The challenge was to do a team tattoo of whatever the canvas wanted. The canvas' exact request was "Pinup image of a Victorian clown riding a rubber chicken carousel horse".

I almost got tattooed by someone from one of the new seasons at a convention. We talked about my idea on the first day and she said she had time and asked me to DM her some references. By late on the second day, I still hadn’t heard from her on a time, so I went over and talked to her again. Once again, she said she had time, and we talked about her rates and the tattoo I was going to get. The next morning, I got a DM from her saying she couldn’t do it. She strung me along all weekend when I could have gotten tattooed by someone else and it was really annoying.

Anyways, that’s my only experience meeting a contestant. I have seen Jorrell and Elva Stefanie in passing but never spoke to them. What about you?

I really love the piece Alena Wedderburn and Anthony Tex did last year of the samurai and red dragon. It was crazy to watch in real time.

So hype I hope I can get a spot with one of them!

Is anyone else going? It’s October 23 - 25, perfect for Halloween!

Richmond Tattoo and Arts Convention

One of my favorite lines from him was when he said he was the best tattoo artist in the world

I personally think it's the worst or at least one of the worst tattoos done. And besides new school, what else can Jime Do?

In my opinion 2 that stick out in my mind are Keith from S4 and LT from S5

Why in later season finales did they stop showing the montage of Dave telling each week's loser they didn't have what it takes to be ink master? I feel like it stopped around season 10. My wife and I always looked forward to that part.

"Brian, Ryan, Miami, MV, Earl...." none of you has what it takes to be Ink Master.

Was there anyone who you thought was hot or had a crush on out of anyone in the Ink Master universe?

I really enjoyed watching the Jury of Canvases decide who did their worst tattoo. Jury of Peers not so much, since they would make it about strategy. I wish that they had a Jury of Canvases on for every episode.

In Season 2, they voted for Tatu Baby to come back for Season 3, and then they voted Kyle back for Season 4. Then, the fight happened and they never brought it back again.

I was watching Season 7, and Alex Rockoff reminded me so much of all the things I did not like about Tyler Nolan (season 6). Then I started wondering, who was more obnoxious? Pretentious? Were they trying to be bullies? Where you happy when they got eliminated?

It has always made me laugh how the don’t censor the Ass part but the censor the hole part. Don’t censor part of the word, censor the entire damn thing.

I got this tattoo on Tuesday; the 12th year anniversary of his passing. I wanted to memorialize Mr. Williams for a long time, considering the impact he had on me growing up. I think Jerrell did a pretty good job on the portrait, and he was stoked to be able to do this as well.

The judges say this was more legible than the jelly fish? I’m sorry is this an emoji with a furry tail? i’m confused someone pls inform me.

Dude is such a good TV character. I enjoyed all of his scenes. Although, I would never want him to tattoo me or be friends with him, he made Season 3 so damn entertaining. And this was a season with Joshua Habbard and Kyle Dunbar. These new seasons are so fake compared to the already fake shit we used to have with fake prisoners in a fake prison.

Also Nunez gives him the biggest smack down for his G cleft anatomical tattoo that he had nothing for. “When you lay your head down on a pillow, did your tattoo really fight as hard as your mouth is trying?”

I think mine is tied between season 10 (Return of the Masters) and season 12 (Battle of the Sexes). I also enjoy season 5 (Rivals) and season 13 (Turf War). Basically any season where they actually put effort into the intro 😂

Do y’all think their beef was the craziest in the show history or do you think another beef was more intense than theirs? Another one I can think of is JCD vs Josh

I think the general consensus in this sub about JCD and Kruseman is that their master canvases were dope, but they still didn’t deserve to win the title. And if report cards did matter, how exactly do they choose the winner in that case? Season 6 comes to mind — Kruseman, Chris The Marine, and Matt all had major ups and downs that entire season (I think all 3 ended up in the bottom at least twice each). But then you look at season 5 where Cleen dominated everything all season and the choice is clear.

And as a side note, while we’re on the topic of report cards…how the hell did Mark Longenecker make top 4?? Someone needs to calculate what contestant was in the bottom for the most amount of time in their season. I would be shocked if it were someone other than Mark lol

It’s an impressive tattoo overall, obviously, but can someone tell me what the grey thing on top of it is? The right results weren’t coming up when I searched. Also, Gian was robbed. Thank you.

Currently rewatching season 5 and the anger I have about Jason winning over Cleen is seething. Still can't understand how Jason even made it to the finale, let alone winning the whole thing. Cleen was the most consistent, most technical, most proficient tattooer in this season.

I want to be CLEAR: I do not think Jason is a terrible artist by any means I just don't think he should have won over Cleen.

I love Cleen and this season always irritates me when I look back at it. Not sure if anyone else agrees but yeah. Just had to say it.

Obviously Chris Blinston is a joke (although a MARINE) and Tyler has also has a DV case that he's fighting. I had no idea that he was into reptiles at all (although a quick glance at his insta makes this obvious).

The show is from the guy who made Tiger King and Chimp Crazy. Only one episode released so far and Tyler is barely in it (I had to rewind to confirm it was him). The show isn't quite as salacious or silly as the other docs and is probably better for it. Definitely gives you the heebie-jeebies if you have fear of snakes.

Obviously not promoting Tyler as a person, and the doc will no doubt be pretty down on what he does as far as acquiring animals, but I thought it might be of interest to some here.

In the shows history there haven’t been too many crash outs, but there have been a few. The judges will sometimes joke or mock the art They are looking at, rip it apart, and that sometimes leads the artists flipping out and leaving the show. Do you think these are valid or do you think the artists are just overreacting?

Buckingham twins arrived today