq. 415 00:16:37,835 --> 00:16:40,772 [dramatic music] 416 00:16:40,838 --> 00:16:43,174 - Oh, man. 417 00:16:43,274 --> 00:16:45,977 - I am St. [bleep] Marq. 418 00:16:46,077 --> 00:16:48,479 I am a tattoo god. 419 00:16:48,580 --> 00:16:51,482 I see no one in my way. No one. 420 00:16:54,118 --> 00:16:55,320 - I came here to tattoo. 421 00:16:55,420 --> 00:16:58,223 They can bring veterans. They can bring in Jesus Christ 422 00:16:58,323 --> 00:16:59,924 with a tattoo machine. I don't care. 423 00:17:00,024 --> 00:17:02,260 - There he is. The tattoo god. 424 00:17:02,360 --> 00:17:04,462 - Welcome back, St. Marq. - Good to be back. 425 00:17:04,562 --> 00:17:07,065 I feel like a gladiator walking into the ring. 426 00:17:07,165 --> 00:17:10,401 I'm really pissed I left under the circumstances that I did. 427 00:17:10,501 --> 00:17:12,604 I got tooken out by a [bleep] farmer. 428 00:17:12,704 --> 00:17:15,073 - Chris, St. Marq, your teammates have put you up 429 00:17:15,173 --> 00:17:16,374 for elimination. 430 00:17:16,474 --> 00:17:18,434 - This shaped up to be one of the most significant 431 00:17:18,476 --> 00:17:20,044 early battles we've seen 432 00:17:20,144 --> 00:17:21,846 in the history of this competition. 433 00:17:21,946 --> 00:17:24,282 - I love a head-to-head challenge. 434 00:17:24,382 --> 00:17:25,917 This is where I shine. 435 00:17:26,017 --> 00:17:27,418 Bring it on, big man. 436 00:17:27,518 --> 00:17:31,322 - St. Marq, you do not have what it takes to be Ink Master. 437 00:17:31,422 --> 00:17:33,422 - This is a sad day when somebody strong goes home. 438 00:17:33,491 --> 00:17:35,460 There's a lot more challenges coming up that who knows 439 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:36,461 how you would've done in them. 440 00:17:36,561 --> 00:17:39,797 We'll never know. 441 00:17:39,898 --> 00:17:44,769 - I'm back, and I'm going to compete with a vengeance. 442 00:17:44,802 --> 00:17:49,073 - Today, St. Marq is not only entering the competition, 443 00:17:49,173 --> 00:17:52,610 but he's also calling the shots. 444 00:17:52,777 --> 00:17:54,479 - Ho-oh-oh - [bleep]! 445 00:17:54,579 --> 00:17:58,483 - Each week, one veteran artist will return to the competition. 446 00:17:58,583 --> 00:18:01,920 The week they return, that veteran will choose 447 00:18:02,020 --> 00:18:03,254 the elimination tattoo. 448 00:18:03,354 --> 00:18:05,423 - Goddamnit! 449 00:18:05,523 --> 00:18:06,591 - No! 450 00:18:06,691 --> 00:18:07,892 They already have an advantage 451 00:18:07,992 --> 00:18:09,294 'cause you've played the game before. 452 00:18:09,394 --> 00:18:12,463 This guy get to pick the damn challenge as well? 453 00:18:12,564 --> 00:18:14,699 - Okay, St. Marq, it's your call. 454 00:18:14,799 --> 00:18:17,035 What's the first elimination tattoo? 455 00:18:17,135 --> 00:18:19,537 - The subject matter will be the seven deadly sins. 456 00:18:19,637 --> 00:18:20,672 - Ooh. 457 00:18:20,805 --> 00:18:22,340 - We will be doing this in black and gray. 458 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:25,643 We will be using our shaders only. 459 00:18:25,743 --> 00:18:28,546 - Seriously? 460 00:18:28,646 --> 00:18:30,748 - I always use a liner when I tattoo. 461 00:18:30,815 --> 00:18:32,784 An outline is the foundation of a tattoo. 462 00:18:32,884 --> 00:18:35,286 You can't build anything without a foundation. 463 00:18:35,386 --> 00:18:37,288 - St. Marq, why did you make that choice? 464 00:18:37,388 --> 00:18:38,957 - I think everybody knows that I do a lot of work 465 00:18:39,057 --> 00:18:40,325 that doesn't need a liner. 466 00:18:40,425 --> 00:18:42,227 You guys like to judge me against other black and gray 467 00:18:42,327 --> 00:18:44,162 artists that use liners incessantly, 468 00:18:44,262 --> 00:18:47,999 and this is my rules, my playground, my challenge. 469 00:18:48,099 --> 00:18:50,435 If your shading is as good as it needs to be, 470 00:18:50,535 --> 00:18:52,170 you should be able to delete that liner 471 00:18:52,270 --> 00:18:54,639 and tattoo as cleanly and as sharply 472 00:18:54,772 --> 00:18:56,341 as you would with a liner. 473 00:18:56,441 --> 00:18:58,042 - St. Marq, have a seat. 474 00:18:58,142 --> 00:18:59,677 - That's the dumbest [bleep] I've ever heard in my life. 475 00:18:59,777 --> 00:19:01,246 Liners come to a point. 476 00:19:01,346 --> 00:19:03,281 It's almost impossible to only use shaders, 477 00:19:03,381 --> 00:19:05,383 because they're flat... they're not meant for outlining. 478 00:19:05,483 --> 00:19:07,485 They're meant for shading, so you really have to know 479 00:19:07,585 --> 00:19:09,654 the tricks to really angle the needle a certain way 480 00:19:09,787 --> 00:19:11,522 to get a crisp, clean outline. 481 00:19:11,623 --> 00:19:13,558 - Let's meet your canvases. 482 00:19:18,596 --> 00:19:20,116 Christian, you won the flash challenge. 483 00:19:20,198 --> 00:19:22,967 You now have the power to assign the canvases. 484 00:19:23,067 --> 00:19:25,837 This is your chance to level the playing field. 485 00:19:25,937 --> 00:19:28,072 Go ahead and assign the skulls. 486 00:19:28,172 --> 00:19:30,532 - I want to take St. Marq out and show the rest of the house 487 00:19:30,608 --> 00:19:32,010 that we need to stick together 488 00:19:32,110 --> 00:19:34,512 until all these veterans are out the door. 489 00:19:34,612 --> 00:19:36,214 I'm already looking at this competition 490 00:19:36,314 --> 00:19:37,749 like a game of chess, and in chess, 491 00:19:37,782 --> 00:19:39,422 you got to think four or five moves ahead. 492 00:19:39,450 --> 00:19:40,752 So, what are you looking for, man? 493 00:19:40,785 --> 00:19:42,987 - I want the sin of gluttony on my right arm. 494 00:19:43,087 --> 00:19:44,289 - Any idea how you want to do that? 495 00:19:44,389 --> 00:19:46,357 - Picture of a man chained to a chair 496 00:19:46,457 --> 00:19:48,760 force-fed by a demon. 497 00:19:48,793 --> 00:19:50,194 - How about you? - The sin of greed 498 00:19:50,295 --> 00:19:54,532 on the left side of my head. - Holy [bleep]. 499 00:19:54,632 --> 00:19:58,002 - I'd like a woman holding a apple with a serpent. 500 00:19:58,102 --> 00:19:59,304 - That's a nightmare. 501 00:19:59,404 --> 00:20:01,244 There's no way you can get all that detail done 502 00:20:01,306 --> 00:20:03,441 on the head with just a shader. 503 00:20:03,541 --> 00:20:04,542 - How about you, man? 504 00:20:04,642 --> 00:20:06,411 - My sin is lust. It would be on my chest. 505 00:20:06,511 --> 00:20:08,646 It's three women, one snake slithering in and out 506 00:20:08,780 --> 00:20:09,647 of each of their mouths. 507 00:20:09,781 --> 00:20:11,449 - [bleep]. - No way, dude. 508 00:20:11,549 --> 00:20:14,152 Three different faces, bunch of different snakes. 509 00:20:14,252 --> 00:20:16,020 You can't do that in six hours. 510 00:20:16,120 --> 00:20:18,022 - I'd like the sin of pride on my right arm. 511 00:20:18,122 --> 00:20:20,858 - Handing out the skulls is a clear advantage. 512 00:20:20,959 --> 00:20:22,227 These are rookies. 513 00:20:22,327 --> 00:20:25,196 I'm not even sure if they know what to do with it. 514 00:20:25,296 --> 00:20:28,099 - This is a chance for me to evaluate everybody else. 515 00:20:28,199 --> 00:20:29,734 - Is he looking at you, Corey? 516 00:20:29,801 --> 00:20:32,103 - It's really important to formulate a strategy 517 00:20:32,203 --> 00:20:34,939 in this competition because it's not just about tattooing. 518 00:20:35,039 --> 00:20:37,809 It's also about how you use and manipulate people 519 00:20:37,909 --> 00:20:39,510 to get what you need and want. 520 00:20:39,611 --> 00:20:40,811 Well, that leaves you, my man. 521 00:20:40,879 --> 00:20:42,146 Right now, most of these kids 522 00:20:42,247 --> 00:20:44,749 look like deers in the headlights. 523 00:20:44,816 --> 00:20:46,618 - Okay, canvases, one by one, 524 00:20:46,751 --> 00:20:50,555 please read the artist's name on the bottom of your skull. 525 00:20:50,655 --> 00:20:52,790 - Anthony. 526 00:20:52,891 --> 00:20:55,593 - Megan. 527 00:20:55,760 --> 00:21:00,198 - Who wants to shave a homegirl's head? 528 00:21:00,298 --> 00:21:02,800 - Corey. - I got you, Miss Lady. 529 00:21:02,901 --> 00:21:04,335 Now I know Christian's playing the game. 530 00:21:04,435 --> 00:21:06,004 He's gunning for me. 531 00:21:06,104 --> 00:21:07,805 - Chris. 532 00:21:07,906 --> 00:21:10,975 - Ashley. - That's me. 533 00:21:11,075 --> 00:21:13,378 Who's left? 534 00:21:13,478 --> 00:21:14,979 - St. Marq. 535 00:21:15,079 --> 00:21:17,282 - So, this guy Christian gives me the guy who wants 536 00:21:17,382 --> 00:21:19,317 three [bleep] portraits on his chest. 537 00:21:19,417 --> 00:21:21,352 I don't think that he realizes what he's done. 538 00:21:21,452 --> 00:21:24,222 He just created an enemy in St. Marq. 539 00:21:24,322 --> 00:21:26,157 - Picasso. - Suget. 540 00:21:26,257 --> 00:21:27,759 - Alex. 541 00:21:27,859 --> 00:21:30,028 - Christian. 542 00:21:30,128 --> 00:21:32,196 - Remember, after the elimination tattoo, 543 00:21:32,297 --> 00:21:35,199 the human canvas jury will vote on the tattoo that they think 544 00:21:35,300 --> 00:21:39,337 is the worst, and put one artist up for elimination. 545 00:21:39,437 --> 00:21:42,574 You'll have six hours to create a black-and-gray 546 00:21:42,740 --> 00:21:46,744 seven deadly sins tattoo using only shaders. 547 00:21:46,778 --> 00:21:50,014 Based on your work, one of you will be the first artist 548 00:21:50,114 --> 00:21:52,283 to close shop. 549 00:21:52,383 --> 00:21:54,385 Good luck. 550 00:21:54,485 --> 00:21:56,588 - Alex. - Right over here. 551 00:21:56,754 --> 00:21:58,623 - Good. Oh, my gosh, I'm so excited. 552 00:21:58,756 --> 00:22:00,625 - St. Marq issuing the challenge to only use 553 00:22:00,758 --> 00:22:02,760 a shader... he's really pushing these other artists 554 00:22:02,860 --> 00:22:03,860 to be on his level. 555 00:22:03,928 --> 00:22:06,130 - You got the best [bleep] guy here. 556 00:22:06,231 --> 00:22:07,498 - I think a lot of these artists are gonna 557 00:22:07,599 --> 00:22:09,719 have trouble with the way that they assemble the piece 558 00:22:09,767 --> 00:22:12,103 to make their shader a powerful weapon. 559 00:22:12,203 --> 00:22:13,605 - We're definitely limited. 560 00:22:13,771 --> 00:22:15,691 I need to design something that, with no outline, 561 00:22:15,773 --> 00:22:16,774 that's gonna look good. 562 00:22:16,875 --> 00:22:18,155 - I hope this group came to play. 563 00:22:18,209 --> 00:22:20,378 This is what it takes to be in the competition. 564 00:22:20,478 --> 00:22:22,714 - How committed are you to the left side of your head? 565 00:22:22,780 --> 00:22:24,015 - I want to tat my head. 566 00:22:24,115 --> 00:22:26,117 - I'm running all the game in the world 567 00:22:26,217 --> 00:22:27,218 to get her to move her tattoo, 568 00:22:27,318 --> 00:22:30,388 but she is stuck on the [bleep] head. 569 00:22:30,488 --> 00:22:32,008 The only thing is, with this challenge, 570 00:22:32,056 --> 00:22:33,424 we're not allowed to use liners. 571 00:22:33,524 --> 00:22:34,826 - I know. I want to do my head. 572 00:22:34,926 --> 00:22:36,427 - I'm just a little worried on how she's gonna 573 00:22:36,527 --> 00:22:37,527 be able to take it. 574 00:22:37,562 --> 00:22:39,030 You're stuck on the head? 100%? 575 00:22:39,130 --> 00:22:40,130 - Hundred. - Yeah? 576 00:22:40,198 --> 00:22:41,566 - Yeah. 577 00:22:41,733 --> 00:22:43,735 - As far as, like, your whole chest, 578 00:22:43,835 --> 00:22:45,470 six hours, it's just not gonna happen. 579 00:22:45,570 --> 00:22:48,606 - I was thinking more like a three... 'cause like, three heads, 580 00:22:48,740 --> 00:22:50,620 you know, like... like, yeah, spread out across. 581 00:22:50,742 --> 00:22:53,978 - There's bad canvases, and then there's this guy. 582 00:22:54,078 --> 00:22:55,413 If we can focus on one portrait, 583 00:22:55,513 --> 00:22:58,049 I can get a lot more detail into the snake. 584 00:22:58,149 --> 00:22:59,250 - All right, one woman? 585 00:22:59,350 --> 00:23:00,785 Is there a way you could still do, like, two women? 586 00:23:00,885 --> 00:23:02,921 - One portrait is what I'm saying. 587 00:23:03,021 --> 00:23:04,822 - This just might be the toughest canvas 588 00:23:04,923 --> 00:23:05,923 I've ever been dealt. 589 00:23:08,793 --> 00:23:11,696 [rock music] 590 00:23:11,796 --> 00:23:13,097 ♪ 591 00:23:13,197 --> 00:23:15,032 - When you went to the girl who wanted the head tattoo, 592 00:23:15,133 --> 00:23:17,335 I saw you look back specifically at me. 593 00:23:17,435 --> 00:23:19,437 - You were one of the ones I wasn't quite sure about. 594 00:23:19,537 --> 00:23:20,905 I kind of wanted to just evaluate 595 00:23:21,005 --> 00:23:21,939 and see what you had, man. 596 00:23:22,039 --> 00:23:23,908 - You playing the game. 597 00:23:24,008 --> 00:23:26,043 - If I'm gunning for somebody, I'm gonna say it. 598 00:23:26,144 --> 00:23:28,112 - The minute St. Marq walked in the door, 599 00:23:28,212 --> 00:23:30,915 my first instinct was, "I'm gonna come right at him." 600 00:23:31,015 --> 00:23:32,617 - I think you shook him up. 601 00:23:32,717 --> 00:23:34,717 - This is a competition, and I'll gun for everybody 602 00:23:34,752 --> 00:23:35,987 in the house, you know? 603 00:23:36,087 --> 00:23:38,368 Whether I like them or not, whether I respect them or not, 604 00:23:38,422 --> 00:23:39,924 I'm coming after everybody, 605 00:23:40,024 --> 00:23:41,464 but I can only do that one at a time, 606 00:23:41,559 --> 00:23:43,895 and right now, Marq was my target. 607 00:23:45,997 --> 00:23:48,933 [eerie, bass-heavy music] 608 00:23:53,471 --> 00:23:56,841 - Artists, you have six hours to tattoo a black-and-gray 609 00:23:56,941 --> 00:24:00,711 seven deadly sins tattoo using only shaders, 610 00:24:00,812 --> 00:24:02,747 and your time... 611 00:24:02,847 --> 00:24:04,115 starts... 612 00:24:04,215 --> 00:24:05,116 now. 613 00:24:05,216 --> 00:24:06,384 - Let's do this. 614 00:24:06,484 --> 00:24:07,552 - Okay, come around here. 615 00:24:08,719 --> 00:24:10,087 - Okay. 616 00:24:10,188 --> 00:24:12,423 - Any artist in the room should be proficient with their shader. 617 00:24:12,523 --> 00:24:14,403 If these artists know how to choose this battle, 618 00:24:14,492 --> 00:24:16,492 and give themselves enough space to really show off 619 00:24:16,561 --> 00:24:18,696 with the shader, they can do beautiful work. 620 00:24:18,796 --> 00:24:21,132 - I'm not gonna create any hard edges on this thing. 621 00:24:21,232 --> 00:24:23,234 I've only been tattooing for five years. 622 00:24:23,334 --> 00:24:26,070 There's a lot on the line. This is kind of overwhelming. 623 00:24:26,170 --> 00:24:27,805 - If you're good at what you do, it won't be a problem. 624 00:24:27,905 --> 00:24:30,074 - I definitely think the judges are gonna underestimate me. 625 00:24:30,174 --> 00:24:32,543 I have to do whatever it takes to show that I'm just as good 626 00:24:32,710 --> 00:24:34,178 as these veterans. 627 00:24:34,278 --> 00:24:35,179 - Ahh! 628 00:24:35,279 --> 00:24:36,314 - Looks perfect. 629 00:24:36,414 --> 00:24:37,815 My canvas wanted three portraits, 630 00:24:37,915 --> 00:24:39,283 snakes coming out of their mouths. 631 00:24:39,383 --> 00:24:41,486 We've got that down to one portrait 632 00:24:41,586 --> 00:24:43,921 with a serpent not coming out of her mouth. 633 00:24:44,021 --> 00:24:45,022 Thank God. 634 00:24:45,122 --> 00:24:47,091 - So, you guys obviously changed your design. 635 00:24:47,191 --> 00:24:48,726 You initially wanted three women. 636 00:24:48,793 --> 00:24:50,728 - His whole chest. - With the snake going through 637 00:24:50,828 --> 00:24:52,163 three different mouths. 638 00:24:52,263 --> 00:24:54,398 - Well, we kind of talked about seeing how far he could get, 639 00:24:54,499 --> 00:24:57,168 but I don't know if we'll be able to do the whole chest. 640 00:24:57,268 --> 00:24:59,036 Being a veteran to this competition, 641 00:24:59,137 --> 00:25:01,739 I know how to control the situation with these canvases. 642 00:25:01,772 --> 00:25:03,074 I'm gonna give you a little bit of shading 643 00:25:03,174 --> 00:25:05,409 on this wing right here too so it doesn't look so blank. 644 00:25:05,510 --> 00:25:07,211 My canvas is right where I want him. 645 00:25:07,311 --> 00:25:08,980 This challenge is mine. 646 00:25:14,452 --> 00:25:16,587 - St. Marq is a completely arrogant douche. 647 00:25:20,858 --> 00:25:22,927 If he's such a tattoo god, he should just be able 648 00:25:23,027 --> 00:25:24,962 to give his canvas exactly what he wants. 649 00:25:27,932 --> 00:25:29,000 - [groaning] 650 00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:30,535 - This lady wants her head tattooed, 651 00:25:30,701 --> 00:25:32,069 [woman whines] and I couldn't convince her 652 00:25:32,170 --> 00:25:33,371 to move it to a different place... 653 00:25:33,471 --> 00:25:35,573 [woman cries] And now she's crying, 654 00:25:35,706 --> 00:25:37,341 [woman crying] She's squirming. 655 00:25:37,441 --> 00:25:38,441 This is a nightmare. 656 00:25:38,509 --> 00:25:39,844 [woman groans] 657 00:25:39,944 --> 00:25:42,213 I'm definitely a competitive person by nature. 658 00:25:42,313 --> 00:25:43,481 All kids from the hood... 659 00:25:43,581 --> 00:25:45,583 we're all trying to achieve something, 660 00:25:45,716 --> 00:25:47,218 'cause we come from nothing. 661 00:25:47,318 --> 00:25:49,420 I do have my own style, which is a mix 662 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:51,923 of neo-traditionalism with realism. 663 00:25:52,023 --> 00:25:53,825 You're not gonna really get that from anybody else. 664 00:25:53,925 --> 00:25:55,560 - Nobody told you to be so talented. 665 00:25:55,726 --> 00:25:58,196 How dare you? - I'm a badass tattoo artist. 666 00:25:58,296 --> 00:26:00,832 Only place I can go next is to be Ink Master. 667 00:26:00,932 --> 00:26:03,835 - Three hours left. 668 00:26:03,935 --> 00:26:06,137 - I'm feeling really good about this tattoo, 669 00:26:06,237 --> 00:26:09,106 and whether I have a liner or not, I will deliver. 670 00:26:09,207 --> 00:26:10,475 - Not [bleep] around, huh? 671 00:26:10,575 --> 00:26:12,577 - Nah, man. I'm here for 100 grand. 672 00:26:12,677 --> 00:26:14,011 They should be scared. 673 00:26:14,111 --> 00:26:15,546 - What are your guys' thoughts? 674 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,148 - I think Megan's probably the one who's getting 675 00:26:17,248 --> 00:26:19,851 the most linear details out of her shader. 676 00:26:19,951 --> 00:26:20,985 - Yeah, she's killing it. 677 00:26:21,085 --> 00:26:22,753 Christian's tattoo is just nice. 678 00:26:22,854 --> 00:26:25,022 - That's what it's supposed to look like with no lines. 679 00:26:25,122 --> 00:26:28,392 St. Marq made this challenge, and what is he doing? 680 00:26:28,493 --> 00:26:31,195 - Five inches of pure black background. 681 00:26:31,295 --> 00:26:33,231 - It's bad karma for saying he's a tattoo god. 682 00:26:33,331 --> 00:26:34,966 - Yeah. 683 00:26:35,066 --> 00:26:38,936 One more hour remaining. 684 00:26:39,036 --> 00:26:41,172 - Put your game face on, Jonathan. 685 00:26:41,272 --> 00:26:43,074 I bombed on my flash challenge. 686 00:26:43,174 --> 00:26:46,077 I have no choice but to put out a good tattoo. 687 00:26:46,177 --> 00:26:47,712 - Dude, I can't believe you took on 688 00:26:47,812 --> 00:26:49,914 doing full figures that small. 689 00:26:50,014 --> 00:26:51,415 - That's why it's taking me forever. 690 00:26:51,516 --> 00:26:54,018 I left art school with one semester left 691 00:26:54,118 --> 00:26:56,754 because I found tattooing, and I knew it was my passion. 692 00:26:56,854 --> 00:26:58,890 My fine art background does set me apart 693 00:26:58,990 --> 00:27:00,358 from other tattoo artists. 694 00:27:00,458 --> 00:27:02,994 Photo-realism, black-and-gray, portraits... 695 00:27:03,094 --> 00:27:04,896 that's what people come to see me for. 696 00:27:04,996 --> 00:27:06,731 I have the talent to be Ink Master. 697 00:27:06,831 --> 00:27:08,099 I just need the title. 698 00:27:08,199 --> 00:27:09,801 - What's happening, man? - What's going on, guys? 699 00:27:09,901 --> 00:27:10,835 - And this is the first time they're gonna 700 00:27:10,935 --> 00:27:12,003 get to see me tattoo. 701 00:27:12,103 --> 00:27:14,672 Got to show some saturation, some contrast. 702 00:27:14,739 --> 00:27:16,307 - How's this no-liner challenge for you? 703 00:27:16,407 --> 00:27:18,476 - Pretty good. Pretty easy. 704 00:27:18,576 --> 00:27:20,244 I need to redeem myself. 705 00:27:20,344 --> 00:27:21,779 Now they got me worried. 706 00:27:21,879 --> 00:27:24,248 I would hate to be the first one to go home. 707 00:27:24,348 --> 00:27:27,585 - Final five minutes. - Oh, boy. 708 00:27:27,685 --> 00:27:28,986 I'm an artist, and I've never worked 709 00:27:29,086 --> 00:27:30,054 in these kind of conditions. 710 00:27:30,154 --> 00:27:32,056 I don't rush through my tattoos. 711 00:27:32,156 --> 00:27:34,125 Time is my enemy. 712 00:27:34,225 --> 00:27:37,495 - Five, four, three, 713 00:27:37,595 --> 00:27:39,897 two, one. That is it. 714 00:27:39,997 --> 00:27:41,699 Time is up. Machines down. 715 00:27:41,732 --> 00:27:42,967 No more ink. 716 00:27:43,067 --> 00:27:44,402 - Pop up. Check it out. 717 00:27:44,502 --> 00:27:46,704 - I love it. - Nice. 718 00:27:46,804 --> 00:27:47,844 - Look at the detail, man. 719 00:27:47,905 --> 00:27:49,340 Almost looks 3-D. 720 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,609 - St. Marq, why does your tattoo look like a little boy 721 00:27:51,709 --> 00:27:53,478 with an umbrella on top of his head? 722 00:27:53,578 --> 00:27:56,981 That does not look like the tattoo of a tattoo god. 723 00:27:57,081 --> 00:27:58,749 How can you pick your own challenge 724 00:27:58,850 --> 00:28:00,451 and [bleep] it up that bad? 725 00:28:02,220 --> 00:28:04,121 - You scared, baby? - Nobody is scared of you. 726 00:28:04,222 --> 00:28:06,290 You already had a chance to be Ink Master once, 727 00:28:06,390 --> 00:28:07,470 and you wasn't good enough. 728 00:28:07,558 --> 00:28:08,659 - A lot of problems with this. 729 00:28:08,759 --> 00:28:11,329 - This challenge is one of the biggest backfires 730 00:28:11,429 --> 00:28:12,429 in Ink Master history. 731 00:28:14,197 --> 00:28:17,100 [intense music] 732 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,403 ♪♪ 733 00:28:19,503 --> 00:28:20,504 - So, are you happy that you served me up 734 00:28:20,604 --> 00:28:22,873 with a [bleep] up canvas? - Of course. 735 00:28:22,973 --> 00:28:25,275 You [bleep] came in like a rock star, dropped the ball, 736 00:28:25,375 --> 00:28:27,215 and you got spanked by a bunch of other people. 737 00:28:27,244 --> 00:28:28,478 I think you're bottom three. 738 00:28:28,578 --> 00:28:29,947 - Wishful thinking, baby. 739 00:28:30,047 --> 00:28:31,949 - Thanks for stopping by. Pack your [bleep]. 740 00:28:32,049 --> 00:28:34,551 - Nah. [clicks tongue] 741 00:28:34,651 --> 00:28:37,554 [eerie, bass-heavy music] 742 00:28:37,654 --> 00:28:45,595 ♪ 743 00:28:49,199 --> 00:28:52,669 - Today, St. Marq challenged you to take on his specialty: 744 00:28:52,769 --> 00:28:56,540 Black-and-gray tattoos using only shaders. 745 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,509 Christian, let's start with you. 746 00:28:59,610 --> 00:29:01,979 When you heard that this was a shader-only challenge, 747 00:29:02,079 --> 00:29:03,213 what was your feeling about that? 748 00:29:03,313 --> 00:29:04,748 - If you're proficient with your needles, 749 00:29:04,848 --> 00:29:06,850 there's no such thing as a liner or a shader. 750 00:29:06,950 --> 00:29:09,786 - It looks lined. That takes some skill, 751 00:29:09,886 --> 00:29:12,556 and that speaks to knowing your fundamentals. 752 00:29:12,656 --> 00:29:15,759 - This tattoo stands out because right where the rose 753 00:29:15,859 --> 00:29:17,694 connects, you give it that nice highlight. 754 00:29:17,794 --> 00:29:20,330 That's the proper way to play off a light source 755 00:29:20,497 --> 00:29:22,266 to create edges, to create highlights, 756 00:29:22,366 --> 00:29:23,500 and to create depth. 757 00:29:23,533 --> 00:29:25,502 You're a definite competitor here. 758 00:29:28,739 --> 00:29:31,208 - Picasso. 759 00:29:31,308 --> 00:29:33,043 - I really, really, appreciate people 760 00:29:33,143 --> 00:29:34,611 that take a swing with artwork. 761 00:29:34,711 --> 00:29:36,146 I like the dynamics of the drawing, 762 00:29:36,246 --> 00:29:38,515 but you did not let your tattoo breath. 763 00:29:38,582 --> 00:29:40,517 You took a pillow and just smothered it. 764 00:29:40,584 --> 00:29:42,519 - Because I didn't get to tattoo in the first challenge, 765 00:29:42,586 --> 00:29:44,521 I tried to cram in a lot of work this time. 766 00:29:44,621 --> 00:29:46,990 - One of the basic fundamentals is contrast. 767 00:29:47,090 --> 00:29:49,826 You've left out any contrast from one element to the other. 768 00:29:49,926 --> 00:29:52,863 Everything is just dark on dark on dark. 769 00:29:52,963 --> 00:29:55,299 Anytime you have a tattoo that's fresh on a big, 770 00:29:55,399 --> 00:29:56,633 open, blank place of skin, 771 00:29:56,733 --> 00:29:58,068 and everybody thinks it's a cover-up, 772 00:29:58,168 --> 00:30:00,671 it's obviously a bad thing. 773 00:30:00,771 --> 00:30:01,838 - [sighs] 774 00:30:01,939 --> 00:30:03,941 - Megan. 775 00:30:04,041 --> 00:30:05,575 - The details you were able to capture 776 00:30:05,676 --> 00:30:07,978 shows you know a lot about contouring, 777 00:30:08,078 --> 00:30:10,547 creating depth and shadows... which are more advanced 778 00:30:10,614 --> 00:30:12,649 than just the fundamentals of tattooing. 779 00:30:12,749 --> 00:30:15,118 - Perfect placement of the highlight in the pupil. 780 00:30:15,218 --> 00:30:16,620 It works incredibly. 781 00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:19,256 Using the shader and pulling off all these tricks... 782 00:30:19,356 --> 00:30:21,158 can't wait to see you work with a liner. 783 00:30:21,258 --> 00:30:23,360 - Thanks. 784 00:30:23,493 --> 00:30:25,963 - Chris. 785 00:30:26,063 --> 00:30:28,198 - Overall, as a piece, it's a weird placement. 786 00:30:28,298 --> 00:30:29,833 It's hard to see what's going on. 787 00:30:29,933 --> 00:30:31,401 - One of the things that's throwing it off 788 00:30:31,501 --> 00:30:33,937 is the feather that creates a weird underside of the eye. 789 00:30:34,037 --> 00:30:36,506 Had you have broken up the hard edge that you put on the top, 790 00:30:36,607 --> 00:30:38,408 and really had it wispy and broken, 791 00:30:38,508 --> 00:30:40,228 your tattoo would look completely different. 792 00:30:41,211 --> 00:30:43,080 In here, you're up against somebody else 793 00:30:43,180 --> 00:30:45,782 who's making something smooth, legible, and perfect. 794 00:30:45,882 --> 00:30:48,318 You have to be able to pull off things that are gonna 795 00:30:48,418 --> 00:30:51,521 beat those people behind you. 796 00:30:51,588 --> 00:30:52,789 - Alex. 797 00:30:52,889 --> 00:30:54,424 - This one, for me, falls really short 798 00:30:54,524 --> 00:30:56,693 because I think this was the easiest one of the day. 799 00:30:56,793 --> 00:30:58,929 Had St. Marq himself got ahold of this, 800 00:30:59,029 --> 00:31:00,364 it would look totally different. 801 00:31:00,530 --> 00:31:02,766 - Where you could've excelled is in the hair. 802 00:31:02,866 --> 00:31:04,026 You could've detailed it out. 803 00:31:04,067 --> 00:31:06,536 Instead, we just have big, chunky, black shading. 804 00:31:06,637 --> 00:31:09,106 Not a very detail oriented tattoo at all. 805 00:31:09,206 --> 00:31:10,674 I don't know if you all are realizing this yet: 806 00:31:10,774 --> 00:31:13,310 This competition's gonna be the toughest one 807 00:31:13,477 --> 00:31:14,478 that we've ever had. 808 00:31:14,578 --> 00:31:15,912 - Definitely starting to realize that. 809 00:31:16,013 --> 00:31:19,082 - It's not a time that coasting is gonna be an option at all. 810 00:31:21,251 --> 00:31:22,486 - Anthony. 811 00:31:22,586 --> 00:31:24,621 - The shading in this tattoo is great. 812 00:31:24,721 --> 00:31:26,323 Look at the areas of saturated black 813 00:31:26,490 --> 00:31:28,292 that still make those silhouettes breathable, 814 00:31:28,392 --> 00:31:30,494 and then the backlight to where the demon behind it 815 00:31:30,527 --> 00:31:31,995 is a little bit softer. 816 00:31:32,095 --> 00:31:33,964 That's a great use of light 817 00:31:34,064 --> 00:31:35,632 and showing a really dark image, 818 00:31:35,732 --> 00:31:37,034 but still letting it breathe. 819 00:31:37,134 --> 00:31:38,902 - Going to fundamentals, it shows a lot 820 00:31:39,002 --> 00:31:41,305 of different techniques that you have under your belt. 821 00:31:41,405 --> 00:31:43,373 - Thank you. 822 00:31:43,507 --> 00:31:44,775 - Ashley. 823 00:31:44,875 --> 00:31:46,243 I love what you did with the wings. 824 00:31:46,343 --> 00:31:49,513 I like the setup with the cloud and the rays of the sun. 825 00:31:49,546 --> 00:31:52,849 Where I lose it is with the anatomical figures. 826 00:31:52,950 --> 00:31:55,819 Certainly, if you look at this woman in the profile, 827 00:31:55,919 --> 00:31:57,821 and that nose, and maybe that little hand 828 00:31:57,921 --> 00:31:59,656 that's kind of poking in there. 829 00:31:59,756 --> 00:32:01,525 - My canvas saw his tattoo in the mirror. 830 00:32:01,625 --> 00:32:03,393 He was seeing something he was proud to wear. 831 00:32:03,527 --> 00:32:05,796 - That's perfect, but it still isn't gonna win. 832 00:32:05,896 --> 00:32:07,364 Look at the tattoos that got praise today. 833 00:32:07,531 --> 00:32:08,599 They're all big and bold. 834 00:32:08,699 --> 00:32:12,235 Work smart, not hard. That's how you win. 835 00:32:12,336 --> 00:32:13,470 - Corey. 836 00:32:13,570 --> 00:32:15,472 It's just... had an overall rough feel to it. 837 00:32:15,539 --> 00:32:17,608 - She wanted so much in such a small area. 838 00:32:17,708 --> 00:32:18,942 - This is three elements. 839 00:32:19,042 --> 00:32:20,577 It doesn't really look like it's that much. 840 00:32:20,677 --> 00:32:22,646 - Your details did not come through. 841 00:32:22,746 --> 00:32:24,948 The mouth of the thing is super crooked. 842 00:32:25,048 --> 00:32:27,217 The jaw line is really, really rough. 843 00:32:27,317 --> 00:32:29,353 Your man, St. Marq... he did his job, 844 00:32:29,486 --> 00:32:33,824 and this one got the best of you, in my opinion. 845 00:32:33,924 --> 00:32:37,194 - St. Marq. 846 00:32:37,294 --> 00:32:40,197 We know you to excel with your shader, 847 00:32:40,297 --> 00:32:42,866 but this is not what we expected to see from you today. 848 00:32:42,966 --> 00:32:44,501 A lot of problems with this. 849 00:32:44,534 --> 00:32:46,603 - This is the first time since I've been here 850 00:32:46,703 --> 00:32:49,506 that I'm not happy with the outcome. 851 00:32:49,539 --> 00:32:52,676 - This challenge is probably one of the biggest backfires 852 00:32:52,776 --> 00:32:54,077 in "Ink Master" history. 853 00:32:54,177 --> 00:32:57,648 There's so much wasted space of solid black. 854 00:32:57,748 --> 00:32:59,950 There's literally no detail except for that little bit 855 00:33:00,050 --> 00:33:01,285 in that head of that snake. 856 00:33:01,385 --> 00:33:03,687 This is the worst tattoo you've done on this competition. 857 00:33:03,787 --> 00:33:05,055 It's unfortunate. 858 00:33:05,155 --> 00:33:06,890 It's good for the people standing behind you, though. 859 00:33:06,990 --> 00:33:09,526 - If you put a target on yourself, everybody's shooting. 860 00:33:09,626 --> 00:33:10,727 - That's not how I wanted to come back. 861 00:33:10,827 --> 00:33:12,427 - Some of the best tattooers leave early, 862 00:33:12,462 --> 00:33:14,097 and that was the case for you, 863 00:33:14,197 --> 00:33:16,077 and today, you're putting yourself in a position 864 00:33:16,166 --> 00:33:20,470 to be that person again. 865 00:33:20,570 --> 00:33:21,850 - All right, we have to determine 866 00:33:21,939 --> 00:33:23,907 who had the best tattoo of the day. 867 00:33:24,007 --> 00:33:25,175 Oliver, which way are you leaning? 868 00:33:25,275 --> 00:33:28,145 - For me, the two standouts are Christian and Megan. 869 00:33:28,245 --> 00:33:30,213 Something about the simplicity and the cleanliness 870 00:33:30,314 --> 00:33:31,314 of Christian's tattoo... 871 00:33:31,348 --> 00:33:33,083 I'm gonna vote for Christian. 872 00:33:33,183 --> 00:33:35,485 - Megan just pushed herself to cram in 873 00:33:35,552 --> 00:33:37,654 as much line work without a liner. 874 00:33:37,754 --> 00:33:39,489 I'm with Megan. 875 00:33:39,523 --> 00:33:42,392 - In terms of creativity, artistry, 876 00:33:42,492 --> 00:33:44,061 and technical ability, 877 00:33:44,161 --> 00:33:45,595 my vote is for Megan. 878 00:33:45,696 --> 00:33:48,899 The judges have decided that the best tattoo of the day 879 00:33:48,999 --> 00:33:50,033 goes to Megan. 880 00:33:50,133 --> 00:33:51,335 - Whoo-hoo! - Congratulations. 881 00:33:51,501 --> 00:33:54,738 - Thanks. 882 00:33:54,838 --> 00:33:57,507 - The human canvas jury is deliberating right now, 883 00:33:57,608 --> 00:34:00,811 and their vote will put one artist up for elimination, 884 00:34:00,911 --> 00:34:05,382 and the canvas will be here to tell us why in person. 885 00:34:05,515 --> 00:34:06,683 Head back to the loft. 886 00:34:06,783 --> 00:34:09,519 One of you is about to be the first artist 887 00:34:09,553 --> 00:34:11,822 to pack your machines. 888 00:34:11,922 --> 00:34:14,825 [dramatic music] 889 00:34:14,925 --> 00:34:15,925 ♪ 890 00:34:15,993 --> 00:34:17,694 - I would probably say that St. Marq 891 00:34:17,794 --> 00:34:18,954 deserves to be at the bottom. 892 00:34:19,029 --> 00:34:20,631 - There is no [bleep] way I'm going home. 893 00:34:20,731 --> 00:34:22,232 - It was your challenge. 894 00:34:22,332 --> 00:34:25,469 - It's time for the new guys to shine, bro. 895 00:34:25,569 --> 00:34:27,537 - You scared, baby? - No, I'm cool. 896 00:34:27,638 --> 00:34:28,939 Chillin', baby. 897 00:34:29,039 --> 00:34:30,707 - [laughs] Mm-hm. 898 00:34:30,807 --> 00:34:32,809 - Nobody is [bleep] scared of you, dude. 899 00:34:32,909 --> 00:34:35,545 St. Marq? Who [bleep] sainted you, anyway? 900 00:34:35,646 --> 00:34:38,048 - I'm getting to you. This is so [bleep] great. 901 00:34:38,148 --> 00:34:39,883 - You already had a chance to be Ink Master once, 902 00:34:39,983 --> 00:34:41,918 and you wasn't good enough, bro. 903 00:34:45,845 --> 00:34:48,748 [dramatic music] 904 00:34:48,848 --> 00:34:49,982 ♪♪ 905 00:34:50,082 --> 00:34:52,151 - Today, St. Marq is calling the shots. 906 00:34:52,251 --> 00:34:54,820 Black-and-gray tattoos. Shaders only. 907 00:34:54,921 --> 00:34:56,522 So, let's talk about the overall bottom. 908 00:34:56,622 --> 00:34:58,124 - Well, the chest that we saw from Ashley 909 00:34:58,224 --> 00:34:59,625 would definitely be one. 910 00:34:59,725 --> 00:35:02,328 Translating the idea of that wing holding the girl... 911 00:35:02,428 --> 00:35:04,430 I didn't know that that's what was going on at first. 912 00:35:04,530 --> 00:35:06,766 Tattooing like this, she won't last long. 913 00:35:06,866 --> 00:35:08,706 - For me, St. Marq is definitely in the bottom. 914 00:35:08,734 --> 00:35:12,004 - I mean, this thing is almost 50% black area. 915 00:35:12,104 --> 00:35:14,140 - For nothing. I hate this tattoo. 916 00:35:14,240 --> 00:35:17,143 - I would take that weird little snake on the top from St. Marq 917 00:35:17,243 --> 00:35:19,078 all day over Corey's head tattoo. 918 00:35:19,178 --> 00:35:20,813 The snake looks like it's missing its dentures 919 00:35:20,913 --> 00:35:22,114 for its bottom jaw. 920 00:35:22,215 --> 00:35:24,817 - This drawing, this layout, was terrible from the start, 921 00:35:24,917 --> 00:35:26,118 and that's why the tattoo's terrible. 922 00:35:26,219 --> 00:35:27,899 - Well, the human canvas jury, as you know, 923 00:35:27,987 --> 00:35:29,427 is gonna vote somebody to the bottom, 924 00:35:29,455 --> 00:35:31,791 and that's gonna be very illuminating for us. 925 00:35:31,891 --> 00:35:35,528 - We're here to determine who has the worst tattoo of the day. 926 00:35:35,628 --> 00:35:38,464 - This is my tattoo. My artist was Ashley. 927 00:35:38,564 --> 00:35:40,833 - There's a lot going on. - Almost too much. 928 00:35:40,933 --> 00:35:42,068 - She's just hanging there. 929 00:35:42,168 --> 00:35:43,603 - Against the wing. The wing is underneath it. 930 00:35:43,703 --> 00:35:45,204 - Yeah, I don't get that she's being held. 931 00:35:45,304 --> 00:35:49,108 - I see what you're saying, however, that's what I wanted. 932 00:35:49,141 --> 00:35:51,477 - This is my tattoo, and it's by Corey. 933 00:35:51,577 --> 00:35:53,212 - I think there's something going on with the lips. 934 00:35:53,312 --> 00:35:54,580 They don't look normal. 935 00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,549 - The female isn't, like, beautiful. 936 00:35:56,649 --> 00:35:58,117 - Yeah, she does look a little angry. 937 00:35:58,217 --> 00:36:01,120 - I don't think it's a tattoo that an Ink Master would do. 938 00:36:01,187 --> 00:36:03,522 - This is my tattoo, and my artist was St. Marq. 939 00:36:03,623 --> 00:36:05,591 - She looks bald. - What's on your shoulder? 940 00:36:05,691 --> 00:36:07,360 It's either an umbrella or a bat wing. 941 00:36:07,460 --> 00:36:09,100 - It's a wing. - It looks like a cover-up, 942 00:36:09,128 --> 00:36:11,163 especially with how dark everything else is. 943 00:36:11,264 --> 00:36:13,032 - This is supposed to be his challenge. 944 00:36:13,132 --> 00:36:14,400 This should be his specialty. 945 00:36:14,500 --> 00:36:16,202 - He didn't really shine with the details 946 00:36:16,302 --> 00:36:18,604 that you'd think that he would pull with his challenge. 947 00:36:18,704 --> 00:36:20,064 - I'm completely satisfied with it. 948 00:36:20,139 --> 00:36:22,942 I love it. - This is my least favorite. 949 00:36:23,042 --> 00:36:24,844 - You nervous, Corey? 950 00:36:24,944 --> 00:36:26,479 - You created the challenge. 951 00:36:26,579 --> 00:36:27,939 You failed your own challenge, bro. 952 00:36:28,014 --> 00:36:30,049 - I'm not [bleep] going home. Look at your work. 953 00:36:30,149 --> 00:36:32,718 That doesn't show much promise for much more. 954 00:36:38,457 --> 00:36:40,593 - All right, the judges want to see 955 00:36:40,693 --> 00:36:42,795 Corey, 956 00:36:42,895 --> 00:36:46,098 Ashley... 957 00:36:46,198 --> 00:36:47,433 St. Marq. 958 00:36:47,533 --> 00:36:49,669 See you downstairs. 959 00:36:49,769 --> 00:36:51,470 - What? 960 00:36:51,571 --> 00:36:52,939 - Well, you heard them. Let's go. 961 00:36:53,105 --> 00:36:54,607 - All right. Let's do this. - See what they got to say. 962 00:36:54,707 --> 00:36:57,610 [dramatic music] 963 00:36:57,710 --> 00:37:00,379 ♪♪ 964 00:37:00,479 --> 00:37:02,114 - For your first elimination tattoo, 965 00:37:02,148 --> 00:37:04,317 you were being judged on the fundamentals. 966 00:37:04,417 --> 00:37:08,421 Based on your work, one of you will be the first to go home. 967 00:37:08,521 --> 00:37:11,757 Let's find out who the human canvas jury chose. 968 00:37:17,763 --> 00:37:19,398 - Wow. - St. Marq. 969 00:37:19,498 --> 00:37:21,767 You're here because the human canvas jury determined 970 00:37:21,867 --> 00:37:25,004 that you had the worst tattoo of the day. 971 00:37:25,137 --> 00:37:27,807 Rashim, why was St. Marq voted to the bottom? 972 00:37:27,907 --> 00:37:31,844 - They voted St. Marq based off what I believe is a bunch of BS. 973 00:37:31,944 --> 00:37:33,880 They said the head was too close 974 00:37:33,980 --> 00:37:35,448 to the previous tattoo, the bat one, 975 00:37:35,548 --> 00:37:37,550 which is positioning, and not quality. 976 00:37:37,650 --> 00:37:38,650 - That's fundamental. 977 00:37:38,684 --> 00:37:40,386 - The placement is very fundamental. 978 00:37:40,486 --> 00:37:42,188 - But you have to be able to work with what people have. 979 00:37:42,288 --> 00:37:43,328 - It's a [bleep] umbrella. 980 00:37:43,356 --> 00:37:44,796 - If I run some hair through the face 981 00:37:44,824 --> 00:37:45,858 and continued that blackness into here. 982 00:37:45,958 --> 00:37:47,593 - So, you're gonna cover up your own tattoo? 983 00:37:47,693 --> 00:37:48,828 - No! - You're gonna add more black? 984 00:37:48,928 --> 00:37:50,329 - It's just black hair. You just continue it. 985 00:37:50,429 --> 00:37:52,832 - You have a huge black spot in the middle of your chest 986 00:37:52,932 --> 00:37:54,500 that you have to figure out, when you get home, 987 00:37:54,600 --> 00:37:55,601 what you're gonna do with it. 988 00:37:55,701 --> 00:37:58,104 - I am absolutely happy with my tattoo. 989 00:37:58,204 --> 00:38:01,607 - Rashim, thank you so much. - Thank you for having me. 990 00:38:01,707 --> 00:38:04,477 - If we're judging based on who's equipped to move forward 991 00:38:04,577 --> 00:38:06,479 in this competition, I don't think 992 00:38:06,579 --> 00:38:07,813 I should be going home today. 993 00:38:07,914 --> 00:38:09,916 - Your swing at this was a miss. 994 00:38:10,016 --> 00:38:11,517 You see a huge black spot. 995 00:38:11,617 --> 00:38:13,753 I think that's a pretty big downfall. 996 00:38:13,853 --> 00:38:14,853 - Corey. 997 00:38:14,921 --> 00:38:16,889 - Contrasting your tattoo to St. Marq's, 998 00:38:16,989 --> 00:38:19,792 you guys are basically head-to-head: Snakes and faces, 999 00:38:19,892 --> 00:38:22,261 so you tell me where you got him beat. 1000 00:38:22,361 --> 00:38:23,696 - He designed this challenge to himself. 1001 00:38:23,796 --> 00:38:24,997 - I didn't pick my canvas. 1002 00:38:25,131 --> 00:38:26,832 - Would you say that your shading outdoes Marq's? 1003 00:38:26,933 --> 00:38:29,135 - My snake is better than that top snake he did. 1004 00:38:29,168 --> 00:38:30,136 - No chance. 1005 00:38:30,169 --> 00:38:31,704 - My hair is better than his hair. 1006 00:38:31,804 --> 00:38:33,506 - The shader challenge just got you, 1007 00:38:33,606 --> 00:38:35,541 and that was what he set out to do. 1008 00:38:35,641 --> 00:38:36,776 Had you have had a liner, 1009 00:38:36,876 --> 00:38:38,144 this could be completely different, 1010 00:38:38,211 --> 00:38:41,147 but he rattled you, and it looks obvious. 1011 00:38:41,247 --> 00:38:42,448 - Ashley. 1012 00:38:42,548 --> 00:38:44,188 - My tattoo's better than these two guys'. 1013 00:38:44,217 --> 00:38:45,418 - That's a little arrogant. 1014 00:38:45,518 --> 00:38:47,119 - I gave that guy exactly what he wanted. 1015 00:38:47,220 --> 00:38:48,120 - I think the faces were way too small 1016 00:38:48,221 --> 00:38:49,522 to give yourself a chance at all. 1017 00:38:49,622 --> 00:38:51,958 - If I had a liner and I could tweak it, yeah, 1018 00:38:52,091 --> 00:38:53,993 but you wanted everyone to tattoo with just a shader. 1019 00:38:54,093 --> 00:38:54,994 That's exactly what I did. 1020 00:38:55,094 --> 00:38:56,295 - You should be able to use a shader. 1021 00:38:56,395 --> 00:38:58,231 - That [bleep] readable from all the way over here. 1022 00:38:58,331 --> 00:39:00,600 - But, Ashley, there's serious problems with this tattoo. 1023 00:39:00,700 --> 00:39:02,001 And if St. Marq's gonna be down here, 1024 00:39:02,101 --> 00:39:03,336 then you're sure as hell gonna be down here, 1025 00:39:03,436 --> 00:39:05,471 'cause your shading's not near as smooth as his. 1026 00:39:05,571 --> 00:39:08,841 You're gonna have to get smoother than this. 1027 00:39:08,941 --> 00:39:10,710 - All right, guys. Time to make a decision. 1028 00:39:10,810 --> 00:39:12,311 Who's going home? 1029 00:39:12,411 --> 00:39:13,946 - Ashley, I don't love everything 1030 00:39:14,113 --> 00:39:15,448 about your tattoo by any means, 1031 00:39:15,548 --> 00:39:17,950 but this conversation doesn't have to do with you anymore. 1032 00:39:18,117 --> 00:39:19,285 My battle's between 1033 00:39:19,385 --> 00:39:21,120 St. Marq and Corey. - I agree. 1034 00:39:21,220 --> 00:39:23,389 - St. Marq coming in with this challenge 1035 00:39:23,489 --> 00:39:26,125 and botching it himself, it's almost instinctual 1036 00:39:26,225 --> 00:39:28,194 to want to send him home, but if I just look at 1037 00:39:28,294 --> 00:39:30,129 the quality of the black, quality of shading, 1038 00:39:30,162 --> 00:39:31,898 quality of the tattoo across the board, 1039 00:39:31,998 --> 00:39:33,032 got to vote for Corey. 1040 00:39:33,132 --> 00:39:35,334 - As a canvas, if I had this black area, 1041 00:39:35,434 --> 00:39:36,636 my friends would say, 1042 00:39:36,736 --> 00:39:38,204 "Hey, man, what's up with that big black spot?" 1043 00:39:38,304 --> 00:39:40,373 I'm not gonna go, "Yeah, but check out how smooth 1044 00:39:40,473 --> 00:39:42,308 and saturated it is." 1045 00:39:42,408 --> 00:39:43,408 Final decision? 1046 00:39:43,442 --> 00:39:46,379 - Corey. - St. Marq. 1047 00:39:49,081 --> 00:39:50,783 - Corey. 1048 00:39:50,883 --> 00:39:52,218 - The judges have decided. 1049 00:39:52,318 --> 00:39:55,955 Corey, you do not have what it takes to be Ink Master. 1050 00:39:56,088 --> 00:39:58,190 - We did see a lot of promise in your drawing. 1051 00:39:58,291 --> 00:40:00,693 Unfortunately, you get this one chance to try to make it to the 1052 00:40:00,793 --> 00:40:02,728 second chance, and you just didn't make it, man. 1053 00:40:02,828 --> 00:40:06,265 - Please pack your machines and close shop. 1054 00:40:06,365 --> 00:40:09,302 [dramatic music] 1055 00:40:09,402 --> 00:40:10,436 ♪♪ 1056 00:40:10,536 --> 00:40:12,104 - I don't deserve to go home today. 1057 00:40:12,138 --> 00:40:14,106 I didn't have the opportunity to really show the judges 1058 00:40:14,140 --> 00:40:15,241 what I'm capable of. 1059 00:40:15,341 --> 00:40:17,276 I know I did not do the worst tattoo. 1060 00:40:19,812 --> 00:40:22,114 announcer: On the next episode of "Ink Master"... 1061 00:40:22,148 --> 00:40:24,684 - These fools came at me so tough the first challenge. 1062 00:40:24,784 --> 00:40:27,119 I cannot allow them to have the skull pick again. 1063 00:40:27,153 --> 00:40:28,454 Veterans are gonna take over, 1064 00:40:28,554 --> 00:40:30,957 and there's nothing these new guys can do about it. 1065 00:40:31,123 --> 00:40:32,959 - The veteran about to walk through the door 1066 00:40:33,125 --> 00:40:36,229 is one of the most versatile artists ever to compete. 1067 00:40:36,329 --> 00:40:37,597 - Oh, I'm out for blood today. 1068 00:40:37,697 --> 00:40:39,732 - If you cross me, I will rip you to shreds. 1069 00:40:39,832 --> 00:40:42,435 I would love to pick those guys off one at a time. 1070 00:40:42,535 --> 00:40:44,537 - St. Marq is not a god. [bleep] 1071 00:40:44,637 --> 00:40:45,797 - Maybe you created an enemy. 1072 00:40:45,838 --> 00:40:47,206 - Is that what you're saying right now? 1073 00:40:47,306 --> 00:40:49,408 - If you go against the grain, it just doesn't work out. 1074 00:40:49,508 --> 00:40:51,077 - I don't think I should be penalized 1075 00:40:51,110 --> 00:40:52,545 for something I don't understand. 1076 00:40:52,645 --> 00:40:55,147 - You're gonna have to do more than a mediocre tattoo 1077 00:40:55,248 --> 00:40:56,248 to make it to the end.