- I'm at the mercy
of this asshole who will not budge on his idea. Do you feel comfortable
just doing him? - Nah, man, I need it to look like it's apocalyptic
in the background. You're not gonna put a
background behind it? - That's a lot of (beep) to cram into a six hour
tattoo on the ribs, you know? (tense music) There's no way I'm gonna be
(beep) able to pull this off. - You will have
six hours to create a terrifying black
and gray demon. Based on your work, one of
you will be closing shop. Good luck. - [Sausage] So you wanna
do it on your stomach? - [Canvas] Yeah. - When the skin is very
loose and deflated, it makes it extremely
hard to tattoo. It's extremely hard
to work on the stomach and it's a disadvantage to me because it's skin that
was now stretched down. I have to make sure
that it looks damn good so that I can impress the judges - Okay.
- and win this thing. - Let me make it clear.
- [Sausage] Mm hm. - I do not care if you go home. I don't care if you lose or win. This is going on my body. - Don't think that I'm
sitting here arguing with you, 'cause that's not
what I'm doing. - No, I'm explaining that
your status in the competition is none of my (beep) concern. - What the hell am
I supposed to do? I've left my family
to come here to win and this guy's gonna
come in my room and tell me that he
doesn't give a (beep) and all he wants
is his free tattoo? I'm screwed. - Stomach tattoo, huh? I knew you could do it. - Well if you knew
I could do it, why wouldn't you give it to
somebody else that couldn't? - That wouldn't be no fun. Yeah, I was giggling
a little bit. I was like, "Oh man, Sausage is gonna have
his work cut out." - Yeah, you didn't
give a (beep) about me or the competition
or anything else. - Really? We picked you a good one. - Yeah, because ultimately I
was able to reel him back in and he's gonna get a
really cool chest piece. (dramatic music) - What? You talked him out of it? - Uh huh. So, it's all good. - Sausage, you
slippery little wiener. Every time I give him a hard
canvas, he slips out of it. Sausage talked him
out of the stomach. - Get the (beep) outta here. Are you serious?
- Yeah. That little Sausage. (chuckling) - That mother (beep). - I know, right? (upbeat music) - [Sausage] What are
your thoughts, bro? - This is not gonna work. I'm really disappointed 'cause
I really wanted that pillar. - Just the pillar or is
it everything else, too? My canvas doesn't
wanna work with me. He doesn't give a (beep). - This is not what
we discussed at all. - It is what we discussed.
- No, it's not. It's not what we discussed at all.
- Here, I'll get- - [Canvas] This is
not the picture. - Yeah, it is.
- No, it's not. - I will tattoo myself to
stay in this competition, but the last thing I'm gonna
tattoo on myself is a demon. Being a new man of faith, that goes against my
religious beliefs. When I look up pillar,
there's this kind of pillar. Is this what you're kind
of hoping for then, too? - I was kind of hoping
that you would do it. - I can't let him
walk out the door. - Four hours remaining. - This is gonna kinda come in, and then everything's just gonna kinda fade off as you see it. Is that all right? - It's fine.
- Work? - Yes.
- Cool. Then we'll get
you started, okay? You ready? Little poke. The guys that were
up there today, they're gunning
for the top people. As much as they sit here and
try to throw me under the bus, I'm gonna battle my way to win. - [Canvas] Mm hm. - There's a couple bullies
that kind of feel that if they give me enough (beep), maybe I'll just trip
and then I'll fall. But they don't realize
that my history has been to take
whatever is given to me and absolutely crush it. Karma's a bitch. - Artists, today you had
to show negative space with a black and gray demon. Sausage. (upbeat music) - I gotta admit, when
he said gargoyle, I kind of rolled my
eyes like, oh boy. It just sounds so corny. Then I saw it, I was
pretty much blown away. There's a lot of layers to it and it looks like stone, but it has movement and action and the perspective
is odd and different. It's pretty amazing. - Thank you. - The dynamic hand that
you have in the foreground is a really nice touch. All that really heavy shading, but with the nice skin breaks, makes it very legible, it doesn't get lost
in the background. Overall man, it's a good job. - [Dave] Sounds like
Halo and Scott's attempt at throwing
you under the bus may have backfired, huh? - I'm hoping so. - [Dave] Well done, man. - Thank you. (dramatic music) - Before we send you
back to the loft, the judges have
determined a winner. The judges have decided that
the best tattoo of the day (dramatic music) goes to Sausage. (contestants clapping) You'll have six hours to
tattoo a fierce warrior. And based on your work, one
of you will be closing shop. Good luck. - I want a kick-ass tattoo. - I just need specifics. - I want a breast
plate, a chest plate. The helmet with, like, the
nose and the eyes are showing. What do you think of a
spear instead of a sword? - You gotta just tell
me which type you want. We got ourselves a bitch,
ladies and gentlemen. Scott was trying to give me
a difficult one to deal with, he succeeded. - I want you to be
able to see his bicep and his forearm and his fist. - [Jay] That might not
be anatomically possible. We also wanna finish this thing. - That is true, too, but
I don't like that idea, I don't like that. - Then that limits us. He just wants to fight
me at every single turn. - Yeah, no, I don't
want that much. - (sighs) Whatever,
dude, I don't care. (dramatic music) This could definitely
get me sent home. (upbeat music) Yeah, that body
position was weird. The arm was all wonky. - I just don't get it. You told me you're not
gonna change it on me, you changed the arm and
you changed the shield. - Yeah, but the problem is
that it looks (beep) weird. Look, I'm telling you now,
it doesn't look right. - [Chris] It doesn't look right or you can't do it?
- Doesn't look right. - [Chris] You're not capable? - (sighs) My canvas
is an (beep). - What happened was,
you told me this, and you said,
- No, no, I understand that. - "You're not gonna
ask me to change it?" And then you changed it on me. - I had to change it. I had to change it
for what's gonna work. And you signed up to
get a free tattoo. - No, I'm supposed
to get something I'm supposed to be happy with. - You're gonna get what's
gonna work for the competition. That's how it works. Don't cost me my opportunity
because you're a dick. You're a dick, dude. - I gotta like this. - But I gotta do
what's gonna win. So I'm gonna try to do
what you're asking for - I'm sure you will.
- right now, but if it work out, I'm just gonna wind
up tattooing myself. - That's comforting. - Ah, holy annoying. - If you're gonna
tattoo yourself, then what's the whole
point of this competition? I don't understand. Is this how you treat
customers in your shop? This is the skin
that I have to wear for the rest of my life,
first and foremost. It's a contest, secondary. (tattoo gun buzzing) The shield is dark. That's a lot of
dark in one spot. - I can't stand this jerk-off. It has to be shadows, if there's no shadows,
we got nothing. - [Chris] You don't
think it's too much black in one spot, though? - If I thought it was too much, I wouldn't put it in there. He's complaining, he's
questioning what I'm doing. - [Chris] It looks like
there's so much black going on there in the arm. - It's hard to concentrate when you keep asking
me stuff like that, you know what I mean? I know what I'm doing, bro. I should've done what I
would've done in the real world and thrown his ass
the (beep) out. And ta-dah. (suspenseful music) - It just, it looks a little, a little too dark. I feel like his
arm and the shield it's just like, it's one shade. I would've liked to see his arm - That is definitely
- a little bit more. - not one shade. - [Scott] Jay's inability
to work with the canvas - Holy (beep). - really shows in his tattoo. If you wanna be Ink Master, you need to be able to
work with any canvas and still make a good tattoo. - The judge coming over,
taking a look at it with a big smile on his face, he didn't do that 'cause
that was (beep) up. - Pack your bags, dude, your girlfriend's missing you. Go home. (Jay sighs) - Today we asked you to show
detail by tattooing warriors. Jay. (suspenseful music) - [Judge] Man, really what I
just gotta get into is the sky. I mean, we've seen
some bad backgrounds, this is a bad background. - That was the end of the tattoo where he just
wouldn't stop moving. - [Judge] You woulda
been better off just doing your figure alone. - The warrior's drawn
and shaded nicely. I think the second you
got to the background, you were like, (beep) it. Just looks like you're
tattooing really pissed off. (dramatic music) - You will have six hours to
tattoo a new school dinosaur. Based on your work, one
of you will close shop. Good luck. - Stegosaurus in
a varsity jacket. - Playing video games
on the stone TV? - Yes.
- Okay. What the (beep) am I
gonna do with this? How are you supposed to put a TV into this tattoo without
blocking half of it? - Some red Converse with
a date on the bottom to be a tribute to my father. - Holy crap. This guy wants a dozen elements
packed into one tattoo. Sausage, you came out
swinging at me right now. You're petty, dude. You're a petty son of a bitch. (tattoo gun buzzing)
- [Canvas] Whoo. This (beep) is intense, man. (canvas groans) - Hold on tight. Trying to make a winner here. I have to tattoo a
new school triceratops playing video games
on Jack Skellington. He only has this much fat
between his skin and bone. (canvas groans) And it really hurts
to get tattooed when
you're that skinny. (tattoo gun buzzes) Let's keep getting it over with. This guy will not sit through
what I have to give him and this is bull
(beep) yet again. - Today, Jimmy challenged you to tattoo his
specialty, new school. And we're judging color theory. Matti. What exactly did your
canvas ask you for? - He wanted a
little dinosaur kid playing video games in
front of a stone TV. - Why is the TV not plugged in? - Where would I plug
it in, you know? It just has no place to go. - [Judge] On the
front of the TV, there's an awkward black
line that comes out. - It wasn't a mistake line,
if that's what you're asking. - [Judge] It looks like
an unfinished line. - I was making that little
cord for the controller. - [Judge] The TV itself,
I'm not a fan of it. Just not as striking, as
powerful, of an image. (dramatic music) - You'll have six
hours to show contrast with an outer space tattoo. And based on your work,
one of you will close shop. Good luck. - Ideally, in this tattoo, what
exactly are you looking for? - Okay, I want a
more realistic scene. - [Ryan] And you wanted to
do three planets, right? - I have three people's names. - [Ryan] Uh huh. - My two children
and my best friend. - [Ryan] Right. - That I kinda wanted to
incorporate into there, but not, like, obviously. Kind of atmospherically. Like, you can hide it in
a planet, if you want. - I have to convince my
canvas not to do names. I never try to convince
people out of something that they feel strongly about. - [Canvas] Right. - But in this competition,
names send people home. (dramatic music) Like, I might be (beep). - So, I wanted like,
a whole battlefield and then with a planet, a black hole or a
wormhole, whichever, and then some kind of
alien battlefields. - Like, are they
battling on a planet? - [Canvas] No, there's
just an outer space... - Shooting at each other. - [Canvas] Yeah, pretty much. You know, flying saucers, piew piew piew piew,
- Okay, okay.
- shooting at each other. - You have gotta be
(beep) kidding me. The tattoo that I'm gonna make will probably be
around this size, but it'll be easy
to build off of. 'Cause we won't finish if
you do your whole ribs. - I think you should be able to. Totally should be able to. - It's not possible to
finish something that size. If I don't finish this
tattoo, I am screwed. (rock music) - I'm gonna kick those
boys' butts today. - Uh, yeah. - Originally my canvas requested three planets and three names, but I convinced my canvas that
we are not doing the names. Gian, dummy. - [Canvas] Little match
made in heaven, Gian, sorry. - He thought he was
throwing us under the bus. - No. - Gian thought he was giving
me one of the worst canvases, and I turned that (beep) around. - Ryan's stoked she talked
that lady out of that (beep). Stoked, right? I would be. (tattoo gun buzzing) - Ah, that tickles. - [Mike] Just a little bit, huh? - That tickles so good, oh yeah. - This canvas keeps
moving around. He is not sitting
very well at all. - [Canvas] (beep) sorry. - [Competitor] Mike's tuned
into outer space right now with his canvas. - He's a (beep) weirdo. (rock music) - Ah. - I think I'm really (beep). - Today you had to show contrast
by tattooing outer space. Mike. (suspenseful music) You've hit contrast here. There is some nice areas
of darkness in this space, but you've got circles, you've got different
areas that are geometrically supposed to
be parallel and perfect and they're all a little rough. - That dude was weird. He just kept sitting up
and moving all around and he wouldn't sit still. - What I don't like is
the way you tattooed. It doesn't have
that finished look that I'm used to
seeing from you. It doesn't have the polish. - This is why you don't wanna phone those flash challenges in. - [Mike] No, yeah. - You're gonna get a
guy like this if you do. - If I get a skull
pick, I'm gonna get him. (dramatic music) - Ryan. (dramatic music) - [Judge] A lot of people
hit contrast today, but I really think
you hit it the best. The top two planets, just to contrast with
the bright purple, the open highlight,
then the black to really get the idea of
contrast to create a shape. - I really like the
black that you use even though the rings
get a little wobbly. And I think you have
a lot of good tricks. - Thank you.
- Looking strong here. - Thank you. - The judges have decided the best tattoo of the day
- Good job. - [Dave] goes to Ryan. - Thank you. - You'll have six
hours to tattoo a color-realistic battle. Based on your work,
one shop will be out. Good luck. - [DJ] What's up buddy? DJ, nice to me you. - [Jessy] What is is exactly that you were
looking to get again? - Warrior princess
fighting a dark warrior, but we need to add an element that he's getting the
(beep) kicked out of him. - Right? - I want a look on her
face that's just bad-ass. She's standing over him, she's got her sword
sort of resting on him. Gowns can't look perfect. I want blood, I want holes. - We thought we had
the best canvas. She said one thing
in the lineup, and now she's telling us a million different
things that she wants. - We're working with six hours. This is easily a 25-hour tattoo. - Yeah. - There are just elements that I'm not willing
to compromise on. - If she's not willing
to work with us, then this whole thing's gonna
turn into a (beep) show. - I thought you said you
wanted to soften up top. - [Jessy] Um, it's
pretty soft as it is. - I want the top to
look a little more
even with the bottom. - The only battle
in this situation is our canvas battling with us. - I'm just not seeing
your background and I'm not picturing
it on the tattoo and I'm worried that
it's gonna not look good. - Yeah, but as artists, we like to give you something that we see as well as a
collaboration together. - But, it's my tattoo, so. Give me, give me a minute. - Okay. (dramatic music) Now I'm in freaking panic mode. (beep) is going on right now? - We're trying to give
her our best tattoo and she's second-guessing
everything we're doing. - This is (beep) crazy. - Welcome back. - So I want you to do what
you wanna do with the dress. - Okay. - And I'm not gonna
do the background. - Okay. - I feel like lot of this
comes down to this girl not being able to sit
for a six-hour tattoo. Jess, do you want me
to get in or you go? - I just, I think you
tattoo a little more gently. - No worries.
- If you're good. - Yeah, that's fine. - This girl's insane. - Absolutely. - Today you had to
create battle scenes with clear composition. Pinz and Needlez. (suspenseful music) Was there a conflict when you
got going with this canvas? - Oh my god.
- She didn't wanna trust us on any aspect. - [Judge] Aside from it not
looking like a battle scene and aside from the
problems with the canvas and blah, blah, blah,
you drew those hands. Those hands are jacked. And you put that on somebody. - I woulda quit, too. You win your client
over in the beginning and you make them shut up by impressing them with
a beautiful drawing. Your art speaks
louder than anything. Artwork, first and foremost,
that's how you get the title. - You will have six hours
to show solid fundamentals tattooing a clock. Fail to impress the judges, and your time in this
competition will be up. Good luck. - I like the ingredients
that you're giving me here. - All right, don't screw it up. - The pressure's is
a lot harder on me because I feel like I
have to redeem myself. I gotta prove to these guys
that I deserve to be here. So she wants a steampunk-ish
owl, top hat, black and gray, put some books
stacked on something. - That is way too
much in six hours. What's the most important
elements of this to you? - All of it. - [Christian] It can't be done. - Yes, it can. - Not a chance. What you don't want is
your artist rushing. It'll end up
looking like (beep). - I don't think I
could pull this off. (dramatic music) - How ya doing?
- You are no match for me. - I know, you already got me scared.
- You are no match for me. - [Christian] How you feeling? - Okay, just check on him, 'cause now I'm worried.
- I'm going to. I will make sure
you're walking out with the best tattoo he can do. I got you. - [Canvas] Go. - How are you doing, bud? - Just kinda just
sketching real quick. - All right, be
confident with her. Make sure it's
all nice and clean and don't bite off
more than you can chew. - I got a tough canvas. She started off
very, very nervous, and now her leg
keeps on twitching and it's making my line
work look inconsistent. - Make sure that
all the little stuff is as smooth and
clean as you can. - I have a lot going
through my head right now. I wanna impress Christian, I wanna impress my
fellow teammates. It's just, it's hard. - Today you had to
prove your fundamentals tattooing a clock. JP. - Ah, damn. - [Judge] And I really
liked the drawing, but technically, fundamentals,
you are falling short. It is just really sloppy. - The line work in this, I have a hard time
finding redeeming areas. I'm now believing
that it's not nerves, I'm believing that it's you. (dramatic music) I don't know if it's your
nerves or if it's you, but for me, this one lacks
a lot of the fundamentals. - I think it's a
good-looking tattoo. Could it be my technique
or could it be the nerves? I'm still trying to just
figure that (beep) out, bro. - You have six hours to tattoo
a difficult part of the body. And based on your work, one
of you will be going home. Good luck. - [Kyle] How do you wanna do it? - Apocalyp the Angel.
- Okay. - He has a staff, standing by a tombstone
with the crow there, with his hand out. - Do you wanna do, like,
a full-body type of thing? - [Canvas] Yeah. - I'm at the mercy
of this asshole who will not budge on his idea. Do you feel comfortable
just doing him? - Nah, man, I need it to look like it's apocalyptic
in the background. You're not gonna put a
background behind it? - That's a lot of (beep) to cram into a six-hour
tattoo on the ribs, you know? (dramatic music) There is no way I'm gonna be
(beep) able to pull this off. - [Canvas] (beep). - Just keep pushing through. - Yeah, man, I'm
pushing through. - [Kyle] You got
this (beep), man. - Yeah, I got it all right. A lot of (beep) pain, I got. - I think Kyle's in trouble. - [Cleen] Kyle's dude's
hurting a little bit. - And the drawing sucks. There's some real
shaky lines in there. - You think his drawing's
better than TJ's? - TJ's is realism. - [Cleen] You can't
tell what it is. - [Christian] Get the
(beep) outta here. - [Cleen] Stop. - [Christian] When you guys
were on top, it was all fun. You guys wanted
- No. - to run your mouths and talk a bunch of (beep).
- Dude. - And now, you lost two in a
row, and your people went home. - That's how it goes. Wait till your dudes
start going home. - And it's gonna
happen, I know it. - [Canvas] (beep) (beep). (dramatic music) - My canvas wants
a 16-hour tattoo condensed into six hours, but he's squirming
like a little bitch. - Ah, damn this. All right, that's it, oh (beep). - [Kyle] I gotta finish it, man. - No, dude, nail in the coffin. Ah! - Great tattooers go home all
the time on this competition because you're at the
mercy of your canvas and this dude is done. (dramatic music) I think I'm going home. - Don't plan your funeral
before your body dies. Even if he was being a dick, Kyle is still my little brother and I love them and I
want him to do well. It's so difficult knowing that I can't do anything
to help him out. - [Kyle] I'm gonna
drop the ball today. - Cheer up. - No.
- Cheer the (beep) up. - [Kyle] It's hard. I'm gonna go pack my bags. - [Cleen] Oh my god, Kyle,
you're (beep) killing me. - Today you were being
tested on creativity tattooing difficult body parts. Kyle. (suspenseful music) I like the illustration, but you shaded over
your own artwork. - [Judge] What you're
missing here, man, is different values. - Contrast. - [Judge] You've got
one tone of black. You've got the same value
in the cloak, the beard, the staff, the hood, the
wing, and the background. - I definitely would've gone
in there with more tones had he been able to sit longer. - This one's probably the
biggest struggle you've had since you've been here. (suspenseful music) - All right guys, you're
gonna have six hours to demonstrate color theory by
creating new school tattoos. And based on your work, one of you will be
packing your bags. Good luck. - The women really
hit their targets because they gave me and
Cam the hardest canvases. A horse riding a cowboy? - [Canvas] Yes. - I do not do new school. That cartoony (beep)
don't fly with me. Maybe the cowboy look
like he's struggling because a horse is
heavier than the man, so. - You could even make the
guy bucking, if you want, you know?
- Okay. It's gonna be hard trying
to pull off this design. I definitely got screwed
over on this one. (dramatic music) - No one on my team
does new school. So basically now I just have
to teach a bunch of artists a whole new art
form in a few hours. - I might have to switch up
this whole design, honestly. The whole body situation
is just driving me crazy. So, I mighta just try
to convince him to
get a cowboy horse, especially with the time.
- I think that's a good idea. - All right. All right, so, I had trouble
with putting in a horse and having it proportionately
right on the body. - Right, okay. - So I feel like the
safe way for me to do it is do a cowboy horse. - No, I still kinda want
the horse riding the man. It just has to look like the
horse is on top of the man. - If you were to do something
where the man is in front and he's blocking
the horse body, would that be something you'd be - I mean, I can settle for that.
- cool with? I just don't want a
horse-man combination. - I am struggling for real. All right, so I
finally got a drawing. How do you like that? - Yeah, that could work. - It's definitely gonna be more
detailed than this, though. - For sure.
- Okay. Phew, now it's time
to get started. In order to finish this, I gotta tattoo faster
than I ever have before. - Damn, grease lightning. So you're one of those people that responds well
to pressure, then? - I try not to lose focus
because when I did lose focus, I did bad on the tattoo. So, I learned my
lesson on that one. I've given up time
with my daughter and today is not gonna
be the day I give up. - Today you had to
show solid color theory by creating a new school tattoo. Fon. - Go get 'em, buddy.
- Wish me luck. - [Judge] It looks like you
put the stencil on in the dark. You just put the boot right
into the other tattoo? - 'Cause he had a small arm. - Dude, you're telling
me that that boot can't move over a (beep)
quarter of an inch? I know you're in a hurry. And then we've got
that bottom horse hoof. Nobody knows where that
foot's coming from, nobody knows where
that foot's going to. - It looks like you
were like, "Oh, shit, what am I gonna do?" And you had to come through.
- Yeah, I was just focused on finishing, honestly. - This is a tougher
outing for you today. - You'll have six hours
to precisely tattoo a traditional
illustrative portrait. Fail to impress the judges
and you'll be going home. Good luck. - We're doing full size. These details are gonna
be as close as I can. It's gonna be like a pinup. - Yeah.
- Well, I was thinking about maybe doing a little flower in front of it? You know, so you have
a little illustration and then you have her, so it
makes sense, the transition. - But that's like,
flower on my wrist. I don't give a shit
about flowers at all. - Maybe I could put
a ribbon under it? - But I don't know
if I like the ribbon. - This canvas is giving
me such a hard time. She doesn't wanna work with
me in any aspect of this. - [Canvas] Could you
do, like, a stone? - I think that's gonna feel
morbid, like a tombstone. - I personally don't
mind if it just ends. - I do. Like, that's like the most
unartistic way to end. It is unflattering. She has to meet me in the
middle or I'm going home. The flower is literally
just an afterthought. - But I feel like it's tacky. And then tomorrow I'll be like,
"What the (beep) did I do?" - Let me sit with ya. - She won't let me add
any kind of frame to it, so it's just gonna
end like that. I wanted to add some kind of
filigree, a rose, a flower. She wants nothing. - So where does
she want it to end? - She wants it just
to end like that. Like, just fade. - I just did not think she
was gonna be like that at all. - I think it's gonna be so hard
to make this look like her. - That's really
what she looks like. I'd just make sure you get
these real nice in there. This is super important. - [Pon] I think I may have
(beep) myself with this one. - [Jake] The other
ones, I don't know what I would have
done with them. - [Pon] I'm not mad at anybody. - [Jake] No, I'm
saying, you know, like, I truly thought that would
be a good one for ya. - I'm just doing it
how I wanna do it, and then that's what she's
gonna get, to be honest. - [Jake] Yeah, I mean,
that's what it is. - [Pon] I was afraid
that I scared you away. I wasn't trying to be mean, I
hope she doesn't think that. I'm actually really nice.
- No, I definitely went back, and I was like, "I don't
think this is gonna work." - Since I gotta go
more illustrative, now I have to show a
little bit more detail and the face is too small
to show all the details and make it look
like this person. I got a little nervous,
I'm not gonna lie to you. - Well, we felt the same, but we feel the same
now, so that's better. - That's it. It has teeth in the tattoo and I don't know
how to approach this without making it look
like it has veneers. Ah shit, Grandma's
got a mustache. - Oh my god, I was like,
"Are you (beep) kidding me?" - Tough crowd, tough crowd. I am shook as (beep). I think I'm going home. - [Jake] Why? - Like, I'm supposed to be
making it look traditional, but I went to black and gray. - [Jake] Like this? - Your's nice. Mine doesn't look
traditional enough. - I feel like you have
to go traditional, but not so traditional it doesn't look like
the person anymore. - Today you had to tattoo a traditional
illustrative portrait. Pon. (suspenseful music) - [Judge] As far as capturing
the look of the person with a simple drawing,
you don't do it. If you look at her right eye, the top of her eye is curved and the tattoo, it's
a straight line, and then curved underneath. Just the little looks
of what's going on, you lose it. The shape of the mouth is
off, the width of the neck. - As dark as you went
in the collarbone, as weird as the
shoulders come out, I can be like, okay,
it's stylized gritty. It's whatever, if
you're looking to go that route of illustration. But what I can't not see is
the precision in the face. Her eyes don't line up, the
nose has a crazy curve to it, the mouth is off-center. That's all the places where
you need to be precise. (dramatic music) - You'll have six hours
to tattoo a pinup. Fail to create a
dream girl and you can kiss your dream of a hundred
thousand dollars, goodbye. Good luck. - Having her hold
an impact wrench, and then obviously it has an air hose connected
going into it. - Honestly, I have no
idea what my canvas wants. He's saying a lot of words
that I'm not able to catch. - With the route right itself, And then the air hose going, basically, around her nipples. - Every time he
talk about something that is already complicated, he adds more things to it. - And then I don't
know if it's possible to get a car in the background. - There's too many stuff. We're not gonna be able to
accomplish that in six hours. - I actually, I had
a pinup girl on me and got it covered up. The guy did a horrible job. - Well, let's make
sure this one is great, because it's pretty big. This canvas was
definitely a shot at me, but guess what, man? I'm a canvas whisperer. We came out from (beep)
10,000 elements to three. I'm having a lot of fun, bro. - Good, man, I'm glad. - Even when I came to the
States with no English, I still were able to
survive, you know? Because I'm able to
create this interaction when people trust me. - Today, you had to show
artistry, tattooing a pinup. Let's see how you did. Hiram (suspenseful music) - Her face is great. On a face this small, keeping
the eyes black like that really sinks them in
and makes it look great. - [Judge] You do have
a couple of wonky lines going on in the tire but overall man, I mean, that's a tough
tattoo to pull off and I think you do
a great job with it. - Thank you. - You'll have six hours to
tattoo a Japanese crane. - Okay. - Keep your composure or
you will be heading home. Good luck. - The rice field down at
the bottom, the crane, and maybe a mountain. - Rice field. I'm trying to
picture this design. It's a lot. Just trying to make
sure, composition-wise, it's gonna flow well. His calf is about the
size of my forearm. There's not a lot
of real estate here. So I'm gonna have to try to
remove some of these items. Do you want its wings open, - No.
- about to take flight, or just like?
- No. I don't want it to
take flight at all, no. - Okay. It's too stiff of an image. If I can just open
this crane up, I can really shape the calf. But if I can't, I
might be screwed. Yeah, it's the last five and I'm a major
competitor in this house. Like, nobody's been able to really stump me
up yet, you know? - Oh shit. Is that why they
gave this to you, 'cause it's the
most painful spot? - Ah, they gave it to me
'cause it's a painful spot and you asked for
a lot of things. - [Canvas] I did, really? - I love tattooing so much. It's one of those things where I can just
shut out the world. As a child, I used to
just go to my room, shut everybody out, and I
would just draw for hours. It was my outlet for a
lot of emotions and pain that I had to deal with. (canvas groaning) Bob definitely
screwed me over hard, but I'm not gonna let your
shot land at all, buddy. - Today, you were being
tested on composition, tattooing Japanese cranes. Let's see how you did. Jerell. - The question here for
me on composition is, is that an ant pile? Because the size relationship from that mountain to that sun to the white cap and the bird, there's serious
issues with depth. The sun can't be
bigger than anything on the whole tattoo
that's in the back. - Is that a wind, that
scoop that comes back? - I was trying to
show off some wind, just to break up the elements. - You have water, you have
wind, you have clouds. And tonally, they're
all exactly the same. And it's just a lot to take in. - Yeah - There's not a harmony going
on with anything in here. The clouds don't
really match the water. The water's dramatic, the
clouds are bubbly and loose. Today, this did not fly for you. - That's rough, man. (Jerell sighs)
