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On the last episode of Ink Master, Return of the Masters.

Why am I not respected in this house?

You're not giving me a fight right now.

In the flash challenge, despite team issues.

That's pretty dope, dude.

I really had my doubts in the beginning.

Team Steve pulled off the victory.

You win like bitches, you lose like bitches.

In the elimination tattoo.

Just for sheer numbers.

I've got to go after him.

I don't give a .

Everywhere that goes home means something.

That's war.

With the most remaining artists, Team Anthony was targeted.

Long time ago, I got burned.

I'm slowing down the machine.

I'm switching needles.

Everything in this tattoo is going wrong.

In the elimination, Jeremy, Jason, and Daniel were the bottom three artists.

Jeremy.

Is it a man in a tentacle suit?

Is it a diver?

What am I looking at?

Jason.

Your snakes don't pull off as snakes.

Daniel.

There is countless areas of trauma to this gift.

Browning somebody Ink Master means, on the fly, they make lemonade out of lemons.

Daniel, you do not have what it takes to be Ink Master.

Six artists remain, but only one will earn a $100,000 prize and

the title of Ink Master.

Daniel going home is really sad.

I really couldn't stand it the first two weeks.

I was like, this guy is .

But somewhere between annoying and today, I started loving the little bastard, man.

Daniel brought energy.

He intimidated.

Let's pick up where he left off.

I want Jeremy out of this house.

He's been putting out the same thing every time.

Any chance you get, you make him uncomfortable.

Welcome.

Only six artists remain.

Half of you will earn a spot in the finale, but only one of you will earn $100,000, a feature

in Inked Magazine, and the title of Ink Master.

This week, there is no flash challenge.

Holy .

We are moving directly into the next elimination tattoo.

Pressure's on.

Today, we're testing finesse.

Finesse?

Finesse is something you achieve only with experience and practice.

It's precision.

It's smoothness.

It's all the abilities you have to make the tattoo perfect quality.

To earn the title of Ink Master, it's not enough just master the basics.

No one knows this better than your coaches.

Every time the coaches tattoo, they prove exactly why they are in a league of their own.

Now it's your turn to prove that you have the skills to compete at their elite level.

For this elimination tattoo, you must step up your game and match your coach.

Oh, my God.

Coaches, you must each create a line drawing that you and the artist will tattoo on

separate canvases at the same time, giving a true head-to-head comparison.

What?

Trying to match someone as talented as DJ is going to be really, really difficult.

I don't like that.

There's so much pressure right now.

I have to take everything that I've learned from this competition and everything I've learned

from DJ and put it into whatever tattoo is going to be and do it up to the level at which

he can compete.

Coaches, the style and subject are completely up to you.

Are completely up to you.

You will have no input from your team.

Design decisions can make or break them.

This is a true head-to-head comparison.

You will only have the line drawing that your coach gives you to go from.

When it's go time, you have the stencil, you put it on, your design is done, and you are ready

to go.

Guys, come on.

Coaches, today, show us why you're coaches.

Do not hold back on your drawings, or I'm going to ream the out of you about it.

This is up to you to produce a badass six-hour tattoo.

Treat it like you're 100 grand.

Yeah.

Artists.

Fail to match the master, and you will be up for elimination.

How are we going to match our master when he's doing the drawing?

He's going to hand it.

He's going to know where to shade.

He's going to know where to put the details.

You're basically coming into it blind.

Coaches, remember, strategy is key.

Every artist from your team that you lead to the finale earns you the power to call a shot

in the master face-off for $100,000.

Your canvases are open and have been randomly assigned.

You will have six hours to complete your tattoo.

All right, guys, head to the loft while your coach is designed.

Hey, man.

Kill it.

This is a tricky challenge for the coaches.

They want to be competitive against the other coaches, but they also want to do something

that everybody on their team will be able to excel with.

Because in the end, the coaches don't want to lose their players.

What you thinking?

I'm going to do something that they can just look at and .

Do you think that's going to push your team at all?

I'm doing a morph.

That's what I'm going to do.

Show a little bit of everything.

You can't pull off a face.

Yeah.

It's time for them to figure it out.

I'm doing illustrative Hanya.

I'm going to have to pull lines on this one.

I think Josh might be a little nervous over that one himself, bro.

I could see you guys getting a .

because Steve's chaos, man.

I don't think Steve is worried about his drawing.

He knows Rolly and I can tattoo anything that's given to us.

I think that sentence started out half true.

I think Steve knows that Rolly can pull this tattoo off.

I'll do anything he gives me, and I'll kill it.

Why do you assume you're going to kill it if he hands it to you?

Because I kill any tattoo.

We've been waiting to see that.

I don't have to prove anything to you.

I think we're at the point in this house that you actually probably do have to prove anything

to you guys here.

I think so.

I understand why you're nervous, because you guys know I could do any tattoo that's given

to me.

There's not a person in this house nervous about you.

I understand why you're coming at me, because you guys know you could go home.

Everybody feels lucky, because they know there's somebody in this house that's definitely

going to drop the ball, and they're going to be the ones that go home.

What's Jeremy going to do, man?

Add spaceships and ?

I don't know.

What's he going to do?

He's going to not have excuses.

I want you to do your black so they can shit anywhere they want to.

What do you think, bro?

It's going to be crazy, dude.

I think my boys are going to .

So you

guys ready?

Yes, sir.

Yeah.

Awesome.

I wanted to pick something that I would have fun with today, and you guys can do it how you

want.

Nice, man.

I like that.

Yeah.

This line drawing is exactly what I expected Anthony to do.

It's a very simple and readable design.

I'm going to match Anthony's quality and finesse, but I'm definitely going to give him my

own flair.

I knew it.

You don't say I'm excited, bro.

Huh?

You don't say I'm excited.

No, yeah, yeah.

Honestly, I'm ready to smack Steve right now.

It's a girl's face morphed into a skull with, like, a little demon head off the backside.

Who else knows how to do this but him?

Bro, congratulations.

You here.

Just have fun, dude.

Have you seen what they have to tattoo?

No.

Roli is mad right now.

It's OK, because you know somebody's going home.

They have to tattoo.

No.

Roli is mad right now.

It's OK, because you know somebody's going home, and it's probably not us.

Madness begin.

Hi, I'm Diana.

Kyle, nice to meet you.

Coaches and artists, you have six hours to prove that you can match the master.

And your time starts now.

I'm going to place a sense on you standing up.

So far, the divide has been huge, coaches versus teammates.

Today, we're looking for that divide to close up.

That's cool.

If you've made it to this section of the competition, you should be able to do anything that

comes your way.

Let's get it.

Anthony, I'm going to advise you to do it on the other forearm, because it's looking the wrong

way right now.

Because when you're standing like this, you're going to see the face, not the back of the

hair.

It's going the other way.

I'm hoping somebody can outshine their coach.

That would be refreshing.

No matter what happens, it's going to pan out to be a dogfight all the way to the end.

Learning, dude.

It's good.

Let's look at these first.

Afternoon, sir.

What's going on, man?

Big, bold, and clean.

Figured I've shown you guys every other style.

I haven't shown you Japanese yet.

He did that, so I was like, I'm going to keep it pretty straight up.

If it was just me standing alone, it'd be one thing, but I have to match DJ.

The pressure's so much higher.

I've done a load of Hanya masks.

I know what they look like.

I'm adding a few extra lines in the hair.

I really hope that this doesn't count as a knock against me, but I just feel it needs a little

bit more fullness to it.

We'll see if it was the right choice or not.

We will.

How you feeling?

Good.

You're doing great.

I have no idea how to do a Hanya mask.

I should do some Japanese traditional coloring, but I don't know how to do that.

So I'm just going to make sure that the color is saturated and that the line work is solid.

Four hours to go, people.

Four more hours.

Four more hours?

Four.

Yeah.

Are you getting sore?

Yeah.

How you holding up, boss?

What up?

Not good?

Meh.

I'd probably tap out if I was you.

Just walk.

Yeah, well, I can't do that.

I've done that before.

My canvas is already showing signs that he's in a lot of discomfort.

The one is already showing signs that he's in a lot of discomfort.

The one thing that I know I can pass Anthony up in is my color.

I just have a lot of work to do.

I do not need this to happen right now.

I may have to go to black and green.

Really?

What?

I don't think he's going to make it through color.

Oh, he's complaining.

I'm not kidding.

Oh, brother.

Because if I start color and he taps, .

With Anthony doing color on his tattoo and me having to switch direction on mine, I don't

know if it's going to meet up with his level.

Awesome.

You're doing awesome.

You're doing great.

Thanks, man.

Sucks for Jason.

Better for me.

I feel this is the most perfect tattoo I've done in the company.

I feel this is the most perfect tattoo I've done in the competition so far.

If anyone's going to match Anthony today, it's going to be me.

Anthony has underestimated me in the past, so this is my chance to prove him that I can be

an Ink Master.

How you feeling?

I'm feeling really good about this one.

Getting that inner tiffed?

Yep.

I'll have to tattoo this weird-ass design that Steve made, but you know what?

I'm going to kill it.

I'm going to show finesse by adding my style and still making it match Steve's.

I want to make the tongue and the demon flow through the design.

I want to make the tears of the woman dripping through the whole thing.

That way I can show off more of what I could do.

Rowley.

I'm going to fight Steve tonight.

I think you should.

This is probably the worst day that I've had this whole competition.

Steve's design doesn't cater to his team at all.

Is the chin supposed to connect to the skull?

Like, is there no chin?

Does it melt into the skull?

I'm having a hard time, but I got to stay focused, apply this tattoo well, and just hope it

stacks up to what Steve does.

What are they doing over there?

Um, good.

Totally different takes.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Four, three, two.

One.

That's it.

Machines down.

Time is up.

No more ink.

I was kind of nervous, but dude.

That's dope.

Man, you're doing my good job.

That thing's tough.

Yeah.

Good job, man.

Chase, you just kept it black work?

Yeah.

Yeah.

How'd you do?

Good.

Simple.

I mean, all three of them ended up solid and clean and bright as so.

Nice.

Top Dog had a lot of problems with line work.

What?

Your has been very stagnant.

You're no threat in this?

You don't know me at all.

Your tattoo is just not going to cut it.

Your ability has come to an end.

I'll tell you this now.

Out of all the tattoos you've done this competition, it was your worst one.

I got handed the most design out of the whole room.

But was it applied well?

Yes.

You had to feel bad putting that on a client.

And I just think it's funny on finesse day, top dog in the house.

Had a lot of problems with line work.

Dude, I've been tattooing for 15 years, man.

I know my lines are good.

What?

You got beat by Anthony, period.

Your guys' wolves didn't read as a wolf.

It looked like a badger.

What?

We did exactly what Anthony asked us to do.

So your coach told you how to shade the whole thing, and that's what you came out with.

Ours let us go free.

I like the style of the tattoo that I did.

And you can like that when you leave today.

Today, you had to prove that you can tattoo at the level of a master.

You were being tested on finesse.

Team DJ, you're up first.

And let's start with Deanna.

How was it for you getting a line drawing from your coach?

It was very intimidating.

I haven't done a Hanya mask or Japanese stuff.

So you're not experiencing the Japanese?

Not at all.

A Hanya mask is a piece of wood that's carved out.

One of the areas I think that you misinterpret here is you get

more of a human area here where the cheekbones attach to the nose.

That's the part where the translation gets lost.

There are some areas of your red where it's not as smooth and not as well blended as others.

Really strong and hard and bold.

Application on all of the red of this tattoo would have made this thing have a lot more punch.

Understood.

Josh.

This tattoo is really punched in, really deliberate.

You definitely kept to the same density of color and shading throughout the entire tattoo,

which gives it

dark toned base.

I like what you did with the bold black lines.

I like the little skin breaks that you left along these jaw bones, and they appear to be meticulously

placed.

This is about as solid as you can get.

Thank you.

Let's take a look at the master's tattoo.

DJ.

This design actually has a lot of finesse to it.

It's really smooth.

It's really flowing.

It's really well laid out.

I like the way that you etched out your pieces.

That really surfed the concept of a wooden mask.

The ropes on this are really nice.

The flowers set in really nice.

Overall, it's a really clean sticker tattoo.

Oh, yeah.

Team Anthony, you are up.

Jason.

I love the solid black on the edge fading in to the lighter on the inside.

It gives it a really bold, simplistic look.

And how this fits on this body and the size that you chose to do is great.

But the bottom edge of the muzzle, you come off with that dark tone, and then you go right

into the same tone for the mouth.

So it's camouflaging that.

You need a nice, soft skin break.

Below it, you can do a lot less and make it look good.

One.

I love the red, yellow, and black.

I think you chose the right yellow to really punch this in.

And the heavy, solid, well-saturated black all throughout this tattoo is really nice.

What I like about this tattoo is the skin breaks.

That's just the classic approach on how to let a tattoo breathe.

I like everything in this tattoo but the really black teeth.

That's not teeth.

It's just gums.

The inside teeth are what's throwing me.

Looks like teeth.

Let's take a look at Anthony's tattoo.

Your color blending is the best example of finesse.

that we see today, how smooth and soft and buttery all this stuff is.

This is a technical application a lot of people have problems pulling off.

You do it really, really well.

And your design colored the way that you wanted to do it.

There's no question as to what's going on with this teeth gum issue.

It's all laid out there for you, beautifully detailed.

It's killer, dude.

Thank you, man.

Team Steve, you're up.

Rolly.

You had a lot of questions to answer in this tattoo.

And I would say most of them you did pretty well with.

You have beautiful details in the eyes.

The smooth skin shading you have in the girl, I really like it.

But the demon itself, there's a couple of areas where the shading gets away from you, like

from the bridge of the nose, just really flat.

I wanted to give it a different texture.

I never tattooed a demon before.

Having to pull these textures and these looks with no reference, it's obvious that Steve's

tattoo is the toughest ask for the team.

Jeremy.

The woman's face is beautiful.

Where you lose me is in the demon.

The demon, to me, is really tonal.

It has kind of a messy feel to it.

And there's some contrast issues.

In the stuff that comes off the cheek, which would be a horn or whatever, that's a huge missed

opportunity for some texture.

But I like the additions that you made, creating this forked tongue down the middle and the

drips that drip down over the skull.

Being creative and adding to something is a great move.

Let's take a look at the master's tattoo.

Steve.

You get so many different tones of dark, the really deep inset blackness in the eyes, and

then those little dark pits of even darker, richer black.

This thing really has a lot of depth to it.

This has a ton of texture.

You can feel what's going on in here if you run your finger over it.

Giving this to your team made them step up.

It was a true test.

It is now time to determine who matched the master.

If you fell short,

you will be in danger of going home.

Today, you had to prove that you can tattoo at the level of a master.

It's time to determine who matched their master.

Remember, if you matched the master, you are safe from elimination.

If you fell short, you will be in danger of going home.

Team DJ, let's look at Deanna versus DJ.

First thing we notice from out the bat is there's a lot more finesse in DJ's side.

The black that goes around DJ's eye in comparison to your outline sets apart that look of

the sunken in wood feel, as well as DJ's carved out part that look of the sunken in wood feel,

as well as DJ's carved out sections in the lower portions of the inner cheekbones.

Deanna does a good standalone tattoo, but when you compare it to DJ's, I think she does fall

short.

I would agree with that.

DJ takes this one.

All right, Deanna, you did not match your coach.

That means you are up for elimination.

Understood.

You got this one, girl.

OK, let's look at Josh versus DJ.

These guys mirror each other in a lot of ways.

And the technical application on both of these tattoos really looks similar.

I love both takes of this drawing.

And if I had to choose one, it would be difficult to make a choice, which to me reads as a

match.

Mm-hmm.

Josh is really just stamped in there perfectly.

I say he hits it.

I say he does, too.

Reads as a match.

Mm-hmm.

Josh is really just stamped in there perfectly.

I say he hits it.

I say he does, too.

Unanimous.

Congratulations, Josh.

You have matched your coach and are safe from elimination.

Thank you.

All right, moving on to team Anthony.

Let's look at Jason versus Anthony.

Little details of the line drawing that get interpreted in such subtle ways really make a

strong difference to me.

Like the front fangs on Anthony's, they have that realistic jarred tooth look.

And then Jason just had this smooth two lines.

If you go detail for detail, amulet to amulet, Anthony kills it.

Anthony kills it.

Muzzle to muzzle, Anthony kills it.

You go mouth to mouth, Anthony kills it.

Jason, overall, falls short.

Yeah, I think Anthony definitely takes this one.

I do, too.

Jason, you did not match it.

draw your tattoo directly onto your canvas's skin freehand.

You must push your skills to the limit and expertly finesse your design so that it fits the

flow limit and expertly finesse your design so that it fits the flow of your canvas's body

perfectly.

The subject and style of your tattoo is completely up to you.

Thanks.

I love doing free-handed tattoos.

I've done it a lot.

This is my time to shine.

Your canvases have been randomly assigned and are completely open.

If you can't draw on the skin, you can't lay out a good tattoo, you can't be here.

It's that easy.

Please give us a hard decision.

Please show us what you're good at.

If you have a mental stencil, today's the day to break it out and use it.

You're going to need it.

It's also a day to show creativity.

Pull out all the stops.

This is something that everybody should be familiar with.

If this is something that you're not familiar with, this is just another point of inexperience

that just tail marks your reason for going home.

Let's bring in your canvases.

Based on your work, one of you will lose your shot at $100,000 and the title of Ink Master.

You have six hours, and your time starts now.

Your time starts now.

This is your challenge.

Ready, dude?

Yes, sir.

Let's get it.

Let's do it.

What all areas are open?

I got my whole right leg, whole right arm, and my back.

Normally, when you do a tattoo, you get to draw it on paper, and you get to work out all the

kinks.

And you can get it sized exactly right.

And then you make a stencil and put it on the body.

What are you comfortable drawing?

That you can get done drawing that you know you can smoke.

Yeah, yeah.

Here, you have to do all that working out straight under the skin.

Draw the tattoo on.

You pretty much get a one-shot go at it.

If an artist has never free-handed a tattoo before, there's definitely a big learning curve.

I was thinking about free-handing an owl on there.

I want to up my game so it's making it harder for these guys to catch up.

Owl's my spear down on anybody, so you're like, let's do it.

I've been waiting this whole competition to do something anywhere near my style.

And finally, in this challenge, I get to do that.

I'm going to show everybody what a Jason Elliott tattoo is.

If they already did honey mass, what would it be dumb to do?

If they already did honey mass, what would it be dumb to do?

Whatever you want to do, just do it.

I'm thinking about doing a Haunting mask, because I know I could draw it and tattoo it in

six hours.

They don't care if they just did a Haunting mask.

Why the would you care?

This is the last tattoo you do ever.

Make this the one you want to do.

Yeah, yeah.

I'm taking a huge risk with this tattoo.

Team DJ just did it.

But I know I could do a Haunting mask.

I could keep up with DJs.

He can tattoo.

It's just his design sometimes is questionable.

Yeah.

And he'll have to figure that out.

He was just picking something that, I mean, it was just done.

Well, the funny part is you got two guys that are technically really good at tattooing.

And designs suffer a little bit.

And two people that really design, yeah, their technical suffers a little bit.

So who's going to outdo who?

I freehand a lot.

So this is really cool.

I'm the only one in the room that's freehanding a face.

Damn, she's good.

Nobody has the balls to do that.

If anything is off, a face can look real weird real fast.

This is going to be a cool piece, dude.

But I'm taking that risk, because if I pull it off, it's going to blow the judges' minds.

He's excited.

She's going to knock out these boys, that's why.

Take them out by the ankles.

Four hours remaining, kids.

Four more hours.

I'm freehanding a black and gray illustrative shark.

Yeah, I've only been tattooing for six years, so I never would have thought like this would

have been like my career, you know what I'm saying?

I'm not super experienced like some of the other tattooers.

There's a lot of things that I've never done before.

This is another first for me.

I've never freehand drawn a shark.

I've got to make sure that my confidence carries me.

I'm feeling really great right now.

You're having fun now, huh?

Yeah.

There's no way that this tattoo is going to put me in the bottom.

I mean, it's bold, it's slick, and it's fresh.

You have a chance of going home today?

No, bro.

I mean, the only one that's getting close to you is Deanna, and her black is not solid.

Dude, hang in there.

You're twitching.

My canvas has been twitching this whole entire time.

You got it.

In a freehand tattoo, you're already really worried about not wiping away your drawing.

Now I have to worry about my canvas moving around.

All right, guys, two more hours.

That looks nice.

I like that.

Thank you.

I feel like me and you are probably going to kill it.

Really?

Oh, yeah.

Why just us?

What's wrong with this?

Ours just look better.

We're just, we're better tattooers.

Dude, if you do a hand, you wonky.

Chris is gonna know that shows the best that they've got to offer.

For me, they both should go home.

Black out that back fin for me.

Mm-hmm.

We got a little spot right there.

I don't know if it missed it.

Tiny, I don't know what that is.

Steve, drive me crazy, bro.

I think Steve sometimes forgets how much pressure there is in this competition.

I take all of his criticism, but sometimes it's too much.

Like, I want it to be my tattoo.

I don't want you to tell me how to do it.

Because then why am I here?

You know what I'm saying?

Well, you nailed it.

It looks like a stencil, straight out.

Thank you so much.

What a surprise.

Deanna did a lady face and a rose again.

Show us something different.

With this tattoo, I'm showing that I do every style known to man.

It looks exactly how I drew it.

The color's bright.

The line work is bold.

There's no way I'm going home.

Four, three, two, one.

That's it.

Machines down.

Time is up.

No more ink.

All right, man.

We are done.

Let's go check this thing out.

All righty.

Oh, my.

That's sick.

Thank you.

That's unbelievable, man.

That's awesome.

I love it.

I really liked the way it came out.

Well done.

Thank you.

No problem.

Thank you very much.

That was awesome.

That was pretty awesome, man.

Gilbert.

Thanks, man.

Thanks for sitting good.

Proud of you.

Thank you.

Freaking one of the hardest challenges, I think.

You have this stuff in the bag.

You have these challenges under your belt.

Get out of here.

That's right.

I feel like I did this challenge, and I felt like I showed myself more.

I think you nailed it today.

Everyone thinks you're going to completely fail on this one.

If you take the win, that's going to be a slap in the face to all these fools.

Oh my god.

Yeah.

If I said, hey, I want to draw a Hanya mask and tattoo it, what would you have told?

I will Hanya and ass whoop it personally.

Don't do it.

I feel great about my tattoo.

It's colorful and bright.

Did some cool colors in it.

I'm happy with it.

I know the other three of you guys should love that tattoo, because it secured your safety.

They just looked at three Radajana masks.

I mean, DJ just did a super Radajana mask.

That would be the last thing I would tattoo.

I drew that because that's something I knew I could pull off in the time I had.

I've drawn a lot of them.

Jeremy, Jeremy, come on.

I mean, how many times they told you to leave skin breaks?

What'd you fill those skin breaks in with?

Ochre.

I like doing full color.

That's almost like a kick in the .

balls to the judges.

I could have did more, but I know the judges don't like it, so.

You are my friend.

This is why I've been pissed off when great tattooers have gone home and you've stayed in

here, because you don't care.

Whether he proves to you or not he cares, no one gets .

He's fighting, believe me.

He had to feel with his piece he could beat the other people in the room.

You believed him?

Yeah.

Bull .

Why is he here?

Because luckily other people up worse.

If he had the confidence that he wanted to go up against DJ and you guys, isn't that what

the is supposed to do here, guys?

We're going to play safe some more?

At least he got some balls.

Today, you faced off by free handing your design directly onto the skin.

Based on your work, one of you will be packing your machines.

Let's start with Deanna.

Deanna, I really like this tattoo from you.

It's really delicate.

It's really feminine.

There's a touch of sexy to it.

I also think it's really balanced.

I like the fact that you're able to draw this on to the skin with a pen.

Thank you.

You shine here in the way the tattoo ends.

Overall, the tattoo has a really smooth look to it.

I wish that you did have some different textures instead of just stippled out liner shade

look that it has to it.

It's a good tattoo.

I think it could have been a great tattoo.

Next up is Jason.

One of the things that I like about today is that we're seeing your own style for the first

time, and I really like this style.

You did a great job making this thing dynamic on the skin, drawing it in the position that

you drew it.

It looks fierce because it's looking at you, but it could be going after prey.

It has a messy, perfect harmony.

This is definitely the best overall tattoo that you've put out here.

Thanks.

Next up is Roli.

Technically, man, I think this thing is really smooth.

But a couple things kind of stand out strange to me.

Coming off the bottom of its chin area, which it's kind of weird to think that sharks have

this, like, definitive chin.

But you have this center line that goes down the belly.

Then as it comes down to the bottom, it goes off to the side of the tail instead of going

down to the center of the tail.

Also the placement of the fins.

They're too far down from the head for this thing to navigate properly.

Take your time.

Be sure that what you're doing is right.

Don't go, oh, .

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm going to do it anyway.

Next up is Jeremy.

How did you feel about getting this challenge today?

I'm very limited to what I could really draw, like, on the spot.

It usually takes me a day or two to draw something perfect.

So this is something I could draw that was easier for me to actually pull off a tattoo that's

finished.

There's a lot of things going on here.

of making it a long, slender face, it's really short and really wide.

But what's throwing me here is the way you choose to color this thing.

You put the yellow as the light source, but the light source is everywhere, but then the front

of the face isn't yellow.

This is a low rider panel paint job.

You got red stripes and red panels and yellow stripes and yellow panels.

I don't really like the color placements.

Just the fact.

You don't count the bottom teeth in between the canines.

That's just mind-blowing to me, to have seven teeth.

But they're all straight?

Yeah.

Straight to the garbage.

That's where those go.

I gave him credit for going for it.

You could play safety, but he really swung for it and obviously missed a little bit here.

But he's got a fight in him, you know?

People don't think he's fighting because he's quiet and he keeps to himself, but the dude's

fighting.

All right, guys, it is time to determine who's going home.

The biggest thing that we're looking for today in this finesse challenge is the freehand ability

to just draw something on the skin and have it be appealing.

Are we agreed that Jason and Deanna are safe?

I am.

You good with that?

I'm good with that.

I think Rolly's was pulled off more finesse than Deanna's.

Rolly's shark can't swim.

If the animal can run, if it can swim, if it can slither, OK, it's real.

Shark, not swimming.

That's that.

It's honest, fair judging across the board.

All right, Jason and Deanna, you guys are safe from elimination.

I'm seeing the problems that you guys have with Jeremy's tattoo.

But also, as a canvas, if I got a shark that was all out of whack, I'd be a little bummed

out about it.

Roli's black and gray.

Roli's line work.

I think, technically, Roli is stronger.

But for me, if we go to Jeremy's, the problems I have are light source, construction, composition.

It's a complete miss for that Jeremy.

My vote's for Jeremy.

The judges have decided, Jeremy, you do not have what it takes.

to be Ink Master.

Man, I think this is a tough competition.

No matter how you look at it, you've made it a long way in this thing.

It's been a great learning experience, and I'm really glad that I had the opportunity to come

here, man.

Please pack your machines and close shop.

Leaving here today, I'm feeling really proud of myself.

I've made it a lot farther than I thought I would.

But I've learned from my mistakes, and every tattoo I do from here on out should be flawless.

On the

next episode of Ink Master.

I'm winning the competition.

That's what I thought when I showed up.

That's what I think now, and that's what I'm going to think until that final day.

Only five of you remain.

My coach didn't fully understand the challenge.

We have totally different coaching methods.

You got Coach Josh, and you just sit there on your mouth some more, bro.

Nobody gives a what you say.

It's getting to me today.

There has to be that one light that kind of keeps you going.

It's a big spotlight right on the front center of the tattoo.

I think I hit the likeness.

That's the things you live and die by.

Today might go down as one of the toughest days in Ink Master history.

Whew.