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16 OF THE COUNTRY'S UP AND
COMING TATTOO ARTISTS ARE
BALING IT OUT FOR $100,000
PLUS BRAG RIGHTS FOR TITLE OF
INK MASTER, PART OF SPIKE TV'S
REALITY COMPETITION.
ONE CONTESTANT IS FROM GROTON,
STEVE TEFFT IS THE OWNER AND
ARTIST AT 12 TATTOOS, AND YOU
JOIN US HERE ON "CONNECTICUT
STYLE."
WELCOME.
THANK YOU.
LET'S TALK ABOUT YOUR
BACKGROUND, THENE'LL GET TO
THE SHOW.
HOW DID YOU GET STARTED IN
TATTOOING?
I LOOFD IT SINCE A LITTLE
KID, ALWAYS WANTED TO DO IT.
AND DID IT THE WROG WAY, BOUGHT
SOME EQUIPMENT OFF A MAGAZINE,
STARTED SCRATCHING ON MY
FRIENDS.
I DON'T HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT.
THE FIRST TATTOO AT 13, YOU
DID YOURSELF.
YES, NEEDLE AND THREAD,
COMING HOME FROM SCHOOL, NOT
SMART.
DID THAT TOO.
WHAT ARE WE OOKING AT ON
YOUR ARMS?
YOU HAVE A LOT OFTATTOOS.
YEAH.
MOSTLY ALL SKULLS, A LOT OF
BLACK AND GRAY, REALISM, A
LITTLE BIT OF COLOR, AND I LIKE
EVERYTHING DARK.
THAT'S A LITTLE SCARY ON YOUR
HAND.
YEAH, IT'S A DEMON, A LICRAZE
FOR THE KIDS.
[ LAUGHTER ]
ALL RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT
YOUR STYLE.
YOU MENTIONED YOURS, BUT WHAT
ABOUT TATTOOS YOU DO FOR OTHER
PEOPLE?
A VARIETY?
DIE WHATEVER THEY WANT, I
SPECIALIZE IN REALISM, PORTRAIT,
BLACK AND GREAT LAKES ANYTHING
DARK, TWISTED, GORY.
THAT'S YU?
THAT'S ME, PRETTY MUCH.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CRAZIEST
THINGS PEOPLE ASKED YOU TO PUT
ON THEM?
I THINK FACE TATTOOS IS THE
CRAZIEST.
REALLY?
YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU
WOULD DO THAT BUT PEOPLE LIKE
IT.
NOT ME.
AND WHAT ABOUT, WHAT'S A
TYPICAL REQUEST THAT YOU SEE?
WHAT ARE THE MOST POPULAR?
PUT IT THAT WAY.
MOST POPULAR RIGHT NOW I
FLOWERS AND QUOTES.
OH!
SONG QUOTES, BOOK QUOTES.
AND IS THERE A SPECIFIC SPOT
ON THE BODY THAT'S POPULAR?
IT USED TO BE THE LOWER BACK,
PROBABLY NOT ANYMORE.
NOW IT'S RIBS, FOR SOME
REASON.
GIRLS'RIBS, HUGE.
ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S TALK
ABOUT THE SHOW.
ON SPIKE TV.
YES.
HOW DID YOU GET INVOLVED IN
THIS?
I GOT AN E-MAIL, WENT DOWN TO
NEW YORK ON ACASTING CALL.
ABOUT THREE HOURS OF SLEEP.
YOU DON'T SLEEP MUCH AS A
TATTOO ARTIST.
WELL, SHOWED THEM MY STUFF,
HAD AN INTERVIEW, CALLED ME BACK
AND THE REST IS HISTORY.
THEY LIKED YOU, HUH?
YEAH.
WHAT DO YOU DO YOU THINK YOUE
OVER THE OTHER CONTESTANTS?
INITIALLY THERE'S ABOUT 10,000
PEOPLE THAT APPLY FOR THE SHOW.
YES.
I THINK I'VE HAD A LOT OF
EXPERIENCE, 17 YEARS.
I'M VERY DECISIVE, VERY FAST,
AND NOT REALLY LIKE THE OTHER
TATTOO ARTISTS.
I THINK WE'RE ACTUALLY
LOOKING AT SOME OF YOUR WORK
HERE.
WHAT IS THAT?
A SNAKE AND A DAGER.
YEAH, WAYS THINKING ABOUT
GETTING THAT MYSELF.
IT WOULD LOOK GOOD,
ESPECIALLY ON THE NECK.
[ LAUGHTER ]
SOME CLIPS FROM THE SHOW.
TA TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS LIKE ON A
REALITY SHOW.
REALLY, REALLY HARD.
VERY DIFFICULT.
FUN.
AS I SAY, PUTS THE F-U IN FUN.
BUT REALLY STRESSFUL, IT REALLY
TESTS EVERYTHING ABOUT YOURSELF.
AND WHO ARE THE JUDGES, WHAT
CHRIS FROM MIAMI INK, OLIER
PECK, AND DAY OF NAVARRO FROM --
OH, I RECOGNIZE THAT NAME.
YEAH, FROM CHILI PEPPERS.
DAVE NAVARRO.
YEAH, YOU GOT IT.
AND DAVID MITCHELL.
SOME OF THE COMPETIONS WHAT
DO YOU DO HERE?
DO YOU GET POINTS, PRIZES?
THEY DO THESE BEGINNING
COMPETITIONS CALLED FLASH
CHALLENGES, AND IT COULD BE
ANYTHING.
FROM TWO DESIGNING FLOWERS TO
MAKING PASTA PEOPLE.
WHOEVER WINS THAT GETS TOHAND
OUT TATTOOS TO THE OTHER
CONTESTANTS.
DO YOU DO THIS ON REAL
PEOPLE?
THE TATTOOS, YEAH, THE FINAL
TA TATTOOS ARE ON REAL PEOPLE.
WOW.
IT'S A BIG PRIZE, $100,000.
100,000.
HOW MUCH IS THIS GOING TO
CHANGE YOUR LIFE IF YOU WIN?
IT'S GOING TO BE GREAT.
A HUNDRED GRAND, ANYBODY CAN USE
THAT.
THAT'S TRUE.
JUST THE RECOGNITION OF DOING
BEING RECOGNIZED NATIONALLY,
THAT YOU'RE ONE OF THE BEST.
SURE.
HAVE ALL THE EPISODES BEEN SHOT?
OR WE'RE STILL -- WHEN DO WE GET
TO ATCH?
PUT THAT IT WAY.
THE FIRST EPISODE AIRS
TUESDAY OCTOBER 9 AT 10:00.
TUNE IN ON SPIKE TV.
ABSOLUTELY.
OKAY, THIS IS GREAT.
SEASON TWO PREMIERES ON SIKE TV
TUESDAY, OGHT 9, 10:00.
ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE ON