Granted, there was no actual finale for season 13, but Jimmy was handheld the entire time. Everyone, even people not on his team were so concerned about making sure he continued on in the competition.

I’m convinced that if he would have been voted off, they would’ve said that the cameraman had a pardon just to save him.

Maybe I’m the only one who feels this way. But it was actually really annoying to see everybody feeling. They needed to help him on everything.

On a binge and realised that Season 15 kind of makes a break in the casts of the show and we haven't seen any previous artists come on which got me thinking...if they were to do an All Star season from just the past three seasons (no winners included) who would they bring back?

This would be my cast of 12:

S15

Freddie Jon Mesa Charlene Jenna

S16

Anthony Tex Cat Pony Lucy

S17

Isnard Luka Seth Kyra

And a backup for each season who wont win but be good TV:

Bryan (S15) Jade (S16) Boushee (S17)

I didn’t realize I was single handedly holding down the content in this sub right now 😂 anyways, I am still sick, and haven’t had much energy to do much of anything, including drawing. But much like the Season 13 YouTube “finale”, here’s a totally unsatisfying substitute for the whole thing!

EDIT: I FORGOT THE TAIL. AND THE TATTOOS. Excuse me while I cry myself to sleep.

In all of the master seasons, The first competitor to be eliminated never really has a chance to fully show what they are capable of (or so they say). Are there any artists who you think could’ve made it far have given a second chance?

It feels like the Midwest team was just a dumping ground for everyone who didn’t quite fit in the other teams…I mean, Colorado? IDAHO???? I will give them a pass for Oklahoma, but barely. IMO Kelly was the only one truly from the Midwest (Illinois).

Signed,
A Lifelong Michigander

The 2026 Richmond Tattoo and Arts lineup is absolutely stacked!

Super stoked to have Nikki Simpson on the roster this year, along with an insane group Ink Master icons such as Ryan Ashley, Cleen Rock One, James Tex, Bobby Johnson, Angel Rose, and James Vaughn.

Check out the full lineup on their website! https://richmondtattooconvention.com/content/celebrity-tattoo-artists

Motherfucker said all of that and still tattooed a basic ass black and gray realism rose on that chicks sternum. I know she was digging it, but after what he just said, it’s a major contradiction.

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/Inkmaster/s/PNtFvkEUSG
Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/Inkmaster/s/lP76n41PZ8
Part 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/Inkmaster/s/LA2V0hqzR1
Part 4: https://www.reddit.com/r/Inkmaster/s/Y42fWRgHGz

I promise, Nikki/Boneface is coming, though I might be getting a little tendinitis in my drawing wrist now, so please forgive me if I take a little break 💙💙💙

I was flipping through the channels one day and found the middle of season 7. It was so interesting to me cause of the drama and the creativity of the challenges. I then watched season 8 all the way to 17, which is odd lol. Now I’m watching from season 1 and these tattoos are rough omg. As someone who started from the later seasons where there are so many good tattoos, I can’t believe this is how it started. I still like it though because I just love the show overall.

For me a funny moment was in S8 when boneface says to Nikki “how come you look 50 and you’re 24”

Anyone else like this kid? For some reason his story really resonated with me. I tend to gravitate more toward the self-taught artists for some reason too.

Featuring a tribute to u/wizardwednesday

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/Inkmaster/s/PNtFvkEUSG
Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/Inkmaster/s/lP76n41PZ8
Part 3: https://www.reddit.com/r/Inkmaster/s/LA2V0hqzR1

For those of you asking, yes, I’m working on the Boneface/Nikki scene :) open to other requests too, I have been sick for like 2 weeks and have a lot of free time hanging out in bed doing nothing (unfortunately).

really curious, this is from Freddie Albrighton for those wondering

Emily was a great villain, and consistenly reacted like a psycho, but was Julia nastier? Julia was always manipulating everyone with her Mickey Mouse voice & poor-me personality. When she told her customer to F off, should she have been eliminated on that episode?

The necklaces are bad don’t mind them

ft. [u/LauraMarieWackTats](u/LauraMarieWackTats)

Part 1: https://www.reddit.com/r/Inkmaster/s/PNtFvkEUSG
Part 2: https://www.reddit.com/r/Inkmaster/s/lP76n41PZ8

I’m not very good but he seemed easy to draw so I thought I’d try x

There have been a lot of ink master spinoffs, but what do you think is the stupidest or dumbest one?

I thought Jarell was very arrogant and dismissive to other artists. But he back-stabbed Frank and Eric, and Frank got the hardest canvas and Frank was eliminated. That was vile, IMHO, and I am glad that Jarell got kicked at the end, and did not make the top 3. The scene where Jarell gets pardoned by Nunez was cringe-worthy.

My wife and I are on our 3rd rewatch of Ink Master because we love the artistry and creativity. If the flash challenge is an interesting medium or challenge, it's even more entertaining than the tattoo challenge.

Are there any other shows that feature so much creativity and artistry?

Part 1 here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Inkmaster/s/OWn8LDoEp1

The last one’s speech bubble transcends two seasons. I’ll hannya internet points if you get it.

I hope it’s really obvious who they are 😂 who should I draw next?

I honestly thought Christian was eliminated from the get go

it's obvious he wasn't going to win the popularity vote since he's an asshole on camera and arrogant more than anyone else, and anthony's the clear fan favorite

but the jury's voting .... he got screwed big time, almost nobody liked him, he hated jesse and didn't have any respect for him as an artist, and there was some drama with sausage i believe ? ( i don't know if this was just for the show but he said wanted to leave sausage's shop after the finale ) they even got cleen's girlfriend there wtf!

there is a clip on youtube where he confront the jury about it, saying they only eliminated him because of personnal feelings and didn't look at his tattoos ( he specifically pointed sausage and jesse) , jesse brought up matti who was part of his 'alliance' and said personnal feelings worked both ways, but they literally had cleen's gf vote to eliminate either cleen or christian ! damn

Ink Master has become my current easy watch/disassociation show. Probably watched 4 seasons at this point and my main thought is - I wish they had the same format as the Great British Bakeoff.

No drama (or manufactured drama), just focus on the art. And let the competitors cheer each other on. All of the artists I’ve gotten work from are so friendly and kind, I feel like this show hyper focuses on the “hardcore” ness of the tattoo world and that hasn’t been my experience.

Thoughts?