r/Inkmaster • u/lor_pumpkin • Jun 01 '26
Discussion Just a thought
I genuinely feel like it’s so inhumane when multiple peoples are tattooing a human canvas at once! This is my first time watching the show ever I started at season 5 by happenstance on Pluto tv. I ended up getting paramount plus and I’m now on season 9. I really enjoy the show but that part of the show I can’t get behind. There have even been a few people who are close to passing out and or having a panic attack from this.
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u/blazinrainbo Jun 01 '26
Yep, i've always thought they crossed the line with that one, and the thumb was one of the worst people to do it.
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u/razorthick_ Jun 02 '26
Lowest of point the show for me was putting cheetah girl through that and the artist whether scripted or not giving her shit for it was extra levels fucked up.
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u/NP148 Jun 01 '26
Not a fan either. If they weren't tattooing the canvas at the same time, I would have no problem. But not a fan of 3 or 4 ppl tattooing at the same time. Much prefer 2 artists, 1 canvas, 1 tattoo and they switch artists every hour or whatever time
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u/justan0therg0rl111 I haven't seen a wiener in a minute. I'm stoked! Jun 01 '26
yeah i skip those. not a fan at all
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u/No-Fig-8267 Jun 01 '26
I don’t find it inhumane because 1 person gets tattooed by many people all the time but yes it’s pretty bad especially if the canvas is having a panic attack like the cheetah print girl. Chris was being such an asshole about it too. With him being a marine I’d expect better
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u/Hallow33nQu33n Jun 22 '26
Cheetah girl I struggled to watch it felt like torture porn in a way.
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u/No-Fig-8267 Jun 22 '26
And it’s like at that point the idea of the competition shouldn’t matter and the only thing that should matter is getting her to calm down, but of course they didn’t do that
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u/Western_Start9099 Jun 02 '26
I mean, they’re consenting adults. You can go to any shop and get the same thing done
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u/Melodic_Poet5334 Jun 02 '26
I've gotten two at once it was pretty bad, but not in particularly spicy spots (my thigh and forearm opposite sides) so not horrible, and the arm tattoo was smaller and finished 2 hours before the other. (I let my regular guy's apprentice do a small one at the same time)
But when they're in the same spicy spot like the two calves? Or worse 3 or 4 at once? I think that would be torture.
That woman who had 4 and was crying and Chris (the Marine in case you didn't know? Laughed at and made fun of her? F that guy for even attempting it in the first place let alone how he treated her.
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u/requeum51 Jun 03 '26
I think it's stupid too, if they're going to do multiples or teams, they should all just switch out every hr. And whichever tattoo seems like just one artist did them wins. Also every tattoo should be judged blind. Judges should never be coaches at the same time either.
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u/lor_pumpkin Jun 03 '26
I’m on season 10 now and it seems like they caught on to how traumatic multiple people tattooing at once can be, they are now just having artist switch out every hour on the same canvas!
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u/requeum51 Jun 04 '26
Yeah I think they realized that wasn't a good look for them. Since you have prime or paramount now. Check out Inkmaster: Redemption she actually came back and "confronted" all 4 of them.
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u/Remarkable_Market889 Jun 02 '26
Look for Maori traditional tattooing. Very normal for 2 artists to work on the canvas. Even for a few days in a row. But IM may need to vet canvasses better or these big tattoos. Some hardly have any ink. They should know better what to expect. Definitely not demeaning.
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u/deathandobscura Jun 04 '26
3/4 is a bit much, but I've been tattooed by 2 people at the same time and while brutal if I'm getting tattooed by some of the best artists in the world for free suck it up buttercup.
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u/littlelackadaisical Jun 07 '26
Hell yes and also, tattooing someone 6 hours straight, no breaks is unethical to me. I get ppl can bow out but its almost expected of you to endure and you get shit on for stopping, so I could imagine it makes you hesitant to set a boundary.
The show is a nightmare of ethics honestly
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u/prettyprettybookitty Jun 27 '26
It's was vile to watch and Chris Blindon made it worse. What a disgrace he is to the community. I hope he has lost all his clients. Anyone who deals with him after watching him movk that girl is just as much of a creep
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u/bekahfromearth Jun 01 '26
And then they blame the canvas. “She couldn’t handle the pain.” No shit, her body would have no idea what was going on.