(Tommy) It's gonna
be awesome, man. We're gonna do something
really beautiful for you. The rules when
I'm approaching a cover-up are, you are not covering a tattoo, what you're doing is
you're actually camouflaging it. The dots are always
gonna be there. The blacks, certainly,
are always gonna be there. So what you're trying to do
is work with what's there and make something
brand-new for the person. (man) It's a good choice
for a cover-up because it's light,
there's no bold, dark outlines on it.
(Jeremy) All ready. We will do something awesome to really make it...
>>: I know. I'm so excited. >>: ...way different. Okay. See how these are,
like, really rigid. >>: Yeah.
>>: I think making the wings like that'll be really awesome.
>>: Yes. >>: Why are you getting
this covered-up, exactly? >>: Uh, my wedding
is in September and I want to have something that I can be proud of. I'm kind of freaked out about how this
elimination tattoo is gonna go. Covering-up giant wings
like this is a difficult task. And I'm only gonna have
six hours to do this tattoo? This just seems insane. (man) Here it is. (woman) That is sick! (Tommy) Are you happy with it?
>>: Yeah. It looks awesome.
>>: Awesome. >>: So, cover-up part
will be right in here. >>: Think that'll work? >>: Ready? All right.
>>: Let's go. (tattoo machine whirring) ♪ >>: You're doing great. >>: It's feels good to know
that there's an artist who wants to help. My wedding is coming up and I have a beautiful
wedding dress. And I don't know what I would do if I have this tattoo anymore.
(crying) (bleep) (bleep) (groans) ♪ >>: What made you go
to Koi fish? >>: I've always wanted one and it just never happened. >>: You know, I do
realistic type stuff. The Koi fish itself, I'm competent with it.
I traced the cover-up. The bulk of the body falls
right over top it. The only challenge
for me right now is to get it done in six hours,
you know. >>: All right.
There's five hours left. (tattoo machine whirring) ♪ >>: I lay down 90% of my clients just to make them comfortable. and feel at ease throughout
the whole entire tattoo. And that helps so much. (groans) (screams) >>: Two lines in and this girl
is already screamin'. >>: No! (screams) No, no, no, no! No, no, no. >>: She's moving
all over the place. If she can't sit still she's gonna have a bad tattoo. (groans softly)
You all right? >>: I really don't know
what Jeremy is doing in there but whatever he is doing,
it's wrong. He's screwing up somewhere.
Nobody should be screaming. >>: All right, guys,
four hours to go. ♪ The stakes are high
for these people that come in to get tattoos because they're gonna be
permanently marked forever. I mean, some of the greatest
artists in the world have made mistakes on people. >>: I mean, it's very nervous. (Tommy) Don't worry...
>>: I'm glad that I'm not freaking out.
(chuckles) >>: B-Tat.
>>: What's up, man? How's it looking? >>: It's comin' along good. Getting the cover-up
on right there. I was gonna do
it with this Foo dog. >>: Nice.
You do a lot of Japanese? >>: No. I just do
whatever the customer bring. >>: Oh, yeah?
>>. Yeah. >>: An ink master is somebody
that could actually take on any style. Anything that the client
has in mind. They'll take that idea, adopt to their style and give it back to the client in the most beautiful,
flawless way. That's an ink master. (Dave) Two hours left, everybody ♪ (Christine screams) >>: No! I can't. I can't!
I can't. (crying) I can't...
I can't do it anymore. I can't. (sobbing) >>: You okay? Wanna keep going? >>: (crying) I can't. (dramatic music) >>: This is absolutely
the worst client that I have ever had sit for me. >>: I can't do it anymore. (sniffling) I can't. I dealt with the pain
as much as I could (sniffling) so that I could
show my family and friends this beautiful tattoo. But I had to stop. I couldn't do it anymore. So embarrassing. ♪ (Dave) All right, guys,
15 minutes left. ♪ (woman) Oh, my God. The clock is running down and I'm not done
with Edward's tattoo. I just put all the fire
around the skull and everything looks orange. I have to go back in there and put some contrast. I'm afraid I'm not gonna have
the time to do that. (Dave) One minute warning, guys. ♪ Okay, in five, four, three, two, one. That's it, time is up. Machines down. >>: All right, John. Only took six hours. >>: Your assignment today
was to fix the crooked angel wings. It's hard for me to comment because clearly you haven't
finished here. (Jeremy) She had a tough time
from the very beginning. (Christine screaming) (bleep) (bleep) (groans) (Jeremy) It would have been
awesome in the end but we didn't get there. Josh, why don't you come
upfront? You're the first pick. How do you think it went today? >>: Great. I feel like
I did have the advantage from winning
the flash challenge. I felt like I executed
the tattoo the way I needed to. (Chris) You banged out
a big tattoo. You banged out a bright tattoo. I would've definitely liked
to have seen you hit raw talent by picking a tougher tattoo. I would like to see you
push yourself. And I would really like
to see other styles from you. >>: Heather. >>: Bring it on. I know you guys
are gonna tear me up. Let's go. >>: Slow down. You got the old veteran. He had a military tattoo. (Chris) This tattoo, your drapery and your folds
in the bottom of it, you lost 'em. >>: I feel like I did
a pretty good tattoo considering the circumstance, considering the pressure
applied to us. >>: But again, we're here
in a competition, you're competing for $100,000. >>: Al Fliction. How'd it go today? >>: I had one of the tough ones. I was able to at least come up
with something to incorporate
what was there already. 'Cause if I had to cover
the whole thing, wouldn't have had enough time. >>: Why wouldn't you really hit a nice, big, clean
frontal dragon head instead of the mush?. You look like you're rushing. The quality of your line work, the quality of your shading, you're not hitting it clean. The cover-up attempt was sick, but did it work? I'm not sold. ♪ Shane. ♪ You got to cover-up a pretty faded tattoo
to begin with. (Shane) Nah, it wasn't too bad. >>: The tattoo is solid. The cover-up works. But the actual artwork didn't lineup. The head is much bigger
than the tail. The tail is not big enough
to propel the head. You didn't hit the mark. >>: Bili. You know, that eye
looks like it's wet. Really well done, man. >>: Thanks. ♪ (Dave) Lea. How'd it go for you today? >>: I could've used
a little bit more time to push
a little more contrast where the cover-up was. >>: The only comment I'd had is Edward himself... is a little on the orange side. And there was a lot of orange
going on in this ink. So, color-wise,
it was hard to... differentiate between Edward
and the tat. (Chris) One thing
you are lacking is a bolder outer outline. I feel like you're
a little bit soft to be doing such a big,
explosive color piece. These are my issues. >>: Tommy, come on upfront. (Tommy) It was definitely trick. And even in the parts
where the former tattoo might show a little bit, you put wisty lines
to help make it look like there's stuff going on there. >>: B-Tat. So you had to cover-up
the Pegasus. >>: Yeah. (Dave) How'd it go for you? >>: It went good. Just tryin' to make
it disappear. >>: You have to be able
to align these things right. If you're gonna do the circles on the top of the hair
of the Foo dog, it's gotta be
that smooth motion. You're bonked, you're lumped. You're not straight,
you look nervous. You were off. It's my opinion. James, let's have you
in the center? So, you had...
What was it though, "Live, love...
(James) Yeah, all those letters. I'm about passed out when he came
into my room and said, "I want an armor." (Dave) I can still see
a little bit of the cover-up poking out between the feathers
here and there. >>: It was tough
to get it all out. >>: I would've liked to seen you keep everything
a little bit straighter. To me that was the part
that you didn't push it home. >>: My job is obviously
to give you what you want. But you're gonna have a cross
going into your armpit. He has your everyday idea of a dragon wrapped around
a Celtic cross which isn't exactly
what I wanna do. You know, I wanted to have
a cool transition but that's obviously
not gonna work if we ever gonna
have a cross. I just got dealt the stupidest
damn tattoo on the planet. You're gonna do
one of two things. just go ahead and screw me
out of the competition and, uh, let me do
the best I can with your Cross idea. >>: I'm gonna have
this forever, so... >>: And you get it for free. I wanna show
the judges ingenuity. But he wants certain elements and he's not gonna
come off of that. Another guy, is just not (bleep)
working with me. >>: What's gonna happen
with this it's so black... The line are thick,
they're not light at all. It is not possible. >>: Okay.
>>; I'm telling you straight up, this can't be covered. I'm sorry. Believe me, you know, I got $100,000
on the line... >>: I know. I'm sorry for you.
>>: And, um... >>: I am so screwed right now. I'm gonna have to live with this
for the rest of my life. I get that you're competing but this is my life, too. >>: You ready for this?
>>: Definitely. >>: Ingenuity is very necessary to be able to do a cover-up. There's a lot
of different elements. Understanding the positioning
of the tattoo and being able to disperse
light and dark evenly so it's not so obvious
where the cover-up is. (Clint) Let me see
what they got. My canvas wants a Celtic cross with a dragon wrapped around it. And I took those key elements
and kind of combined it into something
that'd be little bit better. This is gonna start off
black and gray but it has
the favorite right here. It's gonna go into all of those
red and everything like that. >>: Just amazing. >>: The judges wants you
to think outside the box and come up with a creative way
to get rid off a tattoo. Not only did I do that, but I've also created
a better design than what the guy
originally wanted. I have to win this one.
I have to. (tattoo machine whirring) (Lalo) How're you feeling? Good?
>>: I'm fine. >>: Samurais don't hurt. (laughs) (Lalo) I'm excited
I get to do a samurai. I'm not so excited about
the piece that I have to cover. What I'm worried
is about the size. How the (bleep)
am I gonna make this fast enough, smooth enough to finish on time? (Mike) It's gonna be
a long... day. I don't wanna approach
this tattoo using a lot of black I wanna get some
opaque grays in there. I wanna use
some kind of texture. I'm gonna be with them
down for the wire I think. I'm sure these other guys are under-estimating me. It's my size, right off the bat. It's something I've dealt with
all my life. That's what keeps me going. Sooner or later, they're gonna
respect me for what I do. (Tray) My canvas wants
a Japanese dragon to cover-up his tribal. Which is a awful big thing
to ask for on a forearm. So I'm gonna have to draw
this thing all twisted up. (Nick) Tray is definitely making
some amateur mistakes. He put solid orange
over the part of the cover-up. It's definitely
gonna show, dude. There's no way that's gonna
cover the black ink. >>: We could do
some kind of bird of paradise. The wing, that's gonna cover
most of it. On the body,
they're gonna be darker colors. I'm still feeling
this could really go either way. It's gonna be close. Ain't gonna lie.
>>: Okay. >>: Either I'm (bleep), or I'm pulling this off. And I don't know really yet,
which way this is gonna go. Compared to this, they're
supposed to be good, right? >>: Yeah. Exactly.
>>: We're gonna have to prove it today.
(both laugh) >>: Steve is definitely
tripping out with his cover-up tattoo. That bird looks horrible. Anytime you go
into something uncomfortable, it's gonna show. That's part of my strategy. I'm feeling good about my bird. I'm just keeping everything the judges have ever told me
and critique in mind. >>: I'm utilizing the old tattoo
in the cover-up because sometimes if you
just cover something up with a different design, the old tattoo
will always show through. >>: I wasn't expecting
to see this. Like, not done this way,
you know. (Nick) Yeah. The tattoo is gonna look like
an entirely different tattoo. I'm gonna add parts and I'm gonna change the look
of the old one completely. >>: Nick's tattoo
isn't really cover-up. Nick's tattoo is a re-work. >>: One hour to go. ♪ >>: Are you doing
the wipe down? >>: Yeah. Right down
this nose a little bit. The cover-up, it's not covering. My last option is black. You know, that's one
of the only places I can put a light color.
You know what I mean? 'Cause the cover-up is all,
like, right in the middle. I've been backtracking
a little bit, second-guessing myself, so I'm kind of
running out of time. I gotta go
with the black and I gotta get
this tattoo covered. >>: Five minutes left. ♪ Time is killing me.
I'm really stressed 'cause I don't want
to compromise the quality of the tattoo. But I don't want to
not finish the tattoo. >>: Kay-Kutta, you're up first. What was your strategy? >>: I wanted to do a peacock 'cause I wanted to show Chris
some lines, since he said
I absolutely can't do any lines. (Chris) I'm glad that you showed
you can do a nice, thin outline. I think you're actually
stepping up to the test. >>: Steve. It's a big tattoo to cover-up. (Steve) It was a nightmare. (Chris) There are so much cool, thought out detail
in the head and everything else. The wings, I'm not crazy about. If you would've taken a cooler shaped wing
and bring it down, it would've had a lot
smoother flow on her arm. >>: You covered it.
But if it came down to it, you and Kay-Kutta
between the two birds, he probably got you on this one. >>: Well, I mean,
his piece is this big. And his cover-up is this big. I mean, my cover-up is this big
'cause my piece was this big. I can't add that much detail.
I'd love to. >>: Mark. How was this for you? (Mark) The blacks
were light enough that I could get over it
with the light color. >>: There's not a lot of flow. It's a big patch of cover
kind of unfinished. No attachment or anything. I'm not feeling it. >>: Lalo. One of the most difficult things
to cover-up is parallel lines. And they took over
the whole calf. >>: I think it could
have been better, had you added
a little more flare. You got this big, dark,
black ball down there. I think you were going to put
something there didn't put something there. >>: This thing's lacking detail
everywhere. I thought you were gonna murder
this thing but it murdered you. >>: Sarah. >>: This guy didn't necessarily
have a specific design in mind. >>: He really liked my paintings so that was the first thing
I kind of focused on. >>: Her face is so realistic. And the detail in the eye
leads me to believe that you could've
detailed those fingers out. >>: Mike. >>: I think I covered it
pretty well. My clients first option
was to do his dog, which was pure white, and we all know
that won't happen. My first intention
with this piece was to do some more
hair texture. But I decided to abandon that,
lock in some solid color and get that cover-up done. >>: If you'd pull an
American Pit Bull and referenced it, you'd saw
that this part was lighter. You'd have been able to shade
him like some grey, even opaque and kind of break up
this darkness. And I think that's a big
design flaw in your tattoo. >>: Jamie. >>: How'd you feel
about the canvas you got? >>: Oh, I think there's
no question that came (bleep) pretty good on this one
right off the back. >>: Nick. >>: Because the wave
was traditional and I wanted to utilize
the wave, I just kind of stuck
with that bold look. >>: As you know, the challenge was about ingenuity
and cover-up. You can actually still see
the first tattoo. >>: Clint. How do you feel
about this? >>: It's a horse with wings
and it was dumb, so I gave him
something bad-ass. >>: You really stepped up
to the plate of this challenge It went (bleep) yard. You totally blew our mind and made an idea
ten times better. >>: Sebastian.
>>: Oh, boy! >>: Tell me about
this piece that you got. >>: She wanted a photo-realistic
beach thing. I at least got her down to
just a color-realistic, so I could actually put
a little bit of blacks in it. >>: I'm not a fan of
these things, man. I don't know what this thing is
gonna look like in ten years. >>: It's going to end up
touched up. >>: We're looking
for longevity. I can't give you a win
if your tattoo won't be around to be judged in ten years. >>: Ron. How did you feel about
getting this canvas? >>: He wanted to get rid of the
soon-to-be ex-wife's name so, I just tried to get (bleep)
out of the tale. >>: Tray. How do you think
you did with this? >>: I didn't think it would be
that hard to cover-up at first and then when
I started tattooing, I started worrying
a little bit then. >>: Everything's off. The spine is completely
out of whack. You weren't secure with
how to position the body to cover that tattoo. You can't win this way. ♪ >>: Jessie, you're up. Were you happy
to get this canvas? >>: I was happy with the fact
that he was open to whatever. >>: I'm not typically
a New School guy, but I like what you've done. Are you gonna do anything
else for this ride? >>: Definitely. >>: And the person who is gonna
cash the check is the person
that can do anything that walks into the shop. You're going to have to show
other stuff. ♪ >>: Baby. ♪ Did you feel like
you almost got two cover-ups? >>: Well, like if I would've
done just one cover-up that was just
cheating on myself. >>: I want to do
some type of dragon. I was even thinking
the head down here and his body up here. >>: We have six hours
to do a tattoo and he wants half
of his arm done. >>: I was even thinking,
throw some fire on this thing. >>: I'm worried (bleep)
because I'm not going to be able to impress these judges. >>: Listen, my expectations,
they weren't met. I'm really counting
on you on this. I am livid. Mystical Mike (bleep)
my flash tattoo, and I do not want him
to do my elimination tattoo. I want a lion, but I want it,
like, roaring. >>: I may not be able to do
everything you ask for. The point is to cover-up
that tattoo. >>: Actually, the point is
for me to walk away with something that
I'm happy with. If I don't get what I want,
I'm going to be pissed. ♪ >>: My canvas,
he wanted a dragon with a castle in the background,
very plain looking. I convinced him to change
the perspective. Really push this design
to the next level. The Castles. Whoo-hoo! The more you look at it,
the more (bleep) you know. >>: Definitely, definitely. >>: Boy, this is
some serious work. I hate to be the one to call out
the blatantly obvious but the perspective
on that castle is way off compared to the perspective
of the dragon. At least I know I'm not gonna be in the bottom
of this competition. My client was very unmovable when it came to his
tattoo design. And I recommended to use blues which were a more dominant
and consistent pigment to push over the cover-up and have more of
a successful result. >>: What did I get myself into? >>: Tattoo Baby
is doing a nice tattoo other than the fact that the
fingers are not attached to the hand and it
has arthritis. >>: She spent the whole
season caring that the fingers are one
of the most important things. Don't (bleep) them up.
She should know better. >>: Three more hours to go. ♪ >>: This is a $100,000
tattoo. >>: I sure (bleep) believe so. >>: I'm planning on showing
flexibility in this tattoo by squeezing in pretty much
an impossible area. We're just gonna go through
in detail every single little piece and make this
(bleep) sick. So, I've got to really pull it
together and make this happen. ♪ >>: My canvas wants a realistic
baboon to b****s looking design. But it's a lot of work
to get done with all the texture
and the detail in six hours. Why'd you have to pick someone
with all that fur, man? I could be really shooting
myself in the foot here. >>: Two minute warning. ♪ There's a lot that I want
to do to this piece that I know that I don't have
the time for it. >>: Ten, nine, eight, seven. six, five, four, three, two, one. That is it, people. Time's up. Machines down,
no more ink. >>: We're done, dude. >>: This week, we tested
your flexibility by asking you to cover
prison tattoos. Joey, let's start with you. ♪ You won the tattoo of the day
in the flash challenge. Do you think your canvas
selection put you in the top? >>: I picked out a harder tattoo
to do, actually. I'm not here to take
the easy way out. >>: There's no definition
to the tattoo. You have the same texture
everywhere. >>: You don't see
any texture in there? >>: I see the same texture from
the horn to the claw to the belly. >>: I definitely think there's
different texture between-- >>: Not really. Literally,
it's all the same color. Everything is the same. It's one big red thing. >>: Kyle. >>: You did a good job
covering the tattoo but your details aren't sharp,
your lines are little weak. You felt short on
those elements. >>: Craig. >>: My client wanted
a b****s eagle-man. >>: What happens in this tattoo,
for me, is that it's flat. These colors aren't popping
as hard as they could, because there's no black. Had you've put black, it would look that
much more dynamic. You have the ability to do
a really tough looking tattoo and you obviously can draw. You have a winning combination.
You got to put it to practice. >>: Jimmie. ♪ Were you happy
with your cover-up? >>: Part of the challenge
was being flexible. For what I had to do,
I think I did good. >>: You did achieve
the cover-up. The white, that was the thing
that threw me for a loop. You pump this much white
in there most of the time, this will turn into almost
a keyword looking result. >>: I tried to get rid of all
that heavy black area 'cause I didn't want it to look
like a giant eight ball. >>: ES. ♪ >>: Talk to me. >>: The things that I think you
lost somewhere in this tattoo are the fine details. I feel like you could
have brought the details out in the mouth
and eyes a little bit better. >>: Jackie. What's your confidence level? >>: I'm definitely confident. It's bright, it's colorful,
covers it up. The tattoo isn't vibrant
and dynamic like you're thinking it is. The tattoo looks like
it healed ten years ago and this is what was left. (mimicks gunshot) >>: James Danger. >>: Very little use of black
in this tattoo. With my past experience
of seeing tattoos heal, I feel like that's gonna
show through. >>: Jason. >>: I'm just not a fan
of the top-end. That whole bio-mechanical area, the texture and the things
that make bio-mechanical cool, that's not in this. >>: Ally. >>: You've accomplished
the deal of covering it up. But from across the room,
it just looks like a really large
orange football. >>: Chris. >>: The design, there's some
wonky things about this thing. How many random people
out of ten would say that's a Koala Bear? You could've done a drawing
that captures the qualities of a Koala bear.
You lost it on that. >>: Frank. >>: This is rough one, man. Tried to go little bit ballsy, but I knew there was gonna be
a lot of detail. There's not one clean bit
of outline anywhere. You showed me everything
you can't do. Don't do things to point out
your weaknesses. Do things to point out
your strengths. >>: Maddy. How do you feel
about what you did here? >>: Before doing a dragon,
I thought I did pretty well. >>: The towers are way off. The right side of the castle
is taking a left. >>: I did it on purpose. >>: If you put this
stence on the skin and looked at those two towers
and said let's do this, that's not right. >>: Joshua. >>: Part of the things
that make it so hard is it's closeness to the
other tattoos that he has. I mean, it is edge-to-edge. >>: Rich. >>: My big complaint
on this tattoo is the teeth of the skull. They're just kind of
non-existent. >>: Tattoo Baby. ♪ >>: You've got a lot to live
up to in this competition but you're going to give
a lot of people a hard time. So, let the battle begin. >>: Mike. >>: This guy doesn't
even have whiskers on its right side of the face. It looks like
somebody stole your liner. You have no outline
in this thing. >>: We're going
to work this out. >>: As long as it's covered. >>: Sea turtle? >>: Yes. Swimming this way. >>: You don't want him to go
into your b******e. (chuckles)
"I'm swimming in, Shawty." >>: We've been divorced
for a long time. >>: That's a part of my past
and I'd rather move on. >>: Double horse shoes and
there were some other things. >>: Like a barb wire
and ribbon coming down. >>: Flowers. Somewhere
I'd like to put in a cross. But then I want my boy's name
and my grandson's name. >>: Okay. All the things she want in
this tattoo is killing me. >>: My canvas wants an engine. >>: It's called the intake.
See how it comes out of either side of the head?
>>: Yeah. >>: When you go in for a
cover-up, the best idea to have is no idea. >>: I've been building
motorcycles since I was three. We're having the cover-up
your mistake. So coming with this
very specific idea that might not work
is just a bad idea. Do I know a lot
about engines? No. But I know about tattoos. I feel like this canvas is
really going to (bleep) me over. ♪ >>: Pretty much the same thing
what I drew on you. >>: Is there anyway
that you can move him over and take the Gavin here off
and do like side ribbons? >>: I really don't like this. The last thing I need right now
is a headache. >>: This is his son. I wonder where I can
put the kid under him. >>: There's no way we can try
and peg that in. Stop pandering me
with your (bleep) ideas. I've been doing this for a while
and I've to do this the way it actually works. I got a bad canvas, man. >>: Ready for this?
(groans) ♪ >>: I got the ex-husband. While Ruck gets the ex-wife. We both have to cover-up
a black drunken lion. I'm a firm believer
that if there is a tattoo that you don't like you can
always cover it up. I really don't have any problems
trying to outdo Ruck. >>: You sure you finished
the back side of that? >>: Yup.
>>: Whoa! You're quick, bro. >>: You know
when I saw that sketch I was like, "Oh, my God!
This is going to be awesome." >>: Oh, yeah?
>>: Yeah. >>: It's the type of effect
I want to make. My goal today
is definitely to outperform Scott and Matty. Yeah, boy! Now, when the competition
is getting though, that's when I plan
on shinning. I'm going to stomp this tattoo. Thanks, man. >>: Four hours left. ♪ >>: You okay?
>>: All good. >>: $100,000 tattoo right here. Hell, yeah! >>: Ow. (bleep) >>: My canvas is cranky,
she can't sit worth (bleep). >>: Is there anyway
that you cannot rub it so hard? >>: I'll try to do it
very minimally, okay? She cannot take the pain.
She's kind of a puss. (bleep) I am worried that my canvas
is gonna tap out, and I'm not even going to get
to finish this stupid tattoo. (bleep) >>: I don't know how much more
of this I can take. >>: It's finished. Right. ♪ >>: I think you've set the bar
pretty high. This might be my
favorite tattoo. >>: That's what I was going for. >>: You all right?
>>: Mm-hmm. >>: I really love my tattoo. I think it looks great. I think it fits
her leg very well. >>: I love it. It hurts so bad, but I love it. >>: I really want to prove
that I belong in the top. >>: Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one. That's it. Machines down,
no more ink. (exhales deeply) >>: That's it. >>: Whao!
That's b****s, dude. >>: Oh, my God! >>: B****s or what?
>>: That is awesome. >>: Holy (bleep) (bleep). >>: Gentle Jay's tattoo suck. The design is crap,
the skull is crap >>: I knew I was coming
to get a tattoo today but I didn't think I was going
to get anything close to this. >>: Once you go that dark, it's always going to be
a big mass of dark (bleep). >>: It's that great, man. >>: Jim, let's start with you. >>: You know better.
For a cover-up, it's a fail. King Rock. >>: I mean, how would you? There's a bunch of different
ways you could've done that. A nice black and blue rose
could've been the cover-up. The horse shoes could've
been behind it and the banners under it. >>: I've had some bomb canvases. >>: There's 60-plus years of
tattooing sitting at this table. You cannot tell me
about a (bleep) canvas. Matty. ♪ You got the other drunken Lion. Yeah, I actually told Ruck if we could just get those
two back together, it'd save us the trouble. >>: That's for sure. >>: But the cross is curved. If it wasn't for that,
I'd love this tattoo. Straight lines and round objects are always
gonna be tricky. If you're gonna try
to pull 'em off, they gotta be dead on. >>: Hailo. >>: You did a great job
applying this. There's a soft tissue. They can get over-work.
They can look beat up. Yours looks healed. ♪ ♪ >>: Sausage. >>: The nose, the lips,
spot on. I like the use
of the black in the veil. I think that's what gives it
a painterly look. Well done. >>: I don't see what he sees. I see that you
put it every where but the place where it takes
the most balls to put it, and that's in the face. The front hand,
you went really heavy black. If you're gonna do it in
the hand, you do it every where. This tattoo,
I am not a fan of it. ♪ ♪ >>: Scott. ♪ ♪ >>: it was one of bigger tattoos
to cover-up. I think you approached it
the right way with a hot tones away from
the where the cover-up is. If I looked at this tattoo, I wouldn't even think
it was a cover-up. >>: People can shake their heads or do whatever
they want behind you but the tattoo is damn good and a lot of people that are
shaking their head aren't. ♪ ♪ >>: Gentle Jay. >>: I'm most confused
over the hat. It's just screams "cover-up." There's so much room
in that hat that you could have left
highlights in. >>: Lydia. ♪ ♪ >>: You did show
very good skills in adaptability to working with
the existing tattoo. I think it's very creative. >>: I like that it's not your
standard big top-hat cover-up. You've shown some
really smooth shading. I would like to see a lot
richer black in the eye socket. Because that
really rich-black will make that nice powdery shading
look better. ♪ ♪ >>: Melissa. >>: How are you feeling,
Melissa? >>: Terrible.
I tried really hard. But she was very difficult
to work with. >>: If it is an engine,
it's all got to fit together. Any of the parts
don't fit together, well, then parts
don't work well. >>: She specifically
wanted New School. She specifically
wanted the bubbliness. >>: You do not let
the client drive. The second you give up
that seat, you give up your shot
at winning $100,000. ♪ ♪ >>: Kyle. >>: I wanted to accentuate
her hips and show some shape
to her thigh. >>: Kyle, I'm really confused
by this tattoo as well. It's a trunk with no branches, and way too little flowers. >>: You are not
a versatile artist. You are a pigeonholed artist. Cherry blossoms, got it
right out to a trunk. It's not real. >>: Whether or not I made right
choices, I like the tattoo. >>: If you wanna do this stuff
and you wanna experiment, don't do it here. I cannot stand this tattoo. ♪ ♪ >>: Wow. >>: All right, artists, you have six hours
to do your tattoos. This is your last
chance to prove that you deserve
a spot in the live finale. Your time begins now. >>: Let's do it, man. >>: The biggest thing
is gonna be working with the existing piece
that you have. Trying to turn that circle
into a real circle. I'm gonna re-touch this tattoo instead of covering it up. And then tattoo landmarks
from around the world as a collage around his arm. Time permitting,
if Berlin works, then we will do Central America. >>: Is that all right with you?
>>: All right, sounds great. >>: Awesome.
>>: Yeah. >>: I can nail every single
skill in this one piece. All right, buddy. Are you ready? I'm here to win and somebody else
is gonna home because that's spot
in the finally is mine. >>: I can already see it now. Millions of people holding
signs that says, "We want Sausage." >>: That would be pretty sweet. >>: Sausage's artwork
looks generic and very clip-art, and cut and pasted to me. There is no way that Sausage's tattoo is gonna beat
my tattoo today. It wouldn't be a tattoo
if it didn't hurt like (bleep). (laughs) >>: I know right.
(laughs) >>: I have been kicking (bleep)
a** this whole time. I got to just keep doing
what I'm doing. >>: No pain, no gain. >>: When I'm done
with this tattoo, you are not gonna tell
it's a cover-up, and it's gonna be screaming
Scott Marshall all over it. >>: You have four hours
remaining. ♪ ♪ >>: My strategy is not
only to do a cover-up but to place a really
nice tattoo right next to it and make them both
work together. >>: I'm being more meticulous
than I have ever been. These flowers are my ticket
to the final three. >>: Two hours remain, everyone. (machine whirring) >>: I'm doing something bold by putting a lot of
bright canary yellow into this piece to really just
push it over the top. >>: Sausee. >>: Have seen Scott's piece? >>: Scott's, you can still see
the cover-up right through it. >>: Oh, no! Using yellow as a cover-up
is a huge no-no. Because you can still see
the old piece underneath it. This might be enough
to send his a** home. >>: Thirty minutes
remaining, everyone. ♪ ♪ >>: This is the highest
the stakes have ever been
in this competition. If I'm gonna go down,
I'm gonna go down fighting. >>: Five, four, three, two... (groans) one. Time is up. Machines down.
No more ink. >>: (bleep) yeah. >>: Take a look. >>: Wow. >>: Oh, it is amazing. >>: Holy (bleep). >>: I love it. >>: Great.
There are things going. >>: Completely. >>: Mattie's cover-up just looks
like a big blue blob. Sometimes he does good, sometimes he does crap like this It's time to get rid of him. >>: Sausage. >>: You re-worked
Melissa's tattoo? >>: To try to do
a cover-up and dealt in a ton of black,
didn't make sense. So I decided to add something that's a lot
more bold and stylish to the airplane itself. And then build a sleeve that
he can add on to it any time. >>: This is actually gonna be very hard for people
to work-off. Because the quality is
really high. This is showing versatility.
To come out here, and show, I just did
these big bright flowers, now I am gonna
do this really fine line detail and really show
some nice soft black and gray is top-notch. >>: Scott. >>: Over all,
the color pallet is strong. Really solid, clean application. It has your signature
all over it. >>: Mattie. >>: The same size roses, it's a bit much.
Because everything the same size
makes a mosaic look. If you stagger the sizes
with bigger leaves, then they maybe little buds, you can get more bang
for your buck and more dynamics. Looking at this, the eye is just totally drawn
to the blue spot. >>: Hailo! This canvas was completely open. Brand-new tattoo. Yet, you just did this. >>: The tattoo over all
is a beautiful tattoo. Water droplets on the peddles,
super-glassy and HD. But then you have areas in
the flowers that are very flat. Those pistols, there's no outline
on one side of one, The outlines don't connect. There just kind of here
and there. You didn't put in the same level
of work throughout. You didn't make it is
as interesting as you made it before. Today these artists are gonna be
covering up hate tattoos. They really have to put
everything aside and do the best cover-up
they possibly can. >>: What's going on?
What's the story behind that? >>: I was just brainwashed
when I was younger. When I got old, and had kids,
I realized, man, what the hell! Tryin' to do a 360. >>: I would love to help, man.
>>: Yeah, I appreciate it. >>: Right on. >>: Ingenuity is always gonna
play in to the cover-up. You should never be able
to pick out a section where you know the cover-up is. That's the biggest fail. I wanted a cross with
a helmet coming off of it. >>: Basically soldiers cross.
>>: Exactly. >>: My biggest concern
of this tattoo is that it's really large and some
weird tattoo going right through the middle. She wants a Soldier's Cross
but it's not big enough to cover this thing. Uh, anything else
if this didn't work for you? >>: No way. >>: If this were in my shop, it would take me three days to come up with the design
to cover it properly. I don't know what I am gonna do. >>: Color works great
for cover-ups. >>: Anything that'll
get rid of it. >>: Let's see here. There is no way I can do just the Confederate flag
and leave the Grim Reaper. Because they are
so close together. If I do one, the other one is gonna stick out
like a sour thumb. Even if I did like
a big skull up-top here, might have to get super-crazy because I gotta a dark streak
going this way. That's a big arm, too. I'm gonna have to do half sleeve
to cover-up these tattoos. You know how hard it is to
do a half sleeve in six hours. It's tough. >>: Only got six hours to do it. So I don't wanna end up doing
something that's not finished. (machine whirling) >>: We got a couple of different
options for you. My canvas wants
a Soldier's Cross. And six pointed star
to cover this thing up. And pay homage
to the people that she offended with
the original tattoo. The Soldier's Cross is doable. However, I've got a do it at least that big. So I did one that I know
will work. In World War Two, American Eagle peace. With the six pointed star, I know it's a totally
different direction. >>: Hit it.
>>: Really? >>: Yeah, bad a**. Hit it, man. Luckily, she just wants get
rid of this swastika. She hates it. She is willing
to do what ever it takes. >>: Why did you get
the Nazi tattoo to begin with? (groans) Is that a question
you don't want to answer? >>: Trying to fit in. Got
mixed up with the wrong people. And did a stupid move
when I was 16. I've been carrying that around
for 20 years. I don't think I truly understood
what it meant. And it disgusts me
that it's there. I want to turn negative
into a positive. It's cost so much turmoil
in my life. I have this thing,
cover it up, man. It's almost surreal, you know? >>: Stoked completely. ♪ ♪ >>: When I saw it
from across the room I was like,
I see a flower right there. The canvas I gave
myself was probably one of the hardest
cover-ups in there. Because it is so big. But I know that I can cover
anything with a flower. I do flowers all the time.
So it wasn't far stretch. I've designed
all the pedals to curl in right around that circular shape
part of the anarchy symbol. I can just kind of keep all my darks on the tips. And I can use shadows
that are already there. Let's get this over with,
let me get to the damn finale. (exhales) >>: Oh, I ain't scared. >>: I like doing cover-ups. I do big tattoos.
It is right in my alley. I'm doing a huge
dual-arm cover-up. There is no room
for lollygagging. It is balls to the wall
from start to finish. So what's the deal with
the Confederate flag? >>: Oh, man, 19 years old. I don't know if I really have
a answer to why I did it. Just thought
it was a cool tattoo. This is much appreciated. >>: I'm gonna
take care you, man. >>: I'm a father of five kids. I wanna be better role model. It's time for the tattoo to go. >>: Yeah! >>: Three more hours to go. ♪ ♪ >>: Trying to get rid of it
about 20 years, man. When I first got the tattoo,
I was like, 13 or 14 years old. I'm like an idiot driving
around the brotherhood. (bleep) cool.
That's not what I want to be. I mean, it doesn't matter if you are red, black, brown,
yellow, green. Whatever. >>: Unfortunately,
I've been a victim of hate. When I wanting to get
a apprenticeship to learn how to tattoo, I was told color of my skin
was gonna hinder my chances. To be a minority, it's actually driving me
even more to do a killer job. >>: So how you get
rid of swastika? >>: I've put little chinger
in the grave stone. Burying the past,
so it's perfect. >>: You can't live for all this
stress come go off my shoulders. >>: To be able to help this guy change his life
is a complete honor. >>: Ain't nobody gonna
to beat this one. >>: You let them know
how it's done. (exhales) This tattoo isn't working out
as good as I expected. Lot of wonky lines that are just
popping up out of the blue. It is not covering
the way I wanted to. I've never been to the bottom be and I'm not ready to go now. >>: Did you go to
art school or anything? >>: Nah, I'm a high school
dropout. >>: Did you have
a formal apprenticeship? >>: No, I did not. >>: Mmm. >>: I got the easiest cover-up
in the room. But I can't just do
a little tiny zombie peeking out of the top
of the this guy sock. So, I'm doing a giant
photo realistic tattoo. And I screwed myself. >>: Go big or go home! There is not enough time
in the world to do this tattoo. >>: Art something you have
always been interested in? >>: Yeah!
It's not helping at all, that my canvas was asking me
about thousand-million
questions per minutes. >>: What's the biggest thing
that has improved your art work? >>: Just kept at it, honestly. Half of the battle
is distractions. "Why is the sky blue?
Why do I have a beard? Why are b* * * s good?" Shut up and let me tattoo. >>: Five, four, three, two, one. That's it. Time is up.
Machine's down. No more ink. >>: Awesome. >>: I ain't ever got to
look at that ugly a** thing again, man. >>: Good. Pretty tough
looking tattoo. >>: Yeah, it is. >>:Wow, that is sick. >>: Mattie's tattoo has
a lot of flaws. The hair looks like spaghetti. And he went so big, he is handing
in a unfinished tattoo. He dropped the ball. And I couldn't care less. As long as I'm not
the one going home. >>: Today, you had
to show ingenuity by covering a hate tattoo. James, you are up first. You choose pretty large cover-up
for yourself. >>: First thing I saw was a floral pattern
that would fit her, and just get rid of that huge tattoo without
being really dark. >>: You've given this woman something very feminine. Something very beautiful. Of the day, this woman's life is
been transformed more dramatically
then anybody else. And she has you to thank for it. >>: Feeling confident about
putting this many lines into this type of skin
in this area, knowing that you are
up against six hours was a ballsy move. Just panned out for you
in that sense. You definitely achieved
the cover-up, the shading that you have
going from dark to light, you disperse it throughout. And that way it's not
an obvious cover-up. It's a strong tattoo and a lot of tattoo
in short amount of time. >>: Cleen! You actually did two cover-ups. Did you feel that
it was a disadvantage? >>: I mean, it wasn't easy.
His arm is as big as my leg. And you know,
the tattoos that he has, just the flag itself is pretty good size. >>: The upper jaw, you just draw those teeth and then cover it
with the fabric. The fabric wouldn't
pull directly back like that. It would stick out. But as for as cover goes, you did this client a service. You had to cover-up two tattoos and I think you achieved it
strongly. >>: Matty. >>: You got one of the...
>>: Easiest cover-ups. >>: One of the easier ones. What did you think
when you got this one? >>: Well, I have to do
another zombie. So I had to come up
with something completely different
and hopefully I gave you guys something
we haven't seen yet. >>: The problem here is that it is massively unfinished. >>: Anthony! >>: You have so many
nice details in the hair. You have really fine,
fine lines. You create this kind
of ratty feeling but it's still shows
perfect line work in there. This thing really, really shows strong today. You did a great job. >>: Christian! ♪ ♪ You have some definite
challenges in the eagle. >>: Things that really give
the eagle the power are gonna be the talons
and the head. You just did them too small. You wanna lock 'em in
make it powerful and strong. It's gets more of a Turkey feel
than it does an eagle feel. The other thing is, it's two different shaped
wings completely. The one closest
is a big fat square that doesn't have
that strong taper. And then the back wing is right. It's got that long feel. >>: You've only got much time
to make every line work and a lot of decisions
I have to make on the fly. To cover the straight lines
going out. It is what it is
but that's why I did it. >>: But if you had the time
to do the non-important flower, that time could've all gone into your main design
of the cover-up. At this stage of the game,
everything has to be tight. Because you guys aren't
making big mistakes. So, it's the little ones
that get hit. (Bone Face) You said you wanted
to go with the surfer, right? (man) Yeah, a California sunset
with the wave and a surfer, with a hang-ten. Water is something
that I don't tattoo well. He said, "Are you cool
with black and gray color? >>: I would prefer color. >>: On top of that,
the old tattoo is extremely big, extremely black,
and gonna be hard to cover. The biggest thing is that,
doing all of that, I don't know if we would be able
to squeeze color in. >>: My main thin was the sunset.
>>: The sunset, right. You know, B, that's why
I wanted color. >>: Last week,
I barely made it by. This week, if I can't get
my canvas to compromise, I could go home. If we do the shark,
it will be just the shark. I want the surfer. ♪ >>: Cover-ups are great test
of technical application because you are basically
playing a trick on the eye, and you're camouflaging an area. And you have
to disperse the dark as evenly as you
disperse the light. So that, the cover-up
is not obvious. ♪ ♪ >>: Nikki has given me the guy
who wants the surfer. (Nikki) He looks like, serious. (laughing) >>: But my biggest issue
is my design. I can't get this water right, and I'm still trying
to figure out how I'm gonna hide
this old tattoo completely. The guys,
we are already screwed. The girls keep gaining momentum and it's gonna be hard
to stop them at this point. >>: All right, guys,
five hours remaining. ♪ ♪ >>: Oh, your skin
takes ink like butter. (woman) Oh, good. >>: I came into this competition needing to prove
exactly who I am, and with every single day
that I'm here, I get more and more comfortable
in my own skin. ♪ ♪ >>: Are you coming (bleep)
handcraft or what? >>: I hope so.
>>: Oh! >>: (bleep), dude. >>: Now is my time to shine and prove that I can win
time and time again. ♪ ♪ (Kevin) My canvas wanted
a bunch of different elements but after the talking
and consulting I'm gonna do two realistic
three dimensional roses. And a nice little skull. >>: Trying to one-up me
with some roses, huh? >>: You doing roses?
>>: Yeah. Damn it. As a realism artist,
I'm excited about this. If I were at home,
this wouldn't right up my alley. ♪ ♪ >>: Two more hours, guys. ♪ ♪ >>: The tattoo is big
and really dark. There is no way I can win
tattoo of the day with this cover-up. >>: How are you guys doing? >>: Oh, getting there. >>: What was under there? >>: Big piece of tribal.
>>: Oh, I see. >>: My biggest concern right now
with this tattoo is to not make it so dark that it looks like
another huge piece of tribal. ♪ ♪ >>: Done with these flowers.
Going for the other side now. >>: What color
are you doing them? >>: I'm going for red
because that way I can do the butterfly blue
and that blue little one that you've got here
to match with the other one. (woman) Okay. >>: And then you got like
hot and cold. This canvas is awesome. She's letting me do my thing and just we working this tattoo
and adding to it. Looks beautiful, I got to say. Nikki is thinking that I'm gonna
drop the ball with this tattoo. Her strategy is definitely
not gonna work today. >>: This is lovely. ♪ ♪ >>: Gian is not even
really doing a cover-up, he is just re-working
what was already there. It definitely doesn't meet
the challenge of a cover-up. >>: Final hour remaining,
final hour. ♪ ♪ >>: This season
girls are kicking ass. (man) That's great. >>: Stick together
like girl-power. (Ryan) Nikki and Kelly are
(bleep) crushing it. I can't wait to see
how bad the guys are (bleep) up. >>: Five, four, three, two, one. That's it. Time is up.
Machines down, no more ink. >>: Wow, holy cra...
I wasn't expecting that at all. >>: Boneface's tattoo
looks like crap. How could he stay here
after this? >>: Nikki, let's start with you. ♪ ♪ In the sense of a cover-up,
you nail it. You hit technical application
here really well. You apply the ink
to the skin in a way that gets rid of
the underlying tattoo. That real deep, rich black
you got down there put so much depth
into the tattoo. And when you have those leaves, you can balance
the black everywhere that will always
camouflages nicely and somebody can't go,
"Oh, there is the cover-up." >>: It is very beautiful and technically
it is pretty perfect. >>: There is no trace
of the existing tattoo and that was a massive tattoo. But you covered it up.
Great job. >>: Thanks. ♪ ♪ >>: Ryan. ♪ ♪ >>: Beautiful design,
beautiful tattoo I love to see this,
really classic, iconic imagery. >>: I would have definitely
done the flames in color. I feel like the shadows with the darkness
at the top of the flames, It's a little less clear
than it could have been. Kelly.
♪ ♪ This does not look like
a cover-up on any level. This is my favorite tattoo,
from you so far. >>: I think it's perfect. Your technical application
is flawless in this. ♪ ♪ Gian.
♪ ♪ Instead of covering-up,
you did a re-working. >>: I just tried to fix it
and make it pretty tattoo. Tried to make the best
of what I had. >>: Is it fair
that everybody else covered-up an existing tattoo
and you re-worked one? >>: I feel like this was the most responsible
choice to make and it would have been a really,
really hard one to cover. ♪ ♪ >>: Nate.
♪ ♪ >>: Nate, I definitely think
you got a tough one, man. This was a legit cover-up. You do have
a lot of dark in here making this tattoo
really tunneled, but because this was
the cover-up and you used that
little glow behind the head and then the dark behind that, it does all kind of balance One thing that does bother me is that right wing, you didn't
lift your design high enough so that the piece
of the old tattoo wasn't poking out
of your outline. >>: I tried to keep it
real symmetrical. And I was afraid that
that it'd wore off. >>: Boneface.
♪ ♪ >>: Your consistent with
application is just here, you really challenged
artistically. First thing is
the fluidity of the water. It's very stagnant and stiff,
it should flow. >>: The water that's flying to me they look a bit like teeth The hands are
really funny to me. And this board, that doesn't
really look like a surf board. ♪ ♪ >>: Kevin.
♪ ♪ >>: At first glance,
the tattoo is nice. But why again no outlines today? >>: I'm a realism artist, so put lines
in something realistic doesn't make sense to me. >>: I never do a tattoo
without an outline. It looks great in the photo now
but in one or two years, all those reds
are gonna bleed together. And all that detail
is gonna go away. >>: If you are not willing
to do those outlines, you're gonna have a rough time. 'Cause the outline in here
is always gonna win. ♪ ♪ (laughing) >>: Today we are testing detail. The way the detail
works in cover-ups is understanding how to actually
create a cover-up that doesn't look like one. (man) Ow.
>>: I don't wanna see big, black or dark spots and they don't need
to do a tattoo six times bigger
than the cover-up to make it disappear. (man) Shrink it by 20%. You also see, because of
the shape of your body your circle
doesn't stay a circle. >>: My trouble was that if I shrunk it, the whole body will... >>: Is gonna get real-dark.
>>: Would be black. >>: So then, what if you just literally move the whole thing
down a bit? >>: I tried that before. >>: And it was just too much
out of body? >>: Also, and yeah, it was
too much out... >>: Okay. So let's straight up.
Lose the circle. >>: Don't do the circle?
>>: Just don't do the circle. >>: Okay. >>: All right, ready?
(woman) Yep. ♪ ♪ (Jake) So, how bad
you hate this? >>: Why do I have to hate it? >>: Do you think
it's a good placement? >>: Yeah, it's where
the dark is, right? Typically, when you are
doing a tattoo you want the brightest
most shining part of the tattoo in the center,
not the darkest in the center. (Nikki) In the little spaces
in between the kanji, let your skin ribs
come through there. You have this is wider,
use that to your advantage. >>: I kind of have to
apply some tricks and see what can I do
to make it work. So the problem I've run into,
it's like I can't pull it through like this
to the centre of the tattoo, It's just the second way. >>: The ribs gonna have
to be that long. >>: Little guys, little, little.
>>: Okay. Skin-rip wouldn't be
my first choice but I'm happy with it. If there were other ones,
I wouldn't had one. (woman) Woo!
Look at those crispy lines. Those lines are good. >>: I hope so.
there's the (bleep). (Creepy) The most difficult
aspect of this tattoo is just getting it done
in six hours. Because the cover-up itself
would be the body of the owl. And then proportionally, the wings are gonna have to be
this (bleep) big. I'm taking a huge risk
right now. And if it doesn't pay off,
I'm gonna be (bleep). >>: There is one tattoo
in the girls team that is (bleep). >>: Name? Name? >>: What is her name?
(indistinct) girl. >>: Holly doing another owl?
(blows raspberry) >>: Yeah, it's bad, bad, bad!
>>: Really? >>: Holly's design is screwed
from the beginning. The stick growing
out of this woman's ass. Feels like, it's like
right out of my b**t-crack. >>: It almost is. >>: Girl, I have no idea
what you're going for. >>: Four hours remaining. Four hours remaining. ♪ ♪ (man) Yeah. (Jenelle) Did exactly what you told me to do.
>>: You are just the most exquisite listener I've ever met in my life. You are... (chuckles) >>: I wanna prove myself
that I can do this. That I can do a good tattoo,
a solid tattoo. Throughout my career
I've been told that I won't get that far,
and all that stuff. (woman) Yeah.
>>: So, am I brave enough to step forward
and be vulnerable? And I think that is
a huge thing for me... ♪ ♪ >>: Intruder alert.
(bleep), boy? (laughing) >>: Oh, you are supposed to
respect your elders. (Cam) I show respect to those
who show me respect. Regardless of age. I am attempting to do
a 12 hour half-sleeve. in six hours. if I don't have pedal
to the medal the entire time there's not a chance in hell
I'm gonna finish this thing. >>: They are not here for those
(bleep) bullshit. All right, not today.
I'm over it. >>: That's two hours,
two hours left. ♪ ♪ >>: She looks (bleep) solid. There's a cover-up in there? What? (Pon) I think
the girls underestimate my abilities as a tattoo artist. and gave me
the "realistic skull." 'Cause they wanted to see
if I could do it. I could do this
with my eyes closed. Thanks, girls. Home Run. >>: My parents are
off the boat, you know, I'm first generation American. I come from a long line
of artist on my dad side. If you go back to Italy, everyone in my family
is an artist, you know. They support me in
everything I do. I feel blessed. >>: And I just hope
I could do same for my kids. >>: This (bleep) tattoo
is being done here. >>: Now, you got an eagle,
that;s too big over here. that really an owl. You got a way
too bigger face-line than-- >>: Oh, yeah, honey?
You want me to-- >>: And you got... >>: "Oh, no. Don't hit me." >>: You got a tree branch
growing out of (bleep). (man) Yeah. (woman) And you let her
tattoo that. >>: Yeah. >>: You better be careful
about your coach cause that's what
he's all right with. >>: I'm just tattooing. >>: That owl is gonna be sitting
on something. >>: My owl is flying. >>: Your owl is gonna fly
right out of here with his luggage. >>: Oh! (laughing) ♪ ♪ >>: I'm gonna need
six more hours, at least six more hours
to finish this. >>: Five, four, three, two, one. That's it. Machines down.
Time is up. No more ink. (laughing) >>: Jason.
♪ ♪ >>: You did a great job
really punching in the black. A lot of detail,
not only with line work but with your
directional shading. >>: I think you gave this guy
a reason to take his shirt off. Great job.
>>: (bleep), yeah, thanks. >>: Jake.
♪ ♪ >>: The cover-up was in
a very non-organic shape and you managed to create
something organic here using that shape,
which is really very cool. >>: I like the fact
that you were able to work the skin rips
in between kanji working the way that you did
to camouflage it in really worked to your advantage. (indistinct chattering) >>: Pon.
>>: What up? Hey, guys. >>: I love this thing
for the simple fact that it looks like
a straight up tattoo. You kill this thing
with simplicity. I love the ghostly image
in the mirror. And the way
that the cameo looks. As far as hitting a cover-up,
as far as making a sticker, as far as somebody not knowing
what's there, you're able to really hit
the soft-ball out of the park. >>: I hate him. I hope he was home. >>: Stop. >>: Cam. There is a lot of
great work in this. But the longer hair
on the chinny chin-chin, than the hairdo is a bummer. It needs the power of the mane,
or it's a lioness. There is just this balance here
that gives an unfinished feel to the overall look
of the piece. >>: That was like a big thing
with time-constraint. >>: Woman's team, you are next. >>: Dani. >>: The approach that you take
towards doing the cover-up, creating stone to use the
texture for cracking is great. The power of the unicorn is going to have
that strength of the horn because that it's magic.This guy
is only a little magical. >>: It looks like
an ice cream... >>: Barely or was there an horn?
>>: Smashed on that horse head. >>: Was there a horn?
>>: There was an ice cream cone. >>: Laura. >>: It's a really clean
sticker tattoo for me as far as serving for cover-up. It definitely does it's job.
As impressive as the tattoo is, I have it a bunch of times. But soon enough
you're gonna have to... >>: I'll give you
something else. Trust me. >>: I'll send you a letter
from finale. Probably it'd be
pretty cool there. >>: Good job, Laura. >>: Holly. >>: You've achieved
the cover-up fine. It's the rest of the tattoo
that fall short. >>: I (bleep) this tattoo. There is a tree branch
growing out of this woman's a*s. Also, there is a back
that is creasing. >>: That is swelling.
>>: No. What is swelling is the surrounding area
with some-- >>: What is swelling
is your head right now. Thinking you got us
when you're gonna go home. >>: Really? Are you talking
about big heads, right now, (bleep)? Sorry, girl,
but if I had that tattoo, I would have to cover-up,
another cover-up. >>: My canvas loved it, so... I'm gonna stick behind it. >>: Do it.
>>: I'm behind with you it, too. >>: Somebody has gotta... >>: Janele. >>: You did a very flat,
non-detailed image. Your outlines are
pretty shaky in here. >>: The outline
on the top of the head, the outline around the bottom of that black hook
on the leaf on the bottom. There is challenges
left and right on this bad boy. >>: We both could have banged
that thing with that much detail in two hours. >>: I think that you trying
to save some people. I'm not trying to save anybody because I'm not blind
right here, man. ♪ ♪ ♪
