"Male announcer:" "This season on "Ink Master"..." " For the judges, it's personal." " Oh, yeah." "announcer:" "It's Peck versus Nuñez." " We're gonna pick our teams, and we're gonna go to war." " If I can help coach my people, and he can help coach his people, it's gonna give a chance for the artistry to go up and for the competition to get tighter and tighter." "announcer:" "And for the first time ever, 30 artists will compete for 18 shots." " This is the first time that me and Nuñez have any sort of selection process on who actually makes it to the show." "announcer:" "The judges will weed out the weak..." " It seems like everybody in this [bleep] room forgot that it was Japanese day." "announcer:" "In a mass elimination before the competition even begins." " Just send 12 of these mother[bleep] home right now." " You'll send a strong message if you knock people off before they're even done." "Good luck." " Here we go." " This is the end of the line, my friend." " Go ahead and pack up your machines, 'cause this is as far as you go." " Really?" " So I gotta quit?" " Quit [bleep] around." " Don't come over here, Oliver." " What the [bleep] just happened?" " They were literally stopping people and being like..." " I'm looking for people that are gonna be an asset to my team." "announcer:" "When the dust settles..." " My picks are deliberate, and I know who I want." "announcer:" "Two elite teams of nine handpicked artists will be left standing." " You have to live, breathe, eat, and die this place right here." "announcer:" "But only one will earn a $100,000 prize..." " I am competitive." "I want to win this goddamn thing." "announcer:" "And the title of Ink Master." " All right, Olly, let the games begin." "[rock music]" "♪ [dramatic music]" " All of you are here because you think you have what it takes to be the next Ink Master." "But if you want to compete for the title, you're gonna have to prove it first." "There are 30 of you, but there's only room for 18 artists in this competition." "♪" "If you impress the judges, you get a shot." "If you don't impress the judges, you are out." " 12 people are being eliminated right off the bat?" " We're not screwing around here." "Olly, tell these guys what they're doing today." " You're gonna have five hours to do as many small American traditional tattoos as you can." "If you do not have the basics and the fundamentals down, you do not deserve to be here." " My butt is clenched." " There is one other thing." "Since this is Oliver's specialty, he is calling the shots." "If he doesn't like what he's seeing, he can and will send you home." " I am literally freaking out." " You've each been randomly assigned a canvas." "♪" "Your time starts now." "♪" " Hobo Ink." "How you doing?" " Raphael." "Nice to meet you too." " This is what you want." " I'm gonna get you a lot." " Quality over quantity." " This season's gonna be the battle royal." "It's Olly versus me." "We're gonna pick our teams, and we're gonna go to war." " If I can help coach my people and he can help coach his people, it's gonna give a chance for the artistry to go up and for the competition to get tighter and tighter." "Right now, first tattoo selection process is on." "[tattoo machines buzzing]" "Huh." "So far so good." " It sucks to do American traditional in front of Oliver Peck, because I know he's gonna see every mistake with a huge microscope." " SketchyLawyer." " What is up, man?" " What's up with this name?" " I do sketches, and my last name is Lawyer." "My strategy with this tattoo is just to pull crispy-ass lines." "I'ma just try to do as many as I can as clean as I can." "[tattoo machines buzzing]" " How do you say your last name, bud?" "McAsKill?" "That's quite an apparatus you got on there, man." "Got some back issues?" " Yeah, I hurt my back, like, two years ago, and now I wear it to tattoo." "I am here to win the title of Ink Master." "There's only seven people on the planet that have won it." "I want to be the eighth." "[tattoo machines buzzing]" " If you have any pointers..." " My pointer is hurry up." "♪" "All right, bud, time to get serious." " It's my first time doing this traditional." " These [bleep] people." "Just send 12 of these mother[bleep] home right now." ""What is your job?" "I'm a tattooer."" ""Oh, you know what a traditional tattoo is?"" ""I have no clue." "But here I am, ready to [bleep] be an Ink Master."" " So what do you think?" "Are you gonna knock him off before it gets to the end, or what?" " As soon as I find people that I don't... deserve to continue, they're out." " You'll send a strong message if you knock people off before they're even done." "Good luck." " Here we go." "♪" " What's going on over here, guys?" " Got a little traditional eagle on the insides of the arms." " Hey, Brett, unfortunately, this is as far as you go." " Are you serious?" " I am serious." " Aww, man." " [gasps] [whispers indistinctly]" " What seems to be the problem?" " Some problems with the drawing, problems with the placement, problems with the outline." " So I gotta quit?" " This is it." " Damn." "Rude." " Dang." " Don't come over here, Oliver." " Oliver Peck is a [bleep] dick." " What's going on, guys?" " Checkin' 'em all out, man." " Traditional, traditional, traditional." " Does that say "Wild Free Alive"" "or "Wild Tree Alive"?" " I think that he's only doing one tat today." "[tattoo machine buzzing]" "Hobo." "That's the end of the line." "No pass." "No play." " Hey, man, to all the surviving members, somebody put that toothpick in the back of his throat for me." " All right, guys!" "One hour down." "Quit [bleep] around." "♪" " Am I next?" "Am I next?" "Is he coming over here to send me home?" "And I'm terrified, because I've only been tattooing now for four years, which is definitely not a long time." " [laughs] Oh, you figured you'd [bleep] it up even more." " [gasps] What?" " What is the challenge today?" " American traditional, which is no white." " The things people come on this competition to do boggles my mind." " Two hours remaining, everybody." "♪" " You know what?" "I'm interested in seeing the twins." " I have an identical twin brother." "We live together, work together." "We do everything together." " My brother and I, we are pretty much the same person." " They have the same problems." "We got one mediocre tattooer and just doubled it." " Just sneaking a peek." " Came up in a street shop and used to have to do 15, 20 tattoos a day." " Well, let's see it, man." "Come on." " I want to show that I can do everything." "Oh, my God." "Day one, you make a big mistake like this, that's gonna cost you." "Chris?" " Yes." " You're done." "Pack it up." " This is a mass elimination of tattoo artists." "Nobody in here is safe right now." " How long you been tattooing?" " 24 years." "Traditional is definitely my roots." " I'm not a big fan of Nate's drawings." "But at least I like his approach." "Big, simplistic." "Boom, you can knock 'em out." "They're clean." " Ten minutes remaining." " Johnny Flash, where you at?" " Downtown Orlando, tattoo bar." " Tattoo bar?" " I tattoo all day and party all night." "I don't have time to draw right now, so I'm gonna sit here and freestyle an anchor, 'cause that's what Johnny Flash does." " Johnny Flash is on weak ground." " If that's how he's gonna color everything, that would probably be a mercy killing." " Johnny, I gotta tell you, this is as far as you go." " Really?" " Yep." "Color saturation issues." "Line work issues." " I disagree on all that." " I'm not trying to argue." " Oliver Peck royally [bleep] up." " He's living in a dream, not living the dream." " Good luck, assholes." "[bleep] all y'all." " Five, four, three, two, one." "Time is up." "Machines down." "No more ink." " What the [bleep] just happened?" " They were literally stopping people and being like..." " Do you have a team leader yet?" " No." " What are you thinking?" "Talk to me." "We're gonna do the old face-off." " I do not have a team captain yet." " No team captain for you yet?" " You got one?" " I got a few, in case you pick the one I want." " Aha!" "♪" " It is time to critique your work." "SketchyLawyer, you're up first." "Three strong tattoos, super clean lines, limited color palette... it's one of the stronger outings we've seen today." " If your tattoo did not look like that today, you don't stack up." "This is what you're up against." " Mike." " I really like the tattoo on her calf." "Nice open legible design for the size." "Your application is strong." "You show promise." " Carolyn." " Evidently, you're not really well-versed in the traditional style." "The shape of the dagger versus the rose is very remedial." " I draw very detailed." "To simplify is actually one of my struggles, actually, in tattooing." " Why is it that we always see problems with American traditional?" " Because people think it's simple and easy, and they can't even do it." "It is simplified style, but it's not easy to master." " All right, Kelly." " Slick tattoo." "Flawless execution, not even near American traditional." "If this was the last tattoo going for the win, you lose." "This isn't "Do Your Own Thing Master."" " This was also the challenge that I was the most scared for." " If you don't do the challenges that are given to you, you will not make it to the end." "This is a game." "You play the game, you have a chance at winning." "You don't play the game, you're [bleep] out." " Please go by definition of what it is that you're asked to do, or you will be a good tattooer that leaves and somebody not as good will stay 'cause they followed directions." "'Cause a lot of people gotta go." "Today you dealt with Oliver;" "tomorrow you deal with me." " Nuñez is merciless." "If you're gonna [bleep] up, don't do it on the day that Nuñez is in charge." " For this next tattoo, Chris is calling the shots." " It seems like everybody in this [bleep] room forgot that it was Japanese day." "You gonna [bleep] stop him?" " Let's go." "Let's get it." " Oh, there's teams." "What the hell?" " My picks are deliberate, and I know who I want." "[dramatic music]" "♪" " Congratulations on making it through the first tattoo." "26 of you remain, but only 18 of you will compete for the title of Ink Master." "For this next tattoo," "Chris is calling the shots." " Ladies and gentlemen, welcome your live models." "♪" " [bleep]." "♪" "Today I'm looking for you guys to create beautiful geishas." "You're gonna be using these models and these models only as your reference." "Their kimonos are adorned with things that were royalty for kings." "You will have six hours to do it." " Wow." " And since this is Chris' specialty, if he doesn't like what he sees, he will send you home on the spot." "You've each been randomly assigned a canvas." "Your time starts now." "♪" " I'm coming." " He wants us to stick pretty much to... yeah... both:" "Japanese traditional." " So it doesn't just cut off at her torso, we'll put, like, some kind of flower or something." " She has really strong facial features, so I think that's gonna work in our favor." " Today is dream-crushing day." "Putting these competitors through the wringer now gives Oliver and I a stronger idea of who it is that we want for our teams." "All I give a [bleep] about is the quality of work that they deliver, and if I see people that are talented, obviously that's who I want." " Can you bend your fingers a little bit?" "Yeah." " Can you just bring your head down just a little bit?" " Countdown to getting yelled at." "I did not meet the American traditional challenge, and through some merciful grace," "I am still in this competition." " Plenty of time for you?" " Yeah." "It's a big open face." " She's gonna pack that face solid white." " Right?" "That's how you do it." "Now's not the time for jokes." "I see that now." " Kelly is doing her own thing." " Don't like it." " Other than the hairdo, it's the only thing that says geisha." " The struggle is real, bro." " The pressure's on." "All these full body little pinups that you're seeing?" " Delusions of grandeur?" " Ugh." " What up, guys?" " Trying to do it as fast as I can, that way I got more time to tattoo, polish it on the skin." " I'm looking for who's confident, no guesswork." "Those are gonna be the people I'm gonna try to get on my team:" "The people that aren't fumbling around and wondering what to draw." "I'm worried about that one." " I'm not." " You're not?" " I'm not." " All right." " Four hours left." "Four hours remain." "♪" " [speaking Japanese]" " Wow." " I got to go to Japan in high school for foreign exchange." " I wasn't expecting to hear that." " Nobody is." "My name is Elisheba." "Make sure you get it right." " Oh, it's already started?" " Oh, yeah." "Look over here." "Damn. - [clears throat]" " No way." "You don't like it?" " I like it, but it's facing the wrong way." "Stencil's on backwards." " Mother[bleep]." "Placing a face towards the center of a person's body is a humongous rule, and I just broke it." "Don't do this to me." "Please don't let me go." " Breathe." "Keep going." "♪" " Who's [bleep] up the most?" " CK." "On paper, the drawing is the weakest drawing of the bunch." "CK?" "Let me see you for a sec." "What do you think of that face?" " I need to redraw it a little bit." " Pull that one together." " I got you." " A big thing for me is not teaching somebody how to tattoo." "All I'm gonna do is have them rely on the bag of tools that they have and try to exploit those tools to the best I can with them on my team." "If they're smart, and they want 100 grand, they'll listen." " Three more hours remaining, guys." "♪" " There's eventually gonna be color in it." " I have to." " He's not used to being on the clock, that's for sure." " Seems like the few people that started out good have just lost it." " Don't worry, you started out terrible." " [laughs]" "I don't give up easily." "I had a really aggressive cancer." "I've had two major surgeries." "I obviously had to fight to be here, so failure is not an option." " I like it." "But it's not really Japanese." "It's like all these people, everybody does their one thing." "It's all fine and dandy when you're at home." " Yeah, this isn't home, that's for sure." "♪" " How are you doing?" " A little stressed, yeah." " What's going on?" " I'm trying to make it look like a wood block." " Wood block?" "That's why you simplified the face?" " Yes." " Last hour." "One hour left." " All right, guys, talk to me about how this is going." " It seems like everybody in this [bleep] room forgot that it was Japanese day." " The ability to do a mass execution is liberating for us." "If you don't want to listen, it's your fast pass to get the [bleep] out." "If we're picking teams, I want a strong team." " If they ain't done it by now, they ain't gonna do it." " Let's go." "Let's go." "CK, buddy, this is the end of the line, my friend." " I have no clue what Cris Eck is doing." " He's doing light purple with red outlines." "All right, Cris, this'll be the last one." " Appreciate the opportunity." "♪" " The twins hit bummers." " Hey, Ryan?" "Thanks for coming out, bud, but this is the last one." "♪" "The twins are pretty much the same tattooer, so I think we only need one." " You'll do fine, dude." " One twin down." " It's bull[bleep]." " Give her a wipe, Marie?" "♪" "End of the road." "I think this is just not the environment for you." " I overthought it." "I'm feeling all this stress and pressure, and I choked." "♪" " Five, four, three, two, one." "That's it." "Machines down." "Time is up." "No more ink." "♪" " I just made your team a little bit better." "You're welcome." " My team's better?" " That was all your team." " That was not my team." " I just saved you." "I just saved you. - [laughs]" " Dude, I just threw you a life preserver." "♪" " Time to critique your work." "Let's start with Kelly." " You do beautiful tattoos." "They're slick, but completely not Japanese." "It's not feed me your style." "It's feed me the fact that you can do all styles." " Gian." "You were, like, down to the wire." " I should have probably shown less kimono." " The kimono, actually, is the best part." "So showing as much of it as you did was a good thing." " You want to make sure that you can make educated choices." " Sirvone." " When you jack up a line, you better hope it's not on the face." "A lot of you are here because other people just sucked worse." " I ain't gonna lie, man." "I didn't know if one of you guys were gonna tap my shoulder and be like, "Yo, get your [bleep]."" " At this point, you guys are not doing anything that you're asked to do." "You have to show that you have the stamina and the chops to get to the end." "So do it." " All right, guys, we're down to just 22 artists, but there's only room for 18 of you in this competition." "Pack your machines." "We're heading to the Ink Master shop." " Nice." " There are still too many artists." "I'm still not safe." "♪ [rock music]" "♪" " Whoo." "Oh, my God." " Look at that, dude." " Oh-ho-ho, snap." " Look at that." "Holy [bleep]." " This is so [bleep] exciting." " Oh, there's teams." "What the hell?" " Team Nuñez." "Team Peck." " Wow." "This is gonna be crazy." " I wonder if it's like they get to choose their team." " 18 spots." "Not enough for everybody." " Uh-oh." " All right, guys, bring it in." "[dramatic music]" "This is what you've been battling it out for:" "One of these 18 shops." "And this season, it's Team Peck versus Team Nuñez." " Oh, that's crazy." " Teams scare the [bleep] out of me because I am a lone wolf." "I'm not a team player." " Chris and Oliver will each build a team of nine artists." "Throughout the competition, the judges will advise their artists on their team, hoping to lead one of them to an Ink Master victory." " The point is for us to guide you, to push you in the right direction." "We've sat through seven seasons of watching people make mistakes, going," ""Damn, I wish we could have told them."" "Well, this is the time where I'm gonna get to tell you." "So if I give you all the ammo, it's your hand and your brain that has to push it forward." "I want to see good tattoos." " It is a game." "This is the challenge more than just your technical abilities, more than just your artistic skills." "You have to live, breathe, eat, and die this place right here." "That's what it's gonna take to make it to the end." " And it's exciting." "Both of us want to win." "My picks are deliberate, and I know who I want." " You will each pick one artist at a time." "And we will flip a coin to see who picks first." " Let's do it." " Chris, you call it." "♪" " Tails." "[coin clinks]" "♪" " Tails it is." " Make sure there's a heads on the other side of that coin." " You guys ready to choose the first half of your teams?" " Oh, yeah." " Chris, who's gonna be the first artist to earn a spot on your team?" "♪" " All I give a [bleep] about is the quality of work that they deliver." "People that are talented, obviously that's who I want." "I'm taking Mr. Eric Gonzalez." "After watching him work, Eric Gonzalez would be my pick to win the whole thing based on his talent level, based on his skill level." "Strong black and gray." " Oliver, you're up next." " Ryan Ashley." "♪" " That's a good one." " If I didn't pick Ryan," "I figured that was gonna be his second pick." "She has great artistic skills, and she's very good at what she does." " Miss Nikki Simpson." "♪" " Whoo!" "I got it." "I got my team Nuñez." "I knew I would." " All right, Olly, you're up." " Mike McAsKill." "♪" " Bastard." " [laughs]" " How could you pick those people before you pick me?" "This sucks." " Chris, you got the next pick." " Every team needs a great attorney." "SketchyLawyer." "♪" " Olly." "[intense music]" " I'm trying to talk to Oliver telepathically," ""You want Gian Karle on your team."" "♪" " Gonna go with Gian Karle." " All right." "♪" " Miss Kelly Doty." "Kelly's an amazing artist." "Even though I didn't like what she showed me the entire two days of this whole competition," "I know exactly what we're looking for." "If they listen, I can give them the keys to the kingdom." " There are two challenges so far where Kelly specifically did not follow directions." "Maybe I should've just said, "Hey, eff everybody."" " Oliver." " Elisheba?" "Anybody?" " Gia Rose." " I am super excited that Gia Rose is on my team because her designing ability is out of the park." "♪" " All right, Chris, you're next." " God, it feels like elementary school, and you're the one kid that doesn't get picked." "Just pick me." " Kevin LaRoy." "Kevin has strong application." "I think overall Kevin can do big things in this competition." "♪" " Oliver, you're up next." "♪" " We got this." " Hell yeah." " Gonna go with Nate Beavers." "♪" "Can't say enough for someone who's been tattooing 24 years." "I feel confident in the people I've picked." "Team Peck might clean sweep this whole competition." " Team Nuñez is stacked, and I have a weapon for anything that Olly's got." "Hopefully have an oversized advantage against Team Peck." " All right, guys, congratulations to the ten of you." "As for the rest of you, there are four spots remaining on Team Peck and four spots on Team Nuñez." "You will have one last chance to earn a spot." "The four artists who are not chosen to be on either team will be eliminated." " There's no way I'm going home today." "I am getting a shop in this competition." " For this round, the style and subject of your tattoo are completely up to you." " If you're smart in this next tattoo, you will show a little bit of versatility." "Show everything you got." " But that is not all." "For the judges, this season, it's personal." "Win the title of Ink Master, and the winner will also get an all-expense-paid guest spot at either Chris's Hand Crafted in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, or Oliver's Elm Street Tattoo in Dallas, Texas." " All right, man." " Badass." " Getting a guest spot, that's like the cherry on top." " These guys are willing to put their name on the line." "I want to make them proud." " This is your last chance to convince either Oliver or Chris that you have what it takes to compete in this shop and tattoo out of theirs." "Get set up to tattoo, and we'll bring in your canvases." "♪" " This is it." "It's my head on the chopping block right now." "I mean, I need to prove myself." " This kind of pressure, I never knew existed." "This is definitely an "Oh, [bleep]" situation." "♪ [intense music]" "♪" " Artists, your canvases have been randomly assigned." "[dramatic music]" "♪" "You have six hours to tattoo any subject, any style." "This is your last chance to earn a shop, and your time starts now." " Are you open?" " How much of it is up to me?" " Ribs or something like that." " No, no, ribs is horrible for this." "♪" " These people didn't get chosen on what we've seen so far." "Last Chance Saloon." "Time to do whatever you want to do to get picked on a team." "[tattoo machines buzzing]" " Let's get you up here and let's get the stencil on you." " I'm confident that everybody on this side can take everybody on that side." " We're good." "We're solid." "[tattoo machines buzzing]" " That design rules." "I'm choosing the style that I built at home." "It's a mix of psychedelic pop art and traditional tattoo application." " I like Geary, but he's got a serious shaking problem." " I have a tremor due to Lyme disease." "I build my tattoos in a way that I focus on the things that I'm strong at." "I'm hoping that my creativity really impresses the judges." "[tattoo machines buzzing]" " Tito's drawing right on." "Gonna go take a look." " You can almost tell who wants to be on which team by what they're doing right now." " I really want to be on Team Nuñez because Chris inspired me to do what I do, which is Japanese style." "I'm going to the end." "♪" " What up?" "How's it going over there?" " Just wanted to impress Oliver." "Rather be on that team." " Yeah." " Go do a guest spot at Elm Street." " It'd be pretty wicked." " I tattoo for my children." "When their biological mother lost her battle with addiction and passed away, it gave me an entire new purpose." "The goal is to win the $100,000 so that I can provide a better life for them." "[intense music]" " This is gonna be an eyeball?" " Yeah." " In the head?" "Nah, see, I don't..." "I don't know." "I don't know." " My canvas won't let me do anything." "A skull, maybe?" " I can't do a skull." "There's no way." " Here's the problem though." "You get the canvas, then they start telling you what they want, and then you [bleep] yourself." " What's going on, guys?" "You need to get tattooing." " I know." "I know." "I really want him to, you know..." " I'm nervous to get a skull." " Doesn't like any of the ideas I just kind of threw at him." " I don't want to do a skull." "I don't know how" "I'm gonna explain that to my son." " If you're not willing to give her this open canvas, the less time you waste, the better." " Clock is ticking." " I know." "I'm just..." "I'm just too nervous to... ♪" "I'm too nervous to do what she wants to do." " This mother[bleep] douchebag is not going to destroy my chance at this [bleep]." " I guess you should call somebody else in, man." "[intense music]" " I don't have a canvas." "I don't have a tattoo." "He was stressing me out." " Come here." "Come on." "There you go." " Okay." " [bleep] yesterday." " Listen, you're gonna get somebody." "Relax." "Hello." " Hey, look who it is." " Oh, you're beautiful." "Hi." " Hi." " I want to do a really hot girl with an eye in the middle dripping colors." " That sounds dope." " Dope as [bleep]." " You have five hours remaining." " It's gonna do down, bitches." "Watch your backs." "[dramatic music]" "♪" " I'm going neo-traditional." "That's what I'm most comfortable with." "It's just baffling to me that I don't have a spot on one of these teams." "I'm super nervous." "♪" " The tattoo I'm gonna do today is Princess Hilla all the way:" "Bubble gum-y, sexy, and then Oliver Peck's totally gonna pick me for his team, and then we're just gonna live happily ever after 'cause I'm gonna be the first princess Ink Master, and this is awesome." "[tattoo machines buzzing]" " Just working under pressure, baby." "That's how you get diamonds." "I thought that Chris Nuñez would be impressed by my geisha, but I got kicked in the nuts." "I'm on auto-kill." "You give me something to do, and I'm gonna keep doing it until you make me leave this competition." " My main thing is wondering who the weakest links are." "♪" " Came here from Brazil with nothing." "I used to be a male stripper dancer, and now I do great tattoos." "If the judge don't pick my tattoo, they're out of their mind." "♪" "I'm gonna take a crack back at traditional." "I'm gonna show Olly and Chris" "I can pull those lines." "I can pack that bold color." "I got to come out swinging, and if I don't, I'll be walking home." " One hour left, guys." "♪" "I'm from the projects." "My business supports my whole family." "I would probably be a millionaire right now if I didn't have nine brothers and sisters." " Ten minutes remaining, guys." "Ten more minutes." " The people that have the most trouble with time, those are the ones that you want to worry about." " To save myself in this competition," "I have this really great drawing of a snake, but the scales are taking forever." "I need to forget about all the noise and just get done on this tattoo." "It's all I got." " Five, four, three, two, one." "That's it." "Time is up." "Machines down." " We're good." " I think this is badass." " I did think outside the box, but I didn't get to completely tighten it up." "I am so worried." "♪ [intense rock music]" "♪ [intense music]" "♪" " Today was your last chance to prove to Oliver or Chris that they should pick you on their team." "There are four spots remaining on Team Peck and four spots remaining on Team Nuñez." "The four artists who are not chosen to be on either team will be eliminated." "Princess Hilla, let's start with you." "Why did you choose to do this?" " I do a lot of the cartoon-y, illustrative, bubble gum kind of stuff." " This is just a very flat take on that style." " The place I think you're getting lost is more your tattooing." "The gestures are there, but the details aren't." "The reason to me that you didn't do the eyes is because you don't." " I do." " This would've been a great time to do some eyes." "At the end of the day, there can only be one." "The only way you can get there is doing it all." " Geary." " It's very different and very pop art-y." "It shows a lot of creativity." " This is my style." "I made this." " I think you did yourself a huge favor with perforating these concentric circles." " Yeah, that's intentional." " That is an example of making smart choices in this competition." "John Collins." "I don't love the color choices, the belly, the scales of the snake, the eagle's head." "It's just red, red, red." " There's an area where the snake underneath the eagle's foot, curls around and then disappears." "Design flaws in this competition, that could hurt you." " Matt, you're up next." " Look at the center of the forehead." "Look how completely messy it is." "When it comes time for me to say," ""Hey, this guy could be a benefit to my team,"" "that's only gonna happen if it's sloppy dot day and skull day." "♪" " Danielle." " These inconsistencies in your line work, it's a big shortcoming." "On the very top piece of the lantern, you see those three lines of yellow that go across?" "The little sketchy, thin line you have in there?" "Then you look at this filigree." "Line work like that is a no pass." " Next artist up is Dave." " Your entire background and your skull, it's one same tonal color." " It will lighten up and soften up." " You have no tar, straight black, that separates anything, and that's why you're grayed out." "It's an application issue." " Sirvone." " Seeing where the brown comes off of the hair, you did not get that color to the line." "Holidays, that's what they're called." "The ink's just not where it's supposed to be." "Got to be able to put the ink where you mean to put it." "♪" " Tito." " You drew this thing on." "It's a bold move." " I didn't see nobody doing freehand." " It's as simple and straightforward as you can do it." "It's on a more so traditional side of it." "I am not mad at this at the moment." "Against these guys, you did good." " Thanks." " Raphael." " That is a huge dagger, and/or a tiny skull." "And this yellow and orange glow is not smooth and not round." " I tried to keep it more, like, American traditional." "I didn't want to go too crazy with that." " But even still, because it's American traditional, can't look like you didn't give a [bleep] about how the outline came out." " Carolyn." " You didn't finish the head of the snake." "It doesn't have any contrast." "There's very little of this tattoo that looks finished at all." "That tongue is driving me nuts." " It looks like a mermaid swimming into a vagina." " I was trying to simplify it as much as I can." " This thing does not work." "♪" " Boneface." " You really made these roses look rich, but the design that you have into the top of the skull, you just mucked up a lot of nice, smooth shading that you had in that skull." " It's just nerves." "You got to kind of work the jitters off." " The scratchy flower, little heart thing is messing this tattoo up." "It would've been a lot softer and smoother without that." " Elisheba." " Well, Elisheba, I think you have a lot to offer." "You have creative ideas." "You have a style, but your technical application is short." " I wanted to do more." "I was really out of time." " The color's not solid." "It doesn't look strong." "You wanted to show texture, solid color, and strong outlines, and you missed the mark on every bit of it." " Today was your last chance to earn your shot." "Judges, time to finalize the teams." "The four artists who are not chosen to be on either team will be eliminated." "Since Chris got the first pick in the last round," "Oliver, you're up first." "You can confer with your team, if you like." " What do you guys think?" " I like Tito." " I like Geary for creativity." " Oh, yeah, that's true." " We don't know what the challenges are gonna be." "So we would like someone super creative and outside of the box." "For creativity, Geary." " I do like that idea." "I'm going with Geary." " Go take your place." " Thanks." " Didn't see that coming." " What a move." " Next up is Chris." "It's your turn." " Tito." " Okay." " Tito, go take your place." " Thank you." " That was a very quick decision." " 100%." " Were you surprised that that wasn't Oliver's first decision?" " 100%." " Olly, you are up next." "♪" " I'm gonna pick..." "Dave Robinowitz." " Chris." "♪" " What do we got?" " My vote is John." " Yeah, I agree." " I'm gonna go with John Collins." " John, come on over." "Team Nuñez." "♪" "Oliver." " It's a tough one." " For flash challenges, we need somebody with a lot of personality to bring that to the table, so a few of us I think say Elisheba." " Kind of leaning towards the other twin." "He's got decent line work." " He's a good artist." "[intense music]" "I'm gonna go with Matt." " Matt, come on over to Team Peck." "♪" "Chris, your choice." " I think we're leaning toward Sirvone." " I do like Sirvone, but you can't look nervous." "You got to make it happen." "Welcome to the team." " Sirvone, Team Nuñez." " Whatever you guys need me to do, baby." " Two spots left on these teams." "Final choices." "Oliver, your last pick." "♪" " Well, you've got good technical application." "You're just gonna need to make cleaner tattoos." "Boneface." " Boneface, welcome to Team Peck." "♪" "Five artists stand here." "Four of you are about to go home." "♪" "Chris, your last choice." "♪" " I'm pretty much leaning toward Carolyn." "Are we in agreement?" " Yep." " 100%." " Yes." " Carolyn it is." " Carolyn, welcome to the team." "♪" "All right, that's it." "The teams are full, and there are no more shops, and that means Elisheba, Raphael," "Danielle, Princess Hilla, the judges have decided you do not have what it takes to compete for the title of Ink Master." " To make a spot on the team today, it's about having those few fundamentals solid and tight." " The judges are crazy." "Everybody wanted me here." " I think that we haven't seen the best tattoos out of any four of you all." " I am baffled that I didn't get picked." "Apparently vagina-mouth snakes win over good artistry." " For me, it's assembling a team and being vested on the team." " People out there that know what I can do gonna see that being eliminated is a big mistake." "Yeah." " This is a cut-throat deal." " I feel like I didn't bring my true talents to the table 'cause I couldn't get over the fear, the anxiety." " All right, guys, please pack your machines." " Oh, [bleep]." " Congratulations to Team Peck and to Team Nuñez." "If I were you guys, I would get some rest because the truth is, this competition hasn't even started." "Good luck." "♪" " All right, Olly, let the games begin." "♪ announcer:" "This season, it's Peck versus Nuñez." " Each week, only one team will be up for elimination." "announcer:" "In a brutal twist, the artists must first outlast their own teammates." " This is true insanity." " It's like sleeping with the enemy." " Oh, yeah." "announcer:" "The judges will push their teams to the limit..." " [screams]" " What defines you is how fast you get back up." "announcer:" "In extreme challenges designed to weed out the weak." " Ow!" " I have no goddamn plan except not [bleep] die." " This is your chance to stay alive." " This was a horrible idea." "announcer:" "Allegiances will form." " All of us together are better than any of those dudes." " We're not here to make friends;" "We're here to compete." " I'm a [bleep] warrior, and I'm ready to be here." " They pick one person, they go after them, and they're plucking them off." " I think we could definitely be a force to be reckoned with." " They made us [bleep] dogs, and now they dog fighting." "announcer:" "Traitors conspire." " And you think that I'm out to get you?" " You're playing a completely different game." " I feel like I can't trust anybody here." " Welcome to the [bleep] party." "announcer:" "And one by one, they'll be eliminated." " Trying to haul ass and cut corners when it's under a microscope, that [bleep] don't fly here." " I would love to hear something, but there's nothing you got." " At what point are you gonna hit the gas and take off?" " This thing is rough." " I hit the challenge." "I mean, you don't have to like every tattoo I do." " You got to do better than this to win." "announcer:" "Till only the best artists on each team are left to fight to the finish." " You knew your drawing sucked, and you still tattooed it on that person." " This ain't [bleep] about tattooing." "It's a mind [bleep]." " This is it, man." "I'm not here for this bull[bleep]." " I'm at my wit's end here." " You can't let it break our team." " But what's the rule?" "both:" "There is no rule." " I just don't like it." "announcer:" "Earning a $100,000 prize..." " I can win this competition." " You didn't really pull it off." " I don't agree." "I think you did a great job." "announcer:" "And the title of Ink Master." 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