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- PREVIOUSLY ON BEST INK...
- I'LL SEE YOU IN SAN DIEGO. [all cheering]
- WITH THE WHOLE CITY ABUZZ FROM COMIC-CON,
THE ARTISTS TOOK ON A FREAKY FLASH CHALLENGE.
- THE WINNER IS DANNY.
- IT'S JUST SO NICE TO WIN ONE FOR ONCE.
I LET THE STRESS REALLY GET TO ME,
AND I'M NOT GONNA DO THAT ANY MORE.
- BACK AT THE TATTOO SHOP,
THE ARTISTS TOOK A JOURNEY DEEP
INTO THE WORLD OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE-FICTION.
- YES! I'M SO EXCITED!
- AND WHILE WILLY AND JOE LET THEIR IMAGINATIONS RUN WILD...
- YEAH!
- MAY MAY WAS HIT WITH A COLD REALITY.
- I'M NOT GONNA HAVE TIME TO PULL THIS ALL OFF.
I CAN JUST FEEL THE PRESSURE SETTING IN.
- IN ELIMINATION,
JOE SECURED HIS SECOND CHALLENGE VICTORY,
WINNING HIM IMMUNITY IN THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE.
- TO WIN THE SECOND INK CHALLENGE,
I'M EXCITED, IT FEELS GOOD.
- IN DELIBERATION,
THE TOP THREE PUT THE FATES OF DANNY, ROMEO, AND MAY MAY
IN THE JUDGES' HANDS.
- MAY MAY, IT SEEMED LIKE EVERY WEEK,
YOU JUST GOT WORSE AND WORSE.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE COMPETING ANY FURTHER FOR BEST INK.
- AND TONIGHT, EIGHT ARTISTS REMAIN.
THE ARTISTS ARE COMPETING FOR A COVER AND FEATURE SPREAD
IN TATTOO MAGAZINE,
$100,000...
[cheers and applause]
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' ♪
- WHAT DO YOU HATE MOST IN THE WORLD,
IF THERE WAS ONE THING?
- I THINK I'M PROBABLY A SECRET WOMAN-HATER,
'CAUSE DATING IN GENERAL IS A BAD INVESTMENT.
IT COSTS MONEY AND IT COSTS EXTRA TIME
WHEN YOU CAN JUST PAY SOMEONE THE SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY
FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT.
- SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT PROSTITUTION, THEN.
- WELL, THAT'S WHAT DATING IS, PRETTY MUCH, IS PROSTITUTION.
- DUDE, WHAT KINDA GIRLS DO YOU DATE?
YOU KNOW, I LIKE T&A,
AND I FEEL LIKE IT'S [bleep]-UP
THAT I HAVE TO DEAL WITH THEM TO HAVE MY EXPERIENCES.
NO, I THINK MY BIGGEST PET PEEVE, ULTIMATELY,
IS LAZINESS.
- YOU DIDN'T KNOW? HE THINKS ALL GIRLS ARE LAZY.
- YEAH, I MEAN, I SAID "WOMEN." THIS IS A PLURAL THING.
- I THINK GUY TATTOOERS WILL STILL LOOK AT GIRLS
AS KIND OF LIKE, "OH, HOW CUTE."
LIKE, "YOU THINK YOU'RE A TATTOO ARTIST TOO,"
AND DON'T TAKE THE GIRLS AS SERIOUSLY.
I MEAN, JOE'S COCKY ATTITUDE COULD TOTALLY
GET HIM IN TROUBLE AT SOME POINT.
- I'VE PUT A LOTTA GIRLS IN A ROOM TOGETHER
AND WATCHED NOTHING HAPPEN.
[laughter]
- DUDE, THAT'S TERRIBLE.
- GUYS ARE NATURALLY CHAUVINISTIC
IN A LOTTA WAYS.
HE HAS VERY LITTLE RESPECT FOR WOMEN.
I DON'T LIKE BEING CALLED LAZY,
SO I JUST HAVE THIS PART OF ME THAT REALLY WANTS TO BEAT HIM.
- YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO BEAT HIM. - THAT'S MY GOAL.
AND THEN I'M GONNA OPEN A TATTOO SHOP
RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HIS.
[both laugh] - DAMN!
- AND ONLY EMPLOY WOMEN, AND TAKE ALL HIS BUSINESS.
[laughter]
- NOW THAT HALF OF US HAVE GONE AND WE'RE DOWN TO THE EIGHT,
THINGS ARE PROBABLY GONNA BE A LOT MORE COMPETITIVE,
BUT I FEEL LIKE I'M BETTER THAN A LOT OF THE ARTISTS STILL HERE.
SO I FEEL LIKE THERE COULD BE STILL A COUPLE MORE GOING,
AND I'M NOT EVEN WORRIED ABOUT GOING HOME.
- I JUST WALKED IN, AND STANDING RIGHT THERE
IS A [bleep] TATTOO LEGEND HIMSELF,
GUY AITCHISON, AND I'M JUST LIKE...
UH, WELL, WE'RE DOING BIOMECHANICAL.
- WELCOME, ARTISTS, TO THE INNER CORE
OF THIS HIGH-POWERED INDUSTRIAL POWER PLANT.
AND FOR TODAY'S FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU'RE GONNA EXPLORE THE CONNECTION
BETWEEN MAN AND MACHINE IN YOUR ART.
AS YOU GUYS ALL KNOW,
A STYLE THAT'S EXPERIENCING A HUGE SURGE IN POPULARITY
IN OUR TRADE RIGHT NOW IS BIOMECHANICAL.
BIOMECHANICAL ART COMBINES ELEMENTS OF MACHINES
WITH ORGANICS TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION
THAT BODY PARTS ARE REPLACED OR MESHED
WITH MECHANICAL PARTS.
FOR THIS CHALLENGE, EACH OF YOU
IS GONNA BE GIVEN A PICTURE
WITH THE FACE OF ONE OF YOUR FELLOW ARTISTS.
IT'S GONNA BE YOUR JOB
TO TURN THE MUG SHOT OF THE ARTIST THAT YOU GET
INTO A BIOMECHANICAL MASTERPIECE.
- [mouths silently]
- TO GUIDE YOU IN THIS FLASH CHALLENGE
IS SOMEBODY WHO SHARES MY LOVE OF TATTOOS.
HE'S CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST ALL-AROUND ARTISTS IN OUR TRADE.
AND THAT WOULD BE MY BROTHER, GUY AITCHISON.
[applause]
- THANK YOU.
- GUY AITCHISON IS BASICALLY,
LIKE, ONE OF THE FOREFATHERS OF BIOMECH.
HE'S DEFINITELY ONE OF THE GUYS WHO BROUGHT IT
INTO, LIKE, WHAT IT IS TODAY.
GUY AITCHISON IS LIKE A BIOMECH GOD.
- THANKS, HANNAH.
OF COURSE, IT'S GREAT TO SEE YOU
AND TO BE HERE WITH ALL OF YOU ARTISTS.
YOU ALL HAVE YOUR OWN STYLES
THAT YOU'VE BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH.
YOUR TASK IS TO TRY TO APPLY THAT TOWARDS THIS STYLE.
THE MECHANICAL ASPECT OF YOUR PIECE
SHOULD BE AN EXTENSION OF THE ARTIST'S FACE
THAT YOU'RE DRAWING.
THE HUMAN PART OF THE FACE SHOULD SEAMLESSLY FLOW
INTO THE MECHANICAL SIDE.
THE END RESULT SHOULD BE A SORT OF A BIO-ORGANIC CREATURE.
- WHEN I HEAR THAT WE'RE DRAWING BIOMECHANICAL
ON EACH OTHER'S FACES,
I'M ACTUALLY REALLY EXCITED RIGHT NOW.
THIS SHOULD BE REALLY COOL.
- ALL RIGHT, THE WINNER OF THIS FLASH CHALLENGE
CAN LOOK FORWARD TO $1,000 IN FLASH CASH
AS WELL AS A SIGNIFICANT ADVANTAGE
IN THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE TO BE NAMED LATER.
NOW IT'S TIME TO DECIDE WHO IS DRAWING WHO.
SO TO DETERMINE THE PAIRINGS,
I'LL BE PULLING ALL YOUR NAMES AT RANDOM.
IN THIS PAIRING, WE HAVE ROMEO AND ALAYNA.
YOU'LL BE DRAWING EACH OTHER.
- I'M PRETTY STOKED
BECAUSE BIOMECHANICAL TATTOOS ARE REALLY COOL.
SO I'M READY TO WIN A FLASH CHALLENGE.
- OKAY, WILLY AND LARA,
YOU'LL BE DOING BIOMECH REPRESENTATIONS OF EACH OTHER.
WE'VE GOT DANNY AND JOE.
YOU GUYS'LL BE DRAWING EACH OTHER.
AND WE KNOW THE LAST TWO HERE.
DARNELL AND KARLY!
- I'VE HAD A COUPLE OF CHANCES
TO KIND OF DABBLE IN THIS STYLE.
I DID A MECHANICAL PIECE A FEW WEEKS AGO.
SO I'M PRETTY STOKED ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE.
- ALL RIGHT, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA HAVE SOME FUN.
OKAY, YOU'LL HAVE ONE HOUR
TO BIOMECH YOUR FELLOW MAN OR WOMAN.
YOUR TIME STARTS NOW.
- LOOK AT YOU. - [laughs]
LOOK AT YOU.
- THEY PAIRED ME UP WITH LARA.
SHE DEFINITELY HAS THAT KIND OF, LIKE,
EVIL, LIKE, SULTRY LOOK TO HER.
YOU KNOW, FACE IS ALREADY PRETTY PALE,
SO I THINK I CAN LAY SOME COLORS IN THERE REAL WELL.
I THINK I'M GONNA HAVE FUN WITH THIS CHALLENGE.
- I'M SUPER COMFORTABLE WITH BIOMECH,
BUT I'M PAIRED UP WITH WILLY
AND I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO WITH HIM.
I'M LOOKING AT HIS FACIAL HAIR
AND ALL HIS TATTOOS ALL OVER HIS NECK,
AND TO ME, HE'S NOT A BLANK CANVAS.
SO I DON'T KNOW. I REALLY HAVE NO IDEA.
- WE'RE GETTING DOWN TO, YOU KNOW,
THE NITTY GRITTY IN THIS COMPETITION.
THE BEST OF THE BEST ARE HERE.
SO ANY ADVANTAGE YOU CAN GET
IS GONNA BE BENEFICIAL,
SO I'M GOING ALL-OUT ON THIS ONE.
- DARNELL IS THE ONE PERSON I REALLY DIDN'T WANNA GET.
I MEAN, HE HAS DARKER SKIN,
HE HAS A BIG, BLACK BEARD ON HIS FACE.
SO I'M TRYING TO WORK WITH THE NATURAL FLOW AND CONTOUR
OF HIS CHEEKBONES AND JUST TRY TO MAKE IT
LIKE HE'S TRANSFORMING INTO THIS CREATURE.
- NOW THERE'S ONLY EIGHT OF US,
AND IT'S GETTING A LITTLE CRAZY.
AND THESE FLASH CHALLENGES ARE RIDICULOUS.
WE HAVE TO COME UP WITH IDEAS AND CONCEPTS
IN SUCH A RIDICULOUSLY SHORT TIMEFRAME.
IT'S VERY OVERWHELMING.
SO ALAYNA, TO ME,
IS A VERY, LIKE, STERN AND STRICT PERSON.
SHE REMINDS ME OF A TEACHER.
SO I WANT TO TURN ALAYNA INTO A ROBOT.
SO I HAVE SKIN PEELING BACK AND JUST ROBOTIC FEATURES,
AND HOPEFULLY IT WORKS.
- WHEN I SEE DANNY'S FACE ON THE PHOTO,
I JUST IMAGINE LIKE IF I WAS SCULPTING A MASK
FOR A CYBORG SUPERHERO.
IT SHOULD BE PRETTY AWESOME.
- WELL, LAST CHALLENGE, I WON $1,000,
SO IT DEFINITELY GIVES ME SOME ENCOURAGEMENT
TO TRY *** THIS.
I'M PUTTING DIFFERENT THINGS ON JOE'S FACE
TO KINDA LIKE CURVE IT
AND MAKE THE SHAPE LOOK LIKE IT'S METAL.
I THINK IT'S GONNA BE REALLY FUN TO DRAW ON HIM
'CAUSE HE'S WEIRD-LOOKING AND IT'S REALLY SICK.
IT MAKES ME WANNA GET BIOMECHANICAL ON MY FACE.
- ♪ I'M ONLY HUMAN SOMETIMES ♪
♪ I AM THE KING OF DISORDER ♪
♪ I'M ONLY HUMAN SOMETIMES ♪
♪ THE SINS OF THE FATHER, THE SINS OF THE FLESH TONIGHT ♪
- LOOKING AROUND AT EVERYBODY ELSE'S WORK,
I'M BLOWN AWAY AT WHAT THESE PEOPLE ACCOMPLISHED IN AN HOUR.
I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY
SHOULD'VE KICKED IT UP A FEW NOTCHES.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, TIME'S UP. PENCILS AND MARKERS DOWN.
GUY AND I ARE GONNA SEE WHAT YOU GUYS CAME UP WITH.
OKAY, GUYS, WELL, I HAVE TO SAY, THIS WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE.
WHAT'D YOU THINK?
- WELL, LET'S START WITH WILLY.
YOU'VE GOT SOME GREAT FLOW IN THIS PIECE.
I DO LIKE WHAT YOU DID WITH THE HAIR.
IT ACTUALLY MAKES FOR A MORE UNIFIED ART PIECE.
THE OTHER THING THAT STANDS OUT TO ME
IS YOU TOOK ON MORE THAN YOUR TIME ALLOWED FOR.
YOU'VE GOT THESE THINGS THAT WERE SKETCHED IN
THAT YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON,
AND OF COURSE AS TATTOOISTS,
WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO MANAGE OUR TIME.
- I DID DRAW A LITTLE BIT TOO MUCH.
BUT I ALWAYS DO THAT.
I THINK THAT YOU SHOULD ALWAYS TRY AND TAKE RISKS
AND YOU SHOULD ALWAYS BE A LITTLE OVER-AMBITIOUS.
- LARA, YOU DREW WILLY.
- IT'S NICE TO SEE ALL THOSE DIFFERENT ELEMENTS IN THERE
THAT YOU BROUGHT TOGETHER.
IT'S GOT A LOT OF VARIETY TO IT.
BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
SOMETIMES BRINGING TOO MANY DIFFERENT ELEMENTS TOGETHER
KEEPS IT FROM BEING STRONG AND UNIFIED.
- ALAYNA, YOU DREW ROMEO.
- I THINK IT'S GREAT HOW YOU GOT SOME NICE FLOW,
SOME NICE STRUCTURE TO IT.
THE MAIN PROBLEM WITH IT IS LACK OF DISTINCTION FROM A DISTANCE.
- AND ROMEO, YOU BIOMECHED ALAYNA.
- YOU KNOW, YOU WERE BOLD ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION.
YOU WENT FOR IT.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT YOU WENT OUTSIDE THE HEAD
AS MUCH AS YOU DID.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT DOESN'T ALL COME TOGETHER.
YOU'VE GOT DISTINCT AREAS OF THE FACE.
THE CHEEK AREA, THE FOREHEAD AREA,
THE NECK AREA, THE MOUTH AREA.
THEY'RE, LIKE, FOUR SEPARATE THINGS GOING ON.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A SINGLE, UNIFIED PIECE
AS A RESULT OF DOING THAT.
- FREAKIN' ROMEO.
LIKE, WHAT THE HELL DID HE DO TO ME?
REALLY? WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY MOUTH?
IS HE, LIKE, TRYING TO TELL ME TO SHUT UP?
I DON'T KNOW.
- DARNELL, YOU RENDERED KARLY IN BIOMECH.
- ALL RIGHT, DARNELL, YOU MADE A VERY STRONG PIECE HERE.
YOU'VE GOT GOOD FLOW. IT'S UNIFIED.
YOU DON'T HAVE DIFFERENT AREAS
THAT DON'T AGREE WITH EACH OTHER.
I LIKE THE PROJECTIONS OFF THE NECK.
THOSE ARE SEAMLESS,
LIKE THEY ACTUALLY GREW LIKE THAT.
- OKAY, KARLY. YOU DREW DARNELL.
- THERE'S A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT YOU'VE DONE HERE.
THE PIXILATION EFFECT OVER THE EYE, REALLY NEAT.
I LIKE HOW THE SIDE OF THE FACE THAT IS NOT ROBOTICIZED FLOWS.
YOU DID THAT VERY NICELY.
I THINK THAT, OUT OF ALL THE PHOTOS,
THIS WAS ONE OF THE MORE CHALLENGING ONES.
NOT JUST THE SKIN TONE, BUT YOU HAD THE BEARD.
IT SEEMS LIKE YOU TOOK ONE OF THOSE CHALLENGES
AND YOU EMBRACED IT AS AN ADVANTAGE.
- OKAY, DANNY. YOU DREW JOE.
- WELL, IT DEFINITELY STANDS OUT FROM THE REST OF THE PIECES.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU BROUGHT SOME GRAFFITI ELEMENTS INTO IT,
WHICH IS NEAT,
AND IT IS A VERY NICE COMBINATION OF STYLES.
ITS WEAKNESSES ARE REALLY IN THE SHAPES THEMSELVES.
THE STRUCTURE OF THAT JAWLINE THAT YOU PUT IN THERE,
IT DOESN'T FLOW WITH THE FACE AS WELL AS IT COULD.
- JOE, YOU DREW DANNY. - THIS WAS A VERY STRONG PIECE.
IT REALLY IS BOLD AND ASSERTIVE, AND THAT'S GREAT.
THERE'S A COUPLE MISSED OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
THAT MOHAWK.
YOU COULD'VE DONE SUCH COOL THINGS
WITH THAT MOHAWK.
THE TRANSITION FROM THE ROBOTIC SIDE
INTO THE SKIN.
THERE SHOULD'VE BEEN, LIKE, ANGRY FLESH
THAT'S HAD THIS STUFF STAPLED ON TOP OF IT,
AND IT DOESN'T QUITE WORK THAT WAY.
- WELL, GUY, NOW THAT WE'VE GOT YOUR CRITIQUES,
WHICH ARTIST DO YOU THINK REALLY STOOD TALL
IN THIS COMPETITION TODAY?
- YOU ALL ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE.
THERE'S NOT A SINGLE ONE OF YOU THAT FELL FLAT ON YOUR FACE.
BUT THERE ARE TWO OF YOU
WHOSE PIECES REALLY STOOD OUT THE MOST.
THE FIRST ARTIST I'D LIKE CALL DOWN
IS DARNELL.
- THERE'S GUY AITCHISON GIVING ME PROPS
ON A STYLE THAT HE MASTERS AND THAT I'M UNFAMILIAR WITH.
THAT'S A GOOD FEELING.
- OKAY, AND THE NEXT ARTIST I'D LIKE TO HAVE STEP DOWN
IS THE PERSON YOU DREW-- KARLY.
- I COULDN'T BE MORE STOKED.
I WAS REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW MY PIECE TURNED OUT,
AND IT'S REALLY NEAT
THAT THE LEADER IN BIOMECHANICAL TATTOOING
THOUGHT THAT MINE WAS A STRONG PIECE AS WELL.
- WE HAD SUCH A TOUGH TIME DECIDING THIS.
BUT WE HAD TO PICK A WINNER,
AND THAT WINNER IS...
- COMING UP...
WE ARE UPPING THE ANTE IN A FACE-OFF.
AND THE LOSERS WILL ALL BE IN DANGER OF GOING HOME.
- UH, LOOKS LIKE YOUR SKIN IS A NO-SHOW.
- [bleep].
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
IF I DON'T HAVE A SKIN, I GUESS I GO HOME.
- ARTISTS, FOR THIS FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU WERE ASKED TO DRAW BIOMECHANICAL FEATURES
ON THE PORTRAIT OF A FELLOW ARTIST.
- WE HAD SUCH A TOUGH TIME DECIDING THIS.
BUT WE HAD TO PICK A WINNER, AND THAT WINNER IS...
DARNELL.
[applause] - DARNELL, CONGRATULATIONS.
YOU WILL BE LEAVING TODAY WITH $1,000 IN FLASH CASH.
- I DOUBLED UP ON MY FLASH CHALLENGE WINS.
I GOT TWO NOW, SO THAT'S A GOOD FEELING.
AND I GOT AN ADVANTAGE FOR THE INK CHALLENGE
THAT I'M ABOUT TO FIND OUT, SO IT FEELS GREAT.
- IN THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE,
EACH ONE OF YOU IS GONNA BE PAIRED UP
IN HEAD-TO-HEAD INK MATCHUPS.
AND DARNELL, SINCE YOU WON TODAY'S FLASH CHALLENGE,
YOU, AND ONLY YOU, WILL DECIDE WHO IS FACING OFF
IN EVERY SINGLE MATCHUP.
THE WINNERS IN EACH MATCHUP
WILL BE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION.
HOWEVER, THE LOSERS WILL ALL BE IN DANGER
OF BEING PUT IN THE BOTTOM THREE AND OF GOING HOME.
SO, DARNELL, YOU HAVE SOME SERIOUS DECISIONS
TO MAKE, MY FRIEND, WHEN IT COMES TO THESE MATCHUPS.
- THIS IS A CRAZY FLASH ADVANTAGE.
THIS COULD BE A MAJOR STRATEGIC POWER PLAY KIND OF A THING.
- IT'S A GOOD FEELING TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE THAT MUCH POWER,
BUT IT MAKES ME NERVOUS, 'CAUSE IT'S LIKE,
DO I BE STRATEGIC? DO I BE FAIR?
I GOT A LOT OF THINGS TO THINK ABOUT.
- THANK YOU TO MY DEAR BROTHER GUY
FOR BEING OUR SPECIAL GUEST JUDGE.
- THANK YOU TO HANNAH FOR INVITING ME OUT HERE.
- OKAY, GUYS, WE'LL SEE YOU BACK AT THE SHOP.
- YEAH! WHAT'S UP, DOG?
- WHAT UP?
- I'M ACTUALLY STOKED ABOUT THIS CHALLENGE
IF WE DO END UP DOING BIOMECH,
BECAUSE THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE MOST INTERESTING
TO SEE WHAT EVERYBODY BRINGS TO THE TABLE.
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, BRING IT IN.
ARTISTS, EARLIER IN YOUR FLASH CHALLENGE FACE-OFF,
YOU TRANSFORMED HALF OF YOUR OPPONENT'S FACE INTO MACHINE.
NOW IN TODAY'S INK CHALLENGE,
YOU'RE ALL GONNA BE DOING BIOMECHANICAL TATTOOS.
- I HAVE ZERO EXPERIENCE AT ALL WITH BIOMECH.
HONESTLY, THERE'S SUCH A VERY LIMITED HANDFUL
OF ARTISTS IN THE WHOLE WORLD WHO DO BIOMECH WELL.
SO THIS IS PRETTY INTIMIDATING.
- WHAT THE JUDGES AND I ARE GONNA BASICALLY BE LOOKING FOR
IS HOW YOU GUYS ARE ABLE TO MELD MECHANICS
INTO A BIOLOGICAL FORM.
- I'M STOKED, BECAUSE THE LAST FEW DAYS,
I'VE BEEN SKETCHING IN MY HOTEL ROOM, THINKING
THAT EVENTUALLY WE WERE GONNA HAVE A BIOMECH CHALLENGE.
SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT. I THINK IT'LL BE EASY.
ALL RIGHT, SO FAR IN THE COMPETITION,
YOU GUYS HAVE ALL COMPETED AS A GROUP.
BUT THIS WEEK,
WE ARE UPPING THE ANTE IN A FACE-OFF--
ARTIST VERSUS ARTIST.
WE WANNA SEE HOW YOU HANDLE THE PRESSURE
OF ONE-ON-ONE COMPETITION.
NOW ONLY THE WINNERS OF EACH FACE-OFF
WILL BE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK,
AND THE LOSERS WILL ALL BE IN DANGER OF GOING HOME.
- OKAY, DARNELL, YOU WON THE FLASH CHALLENGE.
THIS IS YOUR MOMENT.
GIVE US THE FIRST FACE-OFF PAIRING.
- I'M EITHER HOPING THAT HE PUTS, YOU KNOW,
ME AND HIM AGAINST EACH OTHER,
OR HE PUTS ME AND JOE AGAINST EACH OTHER,
BECAUSE I THINK THOSE ARE THE TWO STRONGEST ARTISTS,
BESIDES MYSELF, AND, UH...
I LIKE A CHALLENGE.
- THE FIRST MATCHUP,
I'M GONNA PUT ROMEO UP AGAINST LARA.
- ROMEO VERSUS LARA.
- I WAS KIND OF INSULTED
THAT HE THOUGHT I WAS AN EQUAL MATCH WITH ROMEO
OF THREE YEARS' EXPERIENCE.
BUT I LOVE BIOMECH, SO I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT.
- YOU KNOW, LARA ALWAYS LOOKS DOWN ON ME.
SHE ALWAYS ACTS LIKE SHE'S MORE EXPERIENCED
THAN EVERYBODY THERE,
AND I'M JUST SO READY TO PUT HER IN HER PLACE.
- WHO'S YOUR NEXT MATCHUP, DARNELL?
- I'MA PUT KARLY UP AGAINST JOE.
- I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT US BEING COMPARED,
LIKE ME AND KARLY, BECAUSE AS FAR AS MY WORK GOES,
I'M 100% CONFIDENT IN EVERYTHING I DO.
- JOE HAS GIVEN ME SOMETHING TO PROVE.
I NEED TO STAND MY GROUND IN THIS COMPETITION
AND PROVE THAT WOMEN HAVE JUST AS MUCH OF A PLACE
IN THE TATTOO WORLD AS MEN DO.
- WHO'S YOUR NEXT PAIR?
- ALAYNA VERSUS DANNY.
THE BASIS FOR ALL OF THESE PAIRINGS
IS I DON'T WANT THERE TO BE ANY CLEAR-CUT WINNER
FOR ANY PAIRING.
I'M NOT TRYING TO PUT A STRONG ARTIST
UP AGAINST A LESSER ARTIST
AND MAKE IT OBVIOUS WHO'S GONNA WIN.
- WELL, ME AND ALAYNA GOT PAIRED UP,
AND WHEN I SEE THAT'S MY COMPETITION,
I PRETTY MUCH KNEW I WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO BRING THIS ONE HOME.
- ALL RIGHT, DARNELL, THAT MEANS YOU'VE CHOSEN
TO FACE OFF AGAINST WILLY.
- YEAH, BUDDY.
- I'M ACTUALLY GLAD TO SEE THIS.
- WE ALL KNOW WILLY IS, LIKE, THE TOP DOG.
IF I WERE DARNELL, I WOULD PROBABLY CHOOSE
WHO I THOUGHT WAS THE WEAKEST LINK
TO GO AGAINST.
- CHOOSING TO PICK WILLY AS AN OPPONENT IS A GAMBLE.
IF I'MA WIN THIS COMPETITION, I'M GONNA HAVE TO BEAT HIM.
SO WHY PUT IT OFF?
I'M TRYING TO GO AT IT RIGHT NOW.
- OKAY, NOW THE ARTIST MATCHUPS
FOR THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE HAVE BEEN SET.
LET'S BRING IN THE SKINS.
OKAY, ARTISTS, FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE,
YOUR PAIRINGS WITH YOUR SKINS
HAVE ALL BEEN RANDOMLY PRESELECTED.
DANNY, YOUR SKIN IS CHEYENNE.
- HI, MY NAME'S CHEYENNE,
AND GROWING UP, I WAS ALWAYS THE CHUBBY GIRL.
EVERYBODY USED TO MAKE FUN OF ME ALL THE TIME.
SO I STARTED TO STARVE MYSELF AT THE AGE OF, LIKE, 13,
AND I WANT A BIOMECHANICAL PIECE
TO SHOW THAT IT DOESN'T MATTER
HOW BEAUTIFUL YOU ARE ON THE OUTSIDE
AS LONG AS YOUR INSIDES ARE HEALTHY.
- ALAYNA, YOUR SKIN IS SAL.
- RIGHT OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL,
I WENT TO WORK WITH MY GRANDFATHER.
EVERY DAY WHEN I WOULD COME INTO WORK,
I WOULD SEE HIM JUST PLUGGING AWAY,
JUST WORKING HARD.
YOU KNOW, MAN, THIS GUY'S NOT HUMAN.
HE'S LIKE-- KINDA LIKE A ROBOT.
WHAT I WANNA DO IS GET A BIOMECHANICAL SHOULDER
JUST TO KINDA SHOW ALL THE LITTLE TOOLS
THAT HE GAVE ME TO BE SUCCESSFUL.
- KARLY, YOUR SKIN WILL BE LUIS.
- WHEN I WAS 13, I STARTED SEEING MY MOM'S,
YOU KNOW, HEALTH FADING AWAY.
LAST YEAR, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT SHE HAD CANCER.
THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO,
AND WE HAD TO MAKE HER AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE.
I WANNA GET A BIOMECHANICAL HEART
ON THE CENTER OF MY CHEST,
REPRESENTING THAT I PUT MY HEART INTO THIS
TO TAKE CARE OF HER.
- I'M EXCITED TO TACKLE THIS CHALLENGE,
BECAUSE WHEN I WAS FIVE, I LOST MY MOTHER.
SO I NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT I HONOR THE MEMORY OF HIS MOM
IN THIS TATTOO.
IT JUST HITS HOME.
- ROMEO, YOUR SKIN IS MICHAEL.
- AS A KID, I WAS A STAR FOOTBALL PLAYER.
THIRD GAME OF THE SEASON,
A GUY COMES UP TO ME FULL-SPEED,
PICKS ME UP, I LAND ON MY ARM.
I KNEW, AT THAT MOMENT, CAREER WAS OVER.
SO I'M HERE TODAY TO GET A BIOMECHANICAL ARM
TO SHOW THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS IN MY LIFE,
I'M GONNA MOVE ON.
- DARNELL, YOUR SKIN IS JESS.
- ABOUT A YEAR AGO, MY FATHER CALLED ME
AND TOLD ME HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TERMINAL STOMACH CANCER.
I HAVE TO SEPARATE THE EMOTIONS
OF BEING A CARETAKER AND HIS DAUGHTER.
SO I WANNA GET A BIOMECHANICAL HEART.
- JOE, YOUR SKIN IS HUNTER.
- IN JUNIOR HIGH, I DISCOVERED A LOVE FOR SKATEBOARDING.
I WAS DARED TO GO OFF OF SOMETHING THAT I KNEW
I PROBABLY WOULDN'T LAND PROPERLY.
AS I JUMPED OFF AND LANDED, MY KNEE SHATTERED.
SO I WANNA GET A BIOMECHANICAL KNEE
TO REMIND ME THAT I CAN KEEP GOING.
- LARA, YOUR SKIN IS SAMANTHA.
- WHILE I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL,
I REALLY FELL IN LOVE WITH PSYCHOLOGY.
I WANTED TO KNOW HOW PEOPLE'S MINDS WORK,
WHAT KIND OF MADE THE GEARS TURN,
WHY PEOPLE DO WHAT THEY DO.
AND I REALLY KINDA WANNA SHOW THAT THROUGH A TATTOO
ABOUT PSYCHOLOGY.
- AND THAT MEANS, WILLY, YOUR SKIN IS KENDALL.
- NOW, I'M A POP ARTIST.
I'VE ALWAYS HAD AN AFFINITY FOR ROBOTS.
AND FOR ME AS AN ARTIST,
INSTEAD OF DOING WHAT EVERYBODY ELSE DOES,
I ALWAYS DO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO.
SO I'D LIKE TO GET A BIOMECH TATTOO
WHICH JUST REALLY REPRESENTS
FOLLOWING MY OWN VOICE AT ALL TIMES.
- SO I GET KENDALL.
I'M KINDA BUMMED JUST BECAUSE HIS SKIN IS A LITTLE BIT DARKER
AND DARNELL GOT ONE OF THE PALEST GIRLS,
AND SHE'S GOT A LOTTA TATTOOS.
NOT ONLY IS SHE GONNA SIT WELL,
BUT SHE'S GONNA TAKE REALLY WELL TO COLOR.
- YOU WILL HAVE FIVE HOURS TO COMPLETE THIS CHALLENGE.
JOE, YOU WON THE LAST INK CHALLENGE,
SO YOU'RE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK.
- IT'S GONNA BE A HARD COMPETITION
GOING HEAD TO HEAD
AND ONLY HAVING ONE PERSON TO BEAT, YOU KNOW?
IF WE DON'T BEAT OUR COMPETITOR,
WE COULD BE GOING HOME.
- OKAY, ARTISTS YOU CAN GET WITH YOUR SKINS.
- WHAT ARE YOU THINKING, MAN?
- I WANNA GET, LIKE, ALL ON THE BACKSIDE OF MY ARM,
SKIN IS RIPPED OPEN WHERE YOU CAN SEE THE GUTS
OF THE MECHANICS.
- YEAH, I MEAN, I'M SURE WE CAN DRAW SOMETHING UP
AND WE'LL FIGURE SOMETHING OUT.
- LIKE, I WANT GEARS,
'CAUSE, LIKE, THAT'S KIND OF HOW THE MIND WORKS.
IT'S ALMOST LIKE A GEAR,
BUT I KINDA DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE REST OF THE HEAD.
- SHE WANTS A HEAD MADE INTO BIOMECH,
WHICH IS COMPLICATED.
BUT IT DOESN'T MATTER.
I COMPETE WITH MYSELF,
SO IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T CARE WHAT ROMEO'S DOING.
HE'S GOT A BIGGER HEAD THAN HE NEEDS.
BUT I THINK HE'S GONNA GET RIPPED A NEW ONE.
- I'M VERY EXCITED. - YES, ME TOO.
- PLEASURE TO MEET YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, WHAT ARE WE DOING?
- ALL RIGHT, WELL, I'M THINKING SOMETHING LIKE
ALONG THIS SIDE RIGHT HERE, LIKE A SPROCKET OR SOMETHING.
- YEAH! - YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
- YEAH, LIKE A NICE-- - THAT'S CONNECTING THE TWO.
- LIKE A GEAR OR SOMETHING? - YEAH, SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
- SOMETHING THAT ROTATES IT. THAT WOULD BE LEGIT.
- RIGHT IN THE CENTER, I WANT A HEART.
AND INSIDE, I WANT IT VERY MECHANICAL.
AND THE CENTER, I WANNA SEE THE CANCER RIBBON ON THERE.
- UM... SO, YEAH.
WHEN MY SKIN SAYS THAT HE NEEDS A CANCER RIBBON,
IT KINDA THROWS ME COMPLETELY OFF.
I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHERE TO GO AT THIS POINT
OR HOW I'M GOING TO APPROACH THIS CHALLENGE.
ALL RIGHT, I WILL-- I WILL TRY TO WORK MAGIC.
- I'M KINDA TRYING TO PICTURE LIKE A MECHANICAL SORT OF A CORE
SORT OF A THING,
LIKE AN ORB OR, LIKE, A LIGHT OR SOMETHING.
- YEAH, I LIKE WHERE THIS IS GOING.
[laughter] - AWESOME.
- SAL IS AWESOME.
HE'S LIKE SUPER OPEN TO ANYTHING.
SO I'M REALLY EXCITED TO WORK WITH HIM.
I'M FEELING LIKE I CAN PROBABLY BEAT DANNY IN THIS ONE.
- ALL RIGHT, MS. CHEYENNE, SO WHY DON'T YOU
EXPLAIN TO ME YOUR IDEA.
- I JUST WANT IT TO BE A LOT OF,
LIKE, OPEN-LOOKING FLESH, IF THAT MAKES SENSE.
- LIKE, KINDA YOUR SKIN BECOMING SOME OF THE PIECES...
- YEAH. - AND THEN UNDERNEATH,
LIKE A BUNCH OF WEIRD KINDA [bleep] UNDERNEATH?
- YEAH, EXACTLY.
- I GOT RANDOMLY PAIRED UP WITH CHEYENNE,
WHICH IS AWESOME BECAUSE THAT'S THE SKIN THAT I WANTED
BECAUSE I PREFER TO TATTOO GIRLS OVER DUDES.
GIRLS SMELL BETTER. THEY'RE MORE POLITE.
UH, DUDES FART.
AND I WANNA PUNCH THEM IN THE MOUTH.
- [laughing]
- WHAT DO YOU ENVISION?
- OKAY, SO WHAT I'M THINKING IS SYMMETRY OF A HEART,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, VERY ROBOTIC ON THE INSIDE.
- WHAT KINDA STUFF IS YOUR DAD INTO?
- UH, PHOTOGRAPHY.
- WHAT IF WE WORKED IN, LIKE,
SOME KIND OF, LIKE, CAMERA LENS?
JUST TO KINDA WORK IN, LIKE, YOUR STORY AND YOUR RELATIONSHIP
WITH YOUR DAD WITH YOUR TATTOO.
- YEAH. I'M IN, I'M DOWN.
- I'M REALLY LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
TO REPRESENT MY ARTISTRY.
- WHAT REALLY POPPED INTO MY HEAD WAS A MICROPHONE.
ALMOST LIKE THE MECHANICAL PIECES
ARE COMING OUT OF YOUR SKIN,
KINDA JUST FORMING THIS-- ALMOST, LIKE, RIBCAGE ALMOST
AROUND THE ACTUAL MICROPHONE.
YOU KNOW, I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT GOING UP AGAINST DARNELL.
I DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA SOUND COCKY,
BUT I THINK I'M THE BEST TATTOOER HERE.
I'M A REAL FAST ARTIST, MAN,
SO I CAN ALWAYS, LIKE, CHANGE THINGS UP,
DO MORE OF WHAT YOU LIKE.
- WILLY'S LIKE--
HE'S REALLY CONFIDENT IN HIMSELF.
SOMETIMES HE EVEN COMES OFF A LITTLE COCKY.
I'M STARTING TO FEEL REALLY ANXIOUS,
BECAUSE IF I DON'T WIN THIS THING,
I COULD BE GOING HOME.
- COMING UP...
- YOU WANNA CHECK IT OUT? - GET OUTTA HERE.
JOE HAS IT IN HIS HEAD THAT HE IS THE BEST.
I JUST REALLY WANT TO BEAT HIM.
- I WANT TO PUT HER IN THE BOTTOM.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
- YOU FOUND YOURSELF
ON THE [bleep] END OF THE STICK THIS WEEK.
- DOES IT REALLY MEET THE BIOMECHANICAL CHALLENGE?
- I THINK I LIKE THAT ONE AND THAT ONE THE BEST.
- TODAY'S INK CHALLENGE IS A BIOMECHANICAL FACE-OFF,
AND I'M GOING HEAD TO HEAD AGAINST DARNELL.
HOPE YOU'RE READY FOR THIS.
HOPE YOU BRING YOUR GAME,
'CAUSE I'M DEFINITELY BRINGING MINE.
- I DON'T WANNA PSYCH MYSELF OUT
CHECKING OUT ANYONE ELSE'S PIECE.
I'M NOT EVEN GONNA TALK TO LARA OR LOOK AT HER DESIGN.
I'M GONNA MAKE HER REALIZE TATTOOING LONGER DOESN'T MEAN
THAT SHE'S BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE.
- LAST NIGHT, I WORKED MY *** OFF ON THIS PIECE,
AND I'M SO EXCITED TO SHOW HER
BECAUSE I THINK IT'S AN AWESOME DESIGN.
THIS IS GONNA BE SO LEGIT.
- THIS IS YOUR DESIGN. - OH, MY GOSH.
LOVE IT. - YAY!
- TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK. - I LOVE THIS.
THIS IS DOPE.
- I SEE DANNY KINDA OVER IN HIS BOOTH,
AND HIS SKIN'S STILL NOT THERE.
HE SEEMS KINDA WORRIED AND I'M KINDA CONFUSED.
LIKE, IS HE GONNA GET TO TATTOO? IS HE NOT GONNA GET TO TATTOO?
- THIS IS WHAT THE LINE COPY LOOKS LIKE.
- THAT LOOKS AWESOME. - YOU LIKE IT?
- I LOVE IT.
- THIS IS, LIKE, THE SKETCH THAT I LAID OUT.
- THAT LOOKS SICK.
- LET ME SEE YOUR LEG REAL QUICK.
I JUST WANNA DOUBLE-CHECK SIZE-WISE.
- FOR SOME REASON,
JOE HAS IT IN HIS HEAD THAT HE IS THE BEST ARTIST HERE.
- THAT'S BAD-***, DUDE.
- I JUST HAVE THIS PART OF ME THAT REALLY WANTS TO BEAT HIM.
- SO EVERYBODY'S SKIN IS, LIKE, HERE.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE. MINE'S NOT HERE.
SO NOW I'M THINKING SOMETHING'S UP.
[bleep].
LIKE, UGH.
OH, MAN!
[bleep].
SHE AIN'T HERE YET. - DAMN, BRO.
SHE WASN'T FEELING IT, MAN. - [bleep].
I DON'T KNOW, DOG.
I HOPE SHE SHOWS UP LATER.
MAYBE SHE'S HAVING, LIKE, A BAD MORNING.
I'M HOPING SO, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M GONNA DO.
IF I DON'T HAVE A SKIN, I GUESS I GO HOME.
- LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I DREW FOR YOU.
- THAT'S PRETTY COOL. - YOU LIKE IT?
- YEAH, I DO. - AWESOME.
- I WANTED TO GET THAT SHUTTER EFFECT IN THERE, YOU KNOW?
LIKE LIGHT IS COMING FROM WITHIN.
YOU GET WHAT I'M SAYING? - COOL.
- HEY, DANNY.
LOOKS LIKE YOUR SKIN IS A NO-SHOW.
- OH, [bleep]. - YEAH.
- WELL, MS. CHEYENNE DECIDED NOT TO SHOW UP.
I MEAN, IT'S NOT LIKE THERE'S $100,000 ON THE LINE
OR ANYTHING.
- WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO GET YOU ANOTHER SKIN.
- OH, BOY. - SO REALISTICALLY,
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING ON THE FLY.
- SO JOE TELLS ME I'M GONNA GET ANOTHER SKIN,
WHICH I'M NOT HAPPY ABOUT.
FEELS LIKE A COMPLETE DISADVANTAGE
TO HAVE TO CATER TO A BRAND-NEW PERSON'S IDEAS
IN ONE HOUR,
WHEN EVERYBODY ELSE HAD ALL THE NIGHT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
- DANNY'S SKIN DOESN'T SHOW UP.
DAMN. LIKE, THAT REALLY SUCKS.
BUT AT THE SAME NOTE, LIKE, IT HAPPENS.
YOU JUST GOTTA DEAL WITH IT.
- [bleep] ME.
- I LOVE IT. - YAY!
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, ON MY SIGNAL,
YOU WILL HAVE FIVE HOURS TO COMPLETE YOUR TATTOO.
NOW IT'S TIME TO GET THE INK ROLLING
AND THE NEEDLES GOING.
YOUR TIME STARTS...
NOW! - OH.
- HERE WE GO.
- YOU GOT ABOUT TWO MORE MINUTES
BEFORE I START HYSTERICALLY CRYING.
- NICE.
GOING INTO THE COMPETITION
KNOWING THAT I HAVE IMMUNITY,
I DON'T GIVE A [bleep].
I REALLY WANT TO BEAT KARLY
AND PUT HER IN THE BOTTOM.
[needles buzzing]
- OH, MAN, THAT'S ANNOYING.
- MY SKIN IS A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR,
SO SHE WANTS TO ACCENTUATE THE BRAIN.
SO I MADE A CYBORG
WITH ONE COG AS THE GLOWING MECHANISM IN THE BRAIN.
- I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT DANNY'S SKIN DIDN'T SHOW UP.
IT SUCKS, AND I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WHAT HE'S GOING THROUGH.
- UGH!
- RIGHT NOW, TO WIN THIS CHALLENGE
I'M REALLY GONNA TRY TO FOCUS
ON LIGHT SOURCES AND HEAVIER SHADOWS
JUST SO I CAN REALLY GIVE A SENSE OF DEPTH.
[needle buzzing] - YOU OKAY?
OKAY. OKAY.
SO I HAD THIS IDEA TO PUT THIS ANATOMICAL PART
INSIDE THIS KIND OF GLOWING CAVERN IN HIS CHEST.
THE CANCER RIBBON, IT'S GENERATING POWER
BEHIND THIS HEART.
- HEY, DANNY.
- YEAH, MAN, WHAT'S UP?
- MIKE, THIS IS DANNY. - HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON?
- DANNY, THIS IS MIKE. - NICE TO MEET YOU, MAN.
- NICE TO MEET YOU, MAN. - THIS IS YOUR NEW SKIN.
USE THIS TIME WISELY. YOU'VE GOT ONE HOUR TO CONSULT,
AND YOU'RE STILL GONNA HAVE THE FIVE HOURS TO TATTOO.
- OKAY.
- SO I'M GONNA LET YOU GUYS GET AT IT.
- SO I GET THE NEW SKIN,
WHICH IS NO LONGER A PASTY, SMALL GIRL.
I WAS GONNA GO, LIKE, THESE REALLY, REALLY LIGHT TONES
THAT WERE, LIKE, GLOWING,
BUT ON HIS SKIN TONE, IT'S NOT GONNA WORK.
SO THAT JUST CHANGED THE WHOLE GAME UP.
SO WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING TO GET, DOG?
- I'M OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS.
I'LL SHOW YOU A CONCEPT THAT I HAD LAID OUT...
- OKAY. - IF YOU WANNA CHECK THAT.
I WAS GONNA DO LIKE A REALISTIC SKULL.
AND THEN KINDA, LIKE, WORK IT ALL IN
AND DO, LIKE, THE MACHINE WORK UNDERNEATH IT.
SO I JUST TOOK THE SAME DESIGN.
I WAS LIKE, "HOW ABOUT THIS IN BLACK AND GRAY?"
AND YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE...
- I'M--I'M SOLD ALREADY.
- YOU'RE SOLD? - YEAH, MAN, THAT IS DOPE, MAN.
- OH, [bleep]! THAT'S WHAT'S UP.
- I ALWAYS SAY, "I'M A SLAVE TO THE CLOCK, MAN."
- OKAY. - LIKE, I'M A ROBOT.
YEAH, WITH THE CLOCK,
I THINK THAT'LL BE SOME SIGNIFICANCE TOO, MAN.
SO I-- - PERFECT! YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
THAT WORKS COOL, MAN. - YEAH, I LIKE THAT.
- SO MY SKIN IS ACTUALLY JUST A LAIDBACK, CHILL KINDA DUDE.
HE REALLY LIKED THE IDEA
OF HAVING SOMETHING RELATED TO TIME IN THERE,
SO I KINDA PUT SOME, LIKE, CLOCKISH-LOOKING HANDS
COMING OUT OF THE FOREHEAD
BECAUSE TIME IS ALWAYS ON HIS MIND,
AND HE'S ALWAYS TRYING TO UTILIZE IT PROPERLY.
I'M JUST GONNA DO A FUN PIECE IN MY STYLE,
MAKE IT WORK.
- EVERYTHING UP UNTIL THIS POINT
HAS BEEN HAPPENING JUST THE WAY I WANT IT.
MY LINES ARE CLEAN, MY COLOR'S SATURATED,
GOT MY VALUES THE WAY I WANT 'EM.
WILLY, MAN, YOU'RE REALLY CONFIDENT,
AND YOU'RE GONNA NEED ALL OF THAT
FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE, MAN.
'CAUSE I'M COMING FOR YOU.
I'M JUST MOVING. YOU KNOW?
- I LOOK AT DARNELL'S PIECE. YOU KNOW, CRAZY COLOR BOMB.
IN MY HEAD NOW, I'M STARTING TO, LIKE,
CHANGE MY IDEA A LITTLE BIT.
I DEFINITELY NEED TO THROW MORE COLOR IN THIS PIECE.
SO THERE'S A LOT GOING ON IN MY MIND RIGHT NOW,
AND I'M TRYING NOT TO LET DARNELL SEE
THAT I'M A LITTLE SCARED.
- WELL, ALL RIGHT, MAN. YOU'RE ALL DONE.
- THAT LOOKS SICK, DOG. LOOKS REALLY SICK.
- OF COURSE I GET DONE EARLY.
I WANNA GO AND SHOW OFF TO KARLY AND SEE HER STUFF.
SO I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT.
LET'S GO SHOW KARLY, 'CAUSE SHE'S AGAINST US RIGHT NOW.
I HAVE NO WORRIES.
- GET OUTTA HERE. - NOPE.
- [laughing] - YOU GOTTA SEE IT.
- THAT'S VERY REALISTIC.
DAMN IT, JOE.
HE'S ALWAYS ABLE TO PULL OUT THESE AWESOME PIECES
AND IN HALF THE TIME AS EVERYBODY ELSE.
THAT SUCKS.
- ARTISTS, YOU HAVE 30 MINUTES LEFT.
TIME TO START FINISHING UP.
- I DID A GREAT TATTOO.
I WAS REALLY, REALLY HAPPY WITH HOW IT CAME OUT.
BUT I ALWAYS PREPARE FOR THE WORST
AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.
- ONE MINUTE LEFT.
- YOU'RE GONNA WIN THIS [bleep].
- MAYBE.
- FIVE, FOUR,
THREE, TWO,
ONE.
TIME'S UP. MACHINES DOWN.
- THIS IS, LIKE, THE ONE TIME
I FEEL LIKE I DON'T REALLY EVEN NEED THE WHOLE TIME.
I DEFINITELY PUT MY ALL INTO IT
AND REALLY TRIED MY BEST FOR WHAT THE SCENARIO WAS.
- THAT IS SO AWESOME.
- YOU LOVE IT? - YEAH.
- WHEN I SEE LARA'S PIECE,
I'M NOT REALLY SURPRISED, BECAUSE IT LOOKS LIKE
JUST ABOUT EVERY OTHER PIECE SHE'S EVER DONE.
I THINK I'M JUST GONNA TOTALLY WIN THIS.
YOU LIKE IT? - APPRECIATE IT, MAN.
- FOR SURE, BRO. - DOPE. DOPE.
- FOR SURE. - THANK YOU.
- YEAH, MAN. - I'LL HOLLER AT YOU NEXT TIME.
- ALL RIGHT, COOL. APPRECIATE IT.
- I LIKE THE WAY THE GREEN GOES SO WELL WITH THE PURPLE.
OH, I LOVE IT.
- I STEP BACK AND LOOK AT THE TATTOO,
AND I'M KIND OF PROUD OF MYSELF.
I AM A LITTLE WORRIED THAT IT'S TOO SMALL
AND IT'S ALSO TOO CONDENSED YET AGAIN.
BUT, IN GENERAL, I'M STILL HAPPY WITH IT.
- WOW. I'M AMAZED. - COOL.
- LOOKS GOOD. - I'M GLAD YOU LIKE IT.
[needle buzzing]
- YOU LIKE IT?
LUIS LOVES HIS PIECE.
HE HAD TO STOP HIMSELF FROM GETTING A LITTLE EMOTIONAL
WHEN HE SAW IT.
I'M JUST HAPPY THAT, IN HIS EYES,
I DID HIS PIECE JUSTICE.
- YEAH. THAT'S AMAZING.
THAT'S BETTER THAN I THOUGHT.
AMAZING. - I'M STOKED, MAN.
I'M STOKED.
HE REALLY LIKES IT, YOU KNOW. IT'S HIS FIRST TATTOO.
IT WAS DIFFERENT THAN HE THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE,
BUT IN THAT GOOD WAY.
IT LOOKED REALLY GOOD.
- OH, WOW. - [laughs]
- THAT LOOKS SO COOL.
- I'M HAPPY WITH THE PIECE.
THE COLORS ARE GOOD,
THE VALUES ARE THERE, AND SHE LOVES IT.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN, CHECK IT OUT.
- MAN. IT WAS WELL WORTH THE BURN, MAN.
- LIKE IT? - OH, YEAH.
- I REALLY LIKE THIS PIECE.
AND LOOKING AROUND AT EVERYBODY'S,
EVERYBODY DID SUCH GOOD PIECES
THAT IT'S GONNA BE SUCH A CLOSE BATTLE
ON WHO'S IN THE BOTTOM.
NOBODY EVEN KNOWS REALLY HOW THIS IS GONNA GO RIGHT NOW.
- RAD!
DANNY--SEEING HIS TATTOO--
MAN, THOSE SMOOTH BLACK AND GRAYS, THEY'RE SO NICE.
LIKE, HE'S REALLY GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES.
SO I'M WORRIED THAT IT MIGHT BE
MORE DIFFICULT TO BEAT HIM THAN I THOUGHT.
- THE PICTURE LOOKS GOOD.
I LIKE IT. I MEAN, PERSONALLY, I LOVE IT.
- IF I GET ELIMINATED,
I SWEAR TO GOD, I'LL BREAK SOMETHING.
- DUDE, YOU'RE NOT GOING. - YEAH.
- I'LL LITERALLY PICK UP THE WHOLE [bleep] STAGE
AND BREAK IT.
- JUST STOMP RIGHT THROUGH THE TOP THREE THINGS.
JUST RIGHT THROUGH THE STAGE. [laughter]
- [roars]
- JUST KNOCK THE WHOLE SCREEN OVER IN ONE SHOT.
- SERIOUSLY. - WILLY'S GOING CRAZY!
- AHH!
- ARTISTS, THIS IS YOUR NEXT ELIMINATION.
IN THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE,
EACH OF YOU FACED OFF IN HEAD-TO-HEAD MATCHUPS.
AFTER WE CRITIQUE YOUR WORK,
THE OTHER JUDGES AND I WILL NAME WHO WINS EACH FACE-OFF,
AND ALL THOSE PEOPLE WILL BE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION.
FROM THE ARTISTS WHO CAME OUT ON TOP,
WE WILL ALSO PICK AN OVERALL WINNER OF THE INK CHALLENGE,
AND THAT PERSON WILL HAVE IMMUNITY FROM NEXT WEEK.
THE FACE-OFF LOSERS WILL ALL BE IN DANGER
OF BEING SENT HOME.
FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE,
YOU WERE ASKED TO TELL YOUR SKIN'S STORIES
WITH BIOMECHANICAL TATTOOS.
JOE, YOU WON THE LAST INK CHALLENGE,
SO YOU'RE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK.
SO LET'S GET TO THE TATTOOS FOR THIS INK CHALLENGE FACE-OFF.
DARNELL, YOU DECIDED TO GO AGAINST WILLY.
YOUR SKIN WANTED A BIOMECHANICAL HEART
AS A TRIBUTE TO HER AILING FATHER.
- WELL, DARNELL, THE COMPOSITION I REALLY, REALLY LIKE.
I LOVE THE FACT YOU'VE GOT A LENS APERTURE IN THE CENTER.
THE SHUTTER IS A REALLY COOL CENTRAL FOCAL POINT.
- I THINK THE TATTOO IS PLACED REALLY WELL ON THE BODY.
IT GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF AN ACTUAL HEART.
MY PROBLEM COMES FROM THE ACTUAL FOREGROUND, THE GREEN.
COULD'VE DONE WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE
IN THE WAY OF TEXTURE
INSTEAD OF BEING THIS VERY HARSH GREEN LINE
AROUND THE ENTIRE PIECE.
WILLY, YOUR SKIN WANTED A BIOMECHANICAL ARM
AND A MICROPHONE TO REPRESENT FOLLOWING HIS OWN VOICE.
ALL IN ALL, IT'S A REALLY NICE PIECE.
BUT THE THING I DISLIKE
IS THE ACTUAL SIZE OF THE MICROPHONE
VERSUS THE ACTUAL RIBS.
IT'S HARD TO TELL WHICH IS DOMINATING WHICH.
- WILLY, I DO LIKE THIS TATTOO
AND I REALLY LIKE THE DEPTH IN IT.
BUT, LIKE, I FEEL LIKE WE'RE KINDA SEEING
THE SAME SORT OF THING.
I MEAN, I'VE SEEN ONE FLASH CHALLENGE
WITH A MICROPHONE.
JUST CHANGE THE MICROPHONE UP A LITTLE.
I WANT YOU TO WOW US WITH SOMETHING,
YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE WOULDN'T EXPECT.
IN THE FACE-OFF BETWEEN DARNELL AND WILLY,
THE WINNER IS...
DARNELL.
- I WIN. YOU KNOW, THAT FEELS GOOD.
I WANTED TO BEAT HIM AND I BEAT HIM.
SO I'M STOKED.
- DANNY, THIS WEEK, YOU FACED OFF AGAINST ALAYNA.
DANNY, YOUR SKIN WANTED A BIOMECHANICAL SKULL
TO REPRESENT HIS OUTLOOK ON LIFE.
THE PIECE IS REALLY NICE. SMOOTH BLACK AND GRAY.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO SEE YOU KINDA CHANGE IT.
YOU'VE DONE THE SAME KIND OF LAYOUT A HANDFUL OF TIMES,
WHERE YOU KIND OF STACK IMAGES.
- YOU CAME RIGHT OUT. YOU USED VERY BOLD LINE WEIGHTS.
YOU'VE GOT, LIKE, BEAUTIFUL SATURATION OF BLACK
IN SOME DARK AREAS IN THERE.
MY BIG ISSUE IS,
DOES IT REALLY MEET THE BIOMECHANICAL CHALLENGE?
- ALAYNA, YOUR SKIN WANTED A BIOMECHANICAL SKIN TEAR
TO REPRESENT HIS GRANDFATHER'S WORK ETHIC.
YOU'VE CAPTURED CLASSIC ELEMENTS OF OLD-SCHOOL BIOMECH.
YOU'VE GOT THESE ABSTRACT SHAPES
THAT CREATE THESE SHARP CORNERS,
GIVES THE IMPRESSION OF, LIKE, BENDING AND FLOWING METAL.
IT WOULD'VE BEEN NICE TO SEE IT KIND OF WORK
A LITTLE BIT BETTER ON THE BODY.
IT DOES KINDA HAVE THE IMPRESSION
THAT IT'S JUST KINDA PLOPPED DOWN THERE.
- I THINK YOU NAILED BIOMECH CHALLENGE HERE.
COLORS ARE GREAT.
I DO WISH YOU HAD A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND
TO CONNECT THE TATTOOS AND THE BOLTS.
AND THE TATTOO LOOKS SO COMPRESSED TO ME.
I WANNA SEE IT BIGGER AND MORE SPREAD OUT.
IN THE FACE-OFF BETWEEN DANNY AND ALAYNA,
THE WINNER IS...
ALAYNA.
- IT'S AWESOME BEING THE WINNER BETWEEN ME AND DANNY.
I ACTUALLY MIGHT HAVE A SHOT AT WINNING THIS WHOLE THING.
THE JUDGES SAID I NAILED IT.
SO MY HEART'S BEATING A LITTLE BIT.
- I THINK THAT MY PIECE WAS BETTER THAN ALAYNA'S.
PROBABLY WASN'T EXACTLY HOW I WANTED THE PIECE TO COME OUT,
BUT I THINK IT WAS DEFINITELY PASSABLE TO WIN.
- LARA, YOU FACED OFF AGAINST ROMEO THIS WEEK.
YOUR SKIN WANTED A BIOMECHANICAL BRAIN
TO REPRESENT HER PASSION FOR HER WORK IN PSYCHOLOGY.
- LARA, I LOVE HOW IT STARTS OFF ON THE TOP.
YOU'VE GOT THESE WONDERFUL HOOK-LIKE ELEMENTS
THAT ARE CRADLING THIS GLOWING GEAR APPARATUS.
IT'S REALLY GOT A GREAT SENSE OF DEPTH.
- I REALLY LIKE THE PROFILE.
I THINK SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL FACE.
THE THING THAT BUGS ME IS THE EYE.
THE EYE JUST LOOKS DEAD AND VACANT.
- I REALLY LIKE THE GEAR THAT YOU GOT GOING ON.
WHAT REALLY, TRULY DOES KILL ME IS THE HAIR.
IT JUST DOESN'T WORK.
ROMEO, YOUR SKIN WANTED A BIOMECHANICAL ARM
TO REPRESENT COMING TO TERMS
WITH A CAREER-ENDING SPORTS INJURY.
- THIS REALLY IMPRESSED THE [bleep] OUT OF ME, SERIOUSLY.
THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF IT THAT ARE REALLY SUPER EFFECTIVE.
YOU'VE GOT MULTIPLE LINE WEIGHTS GOING ON.
ALL THESE THINGS WORKING TOGETHER
TO GIVE THE SENSE OF THAT GLOWING CENTER IN THERE.
YOU COULD TELL YOU WERE HAVING FUN WITH IT.
- THE COLORS ON THIS ARE AMAZING.
I'M A LITTLE WEIRDED OUT BY THE CENTER THOUGH.
I FEEL LIKE THE CIRCLES THERE COULD BE A LITTLE MORE CIRCULAR,
SINCE THAT'S THE BIG FOCAL POINT.
BUT OVERALL, YOU STEPPED UP FROM LAST WEEK, DEFINITELY.
IN THE FACE OFF BETWEEN LARA AND ROMEO,
THE WINNER IS...
ROMEO.
- IT FEELS SO GOOD RIGHT NOW TO BEAT LARA.
I DON'T WANNA RUB IT IN HER FACE,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME, I DO.
IT FEELS GOOD TO FINALLY BEAT HER AT SOMETHING
THAT SHE THINKS SHE'S, LIKE, THE QUEEN BEE AT.
- KARLY, YOU FACED OFF AGAINST JOE THIS WEEK.
YOUR SKIN WANTED A BIOMECHANICAL HEART
AS A TRIBUTE TO HIS LATE MOTHER.
- VIBRANT, STRONG COLORS HERE.
REALLY SATURATED, CLEAN LINES.
REALLY LIKE THE CANCER AWARENESS RIBBON IN THERE.
THAT DEFINITELY, YOU KNOW, TIES IN THE SKIN'S STORY,
AND OTHER PEOPLE CAN RELATE TO IT BY SEEING THAT.
- WELL, KARLY, YOU DEFINITELY WENT AMBITIOUS WITH THIS ONE.
BEAUTIFULLY DONE. I DO LOVE THE LIGHTNING EFFECTS.
YOU REALLY GRASPED, LIKE, THE FUNDAMENTAL BIOMECH LOOK.
YOU JUST GOT IT.
- JOE.
YOUR SKIN WANTED A BIOMECHANICAL KNEE
TO REPRESENT A RECOVERY FROM SERIOUS INJURY.
I REALLY LIKE THE TEXTURE THAT YOU ACHIEVED IN THE BACKGROUND.
IT ALMOST LOOKS LIKE IT'S SITTING INSIDE THE SKIN.
IT JUST LOOKS CREEPY.
YOU LOSE IT FOR ME ON THIS PIECE WITH THE GLASS.
YOU WOULD'VE BEEN BETTER OFF JUST PACKING WHITE INTO IT
AND REALLY JUST HITTING US OVER THE HEAD WITH,
"THIS IS DEFINITELY GLASS IN THE FOREGROUND."
- ONCE AGAIN, TAKING A RISK, TRYING SOMETHING NEW.
I THINK YOU MAYBE COULD'VE EMPLOYED SOME DIFFERENT COLORS
TO REALLY DRIVE HOME THE FACT THAT THESE ARE HOOKS OF SKIN
ON THE INSIDE OF THAT GLASS.
AND THE PERSPECTIVE
OF THE DIFFERENT GEARS NEXT TO ONE ANOTHER
ARE ACTUALLY DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER.
SO THAT WAS PROBLEMATIC FOR ME.
- IN THE FACE-OFF BETWEEN KARLY AND JOE...
THE WINNER IS...
KARLY.
- JOE IS JUST A COCKY LITTLE BOY.
SO WHEN I WIN, IT FEELS REALLY GOOD.
[laughing]
- SO THAT MEANS OUR FOUR
INK CHALLENGE FACE-OFF WINNERS THIS WEEK
ARE DARNELL, ROMEO, ALAYNA, AND KARLY.
DARNELL, YOU HAD FUN WITH IT.
IT WAS OBVIOUS YOU WERE REALLY ENJOYING YOURSELF.
ROMEO, THIS IS SO UNLIKE ANYTHING
THAT YOU'VE DONE BEFORE,
AND YOU REALLY TOOK IT AS FAR AS YOU COULD TAKE IT.
ALAYNA, YOU GOT THE FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOMECH,
AND YOU PUT IT IN A VERY CHALLENGING LOCATION.
KARLY, YOU REALLY GRASPED THE FUNDAMENTALS.
IT WAS A DYNAMIC AND COLORFUL PIECE.
WE SAW SOME REALLY STRONG ENTRIES
INTO THIS WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE.
BUT WE DID PICK A WINNER,
AND THIS WEEK'S WINNER IS...
KARLY.
[applause]
- I WON THIS INK CHALLENGE.
I'M MORE COMFORTABLE NOW
THINKING I HAVE A CHANCE TO MAKE IT FARTHER ALONG
THAN I EVER THOUGHT BEFORE.
- CONGRATULATIONS, KARLY, DARNELL, ROMEO, ALAYNA.
YOU ALL WON YOUR BIOMECH FACE-OFFS
AND YOU'RE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK.
NOW, NORMALLY, AT THIS POINT,
THE TOP ARTIST WOULD DECIDE ON THEIR BOTTOM THREE.
HOWEVER, JOE, AS LAST WEEK'S INK CHALLENGE WINNER,
YOU'RE SAFE FROM ELIMINATION THIS WEEK,
WHICH BASICALLY MEANS
WE'VE ALREADY GOT OUR BOTTOM THREE ARTISTS.
WILLY, PLEASE STEP DOWN.
LARA, PLEASE STEP DOWN.
DANNY, PLEASE STEP DOWN.
WILLY, DANNY, LARA.
YOU'RE ALL IN THE BOTTOM THREE THIS WEEK
AND IN DANGER OF GOING HOME.
NOW, THE OTHER JUDGES AND I ARE GONNA NEED SOME TIME
TO DELIBERATE AND DECIDE WHICH ONE OF YOU GUYS
WILL BE ELIMINATED THIS WEEK.
- THAT WAS HEAVY, WASN'T IT?
- YEAH, [bleep] RIDICULOUS. THEY SAID IT WASN'T ORIGINAL?
THAT [bleep] WAS [bleep] WAY MORE ORIGINAL
THAN [bleep] MOST OF THE [bleep] BIOMECH [bleep]
THAT I SAW.
GOTTA BE [bleep] KIDDING ME, DUDE.
- YEAH, BUT DUDE, YOU WERE GOING AGAINST DARNELL.
WHAT'D YOU EXPECT?
ONE OF YOU TWO HAD TO BE IN THE BOTTOM, MAN.
- YEAH, I EXPECT TO WIN EVERY [bleep] TIME, DUMMY.
I'M IN THE BOTTOM THREE, AND IT DOES NOT FEEL GOOD AT ALL.
I KNOW THAT IT'S JUST BY DEFAULT,
BUT HONESTLY, THAT DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING TO ME.
IT'S A TERRIBLE FEELING.
I NEVER EVER WANTED TO BE HERE.
- NOBODY'S GONNA SEND YOU HOME, WILLY.
- I'M NOT GOING HOME.
EVEN IF THEY TOLD ME THAT I WAS GOING HOME,
I'D BE LIKE, "NOPE. PICK SOMEBODY ELSE."
[laughter]
- ALL RIGHT, ARTISTS, THE JUDGES HAVE MADE THEIR DECISION.
LARA, DANNY, WILLY, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO HEAD BACK
TO THE ELIMINATION STAGE.
- WILLY, LARA, DANNY,
YOU'VE LOST YOUR FACE-OFF THIS WEEK
AND YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE BOTTOM THREE.
ONE OF YOU WILL BE GOING HOME THIS EVENING.
- WILLY, LARA, DANNY,
YOU'VE LOST YOUR FACE-OFF THIS WEEK
AND YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE BOTTOM THREE.
ONE OF YOU WILL BE GOING HOME THIS EVENING.
WILLY, YOU HAVE A REALLY UNIQUE APPROACH
TO BIOMECH TATTOOING,
BUT UNFORTUNATELY THE BALANCE, WE JUST FELT,
WAS JUST KINDA OFF.
LARA, YOU HAD A REALLY GOOD MELDING
OF THIS AUTOMATON FIGURE
AND THE BIOMECH IN THE BACKGROUND,
BUT NONE OF US LIKED THE BACKDROP
FOR WHAT YOU GOT GOING ON FOR THE FACE.
DANNY, YOUR PIECE LACKS
ANY KIND OF REAL BIOMECH FEEL WHATSOEVER.
IT LOOKS MORE LIKE AN ILLUSTRATION
THAT YOU KIND OF MASHED TOGETHER AND TRIED TO CALL IT BIOMECH.
NOW, WILLY, THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS,
YOU GOT CALLED OUT BY ANOTHER COMPETITOR
AND UNFORTUNATELY, YOU FOUND YOURSELF
ON THE [bleep] END OF THE STICK THIS WEEK.
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
HAVING SAID THAT,
YOU'RE STILL COMPETING FOR BEST INK.
SO GO BACK TO THE ARTISTS' LOUNGE.
- SURPRISE, SURPRISE.
I'M PISSED RIGHT NOW. I SHOULD'VE WON.
AND ME NOT BEING IN THE TOP THREE,
IT'S GONNA DRIVE ME TO DO BETTER IN THE FLASH CHALLENGES,
BETTER IN THE INK CHALLENGES.
- DANNY, I UNDERSTAND YOU HAD THE RUG PULLED OUT
FROM UNDERNEATH YOU, AND THAT'S AN ABSOLUTE BUMMER.
OUR PROBLEM WITH THIS TATTOO
IS IT KINDA FAILED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
YOUR FIRST DRAWING WAS NOT BIOMECH,
AND NEITHER WAS YOUR SECOND.
LARA, THIS TATTOO LACKS THE PUNCH THAT IT NEEDS
TO REALLY CREATE METAL.
YOU NEED BLACK AND A HIGHLIGHT.
THIS JUST DID NOT HAVE IT.
HAVING SAID ALL THAT, LARA...
YOU'RE STILL COMPETING FOR BEST INK.
- THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, DANNY.
WE DON'T THINK THAT THIS TATTOO
WOULD'VE GOTTEN YOU OFF THE BOTTOM THREE
EVEN IF YOU HAD DONE IT ON YOUR INITIAL SKIN.
- I DEFINITELY AGREE WITH YOUR GUYS' DECISION 100%.
AND--AH!
I CAN'T WAIT TO GO TATTOO AND THEN LOOK OVER MY SHOULDER,
AND GUESS WHAT, JOE CAPOBIANCO'S NOT THERE.
[laughter]
- WELL, WE NEED YOU TO GO BACK TO THE TATTOO SHOP
AND CLEAN OUT YOUR STATION.
BEST OF LUCK, MAN.
- I APPRECIATE IT, GUYS. THANK YOU.
THIS COMPETITION HAS CHANGED ME
IN MORE WAYS THAN JUST HOW I TATTOO.
I'VE ONLY BEEN TATTOOING FOR, LIKE, 2 1/2 YEARS.
I GOT, LIKE, SO MUCH OF MY CAREER LEFT.
SO FOR ME TO EVEN GET ON THIS COMPETITION
THIS YOUNG IN MY CAREER, I'M JUST, LIKE, SUPER LUCKY.
I GOT "HUSTLE HARD" TATTOOED ON THE SIDE OF MY HEAD,
AND IT DON'T SAY IT FOR NOTHING, YOU KNOW?
I JUST WANTED TO SEE HOW FAR I COULD TAKE IT.
- HEY, HEY. - LARA!
- DANNY WENT HOME. - WHAT'S ROMEO GONNA DO?
- I'M REALLY, REALLY BUMMED THAT DANNY HAS TO GO HOME.
BUT I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT I'M STILL HERE
IN THIS COMPETITION
AND I STILL HAVE A CHANCE TO WIN THAT PRIZE.
- IT'S GONNA BE DIFFERENT WITHOUT DANNY HERE.
- YEAH. - FOR REAL.
- YOU KNOW WHAT WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO?
WE SHOULD GO WASTE A BUNCH OF MONEY AT A STRIP CLUB
IN HIS HONOR. [laughter]
- KNOWING THAT WE'RE AT A LEVEL NOW WHERE, IF YOUR TATTOO
IS JUST NOT, LIKE, BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE'S,
YOU POSSIBLY COULD GO HOME.
IT JUST PUTS SO MUCH MORE PRESSURE ON EVERYBODY.
- YO, EVERYBODY, IT'S BEEN A LONG DAY.
LET'S GET THE [bleep] OUTTA HERE!
- LET'S GO HOME, GUYS. - THANK YOU, DARNELL.
- NEXT WEEK ON BEST INK...
- HERE TO GUIDE YOU IS SURF LEGEND LAIRD HAMILTON.
- A GOOD SURFBOARD IS A WINDOW INTO THE SOUL
OF THE SURFER WHO RIDES IT.
- TIME'S ALMOST UP, AND I'M LOOKING AT MY PIECE.
IT'S NOT TOTALLY DEVELOPED.
- IN TODAY'S INK CHALLENGE,
YOU'RE GOING TO CAPTURE THE SPIRIT OF THE SEA
WITH NAUTICAL TATTOOS.
- OH, YOU'RE DOING TWO. - YEAH.
- TWO TATTOOS IN FIVE HOURS?
IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS.
- YOU WERE TRYING TO DO A COVER-UP.
I KINDA WISH YOU HADN'T.
- THE MANDELA THING IS DRIVING ME CRAZY.
- IT JUST FAILS ON SO MANY DIFFERENT LEVELS.
YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO CONTINUE
TO PULL STUFF LIKE THIS OFF.
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