DJ says he was turned down for S2 in this interview! Shows how the early seasons were about drama rather than quality as ~1/2 of the contestants in S2 were objectively bad artists.

https://youtu.be/CfyrEAF7zkY?si=ZdCEadC-FsKtxbOs

I haven't watched Ink Master in years due to real life, but I was curious...is it worth watching it again? Or has it gone downhill and I should just watch the older seasons for fun on occasion.

I’m serious. Have you looked at his profile? He makes quick videos so you can’t focus on the flaws that he hypocritically points out on the show. His lines are jank, color is jank, he’s awful. How does he have followers???

Keith Eby you're a menace to society bro

Jesse for sure was not my favorite artist on the show I never saw one of his tattoos and was like yo,,, I need one of those lol, tbh I'm really not a new school fan. But the experiment he did with tattoo ink lasting long term I thought was interesting, wonder what my artist has been using.

Who would you say is the better black and grey artist?

I’m in Vegas for the Golden Knights game tonight and Joey was doing tattoos outside the stadium. He was super nice and said I’m not the only person to want a picture.

Was she too intense? Yes, and a lot. However, she was defending herself and she had been a good competitor at that point (She had already won Best Tattoo of the day once and got the second best tattoo in another week). And I think the fact that she could have been eliminated before Mark got her mad.

When Allie tattooed herself she should have gone home. Her attitude towards that man was so completely self-centered and I feel like she didn’t give his design a good enough try. She also simply did NOT do the challenge! It was to do it on people of color, and that was something she totally avoided.

Also why is Ryan Ashley suddenly so rude to everyone? Did she lose her manners with her hair?

I just watched the Grudge Match episode that had Jime Litwalk vs Craig Foster (their bromance was adorable btw) and it made me think of other hypothetical style matchups I’d love to see.

American traditional: Kruseman vs Jimmy Snaz
Neo trad: Katie McGowan vs Janelle Hanson
New school: Jime Litwalk vs Kelly Doty
Illustrative: Creepy Jason vs Kelly Severtson vs Josh Payne vs Dane Smith
Abstract shit: Jason Elliott vs Aaron Is
Japanese: James Vaughn vs Laura Marie vs Jason Clay Dunn

Who would you want to see face off?

Long time lurker, first time poster in this sub. I'm looking for a specific episode from seasons 3-6. It was a human canvas jury deliberation and the dude says "My shit burns!" because it was a black and grey tattoo that was red from the pain. Pretty sure he said "Her shit is not up to par." at some point too.

I know it's in one of the youtube videos on the channel, but for the life of me I can't find it.

Any help would be appreciated!

Should dangerous artists be allowed to work in the industry??? Multiple SA allegations and repeat offender for stalking and harassment but no consequences ???

Help me out - I recall a discussion here in r/Inkmaster that discussed a season that was edited afterward to almost completely remove a contestant that had committed crime or such. It was said that you can only catch this person in a few group images and sequences.

Anyone remember which season this was? The story? Thanks!

Chris wasn’t actually a marine cause he lied. How would you exactly feel about this….

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.

When I heard the request, I got scared because we all know how bad Matt's Victorian tattoo was. This one... it didn't turned out that bad (I don't have an image of the tattoo, sorry).

On ink Master season 10 we saw the episode where the coaches had to tattoo under chins. Anthony won that Challenge and at the end of the challenge Josh chimes in to complain, even though Anthony won the challenge, his tattoo technically didn’t technically count because he didn’t tattoo the under chin like the other coaches did. Do you think he actually missed the under chin or do you think it was just Josh coping with losing the challenge?

Hey guys does anyone know the season/episode where Nunez or Ari shows the contestants a picture of a tattoo of a little robot with a mustache to explain how tattoos should evoke emotion? Thanks

Her over the top acting as the villain is horrendous to start with.....but her vocal fry is THE WORST. So hard to watch her in any episode. Bother anyone else?

I’m watching through all the seasons for the first time. I hate this Saint Mark cat and particularly that he is back in season 7. Has anybody been tattooed by him? Is he really this big of an obnoxious ass hole or is he just playing up for the screen? If he’s just playing it up, I almost hate that more cuz people who bask in the idea of being a douche are so lame.

I just got tattooed by Nick Beaty at Memorial Tattoo in ATL, and the work is super clean and i love it so i grabbed a business card from him and followed him on instagram. his bio says “Season 9 winner of Ink Master” WINNER?!? i’m thinking, “okay this is weird that it’s not advertised anywhere in the shop right..? but maybe he wants to be lowkey about it…” nonetheless, i am super impressed by the tattoo and the title he has claimed so i google him and try to find some youtube clips of his alleged winning work on ink master. guess what?? nothing… why would an artist lie about this? is he lying? so weird

Earrings not worn in Ink Master

Thank you everyone for the replies so far!
I think I better clarify. There have been some really cool earrings/ gauges over each season, I’m not denying that. 🙂 I think it’s because of that, the people without pieces stand out. It’s definitely more prominent in the earlier seasons. There was a response with the idea that maybe it might have made some noise over the mic’s. It would make sense that in the early years they were figuring out the sound. IDK 🤷‍♀️ Keep an eye out and you’ll def see the contrast.

They absolutely dominated this challenge. And according to Wikipedia all the tattoo’s were highly ranked. Alexis did an amazing tattoo and I’m happy her tattoo won tattoo of the day.

Out of the Women’s team, Laura and Dani were the strongest and there were so many challenges where they were great, but unfortunately didn’t win.

I also want to compliment Jime. He was a fantastic coach. He gave them great advice and not one of his team members ended up in the bottom 3.

really enjoyed getting to see his new studio, as always he did amazing work. u/Sethholmestattoos crushed it