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- PREVIOUSLY ON BEST INK...
THE BATTLE FOR BEST INK INTENSIFIED
AS THE ARTISTS HAD TO PUT THEIR OWN SPIN
ON THE SIGNATURE STYLE INVENTED BY
HEAD JUDGE JOE CAPOBIANCO.
- BLOOD PUDDIN' PINUP IS DARK, MYSTERIOUS, ***.
- KNOWING HOW HARD HE IS AS A JUDGE,
IT'S GONNA BE REAL DIFFICULT.
- AND WHILE MOST ARTISTS EMBRACED THE CONCEPT...
- YEAH! GIRL-FREAKIN' POWER!
- TYLOR AND DEREK STRUGGLED TO IMPRESS.
- I DON'T DO THIS STYLE.
- IN ELIMINATION, IT WAS BRITTANY
WHO ROSE ABOVE ALL... - AAH!
- YEAH, I GOT MY MOJO BACK!
NOTHING CAN FREAKIN' STOP ME NOW.
- WINNING HER IMMUNITY IN THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE.
AND IN DELIBERATION, THE TOP THREE PUT THE FATES
OF DEREK, JEROD, AND TYLOR IN THE JUDGES' HANDS.
- TYLOR, OVERALL YOU FELL REAL SHORT
ON WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE.
- TYLOR, YOU CAN HEAD TO THE TATTOO SHOP
AND CLEAN OUT YOUR STATION.
- AND TONIGHT, JUST SIX 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' ♪
- YOU PROMISED HIM. [laughter]
- OH, MY GOD.
- HE'S GONNA HATE THIS. [laughter]
- WE HAVE STARTED DOING THESE CHALK SKETCHES
OF EVERYBODY THAT GETS ELIMINATED, IN THE LOUNGE,
JUST AS OUR MEMORIAL TO THEM.
YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE OUR CAST GRAVEYARD.
WE GOTTA DO ONE FOR TYLOR,
JUST TO REMEMBER HIM LIKE HE'S JUST ON A LONG-*** SMOKE BREAK.
- BEST ONE YET.
- I MEAN, THERE'S NOTHING TO SMILE ABOUT ANYMORE.
I'M HERE TO WIN $100,000,
AND THEY'RE NOT THINKING ABOUT THAT.
THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT CHALK ON THE WALLS.
[laughter]
- WE STARTED AT 12. WE'RE DOWN TO 6.
I'VE BEEN IN THE BOTTOM THREE THREE TIMES
AND DIDN'T GO HOME.
SO ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN.
I COULD POSSIBLY STILL WIN THIS THING.
[upbeat rock music]
♪ ♪
- WHAT'S UP, GUYS? - HEY.
- WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
- SO WE ARRIVE AT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS
FOR ANOTHER FLASH CHALLENGE,
AND I'M LIKE, "HELL YEAH!" I'VE NEVER BEEN THERE,
AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WE COULD BE DOING.
- WELCOME TO UNIVERSAL STUDIOS,
THE LARGEST MOVIE STUDIO AND THEME PARK,
WHERE LEGENDS LIKE CLINT EASTWOOD AND TOM CRUISE,
AMONG MANY OTHERS, HAVE ALL MADE HIT MOVIES.
AND THE SITE OF YOUR NEXT FLASH CHALLENGE.
IN ANY BIG SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER,
ONE THING YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON
IS LARGER-THAN-LIFE CHARACTERS.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO WORKING WITH SUPER-SIZE PERSONALITIES,
THERE'S NO BETTER EXPERT THAN YOUR GUEST JUDGE TODAY,
MASTER TATTOOER MIYA BAILEY.
MIYA'S WORLD-FAMOUS ATLANTA TATTOO SHOP,
CITY OF INK, SERVES UP INK ON A REGULAR BASIS
TO SOME OF THE BIGGEST CELEBS IN HIP-HOP AND SPORTS.
- AS A ARTIST AND STORYTELLER, OUR WORK IS ALL ABOUT
SHOWING THE CHARACTER'S TRUE COLORS.
FOR A LOT OF MY CELEB SKINS,
I HAVE TO SHOW PIECES THAT REFLECT
THEIR LARGER-THAN-LIFE LIFESTYLE.
TO DO THAT, I THINK BACK TO THE COMIC BOOKS
I GREW UP WITH THAT INSPIRED ME TO BE AN ARTIST TODAY.
THAT'S WHY SOME OF THE TATTOOS I'M BEST KNOWN FOR
ARE BASED OFF THE CLASSIC COMIC BOOK HEROES
THAT YOU SEE IN MOVIES TODAY.
- ARTISTS, TO WIN TODAY'S FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU HAVE TO PROVE THAT YOU HAVE SUPERPOWERS.
YOUR CHALLENGE IS TO DRAW UP AN ACTION MOVIE POSTER
BASED ON A SUPERHERO OF YOUR OWN CREATION.
THE END RESULT SHOULD BE AN ACTION POSTER
THAT'S SO CREATIVE AND EXCITING
THAT UNIVERSAL STUDIOS COULD USE IT
FOR THEIR NEXT BLOCKBUSTER.
- I'M EXTREMELY COMFORTABLE
WITH ILLUSTRATING COMIC-BOOK-STYLE ART.
I'M EXCITED TO DO IT.
- NOW, JUST LIKE ANY MOVIE POSTER,
YOU'LL NEED TO GIVE YOUR SUPERHERO
A COOL NAME AND A TAG LINE
HOT ENOUGH TO SELL TICKETS AROUND THE WORLD.
- WELL, NOW THAT WE'RE DOWN TO SIX OF US,
IT DEFINITELY PUTS MORE PRESSURE ON YOU
TO DO A GOOD JOB.
AND I HOPE TO GOD I'M GONNA WIN THIS.
I'VE GOT A LOT OF LOVE FOR COMICS.
- THE ARTIST WITH THE BEST SUPERHERO POSTER
IS GONNA GET AN EVEN BIGGER PIECE OF THE ACTION.
THE FLASH CASH IS GOING UP ANOTHER $500 THIS WEEK,
SO THE WINNER OF THIS FLASH CHALLENGE
WILL WALK AWAY WITH $4,000 COLD, HARD CASH.
[applause]
YOU GUYS READY?
ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, YOU'LL EACH HAVE ONE HOUR
TO COMPLETE YOUR MOVIE POSTER.
YOUR SKETCH TIME BEGINS NOW.
[exciting music]
♪ ♪
- MY CONCEPT IS A SUPERVILLAIN CALLED "THE READER,"
WHO CAN READ YOUR INNER THOUGHTS AND SECRETS
ON HIS BODY.
- I CAME UP WITH THE CONCEPT OF A SNAKE WOMAN.
AND SHE'S VICIOUS, BUT SHE'S STILL PRETTY.
I'M FUN AND OUTGOING, BUT I HAVE A LITTLE DARK SIDE.
BUT YOU WON'T EVER SEE THAT DARK SIDE
UNLESS YOU *** ME OFF, AND THEN IT'S GONNA COME OUT.
- I HAVE TWO SIBLINGS THAT I GOT CUSTODY OF
WHEN I WAS 19, AND A LOT OF RESPONSIBILITY
HAS RESTED ON MY SHOULDERS.
SO I GET THE IDEA OF REDHAWK,
THIS BADASS CHICK WITH A MOHAWK.
I'M THINKING SHE'S GOTTA HAVE WINGS,
'CAUSE I LOVE THAT STUFF.
I HAVE WINGS TATTOOED ALL OVER ME.
- MY ATOM BOMB CHARACTER FALLS BACK ONTO MY SITUATION
BECAUSE I WAS THIS BAD GUY, I DID MESS WITH DRUGS.
AND I CLEANED MY LIFE UP AND TURNED POSITIVE.
SO THE CONCEPT WAS KIND OF THIS VILLAIN TURNED POSITIVE.
- MY CHARACTER SYMBOLIZES ME PRETTY WELL.
WE WERE BOTH MILITARY, AND WE DECIDED
TO TAKE ANOTHER PATH IN OUR LIFE.
FOR HIM, HE WENT INTO,
YOU KNOW, MERCENARY KILLING,
AND I WENT INTO MERCENARY TATTOOING.
- I NEED TO DRAW SMALLER.
I'M DEFINITELY NERVOUS RIGHT NOW BECAUSE
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DRAW, AND I FEEL LIKE
I'M JUST STARTING TO SHUT DOWN BECAUSE
ALL MY IDEAS, I'M TURNING THEM DOWN
BEFORE I CAN FINISH 'EM.
WELL, I CAN HONESTLY SAY MINE LOOKS TERRIBLE.
[sad chuckle] I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO EVEN DO WITH THIS.
THIS LOOKS LIKE [bleep].
- ALLI'S JUST *** UP A STORM.
SHE CAN'T COME UP WITH A CHARACTER.
I DON'T EVEN WANT TO LOOK AT HER DRAWING
BECAUSE IT'D PROBABLY DEPRESS ME.
- IT'S, LIKE, THE WORST DRAWING
I THINK I'VE EVER DONE IN MY LIFE.
I JUST WANT TO JUST STOP BECAUSE I KNOW
AT THIS POINT, IT'S NOT GONNA BE FINISHED.
BUT I TELL MYSELF TO KEEP GOING.
MIGHT AS WELL JUST FINISH SOMETHING
SO I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW.
- ♪ REVERSE THOSE DREAMS ♪
♪ REVERSE THOSE THOUGHTS, REVERSE THOSE LINES ♪
♪ 'CAUSE YOU WERE OUT OF YOUR ELEMENT ♪
- THREE, TWO, ONE.
ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, TIME'S UP. PENCILS DOWN.
MIYA IS GONNA CHECK OUT YOUR WORK
AND LET YOU GUYS KNOW WHO HE THOUGHT CAME OUT ON TOP.
ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT
THE STORY BEHIND THE MOVIE.
JEROD, TELL ME THE STORY BEHIND YOUR ARTWORK.
- THE NAME OF MY MOVIE IS THE READER, AND MY TAG LINE IS
"YOUR DARKEST FEARS ARE AN OPEN BOOK."
IT'S ABOUT A VILLAIN WITH TELEPATHIC POWERS.
HE CAN READ, PHYSICALLY, ON HIS SKIN
ALL YOUR FEARS, ALL YOUR SECRETS.
- I LOVE THE PIECE.
THE CONCEPT IS VERY ORIGINAL.
I WISH YOU WOULD HAVE DID MORE WITH HIS UNIFORM.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO SEE MORE OF A COSTUME FEEL FOR IT.
- I AGREE. THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, BRITTANY,
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BLOCKBUSTER.
- THE TITLE OF MY MOVIE IS
SERPENTINA, AND MY TAG LINE IS
"SHE'LL STEAL YOUR SOUL THEN EAT YOU WHOLE."
I WANTED TO DO A SNAKE LADY
BECAUSE, UM--KIND OF LIKE A PLAY ON MEDUSA.
IF YOU LOOK AT HER, SHE STEALS YOUR SOUL,
AND THEN SHE'S GONNA GOBBLE YOU UP.
- WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT IS YOUR USE OF COLOR.
I MEAN, I KNOW HOW HARD IT IS, PROBABLY,
TO BLEND IN THAT-- ALL THAT STUFF IN
IN THAT SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE ABOUT IT, THOUGH--
IT LOOKED LIKE A TATTOO. - RIGHT.
- TERESA, TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR MOVIE.
- THE NAME OF MY MOVIE IS REDHAWK,
AND THE TAG LINE IS "VENGEANCE IS HER GAME,
AND THE SKY IS THE LIMIT."
MY CHARACTER REDHAWK, HER FAMILY GETS MURDERED,
AND THEY JUST KIND OF, LIKE, ROUND UP HER AND HER SIBLINGS
FOR, LIKE, GOVERNMENT EXPERIMENT STUFF.
AND SHE BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, ESCAPES ALL THAT
AND GOES ON, LIKE, A VENGEANCE THING
TO KIND OF TRACK DOWN THE REST OF HER FAMILY,
HER SIBLINGS THAT ARE LEFT.
- I CAN TELL YOU GREW UP READING COMIC BOOKS.
AS STORIES GO, YOU EXECUTED THE ELEMENTS
OF WHAT A COMIC BOOK IS SUPPOSED TO BE ABOUT.
I LIKED IT. - DEREK.
- THE NAME OF MY MOVIE IS THE PLANET,
AND MY CATCHPHRASE IS "ONLY THE STRONGEST WILL SURVIVE."
I REALLY WANTED TO GIVE A G.I. JOE MEETS STAR WARS...
ALL THOSE ELEMENTS INTO ONE MOVIE.
IT INVOLVES A MERCENARY TURNED ROGUE.
HALF ALIEN, HALF HUMAN,
HE HAS TO BE THE ONE TO SURVIVE.
- DEREK, IT LOOKS LIKE YOU RAN OUT OF TIME.
- YEAH. - WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOUR PIECE,
I LOVE YOUR USE OF BLACK.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT A COMIC BOOK,
IF YOU TAKE AWAY THE COLORS,
IT'S THE SHADOWS AND EVERYTHING
THAT MAKE EVERYTHING STAND OUT IN A COMIC BOOK.
I DON'T LIKE THE CATCHPHRASE. I DON'T LIKE THE TAG LINE.
- DJ, CAN YOU LET US KNOW A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR POSTER?
- THE NAME OF MY MOVIE IS ATOM BOMB,
AND MY CATCH LINE IS "KILLIN' 'EM SOFTLY."
I PICTURE HIM AS THIS PILOT WHO HAS A PLANE
FULL OF AMMUNITION AND BOMBS, AND ENDS UP CRASHING,
AND IS REINCARNATED INTO THIS CHARACTER.
- LOVE THE LAYOUT. YOU DID IT LIKE--
ALMOST LIKE A GRAPHIC ARTIST WOULD LAY OUT A MOVIE POSTER.
BUT YOU SPELLED "VILLAIN" WRONG.
[laughter]
- ALLI, LET US KNOW ABOUT YOUR MOVIE POSTER.
- THE NAME OF MY MOVIE IS
THE DAY ALIENS SAVED EARTH,
AND MY TAG LINE IS "SHE'S LARGE AND IN CHARGE."
THIS IS AN ACTION-COMEDY, OKAY, I'M GONNA TELL YOU.
THIS IS A PURPOSEFUL B-MOVIE.
THEY'RE COMING HERE TO SAVE US BECAUSE WE KILLED EARTH.
THAT OZONE LAYER IS DEAD,
AND SHE IS ONE BIG-*** ALIEN.
THAT'S WHY SHE'S LARGE AND IN CHARGE.
AND SHE'S SCOOPIN' 'EM UP AND TAKING 'EM BACK
SO THEY CAN LIVE IN PODS ON MARS, OKAY?
- I FEEL LIKE IF YOU HAD PUT THE AMOUNT OF ENERGY
INTO YOUR POSTER THAT YOU PUT INTO THIS STORY...
- NO, NO, I'M GONNA TELL YOU, THIS IS ABSTRACT.
- ALLI, THIS IS NOT A JOKE.
- ALLI, SHE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE HELL SHE'S DOING.
THIS ISN'T A JOKE, AND I HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THAT GIRL'S MIND.
- IT JUST LOOKS LIKE IT WAS RUSHED,
AND THERE'S JUST A LACK OF STORY AND ORIGINALITY.
- THAT'S WHERE YOU'RE WRONG. THIS IS ORIGINAL.
- ARTISTS, YOU GUYS HAVE EXPLAINED YOUR WORK TO MIYA.
NOW LET'S HEAR WHO HIS TOP TWO ARTISTS ARE.
- FIRST ARTIST TO COME FORWARD...
IS TERESA.
AND MY SECOND ONE IS...
JEROD.
JEROD, YOU HAD THE MOST ORIGINAL CHARACTER.
I WOULD ACTUALLY BUY THIS SERIES AS A COMIC BOOK
AND SEE IT AS A MOVIE.
AND, TERESA, THE LINE WORK--
YOUR EXECUTION ON YOUR WORK IS CLEAN.
THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR.
- ULTIMATELY, THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE WINNER.
MIYA, WHO'S THE TOP?
- THERE'S ONE ARTIST THAT COMBINED THE ELEMENT
OF THE PERSONALITY AND COMIC BOOK ART IN THEIR WORK.
- COMING UP... - WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING THEM
ANIMATED TATTOOS. - WHAT THE HELL?
- I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.
- I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING,
BUT I GUESS I HAVEN'T.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLACE TATTOOS ON THE HUMAN BODY.
- WHY DON'T YOU WORK ON JUST PUTTING [bleep]
ON THIGHS FOR PEOPLE.
- YOU DON'T HAVE TO [bleep] TALK TO ME,
I WON'T TALK TO YOU.
- ARTISTS, TODAY YOUR CHALLENGE WAS TO DESIGN A MOVIE POSTER
BASED ON A SUPERHERO OF YOUR OWN CREATION.
- JEROD, YOU HAD THE MOST ORIGINAL CHARACTER.
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT POWER BEFORE.
THAT WAS DOPE. TERESA...
YOUR EXECUTION ON YOUR WORK IS CLEAN.
AND YOU LAID IT DOWN.
THERE'S ONE ARTIST THAT COMBINED
THE PERSONALITY AND COMIC BOOK ART IN THEIR WORK...
AND THAT WAS TERESA.
- WHOO! FINALLY! [applause]
- I AM JUST SO RELIEVED
TO FINALLY HAVE WON A FLASH CHALLENGE.
IT'S JUST--IT'S GREAT. IT'S AMAZING.
[laughs]
REDHAWK FOR THE WIN!
[laughs] YAY!
- TERESA BEAT ME. SHE HASN'T WON ONE YET.
IT WAS A GREAT PIECE.
I GUESS I CAN LET HER HAVE ONE.
- TERESA, CONGRATULATIONS. FOR WINNING THE FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU'RE GONNA WIN $4,000 IN FLASH CASH.
- NICE. - MIYA...
THANK YOU FOR COMING OUT. - CONGRATULATIONS.
I WAS HONORED TO BE HERE, Y'ALL.
- AND I WILL SEE YOU GUYS
BACK AT THE TATTOO SHOP TONIGHT.
- THIS PLACE IS CLEARING OUT. LOOK,
ALL MY NEIGHBORS ARE GONE.
- OH, GOOD. I'M GONNA RELOCATE.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS, BRING IT IN.
- JOE, PETE, AND SABINA WALK IN.
I SEE THIS GIANT SCREEN. AT THIS POINT,
I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
- ARTISTS, EARLIER TODAY IN THE FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU CAME UP WITH ACTION HEROES
THAT WERE LARGER THAN LIFE. TODAY'S INK CHALLENGE,
YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH SKINS
WHO ARE SUPERHEROES IN THEIR OWN RIGHT
AS THEY HAVE ALL PERSEVERED
OVER TRAGIC, LIFE-CHANGING CIRCUMSTANCES.
- I MEAN, AS A CHILD, I WAS HIT BY A VAN,
SO I CAN DEFINITELY RELATE. I JUST HOPE
THAT I GET A SKIN THAT I CAN WORK WITH
AND WILL TAKE MY IDEAS AND RUN WITH IT.
- BEFORE WE BRING 'EM IN,
BRITTANY, YOU WON THE INK CHALLENGE LAST WEEK,
SO YOU'RE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK.
ALL RIGHT, SKINS, COME ON IN.
BEFORE YOU START WORKING WITH YOUR CLIENTS,
IT'S IMPORTANT TO HEAR THEIR STORIES.
THEY'VE BEEN RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO EACH ONE OF YOU.
JASON, YOU'RE UP FIRST.
YOU'RE GONNA BE PAIRED WITH TERESA.
- TEN YEARS AGO, I HAD LOST ONE OF MY VERY BEST FRIENDS
IN A CAR ACCIDENT.
LATER THAT NIGHT, I WAS WOKEN UP BY A PHONE CALL,
AND IT WAS HIM.
THAT TATTOO THAT I WANT TO GET IS TO COMMEMORATE
THE CONVERSATION THAT I HAD WITH MY BEST FRIEND
ON THE OTHER SIDE.
- I'VE DEFINITELY HAD SOME, LIKE,
PARANORMAL CREEPINESS IN MY LIFE,
AND SO I CAN KIND OF RELATE TO HIM IN THAT WAY.
HE'S DEFINITELY AWESOME.
- JACKIE, YOU'RE GONNA BE PAIRED WITH ALLI.
- I WATCHED MY GRANDMOTHER GO THROUGH CANCER
AS A RESULT OF SMOKING.
I'M A SINGER, SO I STOPPED SMOKING.
I WANT TO GET A TATTOO THAT COMMEMORATES THE FACT THAT
I WANTED TO GET REALLY HEALTHY.
- DEANDRE, YOU'RE GONNA BE PAIRED WITH DEREK.
- I GOT HIT BY A CAR. I GOT A SECOND CHANCE.
SO THIS TATTOO, I WANT IT TO SYMBOLIZE STRENGTH.
- BREE, YOU'RE GONNA BE PAIRED WITH DJ.
- WHEN I WAS EIGHT, MY PAPA PASSED AWAY.
THE WAY I DECIDED TO COPE WITH IT WAS
THROUGH ANOREXIA.
MY SON HAS BEEN MY MOTIVATION
FOR CHOOSING TO EAT EACH DAY.
- ALEC, YOU'RE GONNA BE PAIRED WITH BRITTANY.
- I WAS RIDING A VESPA, AND WAS T-*** IN AN INTERSECTION
BY A DRUNK DRIVER.
I NOW HAVE TITANIUM RODS
IN BOTH MY TIBIA AND MY FEMUR.
- IT'S KIND OF HARD TO HAVE, LIKE, A REALLY FUN EXPERIENCE
WHEN YOU'VE GOT SUCH A BUMMER STORY,
BUT IT'S MY JOB TO MAKE THEM HAVE SOMETHING
THAT THEY CAN RELATE BACK TO THAT STORY
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
- KRISTEN, YOU'RE GONNA BE PAIRED WITH JEROD.
- I SWERVED INTO THE CARPOOL LANE,
AND I COLLIDED WITH THE CENTER DIVIDER.
IT WAS SHORTLY AFTER MY RECOVERY,
MY FATHER HAD A TRAGIC ACCIDENT AND DIED HIMSELF.
I WANT THIS TATTOO TO REPRESENT
EVERYTHING THAT I'VE OVERCOME AND EVERYTHING
THAT I'M GONNA CONTINUE TO OVERCOME.
- ARTISTS, WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING WITH THESE SKINS
IS BRAND NEW TO THE TATTOO WORLD.
WE'RE GONNA BE GIVING THEM ANIMATED TATTOOS.
- [exhales] [bleep] SICK.
I'VE NEVER HEARD OF ANIMATION IN TATTOOING.
THEY'RE THROWING ANOTHER CRAZY THING INTO THE MIX.
I FEEL LIKE I'VE SEEN EVERYTHING,
BUT I GUESS I HAVEN'T.
- [indistinct whisper]
CAN'T WE JUST DO A NORMAL TATTOO ON A NORMAL PERSON?
I FEEL SO MUCH ANXIETY RIGHT NOW.
I LITERALLY JUST BOMBED THAT FLASH CHALLENGE.
I DON'T WANT TO GO HOME,
BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I HAVE MORE TO PROVE.
- ONCE YOU GUYS HAVE AGREED ON A TATTOO CONCEPT,
YOU AND YOUR SKIN WILL MEET UP WITH OUR PROFESSIONAL ANIMATOR.
THE END RESULT SHOULD BE GREAT TATTOOS WITH ANIMATION
THAT WILL PUT YOUR SKINS' HIDDEN POWERS INTO ACTION.
- THE ANIMATION IS WHAT'S GONNA DEFINITELY
BRING OUT THE BEST OF IT.
IT'S CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY, SO REALLY EMBRACE IT.
- TO SHOW YOU GUYS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT,
PLEASE WELCOME RON, OUR ANIMATOR.
- HI, ARTISTS. - RON, CAN YOU SHOW US
HOW THIS ANIMATION'S GONNA WORK?
- SURE. - ARTISTS...
THIS ANIMATION TECHNOLOGY, IT'S A SOFTWARE
THAT RECOGNIZES THE TATTOO,
AND THEN PLACES ANIMATION OVER IT.
- JUST THE CONCEPT OF PUTTING THAT COMPUTER OR YOUR PHONE
OVER A TATTOO, AND IT RECOGNIZING IT AND ANIMATING
IS MIND-BOGGLING.
- THIS WHOLE ANIMATION THING
IS A WAY TO TAKE SOMETHING THAT'S JUST A FLAT IMAGE,
AND REALLY TELL A DIFFERENT STORY.
THIS IS AWESOME.
- OKAY, GUYS, THIS ANIMATION IS
JUST AN ADDED ELEMENT TO HELP BRING THESE THINGS TO LIFE.
BUT IN THE END,
WE JUST WANT TO SEE KILLER TATTOOS.
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'LL BE JUDGED ON.
- ARTISTS, GO MEET YOUR SKINS,
AND RON WILL BE BY IN A BIT
TO DISCUSS ANIMATION IDEAS.
- I'M THINKING ABOUT GETTING
THE MOLECULAR REPRESENTATION OF TITANIUM.
A LOT OF MY BACKGROUND WAS
IN GRAPHIC DESIGN AND PHOTOGRAPHY.
- THERE'S NOT REALLY A WHOLE LOT I CAN DO WITH THIS DESIGN.
I AM REALLY SWEATING ON HOW I CAN MAKE THIS LOOK COOL.
I'M THINKING, FOR THE ANIMATION PART,
TO HAVE ALL THESE BONES COME TOGETHER
AND MAKE A SKELETON. - YEAH.
- WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE DOABLE?
- I THINK SO.
- I'M PUTTING ALL OF MY FAITH IN RON
TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING COOL.
DUDE, DON'T YOU FREAKIN' FAIL ME, MAN.
I'M GONNA FINED YOU!
- WHAT'S YOUR IDEA? LIKE, WHAT IS YOUR--
WHAT'S THE--WHAT'S THEME? - THE RELIGIOUS IDEA IS, UH,
SAINT ANTHONY OF PADUA,
THE PATRON SAINT OF LOST THINGS.
- JUST LIKE IN THE INK CHALLENGE
THAT I HAD TO DO THE BACON GARTER,
BEING A VEGETARIAN,
I'M NOW DOING A RELIGIOUS TATTOO,
AND I'M AN ATHEIST.
THIS REALLY HAS NO EFFECT ON THE ARTWORK.
I'M OPEN-MINDED ABOUT EVERYONE'S BELIEFS AND LIFESTYLES.
I'M NOT HERE TO JUDGE ANYBODY. I THINK SINCE YOU WANT COLOR,
WE SHOULD GO WITH STAINED GLASS.
I MEAN, ARE YOU INTO THAT? - YEAH.
- OKAY, WELL, THEN, THAT HELPS.
MY SKIN AND I HAVE DECIDED ON A STAINED-GLASS WINDOW
INSIDE OF BROKEN DOWN STONE RUINS.
I KIND OF WANT THE SUN TO RISE
THROUGH THE WINDOW. - COOL.
YEAH, I CAN DO THAT.
- MY STRATEGY FOR THE ANIMATION
IS BASICALLY A SUN RISING THROUGH SAINT ANTHONY'S HALO.
THE ANIMATION ASPECT OF THIS INK CHALLENGE
IS A COOL THING FOR OUR SKINS.
KIND OF LIKE A CHERRY ON THE TOP.
- OH, YEAH. - SCORE FOR US.
- I WANTED TO GET SOMETHING THAT WOULD SYMBOLIZE TO ME
STRENGTH AND COURAGE.
WHEN I THINK ABOUT IT, I THINK OF A LION.
- YOU'RE OKAY WITH A BIG TATTOO?
- YEAH. WELL, HOW BIG?
- IF IT'S A LION TATTOO, IT HAS TO BE FAIRLY LARGE.
MAYBE SOME, LIKE, COOL HEART LOCKET
THAT, LIKE, THE ANIMATION-- THE LOCKET OPENS.
I'M A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT THE ANIMATION.
I'VE NEVER HAD MY DRAWINGS ANIMATED BEFORE.
WE'RE DOING A LION. - OKAY.
- THE LION'S PAWS ARE GONNA BE KINDA UP, DRAPED--
HEART LOCKET.
SOMETHING AS SIMPLE AS A LITTLE BOY'S SILHOUETTE.
- INSIDE THE LOCKET? - INSIDE THE LOCKET.
THIS IS COMPLETELY NEW TO ME, SO I'M CURIOUS TO SEE
WHAT RON'S GONNA COME UP WITH-- HOPEFULLY SOMETHING GREAT.
- WE COULD TALK ABOUT EXACTLY HOW
WE'RE GONNA DO THIS CHEETAH.
- I SAY GO ALL-OUT, LIKE. - AWESOME.
WELL, THAT'S HOW-- I WOULD GO ALL-OUT.
I'M GONNA GO BLACK AND GREY REALISM.
WHEN MY SKIN TOLD ME THAT HE WANTED
TO DO A REALISTIC CHEETAH,
IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO DO.
I WOULD MAYBE DO A PAW, AND HAVE HIM
CREEPING OUT OF SOME GRASS, ALMOST LIKE HE'S, LIKE,
SNEAKING UP ON SOME PREY.
- SICK, DUDE, SICK.
- THE STRENGTH BEHIND, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY YOUR STORY.
IN HIS EYES, A CHEETAH IS A SURVIVOR,
AND HE SURVIVED THIS ACCIDENT,
SO I'M JUST GONNA DO IT THE BEST WAY I KNOW HOW.
I WAS THINKING EITHER MAYBE HAVING THE CHEETAH
MAYBE DIP INTO THE GRASS,
LIKE HE'S SNEAKING UP ON PREY.
OR MAYBE HAVING THE CHEETAH COMING OUT OF THE GRASS.
- FOR THIS, YOU'D HAVE TO HAVE BOTH, ACTUALLY.
A GOOD WAY TO DO THAT WOULD BE TO,
YOU KNOW, START WITH THE GRASS, MAYBE PART IT,
AND THEN HAVE THE HEAD COME UP AND ROAR,
GROWL, WHATEVER HE DOES. - ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
- AND THEN GO BACK DOWN.
- I GAVE HIM A GREAT ANIMATION IDEA.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING HOW HE CREATES
AN ANIMATION FOR MY TATTOO.
- SOMETHING THAT TIES INTO MUSIC.
- WHAT ARE THE INSTRUMENTS THAT YOU PLAY?
- I PLAY CELLO, GUITAR, MANDOLIN, DULCIMER.
- I'M NOT QUITE SURE WHAT THAT IS, BUT WE'LL--
I'M DOING A UNKNOWN APPALACHIAN PLUCK INSTRUMENT.
BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE. I JUST HAVE TO ROLL WITH IT.
- I'M OPEN TO-- - IS THIS ARM COOL HERE?
- YEAH. I WOULDN'T MIND SOMETHING ACROSS,
MAYBE, MY SHOULDERS? - MAYBE YOUR SHOULDER?
- ON THE SHOULDER.
- MY SKIN SEEMS TO BE UNSURE
OF THE PLACEMENT OF HER TATTOO.
I'M JUST GONNA KIND OF DRAW A LONG-SHAPED TATTOO
THAT IS HOPEFULLY GONNA GO
EITHER ON HER CALF OR HER SHOULDER BLADE.
WE'RE THINKING ABOUT HAVING, LIKE, MUSIC NOTES COMING OUT.
THE BIRDS WILL FLY AWAY TOO. - I LIKE IT.
- I'M A LITTLE CONCERNED RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE TO GET ALL OF THIS DONE TONIGHT.
- THE TATTOO THAT I WANT TO GET IS A VINTAGE DIAL TELEPHONE.
I'D REALLY LIKE A BRIGHT RED.
- IF WE'VE GOT A DIAL PHONE,
WE NEED TO INCORPORATE SOME KIND OF MOVEMENT
WITH THE DIAL PHONE.
LIKE MAYBE IT HITS CERTAIN NUMBERS.
- HE NEVER SAID GOOD-BYE.
HE ALWAYS HELD UP HIS INDEX FINGER
AND SAID, "ONE." I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT
JUST THE NUMBER "ONE" ON THE DIAL.
- WHAT WOULD YOU THINK ABOUT HAVING THE WRITTEN WORDS
SORT OF COME OUT OF THE PHONE? - THAT'S FINE.
- A LOT OF TIMES, THROUGH THE DRAWING PROCESS,
YOU CAN DRAW A WHOLE NEW ONE,
AND THEN COME IN THE NEXT DAY
AND TRY TO SELL YOUR SKIN ON THAT.
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW!
- BUT TONIGHT WE FIND OUT
WE ONLY HAVE UNTIL OUR SKINS LEAVE
TO REALLY LOCK IN AN IDEA.
WHATEVER IS ON THIS PIECE OF PAPER,
I HAVE TO GIVE IT AWAY, AND I CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING,
OR THAT WILL CUT INTO MY TATTOO TIME.
IT'S LIKE, HERE IT IS. AND YOU'RE HOPING THAT,
WHEN THEY COME IN THE NEXT MORNING,
THEY STILL LIKE IT.
THIS WAS EXTREMELY STRESSFUL.
IT'S INSANE. - COMING UP...
- WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT, LIKE, A LIGHT TEAL OR A PINK?
- YOU'RE ASKING A JUDGE TO GIVE YOU POINTERS.
I'M COMPLETELY FED UP WITH HER.
- WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE AMMUNITION.
TO COME OFF AS BEING SO COCKSURE
IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE.
- WHAT THE HELL DID HE JUST DO THIS WEEK
IF NOT PLAY IT SAFE?
- IT'S BEEN A LITTLE QUIET AT THE TABLE THIS MORNING
BECAUSE IT IS DOWN TO SIX PEOPLE NOW,
AND IT'S JUST GONNA GET HARDER.
PEOPLE ARE DEFINITELY FEELING THAT STRESS.
I FORGOT YOU WERE DOING REALISTIC.
ARE YOU GONNA COMPLETELY REFERENCE IT, OR...
- I MEAN, IT'S KINDA WHAT I DO.
- DEREK'S NOT DRAWING AT ALL.
HE FEELS LIKE SINCE HE'S DOING A REALISTIC PIECE,
THAT HE DOESN'T REALLY HAVE TO PREPARE.
I SPECIALIZE IN REALISTIC PIECES.
PREPARATION FOR REALISTIC PIECES
IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN AN ILLUSTRATIVE PIECE.
- I DON'T NEED TO PREP. I'M BADASS, AND THEY KNOW IT.
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF I WON THIS CHALLENGE.
THAT'S WHAT I DREW FOR YOU.
- THIS IS AWESOME. THIS IS JUST FANTASTIC.
I LIKE IT. - AWESOME. AWESOME.
- THERE IT IS. - WOW, AWESOME!
- I WAS ACTUALLY THINKING WE SHOULD PROBABLY
PUT IT ON YOUR CALF.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY COOL.
- WELL, AND THE SHAPE OF IT WOULD WORK PERFECTLY THERE.
- I FEEL GRATEFUL THAT SHE WANTS TO PUT IT ON HER CALF
BECAUSE THE SHOULDER BLADE
WASN'T GONNA WORK THAT WELL WITH THE ANIMATION.
THE ONLY THING THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT
IS THE PLACEMENT AND SIZE SCALE.
- THIS IS THE SIZE WE'RE GONNA GO.
THIS IS THE OVERALL FEEL OF IT.
LIKE THE SOFTNESS WHERE DARKS ARE GONNA BE,
ON TOP OF, YOU KNOW, A COMPLETE SOLID COLOR.
- THAT LOOKS AWESOME. - I SHOW BREE MY SKETCH.
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO CHANGE ANYTHING ON IT,
AND I'M JUST READY TO GO.
- ALL RIGHT. - OH, MY GOSH.
- I'M SUPER EXCITED ABOUT IT.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY COOL.
- I LOVE IT. - HE'S 100% IN.
THAT MAKES MY JOB JUST THAT MUCH EASIER.
- THIS IS IT. YOU COULD DO
PLUS OR MINUS THE SKULL IF YOU WANT.
YOU KNOW, THE SKULL'S THERE, SO YOU KNOW THAT
THESE ARE ALL BROKEN BONES. THAT'S WHY I LIKE IT.
- IT MAKES IT ALMOST SKELETAL... - EXACTLY.
- FROM AN ABSTRACT STANDPOINT. - EXACTLY.
ALEC, HE SEEMED STOKED ON IT,
BUT HE'S A MILD-MANNERED GENTLEMAN.
HE'S NOT LIKE, "WHOO! I LOVE IT!"
I REALIZE THAT NOT EVERYONE IS
AS, LIKE, OBNOXIOUS AS MYSELF.
- I STARTED WITH WHAT WE HAD,
AND I KIND OF SKETCHED EVERYTHING IN IN RED.
- OH, MY GOODNESS, THAT'S REALLY AWESOME.
- KRISTEN LOVES MY SKETCH.
SHE'S ALMOST IN TEARS,
AND THAT MAKES ME EXCITED TO ACTUALLY DO THE TATTOO.
I THINK IT'S DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A STRONG SHOWING FOR ME.
- OH, WOW. - SWEET.
- THAT'S A BIG TATTOO.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS,
YOU GUYS HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO CONSULT WITH YOUR SKINS
AND OUR ANIMATOR.
NOW, YOUR TASK IS GOING TO BE
TO BRING YOUR SKIN'S STORY TO LIFE.
ON MY SIGNAL, YOU GUYS WILL HAVE FIVE HOURS
TO TATTOO YOUR SKINS.
YOUR TIME STARTS... NOW.
[tattoo needles buzzing]
[rock music]
♪ ♪
[both chuckle]
- RIGHT ALONG THOSE NERVES THERE.
WHEN JASON AND I STARTED DOING THE TATTOO,
HE STARTS OFF STRONG.
DOES IT MATCH UP WITH THE STORY GOOD?
- YEAH, IT DOES.
THE DATE AND-- IT CAPTURED EVERYTHING.
- THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT, YOU KNOW,
THAT WE MAKE SURE THAT HIS MEMORY LIVES ON
IN THIS TATTOO, YOU KNOW?
- OH, IT'S DEFINITELY THERE, FOR SURE.
- I DEFINITELY CAN RELATE TO HIM.
I MEAN, I LOST MY DAD WHEN I WAS 19,
SO I'VE BEEN THERE.
- THERE'S A LOT TO PROCESS WHEN SOMEBODY PASSES AWAY.
- OH, YEAH. DEFINITELY.
WHETHER OR NOT IT IS A PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE,
THEY DEFINITELY GIVE YOU THAT SENSE
OF CLOSURE SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW? - OH, YEAH.
- THOSE DREAMS AND THOSE EXPERIENCES
HELP YOU WORK YOUR WAY THROUGH DEALING WITH YOUR GRIEF,
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY COOL.
- [exhales]
- ARE YOU FEELING OKAY? - OH, YEAH, THIS IS NOTHING.
- YOU'VE BEEN THROUGH HELL AND BACK.
ALL THESE SURGERIES, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE.
- LOTS OF SCREAMING INVOLVED.
- I CAN RELATE TO HIS STORY. HE GOT HIT ON HIS VESPA.
I ACTUALLY SOLD MINE BECAUSE, LIKE, A GIRL WAS TEXTING
AND SWERVED INTO MY LANE, AND I RAN OFF THE ROAD.
AND IT WAS, LIKE, "SCREW THAT."
FOR HIM TO SUSTAIN ALL THESE INJURIES,
THAT'S HORRIFYING. BUT AT LEAST HE'S HERE,
AND I'M STOKED TO BE ABLE TO TATTOO HIM.
[tattoo needles buzzing]
- WHAT'S YOUR ACTUAL PROFESSION?
- I'M TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A BAND.
- WELL, I'M GONNA TELL YA, I'D JOIN YOUR BAND
IF YOU'D WANT ME THERE.
- [laughs] - I'M LOUD.
HAVING FIVE HOURS FOR THIS CHALLENGE
DOESN'T HELP ME AT ALL.
I'M DOING AN INSTRUMENT THAT I'VE NEVER HEARD OF
THE ONLY THING I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH
IS KEEPING UP WITH TIME.
- I'VE HAD SO MANY UPS AND DOWNS, BASICALLY,
IN THE PAST FIVE YEARS.
I LOST MY FAMILY HOME THAT I GREW UP IN,
AND I'VE JUST KIND OF BEEN TRYING
TO MAKE THAT FOUNDATION EVER SINCE THEN
FOR ME AND MY KIDS.
THAT'S KIND OF SYMBOLIC WITH SAINT ANTHONY.
- MY SKIN'S DEFINITELY GONE THROUGH BATTLES.
I FEEL LIKE ANYBODY WHO'S HAD
A TOUGH CHILDHOOD CAN RELATE TO THIS STORY.
- ARE YOU EXCITED TO SEE THIS TATTOO ANIMATED?
- YEAH. I'M REALLY EXCITED.
- YEAH, THAT PART'S GONNA BE INTERESTING.
I'D LIKE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH IT.
MY SKIN, IT'S HIS FIRST TATTOO.
HE WANTED PHOTO-REALISTIC.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I GAVE HIM.
IT'S A LARGE TATTOO.
90% OF THE TATTOOERS OUT THERE PROBABLY COULDN'T DO
A TATTOO OF THAT QUALITY IN THE TIME THAT I WAS GIVEN.
I'M FEELING REALLY CONFIDENT.
- BREE, SHE'S SITTING LIKE A ROCK.
I KNOW SHE'S BEEN THROUGH A LOT.
I THINK I CREATED AN AMAZING TATTOO FOR HER.
I HOPE THE JUDGES'LL PICK APART EVERY DETAIL.
I WANT TO WIN THIS CHALLENGE SO BAD.
[needle buzzing]
- [pained exhale]
- WE'RE DEFINITELY GETTING ALL THOSE GOOD SPOTS NOW,
AREN'T WE? - YEP.
- WE GET THROUGH ALL THE LINE WORK,
AND WE STARTED ON THE SHADING. - [groans]
- AND IT ISN'T FUN. - [groans]
- ESPECIALLY ON A PIECE LIKE HIS,
WHERE THERE'S A LOT OF BLENDING.
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE TO GO INTO THAT STUFF
OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
HE'S REALLY KINDA STARTING TO HATE THIS TATTOO.
- HOW'S IT GOING, TERESA? - HEY, JOE.
- DOING A LOT OF BLACK SHADING, HUH?
- YEAH, I ALWAYS TRY TO GO IN AND DO
A LITTLE BIT OF A TONE WITH IT,
JUST TO KIND OF GIVE MYSELF--
LIKE, GET THOSE DARK DARKS THAT AREN'T GONNA GO.
- COOL. - YEAH, I'M REALLY LIKING IT.
- HE'S NOT GONNA LIKE IT SO MUCH, BUT...
- YEAH, THAT'S THE DOWNSIDE OF GETTING A TATTOO--IT HURTS.
ALL RIGHT, SEE YOU GUYS SHORTLY.
- THANKS, MAN.
- I THOUGHT YOU'D BE DONE ALREADY.
- YEAH.
- THE WAY YOU'RE [bleep] MOVING SO DAMN SLOW, [bleep].
- SLOW-***, RIGHT?
I WAS JUST TAKING MY SWEET-*** TIME
'CAUSE I'M, LIKE, "OH, WE HAVE TIME."
- I KNOW, REALISTICALLY, YOU HAVE, LIKE,
THE SMALLEST, SIMPLEST TATTOO.
- I DID. YEAH, I'M JUST TRYING--
- WELL, I MEAN, IT'S NICE TO SEE
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE [bleep].
- WELL, THANK YOU! THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR.
- YOU'RE WELCOME. - [laughs]
- I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT FINISHED.
- THANKS SO MUCH. - YEAH.
- HEY, ALLI, HOW YOU DOING? - WE'RE DOING, LIKE,
THIS ONE, LIKE, COLOR,
LIKE A REAL FEATHER WOULD BE, BUT SOFT.
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT MAYBE, LIKE,
A LIGHT TEAL OR A PINK?
- YOU KNOW, A TEAL
OR AN ORANGE MIGHT WORK REALLY, REALLY WELL.
- AN ORANGE.
- YOU'RE ASKING A JUDGE
TO GIVE YOU POINTERS ON WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE.
I'M COMPLETELY FED UP WITH ALLI
AND REALLY CAN'T HANDLE IT ANYMORE.
- LOOKING GOOD, THOUGH. - THANK YOU.
- WHAT'S GOING ON, GUYS? OH, GOOD.
YOU GUYS ARE MOVING, HUH?
- I WANTED TO GET MY COLORS,
MINUS THE WHITE HIGHLIGHTS, IN EARLY.
I DON'T WANT TO SPEED THROUGH COLOR,
'CAUSE I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH IT.
- NO, I MEAN, THIS IS KINDA HOW I WORK.
I USUALLY WORK, YOU KNOW, TOP TO BOTTOM.
- THIS TIME IT SEEMS LIKE JOE DOESN'T HAVE ANYTHING
TO REALLY COMPLAIN ABOUT,
AND THAT'S ALMOST FRIGHTENING.
IF JOE DOESN'T SAY ANYTHING,
THEN MAYBE HE SEES THINGS THAT ARE BEYOND CORRECTION,
AND HE'S JUST GONNA CHEW YOUR *** ABOUT 'EM
AT ELIMINATION TIME.
- HOW'S IT GOING, MAN?
- WHAT'S GOING ON, JOE? - HOW YOU MAKING OUT?
- I AM DOING PRETTY GOOD, IF YOU WANT TO COME CHECK IT OUT.
- ARE YOU GOING BACK IN AND DOING ANY KIND OF LINING?
- OH, YEAH, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. ABSOLUTELY.
- MAINLY ON THE EYES TO START. I THINK THAT'S GONNA BE
THE KIND OF PART THAT YOU WANT TO POP THE MOST.
- ABSOLUTELY.
WHEN IT COMES TO TATTOOING AFRICAN-AMERICAN SKIN,
I DON'T LIKE TO USE A LOT OF WHITE,
JUST BECAUSE IT LOOKS WEIRD LATER ON IN LIFE.
- YOU NEED SOMETHING TO MAKE THOSE EYES STAND OUT.
RIGHT NOW, THEY DON'T STAND OUT.
AND JOE RECOMMENDED THAT I PROBABLY USE SOME WHITE.
I USED A LITTLE BIT OF WHITE
ONLY ON THE AREAS THAT I THOUGHT WAS GONNA BE
THE MOST IMPORTANT, WHICH IS THE EYES,
THE NOSE, AND THE MOUTH.
SO I WENT THE SMART WAY OUT.
I REALLY LOVE THE BACKGROUND ON THIS.
IT'S REALLY, REALLY NATURAL. YOU KNOW...
DEFINITELY TOP THREE IN MY BOOK.
- HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS? - WHAT'S UP, JOE?
- AH, VERY NICE. - THANKS.
- IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW TWO SIMILAR TATTOOS--
LIKE YOU'VE GOT DEREK'S CAT AND YOUR CAT,
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO...
- I DO KNOW-- I DO KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN.
DEREK'S GOING A BIG CAT ALSO. I'M DOING A LION.
DEREK'S DOING REALISM, I'M DOING THAT REAL
MIXED WITH KIND OF FANTASY.
I DON'T THINK THEY'RE GONNA LOOK ANYTHING ALIKE.
THE LION IS THE KING OF THE JUNGLE,
AND CHEETAH'S JUST A LITTLE ***.
- I'M INTERESTED TO SEE
HOW THIS ALL TURNS OUT THEN.
- THANKS, JOE.
- GUYS, YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES LEFT.
- MY CLIENT'S ASLEEP. I'M THAT BORING.
BUT THE TIMES I DON'T HAVE TO TALK,
I CAN REALLY CONCENTRATE, AND SO I'M GETTING
AS MUCH OF THIS DONE
WHILE SHE'S PASSED OUT AS POSSIBLE.
- ARTISTS, TIME'S UP. MACHINES DOWN.
- GIMME A ONE-ARM HUG. [chuckles]
YOUR ANIMATION, HE'S JUST GONNA BE COMING OUT OF THE GRASS?
- YEAH. - PRETTY COOL.
- THAT LOOKS GREAT, D.
YOU WANNA SEE MINE? - YES.
- HOPE MY ANIMATION IS MORE DOPE THAN YOUR ANIMATION
SO I CAN WIN.
- WE SHALL SEE. - WE SHALL SEE.
- ARTISTS, RIGHT NOW, WE'RE GONNA GET A PHOTOGRAPH
OF YOUR FINISHED TATTOOS TO SEND TO THE ANIMATOR,
AND WE'LL SEE YOUR ANIMATIONS COME TO LIFE
TOMORROW AT ELIMINATION.
- IT COULD REALLY ADD SOME HIDDEN ELEMENTS
THAT YOU WANTED IN YOUR TATTOO
RATHER THAN HAVING THEM PHYSICALLY ON YOUR SKIN.
WE'RE ACTUALLY BRINGING TATTOOS TO LIFE.
WHOO-HOO! - WE'LL SEE YOU SOON.
- TERESA PUT HERS ON THE CALF TOO,
AND THE CALF IS A GOOD-- IT'S PRETTY FLY.
IT'S NOT LIKE IT DID TOO MUCH.
- DEPENDING ON THE SHAPE AND ANGLE YOU GO WITH IT.
- MM-HMM. - I THOUGHT IT LOOKED ALL RIGHT.
- I JUST THOUGHT IT WAS THE COMPLETELY WRONG ANGLE
FOR THE ANGLE YOU DREW THE DULCIMER.
- I THOUGHT IT WAS A PRETTY COOL ANGLE.
I LIKED THE WAY IT SAT ON THE BODY.
IT LINED UP PERFECTLY WITH THAT--WHATEVER.
- IT'S STRAIGHT, BUT IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS LEANING FORWARD.
SO WHEN WE SIT AROUND IN A GROUP,
WE BRING UP CRITIQUES,
AND I BRING UP SOME STUFF TO ALLI
ABOUT PLACEMENT ON THE BODY.
YOU KNOW, THAT TATTOO, I WAS THERE WHEN SHE DREW IT,
AND IT WASN'T DRAWN FOR A CALF.
YOU CAN'T DRAW SOMETHING TIPPED LIKE THIS
AND THEN PUT IT STRAIGHT UP.
- I LINED IT UP IN A GOOD SPOT.
- I'M JUST TELLING YOU MY HONEST OPINION.
IF YOU CAN'T TAKE IT, THEN DON'T LISTEN.
- WHEN DJ TRIES TO GIVE ME CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM,
IT FEELS LIKE AN ATTACK PERSONALLY.
- THEY JUST MIGHT HIT YOU ABOUT THE ANGLE.
THAT'S ALL I'M SAYING. - I LIKED THE ANGLE.
- THIS IS NOT ALL ABOUT WHAT YOU LIKE.
I GOTTA PUT [bleep] IN THERE THAT I DON'T LIKE
SO THEY LIKE IT. - I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE
[bleep] TALKING ABOUT "THE ANGLE."
- YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO PLACE TATTOOS
ON THE HUMAN BODY.
- WHY DON'T YOU WORK ON JUST
PUTTING [bleep] ON THIGHS FOR PEOPLE, OKAY?
- I KNOW HOW STUFF SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE BODY.
I'M CONFIDENT IN THAT.
I WON'T SAY ANYTHING TO YOU.
YOU DON'T [bleep] TALK TO ME,
I WON'T TALK TO YOU, OKAY?
- DON'T TALK TO ME ABOUT MY ANGLES.
- I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU ABOUT ANYTHING, BECAUSE ALL--
- BECAUSE I LIKE THE SPOT. - I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHY THE [bleep] I'M TRYING TO HELP
ANOTHER [bleep] CONTESTANT, THAT'S WHY.
- I'M TRYING TO [bleep] BACK DJ UP,
BUT I CAN'T TALK OVER [bleep] ALLI EVER.
- SHUT UP! THIS ISN'T ABOUT YOU!
- ***, ALL YOU'VE [bleep] DONE IS ASK EVERYONE FOR A--
"WHAT SHOULD I DO HERE? WHAT SHOULD I DO HERE?"
DJ HAS DONE NOTHING BUT TRY TO HELP ALL OF US.
ACTUALLY, WE'VE ALL TRIED TO HELP,
EXCEPT NOW WE'LL [bleep] CUT YOU OFF.
- BRITTANY, SHE'S KISSING DJ'S ***
BECAUSE SHE KNOWS THAT SHE IS THE WORST TATTOO ARTIST HERE.
- AS ARTISTS, THAT'S HOW YOU GROW.
YOU TAKE A CRITIQUE AND YOU RUN WITH IT.
AND SHE'S GETTING ON MY LAST FREAKIN' NERVE.
- AND WHERE'S IT GOING? - ON HIS BACK.
- SHOULDER BLADE? - YEAH.
YEAH, I'M SURE HE'LL BE ABLE TO SIT THROUGH IT.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GO
TOO CRAZY ELABORATE
AND NOT BE ABLE TO FINISH THE TATTOO.
- IT'S SO FUNNY, I'VE TATTOOED,
LIKE, SO MANY SHOULDER BLADES.
PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK, YOU KNOW,
"WHAT'S THE EASIEST SPOT?"
AND I'M LIKE, "OH, YEAH, SHOULDER BLADE."
'CAUSE PEOPLE SIT REALLY WELL. - NO.
- AND THEN I GOT MY BACK TATTOOED,
AND I WAS LIKE, "AAH!" - CHEST.
- "OH, MY JESUS!"
LIKE, I HAVE A [bleep]LOAD OF TATTOOS,
AND I THINK MY BACK WAS THE WORST, MAN.
LIKE, I-- - IT'S PRETTY TERRIBLE.
- THIS IS NOT BORING. REALLY.
- ARTISTS, IT'S TIME FOR YOUR NEXT ELIMINATION.
IN A MOMENT, THE JUDGES WILL CRITIQUE YOUR WORK.
THE ARTIST WHO DID THE BEST WORK
WILL WIN THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE
AND WILL GAIN A VERY IMPORTANT POWER.
BUT IF YOU'RE THE ARTIST
THAT CAME UP SHORT,
YOUR INK HAS RUN DRY.
THIS WEEK, YOU WORKED ON SKINS
WHO EXPERIENCED TRAUMATIC CIRCUMSTANCES,
AND IT GAVE 'EM STRENGTH TO LIVE THEIR LIFE TO THE FULLEST.
YOU'RE BEING JUDGED ON THE TATTOO
THAT INSPIRED THE ANIMATIONS WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE.
THE JUDGES HAVE HAD A CHANCE TO EXAMINE YOUR WORK.
LET'S HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
BRITTANY, YOU TATTOOED A SKIN WHO HAD THE STRENGTH
TO COME BACK FROM A NEAR-FATAL CAR CRASH.
NOW LET'S SEE WHAT THE TATTOO LOOKS LIKE
WHEN IT COMES TO LIFE.
- BRITTANY, I THINK THIS IS A REALLY CLEAN TATTOO.
YOUR TATTOO IS VERY SIMPLE, THOUGH.
- HE DID PITCH ME A SUPER-SIMPLE DESIGN.
HE DIDN'T WANT HIS ENTIRE FOREARM COVERED,
AND HE WANTED, YOU KNOW, JUST THE HONEYCOMB STRUCTURE.
- YOU SHOULD HAVE TALKED HIM INTO DOING SOMETHING
A LITTLE BIT MORE DYNAMIC WITH THE TATTOO.
IF YOU'D JUST DONE THE SKULL A LITTLE BIT BIGGER,
AND ACTUALLY PUT THE PATTERN, IN THE CENTER, ITS HEAD,
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLER.
IF IT WEREN'T FOR IMMUNITY,
THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT CAN GET YOU KICKED OFF.
JEROD, YOUR SKIN WANTED A TATTOO TO SHOW
HER POWER TO GAIN NEW LIFE IN THE FACE OF TRAGEDY.
I MEAN, I COMMEND YOU ON THIS PARTICULAR TATTOO.
THE SATURATION IN THE STAINED GLASS
IS REALLY, REALLY NICE AND SOLID.
- I THINK YOUR ANIMATION WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST.
I MEAN, THERE WAS A FEW THINGS I FELT
YOU COULD HAVE DONE A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
THE FLOWERS LOOK LIKE THEY'RE NOT DONE.
THE GREEN ISN'T SOLID IN THE LEAVES.
- THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I ACTUALLY FELT CRUNCHED FOR TIME.
I DON'T GIVE COLOR A PROPER ESTIMATION.
- YOU CAN DEFINITELY TELL THAT.
ALL THE BLACK AND GREY PARTS LOOK REALLY, REALLY GOOD,
AND THEN, IT'S JUST LIKE, "UGH, THE FLOWERS."
- TERESA, YOU HAD A SKIN THIS WEEK
YOU GOT A MESSAGE FROM BEYOND THE GRAVE
THAT GAVE HIM THE POWER TO MOVE ON.
[phone ringing and dialing]
- I THINK YOUR ANIMATION WAS REALLY CLEVER.
MY FAVORITE PART OF THIS TATTOO IS THE TELEPHONE CORD.
REAL REALISTIC LOOKING.
- THERE'S SO MUCH ABOUT THIS TATTOO TO LIKE.
THE FLOW OF IT IS REALLY EFFECTIVE.
I LOVE THE PETALS THEMSELVES.
- TECHNICALLY, THE TATTOO IS REALLY, REALLY NICE.
LOVE THE SATURATION OF COLOR,
BUT I DO HAVE A BIT OF A PROBLEM WITH THIS VERY STATIC PHONE.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE SEEN THE RECEIVER OF THE PHONE
FALLING OFF THE CRADLE
OR JUST BEING LOWERED ONTO THE CRADLE.
- DEREK, YOUR SKIN WANTED A CHEETAH TATTOO
TO COMMEMORATE THE STRENGTH IT TOOK
TO RECOVER FROM AN ACCIDENT.
- DEREK, YOUR ANIMATION WAS SUPER CUTE.
I DO GOTTA SAY,
I DEFINITELY THINK YOU NEEDED MORE CONTRAST IN THE TATTOO.
- THOSE LEAVES KIND OF COMPETE WITH THE SPOTS IN THE FACE.
- IT WOULD HAVE BEEN NICE TO SEE YOU
TRY TO BUMP UP THE CONTRAST.
THAT WOULD HAVE MADE IT EASIER TO SEE.
- I DON'T WANT TO SOUND COCKY OR ANYTHING,
BUT MY SKIN LOVED HIS TATTOO.
I REALLY LIKE THE LOOK OF IT.
- I'M GONNA BE HONEST WITH YOU, DUDE.
WE DON'T NEED ANY MORE AMMUNITION.
TO COME OFF AS BEING SO COCKSURE
IS A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE TO BE.
- DJ, YOU WORKED ON A SKIN WHO HAD AN EATING DISORDER
AND PROVED SHE HAD THE POWER TO CONQUER ANYTHING
FOR HER FAMILY.
- I REALLY LIKE THIS TATTOO.
YOUR EYE IS DRAWN FROM THE LOCKET
TO THE SCROLL WORK TO THE EYES,
AND IT ALL WORKS TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS REALLY NICE
KIND OF CIRCULAR SENSE OF MOTION.
- YOU DID A REALLY NICE, CLEAN TATTOO.
THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF IT THAT ARE SLAMMIN'.
- ALLI, YOU HAD THE SKIN
WHO FOUND THE INNER STRENGTH TO OVERCOME HER INNER DEMONS.
- ALLI, YOUR ANIMATION WAS FUN.
I'M NOT LIKING YOUR BACKGROUND, THOUGH, WHATSOEVER.
THE COLOR CHOICE OF THE BACKGROUND IS GOOD,
BUT I DON'T LIKE THE MOTION.
IT'S TERRIBLE.
- THE COMPOSITION OF IT
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE IT WAS DONE FOR A LEG.
- ORIGINALLY, WE TALKED ABOUT THE SHOULDER BLADE,
AND SHE DID HAVE A VERY LARGE TATTOO THERE,
AND SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT MOVING LOCATION.
- WHAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN IS MAYBE
HAVING THAT DULCIMER KIND OF ANGLED A BIT.
- THE CHANGE OF PLACEMENT
HONESTLY SCREWED UP WHERE YOU WERE GOING.
DEFINITELY NEEDED A BIT OF A SLANT TO IT,
AND YOU KIND OF LOST THAT SLANT
BY HAVING SUCH A NARROW CALF TO WORK ON.
- ARTISTS, WE'RE MORE THAN HALFWAY THROUGH THIS COMPETITION
AND THE PROCESS FOR ELIMINATION HAS CHANGED.
THE JUDGES WILL NOW ONLY ASK THEIR TOP TWO ARTISTS
IN THE INK CHALLENGE FORWARD,
AND THEN THEY'LL DECIDE ON A WINNER.
BUT FROM THIS WEEK ON,
IMMUNITY WILL BE OFF THE TABLE.
HOWEVER, THE WINNER OF THIS INK CHALLENGE
WILL GAIN A VERY IMPORTANT POWER.
- THE FIRST ARTIST THAT WE'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD IS...
DJ.
THE SECOND ARTIST WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL FORWARD IS...
TERESA.
DJ, THIS IS A REALLY SMOOTH TATTOO.
I REALLY LIKE HOW YOU TOOK THE SKIN'S STORY
AND GAVE HER THAT STRENGTH.
- TERESA, YOU CAME UP WITH A TATTOO
THAT WAS UNIQUE, QUIRKY,
AS WELL AS A PRETTY INVOLVED AND ELABORATE ANIMATION.
WE CAN ONLY LET ONE PERSON WIN, AND THIS WEEK, THAT PERSON...
IS DJ.
- CONGRATULATIONS, DJ, YOU WON THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE.
- THANKS, GUYS.
- NOW, YOU HAVE AN IMPORTANT JOB TO DO.
THIS WEEK, ALL THE ARTISTS
WILL BE GOING BACK WITH YOU TO THE TATTOO SHOP.
HERE, THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO CONVINCE YOU
WHY THEY SHOULD STAY ALIVE IN THE COMPETITION.
YOU ALONE WILL DECIDE ON THE BOTTOM TWO ARTISTS
UP FOR ELIMINATION.
THEN IT'S UP TO THE JUDGES TO DECIDE WHO'S SAFE
AND WHO'S GOING HOME.
- OH, BREATHE.
I GOTTA PICK WHO THE BOTTOM TWO ARE.
I MEAN, THERE'S PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE PLAYING GOD,
BUT THAT'S NOT ME.
- DJ'S GOT THE POWER TO PICK THE BOTTOM TWO.
I'M SCREWED.
- AND DJ, REMEMBER,
BRITTANY IS SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK,
SO SHE CANNOT BE IN YOUR BOTTOM TWO.
- [sighs]
NOW THAT WE'RE HERE, I KIND OF WANT TO HEAR
WHY EACH ONE OF YOU THINKS
THEY SHOULD NOT BE IN THE BOTTOM TWO.
- I THINK I JUST GOT ONE OF THE BEST REVIEWS I'VE GOTTEN
SINCE I'VE BEEN HERE. I SAID I WAS GONNA IMPROVE.
I OBVIOUSLY AM. THAT'S MY CASE.
- SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT ARE ON THE CHOPPING BLOCK
HAVE BEEN IN THE BOTTOM
AT LEAST MORE THAN ONCE, AND I HAVE NOT.
- BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE A CRITIQUE. DJ TRIED TO HELP YOU
WITH CERTAIN THINGS, AND YOU ATTACKED HIM.
- THAT WAS A COMPOSITIONAL THING.
- AND HE WAS EXACTLY RIGHT ABOUT IT, THOUGH.
YOU DIDN'T EVEN LISTEN TO IT. - YEAH.
OKAY, YOU WERE RIGHT. I'M SORRY.
- DEREK, WHAT DO YOU THINK? - LET'S FACE IT,
IF WE'RE GONNA POINT FINGERS, TERESA.
SHE DOES THE SAME BACKGROUND EVERY SINGLE TATTOO,
THE SAME STYLE. SHE DOESN'T SHOW ANY DIVERSITY.
TRYING TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT
OBVIOUSLY IS NOT SOMETHING SHE'S CAPABLE OF.
- WHEN DEREK SAYS THAT I'M PLAYING IT SAFE?
WHAT THE HELL DID HE JUST DO THIS WEEK, IF NOT PLAY IT SAFE?
HE TOOK A PICTURE, TRACED IT, AND PUT IT ON THE GUY'S BACK.
- TERESA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SHOULD STAY?
- UH, I WAS IN THE TOP TWO.
I FEEL LIKE IF YOU PUT ME IN THE BOTTOM,
YOU'RE GONNA BE SENDING THE OTHER PERSON HOME.
- SO I'VE HEARD WHAT ALL YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY,
BUT NOW, IT'S TIME FOR ME TO MAKE MY DECISION.
THERE'S TONS OF DIFFERENT WAYS I CAN APPROACH THIS.
I COULD TAKE OUT SOMEONE
WHO'S NOT AS FUNDAMENTALLY SOUND AS EVERYONE.
I COULD TAKE OUT THE COCKY DUDE.
I COULD TAKE OUT TERESA, WHO'S MY MOST FIERCE COMPETITOR.
THAT LITTLE DEVIL IS WHISPERING IN MY EAR RIGHT NOW.
- ARTISTS, DJ HAS MADE HIS DECISION
ON WHO HIS BOTTOM TWO ARE.
FIRST ARTIST THAT NEEDS TO COME DOWN IS...
ALLI.
- I'M IN THE BOTTOM TWO. I'M BUMMED.
I'VE BEEN DOING NOTHING BUT GOOD TATTOOS.
I FEEL LIKE I DESERVE TO BE HERE.
- SECOND ARTIST THAT NEEDS TO COME DOWN IS...
- DEREK.
- THIS IS THE FOURTH TIME THAT I'VE BEEN
IN THE BOTTOM TWO FOR UNFAIR REASONS.
BEING A GOOD TATTOOER ISN'T A FACTOR.
- DEREK, ALLI,
ONE OF YOU WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM BEST INK.
- DEREK, ALLI,
ONE OF YOU WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM BEST INK.
- DEREK, TOTAL LETDOWN.
YOU JUST DIDN'T SHOW ENOUGH FORETHOUGHT
TO KIND OF ACCENTUATE KEY AREAS OF THE TATTOO.
I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE SEEN YOU TAKEN
A LITTLE BIT MORE INITIATIVE,
AND CHANGING THE IMAGE TO MAKE IT MORE YOUR OWN.
ALLI, YOUR USE OF DESIGN WAS LESS THAN SPECTACULAR.
THIS IS NOT REALLY A VERTICAL DESIGN,
IT'S NOT A HORIZONTAL DESIGN.
IT DEFINITELY NEEDED A SLANT TO IT,
AND YOUR BACKGROUNDS ARE SUPER LACKING.
DEREK, SOMEONE AT YOUR CAREER SHOULD HAVE A BETTER IDEA
OF WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN'T PULL OFF ON SKIN.
SO ON THAT NOTE, ALLI,
YOU'RE STILL COMPETING FOR BEST INK.
- DEREK, YOU'VE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM THE COMPETITION.
PLEASE HEAD BACK TO THE TATTOO SHOP,
CLEAN OUT YOUR STATION.
THE REST OF YOU ARE STILL MARKING YOUR PATH
TOWARDS BEST INK.
- THIS IS BULL[bleep] THAT I WAS ELIMINATED.
FOR THE MOST PART, MOST OF MY CAREER,
EVERYBODY THOUGHT MY TATTOOS WERE [bleep] AWESOME,
AND I GET HERE, AND THE JUDGES HAVE A DIFFERENT OPINION.
THEY OBVIOUSLY BLACKBALLED ME BECAUSE IT SEEMS THEY WANTED
TO KICK OFF THE PERSON HERE WITH THE MOST DIVERSE STYLE.
THEY DON'T LIKE ME AND THEY DON'T LIKE
THE TATTOOS THAT I DO.
AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, THIS COMPETITION
WAS JUDGED UNFAIRLY.
- FINAL FIVE. - OW!
- LAST PEOPLE HERE, ***. - WE MADE IT.
- WHOO! - FAB FIVE, FAB FIVE.
- DEREK WAS GONE SINCE LAST WEEK.
DODGED A BULLET. - I THINK I CAN SAFELY SAY
THAT WE ALL THOUGHT HE WAS GOING HOME.
- IT'S HARD FOR ME TO PUT ANYBODY--ANYBODY--
- THAT'S WHY I'M GLAD IT WAS YOU.
- WHERE IT STANDS RIGHT NOW, I FEEL REALLY GOOD.
THERE'S FOUR PEOPLE BETWEEN ME AND THIS 100 GRAND,
AND I CAME HERE TO WIN, AND I INTEND TO WIN,
AND THAT'S JUST THE WAY IT'S GONNA GO.
- NEXT WEEK, ON BEST INK...
- WE ARE DEFINITELY IN A SKETCHY NEIGHBORHOOD.
I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT THEY COULD HAVE US DOING DOWN HERE.
- WHAT THE HELL IS GOIN' ON?
- YOU'RE ALL GONNA BE WORKING IN ONE OF THE TATTOO WORLD'S
MOST CHALLENGING STYLES, PHOTO-REALISM.
- MY SKIN SHOWS ME MY PHOTO.
BITS OF IT ARE FALLING APART.
- WHOA, CRAZY.
YOU WANT A FRICKIN' JELLYFISH?
- THIS GIRL IS HERE TO SEND ME HOME.
- THERE'S NO WAY IN HELL THAT PICTURE EXISTS
ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.
- THEY DON'T MEET THE CHALLENGE.
- FOR MORE INFORMATION ON BEST INK, GO TO OXYGEN.COM.