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On the last episode of Ink Master Shop Wars, it was every shot for itself.

Man, this is going to be tough.

As the final push to the finale began.

The winner of today's flash challenge is golden skull tattoo.

Are you going to let someone that comes in mid-wave take from you?

No.

Eventually, all of these vets are going to slip up.

They obviously slipped up once before and lost.

In the elimination tattoo.

Rookie mistakes plagued the veterans.

The pressure of the competition is so high, and it's definitely getting to some people.

I mean, Basilica did a samurai warrior.

It's tricky to do a mask on a day where you need a whole gun.

Uh-oh, the judges are here to judge.

Oh.

Holy crap.

It is definitely the wrong hands.

Yeah.

100%, no doubt.

In the elimination.

Basilica Tattoo, Black Cobra Tattoo, and Golden Skull Tattoo were the bottom three shops.

Basilica tattoos.

Until you put that samurai's ghost in the shell, a samurai's a samurai, not a deity.

To me, that's not a tattoo that goes home.

That's a badass tattoo.

Black Cobra also did not show the deity.

When I first saw their hands on their Buddha, I knew immediately that they were backwards.

Oh, yeah.

You were the first one to tell me.

Obviously, you got the left hand on the right arm and the right hand on the left arm.

Nobody noticed until people that were hating pointed it out.

It is up.

The judges have decided Golden Skull Tattoo.

You do not have what it takes to be master shop.

Four shops remain.

But only one will earn a $200,000 prize and the title of Master

Shock.

This competition at this point is brutal.

We just saw a two-time finalist, one of the best competitors ever, go home on a couple of

bad thumbs.

Unkindness and Old Town are clearly going to have each other's backs.

They got to go.

Right.

Well, we got y'all's back.

We want to see both of our shops in the finale.

I mean, there's only one team left leaving this house.

Ultimately, I don't care who it is as long as it's one of them.

That stage is so close.

Welcome.

14 shops made up of 28 artists have all come and gone.

And you are the last four shops standing.

Crazy.

However.

Only three shops will move on to compete in the live finale for $200,000, a feature in Inked

Magazine, the title of Ink Master, and for the first time ever, the title of Master Shop.

Yeah.

This week, there will be no Flash Challenge.

You'll be judged on all of the essential skills.

technical application, detail, composition, consistency, proportion, precision.

Your shop's name is on the line, and this race is tight.

The smallest error could send you home.

We've done everything it takes to get to the end, and I'm absolutely not taking no for an

answer.

Get ready for a fight to the finish line, because to earn a spot in the live finale, you must

survive a tattoo marathon.

What the ?

This whole competition has been a .

This could mean anything.

You'll tattoo four different designs in four different styles, one right after the other.

Jumping from one tattoo straight into another with really no time in between.

It's going to be a long day.

Each shop will create one design for the marathon.

Then each shop must tattoo their own design and the three other designs created by the other

shops.

On the bottom of each skull is the name of a tattoo style.

You must design a tattoo in the style you pick.

Black and gray, American traditional, geometric, or shop's choice.

If you get shop's choice, this style is completely up to you.

Your canvases have been randomly assigned, and each artist in your shop must tattoo two of

the designs.

You'll have 90 minutes to tattoo each design on the same canvas.

For somebody in this room, this will secure your spot in the live finale.

No mistakes.

We saw what just happened.

Someone everybody thought was going to be in the finale is not in the finale because of an

oversight.

Don't let that be you.

All right.

One by one, choose a skull to determine the style your shop will be designing.

Basilica Tattoo, you're up first.

Geometric.

Geometric is something I just don't do.

Luckily, I got a guy who's known for that with me.

This guy is a genius with that .

So everybody better buckle the up.

Old Town Ink, go ahead.

Black and gray.

Yes, black and gray, something we're both very comfortable with.

Hopefully we can take out the field with this design.

Unkindness art, you're up next.

Artist choice or traditional?

Everybody is getting the thing that they would be most strong in drawing.

I'm really hoping we get artist choice.

Shop's choice.

Look who gets traditional.

American traditional.

Bam.

That's perfect for us.

We know that we can really hold these other teams up to the fire.

Unkindness art.

You pick shop's choice.

What style are you going to design?

Illustrative fantasy.

All right.

Illustrative fantasy.

Sounds like nerd porn to me.

There you have it.

The tattoo marathon is set.

The road to the finish line begins right here.

Get to work on your designs.

And good luck.

The shop choice, that is all you.

Make it something that they can't with.

We've got to make sure the designs are what we can kill.

I think it should be something that isn't necessarily just totally obvious on how to approach

it.

I think I might have a trick for this.

I'm going to do the line drawing on this, but leave some lines out and add some lines that

might confuse the competitors.

I'm going to do whatever it takes.

I couldn't imagine coming this far and then just getting kicked out.

All right, artists.

Each of you had to create a design in a different style.

Now you must tattoo all four designs onto one human canvas.

You have 90 minutes for each tattoo.

The tattoo marathon is about to begin.

The first style up is geometric design by Basilica.

And your time starts now.

All right.

OK.

Straight forward.

Which way is the right way up?

The right way.

I'm going to give them such a complicated piece that they can barely complete in 90 minutes,

and they're going to shoot themselves in the foot.

That's a tough one.

Man, I don't get this way.

Only one more team is going home before the finale.

Shot one kill.

Get it on.

But the way this competition boils down, you just never know what's going to happen.

You slayed that outline so fast.

Luckily, I tattoo geometric style tattoos back home on the daily, so I'm going to kill this

tattoo.

You got the cleanest lines out of the group.

Erin would probably be the next closest.

Crazy to do this in 90 minutes.

You got it, lady.

Just make that thing clean as ,, dude.

I'm tattooing the geometric design because DJ is going to do black and gray in Illustrative

Fantasy.

The other two are left for me.

That's as simple as that.

Crispy, dude, crispy.

Basilica's design seems pretty simple.

If they're trying to anybody over, then it's a pathetic attempt.

Is this all you guys got?

45 minutes remaining.

Ooh, that's looking solid.

Nolan's kicking ass.

My personal goal today is to win at least three out of four and get the first spot in the

finale.

That's looking super sick.

3, 2, 1.

That's it.

Machines down.

Time is up.

Clean, Bob.

Clean.

Next dial up is black and gray, designed by Old Town Inc.

What's up, guys?

Exactly what I thought.

Good luck, guys.

It looks like there's a couple of purposeful mistakes.

Like, is that pupil misaligned?

DJ tried to screw everybody.

This is a really scratchy-looking stencil.

What's up with these up circles?

I get it.

It's gamesmanship.

But black and gray realism is my thing.

I'm ready to go head to head with this guy and prove who's best.

You intentionally didn't put some lines?

Well, I mean, there's lines that I'm going to add that people might not.

You have 90 minutes.

And your time starts now.

Are you ready?

Yep.

Somebody's going to mess around and outline one of the lines in this stencil that's supposed

to be there.

I already knew that Old Town were going to go with such a loose stencil to trip some people

up.

But more than anything, I'm nervous to be going up against Christian and BJ, because they're

all really good black and gray artists.

It's going to be a super competitive day.

That's the idea, right?

30 minutes left.

I'm curious to know if anybody else has put on any of these effects.

Oh, that's awesome.

The creases.

Yeah.

Nobody has seen me do black and gray realism in the house.

And I don't think they understand how much I'm going to kill this.

You have totally, like, knocked it out of the park.

3, 2, 1.

That's it.

Machines down.

Time is up.

Oh, man.

That looks so good.

God damn.

Next up is Illustrated Fantasy, designed by Unkindness Art.

So there we go.

It's just a mythical creature?

Yeah.

This is as big as it's going to be?

Yeah.

You have an hour and a half, man.

Good luck, guys.

Look how funky all the line work is.

If you set it up for everyone else to fail, and then you fix it in your own drawing, then

you look like a dick.

If you set it up for everyone else to fail and didn't know it, and everybody else fixes the

drawing, then you look like an idiot.

Yeah.

So either way, everybody's going to look like a dickhead or an idiot.

You have 90 minutes.

Your time starts now.

I'm tattooing my own design.

And finally, Erin is stepping back and trusting what I can do.

But because she's given me this much control, I feel more pressure in this tattoo than any

of the previous one.

You good?

Yeah.

Mhm.

3, 2, 1.

That's it.

Machines down.

Time is up.

On to the next one.

And finally, American traditional designed by Black Cobra Tattoos.

This is the American traditional piece that you will be doing.

All I can say is good luck.

All you got to do is make a super clean tattoo and get the job done.

That's a monster piece.

We'll see if everybody pulls it off.

And your time starts now.

Last one, brother.

Hit him with the heat.

Feeling good so far?

Me?

Yeah, I feel fine, dude.

I'm good.

I'm definitely nervous that Dream is going to have the most challenged traditional piece of

the day.

How you doing there?

I love how they like to come around and make everything so nerve-wracking.

In hindsight, I should have done this one.

I don't know if anything we got to do today is enough to keep us safe.

Holy .

Man, you're doing great.

Four trapeze in a day is tough on anybody.

American traditional, straightforward, solid, what I do every day.

I feel like we already beat Old Town at their own game.

If we can beat Black Cobra at their own challenge as well, that's going to look really good

for us.

I'm pretty happy with what we did today.

Oh, me too, man.

I think we actually have a viable shot at this man.

We've absolutely proved that we deserve to be in the finale.

We've been here.

We've dominated.

What the hell else do I have to do to prove that we deserve it?

Three, two, one.

That is it.

Machines down.

Tattoo marathon is over.

Bam!

It looks like I rushed the out of this tattoo.

And I did.

It's not perfect.

I should have swapped traditional and do my drink.

Yeah.

I definitely dragged Erin down.

I'm probably going to puke.

Both of you guys drew into those outlons that were up on purpose.

This tattoo does not look like you had anything to do with it.

You just completely changed tattoo strategy.

This is a bad day to have this turn out.

It was crazy tattooing everybody else's designs, that's for sure.

Did you draw yours left-handed, DJ?

No.

Just the with us.

No way.

That stencil was clearly some bull .

Why?

Oh, come on.

Like, the line that you put up above the shading line was like .

Who cares?

You just fixed that .

Total didn't move.

You know, my biggest question was with Doom, if you were trying to throw stuff off on purpose.

No.

Both of you guys drew into those outlons that were up on purpose.

Dude, come on.

Saying it's on purpose?

That's a bold statement.

Well, if it's on accident, it's even worse.

This week, you had to prove your shop's versatility in a tattoo marathon.

A spot in the live finale to fight for the title of master shop is on the line.

Basilica, start with you.

First up, your geometric design.

Well, Nolan, I really like this design.

Very sharp, very bright.

The colors that you chose really make the three dimensions super strong.

Next is Old Town Ink's black and gray design.

Christian, there's some areas of really rich, deep black that set it off, and then a lot of

smooth shading.

You create a real contoured image here.

Next up, Unkindness Art's fantasy illustrative design.

All right, Nolan, you need to punch that color in.

Really set it in and send it home, because this thing just doesn't have any kick to it.

It's a very flat, very washed out, seemingly old looking tattoo that's brand new.

Finally, black cobra tattoos, American traditional design.

Christian, you definitely use the right color palette.

You have nice peppery black shading on the edge of the banners and in the horseshoe.

I think overall you have four good tattoos.

The eye is really shining out of these four.

As a team, y'all did nice work today.

Old Town Ink.

First up is Basilica's geometric design.

What makes these designs really cool is that they play tricks with your eyes.

And I think you lose that with these tones being so similar.

Today, your approach was just off.

Next, your black and gray design.

DJ, I think it's lacking the rich areas of black and the depths to create the contours.

The only place you have real solid concentrated black is the very center dot of the people.

This kind of thing is what Christian is really, really good at.

And you gave slow pitch for him to hit it right out of the park.

Unkindness Arts fantasy illustrative design.

DJ, we put some extra flair into it with the little button nose, the fuller lips, and the

open ending on the collar so it comes out more subtle from the bottom.

That was a smart touch.

Black Cobra Tattoos, American traditional design.

The black area of highlight that's on the edge of horseshoe is not smooth across the whole

thing.

The green in the leaves, the red in the flowers is also not a solid, bright, punched, and

consistent color.

Overall, you guys have an off day.

You don't have that killer day that you need to lock it up.

Unkindness art.

Let's start with Basilica's Geometric.

Aaron, this tattoo does not look like you had anything to do with it.

A lot of line work problems.

You have a lot of curves, swoops, dips, bubbles, dents.

This is the most challenged line work of any of the four geometric tattoos today.

Old Town inks, black and gray.

Well, Aaron, I would say you're in the middle of the road on this one.

That big, bold outline around the outside of the iris was a little bit too much.

A softer ending on that pupil would have been smarter.

I let myself get in my own head today.

It looks like you at half speed.

It doesn't look like full blast you.

Next is Doom's fantasy illustrator.

You set yourself up for everybody to make changes, and people made it more aesthetically pleasing.

A lot of people change the chin, make it a little cuter.

If somebody else is going to take your design and make a change that makes it better, that

knocks you down a notch.

Black Cobra Tattoos, American Traditional.

Doom, overall, the outline gets away from you quite a bit.

The banner gets pretty wobbly.

And then also, your line work on the top leaves go up, make a U-turn, and come back down.

The bottom leaves, you whip two points together.

So you just completely change tattoo strategy in a matter of 45 minutes.

Luckily for you guys, nobody's going home off these four tattoos.

This is a bad day to have this turn out.

Black Cobra Tattoos.

First up is Basilica's geometric design.

I like this monochromatic tape with tones similar enough to be in the same spectrum, but far

enough apart to really create this 3D illusion.

These color choices look really great.

Old Town inks, black and gray.

Matt, I think the areas you put the hyper focus on are these eyelashes.

The little corner tear duct, and then the small details that you have in the center of the

eye really play nicely here.

Unkindness Arts, Fantasy Illustrator.

We made some positive changes to this design.

The hairline looks a lot better.

This hard inner bridge of the nose really gives the shape of the face.

I really like how this one came out.

Finally, KD's American Traditional.

Super solid, super clean tattoo.

The saturation of all the colors, very nice, very bright.

Definitely looking good today.

If I walked into this shop and saw this portfolio, I'd be pretty stoked.

All right, let's look at the head-to-heads.

Who won the geometric?

It's between Nolan and Katie.

100%.

Obviously.

I will say for Nolan's behalf, that thing is solid.

So is that your final decision?

I'm going with Nolan.

I'm going to go with Katie on this one.

The line weight on Katie is a little stronger.

I like it a little better.

I'm going with Katie.

All right, so winner of the geometric head-to-head is Black Cobra.

Next, Old Town Inks Black and Gray.

This one's a no-brainer for me.

Christian gets this one.

All right, the winner of this head-to-head is Basilica.

Congratulations, Christian.

Unkindness Arts Fantasy Illustrator.

Again, very little debate on this one for myself.

I go with Matt.

I like DJ's color palette.

That's my vote.

I love what DJ did.

I love the tentacles.

But as an overall finished piece, I prefer Matt's as well.

Congratulations, Black Cobra Tattoo.

Finally, Black Cobra Tattoo's American traditional.

The two to debate over are Katie and Christian.

But I like Christian's a little more muted green and yellow versus Katie's grass green and

gold.

Christian, no-brainer.

All right, winner of the head-to-head on American Traditional is Basilica Tattoo.

That means we have two wins for Basilica Tattoo and two wins for Black Cobra Tattoo.

But we came here today to put one shop in the finale.

So is there a clear winner of the marathon?

Both sides had definite great moments, and both sides had definite challenges.

Let me ask you a question, Dave.

Is it too late to give them both a spot?

You're saying let Black Cobra and Basilica go.

Let me ask you a question, Dave.

Is it too late to give them both a spot?

You're saying let Black Cobra and Basilica go.

For me, two teams killed it, two teams didn't.

I think both these shops deserve a shot in the finale.

They're completely dead heat.

Listen, I'll do it.

it.

Do it.

No.

Basilica Tattoo, Black Cobra Tattoo, congratulations.

You guys are good.

Turned a spot in the live finale.

Yeah.

That was way more intense than last time.

What the ?

There are two shops left, but only one spot remains in the live finale.

You'll have one last chance to prove your shot deserves that spot.

Head back to the loft and get ready.

I think what happened is some biggity bull competing against Bubba and DJ, people who have

been here as long as we have.

I'll compete against the

and them.

I just don't want to take part in name calling, so.

I mean, either way, it's irrelevant now.

That's what they chose.

Mother .

Sorry, I can't.

Yeah, then don't do it.

Like, whatever happens today, I'll tattoo myself.

Never said I wasn't going to tattoo.

Just didn't want to name call anybody.

their names.

them.

Welcome.

Black Cobra Tattoos and Basilica, your shops have earned spots in the live finale.

Congratulations.

Old Town Ink, an unkindness art.

One shop will go to the live finale to fight for the title of master shop, and one shop will

go home.

It all depends on this elimination tattoo.

All season long, you and your teammate have depended on your collective strength as a shop.

You win together, and you lose together.

Today is no exception.

There's no better way to prove the strength of your shop than tag team tattooing two canvases

at the same time.

man.

You will switch canvases every hour, seamlessly picking up where your teammate left off.

Goddamn.

You guys just can't stop us, can you?

This is crazy.

You have to get used to a tattoo in one hour, and the second you get used to it, you have

to start another tattoo and get used to that in an hour.

It's mayhem.

For your first canvas,

The style and subject are completely up to you.

But for your second canvas, the power is in the hands of your opponent.

The opposing shop will choose the style and subject you'll tattoo.

Y'all have watched each other tattoo side by side for many, many challenges.

I want to see tough competition, challenge them to make them prove that they got to stay here.

It sucks so bad that we have to go against somebody that was in our alliance.

But there's one spot left.

Obviously, we're going to screw them over.

Old Town, Inc.

What style and subject will unkindness art tattoo?

American traditional hot rod.

OK.

You guys always say that traditional is easy to pick out flaws in.

Cars are always hard, any style you do them.

So we just put the two together.

God damn it.

Neither of us do American traditional.

I guess Old Town isn't best friends with unkindness anymore.

They just delivered them a huge you.

Unkindness art.

What style and subject will Old Town Ink tattoo?

Color realism, full-bodied raven.

Color realism is pretty hard to pull off in six hours.

And they've already struggled with a raven this season, so.

They knew that we got hit hard from a raven already from the judges.

And color realism in six hours, this is stuff that takes multiple sittings.

So they're trying to screw us, too.

There you have it.

Those are your assignments.

To prove your shop deserves the right to battle it out for the biggest prize in Ink Master

history, you must prove the collective strength of your shop.

Your canvases have been randomly assigned, and you will have six hours to tattoo, switching

every hour.

Head to your shops, and we'll bring in your canvases.

And good luck.

Good luck, y'all.

This is their last chance to show they have what it takes to make it in this competition.

I think these challenges that these shops gave each other are great.

Now they have to make up for those past mistakes.

Did you say a raven or a crow?

Aaron, did you say a raven or a crow?

Raven.

OK.

Unkindness, like a group of ravens.

You mean unkindness doesn't mean, like, mean?

Because that's what you guys are today.

OK, American traditional hot rod.

Nice to meet you.

Hey, Emma.

Nice to meet you.

Hey, guys.

Hey, Aaron.

Joe.

I think that crow would be sick.

Yeah, that's a crow.

You dig it?

Yeah.

Bubba likes realism a lot more, so I'd let Bubba take the reins on the raven.

I drew this messing around the other day.

I'm going to do a badass snake.

I love it.

Sweet.

And you like color and all that?

Yeah.

I'm going to blow him away.

For our main thing, we're doing a pretty girl face with deer-like features.

I'm drawing the shop choice design, so I'm doing my style 100%.

I just want to keep my head in the game as much as possible.

I had a super mental breakdown.

Not even sure if I'm over it yet.

We've got to kill this hot rod.

Traditional is something that I messed up on, and it's one of the reasons that we are down

here.

Drawing this goddamn car.

I have to redeem myself.

Failure is not an option.

I wanted to go to that finale more than anybody.

Oh, up.

Maybe you should have tattooed better dead.

This is the best day for you guys as a team.

For a six-hour tattoo, this was pretty impressive.

You knocked this completely out of the park.

All right, guys, this is your final chance to prove your shot deserves the last spot in the

live finale.

You have six hours to tattoo, and your time begins now.

OK, I'm going to need you to stand up.

This is their last chance to shine.

On the canvas where they get to call the shot, they really need to wow us and show us what

they're good at.

Let's put it right.

Yeah.

The other canvas, they're being called out for their weaknesses.

Perfect.

The pressure being on for this one last spot in the live finale, I feel like all four of these

artists are in it and came here to compete.

It's going to be a tough call, and we're going to have four great tattoos.

Five hours left, guys, and swap artists.

So obviously, the outside is like a solid black.

You've got to feel great going into any challenge, but there's always that little bit of nervousness,

knowing that we have to switch off and work on each other's pieces.

I can't be creeping over Bubba's shoulder.

I've got to just let it go.

All right, what's up, my old boy?

You know, just taking over somebody else's tattoo.

Yeah, man.

Don't be whoop.

Four hours

left.

Swap canvases.

Hey, Jim, we're not going to need six hours for this, clearly.

I might try and figure out like a V8 or something.

OK.

The hot rod is too plain.

This is meant to be earning us a spot in the finale.

And I'm not confident that this design has enough in it.

All right, I had a moment of clarity.

We got tasked with doing a traditional hot rod.

Uh-huh.

Nothing was mentioned about an engine.

No, but it was a six-hour tattoo.

I mean, we've got time to kill.

If you want to spend your next.

Yeah, but what I'm saying is that the second we lay this tattoo down,

We are now getting judged for two tattoos, only one of which we were tasked to do.

Yeah, I know.

If you don't think we should, then that's fine.

I am definitely apprehensive that what we will be putting forth is not going to be enough.

But at the same time, I respect Zoom as my teammate, and I trust his instincts.

And if he doesn't want to do another tattoo, then we won't do another tattoo.

Two hours left, guys.

Swap artists.

Sorry, dude.

I'll be talking a lot more if I wasn't fighting for dear life, basically.

Do what you got to do.

Ravens are tricky.

There's a ton of black, but you can't put them all black.

Otherwise, it looks like a black blob.

This is photorealism, so the thing's got to be perfect.

It's got to look like a photograph.

If I don't hit this, we're going home.

There's no finale for us, and I'm not going to let that happen.

One hour left.

Swap artist.

What needs to be done?

Solid yellow belly.

OK.

Even that edge.

Eyes are bright yellow.

Knowing this is the last tattoo, our last chance to shine, we're pulling up all the tricks.

We're going to finish number one, and that spot in the finale is ours.

Are you guys done?

The hot rod.

Don't let doom distract you, bub.

Yeah, don't let me distract you.

3, 2, 1.

That's it.

Machines down.

Time is up.

No more ink.

You did great, man.

Oh, thank you.

I appreciate that.

Amazing.

Yeah.

Absolutely amazing.

I love it.

This is insane.

That looks awesome.

Thanks, dude.

God damn, that's awesome.

We survived.

Barely.

We killed it.

Just hope we did enough to win, you know?

I think we did pretty damn good.

No matter what happens, man.

had a great time with you, dude.

I'd do it all over again.

Yeah, dude.

You know, some of the last ones that come in, both are going to the finale.

It's tough.

It's not like we showed up last week.

But do you know how it feels, like, for someone that, from day one, I wanted to go to that

finale?

More than anybody, I believe.

You know, I got heart and soul for this .

That's for damn sure.

And some people don't.

You think I left my wife, my family, and came here after I got robbed the first time?

And you're so unique with your own.

Oh, I so hard.

You wanted so much more.

You're there now, so this is how you're going to act.

Oh, off, you're victim.

I just said I want to go to the finale.

Oh, well, I'm sorry.

Maybe you should have tattooed Better Dad.

Today, you had to tag team tattoo two canvases at the same time, proving your strength as

a shop.

One of you will move on to fight for the title of Master Shop, and for one of you, this is

the end of the line.

Unkindness art, let's start with you.

Let's start off with Doom's American Traditional.

Doom, this is one of your better pieces.

The line work on this is really strong.

Very simple color palette, very strong blacks, and you did get the whip shade effect in there.

You got the blunt black to red to open skin, just the way that it's supposed to be done.

My problem is this tattoo could have just been bigger.

I actually wanted to go bigger.

It's not a six hour tattoo.

Let's move along to the next piece from Unkindness Art.

Really clean, really simple, beautiful, but the simplicity is the detail here.

The details of the three reindeers across the top are awesome.

The little drawings of their faces, that's a really shining moment in this tattoo.

The idea overall to tie that in with the foreground to bring this idea that this is a deer

girl to life, I think it's very cool.

She's really beautiful.

You knocked this completely out of the park.

This is what you needed to compete.

You both show off technical application.

Really clean, beautiful, and this is the best day for you guys as a team.

Old Town, Inc.

Unkindness handed you the raven.

What I like about this piece is that I can feel the realism if I were to run my finger over

it.

The fur in the head is almost touchable.

The only areas that I have issues with are the upper layers of these wings that lose the same

detail that you have throughout the piece.

The top left shoulder of the bird could have blended in a little more.

But for a six-hour tattoo, this was a big, big challenge.

Let's move along.

PJ, you guys chose this snake.

Yes, sir.

It's stylistic.

It's strong.

It's bold.

But more than anything, it's the best snake we've seen in Ink Master.

Thanks.

By far.

Yeah, I'm doing it.

You've got great composition, line work.

You've got color saturation.

You've got a lot of things that we look for all season long wrapped up into one big tattoo.

I couldn't agree more.

There's so many differences between both these tattoos.

To be done by the same two people is pretty impressive.

Thanks.

All right, judges.

This is it.

Time to determine which shop had the best tattoos of the day and earns the third spot in the

live finale.

All right, judges, this is it.

Time to determine which shop had the best tattoos of the day and earns the third spot in the

live finale.

I think we're looking at four good tattoos.

I think that Unkindness did a great job today, super diverse.

But why did you guys not show off more on this car?

I took it as a personal challenge to restrain.

You needed more.

It's hard for me to say that, because I tell people, don't go too big.

Make sure you finish your tattoo.

But today, it comes down to who did what and who did the most.

As a team, you guys created two beautiful tattoos.

Old Town, you did two tattoos that fill up the space, two tattoos that show a lot of drive

and a lot of energy.

Oh, yeah.

You guys smoked it.

Clearly, for me, you guys take it.

Oliver, what's your final decision?

I vote for Old Town, Inc.

My vote is also for Old Town, Inc.

Judges have decided, Old Town, Inc., you are headed to the finale.

Thank you guys so much.

That means unkindness art.

You do not have what it takes to be master shop.

Congratulations on carrying yourself to this point.

I mean, you are the only shop left that was here day one.

Major accomplishment.

Absolutely.

Please pack your machines and move out.

Thank you.

Thank you.

I feel really proud about everything we did here.

Even all of our ups and downs and meltdowns.

Dude, we came so far and we did so much.

The only thing that was a downfall was that we are so new to this competition that sometimes

it got into our heads and prevented us from fully spreading our wings.

Man, at least DJ and Bubba made it.

Yeah.

And I think they're going to win.

I have someone to root for.

I am really proud of how far that he has come in this competition and how far we managed to

pull through and get to the point that we did.

Ah, let's go have a beer.

Bubba, hats off to you for coming back and for making it to where you made it.

I worked so hard to get here, and I'm speechless.

Thank you guys.

Coming back with these last two tattoos today, you really planted a flag and said, hey, we're

here.

Good job.

Thank you so much.

Congratulations, Old Town Inc.

You are headed to the live finale to compete against Basilica Tattoo and Black Cobra Tattoos.

Now remember, only one of you will win $200,000 and the title of Master Shop.

Congratulations to all of you, and good luck.

Thank you guys so much.

Sweet.

Rainer.

Rainer.

Thank you, dude.

Congratulations.

This is going to be the best finale ever.

Ready to.

I'm sure you guys will give it an effort.

Congrats to everybody, but at the same time y'all.

Congratulations.

The six of you have earned the right to fight for your shop in the live finale.

But only one shop will earn $200,000, a feature in Inked Magazine, and the title of Ink Master.

And for the first time ever, the title of Master Shop.

So crazy.

Don't get too excited.

Since this is the biggest prize in Ink Master history, to earn it, you'll have to face a vicious

test of skill and endurance.

Each shop will be assigned two master canvases.

Over the next several months, you must complete 70 hours of tattooing.

That is two 35-hour back pieces.

Wow.

That is a ton of tattooing.

For your first master canvas, you'll tattoo black and gray.

For the second, you'll tattoo color.

This is best case scenario.

Black and gray, I'm going to nail this thing.

And Nolan is a beast with color.

We are going to destroy this.

The entire competition, you've had to prove you can work together as a shop.

This is no different.

You'll have five seven-hour sessions with your master canvas.

And after every session, you must switch which back piece you tattoo, picking up where your

teammate left off.

DJ and I have a great team.

We work off each other really well, swapping every session.

We just have to make sure we're on the same page, make sure we keep the end goal in sight.

But that is not all.

Why would it be?

In addition to your master canvases, one artist from your shop will also create a six-hour

tattoo at the finale live.

America has been assessing the strengths and weaknesses of each artist in your shop.

And now it's their turn to decide which artist will tattoo.

Doing these tattoos live, you're under so much pressure, makes it super difficult.

All day long, America will be able to check your progress live at inkmaster.spike.com.

These three tattoos stand between you and the first ever title of Master Shop.

The only thing stopping you is yourself.

So you've got to unleash and really put out the best thing you can here.

This is really your chance to be creative and show us something amazing.

Swing for the fences on these.

Your master canvases are completely open.

Your first session with both of your canvases will be in your hometown in just a few weeks.

Safe travels, and we will see you at the live finale.

We plan on showing America and the rest of the world that we are the two most well-rounded

tattooers to ever come through the doors of this competition.

We're going to destroy these mother .

Yeah, look out, y'all.

I've been ready for this the second we set foot in here.

Both those teams already lost the finale once.

It sucks they have to do it again, but I'm happy to be the guy that does it to them.

I can't wait to bring home the title of Master Shop.

This is everything that we could have hoped for coming out here.

Now it's just pure tattoos, pure skill.

I don't see any possible way that we're going to get beat.

Well?

Yeah.

That's it.

I don't think any of y'all felt the full wrath of the Cobra yet.

I'm wearing my newest pair of shoes so I can run circles around your asses.

We do still have a long road to go, though.

It's just going to be a little bit longer, because you're going to be the first one out.

Oh, buddy.

You guys are going to get crucified.

On the next episode of Ink Master.

The title of Master Shop belongs right here at Basilica.

I'd be super pissed if we don't win.

I wouldn't expect either one of them to drop the ball.

Three veteran shops will fight to the finish.

Man, those look like $100,000 a piece.

I'd say so.

You got robbed on season six.

I'm ready to put that check in the bank.

But only one will win a $200,000 prize.

I poured my heart and soul into this.

I feel like this is ours.

You know everyone's going down.

And the title of Master Shop.