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- PREVIOUSLY ON BEST INK...
WITH THE COMPETITION INTENSIFYING,
THE ARTISTS TOOK ON NAUTICAL-THEMED TATTOOS.
- REMEMBER, THIS WEEK, IT'S SINK OR SWIM.
- AND WHILE ALAYNA, KARLY, AND WILLY
MADE A SPLASH WITH THEIR DESIGNS...
- THAT IS PERFECT. WOW.
- ROMEO DISCOVERED BEACH SCENES AREN'T ALWAYS PARADISE.
- SHELLEY CAN HARDLY SIT ANY LONGER,
SO I KNOW I'M GONNA HAVE TO EDIT OUT LITTLE DETAILS.
I'M JUST STRESSING REALLY HARD.
- IN ELIMINATION, KARLY ROSE TO THE TOP,
WINNING HER THIRD INK CHALLENGE VICTORY.
- I FEEL LIKE I TRULY DESERVED THIS WIN.
- BUT THE CELEBRATION WAS SHORT-LIVED
WHEN THE JUDGES DECIDED TO RAISE THE STAKES...
- WE'VE REACHED A POINT THAT THERE IS NO MORE IMMUNITY.
NO ONE IS SAFE FROM ELIMINATION.
- IN DELIBERATION,
THE TOP THREE PUT THE FATES
OF JOE, LARA, AND ROMEO
IN THE JUDGES' HANDS.
- ROMEO, WE'RE SEEING FLAWS
THAT WE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE SEEING RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE NO LONGER COMPETING FOR BEST INK.
- THE COMPETITION'S GETTING MORE HEATED.
YOU ONLY GOT THE BEST OF THE BEST.
YOU'RE GETTING CLOSER TO YOUR GOAL,
BUT IT'S ALSO GETTING MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT.
- AND TONIGHT, SIX ARTISTS REMAIN.
THE ARTISTS ARE COMPETING FOR A COVER AND FEATURE SPREAD
IN TATTOO MAGAZINE,
$100,000,
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' ♪
- THERE'S ONLY SIX OF US LEFT.
WE'RE DEFINITELY A LOT MORE NERVOUS AND ON-EDGE THAN USUAL.
BUT I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE I HAVE A LOT BETTER OF A CHANCE
THAN SOME OF THE OTHER GUYS.
- TOP SIX. THIS IS SUPER AWESOME.
SO NOW I'M LIKE, I WANT TO SEE HOW MUCH FURTHER
I CAN GO WITH IT.
- I MISS MY HUSBAND AND MY KIDS SO MUCH.
I KNOW THAT THEY'RE THERE FOR ME,
AND I KNOW THAT THEY'RE SUPPORTING ME
FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
BUT YOU KNOW, JUST HEARING THEIR VOICES
ISN'T ENOUGH SOMETIMES.
- OHH.
HEY.
WE WALK INTO THIS DOOR,
AND THERE IS BEDS OFF TO THE SIDE
WITH A WHOLE TABLE OF, LIKE, CHAMPAGNE AND CHOCOLATES.
AND I'M, LIKE, "DAMN, WE ABOUT TO GET SEXY."
- ARTISTS, EVERY TIME YOU PUT NEEDLE TO SKIN,
YOU IMMORTALIZE AN IMAGE FOREVER.
SAME WITH REAL-LIFE MOMENTS CAPTURED EVERY DAY
IN THIS PHOTOGRAPHY STUDIO.
AND TODAY IN YOUR FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU'LL USE THE PHOTO WE TAKE OF YOU
AND RECREATE IT AS A SELF-PORTRAIT ON CANVAS.
- [laughing]
- AND YOUR PHOTOS HERE TODAY WILL NOT BE SHOT BY JUST ANYONE.
THE MAN BEHIND THE CAMERA
IS GONNA BE WORLD-FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHER MARK HUNTER.
KNOWN AS "THE COBRA SNAKE," MARK ACHIEVED NOTORIETY
DOCUMENTING L.A.'S UNDERGROUND PARTY SCENE,
AND NOW HE TRAVELS THE WORLD,
WORKING FOR CLIENTS SUCH AS NIKE AND CALVIN KLEIN.
- IN PHOTOGRAPHY, WE TRY TO MAKE TIME STAND STILL
SO IT'S REALLY MEMORABLE.
IT'S VERY MUCH LIKE IT IS IN TATTOOING.
- ALSO JOINING US AS A GUEST JUDGE
IS TATTOO MAGAZINE CONTRIBUTOR CHRISTINE FURY,
WHO HAS WORKED WITH AND INTERVIEWED
SOME OF THE TOP ARTISTS IN THE TRADE.
- AS YOU ARTISTS KNOW, THE WINNER OF BEST INK
WILL BE FEATURED ON THE COVER OF TATTOO MAGAZINE.
SOME OF THE BEST ARTISTS TATTOO MAGAZINE PUBLISHES TODAY
ARE MASTERS WHO HAVE TAKEN A REAL-LIFE IMAGE
AND TRANSFORMED IT INTO A PIECE THAT IS CLEARLY THEIR OWN.
THAT'S THE SKILL WE WANT TO SEE FROM YOU GUYS HERE TODAY.
- YOU KNOW, ARTISTS, WE KNOW ALL OF YOU WOULD MAKE
FOR SOME LOVELY PORTRAITS.
BUT WE THOUGHT WE COULD MAKE THESE PICTURES EVEN MORE SPECIAL
IF WE INCLUDED THE ONES YOU LOVE.
SO WE INVITED ALL OF YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS.
- [crying]
MY HEART IS JUST POUNDING 'CAUSE MY HUSBAND
BETTER BE SOMEWHERE IN THIS BUILDING,
OTHERWISE I'M GONNA BE PISSED.
- SO LET'S BRING THEM OUT.
ALAYNA, WE BROUGHT IN YOUR BOYFRIEND PAUL.
- I SEE MY BOYFRIEND PAUL. IT'S AWESOME TO SEE HIM.
IT'S KIND OF EXACTLY WHAT I NEED RIGHT NOW.
- JOE, YOUR GIRLFRIEND SAM IS HERE.
- COME HERE, GIRL. [both laughing]
- LARA, YOUR BOYFRIEND STEVEN IS ALSO HERE.
[applause]
- I TRIED SO HARD NOT TO CRY. HE'S MY ROCK.
[sniffles] I'M SORRY.
I'M TURNING INTO MAY MAY.
- KARLY, SAY HELLO TO YOUR HUSBAND STEVEN.
- THE ENTIRE REST OF THE WORLD KIND OF MELTED AWAY.
IT WAS JUST HIM.
I MISS MY LIFE, AND I'M ANXIOUS TO GET BACK HOME.
BUT I KNOW I HAVE TO KEEP FOCUSED ON WHY I'M HERE.
- WILLY, YOUR WIFE JAMIE IS ALSO HERE.
- MY WIFE COMES OUT OF THAT DOOR
AND JUST SPRINTS STRAIGHT TOWARDS ME, JUMPS ON ME.
IT WAS HARD NOT TO GET BUSY IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY.
[laughing]
- ONCE I FIGURED OUT THAT EVERYBODY'S
SIGNIFICANT OTHERS ARE COMING,
YOU KNOW, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I DON'T HAVE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT CAN HAPPEN.
- DARNELL, SINCE YOU'RE THE BACHELOR OF THE GROUP,
WE CALLED YOUR MOTHER TO ASK HER YOUR TYPE.
[laughter]
SO DARNELL, LET ME INTRODUCE YOU
TO YOUR BLIND DATE, ALANA.
- OOH!
- WE WERE ALL HAPPY TO SEE SOME MEGA-HOT GIRL
COME AROUND THE CORNER.
DARNELL SEEMS LIKE A BIT OF A LADIES' MAN,
AND I'M SURE THEY'RE GONNA HIT IT OFF GREAT.
- PERFECT. - [laughing]
- I MISSED YOU SO MUCH. - I MISSED YOU TOO!
[laughter]
- SO HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING TO WORK.
EACH COUPLE IS GOING TO TAKE PART IN A FUN, SEXY,
OR INTIMATE PHOTO SHOOT.
YOU WILL THEN SELECT ONE OF THOSE IMAGES
TO RECREATE IN A REALISTIC PAINTING.
THE WINNER OF THIS FLASH CHALLENGE WILL LEAVE HERE
WITH $1,000 IN FLASH CASH,
AND YOU'LL ALSO BE GETTING A VERY IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE
IN THE INK CHALLENGE.
OKAY, ARTISTS, LET'S DO THIS.
- YAY! - GOOD LUCK, YOU GUYS.
- HEY, GUYS, WELCOME TO THE PHOTO SHOOT!
- OH, AWESOME!
- HE LOOKS LIKE HE'S READY TO EAT.
- EAT THE--EAT THE STUFF. [laughs]
PAUL AND I, WE USED TO WORK TOGETHER AT A TATTOO SHOP.
WE'RE STILL IN KIND OF, LIKE,
EARLY STAGES IN THIS WHOLE RELATIONSHIP THING,
BUT WE'RE VERY STRONG AND VERY TIGHT AND VERY CLOSE.
OH, IT'S ACTUALLY PRETTY SWEET.
- IT IS.
- I LIKE THAT MOMENT. I CAN FEEL THIS MOMENT.
GET CLOSER TO HIM.
- I'VE BEEN MARRIED TO MY WIFE FOR FOUR YEARS.
WE'VE BEEN TOGETHER FOR SEVEN YEARS.
BEING AWAY FROM MY WIFE AND SON IS SERIOUSLY THE HARDEST THING.
I REALLY LIKE THIS ONE. - I LOVE THAT ONE, BABE.
I DO.
- YOU WANT TO FEED HER A STRAWBERRY?
- WHEN IT COMES TO STEVE,
I CAN'T HELP BUT JUST BEAM WHEN HE'S AROUND.
LIKE, I JUST WANT TO HOLD ONTO HIM AND NEVER LET GO.
- COOL, CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU DO WITH THIS.
- THANK YOU.
[can sprays] - WHOA!
- WELL, I KNOW THAT WE'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CONVEY
THE TYPE OF INTIMACY THAT SOME OF THE OTHER COUPLES WILL.
SO WE GO IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
THE MAIN FOCUS IS HER, HOLDING THE ROSE.
AS LONG AS WE GET THOSE TWO ELEMENTS IN THERE,
THAT'S ALL I'M WORRIED ABOUT RIGHT NOW.
- RAWR. - THAT'S COOL.
- OH, THAT'S CUTE. - THAT'S GREAT.
- I GOT SOME ROSES. YOU GOT THE HANDCUFFS.
[laughing] - APPRECIATE THAT.
- SHOW YOUR DARK SIDE. - [purrs]
ME AND STEVE ACTUALLY MET ON THE INTERNET.
[laughing] - I LIKE DOING THAT.
THAT'S WHAT I DO TO HER AT HOME.
- I REALLY JUST WANTED TO DO SOME SHOOTING
WHERE IT WAS, LIKE, WHO WE REALLY ARE,
AND THAT'S JUST HUGGING AND EMBRACED
AND TRYING TO KEEP THE MOMENT ALIVE,
WHICH IS THE MOMENT YOU DON'T WANT TO LEAVE.
YOU NEED THAT ROCK. I LIKED THIS ONE THE MOST.
- COOL. THAT'S GREAT.
- ME AND MY GIRL ARE VERY, LIKE,
PUBLICLY OPEN ABOUT OUR SEXUALITY.
SO WE DON'T REALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH GETTING CRAZY,
ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF LIGHTS AND CAMERAS, YOU KNOW?
- WHOO! - [laughs]
OF COURSE, LIKE, WE HAVE A LOT IN COMMON.
BUT THE THINGS THAT WE LOVE MOST ABOUT EACH OTHER, OBVIOUSLY,
IS THE MORE *** ASPECTS OF OUR RELATIONSHIP,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, AND WE'RE NOT AFRAID TO SAY IT.
- I THINK YOU SHOULD DO THAT ONE.
IF IT HAS TO DO SOMETHING WITH OUR RELATIONSHIP...
- WHAT, THIS ONE RIGHT HERE?
- AND YOU HAVE TO JUSTIFY YOURSELF?
THAT ONE.
- OKAY, ARTISTS, NOW I'M GOING TO HAVE TO ASK
ALL THE SIGNIFICANT OTHERS TO SAY GOOD-BYE FOR A MOMENT,
BECAUSE IT'S TIME FOR THE ARTISTS
TO START PUTTING PAINT TO CANVAS.
- TAKING A PHOTO AND TRANSLATING IT ONTO CANVAS
OR SKIN OR WHATEVER, THAT'S WHAT I LOVE TO DO.
I FEEL REAL CONFIDENT ABOUT IT.
- I DEFINITELY DON'T NORMALLY PAINT PORTRAITS,
SO I KIND OF KNOW THIS IS GONNA BE
A LITTLE BIT OF A CHALLENGE FOR ME.
I GET CARRIED AWAY WITH, LIKE,
TRYING TO MAKE THINGS TOO PERFECT.
- AN HOUR IS A RIDICULOUS AMOUNT OF TIME
TO DO A SIZABLE PAINTING.
SO MY STRATEGY IS JUST TO DO VERY LARGE PASSES
AND JUST TRY TO GET AS FINISHED AS I POSSIBLY CAN.
- SO YOU PAINT A LOT OF REALISM AND STUFF, ALAYNA, AT ALL,
OR NO? - NO, NOT AT ALL.
I MEAN, NOT SINCE, LIKE, COLLEGE.
- COLLEGE? WHAT'S THAT? - [laughing]
- THAT PHOTOREALISM THING IS JUST REALLY, LIKE,
WEIGHING ON ME.
BUT I'M GONNA TRY MY BEST TO TAKE MYSELF
OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE AND DO SOMETHING GOOD.
- ♪ AW, YEAH ♪
♪ THINK I'M IN LOVE ♪
- ♪ NA, NA, NA, NA-NA, NA-NA ♪
♪ NA-NA, NA-NA, NA-NA ♪
- ARTISTS, TIME'S UP. BRUSHES DOWN.
SO MARK, CHRISTINE, LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE PIECES.
- I THINK, ALAYNA, YOU DID A REALLY GREAT JOB WITH THIS.
THE SHADING AND THE EMOTION WAS TRULY CAPTURED HERE.
LIKE, THE PINK NAIL STANDS OUT
AND IT JUST TIES THE PIECE TOGETHER.
- OKAY, JOE, I LIKE THAT IT WAS FUN AND CAMPY
AND PLAYFUL AND EVERYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU DON'T PAINT A LOT,
AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S SUPER UNFINISHED.
- LET'S TALK ABOUT KARLY'S PIECE.
- YEAH, I THINK THAT YOU REALLY CAPTURED THE ENERGY.
I CAN FEEL THE LOVE.
IT KIND OF BORDERS A BIT ON, LIKE, A COMIC-BOOK STYLE,
NOT AS REALISTIC AS IT COULD'VE BEEN.
- LET'S MOVE ON TO DARNELL'S.
- OKAY, DARNELL, I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
YOU GUYS LOOK LIKE YOU WERE HAVING A GREAT TIME.
THE ONLY THING, I WISH IT WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF YOU IN IT
SO YOU'RE NOT SUCH A VISITOR IN YOUR OWN PICTURE.
- HOW ABOUT LARA'S PORTRAIT?
- IT LOOKS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE JUST WRAPPED UP IN EACH OTHER,
AND IT'S GOT A REALLY COOL FLOW TO IT.
ON THE OTHER HAND,
A TIGHTER CROP MIGHT'VE SHOWN MORE OF THE EMOTION.
- AND HOW ABOUT WILLY'S PIECE?
- I DO LIKE THE CHEEK COLORS, THE SKIN TONES, REALLY WELL.
THE NEGATIVE SPACE IS DISTRACTING.
THE DETAILS YOU GOT IN THERE WERE GOOD.
WE JUST WISH THERE WERE MORE OF THEM.
- WHICH TWO ARTISTS DO YOU THINK STOOD ABOVE EVERYONE ELSE?
- THESE WERE ALL REALLY BEAUTIFUL PAINTINGS, SABINA.
BUT THERE WAS TWO ARTISTS THAT WE ALL AGREED ON
THAT TOOK THEIR PORTRAITS TO ANOTHER LEVEL.
AND THE FIRST ARTIST I'D LIKE TO CALL DOWN IS...
KARLY.
AND THE NEXT ARTIST I'D LIKE TO STEP FORWARD IS...
ALAYNA. YAY!
CONGRATULATIONS, GIRLS.
- THE WINNER OF THIS FLASH CHALLENGE IS...
- COMING UP...
- THERE'S SO MANY SKINS, BUT ONLY SIX OF US.
I'M THINKING, PLEASE, NO?
- I GOT TO SAY THIS. I DON'T SEE IT AS PIN-UP.
- LOOK AT MY PORTFOLIO!
- SORRY, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S PIN-UP.
- ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
- NO, I'M NOT KIDDING.
- ARTISTS, THIS WEEK YOU TOOK PART IN A PHOTO SHOOT
WITH YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHER.
YOUR CHALLENGE WAS TO SELECT AN IMAGE
AND RECREATE IT IN A REALISTIC PAINTING.
- KARLY, I REALLY LIKE WHAT YOU DID HERE.
LOVE IS IN THE AIR.
I THINK YOU DID A BEAUTIFUL JOB WITH YOUR PAINTING.
ALAYNA, THIS HAS BEAUTIFUL DETAIL
AND YOU REALLY TOOK THE CHALLENGE TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
THE WINNER OF THIS FLASH CHALLENGE IS...
ALAYNA.
- I FINALLY WON A FLASH CHALLENGE!
I FEEL LIKE ALL OF A SUDDEN,
I'M DOING A LOT BETTER IN THIS COMPETITION
AND I ACTUALLY HAVE A CHANCE
AT WINNING THIS WHOLE COMPETITION.
- YOU ARE LEAVING HERE WITH $1,000 FLASH CASH.
YOU'LL ALSO BE GETTING A VERY IMPORTANT ADVANTAGE
IN THE INK CHALLENGE THIS WEEK.
HOWEVER, THIS IS THE MOMENT WHERE YOU GUYS
ARE GONNA HAVE TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS.
- GOOD JOB, BABY.
- THANK YOU. - MM.
- GOOD JOB, BABY. - THANKS, HONEY.
SAYING GOOD-BYE WAS REALLY, REALLY HARD.
BUT IT MAKES ME REALIZE WHAT I'M SACRIFICING TO BE HERE,
SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE
THAT I MAKE MY TIME HERE WORTH IT AND COUNT.
- OH, BABY, I DON'T WANT YOU TO LEAVE.
- TAKE A MOMENT, BECAUSE THE NEXT TIME YOU SEE THEM,
THEY MIGHT BE $100,000 RICHER.
- IT'S A BUMMER.
I'M DEFINITELY SAD RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE MY WIFE'S REALLY THE ONE WHO PUSHED ME TO DO THIS.
SHE'S THE ONE WHO BELIEVED IN ME MORE THAN I DID,
AND I WANT TO WIN THIS FOR MY FAMILY.
- ARTISTS, PETE AND JOE ARE WAITING FOR YOU
BACK AT THE TATTOO SHOP.
BYE, GUYS.
- THIS WHOLE PLACE IS CLEARED OUT.
- IT'S CRAZY SEEING ALL THE COOL PEOPLE THAT,
YOU KNOW, HAVE CAME AND GONE.
IT'S BITTERSWEET, BUT, YOU KNOW, I'M STILL HERE.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS. BRING IT IN.
ARTISTS, EARLIER IN THE FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU WERE REUNITED WITH YOUR SIGNIFICANT OTHERS IN REAL LIFE.
NOW FOR YOUR INK CHALLENGE, LOVE IS IN THE AIR AGAIN.
BUT THIS TIME, IT'S FOR YOUR SKINS.
ALL YOUR SKINS TODAY ARE ROMANTIC COUPLES
WITH A BOND SO STRONG
THEY WANT IT REPRESENTED IN THEIR TATTOOS.
- SO IN THIS INK CHALLENGE, IT'S ONLY RIGHT THAT YOU'LL
BE WORKING IN ONE OF THE SEXIEST STYLES THAT THERE IS.
YOU'RE ALL GONNA BE DOING...
PIN-UP TATTOOS.
- I AM OUT-OF-MY-HEAD EXCITED
THAT THE INK CHALLENGE IS PIN-UPS.
THAT'S, LIKE, MY SPECIALTY.
I LOVE DOING, LIKE, REALLY PRETTY, SEXY LADIES,
LOTS OF BRIGHT COLORS.
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR A PIN-UP CHALLENGE
THIS WHOLE COMPETITION.
- KIND OF, LIKE, BUMMED,
JUST 'CAUSE PIN-UPS IS PROBABLY MY WEAKEST POINT,
AND I KNOW THAT ABOUT MYSELF.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS.
LET'S BRING IN THE SKINS FOR YOUR INK CHALLENGE.
- WHOA.
- THERE'S SO MANY SKINS, BUT ONLY SIX OF US.
I'M THINKING, PLEASE, NO?
- WE'VE GOT 12 PEOPLE THAT WALK INTO THE TATTOO SHOP,
AND I'M JUST, LIKE, OH, MAN.
- SO HERE'S HOW IT'LL WORK.
YOU WILL BE DOING TWO TATTOOS,
FIRST, A PIN-UP TATTOO FOR THE MEN,
AND THEN A SECOND TATTOO
THAT DIRECTLY COMPLEMENTS THAT PIN-UP FOR THE LADIES.
- TWO PEOPLE IN ONE SHOT?
IT'S A HEFTY, HEFTY JOB, AND IT'S A TALL LIST.
[chuckles]
- I'M LOOKING TO SEE SOMETHING REAL CREATIVE
THAT WHEN THE OTHER JUDGES AND I
LOOK AT THESE TATTOOS NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER,
WE CANNOT MISTAKE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A COUPLE.
- SKINS, TELL US YOUR STORIES.
- HI, I'M SPENCER, AND THIS IS MY GIRLFRIEND, RACHEL.
- WE'VE SOLD ALL OF OUR POSSESSIONS
AND WE ARE TRAVELLING THE COUNTRY TOGETHER.
- SO I'D LIKE TO GET A TATTOO OF MY LADY
AS A SEXY PIN-UP HITCHHIKER.
- AND I'D LIKE TO GET A COMPASS TATTOO ON MY ARM
TO KIND OF COMMEMORATE
THE TRAVELS THAT WE'VE DONE TOGETHER
AND HOW HE'S MY COMPASS.
- HI, MY NAME IS RYAN, AND THIS IS MY FIANCEE MEEGAN.
SHE'S GOTTEN HEAVILY INTO BAKING,
SO I WANTED TO GET A SEXY PIN-UP OF A GIRL BAKING
WITH NOTHING BUT AN APRON ON, HOLDING A CUPCAKE.
- I WOULD ENJOY GETTING A CUPCAKE TATTOOED ON ME,
SYMBOLIZING OUR LOVE AND DEVOTION FOR EACH OTHER.
[laughs]
- I MET DENISE WHEN I WAS IN A REALLY DARK PLACE.
- HE TURNED INTO MY BEST FRIEND, MY LIFE PARTNER.
HE'S MY BETTER HALF.
I'D LOVE TO GET A HEART THAT SYMBOLIZES HIS BIG HEART.
- THE TATTOO I DECIDED I WANT TO GET
IS A PIN-UP OF DENISE IN AN EL MUERTE STYLE.
- MY NAME IS MARK. THIS IS MY WIFE CHRISSY.
AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, I JOINED THE NAVY,
SO I WOULD LIKE TO GET A SEXY PIN-UP OF HER
IN A SEXY SAILOR OUTFIT WITH AN ANCHOR.
- AND I'D LIKE TO GET A TATTOO OF THE SAME ANCHOR
ON MY RIGHT HIP.
- MY NAME'S PAUL, AND THIS IS MY BEAUTIFUL WIFE CHRYSTA.
I FELL IN LOVE WITH HER FROM THE MINUTE I MET HER,
AND I WOULD LIKE TO GET A TATTOO
OF AN IRISH GIRL SITTING ON TOP OF A JUKEBOX.
- I'M GONNA GET THE SAME JUKEBOX ON MY LEFT LEG.
- I'M TONY, AND THIS IS THE LOVE OF MY LIFE, MY WIFE KATIE.
WE'RE BOTH TEACHERS.
SEVEN YEARS AGO,
WE MET ON THE VERY FIRST DAY OF GRADUATE SCHOOL.
SO THE TATTOO I WANT TO GET
IS GONNA BE A SEXY, GEEKY PIN-UP OF HER ON A STACK OF BOOKS.
AND ALSO, WE'VE GOT A WHOLE FAMILY OF CATS AT HOME,
AND WE'D LOVE TO SEE THOSE REPRESENTED
SOMEWHERE IN IT AS WELL.
- ARTISTS, FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE,
ALL YOUR SKINS HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY PRESELECTED.
NOW ALAYNA, EARLIER TODAY, YOU WON THE FLASH CHALLENGE,
AND YOU WERE PROMISED A BIG ADVANTAGE IN THE INK CHALLENGE.
AND HERE'S WHAT IT'S GONNA BE.
YOU'RE GONNA CHOOSE TWO ARTISTS
THAT ARE GONNA HAVE THEIR TIME CUT BY 30 MINUTES.
- I'M HOPING THAT ALAYNA DOESN'T CHOOSE ME,
BECAUSE UP UNTIL THIS POINT,
I'VE NEEDED EVERY SECOND OF EVERY CHALLENGE.
LIKE, I NEVER FINISH EARLY.
- JOE AND WILLY ARE THE OBVIOUS CHOICE.
THEY'RE ALWAYS FINISHING QUICKLY.
HAVING MY TIME TAKEN AWAY WOULD BE AWFUL.
- [sighs]
UM...
SORRY, JOE. I'M GONNA CUT YOURS.
YOU'RE JUST SO FAST. [laughing]
- OF COURSE, I KNEW RIGHT AWAY SHE WAS GONNA PICK ME.
THAT'S EXPECTED.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE VERY INTIMIDATED BY ME.
- TELL US WHO THE NEXT ARTIST YOU WANT TO TIME-CUT.
- I WANNA CUT
THE OTHER SUPER-FAST AND EFFICIENT ONE, WILLY.
- PIN-UP, MY WEAKEST POINT,
AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO USE THAT 30 MINUTES
TO DRAW A LITTLE BIT EXTRA.
I'M JUST HOPING I HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO DRAW FOR THIS.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS.
IT'S TIME TO GET WITH YOUR SKINS.
- GO AHEAD AND HAVE A SEAT, GUYS.
- WELL, I WANTED TO GET, BASICALLY,
THE TWO FISHHOOKS AS AN ANCHOR.
AND I WANT, LIKE, A PIN-UP, LIKE, STRADDLING, KIND OF,
ONE OF THE FISHHOOKS.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT. - YEAH, YEAH.
- AND I WANT TO GET THE MATCHING ANCHOR
AND THEN INCORPORATE, LIKE, THE GLADIOLUS,
AUGUST'S FLOWER, WHEN HE WAS BORN IN AUGUST.
SO THAT REPRESENTS HIM.
- ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT.
- COME, COME, COME.
- LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS PIN-UP THAT YOU WANT TO GET.
- I ALREADY HAVE A COUPLE IDEAS IN MY HEAD,
SO TELL ME WHAT YOU GUYS ARE THINKING.
- I DEFINITELY WANT HER TO HAVE HER GLASSES.
- OKAY.
- AND THE STACK OF BOOKS IS GONNA BE
REALLY IMPORTANT IN THERE. - RIGHT.
SO YOU WANTED THE SAME EXACT PILE OF BOOKS THAT HE HAS?
- YES. - THE CAT CAN BE THE ONE
SITTING ON THE TOP OF THE BOOKS WITH THE GLASSES.
both: OH, THAT WOULD BE CUTE!
- YEAH! - JINX.
[laughter]
- TONY AND KATIE LOVE THE IDEA.
I CAN ALREADY PICTURE IN MY HEAD HOW CUTE IT'S GONNA BE.
SO I'M PRETTY CONFIDENT ABOUT IT.
- SO YOU'RE A BAKER?
- YEAH, I BAKE AND I DO CAKE-DECORATING.
- AWESOME. - YEAH.
- WHAT ARE, LIKE, THE SPECIFIC FEATURES OF MEEGAN
THAT YOU WANT TO, LIKE, HIGHLIGHT?
- DEFINITELY HER LONG BLOND HAIR AND HER SMILE.
- YOUR SMILE WAS, LIKE, I COULD SEE IT FROM ACROSS THE ROOM.
- THANKS.
- I THINK I'M GONNA REALLY FOCUS ON HER FACE
AND GET MEEGAN'S LIKENESS IN THIS TATTOO.
LIKE, I WANT THAT SMILE IN THERE SO BAD.
[laughing] LOVE IT.
- WE KIND OF LIKE THE IDEA OF THE PIN-UP MAYBE, LIKE,
KIND OF, STICKING HER LEG OUT TO GET A RIDE,
KIND OF, YOU KNOW?
- I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT DOING A HITCHHIKER PIN-UP
BECAUSE HITCHHIKERS AREN'T EXACTLY THE SEXY, YOU KNOW?
IT'S GONNA BE PRETTY TOUGH.
- I THOUGHT THAT SHE WOULD HAVE A RUCKSACK, MAYBE.
- THE WHOLE "BAG ON A STICK" THING?
IT'S A PIN-UP. - OKAY.
- AND SHE'S SUPPOSED TO BE KIND OF REALLY CUTE.
LET'S NOT MAKE HER A BAG LADY.
- YEAH, I KIND OF LIKE THE LITTLE, YOU KNOW...
- YEAH, I LIKE THE STICK TOO.
- "BAG ON A STICK" THING. I THINK THAT'S CUTE.
- FOR SURE. - YEAH.
- SHE'S GONNA BE SITTING ON TOP of THE JUKEBOX, NAKED,
BUT SHE HAS A TOWEL COVERING HER.
- THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, LOTS OF SKIN.
- COMING OUT OF THE JUKEBOX, WE'RE GONNA DO
"LOVE YOU TILL THE END."
IT WAS OUR WEDDING SONG.
SO WE'RE GONNA PUT "LOVE YA" ON MY LEG
AND "TILL THE END" ON HERS.
- PERFECT.
- YOU DID MENTIONED YOU WANTED, LIKE, A DAY OF THE DEAD...
- DAY OF THE DEAD. - YEAH, DIA DE MUERTOS.
- YEAH, WELL, WE WANTED TO KEEP IT KIND OF DARK.
- LIKE, DARK AND KIND OF LOOKING, LIKE, SORT OF SINISTER?
OR ARE YOU SAYING, LIKE, DARK AS, LIKE, THE COLOR OF IT?
OR... both: A LITTLE BIT OF BOTH.
- IT MAKES ME A LITTLE NERVOUS THAT THE FACE OF MY PIN-UP
IS GONNA HAVE ALL OF THIS DAY OF THE DEAD MAKEUP ON IT,
ESPECIALLY 'CAUSE IT RIDES THE FENCE
OF WHETHER OR NOT IT'S A PIN-UP TATTOO.
I REALLY WANT TO TRY TO GET A LIKENESS OF YOUR FACE,
DO, LIKE, A QUICK SKETCH OR SOMETHING.
- MM-HMM. - I'M KIND OF PISSED.
ALL THE OTHER SKINS HAVE REALLY, LIKE,
STRAIGHTFORWARD PIN-UP IDEAS.
IF I DON'T MAKE HER REALLY PRETTY
AND GIVE HER THAT REALLY SEDUCTIVE STARE,
THE JUDGES ARE GONNA CHEW ME UP FOR NOT DOING A PIN-UP AT ALL.
I'M SUPER NERVOUS AT THIS POINT.
- WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING
AND JUST...DO IT.
- FOR SURE.
- COMING UP...
- I DON'T NEED SUPPORT FROM MY PEERS.
I KNOW WHO I AM.
IF YOU HATE MY WORK, [bleep] YOU, THEN.
- THIS STAGE OF THE COMPETITION,
YOU REALLY NEED TO PUSH THE ENVELOPE.
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, I DON'T KNOW.
- FOR THE INK CHALLENGE TODAY, IT'S COUPLES TATTOOS,
AND WE GOT TO DO PIN-UP-STYLE TATTOOS
ON THE MALE.
BUT THEN ON THEIR SIGNIFICANT OTHER,
WE HAVE TO DO ANOTHER TATTOO THAT COMPLEMENTS IT.
- ARE HER *** THE RIGHT SIZE FOR YOU?
- I MEAN, THEY'RE OKAY.
I MEAN, THE BUTT IS DEFINITELY THE RIGHT SIZE.
LIKE, THERE'S SOME SERIOUS BUTT GOING ON.
- THE FACT THAT IT'S A PIN-UP CHALLENGE,
I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS.
I'M ASSUMING THE JUDGES KNOW
THAT PIN-UPS ARE MY THING BY NOW,
SO YEAH, I BETTER DO WELL.
- WHAT'S GOOD, DARNELL? WHAT DO YOU GOT GOING ON HERE?
- HE WANTS SORT OF A "DAY OF THE DEAD" STYLE.
- IT'S A VERY STATIC IMAGE,
AND IT'S PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF MAYBE BEING A PIN-UP.
- RIGHT.
I'M ON THE FENCE ABOUT THE DRAWING.
PIN-UPS GOTTA BE SEXY.
A PIN-UP'S GOT TO BE ENTICING.
SHE'S GOT TO MAKE YOU, YOU KNOW, WANT HER.
- I THINK IT'S THE POSITIONING OF THE BODY
AND MAYBE THE EXPRESSION ON THE FACE.
- JOE PRETTY MUCH SAYS, "YOU NEED TO REDRAW YOUR PIECE."
BUT I CAN'T REALLY *** ABOUT IT.
I GOT TO MAKE THIS WORK.
- WHAT'S GOING ON, JOE? - HEY, WHAT'S UP.
- WHAT DO YOU GOT GOING ON?
- THEY WANT, LIKE, THESE WORDS.
THEY'RE, LIKE, MUSIC NOTES, COMING OUT.
ONE'S GETTING "LOVE YA,"
AND THEN ONE'S GETTING "TILL THE END."
- HOW YOU FEELING WITH THE TIME AND EVERYTHING?
'CAUSE YOU AND WILLY BOTH LOST 30 MINUTES.
- THINK IT'LL BE FINE.
ALAYNA WON THE FLASH CHALLENGE.
SO WILLY AND I, WE START 30 MINUTES LATER.
BUT I NEVER HAVE A PROBLEM WITH TIME MANAGEMENT.
SO I MEAN, I'M NOT REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IT.
- HEY, JOE. HOW ARE YOU?
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
- I HAVE THE HITCHHIKER.
I WANNA MAKE HER MORE NATURE GIRL THAN, LIKE,
DESPERATE FOR A RIDE.
MY DRAWING, PRETTY MUCH, IS GOING BETTER THAN I EXPECTED.
I WAS ABLE TO MAKE THE HITCHHIKER PIN-UP
LOOK VERY SEXY, JUST LIKE THEY WANTED.
- IF YOU LEAVE THE BACKGROUND OPEN ENOUGH,
I THINK IT'LL HELP EVERYTHING OVERALL, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH.
I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE BACKGROUND BEING TOO BUSY.
BUT IF PEOPLE HATE IT, OH, WELL.
IF PEOPLE LOVE IT, COOL.
- HEY, JOE. - OH, HEY.
HOW ARE YOU GUYS?
- THAT'S LEGIT. - [squeals]
- THAT IS AWESOME. - I LOVE IT.
- WOW.
- YEAH, THIS IS THE BASIC LAYOUT.
- YEAH. PERFECT.
- JUST KIND OF GAVE IT MORE OF A PLAYFUL ASPECT,
AND I BROUGHT THIS ARM UP, JUST HOLDING A SKULL UP.
I CHANGED THE POSE.
I KIND OF GAVE HER MORE OF, LIKE,
JUST SLIGHTLY SEDUCTIVE POSTURE
TO MAKE IT MORE OF A PIN-UP.
- I LIKE IT. - AWESOME.
- OKAY. THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL SKETCH.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? - I LIKE IT.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL.
AND THEN THIS WOULD BE THE COMPLEMENTARY TATTOO.
- LOVE IT, LOVE IT. YEAH.
- THIS IS BASICALLY-- DREW IT FOR YOU, MAN.
- OH, YEAH, THAT'S NICE.
- I'VE ONLY HAD TIME TO SKETCH FOR YOURS RIGHT NOW, BUT...
- OH, THAT'S AWESOME. - JUST A FLOWER AND...
- YEAH. - COOL.
I KNOW THAT I GOT THE ANATOMY DOWN SEMI-WELL.
BUT JOE'S, LIKE, KING OF PIN-UPS,
AND SABINA IS A PIN-UP,
SO I REALLY WANTED THAT 30 MINUTES
TO MAKE THINGS PERFECT.
I DON'T KNOW, I'M JUST REALLY NERVOUS ABOUT THIS ONE.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS. YOU'VE AGREED UPON A DESIGN.
THE GUYS ARE UP FIRST,
SO I'M GONNA ASK ALL THE LADIES
TO PLEASE LEAVE THE TATTOO SHOP NOW.
- HAVE FUN! [laughing]
- WILLY, JOE,
YESTERDAY ALAYNA CHOSE BOTH OF YOU
TO LOSE 30 MINUTES OFF YOUR TIME.
FOR THE PIN-UP TATTOO PORTION OF THIS CHALLENGE,
YOU WILL NOT BE DOCKED TIME FOR THE COMPANION PIECE.
SO FELLAS, YOU WON'T BE STARTING FOR ANOTHER HALF-HOUR.
YOU MUST EXIT THE TATTOO SHOP NOW.
- OH...
- NO PROBLEM, MAN.
I GET TO SIT AND RELAX, AND THEN I'LL BE READY TO WORK.
- OKAY, ARTISTS, ON MY SIGNAL, YOU WILL HAVE FIVE HOURS
TO COMPLETE YOUR PIN-UP TATTOO
AND TWO HOURS FOR THE COMPANION PIECE.
NOW IT'S TIME TO GET THE INK ROLLING
AND THE NEEDLES GOING.
[needle buzzing] - ALL RIGHT, YOU READY?
- READY AS I'LL EVER BE.
- YOUR TIME... [chair squeaking]
STARTS... [needle buzzing]
NOW.
- SO FAR, SO GOOD.
IN A PIN-UP TATTOO, THE FACE IS SUPER IMPORTANT,
THE POSE IS IMPORTANT, THE OUTFIT IS IMPORTANT.
SO I'M KIND OF PLAYING AROUND WITH, LIKE,
THE APRON AND THE RIBBON AND THE FLOW OF THOSE PIECES.
SUCH A PRETTY FACE. THAT'S AWESOME.
- YOU KNOW, SHE CAN'T BE, LIKE, A TURN-OFF.
- NO, SHE CAN'T BE SCARY AND [bleep].
- NO. [laughs]
WHEN TIME STARTS, ONCE THE OUTLINE'S ON THERE,
I JUST START WITH THE SHADING.
THIS IS GONNA BE THE FIRST TIME I DO A BLACK-AND-GRAY PIECE,
BECAUSE THE CLIENTS WANT IT.
BUT I KNOW PIN-UPS LEAN TOWARDS COLOR
MORE OFTEN THAN NOT.
DON'T KNOW HOW THE JUDGES ARE GONNA FEEL ABOUT THAT.
[needle buzzing]
- ALL RIGHT, FELLAS. YOUR 30 MINUTES IS UP.
- ALL RIGHT. WE'RE ALL GOOD TO GO?
- LET'S DO IT. - ALL RIGHT, GOOD LUCK.
- LET'S GO. YOU READY?
- I'M READY, DUDE. - LONG TIME NO SEE.
- LET'S DO THIS, MAN.
- ONCE WE START TATTOOING,
I REALIZE THAT THE GUY'S SKIN'S A LITTLE TOUGH,
WHICH MEANS THAT IT'S GONNA TAKE EVEN LONGER TO TATTOO.
YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT.
- IT'S FUNNY, HAVING THAT 30-MINUTE BREAK.
THAT WAS, LIKE, THE MOST BORING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE.
EVERYBODY'S GRINDING AND THEY'RE A LITTLE NERVOUS,
BUT WHATEVER, I'M HAVING FUN.
YOU HAVE TO HANDLE TIME MANAGEMENT.
WE'RE IN A COMPETITION. I GOT THIS.
- FEELS MORE GENTLE THAN USUAL.
- I'M IN A DECENT STATE WITH THE HITCHHIKER, PERSONALLY.
I WANTED TO DO THE NIGHT SKY
TO GO WITH A LITTLE FIREFLY.
I FEEL LIKE, WELL, AS LONG AS I GET THOSE MEMENTOS
IN THERE ON BOTH TATTOOS, I'LL BE FINE.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN TOGETHER, JUST A YEAR?
- JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER A YEAR. - THAT'S COOL.
- LARA'S PIECE IS LOOKING UNORGANIZED.
THE BACKGROUND IS OVERDONE. I JUST DON'T REALLY FEEL IT.
TO ME, IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT NEEDS,
YOU KNOW, POP TO MAKE IT LOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE FUN.
- 30 MINUTES LEFT.
- [groans]
- I FINISH A LITTLE BIT EARLY.
AND I'M LIKE, "THIS IS AWESOME."
- DIGGIN' IT.
- IT'S ONE OF THE BEST ONES, IF NOT THE BEST ONE,
BECAUSE LOOKING AROUND AT EVERYBODY'S PIECES NOW,
IT'S FUNNY THAT IT'S MOSTLY ALL JUST CARTOONY PIN-UPS,
ESPECIALLY FOR THAT MUCH TIME.
IF YOU WERE DOING A CARTOONY PIN-UP,
YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN DONE AN HOUR-AND-A-HALF AGO.
SO I AM ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT.
IT'S GONNA BE FUN TO DO JUST THE JUKEBOX PART,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS. TIME IS UP, MACHINES DOWN.
THE PIN-UP PHASE OF THIS INK CHALLENGE IS OVER.
- I'M DONE, WITH ZERO SECONDS TO SPARE.
IT'S SO CUTE, AND SHE LOOKS LIKE MEEGAN.
I'M SUPER HAPPY.
- [gasps] GORGEOUS.
- THAT'S EPIC, MAN.
- SHE DOES YOU JUSTICE, IS WHAT SHE DOES.
- I'M JUST REALLY, REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW IT CAME OUT.
I LOVE COLOR, AND I WAS ABLE TO DO COLOR ALL OVER HIM.
I DON'T LIKE JOE'S PIECE. I THINK IT'S REALLY WEAK.
THE COLORS WERE ALL OVER THE PLACE,
AND IT'S JUST REALLY, REALLY SLOPPY.
- GOOD JOB, DUDE. - THAT'S YOU, BABY.
- I DEFINITELY FEEL LIKE I DROPPED THE BALL ON THIS TATTOO
BECAUSE THE ANATOMY OF THE GIRL IS DEFINITELY OFF.
YOU KNOW, I DEFINITELY EXAGGERATED SOME THINGS.
BUT IT'S TIME TO REGROUP
AND I'M GONNA GET RIGHT BACK AT IT.
KILL IT THIS TIME.
- ALL THE GUYS ARE FINISHED,
AND IT'S TIME TO START ON THE LADIES.
YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
- HERE WE GO.
- LIKE, PEOPLE COME IN ALL THE TIME.
"YO, MY MAN, YOU DO 3-D TATTOOS?"
I'M LIKE, "DUDE, IT'S SO [bleep] 3-D
IT'LL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF."
- I THINK JOE IS OVERLY COCKY.
- WHAT? - [laughing]
- TO TATTOO TWO PEOPLE IN A DAY
IS ACTUALLY NOT REALLY ANY BIT OF A PROBLEM.
SEVEN HOURS OF TATTOOING REALLY ISN'T MUCH.
I MEAN, PEOPLE CAN HANDLE IT.
WE'RE ALL ADULTS. WE'RE IN SHAPE.
- I BELIEVE JOE'S COCKINESS COMES
FROM HIS FATHER IN THE INDUSTRY
AND HIM HAVING THINGS HANDED TO HIM
AND HAVING TWO BUSINESSES AT THE AGE OF 23.
- YOU HAVE WAY TOO MUCH FUN. [laughing]
- I DO. I HAVE SO MUCH FUN.
- HE'S A--HE'S A KID, MAN.
I DON'T REALLY LIKE HIS ATTITUDE SOMETIMES.
- I GOT TO MAKE THE BEST OUT OF THE DAY, YOU KNOW?
- YEAH.
- NOT SO BAD?
- IT HURTS, BUT I CAN DEAL WITH IT, I THINK.
- I THINK I'M AWESOME, TIME-WISE, ON THIS.
I DON'T SEE ANY REASON WHY
I'M NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE IN TIME,
UNLESS MEEGAN DOESN'T SIT VERY WELL,
WHICH I'M A LITTLE NERVOUS ABOUT.
- WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF FUN, YOU GUYS.
- EVERY WEEK, WE PLAN DURING THAT WEEK WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO,
LIKE, ON MY DAYS OFF.
- EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS TATTOO REALLY MESHES WELL,
AS FAR AS BOTH OF THEM.
THIS TATTOO'S GOING BY SMOOTH, JUST LIKE THE FIRST ONE.
I'M STOKED TO SEE THEM TOGETHER.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS. YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT.
- DAMN. - YOU LIKE IT?
- I LIKE THE PLACEMENT.
- COMPLETELY MATCHING.
- SAME PAGE, DUDE. - DEFINITELY.
- HI! IT LOOKS JUST LIKE YOURS, RIGHT?
- I'M GONNA GIVE THIS THE LICK TEST LATER.
I'M JUST KIDDING.
- WAIT TILL IT'S HEALED. [laughs]
- FIVE, FOUR, THREE, TWO, ONE.
TIME'S UP. MACHINES DOWN.
- SHE LOOKS AWESOME. - [laughing]
- ISN'T SHE CUTE?
- TONY AND KATIE LOVE THE TATTOO.
YOU JUST CAN'T HELP BUT GIGGLE
BECAUSE IT'S SO RIDICULOUS-LOOKING.
- IT'S, LIKE, WHAT? [laughter]
- I AM WORRIED THAT MAYBE
I SHOULD'VE DONE IT BIGGER OR MORE DETAILED.
YOU KNOW, I JUST HOPE I DON'T GET CALLED OUT
FOR NOT DOING AS INTRICATE OF A PIECE
AS ALL THE OTHER ARTISTS.
- YOU ROCK. THANK YOU, MAN.
- LET ME SEE THEM NEXT TO EACH OTHER REAL QUICK.
THAT'S SO COOL.
- IT LOOKS SO GOOD. - I KNOW!
- YOU GUYS ARE SO MATCH-Y.
- [laugh] - [laughs nervously]
- YOU GUYS WERE SO AWESOME. IT WAS SO GOOD TO MEET YOU.
BRIAN AND MEEGAN BOTH LOVE THEIR TATTOOS,
AND THEY LOOK GREAT TOGETHER.
- OH, MY GOSH. - THANK YOU.
FEELING REALLY GOOD ABOUT THIS WHOLE THING.
I'M HOPING THAT I'M AT LEAST IN THE TOP,
AND REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HOPING I CAN WIN.
- THANK YOU. - YOU GUYS ENJOY.
- YOU'RE GONNA WIN.
- PERSONALLY, I'M FEELING REALLY GOOD.
I'M PROUD OF THE TATTOOS
'CAUSE THEY REALLY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.
FRANK'S GOT THIS CHAIN COMING FROM THE KEY.
YOU'VE GOT THE HEART LOCKET, WHICH HAS A SKULL ON IT,
WHICH COMPLEMENTS FRANK'S SKULL.
THE ONLY THING I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS THE FACT THAT,
YOU KNOW, THE PIN-UP'S GOT THIS CREEPY FACE ON IT,
AND IT'S NOT SUPER BRIGHT AND POPPY
COMPARED TO EVERYBODY ELSE'S.
I'M JUST WONDERING IF THAT'S GONNA HELP ME OR HURT ME
IN THIS ELIMINATION.
PEACE, PEACE.
- BYE, GUYS. both: BYE!
- THANKS AGAIN. - THANK YOU!
- BYE! - ALL GOOD, MAN?
- I LOVE IT. ABSOLUTELY PERFECT.
- I'M LOOKING AROUND.
RIGHT AWAY, I KIND OF FEEL LIKE I'M IN THE BOTTOM TWO.
I JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE'S GIRLS BETTER THAN MINE.
I SHOULD'VE WORKED ON MY DRAWING A LOT LONGER.
- GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
- THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU, SERIOUSLY.
I'M JUST ANGRY AT MYSELF.
I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME. I AM REALLY WORRIED ABOUT IT.
- SO WHEN I'M ABOUT TO CATCH A SWEET CLIENT,
I'M LIKE... [whoosh].
- THE PEOPLE I'M COMPETING AGAINST,
I'M NOT HERE FOR THEM, I'M HERE FOR ME.
I'M HANGING OUT WITH A BUNCH OF KIDS.
- IS EVERYTHING OKAY WITH LARA?
- SHE JUST SEEMS LIKE, WHATEVER.
- SHE ALWAYS KINDA SEEMS LIKE "WHATEVER" TO ME.
- [laughing]
- I LIKE LARA. LARA'S AWESOME.
BUT LARA IS VERY SELF-ABSORBED.
SHE'S VERY IN HER OWN BUBBLE.
- I DON'T KNOW, IT'S WHATEVER. - YEAH, WHATEVER.
- I WAS LIKE, "WHATEVER."
- YEAH, WHATEVER. - [laughing]
- BECAUSE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT, IT IS WHATEVER.
- WHATEVER.
- OKAY, ARTISTS, THIS IS YOUR NEXT ELIMINATION.
IN A MOMENT, THE OTHER JUDGES AND I WILL CRITIQUE YOUR WORK.
ONE OF YOU WILL LEAVE HERE
THE WINNER OF THIS INK CHALLENGE,
WHILE ONE OF YOU WILL BE GOING HOME.
WE'VE REACHED THE POINT THAT THERE IS NO MORE IMMUNITY.
THE NUMBERS ARE DWINDLING,
AND THE COMPETITION IS STIFFENING.
SO THIS WEEK, WE'RE GONNA NAME OUR TOP TWO ARTISTS,
WHO WILL BE THE ONES TO DECIDE, TOGETHER, ON A BOTTOM TWO.
OUT OF THE PAIR OF ARTISTS THAT YOU PUT UP FOR ELIMINATION,
WE'LL DECIDE WHOSE TIME HERE IS DONE.
FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE, YOU WERE ASKED TO DO COUPLES TATTOOS.
YOU NEEDED TO GIVE YOUR FIRST SKIN A PIN-UP TATTOO
THAT SOMEHOW REPRESENTED HIS SIGNIFICANT OTHER.
THEN YOU NEEDED TO GIVE THAT SIGNIFICANT OTHER
A TATTOO THAT TIED HER STORY TO HIS.
ALAYNA, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF HIS FIANCEE
AS A SEXY BAKER.
HIS BRIDE-TO-BE WANTED A TATTOO OF A CUPCAKE
TO REPRESENT HOW THEY BONDED OVER FOOD.
- YOU CHANGED HIS FIANCEE INTO A PIN-UP.
SHE'S GOT BEAUTIFUL HAIR, GORGEOUS EYES, CLASSY,
YET STILL GOT THAT LITTLE TEASE OF SEXINESS.
I'M AMAZED WITH IT.
- ALAYNA, THE COMPANION PIECE
THAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON WORKS REALLY WELL TOGETHER.
IT'S A REALLY NICE TATTOO.
WILLY, YOUR SKIN WANTED A PIN-UP TATTOO OF A SAILOR GIRL.
HIS WIFE WANTED A FISHHOOK
TO COMMEMORATE HER HUSBAND'S TIME IN THE NAVY.
OVERALL, I LIKE THE TATTOO.
BUT THAT HAND UP AT THE TOP,
IT'S JUST KIND OF GOT THIS CLUB-LIKE QUALITY.
- WILLY, THE FLOWER TATTOO, IT LOOKS A LITTLE BORING.
I DON'T FEEL LIKE THE ROPE REALLY WORKS FOR ME HERE.
THE ROPE IN THE OTHER ONE, WITH THE PIN-UP,
LOOKS REALISTIC, LOOKS FUN.
YOU CAN SEE THE TENSION ON IT.
THIS ONE, NOT SO MUCH.
- DARNELL, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO OF HIS GIRLFRIEND
AS A DAY OF THE DEAD-INSPIRED PIN-UP.
HIS GIRLFRIEND WANTED A HEART AND LOCK
TO MATCH THE KEY THAT HE HAS ON HIS TATTOO.
I LIKE THE IMAGE A LOT.
YOU TOOK WHAT I WAS AFRAID WAS GONNA BE A VERY DARK THEME
AND TURNED IT INTO A PLAYFUL THEME.
- YOU CROSSED OVER FROM THE ONE PIECE TO THE OTHER
REALLY EFFECTIVELY.
IT IS BUTTERY ALL THE WAY THROUGH,
AND I REALLY LIKE THAT YOU USED THE FULL GAMUT OF GRAYS.
NOTHING I CAN PICK APART ON THAT THING.
- YOU HAVE SUCH AMAZING SHADING IN THIS TATTOO.
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU GUYS? I GOT TO SAY THIS.
I DON'T SEE IT AS PIN-UP.
SUGAR SKULLS ARE NOT PIN-UP.
- SABINA, TOTALLY DISAGREE.
YOU'RE SITTING HERE NEXT TO ME...
- YEAH.
- WHO HAS MADE A LIVING AT DOING PIN-UPS
IN JUST ABOUT EVERY [bleep] CONCEIVABLE THEME.
- HOW DO YOU MAKE A SUGAR SKULL PRETTY?
- ARE YOU KIDDING ME? - NO, I'M NOT KIDDING.
- HOW DO YOU MAKE A SUGAR SKULL PRETTY?
LOOK AT MY PORTFOLIO.
I'VE DONE ABOUT A BILLION!
HANNAH'S PROBABLY DONE ABOUT 20 OR 30 HERSELF.
- OH, MORE THAN THAT. I DO, LIKE, ONE A WEEK.
- IT'S NOT CLASSIC PIN-UP. SORRY. NO.
- THESE GUYS WERE NOT ASKED TO DO CLASSIC PIN-UP.
- NO, HE DID AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE TATTOO.
I AGREE WITH THAT. I JUST DON'T THINK IT'S PIN-UP.
- JOE, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO
OF HIS WIFE AS AN IRISH-INSPIRED PIN-UP.
HIS WIFE WANTED A TATTOO OF A JUKEBOX
TO REPRESENT HOW MUSIC BROUGHT THEM TOGETHER.
- JOE, SMOOTH TATTOO.
I LIKE THAT YOU ADDED IN THE LYRICS
OF THE SONG ON EACH OF THEM.
THAT DEFINITELY TIES IT IN FOR BEING A COUPLES TATTOO.
- JOE, KIND OF EXPECTED BETTER WORK FROM YOU.
THE LETTERING JUST SORT OF FLOATS THERE ON THE BOTTOM.
AND THEN, ON THE COMPANION PIECE,
IN PART "A," YOU'VE GOT "LOVE YOU..."
AND PART "B," "TILL THE END,"
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE "DOT-DOT-DOT."
IT ALMOST LOOKS SORT OF LIKE, "DAH-DAH, THE END."
IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S ALMOST TACKED-ON AT THE END.
- I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU KIND OF WENT WITH A REALISTIC PIN-UP.
MY PROBLEM WITH THIS IS THE HAIR.
YOU COULD'VE THROWN IN A LITTLE BIT MORE FINE LINES.
IT WOULD'VE GIVEN THE HAIR A BIT MORE OF A NATURAL LOOK
AS OPPOSED TO BEING SOMETHING
THAT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS JUST STAMPED ONTO HER HEAD.
- KARLY, YOUR SKIN WANTED A PIN-UP TATTOO OF HIS WIFE
AS A SEDUCTIVE PROFESSOR.
AND HIS WIFE WANTED A STACK OF BOOKS
ALONGSIDE THEIR BELOVED CAT.
- KARLY, YOU COMPLETELY NAILED IT.
YOU KEPT THAT WHOLE KIND OF '50S FEEL
WITH THE LITTLE ATOMIC BACKGROUND THERE.
SO CUTE!
- SO YOUR COMPANION PIECE, OH, GOOD GOD.
THE CUTENESS FACTOR IS OFF THE CHARTS.
- LARA, YOUR SKIN WANTED A PIN-UP OF HIS GIRLFRIEND
AS A SEXY, FREE-SPIRITED TRAVELER.
HIS GIRLFRIEND WANTED A TATTOO OF A COMPASS
TO REPRESENT THEIR PASSION FOR TRAVEL AND ADVENTURE.
LARA, WHY SO MUCH BACKGROUND?
THE FIGURE'S REALLY NICE,
BUT THEN YOU'VE GOT ALL THIS PURPLE,
ALL THIS ORANGE, THIS GNARLY-LOOKING MOON.
SHE'S GETTING LOST IN THIS BACKGROUND
THAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON.
- SO WITH THE COMPASS ON THE RIGHT,
I LOVE THE WAY THAT THE FIREFLY CARRIES OVER
FROM THE OTHER PIECE.
- IT JUST DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME DYNAMIC FEEL
THAT THE OTHER TATTOO HAS.
- ARTISTS, NOW IT'S TIME FOR US TO NAME
OUR TOP TWO ARTISTS OF THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE STEP DOWN.
THE FIRST ARTIST...
IS ALAYNA.
THE SECOND ARTIST I'D LIKE TO CALL DOWN...
IS DARNELL.
- ALAYNA AND DARNELL, TWO AMAZING TATTOOS.
ALAYNA, BOTH THE COMPANION PIECE
AND THE PIN-UP WERE BEAUTIFULLY DONE.
SUPER TECHNICAL, BEAUTIFUL TATTOO.
AND DARNELL, YOU DECIDED TO GO
WITH A BLACK-AND-GRAY PIECE THIS WEEK,
AND IT WAS BEAUTIFUL AND EFFECTIVE.
THIS WAS A REALLY HARD DECISION,
BUT THE WINNER OF THIS INK CHALLENGE...
IS DARNELL.
- IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE BEEN IN THE TOP.
I'VE KIND OF BEEN RIDING THIS WAVE, LIKE, IN THE MIDDLE.
I DON'T REALLY LIKE THAT FEELING,
BECAUSE I'M A TOP ARTIST IN THIS COMPETITION.
- NOW COMES THE HARD PART.
ALAYNA, DARNELL, YOU'RE GONNA HEAD OVER TO THE TATTOO SHOP
AND DECIDE WHO YOU FEEL BELONGS IN THIS WEEK'S BOTTOM TWO.
AFTER WE GET YOUR PICKS,
THE JUDGES AND I WILL MAKE OUR FINAL DECISION
ON WHO'S GOING HOME.
- WELL, WE GOT TO PICK A BOTTOM TWO.
- MM-HMM.
- SO JOE, I THOUGHT IT WAS WEIRD THAT LIKE,
THE SHOULDER WAS SO FLAT.
- AND THAT IS THE THING ABOUT WORKING WITH PHOTOS.
YOU CAN'T BE TOO RELIANT ON THEM,
'CAUSE YOU DO HAVE TO, LIKE, EXAGGERATE.
- LARA'S TATTOOS, THE WHOLE BACKGROUND THING,
IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHAT TO LOOK AT FIRST.
- THIS IS VERY DISTRACTING.
WILLY'S?
- WHAT I SAW THAT WAS KIND OF WEIRD WAS THIS HAND RIGHT HERE.
THOSE TWO FINGERS LOOK REALLY, REALLY LONG.
- THEY JUST FEEL OFF.
- YEAH, SO I THINK WE GOT OUR BOTTOM TWO.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS.
ALAYNA AND DARNELL HAVE MADE A DECISION ON THEIR BOTTOM TWO.
IF I CALL YOUR NAME, YOU COULD BE GOING HOME.
LARA.
JOE, YOU'RE THE OTHER ARTIST IN THE BOTTOM TWO.
LARA, JOE, NOW THE OTHER JUDGES AND I
ARE GONNA NEED TO TALK OVER AND DECIDE
WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS WILL BE ELIMINATED.
I'M GONNA ASK ALL THE ARTISTS TO HEAD BACK TO THE LOUNGE.
- IT WAS A SUPER HARD ONE.
- YEAH? PRETTY TOUGH DECISION?
- YEAH.
- I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT
I WAS GONNA BE IN THE BOTTOM FOR THIS ONE.
- NO OFFENSE, BUT I THOUGHT YOU WERE TOO.
THE ONLY THING THEY SAID THEY DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT MINE
WAS THE BACKGROUND.
THAT WAS IT. PERIOD.
WHAT I'VE NOTICED ABOUT THIS COMPETITION IS,
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY'S IN THE TOP,
THE REST OF THEM GRAVITATE INTO THIS "BEST FRIEND" SCENARIO.
NOT ONLY IS THIS A COMPETITION ABOUT INK,
BUT IT'S A COMPETITION ABOUT WHO LIKES WHO,
WHO'S MORE POPULAR WITH WHAT.
I DON'T GIVE A [bleep] WHAT THEIR OPINION IS.
- WE'VE GOT OUR BOTTOM TWO THIS WEEK.
TOUGH DECISION. WE'LL START OFF WITH LARA.
I DON'T LIKE THE TATTOO. I JUST DON'T LIKE THE DRAWING.
- THERE IS THINGS THAT ARE DISTRACTING,
LIKE THE BACKGROUND DRIVES ME CRAZY.
- I DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE FOR THE STYLE.
- LARA STAYS CONSISTENT TO HER STYLE.
WHETHER THAT'S A STRENGTH OR NOT A STRENGTH, I DON'T KNOW.
- SHE IS STICKING TO HER GUNS.
I MEAN, THAT'S JUST IGNORANCE.
ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE GO TO JOE.
IN ALL HONESTY, WE'VE WATCHED JOE SLIP
IN THE LAST THREE CHALLENGES.
I DON'T THINK THIS IS SHOWING US WHAT HE'S TRULY CAPABLE OF.
- HE'S GOT THE CHOPS.
IT'S JUST, WHAT, HAS HE GOTTEN LAZY?
- HE LOST A HALF-HOUR AND THEN WILLINGLY GAVE UP A HALF-HOUR,
AND ACTUALLY WAS JUST LIKE, "I'M DONE."
- HE'S NOT TAKING IT AS SERIOUSLY.
- NO, HE CERTAINLY ISN'T.
- WE KNEW WE WERE COMING DOWN TO THE WIRE ON THIS,
AND NOW IT NEEDS TO BE DECIDED ON.
IF YOU TOOK JOE AND LARA AND YOU PUT THEM TOGETHER,
YOU'D END UP WITH A PERFECT TATTOOER.
YOU'D END UP WITH SOMEONE WITH A SILVER TONGUE
AND WHO'S CAPABLE OF DOING ANYTHING.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE TWO [bleep] NIGHTMARES,
AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.
- THERE'S A LOT GOING AGAINST BOTH OF THEM.
- OH, MAN.
- LARA. JOE.
UNFORTUNATELY, ONE OF YOU WILL NOT BE COMING BACK.
- SHE PULLED A ROMEO ON US. - YEAH.
- [laughing]
- LARA, JOE.
FACT IS, THESE WERE BOTH DECENT TATTOOS,
AND AT THIS POINT IN THE COMPETITION,
I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD BE SETTLING
FOR JUST DECENT TATTOOS.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, EITHER ONE OF YOU CAN GO HOME.
LARA, YOU BASICALLY DID A GOOD JOB
IN CAPTURING THE LIKENESS OF YOUR SKIN'S GAL,
BUT THE PIN-UP SHOULD BE THE STAR OF THIS PIECE,
AND UNFORTUNATELY, SHE KIND OF PLAYS SECOND FIDDLE
TO WHAT YOU'VE GOT GOING ON IN THIS BACKGROUND.
DUMB MISTAKE.
JOE, THE LETTERING, WHICH IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF THIS DESIGN,
YOU'VE JUST KIND OF THREW ON THERE HAPHAZARDLY.
YOU THUMBED YOUR NOSE AT THE EXTRA 30 MINUTES
THAT YOU GAVE UP INSTEAD OF DOING THINGS
THAT YOU COULD'VE DONE TO FINE-TUNE THIS TATTOO.
LARA, WHILE WE ALL HAVE ISSUES WITH YOUR DRAWING,
THE FACT IS, THIS IS A GOOD TATTOO.
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE STILL COMPETING IN BEST INK.
- THANK YOU.
- JOE, WE ALL THINK THAT YOU'RE A HELL OF AN ARTIST.
YOU CAME OUT OF THIS COMPETITION STRONG AS HELL.
WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S UNFORTUNATE, MAN.
BUT IN ALL HONESTY, THIS IS WHAT YOU GAVE US,
AND THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GOING HOME.
- THANK YOU.
THEY'RE KEEPING LARA AND THEY'RE SENDING ME HOME.
I'M PRETTY PISSED OFF ABOUT IT,
AND I'M PRETTY SURE THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON IS GONNA BE
LIKE, "IT SHOULD'VE BEEN THE OTHER WAY AROUND."
BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.
LET ME JUST LEAVE IT AT THAT AND WALK AWAY.
- I'M GLAD WE GOT THAT THEME OUT THE WAY.
- BRING ON THE NEXT REALLY CHALLENGING THEME.
- EXCEPT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN SUPER CLOSE...
- [gasps]
- OH. [laughs]
- I-I'M IN SHOCK RIGHT NOW, HONESTLY.
JOE SHOULD STILL BE HERE.
EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT LARA'S PIECE WAS THE WORST
OUT OF ALL SIX OF US.
- I IMMEDIATELY ALREADY KNOW THAT EVERYBODY'S DISAPPOINTED
THAT IT'S ME AND NOT JOE.
LISTEN, I DON'T NEED SUPPORT FROM MY PEERS.
I KNOW WHO I AM. I KNOW WHAT I DO.
IF YOU HATE MY WORK OR YOU HATE
THAT I'M STILL HERE AND JOE ISN'T,
[bleep] YOU, THEN.
[buzz]
- NEXT WEEK ON BEST INK...
[drill whirring]
- WHAT THE [bleep] IS GOING ON AROUND HERE?
- FOR YOUR INK CHALLENGE,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GET WAY OUT THERE
WITH YOUR CREATIVITY WITH SHOCK ART TATTOOS.
- THIS IS HORRIFYING.
- AHH...
- NOW THERE'S ONLY FIVE OF US LEFT.
THIS $100,000 IS SO CLOSE RIGHT NOW.
I WANT THIS. I WANT IT BAD.
- YOU GUYS GOT SOMETHING TO SAY, SAY IT.
IF MY EXISTENCE PISSES YOU OFF,
I'M GONNA [bleep] STICK AROUND.
- ALL RIGHT, ENOUGH! LET IT GO!
- FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BEST INK, GO TO OXYGEN.COM.