Best (& Worst) First-Time Style Attempts 🤨 Ink Master

[@jeniser.667]

I love Angel’s attitude when she got the biomech piece. She was super excited to bring it and the tattoo came out phenomenal!

[@lonesome3958]

Yeah it looked amazing

[@aj.meso26]

I thought the same exact thing. Super glad for her! That is great energy to bring towards any obstacle in life

[@romamazza5881]

Yes! I'm all for women wining!

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

The judges: You must tattoo ink…on someone’s body. The contestants: OH MY GOSH! WHAT THE HELL!

[@mixhjim]

"this is so unfair, there is nothing more complicated and tough in this competition, it's really important to get it just right but it's almost impossible to do correctly!"

[@ThoseHappyHips]

This! Every. Single. Time.

[@salifyanjikunda5426]

You read my mind. They always complain. What the heck do they do if they find all the challenges, "challenging"?

[@Everythingwentblack69]

That plague doctor tattoo was phenomenal

[@r4gam1ng95]

I think that Billy was very disrespectful to the old ways of American traditional tattooing, first by saying that the colors that they used is a copout and by putting his own birthday on the guys freaking arm like WTF are you doing.

[@artisticalex1206]

Exactly what I was thinking too

[@chermp6787]

Plus saying he met it halfway/50% and yet upset that they said it wasn't Am Trad (aka not 100%) as was the challenge 🤔 😏

[@r4gam1ng95]

If Richard Stell saw that Billy put his own birthday on some random guys arm he would be probably close to ripping Billy’s throat out.

[@Brittn_wolf]

I couldn’t agree more, did billy get eliminated? God I hope so

[@r4gam1ng95]

@@Brittn_wolf He didn’t get eliminated with that jacked up head tattoo, I don’t know how he didn’t get eliminated but he didn’t but he did get eliminated on traditional day

[@wowjennawow]

i forgot angel hadn’t ever done that before, she nailed it

[@artisticalex1206]

I am not a fan of biomech but Angel's tattoo was badass. Also I actually like Austin's trash polka piece. However it would bother me that there was no IV on the clock. At least with the two you can add tiny detail in it. And also for Doom's first portrait, it's not that bad. I mean it's not good but I've seen other artists do worse on their first portrait.

[@hitokage4]

Holy bleep I hadn't even noticed the missing IV! That would piss me off SO MUCH! I really liked the design until you mentioned that.

[@yrollam7]

there isn’t an IV on clocks with roman numerals😐

[@rebekah1180]

“This old school not new school….fool”. That made me smile.

[@basketballcinemas]

*sees a tattoo I find amazing and also better than most of my own* Judges “you missed the mark with this one, weird perspective, weird color, it sucks.”

[@zzirfamo24]

That’s because they nitpick at every little thing and zoom in close on your picture. Nobody notices those little mistakes when your out in the world doing things. I agree that some are bad, but a lot of them are pretty good or at least averagely good for the general public!!

[@gorefeind5158]

@@zzirfamo24 agreed

[@offical_lord_farquaad3770]

That’s usually what happens. My tattoo artist was eliminated because he didn’t do line work. Overall his tattoo was the best one, said so by the judges but since he focused on realism he didn’t do like work. Even if your tattoo was the best one there , if there isn’t minor details then you’re out.

[@fullmanamusic]

@@offical_lord_farquaad3770 was it Kevin Laroy?

[@nopandakit8051]

Billi Vegas was his own enemy. If he would have listened to any of the advice he was given, he could have been really good.

[@chimeratcg07]

Billy could have been in the final 3 if he listened.

[@laurenc4138]

Man I’ll give it to cleen, he came off like a jerk but was always helpful and always put what the client wants and what the artist can do first. He was a good dude who just played “hard” but he’s insanely talented. His season with Anthony is still my all time favorite because I think that season had some of the best work

[@Lynsey17]

Agreed about their season. Man, say what you want about Cleen, he does a good tattoo. Re-watching his seasons, he got very few bad critiques bc there just wasn't much to pick at and I don't think there was a single time he had technical issues. His utter inability to understand human emotions on the other hand.... Like, I don't think he's trying to be a jerk - I think he's really just confused when people feel a way he doesn't.

[@sof_t_]

Girl with the portrait of herself... God I wish I had even half as high a self-esteem 😂 Completely deservedly so though, she's stunning

[@blondievont]

right??? i WISH i was as confident

[@GamesWithBrainz]

more like narcissistic

[@Jordyp121]

Everyone’s going on about the fact that clock was missing a 2, but not addressing the fact that the 4 isn’t even the correct Roman numeral lol

[@thomaspetrucka9173]

Nice catch!

[@pmp1337]

well, yes, but... My parents had for years, a wall clock that had 4 as IIII. Plenty of clocks had that "mistake".

[@darnarxz]

Many clock makers used IIII instead of IV for aesthetics. IIII also isn't wrong...

[@Jordyp121]

@@darnarxz why not use VIIII instead of IX for 9 then? It looks shit

[@Jordyp121]

@@pmp1337 was the 9 written as VIIII aswell?

[@lucasbobo22]

I really like how Jimmy helped the guy he was going against

[@dustbunny4527]

Bili adding his birth time…oh the ego

[@3flax554]

I’d be really ticked off if my artist did that.

[@kelsey2333]

Right some of these contestants have huge egos

[@nicole14355]

The amount of arrogant tool bag he is is aggressive. So glad he was knocked down a few begs so publicly. How much of a d-bag do you have to be to be dead ass serious and say that your too good at something to beable to do something specific amd simplistic. The ones that really at that level dont need to make sure everyone hears it because their work says it all.

[@artisticalex1206]

@@3flax554 I would be too

[@TyrWesterberg]

That’s beyond ego. That’s just stupid. Incredibly disrespectful and outlandishly dumb

[@tevisfredericks3822]

Angel really bodied that biomech mixed with neon style tattoo

[@riamoon425]

Julia should take notes from Angel on how to deal with canvas who want a bio mechanical tattoo.

[@vivianafernandez8920]

I would love to see an all girls match. Head to head, Angel, Ryan, Laura, Dani, Sarah, Kelly, that just would be crazyyyyyy. Just imagine!

[@adrianarpad704]

I love the subtitles getting everyone's name wrong. Cleen = Clean Unkindess Art = I've Kinda Saw It Erin = Aaron

[@baileywilson1098]

Chris Nuñez can be the meanest person alive but it’s always my favorite to see how genuinely adoring he is when there’s an artist that he really thinks has potential like he does with Laura lol

[@makeupmommy7868]

Jimmy: “I don’t mind helping Hiram, because I know he’s not gonna win” Jimmy after Hiram wins: “Remember when I helped you, now you gotta help me” WTF😂😂😂😂

[@mewxtwo]

Angel's neon tattoo was incredible. I havent watched the entirety of that season but man that's one of the best challenge hits I've ever seen.

[@DizzyDez613]

Jeremy before the critique even starts: I can’t draw. Like at all. It would normally take me three days to draw a simple mask. I wonder why he went home? 🤔

[@kelsey2333]

He shouldn't have said that. Chris Nunez has said multiple times he wants the winner to be able to draw

[@kelsey2333]

Also Steve was kinda a shitty coach lol

[@troyperry411]

I’d love to tattoo. I like the whole vibe of tattoo shops but I can’t draw at all either. I feel like that would be like trying out for basketball but not being able to dribble a ball.

[@madbrah8361]

@@troyperry411 Contrary to popular belief you can learn how to draw if you put in the effort. Those artists you think are born with their ability put in hours on hours. Ive seen and know people that taught themselves to draw and landed apprenticeships and are now tattooing.

[@troyperry411]

@@madbrah8361 I always thought you either can draw or you can’t but I guess you’re right. I’m 31 now and just figure it’s a little late to learn now but the old saying does go “practice makes perfect”. Truth is I’m not terrible at drawing I just always felt like In order to our art in peoples body you had to have that natural ability.

[@ess5431]

I hate it when artists smile or laugh while another artist's work is criticized.

[@johncenaboy44]

Aaron Is makes a good point of practicing a weakness. Jesse Smith went home on a portrait. He came back on a later season and did a perfect portrait of Obama.

[@mae9507]

A lot of these technical application they have to do often show up in every season. Portrait, new school, American traditional etc etc. a lot of them are consistent. My question is several seasons into ink master. How some of them don’t think hey I’ve never done portrait and I’ll be on the show in a couple months. Or before signing up. How they don’t think hey maybe I should practice a little. Or ask others hey how do I do this? What are some tips you can give me. I get not knowing trash polka or stuff that isn’t common. But the traditional common stuff practice even if it’s just a little. A little is more then nothing.

[@tuschi8039]

I always wonder the same. In all of those seasons: American traditional, portrait, japanese, New school. 🤷‍♀️

[@cflow2013]

I wonder if part of it isn’t “I hope they do [insert style here] on the first week and I can skate by with a bigger crowd bringing the overall quality down”. Also I’d imagine part of it is played up for cameras. I bet they’ve all done some form of American traditional, but it sounds better for the show to have a clip where they’re pulling their hair out saying they’ve never done it compared to one where they’re like “man I’m kinda shaky on this I only do like one-two a year”.

[@Sephirothz667]

"You have to tattoo X" "OMG WHAT DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD X IS? LIKE FOR REAL I CANT DO THAT"

[@sof_t_]

Meanwhile X is the most basic tattoo subject known to man Like I get being surprised by neon light tattoos, but when it's an object half the planet wants as a tattoo, like a clock or an animal? Get outta here

[@Triple-Four]

@@sof_t_ It's the fact that they're far from home, they have to do a certain style and certain subject matter with a very small time window as well as dealing with people that might not be cooperative. Just imagine trying to tattoo a photo realistic animal in 4-6 hours where as in the real world, there are no time limits for your tattoos. There's a lot of pressure here.

[@jessicazoret857]

"This is old school, not new school.... fool" the way Kay says that makes me laugh everytime

[@r4gam1ng95]

I’m honestly kind of surprised that Billy didn’t go home for doing that f--d up head piece in a previous episode.

[@themapmaker13]

Eternally love when someone is badmouthing traditional styles as simple and then completely shits the fucking bed

[@Tallidais]

How is Erin so good at portraits yet her apprentice has never done one?

[@marywilkes4206]

Controversial opinion: Billy's 5:55 thing isn't the worst thing I've heard. If the client doesn't have a "time preference" it's just like a signature from a well-known artist.

[@wowjennawow]

i guess it just comes down to whether he asked the guy if it was okay first

[@NP148]

As long as the canvas/client didn't care about the time, otherwise it seems really egotistical

[@VictorMGJ96]

The guest judge was exaggerated when he said it was selfish, but if an artist is going to add something to the tattoo, he must say it. You can't add something without telling the client.

[@ambersomething1693]

It’s disrespectful and arrogant to put that signature on someone’s body for the rest of their lives without really getting full consent to do it.

[@NP148]

What about Jesse Smith's first Japanese? He killed it!

[@megtimbrell157]

... she tattooed a picture of herself... I-

[@mihaela-5203]

Was looking for this comment... it's crazy, and she wouldn't even be able to see it. It's a facepalm

[@djanime317]

Just full on textbook narcissistic behavior 🤦‍♂️

[@johncenaboy44]

I mean Steve-O has three portraits of himself tattooed on his body.

[@msmee0079]

When I was in high school around 1996-1997 every girl got HER name tattooed on them!! 😂 now that I'm 44 I always look at that tattoo and wonder WHY on earth would I get my own name on myself....

[@The420Girl]

I'm a blank canvas at the moment, I can't afford to get tats right now but soon I'll be getting some. I'd love to get some tats from some of the ink master masters lol

[@InkAndPoet]

Prepare to see some hefty price tags.

[@teodorteisberg8344]

Who wouldn't love to get tats from the masters or judges bro

[@nicholasmoreo7658]

You sure? It’s an addiction you won’t be able to kick

[@serbiansauvage]

@@nicholasmoreo7658 Not true. Some people may find it addictive, others won’t. I got one about three years ago, haven’t really bothered getting one since then despite loving them and watching every single season of Ink Master.

[@kelsey2333]

@@nicholasmoreo7658 yeah I'm sorry but that's not true. A tattoo isnt a shot of heroin bro

[@Hallucinogenicwane182Effect]

''i'm not going home'' goes home..

[@allensdfw1362]

I mean considering that this show is completely rigged and scripted and not exactly at all like what we’re seeing on the screen, according to some of the contestants and what they’ve said before, and you can tell that the time countdown means nothing, it’s still an entertaining show.

[@NP148]

I know it's pretty much scripted, but Idc about the drama and everything else, I still watch it just to see the tattoos because it's not like the tattoos that are done are scripted. I wanna see how good and/or bad the artists really are

[@jcece5270]

My favorite part of the video is Chris wearing those ridiculous fucking glasses at 22:15

[@karsonpalmerswork]

Does missing a 2 count as unfinished ? 😂 I love Christian

[@melissaparker340]

I would be so pissed if the tattooist put their birth time on me especially without telling me.

[@ickess]

In the last portrait, it looks Like the girl in his tattoo had just woken up and that’s the image he went with

[@ickess]

I actually like the clock

[@dmxdxl]

I love this show and the artists but man, every time they tell them what they will be tattooing they always are like "WAHAAAAAA!!" like they ain't tattoo artists and shit hah, I get it, tattooing is hard I ain't a tattoo artist myself but I find it funny how much they complain when they are the ones who entered this competition to TATTOO!!!!!...

[@jaycedawson5520]

Its for the audience. The casual watcher doesn't know that contrast is the hardest part of black and grey. Or that there are strict rules for Japanese, or that color saturation is a great way to tear the skin to shreds. So some producer is prompting them with "whats the worst/hardest part of x"

[@InkAndPoet]

"It's missing a two." It's hiding behind a bird! Are you serious?!?!?!

[@The420Girl]

It still should have lines poking out from under the bird

[@The420Girl]

It's an awesome tat tho don't get me wrong

[@bitboi6541]

Yeah the bird wasn't sticking into the clock far enough to cover the two entirely So it's definitely missing

[@haileyquinnzel]

Right? And it’s still a really awesome design!!! Didn’t deserve the flack at al IMO.

[@laly2482]

That bird isn't big enough to cover the number completely. He also drew the 4 as IIII instead of IV, as good as the tattoo looks it still has some errors.

[@alexlibby5087]

When will the artists stop assuming their “speciality” day is in the bag? Feels like any artist going into a challenge with this mindset misses the mark

[@Maldracai]

"I got picked on my entire life, I'm used to it" "You should join the army" Dude, WHAT? That is not fucking advice to give to someone being bulled, what the shit...

[@korie4198]

I was bullied and did join JROTC in high school and the Army afterwards. It really helped me build my confidence and gave me a place were I felt accepted and valued. As a 4'11" woman who was a tomboy, I didn't fit in with most of the students and occasionally caught flack in the Army, but by then I didn't care anymore. It really depends on the individual if that would be good advice or not.

[@LunarSault23]

@@korie4198 thanks for your service 🤘

[@casper5984]

Me: Hey that tattoo is not bad Judges: its shit Me: Omg its soooo bad tattoo wtf :D

[@TheFloridaBikeVlogger]

LOL @ "the kicker" here when chris says that, all I can think of is that one guys brother on the american pickers show..FML, I am watching too much youtubes.

[@xoluciaxo_3721]

It’s funny to me when these artists always fuck it up with American Traditional, because i feel like thats one of the most straightforward/ self-explainatory styles out there. Like there’s only one way to do it right, why do they always want to do something extra when it’s not nessessary?!

[@aeh5109]

I actually would liked that clock if the numbers were right

[@theramdomchannel8329]

is it just me or these people are faking and exagerating all the drama? like, they are supposed to be comepeting for the tytle of best tattoo profesional ever and here they are, looking miserable and trying to explain why it is so hard to tattoo... A CLOCK!! THE HORROR!

[@Wolfsschamane]

Ofc, it's all fake. It's all there to supposedly entertain the audience or in my case, make me skip most of any episode. It's a pity really, even the judges make up random things to enhance the drama way too often. This show would be much better if it was a none scripted competition where the art is the sole focus.

[@katieduvall4516]

Jimmy reminds me a lot of Steven Tyler for some reason.

[@ChristelVinot]

google searching trash polka tat pics... wow, amazing.

[@Jms3424]

I noticed more that his clock had the roman numeral 4 as llll, not lV like it should be 🤔🤔🤣

[@michaelk8642]

When someone wants a portrait of themselves tattooed on them and the portrait is not stylized in any way, you know you are dealing with a narcissist.

[@saladman7772]

I loved Austin’s clock

[@lucasbobo22]

Jason and laura was hard....bot tattoos were really good

[@imacarguy4065]

Jimmy Snaz is a noble man 😅

[@danirobov3668]

i watched video about how theres fake shit and made up shit going on in this show by their production and it makes me wonder if the critiques are real? cuz they went wayy tooo hard on nick for the old school american traditional tattoo, likke he didnt mean any harm by it why u gotta violate like that nunez

[@charless2100]

Austin’s clock tat was pretty cool ngl

[@Spaxcore]

Today....you will tattoo......an image......onto.....a body. 😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱😱

[@takawelk8906]

I honestly felt a little bad for Billy, like yes was the tattoo not even close to the traditional art style? Yes. But he genuinely tried and you could see how upset he was when they corrected him on it. Fuck up? Yes. Purposely? No.

[@skydragon84]

The canvas seemed to like it

[@gooondie]

Clint’s American traditional from Season 2 was horrendous

[@mariolozano3282]

i absolutely love angels biomech beautiful tattoo

[@Misshughestrm]

The 2 in the clock can easily be fixed

[@kellyemoh620]

That chick getting a portrait of herself on herself is crazy. Why would you want yourself on yourself. EGO

[@dontakeshit]

And she got her man to tattoo it to his forearm 😂 😂 😂 😂

[@blueblue2338]

Ask Steve-O

[@st.patrickstar3701]

I thought Austin’s trash polka was dope.

[@kylelyle4976]

The 8 ball was fucked up and there was no 2. The design was cool but the actual application sucked.

[@alemonyoyo69420]

6:51 , idk i kinda love it??? its so cool

[@romamazza5881]

Tommy Helm is the best tattooist on ink master! I also watched his show!

[@KingRioT1]

I think that getting a portrait of yourself on you own skin is straight up narcissistic. Like having a picture of you as your phone wallpaper. 🤣

[@dziadokopter6419]

Like my bird thing? You did you the same color pallet as I ,you shiiiihead😂

[@beepboopbleep3695]

@16:30 when joe rogan first thought about doing a podcast

[@zzirfamo24]

5:30 I don’t know much about American traditional, but that tattoo definitely did look like that. That tattoo looked good, Chris is a hater!

[@Chaotic_Observer]

Eh, i didnt like it either

[@evagaymer3301]

its more so the fact it doesnt follow american tradition at all. feels more like a new school take on traditional. i dont think its a bad tat but doesnt follow traditional style

[@shadowxoxo]

American traditionalist act like someone stabbed them if you go anything different than 3 colors. They are the old men yelling at the cloud for existing.

[@pmbeavis4467]

Roly's shark has the tailfin of a dolphin/killer whale

[@natl5692]

Last season was awesome

[@klassicsubzero]

I've never watched this show, I stumbled onto it by accident. I decided to take a look because I have 4 tattoos. I admit seeing the end results for the tattoos is cool but the thing that makes these clips the most enjoyable, is laughing at grown ass adults acting like 5 year olds with their crying/complaining/fighting with each other 🤣🤣🤣

[@oscarman8070]

why don't we see Oliver? oh ok nvm i googled it..

[@ritualbambootattoo]

Awesome all tattoo artist ..totality respect 100% 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@superidoluwu]

Did she just get a tattoo of herself? I guess, it’s for when she being hit from the back

[@battyrae1398]

respect honestly

[@Nalediii5]

I don't like it when people go home but then it is a competition so they must go home in order to crown winner😭😭

[@tepach1]

GIVE US NEW SEASON HELOOOOO

[@lisadonker1951]

Yess a new one. And I’m so early

[@steppy3736]

Doom held Erin back.

[@richmondmancil9264]

The ones that curse and constantly down others have no class

[@blueblue2338]

How

[@Funclips2412]

Number 5 yeah man

[@davidsmock8235]

Sarah Miller has RBF. lol

[@mariomarkoski6147]

Why oliver peck is never shown in this clips? Wth its just his voice

[@kimi12345]

They deleted all of his appearance from the show since he had a blackface scandal. We can often hear his voice but they don't show his face on their youtube channel anymore

[@SnackFoodOSRS]

Why don't they show olivers face? I noticed with so many of these videos

[@shemilynotoe3208]

I believe he did something controversial and he got canceled, I’m not quite sure but that’s what I’ve picked up from other commenters

[@kaykaymishka5548]

He dressed up in black face and put the "N" on his costume. It was on his MySpace acct.

[@melissaparker340]

Hiram's accent is hot

[@djganata2952]

Oliver Peck doesn't have any screen time at all...

[@kimi12345]

They deleted all of his appearance from the show since he had a blackface scandal. We can often hear his voice but they don't show his face on their youtube channel anymore

[@slayercub9496]

We going to get a new season of Ink Master?

[@marccobosferrer7868]

will there ever be an ignorant tattoo contest? since its also a style

[@payelizabethh]

idgaf i think Nick's tattoo was cool

[@diehardeaglesfansince1994]

10:35 And yet pathetic people in the comments always tries to say Chris Nunez is sexist with the judging

[@juniorlsdmusic]

The woman's portrait was ok like not bad because I've seen worse

[@kodyk.7649]

What season was angel from?

[@InkAndPoet]

Both season 11 and 13, but the season your seeing her in is 13.

[@christineotp]

@@InkAndPoet wait was she on 13 bc she got eliminated too early in season 11?

[@InkAndPoet]

@@christineotp i don't think so. I think she was just a fan favorite. She was certainly one of my favorites.

[@cmurphy0707]

@@christineotp They brought her back primarily because of her skill, it’s the situation with Cleen where he keeps getting brought back because he’s good and a great personality.

[@alejodiaz3135]

15:58 Joe Rogan was on this Show???

[@Goofyba11s]

Nice

[@zeospark9715]

Man I hated Kay every damn word that came out of his mouth was an insult toward someone. Chill dude

[@alexamarie103]

Is Bili's shirt inside out?😶

[@nicolereich592]

I’ve seen peoples shirts inside out more than once I’m this show - I think when they have logos or brand names they make them flip them for legal reasons

[@Dilldough.]

I feel like if another man tattooed the time HE was born on my body without me knowing, should almost be like sexual assault. I didn’t want it and I’m permanently scarred from it lol.