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

I'm winning the competition.

That's what I thought when I showed up.

That's what I'm going to think till that final day.

In the Flash Challenge.

It's just a picture of Jesus.

We've got to do something cool with it.

With only five artists left, the stakes were higher than ever.

This all should have been completely whiteboard.

You're getting too ahead of yourself.

We are so close to the end that we can't slip up at all.

The winner of the Flash Challenge is

Team DJ.

Congratulations.

Thank you, guys.

Thank you.

In the elimination tattoo, Team DJ's advantage backfired.

I'm regretting this canvas choice because this is my day to show off, and I just shot myself

in the foot.

You're the coach.

I would say stay the away from that venture.

No, I'd let her make her own decisions.

Yeah, right.

We have totally different coaching methods.

Trust me.

In the elimination, Jason, Roley, and Deanna.

We're the bottom three artists.

Rolling.

The shape of the face changes dramatically just by the highlight on the left side of the cheek.

Jason.

Your portrait's hair becomes a little more curly rather than a straight crew cut.

Deanna.

You gave her one big crazy tooth in the front and a black eye on the far left.

The portrait side of it is where the questions are.

The judges have decided, Deanna, you do not have what it takes to be Ink Master.

Four artists remain.

But only one will earn a $100,000 prize and the title of Ink

Master.

One more challenge.

Yep.

There's four artists left.

One of you is not going to the finale.

I just hope you guys are ready to buckle down.

I've only got one goal.

Me too, man.

I promise you I'm going to give everything I have to be in one of those spots.

To hold that title, you have to be above and beyond.

There's one challenge left to see it.

If you don't leave it all out now,

Who's going to show up and deliver on the day?

Who's going to push their boundaries?

Someone grab this thing and take it.

I know that I'm going to be one of the three up there, too.

There ain't a chance in hell that that's happened.

Welcome.

You have outlasted 20 artists to make it to this point, and you are the last four standing.

Three 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.

Yes.

That's not bad, dude.

Coaches, you know better than anyone what it takes to win this competition.

Yeah.

And you coached your teams every step of the way.

Now each of you have artists in the top four.

Thank you, sir.

But your fight for control is not over yet.

Every artist from your team to make it into the finale will earn you the power to call a shot

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

And this week, there's no flash challenge.

Dude.

Artists, you will be judged on all of the essential skills.

Technical application, composition, precision, dimension, everything it takes to be an ink

master.

This is like a final example.

We've had all these tests throughout this whole competition, and now I got to make sure that

I hit everything and knock this out the park.

All season long,

you've been coached by the most impressive and elite artists Ink Master has ever seen.

Now, you must prove that you have the skills to battle it out in the finale and earn a place

in their exclusive circle.

We got this man.

Bring it up.

Get ready for one of the toughest challenges in Ink Master history.

What are they calling up with, bro?

To earn your spot in the finale, you must create a one session

12-hour tattoo on the arm.

Wow.

No breaks.

What?

Man, tattooing for 12 hours is definitely hard.

Your hands suffer.

Your back suffers.

The canvas suffers.

This is crazy.

Your canvases are completely open and have been randomly assigned.

Let's go.

Just bring it.

You can tattoo any style in any subject.

This is your chance to give us everything you've got.

and earn your spot in the finale.

He's here, bro.

Hell yeah.

You need to work smart.

You need to work efficient.

You need to have a very strict plan on how you're going to tack this so that your canvas can

sit the maximum amount of time to get the most amount of tattoo done.

Got it, bro.

Little tattoos that don't take the whole time are not going to cut it.

This is the time to be big and be impressive and draw the out of this thing.

Stake a claim on your spot.

Nobody wants to make it all the way to the end just to go home.

Go out with a bang.

Prove you have the endurance and skill to compete in the finale, or you will be packing your

bags.

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

And good luck.

Do this, bro.

Good luck, brother.

Yeah, you too, man.

I'm pretty sure we're going to go towards black and gray.

It's all you, your design, do your tattoo.

How are you?

My name is Juan.

Nice to meet you.

Very nice to meet you.

So I came up with this sweet-ass piece that I'm pumped at.

Very cool.

What's the longest you've sat?

Six hours straight.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah.

OK, cool.

When you start out this competition, the title of Ink Master feels like it's almost untouchable.

And when you feel like it's in your grasp, it's crazy.

It's a lot of pressure.

I really wanted to .

my last tattoo to be me, so.

Yeah, of course.

My plan here is to do something that you don't normally see in this competition.

Taking my own route and doing my style is a huge risk here.

In 12 hours, I could definitely cover from here to here.

OK.

It's kind of like just putting your heart out there and hoping that it's accepted.

That's gorgeous.

All right, artists, you have 12 hours to tattoo.

And your time starts now.

Yeah.

Last one, everybody.

Last one.

Let's do this.

This is the biggest elimination tattoo we've ever done.

12 hours, all in, one session tattoo, go big or go home.

My god, that's beautiful.

It's going to have some tails.

OK.

But I'm just going to freehand them.

We now have the top four competitors.

Only one more person goes home before the finale.

This is huge.

It curves right around your elbow.

It fits perfectly.

Nobody wants to be this close to the finale and pack it up now.

I don't mean you could ask what's been doing better.

Doing a 12 hour tattoo like this is not an amateur level thing.

Your design has to be perfect.

Your application has to be perfect.

And just your understanding of how to approach something on this scale is a totally different

animal.

We are so much farther than anybody else.

I'm choosing to do more of a Japanese-style frog flying a koi fish kite.

I'm going to bust my ass and make sure that every inch of this tattoo is absolutely flawless.

Josh is definitely going to be the hardest person to beat for me.

He's not only fat, but he's also a great illustrator.

I took my canvas totally into consideration.

She's a beautiful lady, so I gave her a beautiful feminine bird carrying one of my lotus flowers.

It's going to have, like, black shading in it.

It better be.

That bird looks great, but I don't want to end up looking like a dirty bird.

This is my last chance to prove why I should make it to the finale.

Everything is going to be clean.

All right, guys, 10 hours left.

What made you start tattooing?

Were you a good artist before?

I never knew I could even draw before, six years ago.

That's crazy.

I'm the underdog, and I know I'm underestimated, but that's not a new feeling.

I'm here because I've challenged myself my whole life.

I'm going to push myself.

until I'm the next Ink Master.

Face is smooth as .

Face to face.

Want to roll this?

Woo-hoo!

Six hours left.

You have six hours remaining.

It's a long day for the artist.

Not even just the canvas, the stranger eyes.

It's a long time to sit, you know?

Aside from tattooing and technical application, I think this is a big battle of artistry.

Technical application should not be an issue unless someone really drops the ball, which I

don't assume so at this point.

No.

My biggest card here is artistry.

To put real emotion into something is an extremely hard thing to do.

But that's what I'm going to pull off here.

Is that highlight under her chin going to be colored?

That was me wiping stuff into it.

So I already made a mistake there.

Always wipe away.

So I start wiping the canvas's skin off.

And I don't know if I'm being too abrasive or wiping too many times.

What the ?

But now I notice that there's a couple of small areas of trauma towards the bottom of her

arm.

Let me see the bottom up.

It's down here.

Man, my heart is racing, and it's making me really panic.

I've put so much heart into this tattoo.

I hate to think that a couple of spots of trauma are going to be what hold me from making

it to the finale.

Ooh, ooh.

Holy .

It hurt a little bit today, but you're going to have an amazing tattoo forever.

Is that girl even going to get through the rest of once, please?

She's been making a lot of noises all day.

I need every minute of these 12 hours.

I planned to go simple, but now I got to go even more simple to be sure that I can finish

it on time.

Not only the canvas is in pain, but I'm in pain as well.

My neck is hurting.

My fingers are cramping.

Oh, God.

I got to make this work because my life is on the line.

Stay away, people.

This is your final hour.

And my eyes are tearing up.

Since I'm not closing them, I like to focus.

You're just so excited that you're going to the finale or something.

I won't get excited.

Until you hear it?

Until I hear it, bro.

It was the same one.

It wasn't over until I was at home with the title.

You've already beat everybody just with the drawing.

So if you execute this tattoo like you do every other one, your name should be the first person

called going to that finale.

There's not many people that can sit like this.

I'm going to tell you that right now.

I can tell you I won't do it again.

I'm not going to lie.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

You like that color, huh?

This is what I'm known for.

So I got to make sure that this thing is beautiful.

That's it.

Those little spots of trauma, man, they're killing me right now.

But the entire time the judges have been asking to see artistry, this is a real piece of art

that somebody is wearing on their body.

I hope that that's enough.

Four, three, two, one.

That's it.

Machines down.

Time is up.

No more ink.

OK, we're ready.

Now we're done.

Yeah.

Oh my god.

All right, lady, you ready to check it out?

I'm ready.

That's stunning.

I love it.

She's beautiful.

Oh, bro, that is super smooth.

Yeah, right?

It's a rolly tattoo.

That was a long day.

This has been a hell of a ride.

This is by far the hardest.

Tattoo competition there is.

So much harder than I thought it was going to be.

I didn't even expect it.

I have a little girl.

She's almost two.

Being away from her, that's probably the hardest thing.

I miss my daughter a lot.

Everything I do is for her now.

That's my world, though.

It's all worth it, man.

I talk on the phone with my wife, and I hear in the background, like, daddy, daddy.

I didn't leave them to not try to make it.

Yeah.

I mean, and I bet they're ultra proud of you right now, man.

Yeah.

And they're going to be even more proud.

Yesterday, you had to complete a 12-hour tattoo to prove that you not only have the skills

but the endurance to compete in the finale.

However, your battle for a spot in the top three is not over.

Before we critique your 12-hour tattoo, you must complete one final six-hour tattoo.

Oh!

In a competition this fierce, if you can't draw,

you don't stand a chance.

So for this tattoo, there is no tracing.

You must draw your design completely from scratch.

You cannot digitally alter them.

Without technology to hide behind, it will be apparent who has the drawing chops and who belongs

on the chopping block.

But that is not all.

Wow.

To prove you can compete at the level of a master, you must be able to draw and tattoo anything.

that is thrown at you.

So today, the opposing coaches are calling the shots.

Oh my.

Damn.

Coaches, together you have the power to assign the artist on the opposing team a subject and

a style.

This is your last chance to set your team up for success and make sure an artist from another

team is sent packing.

Everybody needs to be gunning for everybody.

This is the last chance to get into the finale.

Nobody should get an easy ride.

Make it a tough challenge.

Make these guys really fight.

If you draw a tattoo today, that's your ticket home.

You don't belong here.

Steve and DJ, you're up first.

Take a minute and discuss what style and subject Juan must tattoo.

What are you thinking, bro?

He's not good at black and gray realism.

Realism what?

Tiger.

I think he'll kill it to draw from scratch.

OK.

What is your decision?

We decided to go with black and gray, realistic tiger head.

OK.

Anthony and DJ, you're up next.

What style and subject must Roli tattoo?

He has drawing issues.

Let's give him something with anatomy in it.

Yes.

And your decision.

Roli, he's a technician.

So this is a good opportunity for him to push his drawing limits.

So we've decided to assign Roli a full body color illustrative pinup.

Stephen Anthony, what style and subject will Josh tattoo?

I'm going to get .

I have one.

A fine line, realistic clipper ship.

But you're going to pull those long lines from the top of the crow's mess all the way to the

front.

And your decision.

A fine line, black and gray, realistic clipper ship.

You dicks.

And finally, Steve and DJ, what style and subject must Jason tattoo?

I'm speaking Japanese, but you can't do color because it'll kill color.

I'll hide all his lines.

But you can't say black and gray Japanese.

There you go.

Boy dragon.

Koi dragon was a mother .

Yeah.

You want to do that?

Yeah.

All right.

And your decision?

A traditional Japanese dragon koi black and gray.

Wow.

All right, that's it.

Your canvases are open and have been randomly assigned.

Trap them boots up.

These guys gave you something that maybe you showed weakness in throughout this competition,

and it's time to challenge everybody.

Three of you guys are in the finale.

One of these not.

Make this the battle for your life.

Make it the toughest decision we've ever made in this competition.

This is your last chance to earn your spot in the finale and the right to battle it out for

$100,000.

Head into the shop.

Your canvases are waiting.

Good luck.

Let's do this thing.

You got this, bro.

I was thinking in my head, I'm like, what are they going to try to get me to draw that I can't

draw?

It's hard to trip you up.

Steve's convinced I can't do lines, and I'm here to prove him wrong.

All the pressure's on me right now.

I'm the only one left, and I'm not letting my coach down.

If you want to go down that big, that's fine, but you're already eating up half the face.

See what I'm saying?

It's so hard to draw a pin up freehand.

All the proportions got to be right.

The fingers got to be right.

The hands got to be right.

The head's got to be the right size.

It's so easy to throw this thing off.

I'm super worried right now.

I don't want to be a dick, but I see what you're doing, and this is not a .

Jason drawing.

It's stiff.

I don't have to do a Jason drawing.

I have to do a Koi drawing.

I understand that, but you can still create your own look to it.

With my lack of experience in Japanese traditional, I basically have to teach myself how to

draw in this style in two hours.

Thank you for this, man.

You just got to remember that it's realistic.

100%, yeah, yeah.

OK.

I understand that.

A realistic black and gray tiger face?

I don't know why they think that realism is one of my weaknesses.

It's actually one of my strengths.

I'm going to dedicate it to you, man.

I may put glasses on it, realistic ones.

This is a lot harder in style than I thought it was.

I can fix it, right?

You can't.

So tell me.

I know what you did wrong.

I saw it.

Smoke these .

You want to battle me?

Juan and DJ, we'll see who shows up.

One challenge in the end is what I need to win.

Artists, a spot in the finale is on the line.

The coaches have called the shots.

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

Let's do it.

Let's do this thing.

Let's go.

Today, it's a whole new challenge.

Whatever is assigned to you, you have to do it, and you have to draw it.

Eyes, snout, teeth, make sure that's flat.

Realistically, if these guys expect to win this competition, it doesn't matter what they are

assigned.

They have to be well-rounded.

They have to be able to do anything, put up or shut up.

Ready?

Yep.

Man feels super steady today.

Good.

Everything feels super nice.

Gotcha.

Focus on every line, Josh.

Today I'm going straight to the point, sharp, clean, bold.

I cannot let anything be up for questioning this.

This style is a pain in the ass.

It's incredibly nerve-wracking to know that this koi dragon could decide my fate if I'm going

to be in the finale or not.

This is a lot harder style than I thought it was.

I have an incredible fiance back home.

We recently had a daughter.

So being where I'm at now is a really big deal.

But it's not just a big deal to me.

You know, it's a big deal to my family.

They shot, and it got to me.

Relax, son.

You're good.

You're trying to be an ink master.

Smoke these .

Yeah, I know.

Then let's do this.

The other competitors are tattooing me already.

And I'm still at the drawing table.

Keep getting called out on your abortions.

Make this thing bulletproof.

Right when I think that I'm good to start tattooing, I find something else that's off in the

design.

I have to, like, start all over again.

This is your 100 Gs, bro, right here.

This is the one.

I'm taking so much time designing this tattoo that now I have to make it way smaller than

it should be.

I can't believe that this is the most important tattoo that I will ever do, and this is happening.

You have four hours remaining.

I don't even understand why does DJ think I can't do realism.

It's all I do.

I've done a lot of tiger faces, and I've done a lot of realism.

I'm more excited than nervous at this moment.

There's only one problem with it, and it's super minute.

It's there.

It's just not right there.

DJ's trying to get in my head.

I know the mind games he's playing right now, and it's not going to work.

I mean, I can fix it, right?

You can't.

So tell me.

Huh?

Tell me if I can fix it.

I just like when you're just stressing out, man.

He's just scared that I can take out his last remaining artist.

I know what you did wrong.

I saw it.

You don't really have to look.

It's kind of staring right at you.

Of course not, bro.

Juan's my biggest competition, but he's doing one eye with a pupil and one without.

I don't think he even realizes it.

Two hours left, guys.

Two more hours.

This is a whole other animal here.

Every line counts, especially when it's only four of us, you know?

Roli's definitely in trouble.

I know he's behind.

But rushing on a pinup, you make so many mistakes, especially on a woman's face.

I mean, that's the first thing people look at.

Give me thicker right on this eye, right in here.

It comes up thick and then goes thin.

Dude, you give me that best face you ever gave me.

You know what I'm saying?

The only saving grace for Roli's tattoo is his application, because his design is not good.

Three, two, one.

That's it.

Machines down.

Time is up.

No.

More ink.

All right, bro, we're all done.

Stoked.

I love it.

You the man.

Looks good.

You happy?

Love it.

Awesome, bro.

We should have gave something to Jason without lines so he didn't have to do any.

Oh, man.

Japanese has so many rules.

You broke all of them.

You're dragging Koi, but it looked like you were dragging a rake across that thing.

At least it wasn't a Where's Waldo thing trying to find one straight line in Josh's tattoo.

Hey, .

Those lines were .

Beautiful means really good.

And yours are, like, maybe mediocre.

Here, anybody want to use these?

Because they can't see Josh's tattoo.

Juan, you need these?

You want me to cover one so you can?

Josh, you know why your ego is so big?

Because you don't have a coach.

You have a cheerleader.

Hi, you go.

You want to know why you suck as a coach?

How did their drawing go away?

Hey, I'm talking!

You're always talking.

No, you are always talking.

I think we can all agree on that right now.

You know why you talk a lot of ?

I can hear you better with Juan here.

You know why you're talking a lot?

Because you're compensating.

Because you haven't been in.

Any of the two coaches, one challenge in the end is what I need to win.

Let's see if that happens.

You want to battle me?

Juan and DJ, we'll see who shows up.

Come on, man.

You lost all your team focusing on this guy.

OK, that's real .

One of you will be going home empty handed.

This one really got away from me, man.

It kills it for me.

The face is the best face of any face we're looking at.

But there's skin trauma.

They gave you something that's hard to draw.

Punch it in, man.

Punch it in.

Artists.

To earn a spot in the finale, you had to prove you have the stamina and the skills to compete

at the elite level of the masters.

You made it through 18 hours of tattooing, the most ever completed for a spot in the finale.

Let's get to it and take a look at your 12-hour tattoos.

Let's start with Jason.

This girl came out beautiful.

I lean more towards the emotional side of art.

I like to portray something that people want to ask what's going on.

You as an artist really shine here.

It's well illustrated.

I love the way the top of the head breaks, and you have that light blue glow.

That's a really nice complementary color to the gray in the face.

And it also shows through the same almost the same color in her eyes.

Really cool play, really nice artistic look on this.

But to try to saturate that light of a color in a one session tattoo is a tough call.

Anytime you have needles that are close together and soft skin, it's just begging for the

skin to come up in the middle of those needles.

And that's what happens here.

You get an overworked effect very, very quickly.

One.

I really like this tattoo, man.

It definitely has a vibrant look.

It definitely has a cool, illustrative layout to it.

I love the black, rich ends of these wings, cohesive all the way around.

They flow really nice with the back of the lady's arm, and then the positioning of the front

wing.

The way it comes down and rides her bicep is really nice.

It's pretty perfect.

The attention to detail in this thing is top notch.

Thanks.

Rolling.

You really show off smooth technical ability in this tattoo.

Your blacks are saturated.

You have some really cool techniques in your gray shading and show a lot of different textures

and different effects from the skin to the hair to the feathers.

Very slick, man.

Thank you.

I appreciate it.

Josh.

The illustration is really, really cool.

You pretty much bring the traditional Japanese into the modern era with your own style on

it.

All of the color application on this tattoo is beautiful.

But what I like is that you do some of this color application solid wall to wall.

You do other pieces where you shade off the color.

You really did hit as many of these skill sets as you could pack into one tattoo.

It comes off really, really slick.

Thank you very much, guys.

It's time to determine who had the best 12-hour tattoo of the day.

I feel like we see four good tattoos, but Josh, for me, everything that we've tested on in

this competition, this tattoo knocks it out of the park.

You've been drawing your designs.

You've been doing things that were out of the box.

You made tattoos that were fun to look at.

That is what we look for in this competition.

Definitely Josh.

Going with Josh.

Oh, that feels good.

The judges have decided the best 12-hour tattoo of the day goes to Josh.

Congratulations, man.

You've earned the first spot in the finale.

Yes!

Boy.

Oh, that is everything that we have gone through, and every bit of bull that this competition

has brought was worth every second of it.

Congratulations, DJ.

You get to call the first shot in the master face-off.

This is a huge one.

All right, only two spots in the finale remain.

We are now going to critique your six-hour tattoos.

Josh, you're in the finale.

Let's take a look at your tattoo anyway.

You were assigned a fine line, black and gray, realistic clipper ship.

The majority of your line work is pretty straight and tight, and it definitely looks like

this thing is blowing in the wind.

This tattoo came out super clean, really legible, probably better than any other ship we've

seen done in this room.

Thank you.

Moving along, two spots in the finale remain.

Three artists stand.

Rolly.

Part of this challenge was to challenge you to draw something, and .

They gave you something that's hard to draw.

The anatomy is pretty jacked.

Both arms, both shoulders are weird.

The neck connecting to the shoulders, totally crazy.

And then the head is huge.

That nose and where the center of the lips fall are smeared sideways.

You highlighted this really oversized cheek where it looks like she got rocked.

This one really got away from me.

One.

The look of it's beautiful.

The texture that you get in the muzzle, that's the toughest trick of all.

And you shine.

The eye that's on the right actually looks like it comes down lower than the other eye.

And we don't see a pupil on that eye.

In the real photo, you can't see it because it's so close to the line.

I would have took some liberties there to make the eyes more definitive.

It kills it for me.

Jason.

The turn on the spine, that part of the fish, you do pretty well.

But the ear is pushed way too far up into the furrowed brows of the dragon.

Your fins are up too high.

Your black and gray in all of the scales, not nice.

Way too grainy.

All of the black in the scales, equally nervous.

Two eyes nervous.

Punch it in, man.

Punch it in.

OK.

It is time to determine which two artists have earned their spots in the finale based on both

tattoos.

I think that Juan came closest to knocking both of them out of the park.

The details are there, and there's not any technical problems, really.

I'll vote for Juan.

I got to go with Juan.

Juan?

Yeah.

Woo!

Oh, my god.

Congratulations, Juan.

You have earned the second spot in the finale.

Dude, I have no words, man.

I'm honored, and I'm super happy, man.

Thank you.

Congratulations, Anthony.

You get to call the second shot in the master face-off.

That means there is only one spot left.

Jason and Roli, one of you will earn your spot in the finale.

and one of you will be going home empty handed.

Judges, it is time to determine who earned the last spot in the finale.

On the 12-hour tattoo, Rolly pulls off some amazing stuff.

That face is beautiful.

The shading is great.

Beautiful eyes.

But out of the six-hour tattoos, Rolly's obviously has the drawing issues.

I really love Jason's 12-hour tattoo.

I'm not psyched on the dragon koi.

Technical problems in both of Jason's tattoos.

But I look at the face on this surrealistic take on a woman that Jason did, and it is pretty

damn near perfect and flawless.

The face is the best face of any face we're looking at, but there's skin trauma.

I dropped the ball.

I wouldn't even begin to deny that I dropped the ball.

I know for a fact that I can apply any touch that I will.

Really, I got to say, man, you dropped the ball pretty big on the pinup girl.

This is a big notch out of your arsenal that you had such trouble just doing something that

is probably one of the most commonly used themes of tattoo history for 100 years.

We've debated this all season.

Artistry versus technique.

Rolly has always applied a fantastic tattoo.

Jason's already proven to have great technical application in this competition.

But that application doesn't just lie in the ink and the skin.

There's something important in the formation of the tattoo from the drawing table.

But this is a tattoo competition.

It is.

The koi fish all the way through is technically a mess.

All right, judges, this is it.

Who gets the last spot in the finale?

All right, judges, this is it.

Who gets the last spot in the finale?

For me, it is a matter of principle.

Skin drama, I'm not having it.

Roll it to the finale.

Based on what has impressed me the most out of these four tattoos, in terms of beauty and

evoking emotion, my vote's for Jason.

I am .

really, really torn, because, Jason, you do have something that a lot of people don't have

as far as your creativity and your passion for art.

But technical problems are a big miss.

My vote is for Rolly.

The judges have decided, Rolly, you are headed to the finale.

That means, Jason, you do not have what it takes to be Ink Master.

Jason, man, everything that you've overcome, coming from where you had nobody to rely on,

and you put all of that in me.

It shakes me to my core, and it inspires me.

What you do is your style, and you do it well.

It's beautiful.

I'm excited for you and your family and your future, man.

Please pack your machines and close shop.

I think it's bull that Rollie's going to the finale.

Ink Master is not just about technical application, but it's also artistry.

I guess I'm what you call more of a free-spirited artist.

This competition, man, it's hard.

It's a lot tougher than I thought it was going to be.

Congratulations, Roly.

You are headed to the finale to compete against Josh and Juan.

It's an honor.

It means a lot to me, you know?

Well done, Steve.

You get to call the third shot in the master face-off.

Remember, only one of you will earn $100,000 and the title of Ink Master.

Head back to the loft.

Thank you.

Thanks, man.

You're celebrating out now, though, boys.

This ain't over yet.

All that .

I'll tell you what, you guys are the top three for a reason.

You're bad asses, you're mentally strong, and that's what it takes to be here.

We know that.

I got nothing but respect for the three of you guys for coming back and putting up with all

our dumb asses and trying to push us through it.

I mean, I think all three of us butt heads with our coaches once or twice along the way.

Oh, yeah.

10 or 15 times.

Congratulations.

The three of you have battled it out all season long to secure a spot in the top three.

But the fight for the title is far from over.

Bar.

Only one of you will earn $100,000, a feature in Inked Magazine and the title of Ink Master.

Finalists, for your final challenge, you will each be assigned a master canvas and will have

24 hours to tattoo a full-color chest piece.

Wow.

What?

You can tattoo in any style, but to win the title, you must tattoo not one, but three iconic

creatures locked in a battle to the death.

A battle royale.

With an eagle, a snake, and a dragon, it'll take a true master to flawlessly capture this

epic fight for survival.

Typically, this is a compositional nightmare.

The eagle and the snake and the dragon have to stand apart, all be clearly legible, a lot

of anatomy, a lot of dimension, a lot of proportion issues.

Every little mistake is going to be a nail in your coffin.

How creative you decide to get, that is all in your court.

I'm going to be the dragon, and I'm going to up.

The biggest, strongest, loudest, meanest.

I'm here to win it.

Coaches, you've been leading your teams every step of the way.

for advantages in your own fight for $100,000.

And now the fight is here.

To prove that you're the best of the best, you will also receive a master canvas and must

go head to head in the most brutal test yet, a 24-hour head tattoo.

Is he kidding?

What?

A head tattoo.

I've done many of them.

They hurt.

This is insanity.

The head is really difficult.

You're basically tattooing a spear.

Delay any flat design out on the head is really tough.

The style and subject are completely up to you.

To be honest, I'm a little scared.

I tattooed two heads, and it kind of worked out.

At the finale, kind of is not going to cut it.

With 24 hours, you should be able to really trick this thing out, make sure everything is

bulletproof.

But that's not all.

In addition to your master canvas, you must also face off at the finale.

with a final six-hour tattoo.

What is going on here?

The entire competition, you've been fighting for control in the master face-off.

And now it's time to call your shots.

For each artist that you've coached to the top three, you will get to call one shot.

Style, subject, or placement.

I want to call the shot on either style or subject.

Those will be the advantages that I can trip up the other coaches with the most.

Based on the order that the artist from your team made it into the finale, you will each draw

a skull.

The skull you pick will determine which shot you get to call for the master face-off.

All three of these advantages, if played right, can do just as equal damage.

DJ, your artists are in the first spot in the finale.

That means you get first pick.

Please draw a skull.

I got subject.

Call your shot.

I'm going to choose one of my favorite things to draw, full-bodied snake.

DJ already did a snake in the first Masters Challenge, and he lost.

And he's going to lose again.

Oh, what a shock.

I've never tattooed a snake either.

Anthony, your artist earned the second spot in the finale.

Draw a skull.

Placement.

Go ahead, call your shot.

One of my biggest things in creating my art is flow.

And I feel very nice, big, open area to do it is a thigh.

And finally, Steve, your artist was the final artist to secure his spot in the finale.

Please go ahead and pick up your skull.

Obviously got style.

I'm going to switch it up.

Neo-traditional.

You can use color.

You can use black and gray.

I'm going to beat you anyway.

It doesn't matter.

Yeah, sure.

Everybody knows I can do creepy black and gray.

It's time to show the world the other skill sets that I have, and we're going to blow them

away with something else.

The master face-off has been set.

Your master canvases are completely open, and your first session will be in your hometown

in just a few weeks.

Safe travels, and see you at the finale.

You guys.

Thank you.

Rolly and Juan are fierce competitors, but there is no way they're shaking me in this finale.

I came here to win, and I'm going to take them out.

All I got to do is beat these dudes with my design.

My technical application I know is better.

This finale is like my own personal battle royale.

I'm the dragon, Josh is the snake, and Rolly is the eagle.

We're going to fight to the death.

And everyone knows the dragon always wins.

You ready, baby?

Yeah, buddy.

Told you, bro.

All right, guys.

May the best artists win.

It's going to be a battle for everybody.

You ever seen a snake eat two rats at once?

You're about to.

Be afraid of the dark, gentlemen.

Be very afraid of the dark.

Hey, wolves kill in the dark.

On the season finale of Ink Master.

I'm pumped.

The other competitors don't have anything on me.

At the end of it, we're going to win it all.

Three teams will fight to the finish.

Artist versus artist and coach versus coach.

I'm stoked on this thing, man.

It's huge.

If I got to fight through this finale tattoo, then that's what I'm going to do.

If you never knew what $100,000 looks like, this is what it looks like.

One coach and one artist will earn $100,000 prizes and the title of

Ink Master.