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- PREVIOUSLY ON BEST INK...
FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE DOING COVER-UP TATTOOS.
- COVER-UPS ARE MISERABLE.
- COVER-UPS SUCK SO BAD.
- BUT WHEN MAY MAY USED HER FLASH CHALLENGE ADVANTAGE
TO TAKE IZZI'S SKIN...
- I SPECIALIZE IN ANIMAL PORTRAITS.
- SO YOU [bleep] BETTER NAIL THIS THING THEN.
- THE STRATEGY BACKFIRED.
- I WISH SO BADLY THAT I HAD MADE IT A LITTLE SMALLER.
- KARMA.
GOD HATES A COWARD, MAY MAY,
AND HE CAN'T STAND YOUR [bleep] *** RIGHT NOW.
- AND MAY MAY MADE HERSELF A NEW ENEMY.
- I'M SORRY.
- DON'T SAY YOU DIDN'T DO IT ON PURPOSE,
WHEN YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE.
GO AWAY. - YOU GO AWAY!
- IN THE INK CHALLENGE, WILLY, JOE,
AND AMY WERE SUCCESSFULLY ABLE TO ERASE THE PAST.
- THAT IS SO COOL.
- IN ELIMINATION, IT WAS WILLY WHO ROSE TO THE TOP.
- HONESTLY, I JUST FEEL ON TOP OF THE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
CLOUD NINE.
- THE TOP THREE ARTISTS THEN SELECTED RUDY, ANTHONY,
AND MAY MAY INTO THE BOTTOM THREE,
LEAVING THEIR FATES IN THE JUDGES' HANDS...
- RUDY, THIS IS JUST NOT SHOWING ME ENOUGH
TO LET YOU GO ON COMPETING FOR BEST INK.
- AND TONIGHT, 12 ARTISTS REMAIN.
THE ARTISTS ARE COMPETING FOR A COVER
AND FEATURE SPREAD IN TATTOO MAGAZINE, $100,000...
[cheers and applause]
AND THE COVETED TITLE OF BEST INK.
- ♪ EVERY TIME I TRY TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES ♪
♪ I GET SO HUNG UP, STAR STRUCK ♪
♪ BUT NOW IS MY TIME ♪
♪ I'M SINGING HEY, NOW, HEY ♪
♪ LIGHT IT UP LIKE THE SUN ♪
♪ WE'RE SINGING ♪
♪ LET'S SHOOT FROM THE HIP ♪
♪ AND FIND A SMOKING GUN ♪
♪ THIS GUN IS SMOKIN', SMOKIN' ♪
♪ SMOKIN', SMOKIN' ♪
♪ HEY, THIS GUN IS SMOKIN', SMOKIN' ♪
♪ SMOKIN', SMOKIN' ♪
♪ YEAH, YEAH, YEAH, THIS GUN IS SMOKIN' ♪
[crickets chirping]
- UGH!
[crying]
- I COMPLETELY FEEL LIKE I'M FAILING AGAIN.
I LET IZZI GET THE BETTER OF ME, AND IT'S KIND OF MESSING ME UP,
AND ON TOP OF IT, I HAVE A LOT OF FINANCIAL PROBLEMS.
- HONESTLY, I THINK BEING AWAY FROM HOME
IS THE TOUGHEST PART OF IT ALL.
YOU'RE GOING THROUGH A LOT, BUT LIKE, FOR THE COMPETITION,
YOU GOT TO KEEP YOUR HEAD IN THE GAME.
- WE GET TO THIS BASEMENT. IT'S ALL DARK,
AND IT REMINDS ME A LOT OF,
LIKE, RAD MOVIES I'VE SEEN BEFORE.
- IT'S KIND OF MUSTY IN THERE.
ALL I CAN THINK IS, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT?"
- LOOK AROUND YOU, ARTISTS.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND A PLACE LIKE THIS ON ANY GPS.
- I CAN'T BREATHE, AND I'M SHAKING,
AND MY HANDS ARE SWEATING.
I HAVE THIS HORRIBLE FEELING
THAT I'M JUST GOING TO RUN SCREAMING FROM THIS BUILDING.
- WELCOME TO THE BEST INK FIGHT CLUB.
THE NUMBER ONE RULE IS YOU DON'T TALK ABOUT BEST INK FIGHT CLUB.
[laughter]
NOW THE BASICS HERE ARE SIMPLE.
THIS FLASH CHALLENGE WILL BE A HEAD-TO-HEAD COMPETITION.
IN EACH MATCH-UP, ONE ARTIST WILL BECOME THE WINNER,
WHILE THE OTHER ARTIST TAKES THE FALL.
- I'M STOKED BECAUSE I LOVE FIGHT CLUB,
AND I WANT TO WIN THIS FOR MY FAMILY.
- BEFORE WE GET TO THE PAIRINGS, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO THE MAN
WHO'S HERE TO OFFICIATE AS YOUR SPECIAL GUEST JUDGE,
URBAN ARTIST EXTRAORDINAIRE JUSTIN BUA.
[applause]
- I AM FAMILIAR WITH JUSTIN BUA.
HE'S A REALLY RAD STREET ARTIST,
AND HE DOES THESE, LIKE, COOL CARICATURES.
I'M INTERESTED TO SEE WHAT HE HAS TO SAY
ABOUT EVERYBODY'S WORK.
- BEING IN A DINGY PLACE LIKE THIS BRINGS ME BACK
TO WHEN I FIRST STARTED OUT AS A STREET ARTIST.
YOU HAD TO FIGHT FOR YOUR RIGHT TO GET YOUR WORK UP.
SOME WERE GOOD, AND IF YOU WANT TO WIN THIS FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DO IT BETTER
THAN THE ARTIST YOU'RE ABOUT TO BATTLE.
- THE OVERALL WINNER OF THE FLASH CHALLENGE
WILL BE WALKING OUT OF HERE WITH $1,000 IN FLASH CASH.
[applause]
- I'M REALLY HOPING THAT I WIN THAT $1,000,
JUST BECAUSE WE COULD REALLY USE IT AT HOME.
IT WOULD MAKE FOR A LOT LESS STRESS WITH MY FAMILY RIGHT NOW.
- ALL RIGHT, BEFORE I EXPLAIN HOW THE FACE-OFFS WILL WORK,
LET'S GET TO THE MATCH-UPS.
I'LL BE PICKING AN ARTIST'S NAME OUT OF THE BAG.
DARNELL.
- I'M GOING TO GO HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH ROMEO.
- ALL RIGHT.
- I PICKED ROMEO BECAUSE HE'S A COMPETITOR LIKE ME.
I FIGURED HE'D COME HARD WITH HIS DRAWING.
- IZZI. - I'M GOING TO TAKE ALANA.
- IZZI CALLS ME OUT AND SHE DOESN'T EVEN
PRONOUNCE MY NAME RIGHT,
SO I'M VERY DETERMINED TO WIN.
- MAY MAY. - I CHOOSE AMY.
I CHOOSE AMY BECAUSE I KNOW I CAN BEAT HER DESIGN.
[laughs]
- DANNY. - ANTHONY.
- YEAH.
- I CHOOSE ANTHONY BECAUSE HE ALMOST GOT SENT HOME LAST WEEK,
AND I FEEL LIKE HE'S GOING TO BE AN EASY COMPETITOR TO BEAT.
- I'M GOING TO GO WITH LARA. - OOH.
- I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED THAT KARLY CALLED ME OUT.
SHE'S GOING TO KICK HERSELF WHEN SHE REALIZES
THAT I TOTALLY FIGHT BACK WITH MY WORDS.
I'M A WORD WARRIOR.
- JOE, WILLY, YOU GUYS ARE THE FINAL PAIR.
- I'M SHOCKED THAT NOBODY WANTED TO GO AGAINST EITHER OF US.
I THINK THAT JUST SAYS THAT ME AND WILLY
ARE REALLY STRONG COMPETITORS IN THE COMPETITION.
- HERE'S HOW BEST INK FIGHT CLUB WILL WORK.
YOUR OPPONENT WILL THROW OUT A WORD,
AND YOU'LL THROW ONE RIGHT BACK.
YOU WILL THEN HAVE TO WORK BOTH OF THESE WORDS
INTO YOUR OWN PIECE OF ART
THAT BEATS DOWN YOUR COMPETITION.
NOW WHETHER YOU CHOOSE AN EASY WORD,
OR A TOUGH WORD TO THROW OFF YOUR OPPONENT,
BOTH WORDS MUST BE REPRESENTED IN YOUR FINAL PIECE.
ALL RIGHT, FIGHT CLUB STARTS NOW.
- MY WORD FOR THIS CHALLENGE IS "DEMONS".
- "GUITAR".
- MY WORD'S GOING TO BE "TOOTH".
- TOOTH? MY WORD IS "CACTUS".
I WANT TO PICK SOMETHING
THAT WILL MAYBE THROW IZZI OFF A LITTLE BIT.
I MEAN, WHAT'S SHE GOING TO DO WITH A CACTUS?
- DARNELL? - I CHOSE "SHEEP."
- "ZOMBIES.
- MY WORD IS "BUS."
- MY WORD IS "CAMOUFLAGE."
- MY WORD IS "WINDOW."
- MY WORD IS "KALI."
- AS IN THE DOG?
- AS IN THE HINDU GODDESS OF WAR.
- I DO A LOT OF TIBETAN BUDDHISM-TYPE TATTOO WORK,
SO I WAS POSITIVE THAT KARLY WAS GOING TO BE FRUSTRATED.
- FANTASTIC.
THE INDIAN DEITY OF WAR.
WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH THAT?
- "EYES."
- "PISTACHIO."
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS,
YOU HAVE ONE HOUR TO COMPLETE THIS FLASH CHALLENGE.
YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
- CAN YOU GIVE ME ANY KIND OF IDEA OF WHAT--
HOW SHE'S DEPICTED AT ALL?
I'M TOTALLY GOING INTO THIS WITH A COMPLETE DISADVANTAGE.
THE BEST THING I CAN DO
IS COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF INTERPRETATION
OF WHAT I MAY THINK THE HINDU GODDESS OF WAR
MAY LOOK LIKE.
- I PICKED DEMONS BECAUSE I DRAW A LOT OF EVIL STUFF,
AND HE'S GOT TO BE A [bleep] AND GO PICK A [bleep] GUITAR.
WHO DOES THAT?
LET'S PICK SOMETHING WITH A BUNCH OF SYMMETRICAL LINES.
THAT'S A REALLY GOOD OBJECT TO PICK.
IT WAS A POOR CHOICE FOR HIM AND ME.
- I LIKE TO DO A LOT OF EYES BECAUSE IT'S MY WAY OF SAYING
THAT YOU NEED TO LOOK AT THINGS DIFFERENTLY.
SO WHEN JOE CHOSE "PISTACHIO," I WAS LIKE,
"TIGER WITH PISTACHIO EYES."
- WILLY PICKED "EYES" BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT HE LIKES TO DRAW.
PERSONALLY, I WANTED TO PICK SOMETHING A LITTLE WEIRD,
SO I WANT TO DRAW A PISTACHIO, YOU KNOW, ON A TONGUE,
ABOUT TO BE DEVOURED.
AND HE'S OPENING UP, AND HE'S LIKE,
"OH, MAN," YOU KNOW, "I'M ABOUT TO GET EATEN."
IT WAS AWESOME.
- ALL RIGHT, TEN MINUTES LEFT, ARTISTS.
- I'VE ALWAYS FELT LIKE THE BLACK SHEEP AMONGST MY PEERS
AND MY FAMILY.
I'VE ALWAYS HAD TO FIGHT FOR RESPECT,
SO MY CONCEPT IS A BIG, BLACK SHEEP
JUST KICKING AROUND A BUNCH OF ZOMBIES.
THAT'S WHAT I'M ABOUT TO DO.
I FEEL LIKE I'M A STRONGER ARTIST THAN ROMEO.
I DON'T THINK HE CAN COMPETE WITH THAT.
- ♪ YOUR WORDS ARE RECKLESS ♪
♪ YOU'RE DELUSIONAL ♪
♪ I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU ♪
♪ EVERYTHING THAT YOU DESERVE! ♪
- FIVE MINUTES LEFT FOR THIS FACE-OFF.
- WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I USED TO GET PICKED ON A LOT
IN HIGH SCHOOL AND STUFF LIKE THAT,
SO MY PIECE SIGNIFIED ZOMBIES EATING THE SHEEP.
I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME,
BUT I'M STILL REALLY CONFIDENT ABOUT MY PIECE.
- ♪ BRING IT, BRING IT ♪
♪ SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT ♪
♪ IT REALLY DON'T MEAN ANYTHING ♪
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, TIME IS UP!
MARKERS DOWN!
GREAT JOB, EVERYONE.
- I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH THE DRAWINGS HERE.
- LET'S GET TO THE FACE-OFFS.
DARNELL, YOU CALLED OUT ROMEO.
- DARNELL, THIS IS WHAT STRUCK ME ABOUT YOUR PAINTING.
IT'S REALLY WEIRD, IT'S REALLY OUT THERE,
AND I LIKE THAT. GREAT JOB.
ROMEO, YOUR PAINTING, I THINK IT'S COOL.
IT ACTUALLY REMINDS ME OF, LIKE,
AN EARLY 1970S NEW YORK CITY TRAIN PIECE.
YOU DIDN'T FINISH THE COLOR OUT, THOUGH,
SO THE WINNER OF THIS FACE-OFF IS DARNELL.
- NEXT WE HAVE WILLY VERSUS JOE.
- WILLY, THE COLOR CHOICE OF THE BABY BLUE BACKGROUND,
NOT THE BEST CHOICE.
BUT CONCEPTUALLY, IT'S REALLY GOOD.
AND JOE, MAN, YOU GOT AN AMAZING IMAGINATION.
I HAVE A BIG PROBLEM WITH YOUR COLOR CHOICES, THOUGH--
A BRIGHT PINK RIGHT AGAINST THE BABY BLUE
MAKES IT FALL APART.
THE WINNER OF THIS FACE-OFF IS WILLY.
- FOR THE NEXT FACE-OFF, WE HAD IZZI CALLING OUT ALAYNA.
- IZZI, YOU HAVE LIGHT COMING FROM THE BACK,
BUT THEN YOU HAVE LIGHT ON THE CACTUS.
SO YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO DEAL WITH LIGHT LOGIC,
AND IT FEELS LIKE THE TEETH ARE A LITTLE BIT OF AN AFTERTHOUGHT.
ALAYNA, REALLY THIS WAS ABOUT INTEGRATING THE WORDS,
AND YOU DID THAT IN A STRONG WAY.
THE CACTUS INTO THE HAIR, THAT'S REALLY INTERESTING.
AND THERE'S THESE TEETH HANGING DOWN AS ALL THESE ORNAMENTS.
THE WINNER OF THIS FACE-OFF IS ALAYNA.
- ALL RIGHT, MAY MAY, TO ME,
YOU COMMUNICATED A LITTLE BIT LIKE A STORYBOARD,
SO IT'S VERY LITERAL.
EVEN THE CAMOUFLAGE FEELS A LITTLE BIT TOO LITERAL.
AMY, I THINK THE DRAWING IS NICE.
IT'S A LOT OF DETAIL FOR SUCH A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME,
AND I THINK YOU PULLED THAT OFF.
THE WINNER OF THIS FACE-OFF IS AMY.
[applause]
- I'M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT MY DRAWING WAS AMAZING,
BUT I DIDN'T THINK AMY'S WAS AMAZING EITHER.
- DANNY, THE TROUBLE THAT I HAVE WITH THIS
IS IT FEELS VERY FLAT.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE MORE OF A GRAPHIC,
AND LESS LIKE A DRAWING.
ANTHONY, THE LIGHTING IS COOL,
AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE REFLECTED LIGHT.
I THINK IT FEELS UNSOPHISTICATED.
BUT BECAUSE COLOR WILL ALWAYS WIN,
ANTHONY, THE WINNER.
[applause]
- HE BASES THE FINAL DECISION ON COLOR?
THAT IS SUCH A BULL[bleep] THING TO JUDGE ON.
HE SHOULD HAVE JUST PUNCHED ME IN THE FACE.
I THINK I WOULD HAVE BEEN LESS OFFENDED.
- KARLY, I THOUGHT YOUR DRAWING WAS REALLY GOOD,
AND YOU SHOWED ACTION.
IT FELT LIKE IT WAS LIVING.
THE STAINED GLASS IS REALLY NICE,
BUT IT FEELS UNFINISHED
BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF WHITE SPACE.
LARA, IT'S AN INTERESTING PIECE BECAUSE, TO ME,
LIKE, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT IT,
IT JUST FELT LIKE IT WAS VIBRATING.
IT FELT LIKE IT WAS ACTUALLY ANIMATING TO ME.
THE WINNER IS LARA.
[applause]
- I'VE ALWAYS BEEN UNDERESTIMATED,
BUT I'M THE MOST EXPERIENCED PERSON HERE,
AND I'M HERE TO WIN.
- SO, JUSTIN, NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR FIGHT CLUB FACE-OFF WINNERS,
WHICH ARTIST REALLY STOOD ABOVE THE REST?
- TWO OF YOU DID AN AMAZING JOB.
WILLY... [applause]
- AND THE NEXT ARTIST I'D LIKE TO STEP FORWARD IS DARNELL.
[applause]
DARNELL, YOU HAD ENERGY, VITALITY,
RIGHT THERE IN THE VISUAL SPACE.
WILLY, YOU BROUGHT IT FROM THE CREATIVE LEVEL.
IT WAS JUST REALLY A HIGH-LEVEL JOB,
BUT THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE WINNER,
AND THE WINNER OF THIS FLASH CHALLENGE IS...
- COMING UP...
- FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE,
IT'LL BE ONE SKIN FOR EVERY TWO ARTISTS.
- I'VE NEVER DONE A TANDEM TATTOO BEFORE.
- DOING A TATTOO AT THE SAME TIME IS REALLY HARD.
[needle buzzing] - OKIE-DOKE.
- SHE'S BOLD-LINED EVERYTHING!
IT'S BECOMING REALLY HARD TO KEEP MY COOL.
- ARTISTS, FOR THIS FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU WENT HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH A COMPETITOR,
AND TRIED TO THROW THEM OFF BY CHOOSING DIFFICULT THEMES
TO INCORPORATE INTO BOTH OF YOUR DRAWINGS.
- DARNELL, YOUR WORDS WERE "ZOMBIE" AND "SHEEP".
YOU HAD A REALLY GREAT STORY TO TELL.
YOU HAD ENERGY, VITALITY.
IT WAS RIGHT THERE, EXISTING IN THE VISUAL SPACE.
WILLY, YOUR WORDS WERE "PISTACHIO" AND "EYES".
YOU BROUGHT IT FROM A TECHNICAL LEVEL,
YOU BROUGHT IT FROM A CREATIVE LEVEL,
AND IT WAS JUST REALLY A HIGH-LEVEL JOB.
BUT THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE WINNER,
AND THE WINNER OF THIS FLASH CHALLENGE IS...
WILLY.
[applause]
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- CONGRATULATIONS, WILLY.
YOU'RE WALKING OUT OF HERE WITH $1,000 IN FLASH CASH.
- I JUST COULDN'T BE MORE STOKED RIGHT NOW, HONESTLY.
IT'S TWO CHALLENGES IN A ROW THAT I'VE WON,
AND I THINK PEOPLE SHOULD BE
A LITTLE BIT MORE WORRIED ABOUT ME THAN THEY ARE.
AND THAT TO ME IS AN ADVANTAGE IN ITSELF,
SO I'M STOKED RIGHT NOW.
- CONGRATULATIONS, WILLY.
YOU'LL LEARN THE ADVANTAGE YOU'RE GETTING
WHEN WE GET BACK TO THE TATTOO SHOP.
THANK YOU, JUSTIN, FOR BEING OUR FIRST EVER
BEST INK FIGHT CLUB REFEREE.
ARTISTS, I'LL SEE YOU IN A BIT.
[applause]
- DARNELL'S A REALLY SOLID ARTIST.
HE PICKED ME OUT, I'M GOING TO [bleep]
DO THIS BAD-*** DRAWING, MAKE HIM LOOK BAD,
AND BEAT HIM AT THIS COMPETITION.
AND I JUST COMPLETELY JUST SHOT MYSELF IN THE FOOT
AND MADE MYSELF LOOK LIKE AN IDIOT.
AND I HAD THIS HALF-FINISHED [bleep] DRAWING, DUDE.
- DEFINITELY FRUSTRATING.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, BRING IT IN.
ARTISTS, EARLIER TODAY, AT THE FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU WENT HEAD-TO-HEAD AT THE BEST INK FIGHT CLUB.
NOW, FOR YOUR INK CHALLENGE, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COMBINE
THE IMAGES OF TWO OPPOSING FORCES INTO ONE TATTOO.
THOSE TWO BATTLING IMAGES ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER
FOR ART'S SAKE, JUST LIKE YOU.
SEE, FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE,
IT'LL BE ONE SKIN FOR EVERY TWO ARTISTS.
- YEAH!
- SO THAT MEANS TWO ARTISTS
ARE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK ON ONE SKIN SIMULTANEOUSLY.
YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH THE VERY SAME ARTIST YOU FACED OFF
AGAINST IN THE FLASH CHALLENGE.
- IF I HAD KNOWN THAT,
I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE PICKED WILLY
OR JOE FOR THE FLASH CHALLENGE.
- YOUR FORMER ENEMY IS NOW YOUR PARTNER IN CRIME.
YOUR CHALLENGE, AND I THINK IT WILL BE A CHALLENGE,
IS TO WORK TOGETHER TO COME UP
WITH AN AMAZING COLLABORATIVE TATTOO.
- I CHOSE ANTHONY, HONESTLY,
BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE A WEAK COMPETITOR.
AND NOW THAT I'M BEING PAIRED UP WITH HIM, I'M JUST, LIKE,
KICKING MYSELF IN THE *** FOR IT.
I'M LIKE, "WHAT DID I DO?"
- NOW, IN THE PAST, HANNAH AND I
HAVE BOTH DONE COLLABORATIVE TATTOOS.
WHEN THE TATTOOS WERE DONE, YOU COULDN'T TELL WHO DID WHAT.
THE OTHER JUDGES AND I,
WE WANT TO SEE ONE IMAGE BY TWO DIFFERENT ARTISTS.
THIS IS ALL COMING DOWN TO TEAMWORK.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S BRING IN THE SKINS.
FOR YOUR INK CHALLENGE,
YOUR SKINS ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO HAVE FACED TOUGH BATTLES
IN THEIR OWN LIVES.
THEY WANT THEIR STORIES REPRESENTED
WITH TWO OPPOSING IMAGES.
- I RECENTLY MOVED HERE FROM LAS VEGAS.
I FOUND MYSELF DRINKING A LOT THERE,
KIND OF FELL INTO A BAD GROUP OUT THERE.
WHAT I'D LIKE TO GET IS A KANGAROO SQUARING OFF
WITH AN OLD-TIMEY BOXER,
JUST TO KIND OF REMIND MYSELF
TO KEEP GETTING BACK UP WHEN I GET KNOCKED DOWN.
- I USED TO DO BALLET, AND I WOULD LIKE
TO GET A PIECE ON MY LEFT THIGH
OF A BLACK SWAN VERSUS A WHITE SWAN.
I WAS KIND OF THE UGLY DUCKLING GROWING UP,
AND GOING INTO BALLET WAS KIND OF A GREAT ESCAPE FROM IT,
AND IT MADE ME FEEL VERY GRACEFUL, VERY BEAUTIFUL.
AND I'D LIKE THE WHITE SWAN
TO BE KIND OF REPRESENTATIVE OF MYSELF,
AND THE WHITE SWAN IS ALWAYS GOING AFTER TRUE LOVE.
- BEFORE I MOVED TO L.A., I LOST MY JOB, MY HOME,
AND MY GIRLFRIEND, ALL AT THE SAME TIME.
I WANT THIS TATTOO TO SHOW A FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL.
- I'M A RECOVERING DRUG ADDICT.
LIKE, I LOST MY JOB, LIKE, EVERY JOB I HAD,
EVERY CAR I HAD.
I LOST, LIKE, EVERYTHING.
I WANT A BATTLE SCENE,
'CAUSE IT'S AN EVERYDAY BATTLE THAT I'M WINNING.
- I WENT THROUGH AN ABUSIVE RELATIONSHIP.
HE PICKED ME UP BY MY NECK AND HELD ME AGAINST A FRIDGE,
AND THEN THREW ME AGAINST A WALL.
SO I WOULD LOVE TO GET AN ANGEL
AND A DEVIL PIN-UP GIRL RIGHT HERE
TO REPRESENT SOMETHING REALLY BEAUTIFUL AND AMAZING,
SO THAT I CAN SEE IT EVERY DAY
AND BE REMINDED THAT I CAN BE STRONG AND OVERCOME ANYTHING.
- LISTENING TO THE SKINS' STORIES,
IT REALLY REMINDED ME WHY I DO THIS FOR A LIVING, YOU KNOW?
IT'S SUCH AN INTIMATE AND EMOTIONAL
AND POWERFUL THING TO BE MARKING SOMEBODY FOR LIFE.
- WHEN I WAS A KID, MY DAD DIED AND LEFT JUST MY MOM
AND MY BROTHER AND ME.
AND THEN A COUPLE YEARS AFTER THAT,
WE LOST ALL OUR STUFF IN AN EARTHQUAKE,
AND THEN AGAIN IN A HOUSE FIRE A COUPLE YEARS AFTER THAT.
I'M LOOKING TO GET FIRE VERSUS WATER RIGHT HERE.
- I'M REALLY PRAYING THAT I DON'T GET
THAT FIRE AND WATER PIECE, UGH!
MIXING JUST A BUNCH OF FIRE AND A BUNCH OF WATER
WITH YOUR POLYNESIAN ARM STUFF IS JUST A MESS.
- WILLY, SINCE YOU WON THE OVERALL FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOUR TEAM WILL GET THE FIRST PICK OF SKINS.
- WE'D LIKE TO CHOOSE MICHAEL.
- I FEEL LIKE WE CAN DO A HUGE PIECE.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO WORK REALLY WELL
WITH BOTH OF OUR STYLES,
AND WE'RE GOING TO BLOW THIS THING OUT OF THE WATER.
- MAY MAY AND I, WE CHOOSE NICK.
- WE CHOOSE BRITT.
- KARLY AND I WILL PICK LUCY.
- I KNEW RIGHT AWAY, HEARING THOSE SKINS' STORIES,
I WANTED THE SWANS, ABSOLUTELY.
- IZZI AND I CHOOSE KATHERINE.
- ALL RIGHT, THAT LEAVES DARNELL AND ROMEO WITH JOSH.
- ALL THE OTHER SKINS ARE CHOSEN.
LIKE, NOBODY WANTS THE FIRE TATTOO.
IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO JUST KIND OF PUT THAT TOGETHER,
AS FAR AS MAKING THOSE ELEMENTS LOOK COOL IN A TATTOO.
- OKAY, ARTISTS, YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR SKINS.
GOOD LUCK.
[hard rock music]
- MY IDEA FOR MY TATTOO, LIKE,
A SQUID IS GOING TO HAVE ITS TENTACLES WRAPPED AROUND A SHIP,
YOU KNOW, PIRATES ARE GOING TO BE BATTLING THE TENTACLES.
- OKAY.
- I WANT TO GET AN ANGEL
AND A DEVIL PIN-UP GIRL ON MY SIDE RIGHT HERE.
- SO YOU WANT, LIKE, ONE ANGEL PIN-UP AND ONE DEVIL PIN-UP...
- YEAH. - WITH THE ANGEL...
I'VE NEVER DONE A TANDEM TATTOO BEFORE,
AND I'M KIND OF SCARED OF IT, BUT IT'S A PIN-UP.
SO THIS IS REALLY KIND OF MY SPECIALTY.
WHAT ARE YOU PICTURING FOR, LIKE, WHAT THEY'RE WEARING?
- I LIKE CORSETS FOR MAYBE THE DEVIL,
AND THEN THE ANGEL BEING IN SOMETHING REALLY FLOWY...
- OKAY. - IT CAN BE TIGHT-FITTING.
- I'M JUST GOING TO LET YOU TALK SO WE'RE ON THE SAME PAGE.
- I LIKE TATTOOING BY MYSELF, BUT WHATEVER.
- DO YOU-- - HOW DO YOU--
- OH, SORRY. - NO, NO. GO AHEAD.
YOU WERE PROBABLY GOING TO ASK THE SAME THING.
- IZZI'S DEFINITELY LETTING ME TAKE CHARGE.
YOU KNOW, I WANT HER TO CONTRIBUTE.
BUT IF SHE'S GOING TO LET ME TAKE CHARGE,
I'LL TAKE THE LEAD.
I CAN'T WAIT TO DRAW IT UP.
- YOU WANT TO DO SOME FIRE AND SOME WATER?
- YEAH, SO THE IDEA IS TO HAVE IT WORKED IN
IN BETWEEN THE PIECES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE.
- WE GET FIRE AND WATER.
BASICALLY, IT'S TWO BACKGROUND ELEMENTS.
I'M JUST REALLY HOPING
THAT ME AND DARNELL CAN PUT OUR IDEAS TOGETHER,
AND JUST COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO BE STRONG ENOUGH
WHERE WE CAN HOPEFULLY PUT SOME HEAT ON THE COMPETITION.
- WE'RE ALREADY THINKING ABOUT GOING WITH
MORE OF A REALISTIC LOOK. - I AGREE 100%.
- ME AND ROMEO ARE KIND OF JUST GOING BACK AND FORTH
WITH REALLY HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THIS WATER,
AND I THINK HE'S LEANING MORE TOWARDS THE WATER,
SO HE'S GOING TO TATTOO IT.
I FEEL LIKE I GOT THE FIRE DOWN.
I'VE NEVER REALLY TATTOOED FIRE,
BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M KIND OF THINKING, HOW HARD CAN IT BE?
- OKAY, SO DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT KIND OF A STYLE?
YOU WANTED TWO SWANS TOGETHER?
- SHOW ME EXACTLY WHERE YOU WANT IT.
- I'D LIKE TO GET IT HERE, YOU KNOW,
KIND OF KEEP IT ABOVE THE KNEE AND,
YOU KNOW, JUST RIGHT AT THE HIP.
- OKAY.
- I THINK MY BIGGEST CHALLENGE WORKING WITH LARA
IS MAKING SURE THAT MY VOICE IS HEARD AS WELL.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
OUR PERSONALITIES ARE VERY DIFFERENT.
HOW DO YOU FEEL-- BOTH OF YOU FEEL--
ABOUT HAVING THEM SET IN WATER?
LIKE, HAVING THIS SPLASHING WATER?
- I WAS THINKING IT WAS GOING TO BE MORE EFFECTIVE IF WE HAVE,
NOT SO MUCH WATER, BUT SOME KIND OF FLUIDITY,
THAT COULD BE WATER IN THE SENSE THAT WE CAN CONCENTRATE
ON THE DETAIL OF THE SWAN. - MM-HMM.
- I JUST HOPE THAT SHE TAKES MY POINT OF VIEW
AND PERSPECTIVE INTO CONSIDERATION
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY WORK TOGETHER ON THIS,
RATHER THAN IT BEING THE LARA SHOW.
- WE HAVEN'T WORKED TOGETHER YET.
- MM-HMM. - THAT'S THE SCARY PART.
- RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
WHEN YOU WERE TELLING YOUR STORY,
ME AND MAY MAY WERE LIKE-- LIKE, NUDGING EACH OTHER.
WE WERE LIKE, "OH, MY GOD, THE BOXER AND THE KANGAROO!
WE GOTTA DO THAT." SO, PERFECT.
- COOL.
- MY BIG FAVORITE THING TO DO WITH COLLABORATIONS
IS TO SWITCH AROUND.
THAT WAY NEITHER SIDE ENDS UP LOOKING EXACTLY LIKE
THAT PERSON'S STYLE.
YOU END UP WITH A NICE BLEND. - COOL.
I'M GOING TO LET YOU KIND OF TAKE THE LEAD FOR, LIKE...
SO WE'RE NOT TATTOOING ON TOP OF EACH OTHER.
I PERSONALLY HAVEN'T COLLABORATED BEFORE.
AND MAY MAY HAS,
SO I'M GOING TO KIND OF DEFER TO HER EXPERIENCE IN THE MATTER.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD COLLABORATION.
- WE WANT TO END UP WITH ONE TATTOO
THAT LOOKS LIKE ONE ARTIST DID IT, NOT TWO.
- MM-HMM.
- SO WE CONSULTED NICK, AND HE WANTS THIS,
LIKE, OLD-TIMEY, YOU KNOW,
"PUT UP YOUR DUKES" KIND OF BOXER, AND A KANGAROO.
I'VE ACTUALLY DONE COLLABORATIVE TATTOOS BEFORE,
SO I CAN HELP AMY THROUGH IT, AND I CAN COACH HER.
I THINK IT'LL WORK OUT WELL.
- I THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE IN REALLY GOOD SHAPE FOR TOMORROW.
- ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT ARE YOU THINKING YOU WANT?
- SOMETHING LIKE GOOD VERSUS EVIL.
- SOMETHING REPRESENTING A DEMON,
SOMETHING REPRESENTING, LIKE, AN ANGELIC FORCE, KIND OF?
- RIGHT.
- ARE YOU THINKING, LIKE, BLACK AND GRAY, OR COLOR?
- BLACK AND GRAY.
- I CAN DEFINITELY WORK WITH THAT,
IF YOU CAN WORK WITH THAT TOO.
- YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. - ALL RIGHT, COOL, COOL.
- YOU KNOW, I WAS KIND OF HOPING
TO DO SOME COLOR BECAUSE,
YOU KNOW, I DO IT PRETTY WELL.
DANNY REALLY WANTED IT TO BE BLACK AND GRAY,
SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE WORK TOGETHER,
NOT AGAINST EACH OTHER.
I ALMOST JUST FEEL LIKE IF WE DON'T DO COLOR,
IT'S JUST GOING TO HURT US, MAN. I REALLY FEEL THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, I COULD BE WRONG, DUDE, I COULD BE WRONG.
- NOW THAT I KNOW I'M DOING BLACK AND GRAY,
I'M GOING TO SAY, "YOU KNOW WHAT?
"[bleep] THIS COMPETITION. I'M GOING TO DO ME.
"I'M GOING TO DO MY STYLE,
AND IF THEY DON'T LIKE IT, SEND ME HOME."
- YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- THE WAY YOU SPEAK CAN BE TAKEN AS RUDE.
YOU NEED TO THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK.
OTHERWISE, YOU COME OFF LOOKING LIKE AN ***.
- STOP MAKING EXCUSES!
YOU'RE THE ONE, AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORK BEING DONE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS,
LIVE WITH YOUR DECISION.
- I THINK WE'RE DOING PRETTY GOOD.
- WE'RE BOTH WORKING ON THE EXACT SAME PAPER.
- YEAH.
- SO THIS IS WHY WE'RE TATTOOING THE SAME SKIN, RIGHT?
- FOR SURE.
- FOR THIS CHALLENGE,
TWO ARTISTS NEED TO COLLABORATE ON A PIECE
THAT LOOKS AS IF ONE ARTIST DID IT.
ME AND ROMEO, WE'RE ALREADY WORKING COHESIVELY,
AND IT'S FEELING LIKE
WE'RE GOING TO BE WORKING WELL TOGETHER.
- WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD TEAMWORK WITH THIS, FOR SURE.
- THESE THINGS ARE STIFF AS [bleep].
- WELL, MAYBE I LIKE THEM STIFF.
- LIKE YOUR DRINKS?
- I WAS GOING TO SAY LIKE SOMETHING ELSE.
AMY AND I REALLY GET ALONG.
SHE REMINDS ME A LOT OF ME WHEN I WAS A LOT YOUNGER,
ACTUALLY--
SUPER EXCITED AND HAS TONS TO SAY
AND IS REALLY CONFIDENT.
I THINK IT'LL WORK OUT WELL.
- HI! - HI, LUCY.
- HOW ARE YOU DOING?
- OH, MY GOSH.
- DO YOU LOVE IT? - OH, THAT'S SO BEAUTIFUL.
- I LOVE IT.
- COOL. - THAT LOOKS AWESOME.
- YAY! I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKE IT.
- WOW, THAT IS SO SICK.
YOU GOT THE PIRATE, THE GIANT SQUID, THE SHIP.
- I REALLY WANT TO DO A BIG PIECE.
ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I WANT TO MAKE IT SO BIG
IS BECAUSE I WANT TO SEE HOW FAST I REALLY CAN TATTOO.
AND SINCE I HAVE IMMUNITY, WHAT BETTER TIME THAN NOW?
- HOW'S IT GOING? GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
- HOW YOU GUYS DOING? - HERE'S THE STENCIL.
- THAT LOOKS AWESOME.
- SO WE'RE GOING TO GO WITH, LIKE, A SUPER-REALISTIC ANGEL,
AND THEN THE FLOW IS GOING TO GO INTO THE DEMON.
- I'M NOT REALLY THE BEST TEAM PLAYER,
SO I'M GOING TO HAVE ANTHONY DO THE BOTTOM HALF,
I'M GOING TO DO THE TOP HALF,
WE'RE GOING TO MEET SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE.
IT'S GOING TO BE TRICKY TO WORK AS A TEAM,
BUT I GUESS I GOT TO SUCK IT UP, MAKE IT HAPPEN.
- DO YOU WANT ME TO PUT THAT ON,
OR YOU FEEL CONFIDENT ABOUT THE STRENGTH OF IT?
THE STENCIL'S GOOD FOR YOU?
- I FEEL GOOD ABOUT IT. I WILL OBVIOUSLY--
- GET HER A LITTLE FUNKIER.
I USUALLY PUT A [bleep]LOAD ON, AND THEN I WIPE SOME OFF.
- I JUST TOOK THE REINS WHERE I SAW THAT, LIKE, KARLY WASN'T.
SHE IS VERY QUIET, AND IT IS HER NATURE.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT IS A COMPETITION.
I'M HERE TO WIN. AWESOME.
- AS LONG AS YOUR LETTERING IS IN WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE,
THAT'S MY ONLY CONCERN, YEAH, IS JUST REALLY REFINING THAT.
- OKAY, ARTISTS, ON MY SIGNAL,
YOU'LL HAVE FIVE AND A HALF HOURS
TO COMPLETE YOUR TATTOO.
LET'S GET THE INK ROLLING AND THE NEEDLES GOING.
- MAKE YOURSELF COMFY, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HERE A WHILE.
- YOU BOLD, I'LL FINE LINE.
- YOUR INK CHALLENGE STARTS NOW!
[needle buzzing]
- YOU READY? - ALL RIGHT.
- HOW'S THAT FEEL, MAN?
SO ME AND WILLY'S PLAN,
EVERYTHING WE DREW WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE WOULD BE DOING THE OPPOSITE
ONCE WE'RE TATTOOING.
SO, LIKE, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE WHEN THAT TATTOO WAS DONE,
YOU COULD LOOK AT IT AND YOU COULDN'T TELL
THAT TWO PEOPLE TATTOOED IT AT ALL.
- WE HAD TO MAKE UP FOR OUR OWN WEAKNESSES.
SOMETIMES, MY LINE WORK IS NOT THE GREATEST.
THAT IS MY WEAK POINT.
MY SHADING?
I'LL BEAT THE [bleep] OUT OF ANYBODY ELSE HERE
WITH MY SHADING.
HER LINE WORK IS IMPECCABLE,
SO I WAS LIKE, "YOU DO LINE WORK,
I'LL DO SHADING."
- DOES IT MESS YOU UP WHEN I BLOT HER?
- WHEN YOU PUSH ON HER TO START
IS WHEN IT TOTALLY ALTERS WHERE THE SKIN IS,
'CAUSE I CAN'T GET INTO MY GROOVE DOING
TWO OR THREE STROKES AND THEN STOPPING.
- I HEAR YOU.
- WORKING WITH SOMEBODY ELSE, DOING A TATTOO AT THE SAME TIME,
IS REALLY HARD.
- I CAN GET THIS WHOLE ROW DONE IF YOU GIVE ME ONE SECOND.
- YEAH, GO FOR IT.
- I JUST REALIZED HOW STILL THE SKIN HAS TO BE
IN ORDER TO PUT IN CLEAN LINE WORK.
- IT IS AN ANXIOUS FEELING JUST SITTING HERE AND WAITING THOUGH.
- YEAH, I KNOW.
- USE THE LEAFY GREEN,
BECAUSE THAT IS SURPRISINGLY YELLOW IN THE SKIN.
YEAH. - BOTH OF THESE?
- YEAH.
- I THOUGHT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT DOING, LIKE,
A MOSS GREEN TO AN OCHRE YELLOW TONE THOUGH.
- I'D MIX SOMETHING FOR IT,
'CAUSE THE MUSTARD YELLOW IS A REALLY BEAUTIFUL OCHRE TONE,
OR THE HOT MUSTARD.
- IT'S REALLY FRUSTRATING
LISTENING TO SOMEBODY TALK TO YOU
AS IF THEY KNOW MORE THAN YOU DO.
I'M GOING OUT OF MY WAY TO BE SWEET TO HER RIGHT NOW.
I ALMOST FEEL LIKE THIS IS TOO GREEN
FOR THE BLEND WE WERE GOING FOR, THOUGH.
- IT'S THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE DARK ENOUGH,
THAT, LIKE, MOSS GREEN.
MAY MAY HAS BEEN STRESSED.
AND I FEEL FOR THE GIRL,
BUT I DON'T TAKE SUBTLETY VERY WELL.
IF YOU HAVE A POINT TO MAKE, GET OUT THE BASEBALL BAT,
AND HIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH IT.
- THE FACT THAT I'M LEFT-HANDED AND ROMEO'S RIGHT-HANDED,
OUR HANDS ARE LITERALLY BUMPING INTO EACH OTHER.
WE'RE BOTH TRYING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN,
SO WE JUST DON'T GET TOO MUCH IN EACH OTHER'S WAY,
BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD.
- IZZI, SHE'S REALLY RUNNING BEHIND,
SO I'M KNOCKING OUT SOME OF THE SHADING
THAT SHE WAS PLANNING TO DO.
IZZI MIGHT BE RELYING ON ME TO CARRY HER THROUGH THIS ONE.
- LARA DECIDES TO PUT THIS BLUE HAZE
AROUND HER ENTIRE SWAN.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE HAD TALKED ABOUT,
AND I THINK IT'S VERY CONFUSING.
NOW WE'RE GOING TO LOSE THE CONSISTENCY OF THE PIECE,
'CAUSE I'M NOT PUTTING A BIG BLUE HAZE AROUND MY SWAN.
- OKIE-DOKE.
I'M GOING TO GO TAKE A CIGARETTE BREAK.
THIS IS GOING WAY WORSE THAN I THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO.
I START THE LETTERING, AND AS I'M GOING OVER
AND I LOOK AT WHAT SHE'S DOING,
SHE'S BOLD-LINED EVERYTHING!
THE WAY WE DESIGNED THIS FILIGREE
WAS BOLD LINES ON THE OUTSIDE, THIN LINES ON THE INSIDE.
IT'S BECOMING REALLY HARD TO KEEP MY COOL.
- I DID A BOLD DOWN THE CENTER HERE.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE BOLD, I'M SORRY.
- NOPE.
- NOW I HAVE TO BOLD-LINE THE INSIDE TO THOSE
SO IT MATCHES.
- I'M LOOKING OVER HERE,
AND MAY MAY'S IN A PRETTY PISSY MOOD.
I'M THINKING, "WOW, THAT SUCKS.
I'M GLAD I DIDN'T GET STUCK WITH HER."
- I'M REALLY SORRY ABOUT THAT.
DO YOU WANT ME TO JUST PUT THAT CENTER LINE IN?
- NOPE. I'LL DO IT.
- I WAS TRYING NOT TO STRESS OVER THINGS
THAT MAY MAY WAS SAYING, BUT IT'S A COMPETITION.
JUST HEAD DOWN, HEAD IN THE GAME.
LIKE, THAT'S MY PLAY.
- AFTER I FINISH SHADING IT,
THERE IS A LOT OF EXTRA TIME, BUT I DON'T EVEN CARE.
I LOVE IT, AND I THINK IT'S PERFECT.
- SO MY PLAN FOR MY LAST HALF HOUR
IS TO GO MAKE SURE EVERY LINE IS SUPER-PERFECT,
AND EVERY COLOR IS, LIKE, FULLY, PERFECTLY SATURATED
AND JUST REALLY MAKE SURE THAT I, LIKE, GIVE IT 110%.
- ONE MINUTE LEFT, GUYS.
- 14 SECONDS.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, FIVE...
FOUR...
THREE...
TWO... ONE.
TIME'S UP! MACHINES DOWN!
- OH, MAN, YOU GUYS DID KILL IT.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH. - NO JOKE, DUDE.
- THANK YOU, MAN. - YEAH.
- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, GIRL, YOU'RE ALL DONE.
YOU LIKE IT? - I LOVE IT.
- HURRAH! - WE DID IT.
- HURRAH! - TWO SWEATY HIGH FIVES.
I THINK IT'S VERY OBVIOUS IN OUR PIECE
THAT LARA DID ONE SWAN AND I DID ANOTHER SWAN.
THE MOST I CAN HOPE FOR THIS CHALLENGE
IS THAT I DON'T GO HOME
BECAUSE OF OUR LACK OF COMMUNICATION.
MAN, THAT BLUE HAZE, I JUST HATE IT.
- THAT IS [bleep] AWESOME! THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- IT'S NOT WHAT I WANTED IT TO BE,
BUT YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT BAD.
I'M STILL HAPPY WITH IT.
AND I KNOW KAT'S HAPPY WITH IT TOO.
- IT DOES MAKE ME NERVOUS,
BECAUSE HANNAH IS THE PIN-UP QUEEN.
AT THE SAME TIME, I'M REALLY PROUD OF THAT PIECE.
- THIS IS, I MEAN, BEYOND WHAT I COULD HAVE IMAGINED.
THIS IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
- I'M BUMMED. I'M DISAPPOINTED IN MYSELF.
I'M PISSED OFF.
- I THINK WE DID OKAY. - I THINK WE DID OKAY.
IF AMY STAYS AND I GO HOME...
[sighs]
I'M GOING TO BE MAD.
[***]
- ♪ TIME FOR SOME WELL-DESERVED MEAL ♪
- DUDE, TATTOOING THOSE LONG-*** HOURS LIKE THAT
MAKES ME SO HUNGRY.
- YEAH, DUDE. I'M HUNGRY, DUDE.
- DUDE, YOU GUYS ARE RECKLESS WITH THE PASTA, DUDE.
- DUDE, YOU GOT PASTA HANGING OFF YOUR PLATE, MAN.
- I REALLY DON'T GIVE A DAMN RIGHT NOW.
[laughter]
- WHAT THE [bleep]? I ATE A PIECE OF MY FORK?
[laughter]
I DIDN'T EVEN TASTE IT. [laughter]
HOW'D I DO THAT? [laughter]
- TERRIBLE END TO A GREAT DAY, BRO.
- [laughing]
- OKAY, ARTISTS, THIS IS YOUR NEXT ELIMINATION.
IN THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE,
YOU WORKED IN PAIRS ON COLLABORATIVE TATTOOS,
SO THINGS ARE GOING TO WORK A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY THIS WEEK.
WE'RE GOING TO BE CRITIQUING
THE TATTOOS THAT YOU DID TOGETHER
AND LOOKING AT HOW YOU PERFORMED INDIVIDUALLY.
AFTER REVIEWING YOUR WORK,
WE'RE GOING TO NAME THE TOP TEAM FROM THIS WEEK.
FROM THOSE TWO ARTISTS,
WE'LL PICK A WINNER OF THE INK CHALLENGE.
THE TOP TEAM WILL THEN HAVE TO DECIDE ON THEIR BOTTOM THREE.
WE JUDGES WILL DECIDE WHICH ONE OF THOSE THREE
WILL BE GOING HOME.
THIS WEEK, YOU WERE PAIRED UP WITH A RIVAL
ON A COLLABORATIVE PIECE FOR YOUR SKIN,
WHO WANTED THEIR TOUGH PERSONAL BATTLES
REPRESENTED WITH TATTOOS OF TWO OPPOSING FORCES.
ANTHONY AND DANNY,
YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF AN ANGEL AND A DEMON,
TO REPRESENT HER BATTLE AGAINST DRUG ADDICTION.
WHY DON'T YOU START
AND TELL US EXACTLY WHAT YOU DID ON THE TATTOO?
- I DID THE ANGEL ON THE TATTOO.
NORMALLY, I DO A LOT OF EVIL STUFF AND DEMONS,
SO WE FIGURED WE'D THROW OURSELVES A CURVEBALL,
HAVE HIM DO THE EVIL STUFF, ME DO THE ANGELIC STUFF,
JUST TO GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A CHALLENGE.
- ALL RIGHT, OVERALL, I REALLY LIKE THE TATTOO.
THIS IS, HANDS DOWN, THE BEST TATTOO EITHER ONE OF YOU GUYS
HAVE DONE SINCE STARTING THE COMPETITION.
- THANK YOU. - THANK YOU.
- I LOVE THE TEXTURE IN THE DEMON,
THE SMOOTHNESS OF THE TOP,
THE COUNTERPOINT OF THE TWO THAT YOU HAVE TOGETHER.
I THINK THAT YOU COULD HAVE CARRIED THAT
EVEN FURTHER WITH A LITTLE MORE OPENNESS IN THE MIDDLE.
I THINK THAT MIGHT HAVE BENEFITED IT A LITTLE BIT.
- THE FACE ON THE ANGEL IS GORGEOUS,
VERY PROPORTIONAL HERE, SMOOTH.
I REALLY DON'T LIKE THE HALO, THOUGH.
- YEAH, IT DOES LOOK SORT OF LIKE AN ALIEN CRAFT
LANDED ON TOP OF HER HEAD.
- LARA AND KARLY,
YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF BLACK AND WHITE SWANS
TO REPRESENT HER BATTLE OF OVERCOMING A TOUGH CHILDHOOD.
KARLY, HOW WAS IT WORKING ON A TEAM TOGETHER?
- WE HAD VERY SIMILAR IDEAS OF HOW WE WANTED THE PIECE TO LOOK.
SHE BASICALLY WORKED ON ONE SIDE,
AND I WORKED ON THE OTHER.
- THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL, ELEGANT TATTOO.
WE'RE VERY IMPRESSED WITH HOW BEAUTIFULLY IT USES THE SPACE,
IT LAYS ON THE BODY REALLY WELL,
AND I THINK YOU GUYS REALLY MANAGED
TO PLAY UP YOUR STRENGTHS HERE.
- IT'S A SUPER-CLEAN TATTOO.
THE LINE WORK IS REALLY, REALLY NICE.
THE BLACK IS DONE REALLY, REALLY WELL,
AND IT'S PUT IN THERE STRATEGICALLY
TO THE POINT WHERE IT GIVES THE SWAN ALMOST AN INNER GLOW.
BUT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN YOU GUYS BE
ON THE SAME PAGE WHEN IT CAME TO THE BACKGROUND.
THE FACT THAT YOUR WATER IS BLUE
AND HER WATER IS TEAL, IT SEPARATES THE TWO IMAGES.
- I THINK IN THESE TIME FRAMES,
SOME OF THE THOUGHT PROCESS KIND OF GETS LOST.
- I THINK IT'S THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION
AT KEY POINTS THAT REALLY KIND OF JUST KEPT THIS PIECE
FROM BEING, LIKE, "WOW!"
ALAYNA, IZZI,
YOUR SKIN WANTED AN ANGEL AND A DEVIL PIN-UP
TO REPRESENT OVERCOMING A DARK PERIOD IN HER LIFE.
- IZZI, ALAYNA, THESE ARE HOT PIN-UPS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE, WHEN THEY DO PIN-UPS,
THEY MAKE THE FACES EXACTLY THE SAME,
BUT THE FACES ON EACH OF THESE PIN-UPS
ARE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
VERY, VERY GOOD DECISIONS ON THAT, LADIES.
- THANK YOU.
- SO, IZZI, WHAT WAS YOUR ROLE IN THE TATTOO?
- I DID BASICALLY ALL THE SHADING.
- THE PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE TATTOO
IS KIND OF WITH THE SHADING.
THE SHADING ITSELF IS PATCHY.
THERE ARE PARTS OF IT THAT THE SKIN TONES
JUST LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO FALL OUT
AND THEY'RE NOT IN THERE AS SOLID AS THEY SHOULD BE.
THE LACK OF SHADING ABILITY AND COLORING
THIS FAR INTO YOUR CAREER,
THESE ARE THINGS THAT SHOULD BE DONE EASILY ENOUGH.
WILLY AND JOE, YOUR SKIN WANTED A PIRATE SHIP AND A GIANT SQUID
TO REPRESENT HIS BATTLE TO RESTART HIS LIFE.
WILLY, WHAT WAS YOUR PART OF THIS TATTOO?
- I DREW THE SHIP, YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE FLOW.
- I LAID OUT THE PIRATE STABBING THROUGH THE TENTACLE.
- OVERALL, MY FAVORITE PARTS OF THE TATTOO
ARE PROBABLY THE PIRATES.
IT'S THOSE LITTLE THINGS THAT ADD CHARACTER.
THAT PIRATE REALLY LOOKS LIKE IT'S THERE
AND HE'S BEING PUSHED AWAY FROM THAT PIECE.
IT REALLY WORKS WELL.
- IT'S DENSE, IT'S RICH, IT'S WELL THOUGHT OUT.
I LOVE THE ELEMENTS OF THE DRAWING
THAT KEEP YOUR EYE MOVING,
LIKE THE WAY THE RIGGING FLIPS FORWARD LIKE THAT,
AND THE WAY THAT YOU'VE GOT THOSE TENTACLES
MOVING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
THIS IS A GREAT TATTOO,
IT'S NOT JUST A GREAT COLLABORATIVE TATTOO.
YOU SHOULD BE REALLY PROUD OF THIS.
- DARNELL, ROMEO,
YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF FIRE AND WATER
TO REPRESENT THE BATTLE TO OVERCOME A TRAUMATIC PERIOD
IN HIS LIFE.
DARNELL, THE SATURATION IN THE FIRE IS IMPECCABLE.
UNFORTUNATELY, THE WATER LOSES ALL SATURATION.
YOU JUST DIDN'T CAPTURE THE ACTUAL FLOW OF THE WATER,
AS WELL AS THE SOLID SATURATION OF COLOR THAT YOU REALLY NEEDED
TO COMPETE WITH WHAT DARNELL HAS GOING ON THERE.
- TO ME, IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE A WHIRLPOOL OR A TOILET BOWL.
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE FILLER TO ME.
- MAY MAY, AMY,
YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF A KANGAROO FIGHTING A BOXER
TO REPRESENT HIS BATTLE TO LIVE A HEALTHIER LIFESTYLE.
WHO DID WHAT ON THIS PIECE? WE'LL START WITH MAY MAY.
- I BLOCKED IN THE KANGAROO,
AMY DID THE TWO FIGURES, I DREW THE BANNER,
AND THE FILIGREE AROUND THE OUTSIDE.
- AMY, HOW DID YOU LIKE WORKING ON THE TEAM?
- WE HAD A COUPLE SNAGS, LIKE, RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
JUST FIGURING OUT THE PUSH AND PULL OF LINES.
I FELT REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT.
- WHAT WAS IT LIKE FOR YOU TO WORK AS A TEAM?
- WE HAD TROUBLE COMMUNICATING, MYSELF IN PARTICULAR.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT?
[bleep] IT, LET'S JUST GET RIGHT INTO IT.
WHERE EXACTLY DID YOU FEEL THAT YOU HAD SUCH A MISCOMMUNICATION
THAT IT AFFECTED THE TATTOO?
- I WENT OUT OF MY WAY TO BE VERY, VERY GENTLE,
AND I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE THAT WAS RECIPROCATED.
- WELL, I KNOW EXACTLY HOW YOU FEEL.
I HAVE DONE COLLABORATIVES,
AND I UNDERSTAND WHERE YOU'RE COMING FROM.
BUT REALISTICALLY, I DON'T [bleep] CARE.
I HATE THE BACKGROUND.
THOSE TWO BURSTS JUST COMPETE
WITH EVERYTHING GOING ON IN THE FOREGROUND,
AND IT DIDN'T NEED THAT.
- YOU GOT THE FLAIRS MIMICKING THE COLOR OF THE GLOVES,
AND THE COLOR OF THE TRUNKS.
IT'S ALMOST TOO VISUALLY CONFUSING.
NOT YOUR BEST WORK.
- ARTISTS, THERE WERE SOME INCREDIBLE COLLABORATIVE TATTOOS
IN THIS CHALLENGE.
NOW IT'S TIME TO NAME OUR TOP TWO ARTISTS
WHO WORKED TOGETHER ON THE BEST TATTOO THIS WEEK.
THE TWO ARTISTS THAT I'D LIKE TO CALL DOWN ARE...
JOE AND WILLY.
- OH, GUYS, THIS WAS REALLY EFFECTIVE TEAMWORK.
EACH OF YOU CONTRIBUTED A LOT OF STRENGTHS.
JOE, YOU BROUGHT YOUR ABILITY TO BRING A FULL RANGE OF COLORS
AND DEPTH AND IT REALLY CREATED A LOT OF DYNAMISM.
AND WILLY, YOUR ABILITY TO COVER A LOT OF AREA REALLY QUICKLY
WITH SOME BEAUTIFUL COLOR CHOICES
MADE THIS PIECE BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL FROM A DISTANCE.
AFTER MUCH DELIBERATION,
THE WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE...
IS JOE.
[applause]
- TO BE THE OVERALL WINNER OF THE INK CHALLENGE
WAS DEFINITELY EXCITING FOR ME.
WE WORKED OUR *** OFF,
AND WE DID THE BIGGEST PIECE POSSIBLE.
THAT'S AWESOME.
- YOU KNOW, JOE TOOK THE OVERALL WIN,
AND I'M HAPPY FOR JOE.
BUT I DEFINITELY THINK I SHOULD HAVE WON THAT.
- CONGRATULATIONS, JOE.
YOU'RE THE WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE,
BUT NOW THE TWO OF YOU HAVE AN IMPORTANT JOB TO DO.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAD TO THE TATTOO SHOP
AND DECIDE THE BOTTOM THREE INDIVIDUAL ARTISTS
FOR THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE.
AFTER WE GET YOUR PICKS,
WE JUDGES WILL DECIDE WHO'S GOING HOME THIS WEEK.
- [sighs] ALL RIGHT, MAN.
LET'S LOOK AT ALL THESE.
- I LIKE THIS PIECE, ACTUALLY. - HELL YEAH, DUDE.
I THINK THAT THEY TURNED IT AROUND A LOT,
BECAUSE I KNOW DANNY WAS [bleep] HIS PANTS
AFTER ANTHONY'S LAST PIECE.
- I WISH THAT ROMEO WOULD HAVE MADE THIS SWIRL DEEPER.
- I THINK THEY BOTH FELL SHORT ON EACH OTHER'S PART, LIKE,
ON THE WHOLE TEAMWORK ASPECT.
ALAYNA AND IZZI'S PIECE, I MEAN, IT SCREAMS "ALAYNA."
BUT ALL THE FLAWS SEEM LIKE THEY SCREAM "IZZI."
- I THINK AMY AND MAY MAY BOTH DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS ONE.
- THESE ARE INCONSISTENT ON EACH SIDE.
THERE'S DEFINITELY SOME BLOW-OUT ISSUES.
I DON'T LIKE LARA'S PART. - I DON'T EITHER.
I DON'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THE WATER'S
TWO DIFFERENT COLORS LIKE THEY WERE SAYING.
I'D SAY THIS IS PROBABLY THE EASIEST BOTTOM THREE SO FAR.
- YEAH. DEFINITELY.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS,
JOE AND WILLY HAVE MADE A DECISION
ON THEIR BOTTOM THREE.
IF I CALL YOUR NAME, YOU'RE IN DANGER OF BEING SENT HOME.
AMY, I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO STEP DOWN.
MAY MAY, STEP DOWN, PLEASE.
IZZI, YOU'RE ALSO IN THE BOTTOM THREE.
AMY, MAY MAY, IZZI,
THE OTHER JUDGES AND I ARE GOING TO NEED A LITTLE BIT OF TIME
TO TALK OVER WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS WILL BE ELIMINATED.
WHILE WE'RE DELIBERATING,
I'M GOING TO ASK ALL OF YOU ARTISTS
TO HEAD BACK TO THE LOUNGE,
AND WE'LL SEE THE BOTTOM THREE SHORTLY WITH OUR DECISION.
- THIS IS AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER
SORT OF EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYBODY HERE,
AND I THINK IZZI'S JUST SORT OF LETTING THAT GET TO HER.
SHE'S PRETTY ANTISOCIAL, AND IT'S AFFECTING HER WORK.
- AMY, DO YOU KNOW WHY YOU'RE IN THE BOTTOM THREE?
- TECHNICALLY, OUR PIECE WAS THE WEAKEST.
THAT IS AS MUCH MY FAULT AS IT IS MAY MAY'S.
- LET ME SAY THIS REAL QUICK.
I FELT MANY TIMES DURING THAT TATTOO
THAT YOU CONDESCENDINGLY SPOKE TO ME.
YOU NEED TO THINK BEFORE YOU SPEAK TO OTHER ARTISTS.
OTHERWISE, YOU COME OFF LOOKING LIKE AN ***.
- I APOLOGIZE THAT YOU FELT I WAS COMING OFF AS ARROGANT.
THAT WAS NOT MY INTENTION.
- I'M REALLY HOPING THAT I DON'T END UP BURNING IN FLAMES
BECAUSE I GOT STUCK WITH SOMEBODY
WHO DIDN'T WANT TO LISTEN TO SOMEBODY WHO'S BEEN TATTOOING
FOR TWICE AS LONG AS HER.
- I WISH YOU HAD SPOKEN TO ME AS DIRECTLY IN THE TIME.
- MAYBE THINGS WOULD NOT HAVE ENDED UP FOR US
THE WAY THEY ARE.
- AMY AND MAY MAY,
THEY JUST FAILED IN A LOT OF ASPECTS OF THE TATTOO,
SO THEY JUST NEED TO REALIZE THAT THEY BOTH [bleep] UP.
- OKAY, ARTISTS,
THE BOTTOM THREE CAN HEAD BACK TO ELIMINATION.
UNFORTUNATELY, ONLY TWO OF YOU WILL BE COMING BACK.
- AMY, MAY MAY, IZZI, YOU FIND YOURSELVES IN THE BOTTOM THREE.
DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOU BELONG HERE, AMY?
- I DO FEEL THAT I DESERVE TO BE IN THE BOTTOM THREE
FOR THIS CHALLENGE.
- DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF THE WEAKEST OF THE THREE HERE?
- I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF THE WEAKEST OF THE THREE HERE.
- AND IZZI?
- I'M NOT GOING TO LIE AND SAY THAT, YOU KNOW,
I'M HAPPY WITH THE DECISION.
I'M NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY EXCUSES.
I'M HERE.
I'M JUST GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE YOUR GUYS' DECISION.
- MAY MAY?
- WELL, NEITHER OF THESE TWO LADIES LANDED
IN THE BOTTOM THREE LAST WEEK,
SO I DO FEEL LIKE I'M THE WEAKEST LINK HERE.
I WOULD LOVE A SECOND CHANCE. BUT IF I GO HOME...
[sighs] I GO HOME.
- OKAY, WELL, IN ALL HONESTY,
THIS IS REALLY NOT AN EASY DECISION.
MAY MAY, YOUR COLOR SATURATION WASN'T QUITE UP TO SNUFF,
AND YOU WERE QUICK TO BASICALLY CALL SOMEBODY ELSE OUT.
STOP MAKING EXCUSES!
YOU'RE THE ONE, AT THE END OF THE DAY,
THAT'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WORK BEING DONE.
IF YOU'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THIS,
LIVE WITH YOUR DECISIONS.
NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID,
I NEED YOU TO GO BACK TO THE LOUNGE.
YOU'RE STILL COMPETING. - THANK YOU.
- IZZI, I LOVE THE DRAWING, AND I LOVE THE ACTUAL LINE WORK.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY,
YOU WERE MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THE SHADING AND THE COLOR,
AND HONESTLY, THOSE WERE THE WEAKEST PARTS OF THE TATTOO.
AMY, I THINK THE BIGGEST ISSUE WAS THE LACK OF COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN YOUR PARTNER AND YOURSELF,
AND IT REALLY KIND OF BROUGHT YOU AND YOUR PARTNER DOWN.
ON THAT NOTE...
AMY...
YOU'RE STILL GOING TO BE COMPETING FOR BEST INK
YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO THE LOUNGE.
IZZI, HERE'S THE DEAL.
WE ALL FEEL THAT IT TOOK ALAYNA COMING IN
AND TRYING TO SMOOTH OUT AREAS OR FINISH AREAS
THAT YOU WERE UNABLE TO GET TO.
YOU JUST WEREN'T ABLE TO COMPLETE
YOUR SECTION OF THE TATTOO FAST ENOUGH,
OR WELL ENOUGH, FOR US TO CONSIDER YOU
TO CONTINUE TO GO ON IN THIS.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD?
WELL, THEN I NEED YOU TO GO BACK TO THE SHOP
AND CLEAR OUT YOUR GEAR.
- I MEAN, WHEN I WALK OUT OF HERE,
I'M GOING TO HOLD MY HEAD UP HIGH.
I CAME IN THIS TO TATTOO, AND TO SHOW WHAT I CAN DO.
I DIDN'T REALLY GET TO SHOW WHAT I CAN DO,
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S GOING TO STOP ME.
IT'S NOT LIKE I'M GOING TO QUIT DOING THIS.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET THIS EXPERIENCE BEAT ME DOWN.
YOU'RE NOT GOING TO [bleep] PUSH ME OFF MY GAME, ***.
I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU DO.
YOU CAN BREAK MY [bleep] ARM, I'LL STILL TATTOO.
- NEXT WEEK ON BEST INK...
YOUR SKINS ALL WANT THEIR NEW SCHOOL TATTOOS ON THEIR RIBS.
- NO! NOT A RIB TATTOO.
DEAR GOD, ANYWHERE BUT THE RIBS.
- OW!
- I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT,
IF THAT'S HOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT.
- MY DREAM SKIN TOTALLY TURNED INTO NIGHTMARE SKIN.
- I CAN'T HANDLE THE PAIN.
- WE CAN CALL A MEDIC OVER.
- IT'S EITHER DO HIS [bleep] CONCEPT
AND PROBABLY PRODUCE A CRAPPY TATTOO, OR WALK OUT.
YEAH, IT'S A COMPETITION, BUT MAYBE I'M NOT BUILT FOR IT.
I MEAN, I LOVE TATTOOING,
AND THIS IS MAKING ME [bleep] HATE TATTOOING.
- FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BEST INK,
GO TO OXYGEN.COM.