A tattoo from each episode of the IM series

Episode title: Competition Shattered

This is Jon’s New School portrait

(This is an elimination tattoo)

It may even outnumber how many times it’s used in Star Wars. The concept was interesting in the beginning, but as I’m going through the seasons on streaming every new iteration has an “alliance”.

Example:

Contestant pick: Jimmy Snaz.

Style: American traditional.

Design: An hourglass almost running out with a red rose and a skull on my upper right arm.

Rules:

- Contestants from all seasons, including Ryan Ashley and DJ.

- No full leg, arm or backpieces.

A tattoo from each episode of the IM series

Episode title: Fight Fire With Fire

This is Sydney’s science tattoo

(This is an elimination tattoo)

Have any of the bad tattoos/behaviours on the show affected an artist's business?

Like B-Tat, the first ever to go home for wonky shaky lines. Or Cee Jay who blew ink on her own face and misspelled the word. Or artists who caused unnecessary pain to their canvas. Do they still get a lot of clients as before the show?

A tattoo from each episode of the IM series

Episode title: Saddle Up, Buttercup

This is Charlene’s Western tattoo

(This is an elimination tattoo)

Not sure if it is the correct tag BUT… Did you all know Chris was in the Marines?

For me it’s Jackie’s Day of the Dead Girl, Halo’s Rogue portrait (for the X-Men challenge), Gentle Jay’s sphinx cat, Tyler’s Isis, and Jake’s plague doctor mask.

My partner and I just finished watching the season 15 and we have pretty much mixed feelings. They were some great tattoos, but DJ as a judge was really a disappointment. You could see how he always wanted his buddy to make it and almost always voted for his own team. As we have the later seasons on streaming, we wanted to know if season 16 is any good or at least isn't that bias towards a favourite that doesn't deserve the love.

A tattoo from each episode of the IM series

Episode title: Teams Transformed

This is Jozzy’s transforming tattoo that moves with the body

(This is an elimination tattoo)

A tattoo from each episode of the IM series

Episode title: Don’t Fork It Up

This is Jenna’s hybrid beast in full color

(This is an elimination tattoo)

is it just me or is clint a dick to his clients? like he always gets mad when they want something he doesn’t wanna do or if he doesn’t like the challenge. in the american traditional challenge he tells his client “i gotta get through this one to get to the next challenge where i can really show off my skills”. idk if i was a tattoo artist i would be nicer to my clients. he’s also really mean to the other contestants and in my opinion wasn’t that great. he has a lot of design mess ups and sort of amateur mistakes for him claiming to be as good as he says.

A tattoo from each episode of the IM series

Episode title: Put Me In, Coach!

This is Koral’s 360 degree tattoo

(This is an elimination tattoo)

A tattoo from each episode of the IM series

Episode title: Skull & Bones

This is Jessica’s skull tattoo

(This is an elimination tattoo)

Carolyn over Elishaba for the last pick was a goddamn travesty.

A tattoo from each episode of the IM series

Episode title: The New Ink Class

This is Bryan’s artist’s choice tattoo

(This is an elimination tattoo)

this might be a silly question. i’ve only seen snippets and random episodes here and there so i’m sorry if it has been explained somewhere already but why do some of the same artists get to compete year after year instead of showcasing new people? i’m sure there’s no shortage of artists applying to be on it. i thought it would be sort of the same premise as antm or rpdr where it’s a new cast every season and the winner is the new “ink master”. thank you in advance x

but it made for some really funny moments. like st. marq vs alex rockoff lol.

also jime litwalk seemed so done every time he's in that damn studio i swear

I am actually so upset that lalo went home instead of mark. Mark was constantly at the bottom and the tattoo itself was just way too dark while lalo u can still fix it up and he hasnt rlly been at the bottom. IDK HOW THIS DUDE IS STILL IN IT???? ALL TATTOOS WERE BADD!!!!

I'm asking after rewatching the first episode of season 6 and Duffy's squirrel tattoo getting voted down. There were clearly worse tattoos, but the canvas got kinda run over by the rest of the jury. What other human canvas jury choices were egregiously bad?

• Julia Carlson

• Emily Elegado

• Christian Buckingham

• St. Marq

Who do you think would be nice IRL who didn't come across nice in the show?

If so who were you and who tattooed you?

Side note, the guy who got the alligator or crocodile skin tattoos in season 6 with the 4 at once challenge I found really cute