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Ink Master

TV Show 2012 7.8/10 227 episodes
Reality

Synopsis

A group of the country's most creative and skilled tattoo artists compete for a hundred thousand dollars and the title of Ink Master. The stakes couldn't be higher with "living canvasses" donating their skin to be permanently marked in this adrenalized competition elimination.

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Turf War Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
Rep Your Region

The artists tattoo their home states and face blind critiques by the judges, a competitor makes a drastic choice, and patriotic tattoos dec…

Episode 2 EP 2
Clash of the Collages

The South aims to unify and rebound when the teams are tasked with a postcard mural on the side of a bus, and a compass rose elimination ta…

Episode 3 EP 3
Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Ride or die, team tensions run high when the artists endure a tattoo marathon with the others from their home turf. The artists who fail to…

Episode 4 EP 4
Battle Lines

To test legibility, the teams spin intricate designs with yarn on outdoor canvases, then get technical with schematic tattoos.

Episode 5 EP 5
Out of Your Element

Just as the Teams think they've figured out the Turf War, a shocking twist lights the competition ablaze and burns it down to its very core.

Episode 6 EP 6
Off the Chain

The Turf War is more intense than ever before and to survive the Artists must fight for every possible advantage and ally; cross-team allia…

Episode 7 EP 7
Head Spin

A Team Challenge takes the Artists for a spin leaving them dizzied and out of control; the Turf War grows more intense than ever as the bat…

Episode 8 EP 8
Sugar Rush

The Artists hunger for the win, now more than ever before, when they tattoo sweet full color new school food tattoos; one Artist bites off …

Episode 9 EP 9
Artistry on the Line

The teams are put to the test in artistry with an Ink Master favorite: pin-ups.

Episode 10 EP 10
Every Artist for Themselves
Episode 11 EP 11
From Toast to Toast

The Artists' shading skills are tested in a monumentally hard Elimination Tattoo.

Episode 12 EP 12
Last Draw

Pressure grows as the Turf War ranks run thin and the Artists' versatility is tested when an alliance strategy backfires, putting an unexpe…

Episode 13 EP 13
There Can Only Be One

The artists fight for survival in an "Ink Master" staple: portraits; a shocking skull pick threatens the team dynamic; one artist shows pre…

Episode 14 EP 14
Compose Yourself

Hosted by rock legend Dave Navarro and judged by icons of the tattoo world, Chris Núñez and Oliver Peck, a group of the country’s most crea…

Episode 15 EP 15
Race to the Finish

The road to the finale begins with a 13-hour tattoo marathon; the artists must prove they have the endurance and skill to outlast their com…

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