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- PREVIOUSLY ON BEST INK...
- THIS PLACE IS CLEARING OUT.
- WE STARTED AT 12. WE'RE DOWN TO 6.
ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
- THE ARTISTS TOOK ON
THEIR MOST GROUNDBREAKING CHALLENGE YET--
- WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING THEM ANIMATED TATTOOS.
THIS SOFTWARE RECOGNIZES THE TATTOO
AND THEN PLACES THE ANIMATION OVER IT.
- I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING,
BUT I GUESS I HAVEN'T.
- AND WHILE SOME SUCCESSFULLY
MADE THEIR TATTOOS COME ALIVE...
- THAT'S AWESOME.
- OTHERS GOT CAUGHT UP
IN THE PRESSURE OF THE COMPETITION.
- ***, ALL YOU'VE [bleep] DONE
IS ASK EVERYONE, "WHAT SHOULD I DO?"
- SHUT UP! THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU!
- IN ELIMINATION,
DJ WAS CROWNED THE WINNER
BEFORE BEING TASKED WITH A GAME-CHANGING POWER.
YOU ALONE WILL DECIDE ON THE BOTTOM TWO ARTISTS.
ALL THE ARTISTS ARE GONNA HAVE TO CONVINCE YOU
WHY THEY SHOULD STAY ALIVE IN THE COMPETITION.
THEN IT'S UP TO THE JUDGES TO DECIDE
WHO'S SAFE AND WHO'S GOING HOME.
- THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE PLAYING GOD,
BUT THAT'S NOT ME.
- IF WE'RE GONNA POINT FINGERS, TERESA, I MEAN,
SHE DIDN'T SHOW ANY DIVERSITY. - BUT IN THE END,
DJ PUT THE FATES OF ALLI AND DEREK
IN THE JUDGES' HANDS.
- DEREK, SOMEONE IN YOUR CAREER SHOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA
OF WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T PULL OFF ON SKIN.
- DEREK, YOU'VE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE COMPETITION.
TONIGHT, ONLY FIVE 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, 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' ♪
- ALL RIGHT, WHO'S DRAWING DEREK?
- IT'S GOT TO BE BRITTANY.
- UNFORTUNATELY. - YEAH.
- [laughs] - ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
SO WE HAVE KIND OF A LITTLE GRAVEYARD
OF OUR FALLEN FRIENDS AND COMPETITORS
IN OUR LOUNGE.
AND THIS WEEK, IT'S TIME TO DRAW DEREK.
- I THINK YOU NEED TO GO WIDER ON THAT ONE.
- FOR THE BIG HEAD? - HIS HEAD NEEDS TO BE LIKE--
LIKE, MORE-- I THINK, MORE STEWIE.
- OKAY. - [laughs]
- MY CONTRIBUTION WAS DEFINITELY THE BUTT CHIN.
- OH, YEAH, I THINK THAT LOOKS GOOD.
IF ANYTHING, I'M MOTIVATED TO NOT GET KICKED OFF
SO THAT I DON'T END UP ON THIS WALL.
[laughs] - YEAH, EXACTLY.
- I'M FEELING GOOD ABOUT IT BEING DOWN TO FIVE,
BUT IT'S DEFINITELY NERVE-WRACKING.
I MEAN, IT'S ONLY A FEW MORE ELIMINATIONS
TO GET THROUGH THIS TO FIND OUT
WHO'S TAKING HOME $100,000.
WHEN THIS IS OVER, WE CAN BE FRIENDS,
PROBABLY DO SOME GUEST SPOTS AT EACH OTHER'S SHOP.
BUT RIGHT NOW, IT'S GONNA GET SERIOUS.
- YOU GUYS READY TO GO SEE ME WIN
THE FLASH CHALLENGE OR WHAT?
[laughter]
- I AM, NOW THAT YOU MENTION IT,
READY TO WIN A THIRD FLASH CHALLENGE.
- ALL RIGHT. [all laugh]
[siren wails]
[crow caws]
- WE ARE DEFINITELY IN A SKETCHY NEIGHBORHOOD
FOR THIS FLASH CHALLENGE.
I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY COULD HAVE US DOING DOWN HERE.
- ARTISTS, WELCOME TO THE SITE
OF YOUR NEXT FLASH CHALLENGE.
- I'M LITERALLY COMPLETELY UNCOMFORTABLE HERE.
I FEEL LIKE THE NEXT CHALLENGE IS
TO GRAB A PIECE OF GARBAGE AND PAINT IT.
- FOR TODAY'S FLASH CHALLENGE, WE'RE GOING TO BE
GOING INSIDE THIS CHURCH,
AND WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING ON--
[tires screech]
- OH, [bleep].
- [bleep].
- THAT'S WHAT YOU GET FOR DRIVING
LIKE A [bleep] DIP[bleep].
- [grunts] - [bleep].
[grunting and shouting]
- I WAS LIKE, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"
[gun ***]
[gunshots]
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS. ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
THANK YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. - [laughs]
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE [bleep]'S GOING ON.
YOU KNOW, I'M EXCITED. I'M NERVOUS.
YOU KNOW, EVERY FEELING'S GOING THROUGH MY BODY.
- WHAT THE [bleep]?
- SO OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WE SAW JUST NOW WAS NOT REAL.
- SO OBVIOUSLY, WHAT WE SAW JUST NOW WAS NOT REAL.
HERE TO TELL YOU GUYS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT
IS YOUR GUEST JUDGE, ONE OF THE GREATEST
ILLUSTRATORS OUT TODAY, JAY SEILER.
HOW ARE YOU DOING, BUDDY? - GREAT TO BE HERE.
- ARTISTS, FOR TODAY'S FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU'RE GONNA BE TESTING YOUR EYE FOR DETAIL
AND HOW YOU GUYS MAKE THAT WORK ON A CANVAS.
YOUR CHALLENGE IS TO DRAW A PICTURE
OF THE ACTION YOU JUST SAW.
- IN THE LINE OF WORK THAT I DO, STORY IS KING.
IF YOU'VE GOT AN ILLUSTRATION
THAT'S NOT TELLING A STORY,
IT'S NOT RELATING THE EMOTION YOU'RE FEELING,
THEN WHAT'S THE POINT, RIGHT?
THESE ARE HYPER-REALISTIC DRAWINGS,
SO I'M GONNA BE LOOKING FOR
STRUCTURE, LIGHTING, VALUE OF COMPOSITION,
THAT SORT OF THING.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
- THIS WEEK, THE PRIZE MONEY IS GOING INTO HYPER-DRIVE.
THE FLASH CASH IS GOING UP ANOTHER $500.
THAT MEANS THE WINNER OF THIS FLASH CHALLENGE
WILL BE WALKING AWAY WITH $4,500
IN COLD, HARD CASH.
- DUDE, DO YOU KNOW HOW BADASS
OF AN EL CAMINO I CAN BUY WITH THAT?
THAT'S MY DREAM CAR, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING
IF I WIN THIS WEEK'S FLASH CASH.
- IN ADDITION, THIS WEEK'S FLASH CHALLENGE WINNER
WILL HAVE FIRST PICK
OF THE SKINS FOR THE INK CHALLENGE.
- WE'RE BEING GIVEN FIRST PICK OF SKINS.
THAT CAN BE A HUGE, HUGE ADVANTAGE
THIS LATE IN THE GAME.
- YOU GUYS WILL HAVE AN HOUR TO COMPLETE YOUR SKETCH.
THAT MEANS YOU'LL BE WORKING AT A FAST AND FURIOUS PACE TODAY.
GET IT DONE.
YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
- THIS FAST AND FURIOUS CHALLENGE
IS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
IN YOUR FACE, SCARE YOU,
THEN YOU GOT TO DRAW THE ACTION,
THE CAR CRASH, GUNSHOTS.
MY MIND'S GOING CRAZY RIGHT NOW.
- HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
- WELL, AS SOON AS HE CAME OUT OF THE CAR,
I WAS LIKE, "OH, [bleep]."
THEN HE JUST, LIKE, TOOK A KICK.
AND THAT WAS, LIKE, THE IMPACT THAT I FELT.
- OBVIOUSLY, THE CHARACTERS ARE THE MAIN STORY.
BUT HOW CAN YOU MAKE THE IMAGE
AS A WHOLE A LITTLE BIT MORE INTERESTING?
- I DEFINITELY STILL FEEL UNDERESTIMATED BY THE GROUP.
MY STRATEGY IS TO TRY TO ADD SOME SORT OF ELEMENTS
OF HOW I FELT THE MOST.
I'M GONNA PUT EVERYTHING I HAVE INTO IT
BECAUSE I WANT TO WIN.
- HOW'S IT GOING?
- GOOD, MAN. HOW ARE YOU?
ONE HOUR FOR PHOTO-REALISM
IS DEFINITELY A RUSH.
I'M GONNA HAVE A HARD TIME GOING
INTO REALLY, REALLY, REALLY SPECIFIC DETAILS
WITH THAT LITTLE TIME.
- YOU COULD WORK ON THE EXPRESSIONS A LITTLE BIT.
AND MAYBE THERE'S A LITTLE INTERACTION
BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS, THAT THERE'S A STORY HAPPENING.
- RIGHT. - COOL.
- THANK YOU.
- I'M TERRIFIED BY GUNS AND GUNSHOTS.
SO THAT'S REALLY WHAT GRASPED MY ATTENTION.
I DO DO REALISM,
IT'S JUST I'VE NEVER SAT AND SKETCHED AN ACCIDENT,
YOU KNOW, RIGHT AS IT HAPPENED AND UNFOLD MY EYES.
- I WOULD TRY TO BRING THEM OUT MORE.
MORE DARKS, MORE SHADOW, MORE CONTRAST.
- OKAY. KILLER. IT'S TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
BUT I'M UP FOR THE CHALLENGE. - HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?
- I'M TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM THAT SKETCHINESS
BECAUSE WE ARE WORKING WITH TIME, SO--
- THAT'S LOOKING REALLY COOL. - THANKS, MAN.
- IT'S AWESOME.
HEY, HOW'S IT GOING? - IT'S GOING.
MY STRATEGY IS TO JUST TRY TO COMPLETE THE WHOLE SCENE
BUT REALLY TRY TO CONVEY THE FEELING OF, LIKE,
THE PAIN AND THE ANGER THAT THESE DUDES
ARE FEELING AS THEY'RE FIGHTING.
- YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF REALLY NICE ACTION HERE,
AND THE EXPRESSION IN HIS FACE IS GREAT,
AND I LOVE THE HANDS.
HIS HANDS ARE REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT.
- THANKS. [laughs] - MM-HMM.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS, LET'S START FINISHING UP.
YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES. - ♪ YEAH ♪
♪ I'M FROM THE PLACE FULL OF FALSE HOPES ♪
♪ AND LIQUOR STORES, WE CAN'T ROAM THE STREETS ALONE ♪
♪ THE POLICE, THEY ON PATROL ♪
♪ WHITE CHALK, YELLOW TAPE, PEOPLE ON THE SIDEWALK ♪
♪ GUNSHOTS, LOUD TALK, BARKING DOGS ♪
♪ HELICOPTERS, AMBULANCE, ENJOY THE GHETTO AMBIANCE ♪
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS. TIME'S UP, PENCILS DOWN.
JASON'S GONNA HAVE A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT YOUR WORK
AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHAT HE THINKS.
- TIME'S UP. FLASH CHALLENGE IS OVER,
AND I'M A LITTLE BIT BUMMED ON MY DRAWING.
MY EL CAMINO'S LOOKING A LITTLE BIT
LIKE IT'S STILL SITTING AT THE CAR LOT.
- I LOOK AT EVERYBODY ELSE'S DRAWINGS,
AND I FEEL PRETTY GOOD.
I SEE DJ'S, AND IT'S COOL, BUT IT'S REALLY DARK.
AND I SEE JEROD'S.
HIS KIND OF COMES OFF MORE GRAPHIC AND ILLUSTRATED TO ME.
- QUITE A CHALLENGE TO HAVE TO WITNESS
SOMETHING LIKE THIS AND THEN TRY TO PUT IT DOWN ON PAPER,
SO PROPS TO YOU GUYS, IT WAS AWESOME.
- PRETTY EXCITING STUNT WE JUST SAW EARLIER,
AND NOW LET'S HEAR ABOUT HOW YOU GUYS CAPTURED IT.
TERESA, TELL US ABOUT YOUR MOMENT.
- I REALLY WANTED TO CAPTURE THAT MOMENT WHERE, LIKE,
YOU THINK THE ONE GUY'S DOWN AND OUT,
BUT THEN HE GETS BACK UP AND HE STARTS
TOTALLY BEATING UP THE OTHER GUY.
- OVERALL, I THOUGHT THAT IT WAS A PRETTY GOOD JOB.
IT CAPTURED THE FEELING VERY WELL.
THE CHARACTER KICKING KIND OF LOOKS A LITTLE BORED.
BUT OVERALL, I THOUGHT
IT WAS PRETTY NICE. - THANKS.
- ALL RIGHT, DJ, TELL US ABOUT YOUR WORK.
- I JUST TRIED TO CAPTURE, LIKE, THE AGGRESSION.
AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THAT THE FOCAL POINT.
- DJ, OVERALL, I THOUGHT THE IMAGE WAS PRETTY AWESOME.
AND I LIKED THE COMPOSITION.
AS FAR AS THE BACKGROUND GOES,
I FELT IT WAS A LITTLE GENERIC.
TO ME, IT ALMOST SEEMED LIKE A NIGHT SCENE.
I WOULD'VE LIKED TO SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE
USE OF LIGHT TO SHOW
THAT IT WAS DAYTIME. - TOTALLY AGREE.
- ALLI, TELL US ABOUT WHAT YOU CAME UP WITH.
- I WAS THINKING MORE OF AN EMOTIONAL ASPECT.
LIKE, THE ONE IN THE GREEN
ACCIDENTALLY TURNED A CORNER WRONG.
AND THE RED GUY WAS MORE OF AN AGGRESSIVE PERSON
AND WAS, LIKE, TRYING TO PICK A FIGHT.
- WHEN I SEE ALLI'S,
I'M THINKING STREET FIGHTER
FROM, LIKE, 1991.
- ALLI, I APPRECIATED YOUR USE OF COLOR.
- ALLI'S DRAWING LOOKED
LIKE A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO AIRBRUSHING.
THIS IS THE GHETTO, AND SHE'S DRAWING
A "THANK YOU FOR VISITING CALIFORNIA" POSTCARD.
- THERE'S A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH BUSYNESS,
AND I THINK THE BACKGROUND
COULD BE LIGHTER TO COMPLIMENT
WHAT'S IN THE FRONT. - MM-HMM.
- JEROD, TELL US ABOUT THE MOMENT YOU CAPTURED.
- I DECIDED TO GO WITH THE MOMENT
THAT THE GUY IN THE HOODIE WENT BACK
TO HIS CAR AND GOT A PISTOL.
I JUST FELT LIKE THAT WAS THE MOST DRAMATIC POINT.
- I REALLY LIKED THE STORYTELLING IN YOUR IMAGE.
I MEAN, RIGHT AWAY, MY EYE IS DRAWN
TO THE CHARACTER WITH THE GUN.
THE GUY ON THE GROUND SORT OF HAS, LIKE,
A MANNEQUIN LOOK ON HIS FACE, AND I THINK A LITTLE BIT
OF THAT DRAMA BETWEEN THE TWO CHARACTERS
WOULD'VE BEEN PRETTY AWESOME. - I DEFINITELY AGREE.
- ALL RIGHT, BRITTANY, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR WORK.
- WELL, I WAS DEFINITELY FOCUSING ON WHEN THE TWO GUYS
WERE KIND OF, LIKE, WRESTLING AROUND WITH THE GUN.
I SEE GUNS, HEAR GUNS, BYE.
- NOBODY HERE YOU'D TAKE A BULLET FOR?
- MAYBE THIS GUY.
[laughter]
- THE IDEA IS A GOOD IDEA,
BUT IT SEEMS TO ME MORE
LIKE A ROUGH SKETCH. - RIGHT.
- SOMEHOW, IT'S UP TO ME TO PICK THE TOP TWO.
THE FIRST ARTIST I'D LIKE TO ASK
TO STEP FORWARD IS JEROD.
THE SECOND ARTIST I'D LIKE TO ASK
TO STEP FORWARD IS DJ.
BOTH OF THEM TELL A REALLY GOOD STORY.
COMPOSITIONALLY, THEY'RE BOTH REALLY GOOD.
JEROD, I REALLY LIKED HOW YOU BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THE GUN
AND CAPTURED THE WHOLE SCENE.
- I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE I CAN WIN THIS CHALLENGE.
I FEEL LIKE THIS COULD BE
THE THREE-PEAT HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
- DJ, I REALLY LIKED THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE HARMONY
OF THE WHOLE PIECE AND HOW YOU PULLED
EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
THE ARTIST THAT I FEEL CAPTURED
THE MORE HYPER-REALISM STYLE IS...
- COMING UP...
THESE SKINS ARE COMING TO YOU
WITH DEEPLY PERSONAL PHOTOS.
- YOU WILL NOT SEE WHAT THEY'RE GETTING
UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON BEFORE YOU START YOUR TATTOO.
- PHOTO-REALISM IS SOMETHING THAT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT.
WE GET WHAT WE GET, AND I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT TOMORROW.
- THIS IS MY WEAKEST POINT.
LET ME SEE. [groans]
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS DREADING.
- PRETTY EXCITING STUNT WE JUST SAW EARLIER.
[tires screech]
- [groans] [gunshots]
- QUITE A CHALLENGE TO HAVE TO WITNESS SOMETHING LIKE THIS
AND THEN TRY TO PUT IT DOWN ON PAPER.
JEROD AND DJ, IN THE END,
THE ARTIST THAT I FEEL CAPTURED
THE MORE HYPER-REALISM STYLE
IS DJ.
- YES.
- CONGRATULATIONS, DJ.
YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S FLASH CHALLENGE,
WHICH MEANS YOU WILL BE WALKING AWAY
WITH $4,500 COLD, HARD CASH.
- IT WAS [bleep] EXCITING.
I WANT THEM RACKS IN THE BANK
AND HELP OUT MY FAMILY.
- IN ADDITION, YOU WILL ALSO HAVE
YOUR FIRST PICK OF SKINS TONIGHT AT THE INK CHALLENGE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DUDE.
- I THINK THAT WAS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST CHALLENGES,
FEELING THE PRESSURE OF TRYING TO DO THE IMPOSSIBLE.
- ARE WE IN AGREEMENT THAT OUR WAY OFF
INK CHALLENGE GUEST OF THE DAY IS GONNA BE REALISM?
- I'M GONNA SAY PORTRAITS JUST BECAUSE--
- I'M GONNA SAY I HOPE IT'S PORTRAITS.
- IF IT'S HYPER-REALISM--
I'VE NEVER DONE A HYPER-REALISM TATTOO.
I'M ALMOST COMPLETELY CERTAIN THAT
THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE IS A PORTRAIT OR PHOTO-REALISM.
THIS IS DEFINITELY A WEEK, OUT OF ANY OF THE WEEKS HERE,
THAT I'VE BEEN MORE NERVOUS ABOUT GOING HOME FOR.
NUMBER ONE, THERE'S WAY LESS PEOPLE.
AND NUMBER TWO, THIS IS MY WEAKEST POINT.
- ARE WE BETTING THAT IT'S-- - SHE'S SAYING
IT'S PORTRAITS FOR SURE.
- I AM WILLING TO BET $4, 500...
- NO. [all laugh]
- UH, NO.
- SHE'S... - NOPE.
- I'LL BE GOING TO THE BANK FOR A LOAN ON THAT ONE.
[laughs]
- WINNING THE MONEY IN THE FLASH CHALLENGE
IS ALWAYS GOOD, BUT THERE'S ALWAYS
THAT EXTRA LITTLE BONUS OF BEING ABLE
TO PICK THE FIRST SKIN.
AND I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT RIGHT NOW.
- YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN, BRITTANY.
- I KNOW. I HAVE NO NEIGHBORS.
- YOU JUST NEED TO TAKE OUT THESE WALLS AND EXPAND.
- PUT UP ALL MY ARTWORK, A SHRINE TO MYSELF,
LIKE DEREK DID. [laughs]
- YOU GUYS, BRING IT IN.
EARLIER TODAY IN THE FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU TURNED A BIG HOLLYWOOD STUNT INTO HYPER-REAL ART.
IN TODAY'S INK CHALLENGE, YOU'RE ALL GONNA BE WORKING
WITH SKINS WHO'VE TURNED A BIG CORNER IN THEIR LIVES.
THESE SKINS ARE COMING TO YOU
WITH DEEPLY PERSONAL PHOTOS, AND THEY WANT
A TATTOO THAT TELLS THE REAL STORY BEHIND THEM.
TO DO THAT, YOU'LL BE WORKING IN ONE
OF THE TATTOO WORLD'S MOST EXCITING
AND CHALLENGING STYLES-- PHOTO-REALISM.
- SO, GREAT.
[groans] "F" MY LIFE.
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WAS DREADING.
THERE IS NO HIDING ANY MISTAKES IN PHOTO-REALISM
BECAUSE YOU'RE REPRODUCING AN EXACT IMAGE.
- A PHOTO-REALISTIC TATTOO IS ONE OF THE TOUGHEST TO DO,
BUT WHEN IT'S DONE RIGHT, THE RESULTS ARE AMAZING.
THE WINNER OF THIS INK CHALLENGE IS GONNA HAVE
TO CAPTURE THE FINE DETAILS OF THEIR SKIN'S STORY
WITH PRECISION WORK.
- PHOTO-REALISM IS SOMETHING
THAT'S PRETTY DIFFICULT TO CAPTURE IN TATTOOING.
IF YOU HAVE ONE THING THAT'S SLIGHTLY OFF,
IT CAN TOTALLY RUIN A TATTOO.
IT'S VERY TRICKY, BUT I MEAN,
I DO FACE A LOT OF REALISM BACK AT HOME.
SO I AM SO GONNA KICK SOME ***.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S BRING IN THE SKINS.
[applause]
- HI, MY NAME'S ALICIA,
AND I'M A LOUD AND PROUD PUERTO RICAN.
I WAS RAISED BY A LOUD, PROUD PUERTO RICAN FATHER
WHO ALSO HAD A LOUD AND PROUD PUERTO RICAN FATHER HIMSELF.
HE WAS THE GLUE THAT HELD OUR FAMILY TOGETHER,
AND I WANT A TATTOO THAT WILL COMMEMORATE
MY GRANDFATHER AND THAT REPRESENTS ME
AS A PROUD PUERTO RICAN WOMAN.
- HI, MY NAME IS ERIN.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, I HAD A FIANCE MOVE OUT HERE
TO BE WITH ME, AND FOUR MONTHS LATER,
HE LEFT AND NEVER CAME BACK.
WITHIN THAT SAME MONTH, MY BEST FRIEND
PASSED AWAY IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
AND I WANT A TATTOO TO REMIND ME
TO KEEP GOING AND NOT BE SAD.
- MY NAME IS TRISTAN.
I AM HERE TODAY TO GET
A TATTOO FOR MY GRANDFATHER.
HE WAS THAT FATHER FIGURE,
THE ONLY REALLY MALE THAT WAS CONSTANT IN MY LIFE.
HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO DRIVE STICK SHIFT.
HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO FIX MY CAR.
A FEW YEARS AGO, HE WAS WORKING ON HIS CAR
OUTSIDE IN OUR FRONT YARD,
AND HE WAS HIT BY A DRUNK DRIVER,
ENDED UP DYING A FEW HOURS AFTER.
AND I JUST WANT SOMETHING THAT WOULD BRIGHTEN
MY GRANDMOTHER'S DAY WHEN SHE SEES IT.
- HI. MY NAME IS CAMERON.
AND MY STORY IS AN ULTIMATE LOVE STORY.
15 YEARS AGO, MY PARENTS DIVORCED.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, MY DAD PASSED AWAY JUST THIS PAST JUNE.
BUT ONE WEEK BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY,
HE REUNITED WITH MY MOM,
AND THEY MENDED THEIR DIFFERENCES AND REALIZED
THAT THEY WERE ACTUALLY MEANT TO BE.
I WANT TO GET A TATTOO TO REPRESENT
MY PARENTS AND THEIR LOVE.
- OUT OF ALL THE SKINS' STORIES,
I'M REALLY FEELING MOST COMFORTABLE
WITH THE GUY WHOSE PARENTS JUST HAD
THIS ENDURING LOVE STORY,
WHICH I CAN RELATE TO BECAUSE MY PARENTS
DIDN'T GET ALONG A LOT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
AND THEY'RE STILL TOGETHER.
THERE WAS DEFINITELY A LOT OF NEGATIVITY
JUST WITH OUR SITUATION IN GENERAL.
BUT I THINK THEY LOVE KEEPS YOU TOGETHER.
- MY NAME IS GREY. I GREW UP JEHOVAH'S WITNESS.
AND IT WAS REALLY STRICT.
I MOVED OUT WITH MY MOM,
COMPLETE POLAR OPPOSITE OF MY DAD.
I REALLY STARTED TO THINK ABOUT RELIGION FOR MYSELF.
I TRAVELED AROUND THE WORLD.
AND I'D LIKE TO GET A TATTOO THAT SYMBOLIZES
MY OWN PERSONAL SPIRITUAL JOURNEY
AND HOW MUCH THE TRAVELING THAT I'VE DONE
HAS REALLY IMPACTED THAT JOURNEY FOR ME.
- DJ, YOU WON TODAY'S FLASH CHALLENGE,
SO YOU GET FIRST PICK OF SKINS.
- [puffs air, exhales]
I'M GONNA GO WITH ALICIA.
YOU'RE GETTING SOMETHING THAT REPRESENTS
YOUR GRANDFATHER AND IN HIS MEMORY.
I WOULD ALSO DO THE SAME.
I LOVE MY GRANDPARENTS.
THEY MEAN THE WORLD TO ME.
I PICKED ALICIA BECAUSE WHEN I DO PHOTO-REALISTIC,
IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO DO IT ON SOMEONE
A LITTLE OLIVE-Y SKIN TONE.
THAT JUST, YOU KNOW, COMES FROM EXPERIENCE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK MIGHT WORK OUT IN MY FAVOR.
- JEROD.
- I CHOOSE CAMERON,
BECAUSE HE SOUNDS LIKE HE HAS A FANTASTIC STORY,
AND I DEFINITELY ENJOY A GOOD STORY.
- NEXT UP, BRITTANY.
- I'M GONNA GO WITH ERIN BECAUSE
I JUST RECENTLY LOST A PERSON THAT I THOUGHT
I WAS GONNA BE WITH FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
SO I CAN TOTALLY EMPATHIZE WITH YOU
AND DEFINITELY GIVE YOU A BEAUTIFUL TATTOO.
- NEXT UP, ALLI. - I CHOOSE TRISTAN.
I'VE LOST PEOPLE THAT WERE CLOSE TO ME,
AND I REALLY FEEL LIKE MAYBE WE COULD CONNECT,
AND I THINK THAT I COULD DO A GOOD TATTOO FOR YOU.
- AND FINALLY, TERESA, YOU'RE LEFT WITH GREY.
ANY THOUGHTS?
- THE SPIRITUALITY THING IS,
I THINK, SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY ALWAYS QUESTIONS
IN THEIR LIVES, AND THAT I HAVE DEFINITELY
HAD MY FAIR SHARE OF THAT AS WELL.
SO I'M REALLY INTERESTED TO HEAR MORE ABOUT YOUR STORY
AND REALLY SEE WHAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN DOING.
- OKAY, ARTISTS, ALL OF YOUR SKINS HERE
HAVE SOME PRETTY INTERESTING STORIES.
YOU WILL NOT SEE WHAT THEY'RE GETTING
UNTIL TOMORROW AFTERNOON, BEFORE YOU START YOUR TATTOO.
YOU WILL BE GIVEN ONE HOUR
TO COMPLETE YOUR STENCIL AND YOUR PREP WORK.
AND THEN YOU'RE GIVEN FIVE HOURS
TO COMPLETE THE ACTUAL CHALLENGE.
- WHEN WE FIND OUT THAT WE WON'T EVEN GET
TO SEE THE PHOTOS UNTIL TOMORROW MORNING,
I'M KIND OF STRESSING ABOUT THIS.
WHEN YOU RUSH SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
YOU STILL NEED TIME TO REALLY KIND OF GET
ALL THE INTRICACIES OF THE PHOTO MAPPED OUT
IN YOUR STENCIL, SO THAT YOU DO
A GOOD JOB WITH THE TATTOO.
- THIS CHALLENGE IS DIFFICULT.
WE WANT TO SEE A REALISTIC TATTOO.
WE'RE NOT LOOKING FOR YOUR OWN INTERPRETATION
OF WHAT THESE SKINS ARE GIVING YOU.
GRANTED, THE BEST REALISTIC ARTISTS ARE THE ONES
THAT ADD A LITTLE BIT OF THEMSELVES TO IT.
- SAY GOOD-BYE TO YOUR SKINS FOR NOW.
AND YOU'LL SEE THEM TOMORROW. - LATER.
- OKAY, ARTISTS, HEAD BACK TO THE LOUNGE,
RELAX, GET SOME SLEEP.
GET READY FOR A BIG DAY TOMORROW.
- I FEEL LIKE YOU TWO FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT
THAT YOURS ARE PORTRAITS.
- YEAH, BUT PHOTOS CAN BE HORRIBLE.
SHE COULD HAVE HER GRANDFATHER'S
DRIVER'S LICENSE FROM,
19--YOU KNOW, '55.
- I DON'T THINK WE COULD EVEN GUESS WHAT IT IS.
WE NEVER EVEN KNOW FROM THESE STORIES.
- ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING COLOR, BLACK-AND-GRAY?
- BLACK-AND-GRAY. - I'M DOING BLACK-AND-GRAY.
- BLACK-AND-GRAY FOR SURE. - IN FIVE HOURS,
I'M DOING BLACK-AND-GRAY FOR SURE.
- I'LL SEE WHEN I SEE THE PICTURE.
- YEAH. - THIS IS JEROD'S COMFORT ZONE.
I'M CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT HE'S GONNA BRING TO THE TABLE
AND, YOU KNOW, IF HE HAS
AS MUCH BLACK-AND-GRAY SKILLS AS I DO.
- SHE'S TALKING ABOUT, YEAH, SPIRITUAL STUFF,
WHICH COULD BE A TEMPLE.
- MY PROBLEM WITH TEMPLES HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT I HAVE
A HARD TIME DOING TEXTURE FROM A DISTANCE.
- THIS IS DEFINITELY TAKING ME FOR A LOOP.
WE JUST KNOW THAT THEY'RE GONNA GET SOMETHING REALISTIC.
AND WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT IS.
I MEAN, IT COULD BE
A REALISTIC RENDERING OF BIGFOOT.
IT COULD BE A MOUNTAIN.
AND IT COULD BE A BANANA WITH A SMILEY FACE.
I FIGURED AT THIS POINT,
IT DOESN'T EVEN MATTER WHO YOU GET.
- I HONESTLY THINK ALLI'S IS
GONNA BE SOMETHING MECHANICAL.
- IF IT'S A CAR, CARS ARE--
THEY'RE NOT FUN TO DO.
- I WILL FAIL IF I THINK I WILL FAIL.
I'M, LIKE, SINKING INTO MYSELF BUT TRYING NOT TO.
- I MEAN, WE GET WHAT WE GET,
AND I GUESS WE'LL FIND OUT TOMORROW.
BUT AT LEAST WE CAN SLEEP PRETTY GOOD TONIGHT.
- YEAH, OR HAVE NIGHTMARES.
- I'M GONNA HAVE NIGHTMARES
OF THE FUZZIEST POLAROID PHOTO EVER BROUGHT IN.
- [laughs] - RIGHT? RIGHT?
- SO IT'S THE DAY OF THE INK CHALLENGE,
AND ONE OF THE FIVE OF US IS GOING DOWN.
THE PRESSURE'S ON, MAN.
SO I GOT TO JUST KILL IT.
[laughter]
- HOWDY. - HOW'S IT GOING?
- HEY. WHAT'S UP? - WHAT'S UP, GIRL?
- HOW ARE YOU? - GOOD. HOW ARE YOU?
- GOOD. - YOU CAN GO AHEAD
AND SIT DOWN RIGHT HERE.
- I'VE BEEN WAITING ALL NIGHT TO SEE THIS.
- ALL RIGHT. - REVEAL IT TO ME.
[laughs] - DRUM ROLL, PLEASE.
- [slaps, makes rimshot sound] - OKAY.
- MY SKIN SHOWS ME MY PHOTO.
[laughs] AND I'M LIKE, "OF COURSE."
A SCULPTURE OF A HEAD OFF OF A TEMPLE.
BITS OF IT ARE FALLING APART.
SOME OF IT I CAN'T EVEN SEE.
THERE'S A LOT OF SHADOW GOING ON IN THE PHOTO.
IT'S WASHED-OUT. THERE'S NOT MUCH COLOR GOING ON.
AND SHE WANTS A COLOR TATTOO.
I JUST FEEL LIKE THE ODDS ARE STACKED
AGAINST ME ON THIS PHOTO. - COMING UP...
- THE PHOTO'S A LITTLE BIT BLURRY.
IT'S A WEIRD POSE. - IS THERE ANY WAY TO FIX THAT?
- NO WAY. - I'M ONLY HUMAN.
THIS GIRL IS HERE TO SEND ME HOME.
IT'S JUST NOT GONNA HAPPEN.
- THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL THAT PICTURE EXISTS
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
- THEY DON'T MEET THE CHALLENGE.
- THIS IS ONE OF THE FACES
FROM THE BAYON TEMPLE IN CAMBODIA.
- THE MORNING OF THE PHOTO-REALISM CHALLENGE,
MY SKIN BRINGS ME
THIS POOR PHOTOGRAPH
OF A SCULPTURE OF A HEAD.
SOME OF IT I CAN'T EVEN SEE.
AND I'M DOUBLE-STRESSED BECAUSE I WILL ONLY HAVE
ONE HOUR TO MAKE A STENCIL FOR IT.
I MIGHT LOOK UP A FLOWER OR SOMETHING
THAT'S NATIVE TO THE AREA. - OKAY.
- AND TRY TO WORK THAT IN SOMEHOW.
- I'M OPEN-MINDED TO THAT.
- MAYBE I NEED TO PLAY WITH THIS.
MAYBE I NEED TO CHANGE THIS A LITTLE BIT
TO MAKE IT MORE APPEALING.
BUT I'M QUESTIONING WHETHER OR NOT
THEY JUST WANT THE PHOTO
OR IF THEY JUST WANT PHOTO-REALISM-STYLE TATTOOING.
SO I'M TAKING A RISK.
- OKAY, MAN. LET'S SEE THIS PHOTO.
- SO THIS IS THE PHOTO.
BUT IT'S A PHOTO OF MY PARENTS.
- SO IT'S A WEDDING PHOTO. - MM-HMM.
- WHEN MY SKIN REVEALS HIS PHOTO,
I'M AMAZED THAT IT IS
THE EXACT PHOTO THAT I WANTED.
IT IS A WEDDING PHOTO OF BOTH OF HIS PARENTS.
I DO SMALLER PORTRAITS ALL THE TIME.
AND I'M VERY, VERY COMFORTABLE WITH THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL
I CAN FIT INTO A VERY, VERY, VERY SMALL SPOT.
I'M A PORTRAIT TATTOOER. - OH, WOW. YEAH.
- SO THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM FOR ME.
- WHOA, CRAZY. - [chuckles]
- YOU WANT IT IN COLOR? - YEAH.
- YOU WANT A FREAKING JELLYFISH? REALLY?
- THE JELLYFISH ONLY, LIKE, EXISTS.
THEY DON'T HAVE A BRAIN,
THEY DON'T HAVE A CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.
SO THROUGHOUT MY DIFFICULT TIME,
I REALLY LOOKED TOWARDS THE JELLYFISH TO JUST REMEMBER
TO JUST BE, JUST TO KEEP GOING.
- COOL. I HONESTLY HAVEN'T EVER DONE A JELLYFISH.
BUT I'M STOKED.
- WHERE DO YOU WANT TO PUT IT?
- IT'S GONNA BE ON MY THIGH.
- SWEET. - YEAH, RIGHT HERE.
- OKAY, I'VE DONE A TON OF THIGHS
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. - GOOD.
- SO THIS IS THE IDEA, HUH? - MM-HMM.
- YOU KNOW, IT WAS THE STORY ABOUT HER GRANDFATHER.
AND THEN ALICIA WANTS A PICTURE OF HERSELF ON HERSELF.
IT'S A LITTLE CRAZY AND NARCISSISTIC.
THE PHOTO'S A LITTLE BIT BLURRY. IT'S A WEIRD POSE.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT HAPPY WITH THE PHOTO WHEN I FIRST SEE IT.
- MY ONLY THING IS, I JUST WANT MY FOREHEAD
TO LOOK LESS LIKE A FIVE-HEAD
AND MORE LIKE A FOREHEAD. [laughs]
- YEAH. - YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- ANYTHING THAT'S IN THE PICTURE
HAS TO BE IN THE PICTURE.
THIS HAS TO STAY EXACTLY LIKE THIS. NOTHING CAN CHANGE.
I CAN'T SHRINK YOUR FOREHEAD. IT WON'T BE YOUR FOREHEAD.
- IS THERE ANY WAY TO FIX THAT?
- NOT UNLESS THE PICTURE HAS IT IN IT.
WE'RE UNDER MORE RESTRAINTS IN THIS INK CHALLENGE.
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE PHOTO-REALISTIC.
I'M HOLDING BACK JUST A LITTLE BIT
JUST TO MEET THEIR CRITERIA.
- LIKE... - THERE'S NO WAY.
THE SIZE SHE WANTS IT, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
IF ANYTHING, IT'S GOT TO BE BIGGER.
THIS FLAG LOOKS TOO MUCH LIKE A RECTANGLE.
IT'S NOT GONNA BRING ANY MOVEMENT TO THE TATTOO.
IT'S JUST GONNA CREATE THIS OBLONG, WEIRD IMAGE.
AND I DON'T WANT THAT.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO MAKE IT SO YOU CAN ONLY
SEE PART OF THE STAR. MAYBE-- - UH-UH.
- SHE'S ACCEPTING SOME OF MY OPINIONS.
BUT SOME, SHE'S LIKE, "NO, I WANT IT LIKE THIS.
I WANT IT LIKE THIS." - NO.
- I'M KIND OF MAD THAT IT MIGHT NOT BE
AS GOOD AS I CAN GET IT.
- LET ME SEE. LET ME SEE. LET ME SEE.
[laughs] - I'VE GOT A FEW REFERENCES.
[groans]
- MY GRANDFATHER BUILT AND RACED CARS.
SO I THOUGHT GETTING A TATTOO
OF ONE OF THE CARS THAT HE BUILT
WOULD BE AWESOME. - RIGHT.
THIS GIRL IS HERE TO SEND ME HOME.
'CAUSE IF SHE CAME IN THE SHOP, AND SHE WANTED
TO GET THIS CAR TATTOOED ON HER BY ME,
I'D TELL HER THIS BIG.
FOUR SITTINGS. FOUR.
- I REALLY WANT IT ON MY RIB. - IF I DID THIS ON THE RIBS--
IT'S DOABLE, BUT IT'S, LIKE, THREE SITTINGS,
WHICH ISN'T GONNA WORK TODAY,
'CAUSE THIS HAS TO BE A FIVE-HOUR TATTOO.
IT JUST WON'T GET DONE IN TIME.
I'M ONLY HUMAN. AND I HAVE A LIMIT.
- YOU'RE GONNA GO HOME WITH AN UNFINISHED TATTOO.
- YOUR THIGH.
- IN ORDER FOR ME TO GET THIS DONE,
IT'S GONNA HAVE TO BE ON YOUR BACK.
- OKAY. - THERE'S NO OTHER WAY.
I'M SORRY.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT GOING ON?
- TRYING TO FIGURE THIS OUT.
THE PERSPECTIVE-- - I THINK JUST BEING CREATIVE
WITH HOW YOU END THE EDGES ON THE FLAG ITSELF IS MORE
THAN ENOUGH TO GET AWAY WITH.
IT'S A [bleep] CAKEWALK, SO--
SO WHAT'S GOING ON? - MINE'S NOT A CAKEWALK.
- NO, THIS IS A TOUGH ONE.
- THE CONCERNS I HAVE WITH LONGEVITY,
OF COURSE, ARE THESE LETTERINGS.
CAN I LEAVE THAT OFF? - NO. YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.
OBVIOUSLY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET ALL THE TINY,
LITTLE DETAILS IN THERE.
WHERE ARE YOU PUTTING IT?
- I'M PUTTING IT ON HER SHOULDER.
- OH, YOU'RE NOT GOING FOR THE RIBS LIKE SHE HAD ASKED FOR?
- THEN I WON'T BE ABLE TO GET IT FINISHED.
YOU KNOW HOW SLOW I AM. - OKAY.
IT IS A *** OF A TATTOO.
BUT REALISTICALLY, YOU PULLED ONE
OF THE BEST PIECES OF REFERENCE.
SO I WANT TO SEE YOU, I WANT TO SEE
WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE.
BUT I DON'T WANT TO JUST SEE YOU.
I GOT TO SEE THE PHOTO. - OKAY.
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING, A FLOWER?
- WE'RE GONNA FOCUS ON THIS FACE BEING,
LIKE, THE CENTERPIECE. - OKAY.
- AND THEN THESE, I'M GONNA SHRINK AND ADD IN
AS SOMETHING TO BRING SOME COLOR TO IT.
- I DIG ON THE SPLASH OF COLOR, TOTALLY.
BUT MY ONLY CONCERN IS IF YOU DO TOO MUCH AWAY
FROM WHAT THE PHOTO IS GONNA LOOK LIKE,
IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK LIKE A PHOTOGRAPH.
IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE A TATTOO.
DON'T GET ME WRONG. I LIKE THAT.
BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT WE'RE REALLY JUDGING HERE.
ALL RIGHT, I'LL SEE YOU GUYS SHORTLY, OKAY?
- ARTISTS, YOU'VE HAD A CHANCE TO CONSULT
WITH YOUR SKINS AND COME UP WITH A DESIGN.
NOW IT'S TIME TO TURN THE SKINS' REAL-LIFE STORIES
INTO PHOTO-REALISTIC TATTOOS.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, LET'S GET THE INK ROLLING
AND THE NEEDLES GOING.
IT'S TIME TO TATTOO.
YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
[tattoo equipment buzzes]
- ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GONNA PUT OUT SOME PURPLES,
START SHADING--ACTUALLY, LET ME BLEND A LINE
A LITTLE BIT ON THE TOP.
MY STRATEGY FOR THIS TATTOO IS
TO JUST SHOW THE JUDGES
THAT I DON'T ALWAYS HAVE TO USE
BLACK AND BOLD LINES IN A TATTOO.
BUT HONESTLY, I DON'T THINK THIS TATTOO'S GONNA
LOOK GOOD WITHOUT BLACK SHADING.
AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE REALISTIC
IF I DO USE BLACK SHADING.
SO IT'S A TOTAL CATCH-22.
- WHAT ARE YOU WORKING ON RIGHT NOW?
- STILL WORKING ON YOUR DAD'S '80s FRO.
- [laughs]
- YOU'RE GONNA BE HAPPY
ONCE THE COLOR'S DONE, TRUST ME.
- I BET.
- THIS CHALLENGE, MY FOCUS IS ON JEROD.
HE GOT THIS COOL, '80s, FUN PHOTO
THAT I WOULD LOVE TO TATTOO.
AND I GOT THIS PUERTO RICAN FLAG WITH A HEAD STICKING OUT.
IT'S NOT GOING IN MY FAVOR RIGHT NOW.
- SO YOU SAID YOU MOVED OUT HERE WITH YOUR FIANCE OR FOR HIM?
- HE COULDN'T FIND A JOB THAT HE WANTED, SO HE LEFT.
HE SAID, "I'M LEAVING." AND I SAID,
"WELL, YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS."
AND HE'S LIKE, "YEAH." AND I'M LIKE, "OKAY."
- DAMN. - [laughs] I KNOW.
- SO IT WAS JUST LIKE THAT?
ERIN JUST LOST A VERY DEAR FRIEND TO HER IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
AND SHE'S JUST BEEN THROUGH THIS UNEXPECTED BREAKUP
WITH HER FIANCE OF SIX YEARS.
AND I CAN RELATE TO THAT.
I JUST WENT THROUGH A BREAKUP.
AND I DID LOSE MY MOM THIS YEAR.
AND I WANT TO SHOW HER, DUDE, YOU'RE AWESOME.
YOU'RE INDEPENDENT. DO YOUR THING.
MY BOYFRIEND JUST GOT REALLY STRESSED OUT
BY THE FACT THAT I WAS ALWAYS BUMMED OUT.
BUT IT WAS LIKE, "DUDE, I LOST MY MOM."
- YEAH, IT'S SO FUNNY HOW, LIKE, HORRIBLE
THAT IT SEEMS AFTER THE FACT.
DAMN IT, WHY DIDN'T I SEE THAT BEFORE?
- I KNOW.
AND ALL MY FRIENDS ARE LIKE, "TOLD YOU SO."
- ME, TOO. - "I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL YOU,
BUT HE WAS AN ***[bleep]."
"BUT I DIDN'T THINK SO."
"WELL, HE WAS AN ***[bleep], OKAY?"
- HEY, JOE.
THREADING A NEEDLE. EVERY DETAIL.
- ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE HE'S GOT THE GLASSES.
- YEAH, YOU CAN DEFINITELY USE A PROP
IN A PORTRAIT TO YOUR ADVANTAGE.
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN SUCH TIGHT QUARTERS LIKE THIS.
- BRING OUT LITTLE, TINY DETAILS
AND ACTUALLY HIDE LITTLE DETAILS
THAT YOU KIND OF HAVE TO FUDGE. - RIGHT.
- WELL, IT'S LOOKING GOOD SO FAR.
KEEP GOING. - THANKS, JOE.
- YOU'RE MOVING RIGHT ALONG. - YEAH.
YOU KNOW, THE LETTERS OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT MAKEABLE,
SO I'M JUST DOING KIND OF REPRESENTATIONS OF THEM.
I THINK I'M GETTING IN MORE DETAIL
THAN I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO, SO--
- THAT'S THE WHOLE POINT. - [laughs]
- NICE. LOOKING GOOD. - SO--THANK YOU.
I'M IN THE ZONE.
I AM FOCUSED 110% ON THIS
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME.
- SLOW HAND LUKE OVER HERE.
DAMN. - I KNOW.
- THREE HOURS LEFT. - YEAH.
JUST TRYING TO DO NO BLACK 'CAUSE OBVIOUSLY--
- ARE YOU PLANNING ON DOING ANY COLOR BEHIND IT OR--
- I'M DEFINITELY THINKING SOME BLUE TO MATCH
WHAT SHE'S ALREADY GOT. - OKAY.
ALL RIGHT. I'LL SEE YOU GUYS SHORTLY.
- THANK YOU.
- HOW ARE YOU MAKING OUT? - DOING GOOD.
I GOT SOME GREEN GOING IN THE FACE NOW.
- NOW DO YOU HAVE ONE PARTICULAR PHOTO
THAT YOU'VE BEEN WORKING FROM?
- THESE TWO ARE THE SAME FACE.
AS FAR AS THE FLOWERS, I HAVE SOME PHOTOS.
I FEEL LIKE ADDING THESE LOTUS FLOWERS
IS EITHER GONNA SHOW THE JUDGES
THAT I CAN TAKE SOMETHING
AND MAKE IT MINE AND MAKE IT THAT MUCH BETTER
OR THEY'RE GONNA BE DISAPPOINTED
BECAUSE I DIDN'T JUST DO THE PHOTO.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, YOU HAVE AN HOUR LEFT.
LET'S GET A MOVE ON IT.
- THE ONLY THING I'M THINKING IS
THANK GOD I DIDN'T PUT IT ON THE RIBS
BECAUSE I'M PUSHING THE TIME
WITH DOING IT ON THE SHOULDER BLADE.
THIS TATTOO IS GONNA SEND ME HOME OR MAKE ME THE WINNER.
- FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.
ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS,
TIME'S UP. MACHINES DOWN.
- I THINK IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT COULD BE.
- I LOVE IT. I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT.
- SO WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE,
I'M LOOKING AT MY TATTOO.
AND THERE'S JUST SO MUCH MORE
I WANT TO ADD TO IT, LIKE BIG, BLACK, BOLD OUTLINE.
JEROD'S, DJ'S, AND ALLI'S ALL LOOK BADASS.
I HAVEN'T SEEN TERESA'S YET.
SO I'M STRESSING OUT A LITTLE BIT.
- THIS IS THE TATTOO I'M, YOU KNOW, THE HAPPIEST WITH.
I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE I FINISHED MY TATTOO
WITHIN THE TIME PARAMETERS.
THERE'S REALLY NOTHING I WOULD CHANGE.
THIS TATTOO IS DEFINITELY THE BEST ONE
I'VE DONE SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, IT'S TIME TO LET YOUR SKINS GO.
AND THE JUDGES AND I WILL SEE YOU GUYS
TOMORROW AT ELIMINATION.
- A CAR FROM AN ANTIQUE PHOTOGRAPH,
I DIDN'T EVEN THINK THAT TATTOO WAS POSSIBLE.
- YOU DID GOOD. - YEAH, THANKS.
- I'M STILL STRESSED OUT, MAN. THAT WAS HARD.
THAT WAS HARD AS [bleep].
- BRITTANY THINKS SHE HAS THE HARDEST TATTOO.
SHE'S GOT A JELLYFISH. I GOT A CAR FROM AN ANTIQUE PHOTO.
- I NEVER DO TATTOOS THAT DON'T HAVE ANY BLACK AT ALL.
SO I'M JUST LIKE...
COLOR REALISM IS PROBABLY, LIKE,
THE TRICKIEST THING TO DO FOR ME.
- HOW DID YOU DO, TERESA?
- I THINK IF I JUST WOULD'VE DONE THE FACE,
I THINK IT WOULD HAVE JUST BEEN, LIKE, COOL FACE.
[laughs] YOU KNOW?
I JUST DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAD THE STRONGEST TATTOO.
I DON'T THINK THE TATTOO IS HORRIBLE.
I JUST GET THIS FEELING LIKE
IT'S NOT WHAT THEY'RE LOOKING FOR.
BUT I WAS, AT ONE POINT, GONNA SCRAP IT.
- WHAT, THE FLOWERS? - YEAH.
- THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE A PHOTO-REALISTIC CHALLENGE.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LOOK AT IT LIKE IT'S A PHOTO,
NOT DIFFERENT PIECES, LIKE THEY'RE DIFFERENT PHOTOS.
I THINK SHE'S IN HUGE DANGER OF GOING HOME.
- SHE REALLY LOVES IT. AND I'M REALLY HAPPY WITH IT.
LIKE, I THINK IT LOOKED PRETTY COOL.
- TO DRAW AN ACTUAL ACTION WAS EXTREMELY HARD.
- IF YOU DRAW SOMEBODY THROWING A PUNCH, YOU FIT THE CHALLENGE.
YOU KNOW, THEY WERE THROWING PUNCHES.
- ONE THING I NOTICED WAS THE GUY WITH THE GUN POSING.
- [laughs] - FLEXED UP.
HE WAS SO FLEXED UP. - IT WAS LIKE A RAP POSE.
IT WAS LIKE A RAP COVER POSE.
"QUICK, GET MY GUN."
[laughter]
THAT'S WHAT I THINK WHEN I'M GETTING, YOU KNOW,
MY WALLET STOLEN OR SOMETHING. - ONLY BADASSES DO.
'CAUSE YOU GOT TO GET THAT... [bleep] YOU.
- YOU GOTTA LOOK GOOD GRABBING THE GUN, YOU KNOW.
- [laughs]
- ARTISTS, IT'S TIME FOR THE NEXT ELIMINATION.
IN A MOMENT, THE JUDGES WILL CRITIQUE YOUR WORK.
THE ARTIST THAT DID THE BEST WORK WILL BE NAMED
THE WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE.
THEY WILL ALSO HAVE THE POWER
TO CHOOSE THE BOTTOM TWO ARTISTS.
AND THEN IT'LL BE UP TO THE JUDGES TO DECIDE
WHO THEY'LL SAVE AND WHO THEY'LL SEND HOME.
THIS WEEK, YOU WORKED ON SKINS WHO EXPERIENCED
A MEANINGFUL CHANGE IN THEIR LIVES
THAT THEY WANTED REPRESENTED WITH PHOTO-REALISTIC TATTOOS.
THE JUDGES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INSPECT YOUR WORK.
LET'S HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
BRITTANY, YOU HAD A SKIN WHO WANTED TO REMIND HER
OF HER STRENGTH IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDY.
- BRITTANY, I THINK YOU HAVE EXTREMELY CLEAN LINES
IN THIS TATTOO.
YOU HAVE BEAUTIFUL COLOR CHOICES.
I DO FEEL THAT THIS IS NOT A FIVE-HOUR TATTOO, THOUGH.
I THINK YOU NEED TO LEARN TO MANAGE YOUR TIME
A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE A 2 1/2 HOUR TATTOO.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU HAVE THE LONG,
THIN STINGERS, I GUESS THEY ARE.
MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH IT THOUGH IS
YOU JUST DON'T HAVE ENOUGH DARK IN THE BACKGROUND.
SOMEONE WHO DIGS ON BLACK AS MUCH AS YOU DO,
THERE'S LITTLE THINGS YOU COULD'VE DONE
BY ADDING TEXTURE INSIDE THE ACTUAL JELLYFISH.
IT WOULD'VE GIVEN IT A LITTLE BIT MORE
OF A TRANSLUCENT EFFECT.
- DJ, YOU WORKED ON A SKIN WHO WANTED A TATTOO
THAT REPRESENTED THE PRIDE SHE FEELS
IN HER PUERTO RICAN HERITAGE.
- THIS TATTOO LOOKS BETTER THAN THE PICTURE.
GOTTA GIVE YOU PROPS ON THAT.
MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH IT
IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE NEGATIVE SPACE SWIPES THROUGH IT.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD'VE PLACED IT
WHERE THE HAIR AND THE BACKGROUND ARE
BECAUSE THEY BLEND TOO MUCH TOGETHER.
- YEAH, IT COULD USE A LITTLE MORE SEPARATION
BETWEEN THE BACKGROUND AND THE HAIR.
- DJ, MAN, KILLER PORTRAIT. - THANK YOU.
- I LOVE THE SMOOTHNESS IN THE FACE.
YOU REALLY CAPTURED HER LIKENESS.
THE PROBLEM WE HAVE HERE IS WITH THE FLAG.
I'M HAVING A HARD TIME DECIDING
IF IT'S A PUERTO RICAN FLAG,
A FLAG FROM THE UNITED STATES,
IF IT'S THE FLAG OF TEXAS.
- I DEFINITELY COULD'VE USED MORE OF THE FLAG.
I WANTED IT TO BE THE FOCAL POINT,
BUT NOT JUST OVERPOWERING.
- YOU ALWAYS WANT THE PORTRAIT TO BE THE FOCAL POINT.
BUT ON A PIECE LIKE THIS,
WHERE THIS WAS ALL ABOUT PUERTO RICAN PRIDE,
THE FLAG SHOULD'VE JUST RAMMED IT HOME.
- ALLI, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO TO COMMEMORATE
THE GRANDFATHER THAT RAISED HER.
- YOU'VE GOT SUPER-SOFT GRAYS
GOING THROUGH IT, WHICH IS GREAT.
YOUR BLENDS ARE REALLY SMOOTH.
I WAS A LITTLE CONCERNED ABOUT THE FACT
THAT YOU CAN'T REALLY DIFFERENTIATE
WHERE THE HIGHLIGHTS ARE
VERSUS JUST AN EVEN, WHITE TONE.
- THE PICTURE WAS REALLY OLD.
I WAS HAVING A LITTLE BIT OF TROUBLE
'CAUSE IT WAS, LIKE, A MATTE BLACK.
SO I WAS TRYING TO FIND SOME SORT
OF HIGHLIGHT IN THE PHOTO.
- DON'T EVER JUST PUT SOMETHING THERE
JUST BECAUSE YOU THINK IT'S THERE.
IF YOU DON'T SEE IT IN THE PHOTO,
DON'T PUT IT IN THE TATTOO.
- ALLI, I DON'T AGREE WITH THE PLACE
THAT YOU PLACED THIS TATTOO.
I FEEL LIKE IT SHOULD'VE BEEN PLACED
EITHER ON HER RIBS OR ON HER LOWER BACK.
WHAT'S SHE GONNA DO NOW WITH A CAR
ON HER TOP OF HER SHOULDER?
WHAT ELSE CAN SHE DO WITH HER BACK?
- I GUESS SHE COULD DO MORE CARS IF SHE WANTED.
- EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT SHADED
INSIDE THE CAR ITSELF IS ACTUALLY VERY SMOOTH.
BUT MY BIGGEST PROBLEM WITH THIS TATTOO
IS THE WAY YOU'VE GOT THE NEGATIVE SPACE
CUTTING THROUGH THE ACTUAL CAR.
STRAIGHT LINES, CIRCLES-- TWO OF THE HARDEST
THINGS IN OUR INDUSTRY.
DID YOU COVER UP THE TIRES FOR A PURPOSE?
WAS IT TO TRY TO COVER UP THE FACT
THAT IT WAS A CIRCLE OR NO? - NO. I DO CIRCLES JUST FINE.
I WAS DOING IT TO KIND OF MAKE IT
LOOK LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE GROUND, THE WIND UP.
- OKAY, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY.
THE CAR SHOULD BE ON THE ROAD. IT SHOULD HAVE A SHADOW.
THIS THING LOOKS LIKE IT'S JUST FLOATING THROUGH THE AIR.
IT'S JUST KIND OF OUT THERE.
- JEROD, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO
THAT HONORED PARENTS' UNDYING LOVE.
- TOUGH ONE, MAN.
THE PHOTO ITSELF WAS A TOUGH PHOTO.
OVERALL, I LIKE THE PIECE A LOT.
BUT I REALLY FELT THAT THE TATTOO COULD'VE USED
A LITTLE BIT MORE BLACK IN THE BACKGROUND
TO REALLY MAKE THE FIGURES STAND OUT A LITTLE BIT MORE.
- I REALLY DID WANT TO ADD A LITTLE EXTRA ACCENT
TO THE FATHER, SINCE HE'S PASSED AWAY.
SO I LEFT A LITTLE MORE OF A HALO
THAN I WOULD NORMALLY LEAVE AROUND HIS HEAD.
- THE LIKENESSES ARE SHARP.
AND THIS THING IS TOTALLY '80s-LICIOUS.
I'M LOOKING AT THAT HAIR AND THINKING
IT LOOKS LIKE MY PROM, MAN.
- [laughs] - THANK YOU.
- TERESA, YOU HAD A SKIN THAT WANTED A BUDDHA TATTOO
TO SYMBOLIZE HER SPIRITUAL AWAKENING.
- THIS IS A NICELY-SATURATED, COLORFUL TATTOO
WITH A LOT OF GREAT DETAIL.
THE LOTUS FLOWERS IN THIS IMAGE ARE BEAUTIFUL.
BUT THEY DON'T MEET THE CHALLENGE.
- THE CHALLENGE WAS DOING
A PHOTOGRAPHIC, REALISTIC TATTOO.
WHILE YOU HAVE TWO REALISTIC ELEMENTS GOING ON,
THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL THAT PICTURE EXISTS
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
I THINK YOU COULD'VE ACCOMPLISHED
EVERYTHING WE ASKED FOR
AND NOT STRAYED SO FAR FROM THE PATH
OF WHAT THE CHALLENGE ACTUALLY WAS.
- IT'S PHOTO-REALISTIC TO ME. - IT'S IN A SWAMP.
LOTUS FLOWERS EXIST HERE.
I JUST DON'T THINK THEY LOOK
LIKE THEY EXIST IN THIS PHOTO.
- YEAH, I COULD'VE JUST DONE THE PHOTO.
FOR ME, JUST A FLOATING HEAD WASN'T ENOUGH.
THIS IS ME TAKING THAT PHOTO THAT SHE HAD,
WHICH IS A GOOD PHOTO, AND MAKING IT BETTER,
MAKING IT MORE THAN JUST A HEAD AND BLOCKS.
THAT'S ME PUTTING MORE INTO IT.
- I COMMEND YOU FOR FOLLOWING YOUR HEART.
I HONESTLY HOPE IT DOESN'T COST YOU THE CHALLENGE.
- ARTISTS, YOU HAVE HEARD WHAT THE JUDGES HAD TO SAY.
NOW LET'S FIND OUT WHO THEIR TOP TWO ARE FOR THIS WEEK.
- THE FIRST ARTIST THAT WE'D LIKE TO CALL DOWN IS DJ.
AND THE SECOND ARTIST WE'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD IS JEROD.
- JEROD, THIS WEEK YOU DID A VERY COMPLEX DOUBLE PORTRAIT.
AND YOU MANAGED TO CAPTURE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
OF DETAIL IN A SMALL SPACE.
AND IT CAME OUT BEAUTIFULLY. - THANK YOU.
- AND, DJ, YOU DID A BEAUTIFUL, CRISP, SMOOTH PORTRAIT.
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS.
HOWEVER, THAT FLAG WAS A CRITICAL PART
OF YOUR SKIN'S STORY.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE THINK YOU SOFT-PEDALED THE FLAG
A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.
THIS WEEK, OUR WINNER WILL BE JEROD.
[applause]
- THIS IS THE FIRST INK CHALLENGE THAT I'VE WON.
AND IT COULD NOT HAVE COME AT A BETTER TIME TO SHOW
THAT I'M ACTUALLY IN CONTENTION FOR THIS THING.
- CONGRATULATIONS, JEROD. YOU'VE WON THE INK CHALLENGE.
AND YOU ARE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK.
NOW YOU HAVE AN IMPORTANT JOB TO DO.
IT WILL BE YOU AND YOU ALONE
WHO WILL DECIDE WHO THE BOTTOM TWO ARTISTS ARE.
THEY WILL ALL HEAD BACK TO THE TATTOO SHOP WITH YOU.
AND YOUR FELLOW ARTISTS WILL TELL YOU WHY
THEY SHOULD STAY IN THIS COMPETITION.
AND THEN IT'LL BE UP TO THE JUDGES TO DECIDE
WHO THEY'LL SAVE AND WHO THEY'LL SEND HOME.
- LET'S JUST SAVOR THIS MOMENT
FOR A SECOND, PLEASE. - [laugh]
- I THINK I'VE BEEN AT THE LOWEST LOWS
WITHOUT GETTING SENT HOME.
SO I CAN DEFINITELY SEE FROM EVERYBODY'S POINT OF VIEW.
BRITTANY, WITH YOUR TATTOO,
YOU KNOW, WHAT DID YOU GET RIGHT?
- I REFERENCED TWO DIFFERENT PHOTOS.
I JUST TRIED TO MAKE IT AS REALISTIC AS I POSSIBLY COULD.
BUT IT'S THIS BIG, BLOBBY THING.
SO IT'S HARD TO GET THE TRANSPARENT VALUES.
- JUST A TEXTURE NIGHTMARE. - RIGHT.
- ALLI, DO YOU THINK YOUR TATTOO
WAS BETTER THAN TERESA'S?
- I FEEL LIKE IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN MORE PHOTO-LIKE.
TERESA'S TATTOO I HATE. IT LOOKS NOTHING LIKE A PHOTO.
IT JUST LOOKS LIKE A COLOR TATTOO WITH NO OUTLINE.
- ALLI'S NEVER WON A CHALLENGE.
SHE'S BEEN IN THE TOP THREE ONE TIME
AND NEVER WON, YOU KNOW?
- TERESA. - I AM A STRONG TATTOO ARTIST.
AND I USUALLY AM TOP THREE.
BUT THIS ONE I JUST APPROACHED IT
IN PHOTO-REALISM AS A STYLE,
NOT NECESSARILY AS IN LIKE,
"JUST DO THIS PHOTO." - MM-HMM.
- SO I DON'T FEEL LIKE I DESERVE TO BE IN THE BOTTOM.
- DJ, DO OR DON'T YOU DESERVE TO BE IN THE BOTTOM TWO?
- I DON'T THINK I DESERVE TO BE IN THE BOTTOM TWO.
I THINK I'VE PUT EVERYTHING
I HAVE INTO THIS WHOLE COMPETITION.
I CAME HERE TO WIN
AND YOU KNOW, PLAY THE GAME FAIRLY.
- LIKE IN A CHESS GAME,
THERE IS A LOT OF DIFFERENT STRATEGIES
AND TACTICS YOU CAN USE WHEN YOU'RE IN
A POSITION LIKE THIS.
I COULD PUT TERESA AND ALLI IN THE BOTTOM,
AND ALLI WOULD DEFINITELY GO HOME.
THEY'D BE PACKING HER BAGS BEFORE
THEY EVEN MADE A DECISION.
THE CUTTHROAT OPTION IS TO PUT
TERESA AND DJ THERE AND CHOP ONE OF THE HEADS
OFF OF THIS TWO-HEADED DRAGON.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
- SHALL WE?
- WELCOME BACK, ARTISTS.
JEROD HAS MADE A DECISION ON WHO HIS BOTTOM TWO ARE,
AND I HAVE INFORMED THE JUDGES.
THE FIRST ARTIST IS...
BRITTANY.
THE SECOND ARTIST I NEED TO COME FORWARD IS...
ALLI.
BRITTANY, ALLI, YOU'RE IN THE BOTTOM TWO
AND NOW IN DANGER OF ELIMINATION.
- IT TRULY DOES BUM ME OUT
TO SEE THE TWO OF YOU GUYS STANDING HERE.
IT JUST SADDENS ME TO SEE WHAT YOU GUYS
ARE DOING THIS LATE IN THE GAME.
AND THE MISTAKES THAT ARE BEING MADE, THEY'RE HUGE.
BRITTANY, THE TATTOO SEEMS
LIKE IT FAILED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
YOU LACKED ANY KIND OF CONTRAST WHATSOEVER.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOUR JELLYFISH LACKED
ANY KIND OF REALISM WHATSOEVER.
ALLI, YOUR INABILITY
TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT KIND OF SPACE
YOUR CAR FILLED MADE IT WEIGHTLESS.
IT JUST FLOATED OUT THERE.
NOW, ALLI, SINCE THIS COMPETITION HAS BEGUN,
WE'VE ACTUALLY SEEN YOU GROW A LOT.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WEEK,
IT SEEMS LIKE ALL THAT CONFIDENCE
THAT YOU'VE BEEN BUILDING UP LITERALLY JUST STOPPED.
NOW, BRITTANY, YOU'VE ACTUALLY SHOWN SOME TRUE PROGRESS,
AND YOU'VE DONE SOME REALLY COOL TATTOOS
OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN YOU BLOW IT,
YOU BLOW IT BIG TIME.
NOW WE LOOK AT THE TWO OF YOUR TATTOOS,
AND THE FACT IS, WE'RE SEEING MORE OUT OF ALLI.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, YOU'RE STILL COMPETING.
- BRITTANY, I'M SORRY.
- THANK YOU ALL. I HAD AN AWESOME TIME.
IT'S THE BEST EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE.
AND YOU LOOK AMAZING IN PINK. - [sighs]
- ALL RIGHT, BRITTANY, HEAD BACK TO THE TATTOO SHOP
AND CLEAN OUT YOUR STATION.
- THANK YOU, GUYS.
BYE. I LOVE YOU ALL.
- ALL RIGHT, ALLI, YOU'RE STILL IN THE RUNNING.
PLEASE REJOIN THE OTHER ARTISTS.
- ALTHOUGH LOGICALLY, I KNOW THE BEST STRATEGY
WOULD'VE BEEN TO PUT DJ AND TERESA
IN THE BOTTOM TWO, I JUST COULDN'T DO IT.
- CONGRATULATIONS ON MAKING THE FINAL FOUR.
YOU'VE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB IN THE COMPETITION.
KEEP IT UP.
- I'M HERE TO COMPETE WITH THE BEST,
AND I WANT TO TRY AND BEAT THEM ON MY OWN.
- THROUGH THIS EXPERIENCE,
I HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT MYSELF.
I LOVE BEING SURROUNDED BY OTHER ARTISTS
THAT DO SO MANY OTHER THINGS
THAT I AM NOT CAPABLE OF YET.
I'VE ONLY BEEN TATTOOING 4 1/2 YEARS.
I NEED TO BE MYSELF, SHOW THE WORLD
THAT I AM CAPABLE OF CREATING BADASS TATTOOS.
AND I AM WHAT I AM. YOU LIKE IT? COOL.
YOU HATE IT? [bleep] YOURSELF.
[laughs]
- NEXT WEEK ON BEST INK...
THE COMPETITION WILL BE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN
BY THE BIGGEST TWIST YET.
SURPRISE. [laughs]
- WHO KNOWS WHAT'S GOING DOWN.
- THERE IS SO MUCH ON THE LINE. THIS IS GONNA BE TOUGH.
- I HOPE THIS IS ENOUGH TO IMPRESS THE JUDGES.
- I'M IN THE FINAL FOUR. WITHOUT A DOUBT,
THE $100,000 IS WITHIN REACH.
- I FEEL LIKE IT'S MY TURN TO WIN.
I WANT IT SO BAD.
- THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS PARTICULAR CHALLENGE
WAS REALLY THAT CONNECTION.
I JUST DIDN'T SEE IT.
I WANTED TO SEE A FULL-BLOWN,
NO-BULL[bleep], COLOR TATTOO.
IT JUST FEELS COLD.
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