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- PREVIOUSLY ON BEST INK...
THE ARTISTS WERE ASSIGNED A DAUNTING TASK.
- THESE SKINS ALL WANT THEIR NEW-SCHOOL-MUSIC TATTOOS
ON THEIR RIB.
- I HATE TATTOOING RIBS.
IT'S EXTREMELY PAINFUL.
I CAN FEEL MYSELF SWEAT.
- AND WITH THE PRESSURES
OF THE COMPETITION HEAVIER THAN EVER...
- I LOVE TATTOOING, AND THIS IS MAKING ME HATE TATTOOING.
- DANNY WAS PUSHED TO HIS BREAKING POINT.
- WITH THESE TIME RESTRICTIONS, IT'S WAY TOUGHER
THAN ANYBODY THINKS IT IS,
BUT I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE A QUITTER.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE A QUITTER.
- AND IN A BEST INK FIRST... - AAH!
I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THAT.
- ALAYNA'S SKIN HAD TO TAP OUT.
- I CAN'T SIT HERE ANYMORE.
- MY SKIN-- SHE NEVER CAME BACK.
THIS SUPER SUCKS.
- BUT IT WAS DARNELL WHO BROKE OUT FROM THE PACK,
WINNING BOTH THE FLASH CHALLENGE AND THE INK CHALLENGE.
- THE WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE IS DARNELL.
- WINNING DARNELL IMMUNITY FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK.
- I'M ECSTATIC. I'M ON CLOUD NINE RIGHT NOW.
- AND IN DELIBERATION, THE TOP THREE
THEN PUT ALAYNA, AMY, AND DANNY UP FOR ELIMINATION.
- AMY, YOU FELL SHY ON SO MANY LEVELS FOR ALL OF US.
YOU'RE NO LONGER COMPETING FOR BEST INK.
- AND TONIGHT... TEN ARTISTS REMAIN.
THE ARTISTS ARE COMPETING FOR A COVER
AND FEATURE SPREAD IN TATTOO MAGAZINE,
$100,000... [all cheer]
AND THE COVETED TITLE OF BEST INK.
- ♪ EVERY TIME I TRY TO READ BETWEEN THE LINES ♪
♪ I GET SO HUNG UP, STARSTRUCK ♪
♪ 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' ♪
- AFTER BEING IN THE BOTTOM THREE LAST WEEK,
I'M STOKED THAT I'M STILL HERE,
BUT I TOTALLY THINK THE OTHER ARTISTS
SEE ME AS THE NEXT TO GO HOME.
SO I REALLY DO FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LOT TO PROVE.
[gel squirts]
- I KNEW THIS COMPETITION WAS GOING TO BE HARD,
BUT I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS GOING TO BE THIS HARD.
THERE'S A LOT OF ANXIETY AND STRESS,
AND IT'S KIND OF TAKING ITS TOLL.
EVEN THOUGH I TRIED TO QUIT THIS COMPETITION...
I LOVE TATTOOING, AND THIS IS MAKING ME HATE TATTOOING.
I REALLY GOT TO STEP MY GAME UP.
I REALLY GOT TO SHOW EVERYBODY ELSE WHAT I CAN DO
SO THAT THEY THINK OF ME AS A REAL COMPETITOR.
- THIS MORNING I GET UP, AND I JUST HAVE
THIS TERRIBLE PAIN IN MY STOMACH.
I'M FEELING PRETTY SICK,
AND I'M HOPING THAT THE FLASH CHALLENGE
WILL NOT BE TOO PHYSICALLY STRENUOUS
SO THAT I DON'T THROW UP ALL OVER EVERYONE.
[traditional Japanese music]
♪ ♪
- WE GET TO THE JAPANESE GARDEN. I'M REALLY EXCITED.
I MEAN, THIS IS VERY TRANQUIL AND PEACEFUL.
I LIKE ANYTHING JAPANESE.
SO I'M HOPING THE FLASH CHALLENGE
IS SOMETHING JAPANESE-RELATED.
- RIGHT NOW I'M JUST AMAZED AT WHERE WE'RE AT.
I LOVE GARDENS OF THIS NATURE. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE REALLY PRETTY.
SO I'M JUST REALLY TRYING TO TAKE THIS IN RIGHT NOW.
- HELLO, ARTISTS, AND WELCOME TO THE JAPANESE GARDENS
IN LOS ANGELES, THE SITE OF YOUR NEXT FLASH CHALLENGE.
WHAT'S REALLY COOL ABOUT A JAPANESE GARDEN
IS THAT EVERYTHING HERE IS ARRANGED TO TELL A STORY.
FROM THE ARRANGEMENT TO THE ROCKS
TO THE WAY THE WATER FLOWS
AND THE SYMBOLISM OF THE TREES,
EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE TELLS A STORY
ABOUT ANCIENT JAPANESE CULTURE AND BELIEFS.
BUT TODAY, ARTISTS, WE'RE HERE TO SEE YOUR STORIES TOLD
IN THE ULTRA-MODERN JAPANESE ART FORM OF ANIME.
WITH ANIME, YOU HAVE TO CREATE THESE REALLY STYLIZED CHARACTERS
ALL SET AGAINST A BACKDROP OF A HIGHLY DETAILED BACKGROUND.
IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO TATTOOING,
WHERE WE TAKE VERY COLORFUL CHARACTERS
AND PUT THEM IN THESE VERY ORNATE BACKGROUNDS.
YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DO
THAT IF YOU DON'T GET BOTH ELEMENTS RIGHT,
THE WHOLE ENTIRE TATTOO COULD FALL APART.
- I'M EXCITED. I LOVE ANIME.
A BIG PART OF ANIME IS JUST REALLY BIG EYES,
OVEREXAGGERATED EXPRESSIONS.
YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO LOOK AT THE CHARACTERS
AND RECOGNIZE, FROM THEIR FACES, THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN AMERICAN AND JAPANESE.
I'M GLAD TO FINALLY HAVE SOMETHING
THAT I KNOW WHAT IT'S ABOUT.
- [groans] I'VE NEVER EVEN SEEN ANIME.
I'VE NEVER LOOKED AT ANIME. I'VE NEVER DRAWN ANIME.
I HONESTLY DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT ANIME LOOKS LIKE.
THIS IS A BUNCH OF BULL[bleep].
- HERE TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH THIS FLASH CHALLENGE
IS SOMEONE WHO'S TAKEN HER PASSION FROM ANIME
AND TURNED IT INTO AN AWARD-WINNING CAREER.
HER WORLD-FAMOUS COMIC-BOOK SERIES, BLUE MONDAY,
MADE HER A BREAKOUT SUPERSTAR IN THE ANIME WORLD.
PLEASE WELCOME MASTER COMIC-BOOK ARTIST
CHYNNA CLUGSTON-FLORES.
[applause]
- I'M FAMILIAR WITH CHYNNA'S WORK.
I'M A HUGE COMIC-BOOK FAN.
SO IT WAS VERY EXCITING TO HAVE A COMIC ARTIST
THAT'S A FEMALE, WHICH IS JUST LIKE ME,
BEING A FEMALE IN A MALE-DOMINANT INDUSTRY.
IT'S A REALLY NICE SWITCH.
- THERE SEEMS TO BE MORE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION,
LITERALLY, IN ANIME AND MANGA.
IF SOMEONE'S ANGRY, THEIR HEADS MAY SWELL
TO TEN TIMES THEIR REGULAR SIZE.
IF THEY'RE IN LOVE, THEY MAY FLOAT ABOVE THE GROUND.
EXAGGERATION IS ALMOST ALWAYS USED
TO ACCENT HUMOROUS MOMENTS.
- IN THIS FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU'RE GOING TO BE BREAKING THE BOUNDARIES OF TIME
IN THREE ANIME-STYLE DRAWN PANELS.
THE FIRST PANEL WILL SPOTLIGHT YOU IN THE PAST.
THE SECOND WILL PUT YOU IN THE PRESENT,
AND IN THE LAST PANEL, WE'LL SEE
WHERE YOU HOPE TO FIND YOURSELF IN THE FUTURE.
- I REALLY WANT TO SEE HOW YOUR PERSONAL STORY
FLOWS FROM PAST, PRESENT TO FUTURE.
- WELL, CHYNNA, THE FUTURE OF THE FLASH CHALLENGE WINNER
INCLUDES $1,000 IN FLASH CASH.
ARTISTS, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE HOUR TO COMPLETE
YOUR THREE-PANEL ANIME DRAWING.
YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
- I WANT TO DO A THREE-PANEL OF A CONTINUING STORY.
I DON'T WANT THEM TO BE SEPARATED,
BECAUSE I THINK PAST AND PRESENT AND FUTURE
ARE ALL VERY MUCH TIED IN TOGETHER.
- MY PAST PANEL IS ME BEING A HIGH TYPE OF KID.
I HAD REALLY SENSITIVE BUTTONS.
SO, IF YOU PUSHED THEM, I WAS LIKELY TO SPAZ.
MY PRESENT, IT'S LIKE NIGHT AND DAY, A LOT MORE CHILL.
I JUST LET THINGS BE.
AND IN MY FUTURE, I PRETTY MUCH HAVE
AN IMAGE OF THE WORLD--
ME STANDING ON TOP OF IT, STANDING TALL.
LIFE IS GOOD.
LIFE IS EXACTLY WHAT IT NEEDS TO BE.
- I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT ANIME,
BUT I'M WILLING TO TRY ANYTHING.
SO I'M GONNA PRESENT MYSELF
AS MORE OF THE UGLY DUCKLING
TO REPRESENT ME AS A CHILD.
IN THE SECOND ONE, I'M GOING TO PRESENT ME
KIND OF HOLDING THE DUCK BILL,
LIKE THAT'S NOT ME ANYMORE.
AND IN THE THIRD PANEL, I'M ABOUT TO EAT THE WORLD
AND JUST KEEP BECOMING MORE AND MORE CONFIDENT WITH MYSELF.
- FOR MY PAST, I'M DOING MYSELF IN A CLASSROOM,
AND IT'S MOUNDS OF BOOKS JUST PILED UP EVERYWHERE,
BEING, LIKE, OVERWHELMED WITH SCHOOLWORK.
FOR MY PRESENT, I'M KIND OF LIKE A SAMURAI NINJA GUY
GOING OFF ON ADVENTURES, AND FOR MY FUTURE,
IT'S ME HOPEFULLY WITH A FAMILY
AND VERY HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL.
- I HAVEN'T WATCHED ANIME SINCE I WAS 10, 11 YEARS OLD,
BUT I'M FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT MY WORK.
FOR THE PAST, I WANT DO ME AS A YOUNG KID,
NO TATTOOS, BREAKING INTO BUILDINGS AND STUFF.
I BROKE INTO A LOT OF HOSPITALS WHEN I WAS A KID.
WE USED TO TAKE ALL KIND OF OLD STUFF
FROM ALL THE CLOSED-DOWN ONES NEARBY.
FOR PRESENT, I RUN TWO SHOPS.
I CONSTANTLY HAVE ALL THIS PAPERWORK TO DO.
AND FOR FUTURE, I KIND OF WANT
TO BRING IT, LIKE, LEFT FIELD.
I MEAN, IT'S MANGA. IT'S EXAGGERATED.
SO Z-DAY, LIKE, ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE.
- I'M FEELING SUPER EXCITED ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE.
FIRST THING I THINK ABOUT IS MY LOVE FOR ANIMALS
AND GROWING UP ON A FARM
AND BEING A VEGETARIAN AND VEGAN NOW,
AND THEN IN THE FUTURE,
MAYBE EVEN HAVE MY OWN LITTLE FARM.
- I DON'T KNOW [bleep] ABOUT ANIME,
NOT A [bleep] THING.
DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT ANIME?
- NO. [bleep] NOTHING, DUDE. - I KNOW, RIGHT?
YEAH, ME NEITHER, DOG.
- I DON'T PAY ANY ATTENTION TO ANIME AT ALL.
I'M SITTING HERE STRUGGLING.
THIS IS SOMETHING I'M DEFINITELY NOT FAMILIAR WITH.
AND THEN IT HITS ME.
I HONESTLY FEEL LIKE I'M GONNA PASS OUT.
I'M NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND BE LIKE,
"OH, BOO-HOO," BUT IT STILL SUCKS.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? - THAT'S TOUGH, DOG.
- I REALLY DON'T WANT TO MAKE AN EXCUSE THAT I'M SICK.
THAT, TO ME, SOUNDS LIKE A COP-OUT.
SO I DECIDE I'M JUST GONNA WRITE A LITTLE BIT
OF A MESSAGE TO LET THE JUDGES KNOW THAT I'M REALLY SORRY
FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING THE MANGA OR ANIME STYLE.
- ARTISTS, 15 MINUTES LEFT!
IF YOU HAVE NOT PUT LINES ON YOUR PANELS, DO SO NOW.
- ♪ AIN'T GOT THE MONEY, I GOT THE TIME ♪
♪ NO NEED TO WORRY, JUST LIVE YOUR LIFE ♪
♪ I CAN'T WAIT TILL WE GET THERE ♪
♪ I'M ONLY GOING WHERE I REALLY WANT TO GO ♪
♪ I'M ONLY GOING WHERE I REALLY WANT TO GO ♪
♪ I'M ONLY GOING WHERE I REALLY WANT TO GO ♪
- OKAY, ARTISTS, THE CHALLENGE IS OVER.
- OF COURSE I WOULD HAVE LOVED, LIKE, ANOTHER HOUR ON THIS.
I'M INTERESTED TO SEE EVERYBODY ELSE'S
AND HOPING THAT MINE IS BETTER.
- I'M REALLY IMPRESSED WITH ALL THE WORK OUT HERE.
YOU GUYS REALLY PUT YOURSELVES INTO THE FORM OF ANIME.
- SO, CHYNNA, WHICH ARTIST DO YOU THINK
REALLY STOOD OUT IN THIS FLASH CHALLENGE?
- JOE, YOU'VE REALLY GOT A GOOD FEEL FOR MANGA.
THE EXAGGERATION IS FANTASTIC.
LL THESE LITTLE DETAILS YOU'VE GOT, LIKE THE GOOD SPIRAL EYES.
THE STORYTELLING'S A LITTLE MURKY,
BUT OVERALL, THIS IS A VERY STRONG PIECE.
DARNELL, YOUR STORYTELLING IS CLEAR.
I TOTALLY GET IT.
THIS WAS REALLY A GREAT ATTEMPT AT MANGA.
I REALLY LIKED IT.
ALAYNA, THIS TOTALLY HAS AN ANIME FEELING.
YOUR STORYTELLING IS GREAT.
I ASKED FOR YOU IN THIS CHALLENGE,
AND I GOT YOU IN EVERY PANEL.
- IT'S THE GLASSES. [laughs]
- ROMEO, BOY, DID YOU HAVE A LOT OF FUN WITH THESE COLORS.
IT REALLY LOOKS LIKE YOU IN ALL THREE PANELS,
AND I GET A REAL VISCERAL FEEL FOR THE STORY--
DEFINITELY A MANGA FEEL HERE.
- AND WHICH PANELS DID YOU FEEL REALLY MISSED THE MARK?
- ANTHONY, I REALLY WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN YOU
AT LEAST FINISH ONE PANEL.
- HONESTLY, LIKE,
I DON'T KNOW [bleep] ABOUT MANGA,
AND THAT COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT I DON'T FEEL VERY WELL
AND COULDN'T FOCUS AND GET IT DOWN.
SO, PRETTY BIG FAIL.
- SOMETIMES IT'S JUST AN ARTIST'S JOB
TO MAKE THE BEST OF A BAD SITUATION.
I'M NOT SURE THAT YOU DID THAT HERE.
- SORRY.
- ANTHONY IS HAVING SOME ISSUES RIGHT NOW,
BUT I THINK IT'S MAYBE BECAUSE HE'S NOT DOING THAT WELL
IN THE COMPETITION.
HIS ARTWORK KIND OF SUCKS.
- DANNY, I REALLY LIKED YOUR SHADING HERE,
BUT I THINK YOU KNOW HOW OFF THE MARK YOU ARE.
IT'S JUST NOT ANIME.
THE LINE WORK IS A LITTLE SCRATCHY,
BUT YOUR FACES WERE JUST A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH
OF A CARICATURE, AND IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY
LOOK LIKE THE SAME PERSON ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
AND I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN
MORE BACKGROUND OVERALL.
YOU GOT A LITTLE TOO MUCH DEAD SPACE.
- WAS THERE A REASON YOU CHOSE TO DO BLACK AND GRAY?
- OH, I WAS GOING TO PUT COLOR. I JUST RAN OUT OF TIME.
- YOU RAN OUT OF TIME? - YEAH.
I'M JUST COMPLETELY OVER THIS ENTIRE THING.
THIS IS REMINDING ME OF HOW I WAS
IN HIGH SCHOOL, GETTING [bleep] RIDICULED
AND BEING SO STRESSED OUT ALL THE TIME.
IT'S JUST REMINDING ME OF THAT AT THIS MOMENT NOW,
WHERE I'M LIKE, "WHY AM I EVEN DOING THIS TO MYSELF?"
- THERE WERE A LOT OF REALLY TERRIFIC PIECES TODAY,
BUT THERE WERE TWO ARTISTS WHO REALLY BLEW ME AWAY.
THE FIRST ARTIST THAT I WOULD LIKE TO CALL DOWN IS...
JOE.
- ME? OH.
- THE NEXT ARTIST I'D LIKE TO STEP FORWARD IS...
ALAYNA.
- JOE, WHAT I REALLY LIKED ABOUT YOUR PIECE IS THAT
IT LOOKS LIKE IT COMES STRAIGHT OUT OF A MANGA BOOK TO ME.
THERE'S A LOT OF ACTION, AND IT'S FUNNY.
ALAYNA, I REALLY LIKED YOUR PIECE.
I LIKE THAT YOU CAN SEE DEFINITE TIME PERIODS HAPPENING,
AND I LIKE THAT IT'S YOU.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB WITH YOUR SELF-PORTRAIT.
- THANK YOU.
- ALTHOUGH THESE ARE MY TOP TWO,
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE WINNER.
THE WINNER OF TODAY'S FLASH CHALLENGE IS...
JOE.
- CONGRATULATIONS, JOE-- YOU'RE THE WINNER
OF TODAY'S FLASH CHALLENGE, WHICH ENTITLES YOU
TO $1,000 IN FLASH CASH.
- WHOO!
THIS DEFINITELY IS A MAJOR STEP FORWARD
IN THE COMPETITION.
I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LOT BETTER OF A CHANCE
THAN SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS RIGHT NOW.
- I'D LIKE TO THANK CHYNNA CLUGSTON-FLORES
FOR BEING OUR GUEST JUDGE TODAY.
ARTISTS, PETE AND I WILL SEE YOU BACK AT THE TATTOO SHOP
FOR YOUR NEXT INK CHALLENGE.
YOU GUYS CAN GO.
- IT WAS HOT, BUT, DUDE, WE WERE IN THE JAPANESE GARDEN.
I COULD HAVE STAYED OUT THERE ALL DAY, REALLY.
- I'M JUST HERE TO HAVE FUN, DUDE,
AND DO GOOD TATTOOS, MAN.
- YEAH, MAN, ME TOO.
- I'M JUST HERE TO HAVE A GOOD TIME AND [bleep] TATTOO.
[laughs]
- I'M FEELING PRETTY DOWN RIGHT NOW.
IT'S KIND OF, LIKE, ONE OF THE LOWEST MOMENTS OF MY LIFE.
EVERYTHING'S HITTING ME FROM EVERY DIRECTION,
AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO BE THIS STRESSED ANYMORE.
THE STRESS IS EATING ME ALIVE.
- [laughs]
- I HATE TO BE, LIKE, A [bleep] BUZZ KILLER, BUT, DUDE, I'M OUT.
- NO.
- WHAT? SERIOUSLY? - I'M OUT, DUDE.
I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE.
- YOU REALLY ABOUT TO BOUNCE, BRO, LIKE...?
- I DON'T EVEN CARE AT THIS POINT, DUDE.
I DON'T WANT TO COMPETE ANYMORE, DUDE.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
- WHEN DANNY'S, YOU KNOW,
TALKING ABOUT LEAVING, I'M STOKED.
LESS ARTISTS, THE LESS COMPETITION.
- DUDE, ARE YOU SERIOUS? - STRAIGHT UP, DOG.
I DON'T WANT TO DO THIS [bleep]. - WHY?
HOLY [bleep]. LIKE, SERIOUSLY.
LIKE, I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE.
- DUDE, IT'S JUST LIKE, MENTALLY, DUDE,
AT THIS POINT, I KNOW I'M NOT GOING TO BE ABLE
TO PULL MYSELF TOGETHER, AND I'M GONNA END UP
DOING ANOTHER [bleep] TATTOO,
AND I'M NOT GONNA LET MYSELF DO THAT.
- IT DEFINITELY SUCKS TO SEE HIM GO LIKE THAT,
BUT, YOU KNOW, DUDE WANTS TO GO HOME,
WHO'S GOING TO FORCE HIM TO STAY?
- SORRY, GUYS.
- COMING UP...
- WHEN YOU GO HOME, IT SHOULD BE
BECAUSE YOU DID A TATTOO THAT WE DIDN'T LIKE.
- I MEAN, I THOUGHT MY DAD WAS INTIMIDATING,
AND THEN I MET JOE CAPOBIANCO.
- GO HOME NOW.
YOU'RE AN ADULT.
YOU'RE NOT A CHILD.
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE QUITE UNDERSTANDING
WHAT YOU WERE TRYING TO PULL OFF.
- I DO. - YOU SAY THAT AGAIN,
AND I WILL ASK YOU TO LEAVE
BEFORE YOU GET UP ON THE [bleep] STAGE.
- SORRY, GUYS, BUT I JUST--
I DON'T WANT TO COMPETE ANYMORE, DUDE.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
- WE ARE PRETTY SHOCKED.
DANNY IS READY TO GO HOME.
THE PRESSURE HAS DEFINITELY GOTTEN TO HIM.
HONESTLY, I'M NOT THE TYPE OF PERSON TO JUST GIVE UP.
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE HERE, YOU SHOULD GO HOME.
- THIS IS A REALLY BIG DEAL. I GOT TO RIDE THIS THING OUT.
I GOT TO GET AS MUCH OUT OF IT AS I CAN BEFORE I GO.
THERE'S NO WAY I'M QUITTING.
NO WAY. NO [bleep] WAY.
- DANNY, COME HERE.
- THE SECOND I SEE JOE, I'M LIKE, "[bleep] MY LIFE."
I'M REALLY NOT LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS AT ALL.
- ALL RIGHT, TALK TO ME.
- I DON'T WANT TO COMPETE ANYMORE, DUDE.
I DON'T WANT TO DO IT.
- I'M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, YOU WALK AWAY FROM THIS,
YOU'RE GOING TO REGRET IT, BECAUSE WHEN YOU GO HOME,
IT SHOULD BE BECAUSE YOU EITHER WON 100 GRAND,
OR IT'S BECAUSE YOU DID A TATTOO THAT WE DIDN'T LIKE.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON YOU SHOULD BE GOING HOME,
SHORT OF, LIKE, HAVING A [bleep] STROKE,
WHICH I'M LIABLE TO HAVE BEFORE THE [bleep] SHOW IS OVER.
NOTHING IS PHYSICALLY WRONG WITH YOU.
YOU'RE A [bleep] ARTIST.
YOU'VE BEEN DOING THIS LONG ENOUGH
THAT IT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN HANDLE.
YOU'RE AN ADULT. YOU'RE NOT A CHILD.
NOBODY'S ASKING YOU TO MAKE THESE HORRIBLE DECISIONS.
I'M ASKING YOU TO COME BACK AND TATTOO,
WHICH IS WHAT YOU'RE GONNA DO WHEN YOU GO HOME.
NOW, WOULD YOU RATHER GO HOME IN A FEW WEEKS WITH $100,000,
OR WOULD YOU RATHER GO HOME NOW?
ARE YOU GONNA DO THIS? - I'M GONNA DO THIS.
- ALL RIGHT. - I GET IT.
- LET'S GO.
DON'T [bleep] LET ME DOWN.
- HE WENT THE [bleep] OFF
AND PUT ME IN MY [bleep] PLACE IMMEDIATELY,
AND, LIKE, I RESPECT EVERY SECOND OF IT.
HONESTLY, EVERYTHING HE SAID WAS RIGHT.
I MEAN, I THOUGHT MY DAD WAS INTIMIDATING,
YOU KNOW, AND THEN I MET JOE CAPOBIANCO.
- UM, DANNY COMES BACK.
WHAT THE [bleep]? [chuckles]
- YOU'RE NOT LEAVING? YOU STAYING?
- I MEAN, I JUST GOT, LIKE, PUT IN MY PLACE
BY JOE CAPOBIANCO, SO...
- HE TOLD YOU WHAT AN IDIOT YOU WOULD BE IF YOU DID?
I'M NOT SURPRISED DANNY CAME BACK TO THE COMPETITION.
HE'S LIKE A WET-BEHIND-THE-EARS KID,
AND I THINK HE NEEDS TO TRY A LITTLE HARDER.
SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND LISTEN, 'CAUSE IT'S THE ONLY WAY
YOU'RE GONNA GROW.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, BRING IT IN, BRING IT IN.
ARTISTS, EARLIER IN THE FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU WORKED IN THE STYLE OF ANIME.
NOW, IN TODAY'S INK CHALLENGE, YOU WILL LOOK ONCE AGAIN
TO EASTERN INFLUENCES FOR INSPIRATION.
ASIAN-INSPIRED STYLE IS KNOWN FOR ITS POWERFUL USE
OF SYMBOLIC IMAGES, AND YOUR SKINS TODAY
ARE ALL PEOPLE WHO WANT IMPORTANT MOMENTS IN THEIR LIVES
SYMBOLIZED WITH ASIAN-INSPIRED TATTOOING.
- I'M STOKED. I LOVE JAPANESE.
I HAVE A WHOLE FULL-BACK PIECE.
I'M PUMPED. I'VE BEEN READY FOR THIS.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR JAPANESE.
- ASIAN-INSPIRED TATTOOS
ARE INCREDIBLY POPULAR IN OUR INDUSTRY.
YOU CAN GO REALLY TRADITIONAL WITH THIS,
OR YOU CAN DO SOMETHING THAT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE YOU
AND A LITTLE BIT MORE OUT THERE.
- I CAN TOTALLY WORK IN THIS DIRECTION.
I'M HOPING I GET A GOOD SKIN THIS TIME,
ESPECIALLY AFTER LAST WEEK.
- AAH! I CAN'T BE TATTOOED ANYMORE.
I'M SORRY. I REALLY AM.
- I FEEL LIKE I NEED TO REDEEM MYSELF.
- SKINS, COME ON IN.
SKINS, WELCOME TO THE TATTOO SHOP.
WHY DON'T YOU TELL US ABOUT YOUR STORIES?
- TEN YEARS AGO, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER,
AND I WANT TO GET JAPANESE CHERRY BLOSSOMS WITH A CRANE,
WHICH SYMBOLIZES FEMININITY AND ALSO STRENGTH.
- I SUFFER WITH DEPRESSION.
I WANT TO GET A GEISHA HIDING BEHIND A FAN
BECAUSE I'VE HIDDEN FROM ALL OF MY ISSUES BASICALLY,
AND I DON'T WANT TO HIDE ANYMORE.
- I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH AN AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE.
I WANT TO GET A SAMURAI,
REALLY GOING TO SYMBOLIZE THAT STRENGTH.
IT WILL GET ME PAST ANYTHING.
- LIVING WITH MY TWIN BROTHER, IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT.
HE STARTED GETTING INTO DRUGS, GETTING ARRESTED.
BUT AFTER HE WENT TO JAIL, HE STARTED CHANGING, YOU KNOW.
HE STARTED BEING BETTER.
SO I REALLY WANT TO GET A DRAGON
BECAUSE A DRAGON PROTECTS HIS CASTLE,
AND I LOOK AT MY BROTHER AS MY CASTLE,
AND I'M DEFENDING HIM.
- I'M DAVID.
I GUESS I'M LABELED AS THE BAD TWIN.
I JUST WANT TO GET A KOI FISH
ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY LEG RIGHT HERE.
THAT SYMBOLIZES WHO I AM
AND WHAT I'VE BEEN THROUGH IN MY LIFE.
- MY RELATIONSHIP WITH MY STEPDAD
IS NOT GOOD AT ALL.
WE'RE ALWAYS ARGUING AND GETTING IN FIGHTS.
I WANT TO GET A PEACOCK BECAUSE THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL,
AND THEY'RE STILL PRETTY WHEN THEY ARE DEFENDING THEMSELVES.
- A FEW YEARS AGO, I HAD A SERIES OF TRAGEDIES IN MY LIFE.
I HAD A MISCARRIAGE, AND MY FATHER DIED UNEXPECTEDLY.
I'D LIKE TO GET A BUDDHIST ELEPHANT
TO REPRESENT THE MENTAL STRENGTH,
THE PHYSICAL STRENGTH, AND STEADFASTNESS.
- WHEN I WAS 13 YEARS OLD, I WAS DIAGNOSED
WITH BIPOLAR DISORDER.
I WOULD LIKE TO GET A JAPANESE PHOENIX
THAT REPRESENTS THE ABILITY TO GET UP AFTER DARK TIMES.
- MY DAD'S BEEN A REALLY STRONG PERSON IN MY LIFE,
AND HIS NICKNAME IS "SNAKE."
I WANT TO GET A SNAKE GOING UP A BRANCH WITH FLOWERS
TO REPRESENT THE STRENGTH THAT MY DAD'S GIVEN ME IN MY LIFE.
- HI. MY IS ROBERT. ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO,
MY DAD WAS ON HIS DEATHBED-- HE ENDED UP LIVING.
SO I WANT TO GET A SAMURAI WARRIOR ON THE SIDE OF MY RIBS
TO REPRESENT HIM BEING ALWAYS ON MY SIDE
AND TO REPRESENT THE STRENGTH WHICH HE GAVE ME.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE,
YOU'VE BEEN RANDOMLY PAIRED WITH EACH SKIN.
- DARNELL, YOU WON THE LAST INK CHALLENGE,
SO YOU ARE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK.
WE ARE GIVING YOU FIVE HOURS TO COMPLETE THIS INK CHALLENGE.
PLEASE USE THAT TIME WISELY.
- OKAY, ARTISTS, GET WITH YOUR SKINS.
- SO WHAT ARE WE DOING TODAY? - GETTING A TATTOO ON MY LEG.
I WANT TO GET A KOI FISH.
- NOW, DO YOU WANT COLOR? YOU WANT BLACK AND WHITE?
- I WANT COLOR. - COLOR.
- IF YOU HAVE ANY IDEAS, THROW IT IN THERE.
- DUDE, BADASS.
- I WAS THINKING ABOUT GETTING A DRAGON.
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT JUST-- ATTITUDE, AGGRESSION.
- I'M SO EXCITED, 'CAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE,
LIKE, KIND OF MY FIRST MASCULINE TATTOO
THAT I'VE DONE ON THIS COMPETITION.
- I'M LOOKING TO GET, LIKE, A PEACOCK
AND, LIKE, SOMEHOW, THE TAIL COMING DOWN.
- DEFINITELY CAN MAKE THAT HAPPEN, NO PROBLEM.
ALL RIGHT? - ALL RIGHT.
- HEATHER MENTIONS A PEACOCK, WHICH THAT'S, LIKE,
ANYTHING IF I COULD'VE PICKED THAT I DIDN'T WANT,
I GOT THAT, BUT AFTER JOE'S TALK,
I WANT TO BE HERE. HONESTLY, I DO.
I'M GONNA TRY MY BEST, AND HOPEFULLY I DON'T GO HOME.
- I HEARD YOU WANTED THE PHOENIX ON YOUR RIBS?
- THAT'S THE PLAN.
- MY MAIN SUGGESTION WOULD BE TO MOVE THE PHOENIX
TO MAYBE YOUR THIGH.
- YEAH, I'M OPEN TO IT.
- I'VE ALREADY DONE A PHOENIX IN THIS COMPETITION,
SO I REALLY, REALLY WANT TO DO AN EPIC PHOENIX ON YOU.
I WANT TO DO SOMETHING TO SHOW THE JUDGES
THAT I CAN ALWAYS CONTINUOUSLY STEP UP MY GAME.
- SO YOU WANT A SAMURAI, RIGHT? - YEAH.
MORE OF A TRADITIONAL SAMURAI, WITH THE HELMET
AND THE SHIELD AND THE BODY ARMOR.
- COOL, COOL.
- SO I WANT TO GET A GEISHA,
BUT I WANT HER TO BE HIDING BEHIND A FAN,
BUT I WANT HER OTHER HAND TO BE, LIKE,
HOLDING A SAMURAI SWORD FOR THE STRENGTH PART OF IT.
- I DIG YOUR IDEA ALREADY.
I ALREADY HAVE SOME THINGS, LIKE,
YOU KNOW, HAPPENING IN MY BRAIN.
- YOU WON YOUR CHALLENGE, THE LAST ONE?
- I DID WIN THE LAST INK CHALLENGE,
SO THAT GIVES YOU KIND OF, LIKE,
AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU'RE WORKING WITH.
YOU FEEL BETTER NOW? - FEELING BETTER.
- I'M GONNA GET A BASIC CONCEPT DOWN REAL QUICK.
- I HATE IT.
- DAMN. ALREADY? - [laughing]
JUST KIDDING.
- I'M LOOKING TO GET SOMETHING--
MAYBE, LIKE, A SAMURAI
OR POSSIBLY EVEN A GEISHA. - COOL.
WHERE WERE YOU THINKING ABOUT GETTING IT?
- ANYWHERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF MY BODY,
'CAUSE THAT'S PRETTY MUCH MY JAPANESE SIDE.
- YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. FOR SURE, FOR SURE.
- YEAH. - SOUNDS GOOD, MAN.
- I ACTUALLY DO A LOT OF TIBETAN BUDDHIST
AND EASTERN ASIAN-INSPIRED STUFF.
- OKAY. - CAN I DO A MANDALA ON YOU...
- YES. - AS A CROWN OF ENERGY?
- YES. - SWEET.
I THINK WE'RE GONNA WORK TOGETHER PRETTY NICELY.
- MY DAD'S NICKNAME GROWING UP WAS "SNAKE."
I DON'T WANT A SNAKE THAT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ATTACKING.
I WANT MORE SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW,
SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL IN NATURE. - AWESOME, AWESOME.
THE CRITIQUES THAT I'VE GOTTEN SO FAR
HAVE BEEN THAT MY TECHNICAL SKILLS ARE GOOD,
BUT THAT MY DESIGN IS TOO CLUTTERED AND TOO BUSY.
SO MY PLAN FOR THIS ONE
IS TO SCALE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
IF IT'S 10% SMALLER, THEN I HAVE AN EXTRA 10%
TO GIVE TO THE QUALITY OF THE PIECE.
- OKAY, SO YOU'RE WANTING A CHERRY BLOSSOM?
- JUST A COUPLE FALLING BLOSSOMS...
- RIGHT. - WITH A CRANE...
- RIGHT, RIGHT.
I'M SORRY.
I FEEL LIKE HEATHER COULD SEE IN MY EYES
HOW BAD I WAS FEELING,
EVEN THOUGH I WAS REALLY TRYING TO HIDE IT.
MY BIGGEST FEAR WAS,
"AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO PULL OFF A SOLID PIECE?"
I'LL GET THE FEELING TONIGHT AND JUST KIND OF GO WITH IT.
- OKAY. - NOW MY BIGGEST FEAR IS,
"AM I GONNA PASS OUT?"
- COMING UP...
- I WAS TRYING TO FIX A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT,
AND IT'S SHORTING OUT.
THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL.
[laughs] THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL.
- I'M FEELING PRETTY SICK.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO.
- I CAN'T TELL WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WING.
THIS DOESN'T LOOK RIGHT.
- OUR INK CHALLENGE IS GOING TO BE ASIAN-INSPIRED TATTOOS.
I'VE DONE MY FAIR SHARE,
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT DOING A GEISHA GIRL.
- MY SKIN WANTED A SNAKE AND FLOWERS,
BUT HE'S, LIKE, GOT A WHOLE ARM FULL OF JAPANESE FLOWERS.
SO I DECIDED TO TALK HIM INTO SOME MAPLE LEAVES INSTEAD.
MAPLE LEAVES ARE JUST A JAPANESE, ICONIC THING.
- A LOT OF THE ARTISTS COUNT ME OUT
BECAUSE OF HOW SICK I AM, BUT THAT'S OKAY,
BECAUSE I WOULD SAY MY GREATEST STRENGTH
IS I'M VERY GOOD UNDER PRESSURE.
- WHAT'S GOING ON, GIRL? SO CHECK IT.
I GOT A BASIC LAYOUT FOR YOU.
WE'RE GONNA DO, LIKE, REALLY FLOWING,
LIKE, FULL BLACK-AND-GRAY BACKGROUND.
LIKE, THERE'S A LOT OF WIND BARS THAT ARE IN HERE
THAT ARE GONNA BE IN THERE TOO.
I FEEL LIKE THE JUDGES REALLY LIKE COLOR
A LOT BETTER THAN BLACK AND GRAY.
I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO STEP UP MY COLOR GAME
AND SHOW THAT I'M A REAL COMPETITOR IN THIS COMPETITION.
- READY TO SEE WHAT I BROUGHT FOR YOU?
- YEP. I LIKE IT. - YOU LIKE IT OR YOU LOVE IT?
YOU HAVE TO LOVE IT.
IT'S GOING TO BE ON YOU FOREVER. - I LOVE IT.
- OKAY. [laughs]
- ONCE THE STENCIL'S ON, WE'LL CHECK IT OUT.
I'M WORRIED ABOUT ME AND KARLY BEING COMPARED
BECAUSE WE HAVE THE TWO BROTHERS.
LET'S SNEAK OVER THERE AND LOOK.
OH, MAN.
- LET'S SEE THIS. - THAT'S LEGIT, DUDE.
- OH, DANG.
- GOES RIGHT TO THE FARMER'S TAN.
- YEAH. - COVER IT UP.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT.
- CUTE. - GARBAGE.
- OH... - THAT'S CUTE.
- DAMN, YOU HEAR THAT?
- [laughs] - ALL RIGHT.
- AS LONG AS I GET A BETTER CRITIQUE THAN YOU,
THEN I'M HAPPY.
- OH, YEAH? WE'RE IN THE BATTLE, THEN.
I GOT MY EYE ON YOU, GIRL. I'M WATCHING YOU.
- YEP. TEAM KARLY.
- OH, NICE. I LIKE THAT.
- THE ONLY THING I ADDED THAT WE DIDN'T TALK ABOUT
WAS THE FIRE. - I REALLY LIKE IT A LOT.
- YOU LIKE IT? GOOD.
I LOVE JAPANESE TATTOOS. I LOVE ANYTHING ASIAN-INSPIRED.
I'M EXCITED. I CAN'T WAIT.
- SO THIS IS THE DRAWING. - WOW.
- BUT WHAT DO YOU THINK? - IT'S AWESOME.
- YEAH? - IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
- COOL, COOL. - I'M EXCITED.
- I'M FEELING REALLY GOOD NOW.
I'VE ALREADY WON WITH THE PHOENIX
FOR THE COVER-UP CHALLENGE,
AND THIS ONE IS BETTER.
I'VE GOT, LIKE, A BETTER BACKGROUND
TO SET THAT PHOENIX OFF.
- HELL, YEAH.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, NOW, ON MY SIGNAL,
YOU'LL HAVE FIVE HOURS TO COMPLETE YOUR TATTOO.
- READY FOR THE BEGINNING OF YOUR FIRST TATTOO?
- I'M READY.
- LET'S DO IT.
- YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
- MY SKIN--HE WANTS THE SIMPLE KOI DESIGN,
BUT I WANT MY OWN SPIN ON IT, OF COURSE.
LIKE, I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT THE KOI AND SAY,
"YEAH, LIKE, I'VE SEEN KOI TATTOOS,
BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN A KOI TATTOO THAT LOOKS LIKE THAT."
- THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL.
THINGS ARE NOT GOING WELL.
I WAS TRYING TO FIX A PIECE OF EQUIPMENT,
AND THE LEAD ON IT IS STILL NOT SOLID.
SO I'M GETTING A BAD CONNECTION TO MY MACHINE,
AND IT'S SHORTING OUT, AND IT'S CUTTING OUT,
AND OF COURSE IT'S CUTTING OUT AT THE WORST POSSIBLE MOMENTS.
IS SOMEBODY [bleep] WITH ME RIGHT NOW?
I'M STARTING TO FREAK OUT,
AND I'M STARTING TO GET UPSET,
BUT I DON'T WANT TO LET IT RUIN MY POSITIVE FRAME OF MIND,
AND I'M NOT GOING TO LET IT RUIN THIS TATTOO.
- I'M FEELING, YOU KNOW, PRETTY SICK.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST-CASE SCENARIO
AND A NIGHTMARE COME TRUE.
MY MAIN CONCERN AT THIS POINT IS,
"AM I GOING TO BE ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ENOUGH
TO PRESENT A DECENT TATTOO?"
- I LIKE THAT YOU'RE LIGHT-HANDED.
I'VE DEFINITELY HAD TATTOOS WHERE IT HURT SO BAD.
- YEAH, TELL THAT TO MY LAST CLIENT.
[both laugh]
MY COLOR PALETTE I HAVE IN MIND FOR THE SNAKE
IS A MOSSY OLIVE GREEN WITH, LIKE, POPS OF YELLOW
AND BABY BLUE FOR THE BELLY SCALES.
I THINK THAT THOSE COLORS ARE GOING TO LOOK REALLY GOOD
WITH THE REDS AND ORANGES OF THE MAPLE LEAVES.
I'VE GOT IT IN MY HEAD, SO I JUST HOPE IT WORKS OUT
THE WAY THAT I'M PLANNING IT.
- I FEEL LIKE YOU'RE TRYING TO CAUSE ME DEATH.
- I HAVE NO ILL WILL TOWARDS YOU, GIRL.
- JUST TOWARDS MY ARM. - JUST TOWARDS YOUR ARM.
FROM THE MOMENT I SAW YOU, YOUR ARM BOTHERED ME.
- [laughs]
- I GOT MY MACHINE WORKING AGAIN.
AS SOON AS I START LINING IN THE FACE OF THE SAMURAI,
IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
LIKE, "OKAY, IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD DAY."
- HOW YOU DOING UP THERE, HON--OKAY?
- YEAH. REALLY GOOD.
- YEAH? YOU LOOK LIKE YOU'RE SLEEPING UP THERE.
- OH... - SHE'S DEFINITELY NOT SLEEPING.
- [chuckles] DEFINITELY NOT.
- I CAN'T TELL WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE WINGS.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT ONE WING GOING THIS WAY
AND ONE COMING THIS WAY.
IT DOESN'T REALLY LOOK ASIAN.
- JOE SPECIFICALLY SAID HE DIDN'T LIKE THE WAY
I HAD THE WINGS GOING.
I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME HERE,
BUT I FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT I CAN PULL IT OFF.
- IT MIGHT HELP TO ADD A LITTLE DEPTH.
- GOT YA. OKAY. - OKAY?
HEY, WILLY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- DIDN'T MAKE TOP THREE LAST WEEK, SO...
- OH, THAT'S EATING YA, HUH? - [bleep] "A," DUDE.
- IT'S BOTHERING THE [bleep] OUT OF YA?
- DUDE, YOU'RE [bleep] CRUISING.
I MEAN, YOU'RE GONNA BE DONE THE WAY YOU'RE MOVING RIGHT NOW.
- EVERYTHING'S GOING RIGHT WITH THE PHOENIX SO FAR.
I'M BLAZING THROUGH THE BACKGROUND.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOT A REALLY GOOD CHANCE TO WIN THIS ONE.
- HOW'S IT GOING, DANNY?
- TRYING TO GET [bleep] DONE, YOU KNOW?
- WHAT DO YOU HAVE GOING ON WITH LINE WORK UP TOP?
- WELL, I'M KIND OF SLOW WITH COLOR, SO I'M JUST TRYING TO,
LIKE, MAKE SURE I FOCUS ON IT AND GET IT DONE IN TIME.
SATURATED AND EVERYTHING, YOU KNOW?
- USUALLY WE WORK BLACK FIRST AND THEN ALL THE COLOR.
- I WAS GONNA DO THAT, BUT, LIKE, I WAS DEFINITELY WORRIED
ABOUT GETTING THE COLOR DONE,
'CAUSE I CAN GET BLACK DONE REALLY QUICK.
- OKAY.
- NORMALLY YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO GO
WITH, LIKE, OUTLINES AND YOUR DARKS,
AND THEN DO YOUR COLORS ON TOP OF IT,
BECAUSE IF YOU WIPE BLACK OVER YOUR COLOR,
IT COULD [bleep] EVERYTHING UP.
BUT WITH ME, I'M JUST TAKING A DIFFERENT APPROACH THIS TIME.
JOE PROBABLY DOESN'T THINK
THAT I'M GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO IT CORRECTLY.
I'M JUST TRYING TO DO IT THE WAY THAT I FEEL
LIKE IT'S MAKING ME GET IT DONE IN TIME.
- I'LL SEE YOU SHORTLY. - SOUNDS GOOD.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, YOU HAVE LESS THAN AN HOUR.
I WILL SEE YOU AT ELIMINATION.
- I FINISH MY PIECE ABOUT 30 MINUTES EARLY,
AND I'M PSYCHED.
I COULD EASILY HAVE A CHANCE OF WINNING IT.
- YOUR FIRST TAT-- LOOK AT THAT.
THE ONES I GOT FOR MY FIRST TIME, THEY HORRIBLE.
AT LEAST I GOT A GOOD ONE ON MY LEG NOW.
- GARBAGE. - ALL RIGHT, DANNY.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, DANNY.
- LOOKING AT THE CLOCK, AND AS LONG AS MY TATTOO
IS BETTER THAN JOE'S... [chuckles]
THEN I'VE WON.
- [grunts]
- ARTISTS, YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT.
- 18 SECONDS TO SPARE. - [chuckles]
- THREE, TWO, ONE...
TIME'S UP. MACHINES DOWN.
- DO YOU WANT TO SEE IT FIRST?
- OH, YAY.
OH, I LOVE IT.
- OH, MY GOD, WOW. CAN I GIVE YOU A HUG?
[both laugh] THAT'S SO AWESOME. THANK YOU.
- I FEEL SUPER HAPPY WITH THIS TATTOO.
I MEAN, [bleep], I WOULD WEAR THIS TATTOO.
- YAY.
- YOU DIG IT? YOU SEE HER?
FIERCE? - I LOVE IT.
- YEAH? - YEAH.
- YOU GOT THAT FOR LIFE, GIRL.
- OH, WOW.
- CAN YOU SEE IT? - YEAH, THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.
- I'M PRETTY PROUD OF MY PIECE.
THE FACT THAT I FINISHED WAS A MIRACLE.
- THAT'S BRIGHT COLORS, MAN. COOL, COOL.
- THAT IS IT, MY FRIEND.
- SWEET. - YEAH!
- THANKS. - I'M PROUD OF IT.
I KNOW THAT THE LINES ARE SOLID
AND THE COLOR IS SATURATED,
AND MY SKIN ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT,
BUT THERE'S SOME REALLY IMPRESSIVE PIECES HERE,
AND I DON'T WANT TO LAND
IN THE BOTTOM THREE AGAIN THIS WEEK--I REALLY DON'T.
WHEW.
- I GOT SO MUCH [bleep] TO CLEAN UP, DUDE.
- ME TOO.
DUDE, LIKE, YOUR PIECE, LIKE,
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DON'T DO JAPANESE.
- I MEAN, I DIDN'T SEE YOURS,
BUT I'M SURE IT LOOKED LIKE [bleep].
- [laughs]
- DAMN, DOG, I THOUGHT WE WERE HOMIES.
- WE ARE HOMIES, DUDE.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE'RE NOT HOMIES
JUST BECAUSE I'M NOT, LIKE, A SUPER BIG FAN OF YOUR PIECE.
- I WAS FEELING PRETTY GOOD ABOUT IT,
AND THEN ROMEO WAS KIND OF LIKE,
"YOU KNOW, I DON'T REALLY LIKE THE LOOK OF IT."
I KNOW ROMEO'S BEING HONEST, YOU KNOW,
BUT IT'S JUST TOUGH TO HEAR THAT.
- SEE, ME-- WHEN I DO JAPANESE,
I WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE JAPANESE.
- IF I GET SENT HOME OVER THIS, IT WOULD REALLY SUCK,
BUT I DON'T THINK I DESERVE IT.
THEIR CHALK OUTLINE SOMEWHERE.EO
- I'LL LAY DOWN IF YOU WANT TO DO IT.
- LAY DOWN, MAN. I'M GONNA CHALK-OUTLINE YOU RIGHT NOW.
- IS THIS INTERESTING?
IT HAS TO BE AN INTERESTING POSE.
- A LOT OF THIS EXPERIENCE IS STRESSFUL,
AND I'M JUST LIKE, "YO, CHALK OUTLINES--WHO'S DOWN?"
DUDE, WE GOT TO DO EVERYBODY'S CHALK OUTLINE, MAN.
- IT'S KIND OF FUNNY HOW PLAYING DEAD
AND DOING A CHALK OUTLINE
WOULD PUT PEOPLE IN A HAPPY MOOD,
BUT WHATEVER IT TAKES.
I'M INTO IT, AND IT WAS SUPER FUN.
- OH, WHO'S NEXT?
- OKAY, ARTISTS, THIS IS YOUR NEXT ELIMINATION.
IN A MOMENT, THE OTHER JUDGES AND I
WILL CRITIQUE YOUR WORK.
AFTER WE NAME OUR TOP THREE ARTISTS,
THE BEST OF THE WEEK WILL THEN HAVE TO GIVE US
THEIR BOTTOM THREE.
ULTIMATELY, ONE OF YOU WILL LEAVE HERE THE WINNER
OF THIS INK CHALLENGE,
WHILE ONE OF YOU WILL BE GOING HOME.
FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE, YOU WERE ASKED TO DO
ASIAN-INSPIRED TATTOOS THAT SYMBOLIZED
AN IMPORTANT MOMENT IN YOUR SKINS' LIVES.
DARNELL, YOU WON THE LAST INK CHALLENGE,
SO YOU'RE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK.
LET'S GET TO THE TATTOOS OF THIS WEEK, GUYS.
JOE, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF A KOI FISH
TO REPRESENT PERSEVERING THROUGH A TURBULENT CHILDHOOD.
- YOUR CHOICE TO USE, LIKE, THE BLACK IN THE BACKGROUND
WITH THE WATER-- I LOVE THAT.
IT REALLY FEELS LIKE THERE'S SOME DIMENSION
AND DEPTH TO THIS PIECE.
- REALLY NICE TATTOO.
I LOVE THE WAY IT'S DRAWN.
YOUR USE OF LINES-- REALLY NICE.
HAVING SAID THAT, I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN
A LITTLE BIT MORE TRADITIONAL JAPANESE STYLE.
KARLY, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF A DRAGON
TO REPRESENT HIM BEING THE GUARDIAN OF HIS TWIN BROTHER.
I LIKE THAT YOU'VE GOTTEN ALL THE CLASSIC ELEMENTS
OF THE JAPANESE DRAGON.
MY KIND OF ISSUE WITH THIS TATTOO IS THE BLACK
THAT YOU HAVE GOING ON UNDERNEATH THE DRAGON'S HEAD.
IT ALMOST HAS THE APPEARANCE OF A COVER-UP.
ROMEO, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF A WARRIOR
TO REPRESENT HIS BATTLE AGAINST AN AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER.
- ROMEO, I REALLY LIKE THE TASSELS COMING DOWN ON THE HAND.
ALL THOSE EXTRA DETAILS
MAKE YOUR TATTOOS JUST SO MUCH BETTER.
I AM NOT TOO THRILLED ON THE WATER
COMING OUT OF THE MOUTH.
IT LOOKS LIKE A TONGUE.
- LARA, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF A BUDDHIST ELEPHANT
TO REPRESENT OVERCOMING A TRAUMATIC YEAR IN HER LIFE.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT THE LINE WORK
IS REALLY, REALLY CLEAN.
YOU CHOSE TO USE THE BLACK AND GRAY WISELY.
IT WORKS VERY WELL ON HER,
AND THE TATTOO READS WELL FROM A DISTANCE.
- MY BIGGEST COMPLAINT WOULD HAVE TO BE
WITH THE COLOR CHOICES.
IT'S KIND OF HARD TO READ.
- ALAYNA, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF A POWERFUL SNAKE
TO REPRESENT HIS FATHER'S STRENGTH.
- ALAYNA, I REALLY LOVE THE SNAKE.
I THINK HE'S AWESOME.
YOUR LINE WORK IS GORGEOUS, AS ALWAYS,
BUT YOU ALSO GET A CHANCE TO SEE, LIKE,
HOW YOU'RE UTILIZING YOUR COLOR THROUGHOUT THIS PIECE.
- I LIKE YOUR TAKE ON THE MAPLE LEAVES.
I THINK THEY WORK REALLY WELL.
THEY HAVE, LIKE, THESE LITTLE CLUSTERS OF COLOR
AMONGST THE GREENS AND ALL THESE COOL COLORS
YOU GOT GOING ON INSIDE THE SNAKE.
WHAT I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN IS A SNAKE TONGUE
COMING OUT OF THE FRONT OF THAT SNAKE.
AND I THINK THAT WOULD'VE REALLY CAPPED THIS OFF
AND MADE IT SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL.
- MAY MAY, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF A SAMURAI WARRIOR
AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS COURAGEOUS DAD.
MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THIS
IS THE ACTUAL DRAWING AND THE LAYOUT.
I THINK THAT THE FACT THAT YOU'RE DOING THE CHEST,
THAT SAMURAI SHOULD BE THE FOCAL POINT OF THAT PIECE.
LIKE, A SAMURAI SWORD
IS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WEAPON OF FINESSE.
THE HANDLE OF THAT SWORD IS JUST TWEAKED.
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE. THAT'S HORRIBLE.
- YOU'VE GOT SPLOTCHY STUFF GOING ON WITH THE FLAMES.
THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION TO IT,
AND THAT BIG SWOOSH COMING DOWN THERE,
I THINK, WORKS AGAINST YOUR TATTOO.
- WILLY, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF A JAPANESE PHOENIX
TO REPRESENT OVERCOMING THE STIGMA OF MENTAL ILLNESS.
- ONCE AGAIN, YOU ARE DEFINITELY THE LINE GUY.
YOU'VE GOT THIS WONDERFUL, BOLD STUFF IN THE FOREGROUND--
SUPER EFFECTIVE.
- WILLY, THIS TATTOO FILLS UP THE SPACE SO NICELY,
FLOWS PERFECT--YOUR COLORS ARE ALWAYS INCREDIBLE.
- THANK YOU.
- DARNELL, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF A GEISHA
TO REPRESENT HER BATTLE OVERCOMING DEPRESSION.
SUPER NICE TATTOO. REALLY, REALLY CLEAN.
YOUR USE OF BALANCING THE LINE WEIGHTS
WORKED REALLY, REALLY WELL.
WHILE IT IS AN IMPECCABLY SUPER NICE TATTOO,
IT LACKS THAT, LIKE, POP.
- NORMALLY, I WOULD SAY I WOULD WANT MORE COLOR IN THIS,
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS ACTUALLY UNIQUE
THAT YOU JUST USED A FEW COLORS.
THE THING THAT IS BOTHERING ME, THOUGH,
IS THE GEISHA'S HAIR.
I JUST FEEL LIKE YOU COULD'VE DONE SO MUCH MORE
WITH THAT HAIR TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE GEISHA HAIR.
- DANNY, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF A PEACOCK
AND CHERRY BLOSSOMS TO REPRESENT OVERCOMING A TOUGH CHILDHOOD.
- DANNY, I FEEL LIKE YOU COULD HAVE GONE
A LITTLE MORE ASIAN-THEMED WITH IT.
IT'S HARD FOR ME TO CATCH THIS AS AN ASIAN-INSPIRED TATTOO,
BESIDES THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS.
- COMPOSITIONALLY, IT'S VERY DENSE,
AND IT'S KIND OF ALL IN THIS COMPACT, LITTLE AREA.
THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF USE THE ELEMENTS
OF THE PEACOCK THAT MAKE IT GRACEFUL
TO MAKE IT INTO A GRACEFUL TATTOO.
- I THINK YOU REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOMETHING
THAT WAS TRULY FANTASTIC,
AND IT KIND OF FALLS REALLY FLAT.
- OKAY.
- ANTHONY, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO
OF A CRANE AND A CHERRY BLOSSOM
TO REPRESENT HER BATTLE WITH CANCER.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU UTILIZED CERTAIN ELEMENTS
OF THE JAPANESE CULTURE.
I LIKE THE CHERRY BLOSSOMS.
THESE ARE ELEMENTS THAT ALL COULD WORK.
I COMMEND YOU ON TRYING TO WORK WITH THESE
PARTICULAR COLORS, BUT THEY KIND OF FALL SHORT.
- OKAY, ANTHONY, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU DIDN'T HAVE
A WHOLE LOT OF TIME TO DRAW.
ANATOMICALLY, I'M TRYING TO FIGURE THIS THING OUT.
IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE THE WING IS COMING OUT OF THE TOP
OF THE BIRD'S HEAD.
NOT YOUR STRONGEST EFFORT.
- ARTISTS, THERE ARE
SOME ABSOLUTELY AMAZING TATTOOS THIS WEEK,
AND NOW IT'S TIME TO NAME OUR TOP THREE ARTISTS
OF THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP DOWN.
THE FIRST ARTIST IN THE TOP THREE IS...
WILLY.
THE NEXT ARTIST THAT I'D LIKE TO CALL DOWN IS...
JOE.
AND THE FINAL ARTIST IN OUR TOP THREE IS...
ALAYNA.
- OKAY, WILLY, YOU BROUGHT US YOUR TYPICAL
BEAUTIFUL, TECHNICAL PIECE,
BUT YOU ALSO BROUGHT IN A LITTLE EXTRA DEPTH
SO WE'RE ABLE TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE
OF WHAT YOU'RE COMPOSITIONALLY CAPABLE OF
WHEN YOU START PLAYING WITH THOSE COLORS.
- JOE, NICE UNDERLINING ON THIS ONE,
A BEAUTIFUL DRAWING-- GREAT WORK.
ALAYNA, WE GOT TO SEE A FINISHED TATTOO THIS WEEK,
WHICH WAS GREAT BECAUSE WE HAD A CHANCE
TO SEE HOW YOU'RE USING COLOR,
AND IT WAS A VERY IMPRESSIVE TATTOO.
YOU GUYS ALL BROUGHT IT THIS WEEK.
THE WINNER OF OUR INK CHALLENGE WILL BE...
ALAYNA.
[applause]
- I CANNOT BELIEVE I'M THE WINNER.
THIS IS AMAZING.
I'M UP AGAINST
SOME REALLY AMAZINGLY TALENTED PEOPLE HERE.
SO I'M PROUD OF MYSELF.
- CONGRATULATIONS, ALAYNA.
YOU WILL BE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION NEXT WEEK.
BUT NOW YOU KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HEAD OVER TO THE TATTOO SHOP
AND DECIDE WHO YOU THINK BELONGS IN THE BOTTOM THREE.
AFTER WE GET YOUR PICKS, THE JUDGES AND I WILL DECIDE
WHO WILL NOT BE COMPETING ANY FURTHER FOR BEST INK.
- SO, CONGRATULATIONS. - THANK YOU.
- SO WHAT'S EVERYBODY THINK ABOUT ANTHONY'S PIECE?
- THE PROPORTIONS ARE A LITTLE OFF,
AND THE LINE WORK'S A LITTLE ROUGH IN SOME SPOTS.
- I JUST DON'T LIKE IT AT ALL.
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING GOOD I COULD SAY ABOUT IT.
- DANNY'S PIECE. - DANNY'S.
- IT'S SATURATED WELL, AND THE GRAY IS SMOOTH,
BUT THE COMPOSITION AND THE FLOW IS JUST LACKING.
- I PERSONALLY DON'T LIKE LINES ON NEGATIVE SPACE
OR ON THE WIND BARS.
LARA'S PIECE?
- MY MAIN THING IS THE SHADING IN THESE FORMS
DOESN'T GIVE IT ANY KIND OF DIMENSION TO ME.
- MAY MAY'S. - NOT A HUGE FAN OF THIS.
- I ALSO AM NOT A FAN OF THE LINES ON THE BARS.
I DON'T WANT TO CHOOSE THE BOTTOM THREE.
THAT'S THE CRAPPY PART ABOUT BEING IN THE TOP.
THERE'S GOOD WORK HERE,
AND I'M FRIENDS WITH PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY.
SO IT'S VERY DAUNTING TO HAVE TO CHOOSE.
IT SUCKS TO DO IT, BUT IT'S A COMPETITION.
LIKE, WE GOT TO DO WHAT WE GOT TO DO.
- SO, UH, BOTTOM THREE?
- MM-HMM. - IT'S OFFICIAL.
- ALL RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS,
ALAYNA, JOE, AND WILLY HAVE GIVEN US THEIR PICKS.
IF I CALL YOUR NAME, THAT MEANS YOU'RE
IN THE BOTTOM THREE AND COULD BE GOING HOME.
- MAY MAY, I HAVE TO ASK YOU TO STEP DOWN.
DANNY, YOU'RE THE NEXT ARTIST THAT NEEDS TO STEP DOWN.
ANTHONY, PLEASE STEP DOWN.
YOU'RE ALSO IN THE BOTTOM THREE.
MAY MAY, DANNY, ANTHONY, UNFORTUNATELY FOR YOU,
ANY ONE OF THE THREE OF YOU COULD BE GOING HOME.
NOW, THE OTHER JUDGES AND I ARE GOING TO NEED SOME TIME
TO DELIBERATE AND DECIDE
WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS IS GOING TO BE ELIMINATED.
WE'LL SEE THE BOTTOM THREE BACK HERE SHORTLY
WITH OUR DECISION.
- [flutters lips]
- [bleep]. [bleep].
I MEAN, I'M JUST PISSED BECAUSE, LIKE, UGH,
I WANTED TO DO REALLY GOOD THIS CHALLENGE,
BUT I'M, LIKE, SO UNFAMILIAR WITH PEACOCKS,
YOU KNOW, AND IT'S JUST, LIKE, [bleep].
[bleep].
- I REALLY HOPE THAT I DO GET A SECOND CHANCE.
I FEEL LIKE THE FACT THAT I WAS SICK WOULD TELL THEM
THAT, LOOK, EACH ONE OF MY PIECES HAS BEEN BETTER
UP UNTIL NOW, AND THIS IS WHY.
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS, BUT MY ONLY HOPE
IS THAT I DON'T GO HOME.
- I JUST DON'T WANT TO CRY ANYMORE.
- THEN DON'T. [bleep] IT.
- I CAN'T HELP IT.
- BEING IN THE BOTTOM THREE, I UNDERSTAND THAT,
LIKE, IT SUCKS, BUT, YOU KNOW,
DANNY, SAME THING.
HE WAS IN THE BOTTOM THREE LAST WEEK, YOU KNOW?
- YOU GUYS HAVEN'T BEEN THERE
[bleep] FOUR TIMES IN A ROW.
[sighs]
I'M DISAPPOINTED THAT I LET THEM DOWN.
I LET MYSELF DOWN.
I LET MY FRIENDS DOWN.
I LET MY FAMILY DOWN.
- YOU KNOW, YOU'VE STILL MADE IT A LONG WAYS, YOU KNOW?
YOU'RE STILL HERE, SO...
AND I THINK YOU'LL CONTINUE TO STAY HERE.
- I WANT SO BADLY TO SHOW WHAT I CAN DO.
[groans] AGAIN AND AGAIN, MY BEST
JUST ISN'T [bleep] GOOD ENOUGH,
AND I'M TIRED OF IT.
- ARTISTS, THE JUDGES HAVE MADE THEIR DECISION,
SO THE BOTTOM THREE CAN GO BACK IN.
- MAY MAY, DANNY, ANTHONY,
ONE OF YOU WILL BE GOING HOME THIS EVENING.
MAY MAY, YOUR TATTOO FAILED FROM THE GET-GO.
MY BIGGEST GRIPE WITH THIS IS REALLY THE SAMURAI SWORD.
YOU TOOK A SURGICAL, PRECISION WEAPON
AND TURNED IT INTO THIS CLUB-LIKE ITEM,
AND THAT'S THE ONE THING
YOU REALLY SHOULDN'T HAVE DROPPED THE BALL ON.
DANNY, YOUR CHERRY BLOSSOMS ARE POOR.
THE USE OF THE NEGATIVE SPACE WAS REALLY CLEVER,
BUT IT KIND OF FALLS A LITTLE SHORT.
NOW, ANTHONY, YOUR CRANE--
THE PIECE ITSELF IS POOR FROM THE GET-GO.
THE DRAWING DOESN'T CARRY ANY KIND OF REALISM.
MAY MAY, WE'RE SEEING YOU HERE AGAIN AND AGAIN.
WE ALL LIKE TO THINK THAT YOU'RE BETTER
THAN WHAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
IN THE PAST, WE HAVE SEEN SOMETHING FROM YOU
THAT ACTUALLY MADE A GREAT TATTOO,
AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT YOU HAVE THAT
IN YOU STILL.
DO YOU HAVE THAT IN YOU? - I DO.
- SHOW IT TO US, BECAUSE THE NEXT TIME
YOU'RE UP ON THAT STAGE,
I DO NOT WANT TO SEE YOU ON THAT PODIUM.
AND THAT BEING SAID, AT THE MOMENT,
YOU'RE STILL COMPETING.
GO.
NOW, ANTHONY, THE USE OF COLOR THAT YOU HAVE IN THERE--
IT'S JUST NOT SATURATED ENOUGH.
IT JUST LOSES ANY KIND OF REAL VIBRANCY.
IT JUST DOESN'T CUT IT, MAN.
DANNY, THIS PIECE JUST IS TOO CLUNKY
TO REALLY KIND OF CARRY ANY KIND OF FLOW.
IF YOU HAD JUST TAKEN A [bleep] PEACOCK
AND TRACED THE *** THING,
THAT MAY HAVE SAVED YOU THIS WEEK.
ANTHONY, I UNDERSTAND YOU WEREN'T FEELING WELL,
AND I COMMEND YOU FOR COMING IN HERE
AND DOING WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
NOW, THAT BEING SAID, I'M SORRY,
BUT YOU'RE NO LONGER COMPETING FOR BEST INK.
- I UNDERSTAND. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.
APPRECIATE IT.
IN THE FIVE WEEKS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE,
A LOT OF ME HAS CHANGED.
I FEEL LIKE I CAN OVERCOME A LOT OF OBSTACLES
THAT I DIDN'T KNOW I COULD DO.
I DO HAVE A FAMILY THAT LOVES ME,
AND THEY'RE WAITING FOR ME, SO I'M OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT, NOW YOU, MAN. HERE'S THE DEAL.
YOU'VE HAD TWO INCIDENTS WHERE YOU'VE WANTED TO WALK.
YOU SAY THAT AGAIN TO ME, AND I WILL ASK YOU TO LEAVE
BEFORE YOU GET UP ON THE [bleep] STAGE.
- THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN. I PROMISE THAT.
- YOU'VE GOTTEN ANOTHER BREAK, ALL RIGHT?
YOU WILL MOST LIKELY NOT GET ANOTHER ONE, OKAY?
GO BACK TO THE LOUNGE.
- I THINK MY LINE WORK IS WHAT'S HOLDING ME BACK
FROM GETTING MORE CREDIT.
- IT'S DANNY. - HEY!
- [laughs] WHAT'S UP, GUYS?
- DON'T DO THIS AGAIN, MAN. - I KNOW, RIGHT?
HE TOLD ME IF I'M IN THE BOTTOM AGAIN,
I'M DEFINITELY GOING HOME, SO...
- NO, I KNEW IT.
- SOMETIMES YOU HAVE STRUGGLES IN LIFE,
AND YOU JUST WANT TO GIVE UP,
BUT YOU JUST NEED JOE CAPOBIANCO TO YELL AT YOU
FOR, LIKE, FIVE MINUTES,
AND YOUR WHOLE LIFE WILL CHANGE AROUND.
NOW I'LL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES
TO WIN THIS COMPETITION-- THERE'S NO EXCUSES.
LIKE, I HONESTLY TRIED REALLY HARD FOR THIS ONE,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
BUT THAT WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH OBVIOUSLY, SO...
I'M JUST PRAYING THAT NEXT WEEK IS A BLACK-AND-GRAY CHALLENGE
SO I COULD WIN.
- NEXT WEEK ON BEST INK...
- "ARTISTS, IT'S TIME FOR A BEST INK ROAD TRIP.
I'LL SEE YOU IN SAN DIEGO." [all cheering]
- WELCOME TO SAN DIEGO.
FOR THIS FLASH CHALLENGE, WE'RE GOING TO EXPLORE
THE WORLD OF SCI-FI.
- I'M EXCITED.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S IN MY ELEMENT.
- THIS WEEK WE'RE DOING THINGS A LITTLE DIFFERENTLY.
WE'RE GOING STREET-SHOP STYLE.
- ONLY HAVING TWO HOURS TO PREP KIND OF SUCKS FOR EVERYBODY.
- I CAN JUST FEEL THE PRESSURE SETTING IN.
- KIND OF LOOKS A LITTLE BORING.
- THIS THING IS FRIGHTENING-LOOKING.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED. YOU JUST FELL APART.
- FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BEST INK, GO TO OXYGEN.COM.