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- PREVIOUSLY ON BEST INK...
- DJ, THIS ISN'T A FIGHT, MAN. YOU LOOK ANGRY.
- THE COMPETITION GOT FIRED UP
AS THE BATTLE FOR BEST INK CONTINUED.
- I'M A SERIOUS TATTOOER. ARE YOU?
- IN AN AMBITIOUS INK CHALLENGE,
THE ARTISTS HAD TO USE GLOWING UV INK
TO REVEAL THEIR SKIN'S HIDDEN SECRETS.
- IT'S LIKE WORKING WITH GLUE.
- THEY ARE THROWING EVERYTHING AT US WE'RE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH.
- BUT WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT DOWN,
ONE ARTIST SHINED THE BRIGHTEST.
- THE WINNER OF THE INK CHALLENGE IS BRITTANY.
- AND BRITTANY WON IMMUNITY
FOR THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE.
AND IN DELIBERATION...
- MELVIN, HIS TATTOO IS THE MOST UNSOUND TWO WEEKS IN A ROW.
- THE TOP THREE LEFT THE FATES OF KELLY, MELVIN, AND DOLLARZ
IN THE JUDGES' HANDS.
- THE BLACK AND GRAY, IT'S JUST NOT HAPPENING, MAN.
MELVIN, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'VE DECIDED TO SEND YOU HOME.
- PLEASE HEAD BACK TO THE TATTOO SHOP
AND CLEAN OUT YOUR STATION.
TONIGHT, TEN ARTISTS REMAIN.
THE ARTISTS ARE COMPETING FOR A COVER AND FEATURE SPREAD
IN TATTOO MAGAZINE, $100,000...
[all cheering]
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' ♪
- I CAN'T TAPE TATTOOS AFTERWARDS FOR [bleep].
THAT'S MY PROBLEM.
LIKE, MY TAPE JOBS ARE HORRIBLE.
- AW, MAN. - YOU UNDERSTAND THAT ONE TIME,
I WAS WRAPPING UP A CLIENT,
AND THE CLIENT LOOKS AT ME AND GOES, "DUDE."
I WAS LIKE, "WHAT?" HE'S LIKE,
"YOU'D BE SO GOOD AT WRAPPING SANDWICHES."
"HEY, THANKS, BRO," YOU KNOW?
AS MUCH AS IT'S BUDDY-BUDDY RIGHT NOW,
EVERYBODY IS STARTING TO BE A LITTLE BIT MORE
IN COMPETITION MODE.
I REALLY FEEL LIKE IT'S GONNA GET MORE CUTTHROAT.
- YEAH, I'M A LITTLE UNDER THE WEATHER.
I DIDN'T GET MUCH SLEEP. - YEAH?
- I DO FEEL LIKE KELLY IS KIND OF, LIKE,
THIS DARK CLOUD OVER THE GROUP, MAN.
- I WAS BUMMED TO SEE MELVIN GO HOME.
- ME TOO. MELVIN HAS WAY MORE POTENTIAL
AS A TATTOOER THAN KELLY.
- YOU KNOW, KELLY'S STILL HERE.
- SHE'S PISSED, IT SEEMS LIKE,
AT MY BEST FRIEND, YOU KNOW?
I'M LIKE, "DUDE, WHAT THE HELL?"
I THINK, HONESTLY, IT'S DUE TO ME
HELPING PUT HER IN THE BOTTOM THREE LAST WEEK.
BUT I'M HERE TO WIN AND I'M HERE TO COMPETE.
- I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE GONNA BE DOING.
I'VE TRIED TO GUESS. - I LOVE IT THOUGH, DUDE.
I LOVE THE SUSPENSE OF, LIKE,
"OH, WHAT ARE WE ABOUT TO WALK INTO?"
- I HOPE WE'RE MAKING SANDWICHES,
'CAUSE I'M STARVING. [laughter]
[techno music]
♪ ♪
- ARTISTS, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED
THERE ARE GUEST JUDGES FOR TODAY'S FLASH CHALLENGE,
WHO JUST HAPPEN TO BE HIP-HOP ROYALTY--
DAUGHTERS OF THE LEGENDARY REV RUN
AND NIECES OF RUSSELL SIMMONS.
PLEASE WELCOME THE CO-FOUNDERS OF PASTRY,
SISTERS ANGELA AND VANESSA SIMMONS.
- KNOWING THEIR FATHER IS REVEREND RUN OF RUN-D.M.C.
AND THEIR UNCLE IS RUSSELL SIMMONS,
IT'S ALMOST HUMBLING
BECAUSE THESE ARE BOTH HIP-HOP MOGULS.
- TODAY, TATTOOING IS MORE THAN AN ART FORM.
IT'S A HIGHLY COMPETITIVE, MULTIBILLION-DOLLAR INDUSTRY.
THE KEY TO BECOMING AN A-LIST TATTOO ARTIST
IS CREATING YOUR OWN ORIGINAL STYLE AND BRAND.
- A SUCCESSFUL BRAND SEPARATES YOU FROM YOUR COMPETITION.
IT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CLIENT
CHOOSING YOUR TATTOO PARLOR
OR TAKING THEIR BUSINESS TO THE SHOP ACROSS THE STREET.
- WE WANTED A FOOTWEAR LINE THAT COULD CONVEY
OUR "LIVE LIFE SWEET" BRAND TO JUNIOR GIRLS.
THEIR OWN, YOU KNOW, SHOE LINE,
AND THEY'RE A HUGE INSPIRATION TO A LOT OF WOMEN,
INCLUDING MYSELF.
- FOR TODAY'S FLASH CHALLENGE,
ANGELA AND VANESSA BROUGHT ALONG SOME SAMPLES
OF PASTRY SHOES AS GIFTS TO YOU GUYS.
BUT THEY'RE NOT FOR YOU GUYS TO WEAR,
THEY'RE FOR YOU TO CREATE ON.
ARTISTS, TODAY YOUR CHALLENGE
IS TO STAMP YOUR OWN BRAND ON A PAIR OF PASTRY SHOES.
- RIGHT NOW, I'M STOKED
BECAUSE I DESIGN STUFF ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS.
I TATTOO ALL DAY, AND THEN I COME HOME,
AND I MAKE CLOTHES.
THIS IS MY TIME TO JUST SHOW
MY CAPABILITIES AS A DESIGNER.
- YOU GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE AN HOUR TO WORK ON YOUR SHOES.
AND, ARTISTS, AS WE ALL KNOW,
CUSTOMERS ARE WILLING TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR A TOP BRAND.
SO THIS WEEK, THE FLASH CASH IS GONNA GO UP ANOTHER $500.
- YEAH! [cheering]
- THE FLASH CHALLENGE WINNER WILL NOW BE WINNING
$2,000.
TIME STARTS NOW!
- WHAT ARE YOU DOING THERE, RALPH?
- DOING EYES AND LIPS,
THE FIRST TWO THINGS I SEE IN A GIRL,
BESIDES THE ***.
- I WAS GONNA DO PENISES AND ***.
- THAT'S THE FIRST THING YOU SEE?
BEING THAT IT'S A FEMALE CLOTHING LINE,
THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WAS MY GIRLFRIEND
AND HOW I CAN RELATE THIS CHALLENGE TO HER.
- CANDY?
- LIKE MOST OF THESE FLASH CHALLENGES,
I'VE NEVER EVEN ATTEMPTED TO PAINT SNEAKERS.
SO IT'S ALL NEW TO ME. IT'S FUN.
I THINK I'M GONNA DO MY SAME KINDA URBAN APPROACH
BUT ALSO TIE IN SOMETHING FEMININE FOR THE LADIES.
- I'M NOT DOING THE SHOELACES UNTIL I'M DONE
BECAUSE I DON'T WANNA PAINT ALL OVER THE SHOELACES.
- MY IDEA'S MORE WITH A STORY AS OPPOSED TO DESIGN.
I THINK ABOUT REV, I THINK ABOUT NO LACES.
THAT'S JUST HOW IT GOES.
THEY GOT SOME COOL-COLORED LACES.
- YEAH, I WANNA TAKE SOME OF THOSE
AND PUT 'EM ON MY SHOES THAT I GOT ON RIGHT NOW.
- PUT ALL OF 'EM IN THE SHOE.
WHEN I HEAR EVERYONE TALKING ABOUT THE LACES
THAT THEY'RE GONNA PUT IN THESE SHOES,
I ACTUALLY COACH 'EM INTO PUTTING LACES INTO 'EM
KNOWING THAT THEY MIGHT STEAL MY IDEA, YOU KNOW?
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS, LET'S START FINISHING UP.
YOU HAVE TEN MINUTES.
- THANKS, PETE.
- I REALLY, REALLY WISH I HAD MORE TIME.
DEFINITELY GONNA TRY AND STEP IT UP
ON BEING MORE EFFICIENT WITH MY TIME MANAGEMENT.
- ♪ GETTING SO HOT 'CAUSE WE LOOK BRAND-NEW ♪
♪ GIVE IT ALL I GOT 'CAUSE I FEEL BRAND-NEW ♪
♪ NEVER GONNA STOP 'CAUSE I DO WHAT I DO ♪
♪ WHEN I DO WHAT I DO, 'CAUSE I DO IT BRAND-NEW ♪
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, TIME'S UP.
PUT YOUR BRUSHES DOWN.
- LOOKS REALLY GREAT, YOU GUYS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE A LOOK AND GET TO PICKING A WINNER.
- OKAY, ARTISTS,
NOW I'M GONNA GIVE EACH ONE OF YOU GUYS A CHANCE
TO EXPLAIN YOUR DESIGN.
LET'S HEAR FROM TERESA.
- I THINK EVERY WOMAN IS A LITTLE BIT OF A MYSTERY,
WHICH IS WHY I HAVE A LOCK AND KEY MOTIF
GOING ON IN THERE.
BUT I ALSO WANTED TO PUT A LOT OF ELEGANCE INTO IT
BECAUSE EVERY WOMAN LOVES TO FEEL BEAUTIFUL.
- THE SYMBOLISM, THAT'S, YOU KNOW, AN ELEMENT OF YOU.
I THINK THAT IT WAS TRULY AWESOME, BEAUTIFUL.
- THANK YOU. - ALL RIGHT, JEROD.
- I WANTED TO KEEP MINE CLEAN AND SIMPLE.
AND "JUST ART, JUST START." THAT'S WHAT THIS IS.
THIS IS, LIKE, ALL CREATION, NO HESITATION.
- I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY UNIQUE
THAT YOU WENT WITH USING LETTERS ON THE SNEAKER
'CAUSE NO ONE ELSE REALLY WENT FOR THAT.
- THANK YOU. - ALL RIGHT, RALPH.
- MY INSPIRATION ACTUALLY CAME FROM MY GIRLFRIEND
AND ESPECIALLY EYES AND HER LIPS.
EVEN THE DESIGNS THAT I DID ON THE SHOE
AND THE COLORS THAT I USED
KINDA MIMIC THE WAY SHE WOULD DO HER MAKEUP.
- DEFINITELY NAILED IT. SIMPLE, IT'S CLEAN.
IT'S WEARABLE. - THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, DOLLARZ,
WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR DESIGN?
- ALL RIGHT, MY DESIGN,
YOU GOT THE CITYSCAPE AND THE KINDA URBAN BACKGROUND.
AND THEN ALSO, MY INVOLVEMENT WITH MUSIC
IS ALSO REALLY BIG.
SO I THREW A LITTLE CHERRY ON THE FRONT,
ALMOST IN THE SHAPE OF A LITTLE MUSIC NOTE
JUST TO KINDA SYMBOLIZE THE PERSONAL THING.
- I LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU DEFINITELY USE YOUR SOUL
TO CREATE THIS DESIGN.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S HEAR FROM KELLY.
- I WAS KINDA THINKING OF, LIKE, CANDY SPRINKLES
AND JUST TRYING TO KEEP IT FEMININE.
- SOMETHING WAS MISSING FROM THE SHOE.
DID YOU GET A CHANCE TO FINISH IT?
- NO. - OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT, BRITTANY, LET'S HEAR ABOUT YOUR DESIGN.
- I WANTED TO MAKE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT SHOES
BUT MAKE THEM MATCH.
I DID ONE WITH A REBEL FLAG WITH AN UPSIDE-DOWN CROSS,
SO THAT'S LIKE THE BAD GIRL.
AND THEN THE OTHER SHOE WOULD BE LIKE THE ALL-AMERICAN GOOD GIRL.
LITTLE BIT OF GOOD, LITTLE BIT OF EVIL.
THAT KINDA DESCRIBES ME IN A NUTSHELL.
- DEFINITELY STOOD OUT.
ONLY THING I WOULD'VE CHANGED IS LESS SHOELACES.
IT WAS TOO BULKY FOR ME. - OKAY, AWESOME.
- TYLOR, WHY DON'T YOU TELL THE GIRLS
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR DESIGN?
- DID THE RIGHT SHOE IN COLOR.
I DID THE LEFT ONE IN MONOCHROMATIC BLACK AND GRAY.
I ALSO BROUGHT GREEN LACES DOWN THE SHOE,
LIKE, REPRESENTING THE ROSE STEMS.
- I THOUGHT THERE WAS A LOT GOING ON ON THE...
- THAT'S ME. - SNEAKER THOUGH.
- THAT'S ALL ME. - THAT'S YOU, I LOVE IT.
- WELL, I HAVE A LOT GOING ON. [laughter]
SO--
- LET'S HEAR FROM DEREK.
- MY STYLE IS DEFINITELY A LOT OF COLOR,
REALISTIC IN A SENSE.
DEFINITELY TRY TO FOLLOW THE BRAND, OF COURSE,
WITH THE PASTRIES AND THE CANDY.
- WOULD YOU SAY YOUR PERSONAL BRAND IS CANDY,
LOVING CANDY? - YEAH, DEFINITELY.
I LOVE CANDY. [laughter]
- SO FULL OF IT RIGHT NOW.
- NOW LET'S HEAR WHAT ALLI HAS TO SAY ABOUT HER DESIGN.
- IF I HAD A LABEL FOR THAT SHOE,
I WOULD SAY IT'D BE "PRETTY TOUGH"
'CAUSE IT'S, LIKE, CUTE AND THEN KINDA, LIKE--
THE SKULL KINDA MAKES IT LOOK A LITTLE TOUGH.
- SO THE ALLI BRAND WOULD BE "PRETTY TOUGH."
- YEAH. - I WAS LOST.
I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT YOU WERE GOING WITH
OR WHAT THEME OR WHAT IT WAS.
SO I WAS A LITTLE LOST.
- ALL RIGHT, NEXT UP, LET'S HEAR FROM DJ.
- SO BEING AN '80s BABY
AND, UM, ALSO GROWING UP IN NEW YORK, YOU KNOW,
I WANTED TO BRING IT BACK TO HIP-HOP ROOTS,
WHICH HAS BEEN A HUGE PART OF MY LIFE.
YOUR FATHER WAS A BIG PART OF MY LIFE, GROWING UP,
AND I KINDA WANTED TO BRING HIM INTO IT
AND ALSO MYSELF.
I'M VERY FIERCE IN THIS COMPETITION,
WHICH I WANTED TO BRING TIGER STRIPES UP IT,
AND THREE TIGER STRIPES, IF YOU GET WHAT I MEAN.
JUST WANTED TO PAY RESPECTS
AND BRING A LITTLE OF MY BRAND INTO YOUR BRAND
AND CREATE AN AWESOME SHOE AND KEEP IT SIMPLE.
- RIGHT AWAY, WE GOT THE CONCEPT--
YOU KNOW, THE NO LACES.
IT DEFINITELY LOOKED LIKE SOMETHING THAT MY DAD
COULD'VE WORN IN THE '80s IF HE WERE ME.
BUT IT'S A REALLY COOL SNEAKER, REALLY COOL CONCEPT.
- OKAY, ARTISTS, NOW THAT EVERYONE'S
HAD A CHANCE TO EXPLAIN THEIR DESIGN,
WE'RE GONNA FIND OUT WHO THE WINNER
OF THIS FLASH CHALLENGE IS.
I'M GONNA ASK ANGELA AND VANESSA FIRST
TO CALL FORWARD THEIR TOP TWO ARTISTS.
- THE FIRST ARTIST WE'RE GONNA CALL FORWARD IS RALPH.
- THE SECOND ARTIST WE'LL BE CALLING FORWARD IS DJ.
WE FELT THAT YOU GUYS REALLY EMBRACED YOUR OWN STYLE.
WE UNDERSTOOD YOUR BRAND,
AND YOUR SHOES STUCK OUT THE MOST.
- THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
- UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN ONLY CHOOSE ONE PERSON.
AND THAT PERSON IS...
- COMING UP...
FOR TODAY'S INK CHALLENGE,
WE'RE GONNA PAIR UP ALL YOU ARTISTS IN TEAMS OF TWO.
- DEFINITELY A FEW WEAK LINKS OUT THERE
I DON'T WANNA BE WITH.
- SHE'S NOT WORKING WITH ME AT ALL.
- BRITTANY IS BEHAVING LIKE WE WERE THE OPPOSITE OF TEAMMATES.
- OKAY, ARTISTS, YOUR CHALLENGE TODAY
WAS TO PUT YOUR OWN PERSONAL BRAND
ON A PAIR OF PASTRY SHOES.
ANGELA AND VANESSA WILL NOW NAME THE WINNER
OF TODAY'S CHALLENGE.
- WE FELT THAT YOU GUYS REALLY EMBRACED YOUR OWN STYLE.
WE UNDERSTOOD YOUR BRAND.
- SO I'M GETTING A LITTLE ANXIETY AT THIS POINT.
THEY MIGHT NOT WANT THEIR DAD TO ALWAYS BE IN SOMETHING,
SO THIS COULD WORK AGAINST ME.
- AS GREAT AS YOUR ARTWORK WAS,
WE HAD TO COME UP WITH ONE PERSON.
AND THAT PERSON IS...
both: DJ.
- YEAH.
- DJ.
- CONGRATULATIONS. - THANK YOU.
AIR HUGS.
- CONGRATULATIONS, DJ.
YOU ARE THE WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S FLASH CHALLENGE.
THAT MEANS YOU ARE ENTITLED TO $2,000 IN FLASH CASH.
- I REALLY NEED THIS MONEY.
I LEFT MY WIFE AND KID AT HOME.
MY WIFE'S A STAY-AT-HOME MOM,
AND I'M NOT THERE RIGHT NOW TO SUPPORT 'EM.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS,
I'LL SEE YOU GUYS BACK AT THE TATTOO SHOP.
[rock music]
♪ ♪
- THAT DJ DID SOME STRIPES ON SOME SHOES AND HE WON.
AND I WENT AND PUT DEPTH
AND DESIGN INTO MY CONCEPT, YOU KNOW?
I DON'T GIVE A [bleep] ABOUT A STORY.
I WANNA MAKE THE SHOES LOOK GOOD.
DJ WINNING THAT CHALLENGE, TO ME, DIDN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
I MEAN, I UNDERSTAND REVEREND RUN WAS THEIR FATHER,
BUT HOW DO YOU PUT A COUPLE STRIPES ON A SHOE
AND THEN CALL THAT A WINNER?
LIKE, YOU'RE NOT GONNA SELL ANY SHOES THAT LOOK LIKE THAT.
I THOUGHT I SIGNED UP BECAUSE IT WAS ABOUT TATTOOS.
CALLED BEST INK, NOT BEST STORY.
DJ DEFINITELY PLAYED THE OBVIOUS CARD IN THIS ROUND.
I'M HERE TO COMPETE. I STRIVE TO COMPETE.
I NEED YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT I'M HERE TO WIN.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS. COME ON IN, BRING IT IN.
EARLIER TODAY IN THE FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU GUYS WORKED WITH A PAIR OF CELEBRITY SISTERS,
AND YOU CREATED ART ON A PAIR OF SHOES.
FOR TODAY'S INK CHALLENGE,
WE'RE GONNA KEEP THE THEME OF PAIRS GOING.
- WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN? I HAVE NO IDEA.
- FIRST, WE'LL RANDOMLY PAIR UP ALL YOU ARTISTS
INTO FIVE TEAMS OF TWO.
- THEY TELL US WE'RE GONNA BE IN PAIRS,
AND THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMPETITION
THAT WON'T KNOW HOW TO WORK WITH ME.
- I'M EXCITED AND SCARED
ABOUT BEING PAIRED WITH SOMEONE THIS WEEK
'CAUSE THERE'S DEFINITELY A FEW WEAK LINKS OUT THERE,
AND THOSE ARE THE ONES I DON'T WANNA BE WITH.
AND THERE'S DEFINITELY A COUPLE PEOPLE
THAT I ABSOLUTELY WANNA BE PAIRED UP WITH.
- FOLLOWING THAT, EACH TEAM WILL BE ASSIGNED
A PAIR OF FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO WANNA TELL A STORY OF THEIR BOND
WITH TATTOOS.
- MOST OF ALL, WE ARE GONNA BE LOOKING
AT HOW GOOD OF A TATTOO YOU ACTUALLY DO.
I REALLY WANNA DO WANNA SEE
EACH OF YOU STAND OUT IN YOUR OWN PARTICULAR STYLE.
BUT THIS IS ABOUT TEAMWORK.
IF YOU GUYS DON'T MESH WELL TOGETHER,
THAT WILL WORK AGAINST YOU IN THIS COMPETITION.
- AND, BRITTANY, REMEMBER,
BECAUSE YOU WON THE INK CHALLENGE LAST WEEK,
YOU'RE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK.
NOW, BEFORE WE FIND OUT WHO'S TEAMED WITH WHO,
LET'S HEAR FROM THE SKINS.
- WE'RE HERE BECAUSE WE MET
WITH SOME UNFORTUNATE INCIDENTS IN OUR LIFE.
I LOST MY STEPFATHER, HER FATHER.
A YEAR BEFORE HE DIED, HE CAME TO ME AND HE APOLOGIZED
FOR NOT BEING THE FATHER THAT I NEEDED HIM TO BE TO ME.
AND WE MENDED OUR RELATIONSHIP,
AND A YEAR LATER, HE WAS GONE, SO--
- I PACKED UP...
MOVED FROM OHIO TO L.A. WITH JESSICA
TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF HER,
PURSUE HER DREAMS OF BEING A FASHION DESIGNER.
- SHOWS, LIKE, HOW SUPPORTIVE SHE IS IN WHATEVER I WANNA DO.
- WE WERE IN CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
SINCE WE WERE TWO YEARS OLD.
OUR BIOLOGICAL MOTHER ALSO LEFT US
WHEN WE WERE THREE YEARS OLD,
AND WE WANNA COMMEMORATE A TATTOO TOGETHER
THAT SHOWS HOW CLOSE WE ARE.
- WHEN I WAS TEN YEARS OLD,
I WENT TO VENEZUELA WITH MY PARENTS
AND SPENT THE NEXT EIGHT YEARS OF MY LIFE
GROWING UP IN VENEZUELA.
- WE MOVED, WHEN I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD,
DOWN TO SOUTH AMERICA.
SO I WAS ABLE TO GROW UP AND EXPERIENCE
ALL THE SAME CHILDHOOD.
AND I REALLY JUST WANNA COMMEMORATE SOMETHING
THAT'S SUCH A CORE PIECE OF BOTH OF OUR LIVES.
- I BROUGHT MY MOM.
SHE'S BEEN A CANCER SURVIVOR, UM, FOUR TIMES.
I HAVE A TATTOO OF HER, BUT NOT WITH HER.
I WANNA GO THROUGH THIS PAIN.
TATTOOS ARE PAINFUL, AND-- BUT I WANNA HAVE IT FOREVER.
- WE WOULD LOVE TO GET A TATTOO THAT WOULD COMMEMORATE
THAT... I AM THE WINGLESS ANGEL,
AND MY CHILDREN LIFT ME UP
AND BRING ME TO SURVIVAL.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, I'M GONNA RANDOMLY
PAIR YOU UP WITH THESE SKINS.
THE FIRST SET OF SKINS
IS GONNA BE DENUVARE AND DANIEL.
THE FIRST ARTIST IS... KELLY.
THE SECOND ARTIST ON TEAM TWIN IS BRITTANY.
- IN MY LIFE, I HAVE BAD LUCK,
SO I WOULD BE PAIRED UP WITH THE PERSON
THAT'S BEEN IN THE BOTTOM THREE.
- WHILE OUR STYLES ARE VERY DIFFERENT,
I THINK THAT WE'RE GONNA BE ABLE
TO WORK TOGETHER PRETTY WELL AS A TEAM.
- NEXT UP IS ADRIANA AND GLORIA.
FIRST ARTIST IS DJ.
WORKING ON A TEAM WITH DJ IS DEREK.
- SO THEY PAIR ME UP WITH DEREK,
AND WE'RE BIG COMPETITION FOR EACH OTHER
JUST 'CAUSE HE'S A LITTLE HARDHEADED
AND HE MIGHT NOT LISTEN TO WHAT I HAVE TO SAY,
AND I MIGHT NOT TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION
WHAT HE HAS TO SAY.
- FIRST MEMBER OF DUANE AND BEN'S TEAM
IS DOLLARZ.
SECOND ARTIST WILL BE JEROD.
- DOLLARZ HAS MUCH LESS EXPERIENCE THAN ME
IN THE ART WORLD IN GENERAL.
THIS COULD BE GREAT, OR IT COULD BE HORRIBLE.
- FIRST ARTIST ON JUDY AND JESSICA'S TEAM, TYLOR.
- PLEASE DO NOT PUT ME WITH ALLI.
I'LL DO ANYTHING, JUST DON'T PUT ME WITH ALLI.
- JOINING TYLOR IS RALPH.
- I'M ECSTATIC.
I FEEL LIKE BEING PAIRED UP WITH TYLOR
IS GONNA MAKE ME WANNA STEP MY GAME UP
MAYBE HIGHER THAN IT'S EVER BEEN.
- GREAT. IT'S ME AND ALLI.
THIS IS GONNA BE SO MUCH WORK.
- YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON SHEA AND CHARLIE.
- IT'S JUST THAT SHE'S SO INSECURE
AND SECOND-GUESSES HERSELF
THAT SHE SOMETIMES CUTS HER OWN THROAT DOING IT.
I'M WORRIED.
- OKAY, ARTISTS, WE HAVE A BUNCH OF INDIVIDUALS
THAT HAVE COME TO YOU WITH A VERY EMOTIONAL STORY.
IT'S YOUR JOB TO INTERPRET THIS STORY
AND PUT IT ON THE SKIN.
I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THE TIME
TO GET TO KNOW YOUR SKINS, AND USE THIS TIME WISELY.
- SO WE GOT TO HEAR SOME OF YOUR STORY.
- YES. - AMAZING.
I LOST MY FATHER WHEN I WAS 19
AND HAD TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY AFTER THAT POINT,
SO I CAN DEFINITELY RELATE A LITTLE BIT.
WHEN I WAS 19, MY FATHER DIED,
SO I DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, RIGHT OFF THE BAT,
JUST CONNECTED WITH THEM.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GUYS THINKING ABOUT DOING
FOR THIS TATTOO?
- WE LOOK AT LIFE LIKE A PUZZLE.
- WHERE I WANT MY TATTOO TO BE AT
IS ACTUALLY GONNA BE OVER MY ENTRY WOUND
WHERE I GOT SHOT AT MYSELF.
- MM-HMM. - SO--
- HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?
- I WAS OUT AT A NIGHTCLUB, AND SOMEONE OPENED FIRE.
ONLY FOUR PEOPLE WHO GOT SHOT, SO WE WERE PRETTY LUCKY.
- IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOUR FATHER REALLY LOVED
THAT YOU GUYS-- YOU'RE LIKE--
- THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WAS THAT SONG.
- OH, SLOW MOTION.
- THIS LYRIC "SLOW MOTION."
IT WAS HIS FAVORITE SONG.
SO TO ME, IT'S LIKE, THAT'S WHAT YOU GOTTA GET
IN THAT TATTOO.
I'M THINKING, LIKE, A MISSING PUZZLE PIECE,
BUT WHERE YOU CAN'T TELL THAT THE REST
OF THE IMAGE IS A PUZZLE.
I THINK IT'LL BE REALLY, REALLY GREAT.
- I SEE IT.
- I AM A CANCER SURVIVOR.
THE LAST TIME WAS THE MOST CHALLENGING.
- MY STEPFATHER'S BATTLING CANCER FOR THE SECOND TIME,
SO I CAN RELATE TO THE STORY
AND KNOW WHERE TO GO WITH THIS TATTOO.
MAYBE TORSO UP
OF THIS ANGEL KINDA WRAPPED IN A RIBBON
TO REPRESENT THE CANCER THAT YOU BEAT.
THIS WOMAN'S MISSING HER WINGS,
AND YOU'RE HER WINGS, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
I MEAN, THAT'S THE IDEA I HAVE.
DEREK, YOU-- - I'M DIGGING THIS.
- YOU DIGGING IT? - WE'RE GONNA KILL IT, BRO.
WE DECIDED DJ WOULD DO THE WINGLESS ANGEL,
AND I WOULD DO THE WINGS.
I'M A STRONG TATTOOER.
AND TO BE PAIRED WITH SOMEBODY
THAT IS AT EXACT SAME LEVEL AS ME,
IT'S DEFINITELY PRETTY TOUGH
BECAUSE I DON'T LIKE BEING INFLUENCED BY ANYBODY.
- YAY! YES. - AWESOME.
- SO YOUR STORY IS VERY, I MEAN,
CAPTIVATING AND INTERESTING. - YEAH.
- I WANNA HEAR WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY
ABOUT POSSIBLY WHAT YOU WANNA GET.
- WELL, THERE'S, LIKE, SEVERAL DIFFERENT PARTS
IN OUR LIFE, THAT WE WERE SEPARATED BY BIRTH,
YOU KNOW, NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES,
MILITARY SCHOOLS, BOOT CAMPS,
MENTAL HOSPITALS, PRISON.
YOU KNOW, ALL THESE DIFFERENT PLACES.
AND THEN WE HAVE TO FIGURE A WAY TO COME BACK TO EACH OTHER.
- I FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD DO A TATTOO
THAT SHOWS HOW YOU ARE JOINTED AND HOW YOU ARE--
YOU'LL NEVER BE SEPARATED.
- ALL RIGHT.
- SO THAT'S WHERE THE COLLABORATION COMES INTO PIECE
'CAUSE WE'RE CUSTOM ARTISTS,
AND THIS IS WHAT WE DO ON A DAILY BASIS.
- BEING PAIRED UP WITH KELLY,
LIKE, I'M A LITTLE BIT BUMMED OUT.
BUT SHE NEEDS HELP WITH HER DRAWING.
SO I FEEL LIKE I'M PAIRED WITH HER INVOLUNTARILY
TO HELP HER.
I'M SUPER PUMPED ON THE IDEA.
A HORSE WITH WINGS WITH FIRE,
DIFFERENT COLORED FIRE TO GIVE THE SAME ELEMENTS
BUT, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT COLORS FOR THE DIFFERENT BROTHERS.
SO BROWN HORSE, PURPLE HAIR, BLUE FIRE.
- BLUE FIRE. LET'S DO THIS.
- YOU'RE THE MAN. - AND THEN THE WINGS.
- OKAY, PEGASUS. YEAH. - PEGASUS.
- THAT'S AN AWESOME STORY, FIRST OF ALL.
- YOU ALWAYS HEAR, LIKE,
THE, "OH, I HAD TO WALK 10 MILES UPHILL BOTH WAYS TO SCHOOL."
BUT YOU ACTUALLY DID THE SAME EXACT WALK TO SCHOOL.
- THAT'S AWESOME.
- WHAT, ROUGHLY, DID YOU GUYS WANT?
- I WAS THINKING I WAS JUST GETTING THE PARROT,
THE RED MACAW.
- I'M KIND OF A LITTLE BIT MORE PICKY.
NONE OF MY TATTOOS ARE COLOR SO FAR.
- DOLLARZ WORKS WITH COLOR ALL THE TIME.
HE'S A COLOR ARTIST. I'M A GRAY-SCALE ARTIST.
- THE SON WANTED A BLACK AND GRAY TATTOO,
SO JEROD ENDED UP WITH HIM.
THE FATHER WANTED IT IN COLOR.
UNFORTUNATELY FOR ME, THIS WAS SOMETHING
I COULDN'T REALLY DO IN MY NEW-SCHOOL STYLE.
AND I'M NOT BIG ON BIRDS,
BUT IF THAT'S WHAT IT CALLS FOR, THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
- SO YOUR STORY ABOUT, LIKE, BEING ATTACHED TOGETHER--
THAT'S SO AWESOME THAT YOU GUYS HAVE SUCH A STRONG BOND.
WHAT WERE YOU GUYS THINKING ABOUT GETTING?
- A TREE WITH TWO BIRDS ON IT-- A BIGGER BIRD AND A SMALL ONE
WITH, LIKE, OTHER ONES FLYING AWAY,
WHICH REPRESENTS THAT WE'RE ALWAYS TOGETHER
NO MATTER WHO COMES AND GOES.
- I KNOW TYLOR'S GOT A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH HIS MOTHER,
AND I'M DEFINITELY A MAMA'S BOY.
SO I FEEL LIKE ME AND HIM, MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE,
HAD A REAL CONNECTION WITH THE SKINS.
I THINK IT'S GONNA GIVE BOTH OF US A CHANCE TO ROCK OUT.
- SUPER EXCITED.
- YOU [bleep] BACKGROUNDED THE [bleep] OUT OF THAT.
- SO, UH, YOU EXCITED? - I'M JACKED UP, MAN.
I'M SO HAPPY I GOT PAIRED WITH YOU.
- HELL, YEAH.
- LIKE, WHEN IT GOT DOWN TO THE FINAL FEW,
YOU WERE THE ONE THAT I WANTED.
AND I WAS JUST LIKE, THEY CALLED MY NAME!
- I WAS TERRIFIED OF BEING PAIRED WITH ALLI.
I FEEL LIKE I WOULD JUST BE DOING ALL THE TALKING,
AND SHE'D BE LIKE, "WELL, IS THIS WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO?
WELL, IS THIS WHAT I SHOULD TO DO?"
- I NEED TO DO A BACKGROUND? - YEAH. I WOULD.
- WHAT?
- SO I THINK HER AND TERESA BEING PAIRED TOGETHER IS GOOD
'CAUSE TERESA'S VERY STRONG. - YEAH.
- I'M JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT SOME SORT OF BACKGROUND ON HER.
FREAKING BACKGROUNDS. - [laughing]
ALLI, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, SHE'S WORRIED.
I MEAN, SHE'S-- THAT'S JUST WHAT SHE DOES, MAN.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A CHALLENGE,
AND WE WILL BE JUDGED INDIVIDUALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO ELIMINATION.
SO I JUST CAN'T DO EVERYTHING FOR HER.
BUT IT'S A GOOD SKETCH.
- I'M NOT-- NO, I'M NOT GONNA DO IT.
- OKAY. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE TOO MUCH.
- WHAT'D YOU GUYS COME UP WITH?
- UH, I THINK THERE WAS JUST TOO MUCH.
THERE WAS TOO MUCH GOING ON THERE FOR SURE...
- WHAT IS--WHAT? - TO ADD IT, FOR ME, ANYWAY.
- SO WHEN I SEE KELLY'S DRAWING, YOU KNOW,
I'M POINTING A FEW THINGS OUT
AND GIVING HER FEEDBACK,
BUT WHEN I TRIED TO OFFER THAT HELP,
SHE WASN'T HAVING IT.
LOOK, I'VE TRIED TO HELP YOU, AND YOUR DRAWING
ISN'T GOOD. I'M SORRY.
IT LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING OUT OF 1980s EASYRIDERS MAGAZINE,
WHICH I LOVE THAT [bleep], BUT IT'S '80s.
LIKE, YOU DON'T WANNA TATTOO THAT ON SOMEBODY,
ESPECIALLY IN A COMPETITION, MAN.
HOW CAN I HAVE TEAMWORK WITH SOMEBODY
THAT DOESN'T WANNA WORK WITH ME?
- COMING UP...
- I'M LOOKING OVER DOLLARZ'S SHOULDER.
I'M DEFINITELY THINKING HE MISSED HIS MARK.
SO I'M REALLY WORRIED.
- IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE KELLY WAS A LITTLE BIT STRESSED OUT.
SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT STANDOFFISH TOWARDS ME.
- IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN YOU SHOULD LEAVE.
- SHE'S NOT WORKING WITH ME AT ALL.
I DON'T--
I'M TRYING TO HELP HER,
AND SHE JUST COMPLETELY SHUTS ME OFF.
SO I'M AT A LOSS.
- BRITTANY IS TALKING WITH TYLOR,
AND SHE'S GOT SOME NEGATIVE THINGS TO SAY,
AND IT'S UPPED MY STRESS LEVEL A LITTLE BIT.
SHE DEFINITELY IS BEHAVING IN A MANNER
THAT WAS MORE LIKE WE WERE THE OPPOSITE OF TEAMMATES.
- HOW'S IT GOING, GUYS? - WHAT'S UP, JOE?
- SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS GOT GOING ON HERE?
- UM, WE GOT THE TWINS.
SO THEY TOLD US THEY'RE THE YEAR OF THE HORSE.
AND HE WAS LIKE, "HOW ABOUT A PEGASUS?"
I'M LIKE, "THAT'S AWESOME." - OH, THAT'S SUPER COOL.
- BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, HORSES ARE SUPER FLIGHTY CREATURES,
BUT THEY'RE ALSO VERY STRONG.
- WHO ARE YOU-- ARE YOU GUYS TEAMED UP, OR--
- I'M PAIRED UP WITH KELLY.
AND I WAS TRYING TO DRAW NEXT TO HER,
AND THEN SHE MOVED, AND...I DON'T KNOW.
I SAID I WAS TRYING TO DRAW NEXT TO YOU, AND THEN IT SEEMS
LIKE YOU MOVED ALL THE WAY TO THE END OF THE TABLE.
- OH, I CAME DOWN HERE FOR A MICRON.
- SHE'S NOT REALLY WORKING WITH ME.
- AND YOU JUST DECIDED NOT TO COME BACK?
ALL RIGHT, NO PROBLEM. - NO, I JUST GOT STUCK UP HERE.
THAT'S ALL. - OKAY.
- SO I'M DRAWING IT, YOU KNOW, THE WAY I'M DRAWING IT.
KELLY'S--HERE WE GO.
- SORRY, I JUST GOT STUCK UP THERE.
- I JUST THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T WANNA WORK WITH ME,
SO I'M LIKE, WHAT'S GOING ON?
- NO, YOU GUYS SEEMED LIKE
YOU HAD, LIKE, A SEPARATE CONVERSATION GOING ON.
- NO, NO. - NO, I'M JUST TRYING TO--
- I WANNA WORK WITH YOU. YOU'RE MY PARTNER.
YOU KNOW I WANT US TO, YOU KNOW, COLLABORATE
AND COME UP WITH STUFF TOGETHER.
- RIGHT. YEAH, WELL, I THINK WE'RE DOING A GOOD JOB OF THAT.
BRITTANY DEFINITELY THREW ME UNDER THE BUS WITH JOE.
IT WASN'T FAIR, BUT BRITTANY'S IN THIS TO WIN IT.
- WHAT DO YOU GUYS GOT GOING ON?
- OUR GIRLS HAVE DEFINITELY BEEN THROUGH SOME STUFF.
- YEAH. - MY GIRL HAS EVEN BEEN SHOT.
- [bleep]. REALLY? - YEAH, YEAH.
I'M TATTOOING AROUND HER GUNSHOT WOUND.
- OH, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE. - YEAH.
- GOOD LUCK. SEE YOU GUYS SOON. - THANKS.
- HEY! HOW'S IT GOING?
- THIS IS YOURS. - [squeals]
- AND THEN THIS ONE'S YOURS.
- HIGH FIVE.
ISN'T THAT COOL? - YEAH, YEAH.
I'M EXCITED. - AWESOME.
MY SKIN CHARLIE,
SHE'S DEFINITELY BEEN THROUGH A LOT IN LIFE,
BUT THE SKINS SEE BOTH SKETCHES, THEY'RE REALLY EXCITED.
- CAN I SEE YOUR ARM TO SEE HOW IT LAYS OUT?
I'M VERY HAPPY WITH MY DESIGN.
THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF THE COMPETITION,
I'VE BEEN FEELING NERVOUS AND INSECURE.
I'D LIKE TO TRY TO PUT THAT ASIDE
AND TRY TO BE MORE CONFIDENT.
BRING IT ON.
- SINCE WE'RE DOING ONE IN FLIGHT ESPECIALLY,
LIKE, I'M GONNA, LIKE, KINDA MANIPULATE OUTLINES
SO THAT WE SHOW SOME EMOTION.
- WE SHOULD BE READY TO ROCK AND ROLL.
WE'LL JUST ADD ALL OUR LITTLE DETAILS IN AS WE GO.
- LOOKS GOOD, YEAH. - ALL RIGHT.
- WHAT I WAS THINKING IS WE COULD PUT THIS ON YOUR CHEST
AND BRING THIS WING, LIKE, RIGHT UP
UNDER YOUR COLLAR BONE SO THAT IT'S GOT SOME FLOW
AND IT FITS YOUR BODY GOOD. - ALL RIGHT.
- WHAT DO YOU THINK? - WOW, IT LOOKS AMAZING.
- YOU LIKE IT? - LOVE IT.
- MINE IS SAME IDEA,
BUT I WENT JUST WITH A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT
OF AN ANGLE.
HE'S A LITTLE MORE PISSED-OFF-LOOKING.
- SO YOU'RE INTO IT? - YEAH.
- BLUE EYES, BLUE FIRE. - LET'S DO IT.
- PURPLE HAIR, GRAY BODY.
- SO THIS IS BASICALLY WHAT WE'RE WORKING WITH.
- OH, PERFECT. THEY MATCH.
- I MEAN, THEY COMPLETELY FIT.
I MEAN, THEY'RE TOGETHER, LIKE VELCRO.
AND BY ITSELF, IT'S GONNA LOOK LIKE A COOL PAIR OF WINGS.
- IT'S GOOD.
- I MEAN, IT HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD.
THEY ABSOLUTELY LOVED EVERYTHING ABOUT IT--
SIZE, PLACEMENT, STYLE.
EVERYTHING WORKED OUT PERFECTLY.
- BUT IT HAS A LOT TO DO WITH THE STORY, AND...
- IT'S, UM... - I THINK WE GOT IT.
- GREATER THAN I EVEN IMAGINED. - COOL.
- MY INTERPRETATION OF YOUR STORY WAS, LIKE,
YOU'RE WILLING TO FLY TO BE WITH YOUR DAUGHTER,
SO I HAVE, LIKE, THE FOREGROUND BIRD, LIKE, PERCHED.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE YOU. - MM-HMM.
- AND THEN YOUR MOTHER-- MOTHER BIRD FLYING IN,
HOLDING THE BANNER "ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE"
BECAUSE THAT'S, LIKE, THE MESSAGE THAT SHE'S GIVING YOU.
SHE PUSHED YOU TO DO WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO.
- I, LIKE, WANNA CRY 'CAUSE I'M SO EXCITED.
- [laughing] THAT'S A GOOD THING.
- YEAH. THAT MAKES ME SUPER HAPPY.
- IT REALLY MEANS A LOT. - AW.
- [crying]
- THIS IS FANTASTIC. - YEAH, RIGHT?
- THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO START OFF THE DAY WITH A TATTOO.
- [crying] IT DOES-- 'CAUSE, LIKE,
SHE MEANS EVERYTHING,
AND, LIKE, THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
AND I'M GETTING EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED.
- AS WE SHOW THE SKINS OUR SKETCHES,
IT IS THE BEST-CASE SCENARIO THAT YOU COULD EVER HOPE FOR.
THEY BOTH STARTED CRYING.
THESE DESIGNS REALLY ILLUSTRATED
THE RELATIONSHIP THAT THIS GIRL HAD TO HER MOTHER PERFECTLY,
AND THAT'S WHAT WE WERE BOTH GOING FOR.
- I'LL GET SET UP, MAKE THE STENCIL,
AND WE'LL GET GOING.
- ALL THE KIDS ARE GONNA BE JEALOUS.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS.
LISTEN UP.
ARTISTS, YOU CONSULTED AS A TEAM WITH YOUR PAIR OF SKINS.
REMEMBER, FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE,
YOU'RE BEING JUDGED ON HOW WELL YOU INTERPRET
YOUR SKINS' FAMILY STORIES.
ALSO, THE TATTOOS OF THE TWO FAMILY MEMBERS
MUST REALLY CONNECT.
SO THE STRENGTH OF YOUR TEAMWORK IS GONNA BE TESTED.
ALL RIGHT, GUYS, LET'S GET THE INK ROLLING
AND THE NEEDLES GOING.
YOUR FOUR HOURS STARTS NOW.
[tattoo machines buzzing]
- THE ONLY THING I AM INSECURE ABOUT
IS THE SIZE OF MY TATTOO.
MY GIRL HAS THE TINIEST ARM
THAT YOU COULD POSSIBLY HAVE ON A GROWN WOMAN.
IT'S LIKE A WRIST.
- I CRIED FOR A LONG TIME AFTER MY MOM PASSED AWAY.
I, UM--I HAD TO DROP OUT OF SCHOOL, UNFORTUNATELY.
AFTER HEARING THE MOTHER AND DAUGHTER STORY,
IT REALLY HIT HOME FOR ME.
I, UNFORTUNATELY, LOST MY MOM TEN YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, IT REALLY MADE ME WANNA GIVE IT MY ALL,
YOU KNOW, DO THE BEST TATTOO I COULD FOR HER.
IT'S JUST AMAZING THAT SHE BEAT IT FOUR TIMES.
- MY DAD WOULD LITERALLY BE LOST WITHOUT HER.
- YEAH, I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING.
MY DAD HAD A REALLY TOUGH TIME.
I HAD TO BE THE STRONG ONE IN THE SITUATION, YOU KNOW,
'CAUSE MY DAD BROKE DOWN, YOU KNOW.
HE WAS--YOU KNOW, WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU LOSE THE PERSON
THAT YOU LOVE THE MOST IN THE ENTIRE WORLD?
- I THINK THAT LIFE IS A CHALLENGE IN ITSELF.
- YEAH.
AND THAT'S WHY, LIKE, YOUR STORY WAS SO IMPORTANT TO ME.
BECAUSE I'VE LOST PEOPLE I'VE REALLY CARED ABOUT IN LIFE,
AND, LIKE, YOU ALMOST-- IT ALMOST FEELS LIKE IT'S--
IT'S LIKE A REALLY TERRIBLE PRACTICAL JOKE.
- AS SOON AS I PUT THAT NEEDLE TO SKIN,
I WAS LIKE, OH.
ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN TATTOOING FOR A WHILE KNOWS
THAT OLDER SKIN IS DEFINITELY A LOT MORE DIFFICULT.
IT'S A LOT HARDER TO SHOW DETAIL
AND DO SOME OF THE THINGS THAT YOU COULD DO ON YOUNGER SKIN.
I'M DEFINITELY OUT OF MY ELEMENT WITH THIS TATTOO.
- HMM.
YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, MAN.
LIKE, I CHECKED MY NEEDLE... BUT I'M GONNA--
I'M GONNA CHANGE IT OUT. JUST GIVE ME A MINUTE, OKAY?
- OKAY.
- I'M HAVING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
I'VE CHANGED MY NEEDLES.
I'VE CHANGED MACHINES.
I'M FEELING SUPER STRESSED OUT.
I'M CHANGING MY NEEDLE RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
I CHECKED IT WITH THE EYE LOUPE.
BUT IT'S ACTING LIKE IT'S BARBED,
AND I'M FEELING THE PRESSURE OF THE TIME.
- I FEEL LIKE MY IMMUNITY HAS A BIG PART
IN WHY KELLY IS, LIKE, SO FREAKING OUT RIGHT NOW.
I'M IMMUNE, I CAN DO A CRAPPY TATTOO AND STAY.
SHE CAN'T.
AND I THINK THAT THIS IS STARTING TO LIGHT A FIRE
UNDER HER ***.
- OOH!
THAT'S IT RIGHT THERE.
- CHARLIE IS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
- [yelping]
[laughing]
- HELLO, OVER THERE! HOW YOU DOING?
- OW!
I'M HAVING SPINE SURGERY. [laughing]
- I CAN'T BELIEVE CHARLIE'S OVER THERE CRYING.
- OW!
- HEY, JOE. - HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON, KELLY?
- I'VE CHANGED NEEDLES SEVERAL TIMES
AND CHANGED MACHINES SEVERAL TIMES.
- WHY, WHAT HAPPENED?
- I WAS JUST HAVING A LOT OF TROUBLE
GETTING A CONSISTENT LINE. - THAT'S A BUMMER.
- JUST HAD TROUBLE, SO IT TOOK US A WHILE.
MAYBE I CAN GO BACK IN AND CLEAN UP THOSE LINES A LITTLE.
WE'RE GONNA JUST MAKE THE MOST OF OUR TIME RIGHT NOW.
- OKAY.
HEY, GUYS, HOW'S IT GOING?
- PRETTY GOOD. - GREAT, HOW ARE YOU?
- PRETTY GOOD?
YEAH, YOU'RE DEFINITELY A BIT FURTHER ALONG THAN KELLY WAS.
HAVE YOU GUYS SEEN WHAT THE OTHER ONE IS DOING YET?
- I HAVEN'T, SO-- - YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET A CHANCE
WHAT HE'S GOT GOING ON? - I HAVEN'T GOTTEN A CHANCE. NO.
- OKAY, WELL, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO EVERYTHING.
- THANKS, JOE.
- HOW'S IT GOING, DOLLARZ? HOW ARE YOU, MAN?
- DOING WELL. - DOING PRETTY GOOD.
- HOW YOU DOING? AH, SOME COLOR. FINALLY.
- OH, YEAH.
IS NOBODY ELSE DOING THE COLOR?
- NO, VERY FEW PEOPLE ARE THAT FAR ALONG.
- BEING THAT IT'S OUTSIDE OF MY STYLE,
IT'S DEFINITELY FUN ADAPTING SOMETHING NEW, YOU KNOW?
- WHAT'S GONNA BE THE TIE-IN, THE LEAD-IN?
- THE TIE-IN, WE'RE GONNA WORK IN ON THE BACKGROUND
THE VENEZUELA, AND THAT'S GONNA TIE US TOGETHER.
- YOU DO WANNA MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT BELONGS ON THE BODY
AND IT'S GONNA BE EASY TO ADD TO
LATER ON DOWN THE LINE, YOU KNOW?
- I'M GONNA KEEP IT WORKING.
- HEY, HOW YOU DOING? - HEY, JOE.
- OH, SO YOU'VE GOT YOUR BACKGROUND IN ALREADY.
HAVE YOU LOOKED AT WHAT DOLLARZ IS DOING?
- I HAVEN'T EVEN GOT UP.
I'VE BEEN IN THIS STOOL THE ENTIRE TIME.
- OH, REALLY, YOU'VE BEEN-- OKAY.
YOU KNOW, THE WHOLE POINT ABOUT THIS,
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE TEAMWORK... - RIGHT.
- AND HOW EVERYBODY'S WORKING TOGETHER.
SO AT LEAST TOUCH BASE WITH YOUR PARTNER AND FIGURE OUT
WHERE YOU'RE AT WITH EVERYTHING. - RIGHT.
- ALL RIGHT, GUYS. YOU HAVE ONE HOUR.
[rock music]
♪ ♪
- I'M LOOKING OVER DOLLARZ'S SHOULDER,
WATCHING HIM FINISH HIS PARROT TATTOO,
AND I'M DEFINITELY THINKING
HE MISSED HIS MARK, BUT WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
- FIVE, FOUR,
THREE, TWO, ONE.
TIME'S UP. MACHINES DOWN.
ARTISTS, TIME TO SAY GOOD-BYE TO YOUR SKINS,
AND THE JUDGES AND I WILL SEE YOU TOMORROW AT ELIMINATION.
- DO YOU LIKE YOUR TATTOO? - YES, I LOVE MY TATTOO.
THANK YOU.
- YOU'RE VERY WELCOME. IT'S MY PLEASURE.
THE TATTOOS THAT WE DID ON THEM
WERE EXACTLY WHAT THE SKINS WERE LOOKING FOR.
AND WE WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WITH THE IDEA
AND THE STYLE BEHIND IT.
- THAT'S MY BEST TATTOO.
- OH, THAT'S ROCKIN'.
IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL.
- THANKS! DITTO. - NICE JOB. HIGH FIVE.
I'M FEELING VERY CONFIDENT WITH MY WORK RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE DID A GREAT JOB OF CAPTURING THE MEANING
THAT DANIEL AND DENUVARE WANTED IN THEIR TATTOOS.
- QUADRUPLE FIVE!
[cheering] - THAT WAS AWESOME.
- LET'S TRY IT AGAIN. - LET'S DO THAT ONE MORE--
- [laughing]
[hip-hop music]
- GOING TO THE OFFICE, ANOTHER DAY.
[sighs]
- I'M MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TATTOOS THAN THE FOOD.
- RIGHT. - [bleep], DOLLARZ.
[laughter]
- OH! I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SEE YOURS.
- AT LEAST YOU GUYS STILL DID THE SAME--
- YOU CAN SEE HIS SKIN THOUGH--
THE KIND OF SKIN HE HAD, IT WAS ROUGH.
IT WAS TERRIBLE THOUGH.
IT WAS JUST A BAD EXPERIENCE FOR ME.
- I FEEL SO BAD FOR JEROD IN THIS SITUATION
BECAUSE DOLLARZ'S TATTOO JUST REALLY DRAGS THEIR GROUP DOWN.
IT'S JUST PLAIN BAD.
- ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE THIS PARROT.
- I NEVER USE LETTERS THAT SMALL.
- THAT THING IS HORRIBLE! - WHOA.
- RIGHT NOW, I'M THINKING THAT MAYBE I SHOULD'VE
TAKEN CONTROL OF DOLLARZ'S PROJECT A LITTLE BETTER,
POSSIBLY JUST EVEN DESIGNED IT FOR HIM.
SO I'M REALLY WORRIED THAT THIS MIGHT HAVE SOME EFFECT ON ME.
- WHAT DO YOU DO?
SHE KNOWS HOW IT WORKS WITH PLAY-DOH, DUDE.
- YEAH, YOU KNOW WHAT'S FUNNY?
ACTUALLY, I REMEMBER PLAYING--
- I PLAY WITH DOUGH ALL THE TIME.
- I WAS DOING PLAY-DOH WITH MY SON BEFORE BEDTIME,
AND I WAS, LIKE, GETTING HIM TO WRAP IT UP.
I WAS LIKE, "COME ON. COME ON, BEDTIME.
GOTTA GET YOUR TEETH BRUSHED."
AND HE WAS LIKE, "MOM, YOU CAN'T RUSH ART."
all: OH! [laughter]
- FOR REAL, HE REALLY SAID THAT.
- HOW DO YOU DEBATE THAT? - HE WAS ONLY, LIKE, FOUR.
- ALREADY. - YOU DON'T DEBATE THAT.
- MY SON HAD TO FILL OUT THIS THING FOR SCHOOL
FOR FATHER'S DAY, LIKE, THIS LITTLE PACKET.
AND, LIKE, THE QUESTIONS WERE LIKE, YOU KNOW,
"WHY IS YOUR DAD SO GREAT?"
AND IT WAS LIKE, "BECAUSE HE'S, LIKE, PRETTY MUCH
"THE AWESOMEST AT ART,
AND HE'S LIKE THE KING OF ALL ART."
- AW! - AWW!
- I GOT IT ON MY INSTAGRAM, LIKE, IT'S POSTED UP.
- WOW. - I LOVE THAT!
- AWW. - YEAH, I'M LIKE, "OOH."
- ARTISTS, WE'RE BACK IN THE ELIMINATION ROOM,
AND IN A MOMENT, THE JUDGES WILL CRITIQUE YOUR WORK.
ONE OF YOU WILL BE NAMED THE WINNER
OF THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE
AND WILL BE IMMUNE FROM ELIMINATION NEXT WEEK.
BUT FOR THE ARTIST THAT CAME UP SHORT,
YOUR INK HAS RUN DRY.
THIS WEEK, YOU'VE ALL WORKED IN TEAMS
AS PART OF YOUR CHALLENGE.
YOU GUYS GOT A CHANCE TO WORK
ON A PAIR OF FAMILY MEMBERS
WHO WANTED TO TELL A STORY OF THEIR BOND WITH TATTOOS.
THE JUDGES HAD THE OPPORTUNITY
TO INSPECT YOUR FINISHED TATTOOS,
AND ALTHOUGH YOU'LL BE JUDGED INDIVIDUALLY,
THEY ALSO TAKE THE TEAM'S COMBINED WORK
INTO CONSIDERATION.
UP FIRST, DEREK AND DJ.
YOU GUYS WORKED ON A DAUGHTER
WHO WANTED TO SHARE A TATTOO WITH HER MOTHER
WHO HAD BEATEN CANCER.
- I THOUGHT THE OVERALL TEAMWORK IN THIS TATTOO
WAS REALLY SPOT-ON.
THE FACT THAT THE WINGS COULD LITERALLY BE TRANSLATED
TO THE ANGEL ITSELF WAS REALLY COOL.
- THANK YOU. - THANK YOU, JOE.
- YOU GUYS WERE AN AMAZING TEAM TOGETHER.
I THINK THE UNIFYING THING IS THE RIBBON.
IT'S PERFECT. NAILED THIS CHALLENGE FOR SURE.
- DEREK, YOUR TATTOO--
YOU'VE GOT THOSE GORGEOUS, FLUID, SUPER TIGHT LINES.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING THAT STYLISTICALLY
KIND OF TIES THEM IN TOGETHER AS WELL.
IT'S REALLY NICE. - THANK YOU.
- DJ, THE BEAUTY AND EMOTION--
IT'S JUST RADIATING OFF THIS TATTOO.
- I LIKE THE NEGATIVE SPACE BACKGROUND.
HAVING SAID THAT,
I THOUGHT THAT THE SATURATION OF THE TATTOO ITSELF
COULD'VE BEEN A BIT STRONGER.
- ALL RIGHT, RALPH, TYLOR, YOU GUYS WORKED ON A MOTHER
WHO FOLLOWED HER DAUGHTER ACROSS THE COUNTRY
TO HELP HER ACHIEVE HER DREAMS.
- I DIG ON THE OVERALL CONCEPT.
YOU GUYS HAVE THE SAME STORY FROM TWO DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES.
I REALLY LIKE THAT IDEA.
BUT I DIDN'T LIKE THE FACT THAT THERE WERE TWO BIRDS
IN BOTH TATTOOS.
I WOULD'VE PREFERRED TO SEE
TWO SEPARATE TATTOOS THAT MADE ONE.
- RALPH, THE LINES ARE BEAUTIFUL, THEY'RE FLUID.
YOU'VE GOT A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT WEIGHTS GOING ON.
IT HELPS TO GIVE IT A WHOLE SENSE OF MOTION.
- TYLOR, YOU'VE GOT VERY CLEAN LINES ON THOSE WINGS
AND ON THE TOP OF THE BIRD THERE.
THE COLORS ARE GREAT.
BUT I STILL THINK THERE'S A LITTLE TOO MUCH THERE.
CALM IT DOWN A LITTLE.
- YOU'RE RIGHT, ABSOLUTELY.
- UP NEXT, WE'RE GONNA TALK TO JEROD AND DOLLARZ.
YOU GUYS TEAMED UP TO WORK ON A FATHER AND SON
WHO WANTED TO CHERISH THEIR CHILDHOOD MEMORIES
OF VENEZUELA TOGETHER.
- I KNOW YOU WERE TRYING TO REPRESENT THIS CONCEPT
IN TWO DIFFERENT WAYS,
BUT I'M NOT SEEING IT AS TEAMWORK.
- JEROD, YOU TRIED TO USE A LITTLE BIT OF LINE WEIGHT,
ALONG WITH THE BLACK AND GRAY REALISM.
IT JUST KINDA FALLS A LITTLE BIT SHY.
- THE SWOOPY STUFF, IT LOOKS LIKE HE'S FARTING.
[laughter]
LOOKS LIKE HE'S FARTING A GIANT VENEZUELAN.
- I WANNA TALK TO DOLLARZ NOW ABOUT YOUR TATTOO.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT WAS VENEZUELA.
I SERIOUSLY THOUGHT THAT WAS A CLOUD AND A RAINBOW.
WHERE'S THE BIRD'S LEGS?
- BASED ON THE ANGLE, IT WAS KIND OF TUCKED.
I WASN'T IN LOVE WITH THE DESIGN PRIOR TO TATTOOING IT,
AND IT DEFINITELY HURT ME.
- IS IT THAT YOU DIDN'T LIKE DOING A BIRD,
OR YOU DIDN'T LIKE WHAT YOU DREW?
WHAT--I MEAN, WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DIDN'T LIKE THE DESIGN?
- THE WHOLE BIRD THING.
IT JUST DIDN'T WORK OUT FOR ME.
- IF SOMEONE COMES TO YOU AND WANTS SOMETHING,
IT IS YOUR JOB TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
I DON'T WANNA HEAR "THAT'S NOT REALLY MY STYLE."
IF THAT'S THE CASE, THEN YOU SHOULD LEAVE.
JEROD, I'M KINDA SURPRISED YOU DIDN'T COME IN AND JUST SAY,
YOU KNOW, "HEY, DOLLARZ, I DON'T LIKE THIS DRAWING."
- ALL RIGHT, WE'LL GO TO ALLI AND TERESA,
WHO TEAMED UP WITH A PAIR OF SISTERS
WHO WANTED TO COMMEMORATE THE PASSING OF THEIR FATHER.
- YOUR OVERALL TEAM CONCEPT,
JUST KIND OF TOUCH BASE ON THAT A LITTLE BIT WITH US.
- THEY SAID THEY FELT LIKE THEIR LIVES
WERE LIKE PUZZLES MISSING A PIECE.
AND "SLOW MOTION" REPRESENTING, YOU KNOW,
HOW SOMETIMES IN LIFE, YOU JUST NEED TO SLOW DOWN.
- I COMMEND YOU ON THE IDEA.
- YOU KNOW WHAT, I TRULY FEEL LIKE YOU GUYS
ARE A REALLY GOOD TEAM.
I THINK YOU KILLED THE PUZZLE PIECE.
YOU CAN JUST SEE THAT YOU GUYS BOTH UNITED IN THAT.
- TERESA, YOU'VE GOT THAT
REALLY NICE SOFT CLOUD EFFECT THAT I REALLY LIKE,
AND YOU'VE ALSO GOT THAT VERY TRAGIC WOUND THERE.
IT'S A GORGEOUS TATTOO.
- ALLI, I DO LIKE THE LINE WEIGHT THAT YOU USED.
THE LINE WORK IS A LOT CLEANER
THAN ANYTHING YOU'VE DONE SO FAR.
CONGRATULATIONS.
- NEXT, LET'S GO TO BRITTANY AND KELLY.
YOU GUYS GOT A CHANCE TO WORK ON A PAIR OF TWIN BROTHERS
THAT WANTED TO SHOW NO MATTER HOW HARD LIFE GOT FOR 'EM,
THEY ALWAYS HAD EACH OTHER.
- HOW DID YOU GUYS GET ALONG WORKING TOGETHER?
- OVERALL, IT WAS--IT WAS A LITTLE BIT CHALLENGING.
IT SEEMED TO ME LIKE KELLY WAS A LITTLE BIT STRESSED OUT.
SHE WAS A LITTLE BIT STANDOFFISH TOWARDS ME.
- ACTUALLY, I HAVE THE EXACT SAME FEELING ABOUT BRITTANY.
I FELT LIKE SHE VERY MUCH DIDN'T WANNA DRAW WITH ME.
- I WANNA REMIND YOU THAT WHEN I FIRST CAME IN,
BRITTANY WAS SITTING AT THE TABLE ON ONE END,
AND YOU WERE SITTING AT THE TABLE ON THE OTHER END.
- I REALLY FELT LIKE SHE WANTED OUR DRAWINGS SEPARATE.
- I'M ACTUALLY GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP
BECAUSE THERE'S ONLY TWO TO THREE ELEMENTS
THAT ARE THE SAME.
AND IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO SEE SOMETHING
THAT WOULD'VE TIED THE TWO PIECES TOGETHER.
- BRITTANY, THIS IS A VERY GOOD TRADITIONAL TATTOO.
I REALLY LIKE ALL THE LITTLE DETAILS
THAT YOU PUT IN THERE
AND THE PURPLE HAZE COMING OUT THE NOSE.
BUT I STILL DON'T SEE HOW IT GOES
WITH KELLY'S TATTOO THAT MUCH.
BUT OVERALL, YOU DID A REALLY GOOD JOB.
KELLY, I REALLY LIKE THE WINGS ON THIS TATTOO,
BUT WHAT BUGS ME
IS THAT IT LOOKS LIKE THREE DIFFERENT TATTOOS.
EVEN IF YOU JUST BROUGHT THE FLAMES
A LITTLE BIT BACK TOWARDS THE WINGS,
IT WOULD'VE TIED ALL THREE OF THOSE PIECES
A LITTLE MORE IN TOGETHER.
- KELLY, YOU ARE REALLY GONNA HAVE TO SPREAD YOUR WINGS
AND START COMPETING WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.
- ALL RIGHT, JUDGES,
ULTIMATELY, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE WINNER.
WHO DO YOU THINK THE TOP THREE
FOR THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE WERE?
- THE FIRST ARTIST THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO CALL DOWN TODAY
IS DEREK.
TERESA.
AND FINALLY...
RALPH. - [mutters indistinctly]
- RALPH, I REALLY LIKE THE WAY YOU HAVE IT LAID OUT.
THE LINES ARE SOLID AND CLEAN. YOU DID A GOOD JOB.
- TERESA, BEAUTIFUL, SOLID TECHNICAL TATTOO.
IT'S JUST GORGEOUS.
- DEREK, I THINK THE LINE WORK IS IMPECCABLE.
COOL-*** TATTOO.
- JUDGES, HAVE YOU REACHED A DECISION?
- YOU GUYS ALL DID A WONDERFUL JOB,
BUT WE CAN ONLY CHOOSE ONE PERSON TO WIN THE INK CHALLENGE.
AND THAT PERSON IS...
TERESA.
[applause]
- CONGRATULATIONS, TERESA.
YOU'RE THE WINNER OF THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE.
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- AND THIS MEANS YOU NOW HAVE IMMUNITY
FROM NEXT WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE.
THE THREE OF YOU NEED TO HEAD BACK TO THE TATTOO SHOP
AND NOW CHOOSE YOUR BOTTOM THREE.
AND FROM THAT BOTTOM THREE,
THE JUDGES WILL DECIDE ULTIMATELY
WHICH ONE OF YOU ARTISTS IS GOING HOME.
AND REMEMBER, BECAUSE BRITTANY WON THE INK CHALLENGE LAST WEEK,
SHE'S SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK.
- YOU GUYS READY TO DO THIS?
- DO YOU GUYS RIGHT AWAY HAVE ANYBODY
THAT YOU FEEL SHOULD BE IN THE BOTTOM THREE?
- WE'RE PROBABLY ALL THINKING IT,
BUT DOLLARZ REALLY DROPPED THE BALL THIS WEEK
IN MY OPINION.
- UNFORTUNATELY, KELLY.
THERE'S SIMPLE TATTOOS,
AND THEN THERE'S MORE REALISTIC TATTOOS.
I CAN'T TELL, WITH THIS, WHAT SHE'S TRYING TO DO.
- TYLOR, THE BACKGROUNDS HE'S GOT GOING ON, TO ME,
ARE JUST NOT CUTTING IT.
- I'M NOT EVEN JUST SAYING THIS BECAUSE I LIKE TYLOR,
BUT I FEEL LIKE JEROD'S WAS KIND OF DISCONNECTED.
- I DON'T KNOW, I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO WITH TYLOR, MAN.
- YOU GUYS GONNA PUT THIS ALL ON ME?
- YEAH, I MEAN, MAKE IT HAPPEN.
- ARTISTS,
TERESA, DEREK, AND RALPH MADE A DECISION
ON THEIR BOTTOM THREE.
WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
[dramatic music]
DOLLARZ.
♪ ♪
KELLY.
♪ ♪
THE THIRD ARTIST I'D LIKE TO ASK TO STEP FORWARD IS...
♪ ♪
JEROD.
♪ ♪
UNFORTUNATELY, YOU GUYS ARE ALL IN THE BOTTOM THREE
AND IN DANGER OF ELIMINATION.
- DOLLARZ, KELLY, JEROD,
YOU GUYS ARE IN DANGER OF ELIMINATION.
- YOU GUYS SUFFERED GREATLY
AS FAR AS THE TATTOOS WERE CONCERNED.
BUT I ALSO DO WANNA LET YOU KNOW
THIS IS ABOUT TEAMWORK.
AND THE OTHER JUDGES AND MYSELF AGREE
YOU ALL DESERVE TO BE ON THE BOTTOM THREE THIS WEEK.
JEROD, THE MIXING OF THE LINE WORK
AND THE SHADING THAT YOU CHOSE TO USE
JUST FELL SO SHORT, MAN.
NOW, WITH THAT BEING SAID,
THE BLACK AND GRAY AND THE SMOOTHNESS OF THAT
KINDA SAVED THE TATTOO.
SO ON THAT NOTE, YOU'RE STILL STAYING.
[dramatic music]
DOLLARZ, YOUR PIECE SHOULD'VE NEVER BEEN ALLOWED
TO GO TO SKIN WITH THE WAY IT LOOKED.
WHEN A SKIN COMES TO YOU AND ASKS YOU FOR SOMETHING,
YOU PUT YOURSELF IN THE GAME.
KELLY, YOUR PIECE LACKED DIMENSION,
IT LACKED DEPTH.
YOU HAD NO DETAIL ON THE HORSE WHATSOEVER.
IT WAS ATROCIOUS.
♪ ♪
KELLY, THE FACT IS WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS OVERALL.
YOU'VE BEEN IN THE BOTTOM THREE
SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THIS COMPETITION.
AND IN ALL HONESTY, NONE OF US WANNA SEE
A FOURTH WEEK FROM YOU.
WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING YOU HOME.
- KELLY, PLEASE HEAD BACK TO THE TATTOO SHOP
AND CLEAR OUT YOUR STATION.
- THANK YOU.
- DOLLARZ, YESTERDAY'S TATTOO SHOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
I DON'T WANNA SEE STUFF LIKE THAT AT ALL, AT ALL.
- DOLLARZ, PLEASE REJOIN THE ARTISTS
AND HEAD BACK TO THE LOUNGE.
- [sighs]
- I KNOW THAT I'M A GREAT TATTOOER.
BUT THIS EXPERIENCE DEFINITELY HASN'T SHOWN ME
TO BE A GREAT COMPETITOR.
BUT I DO KNOW THAT I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD
TO SEEING MY SON.
AND I AM CAPABLE OF GREAT INK.
- NEXT WEEK ON BEST INK...
I WANNA SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
WHEN YOU LET LOOSE ON SOMETHING IN MY WORLD.
LOOK AT THIS.
NO MATTER HOW I'M PLAYING IT, NO ONE SEES IT.
WITH THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE, ALL YOUR SKINS WANT TATTOOS
IN ONE OF THE MOST CUTTING-EDGE STYLES OF TODAY.
ABSTRACT TATTOOS.
- I'VE NEVER DONE AN ABSTRACT TATTOO IN MY LIFE.
- MY MOM WAS A DRUG ADDICT. SHE OD'D.
- OH, F--
- SORRY, I'M, LIKE, TOTALLY BUMMED OUT RIGHT NOW.
- I REALLY DON'T LIKE THIS PART,
AND I DON'T WANT IT TO COME TO THIS PART OF MY ARM.
- PLEASE LET ME JUST FINISH IT THE WAY I WANT TO.
- I'M JUST TRYING TO THINK OF HOW I'M GONNA FIX IT LATER.
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