♪ ♪
- Welcome.
You have outlasted 20 artists
to make it to this point,
and you are the last four standing.
Three of you will earn a spot in the finale,
but only one of you will earn
$100,000,
a feature in "Inked" magazine,
and the title of Ink Master.
- [whispering] Yes!
- Coaches, you know better than anyone
what it takes to win this competition.
- And you coached your teams every step of the way.
Now, each of you have artists in the top four.
- But your fight for control is not over yet.
Every artist from your team, to make it into the finale,
will earn you the power to call a shot
in the master face-off for $100,000.
And this week, there's no flash challenge.
- [chuckling]
- Artists, you will be judged
on all of these central skills:
technical application,
composition,
precision,
dimension-- everything it takes
to be an Ink Master.
- This is like a final exam.
We've had all these tests
throughout this whole competition,
and now I got to make sure that I hit everything
and knock this [bleep] out the park.
- All season long, you've been coached
by the most impressive and elite artists
"Ink Master" has ever seen.
Now, you must prove that you have the skills
to battle it out in the finale
and earn a place in their exclusive circle.
- We got this, man. - Bring it on.
- Get ready for one of the toughest challenges
in "Ink Master" history.
- To earn your spot in the finale,
you must create...
- A one-session,
12-hour,
tattoo on the arm.
all: Wow.
- No breaks. - What?
- Man, tattooing for 12 hours is definitely hard.
Your hands suffer. Your back suffers.
The canvas suffers.
This is crazy.
- Your canvases are completely open
and have been randomly assigned.
- You can tattoo any style and any subject.
- Oh, ho-ho-ho-ho!
- This is your chance to give us everything you've got
and earn your spot in the finale.
- You need to work smart, you need to work efficient,
you need to have a very strict plan
on how you're gonna attack this
so that your canvas can sit the maximum amount of time
to get the most amount of tattoo done.
Little tattoos that don't take the whole time
are not gonna cut it.
This is the time to be big
and be impressive
and draw the [bleep] out of this thing.
Stake a claim on your spot.
Nobody wants to make it all the way to the end
just to go home.
Go out with a [bleep] bang.
- Prove you have the endurance and skill
to compete in the finale,
or you will be packing your bags.
Head to your shops, and we'll bring in your canvases.
[dramatic music]
Good luck.
- Let's do this, bro. - Yeah.
- Good luck, brother. - Yeah, you too, man.
- I'm pretty sure I'm gonna go towards black and gray.
- It's all you. Your design. [bleep] do your tattoo.
- How are you? My name is Juan. - Nice to meet you.
- Very nice to meet you. - Nice to meet you.
- So I came up with this sweet-ass piece
that I'm pumped on. - Very cool.
- What's the longest you've sat?
- Six hours straight. - Oh, yeah?
- Yeah. - Okay, cool.
When you start out this competition,
the title of "Ink Master" feels like
it's almost untouchable.
And when you feel like it's in your grasp,
it's crazy. It's a lot of pressure.
- I really wanted my last tattoo to be me, so...
- Yeah, of course.
- My plan here is to do something
that you don't normally see in this competition.
Taking my own route and doing my style
is a huge risk here.
In 12 hours, I could definitely cover from here to here.
- Okay. - It's kinda like just putting
your heart out there and hoping that it's accepted.
- That's gorgeous.
[intense music]
♪ ♪
- All right, artists, you have 12 hours
to tattoo.
And your time starts...
now.
- Yeah!
Last one, everybody.
Last one.
- Let's do this.
- This is the biggest elimination tattoo
we've ever done.
12 hours, all-in,
one session tattoo--
go big or go home.
- My God, that's beautiful.
- It's gonna have some tails. - Okay.
- But I'm just gonna free-hand them.
- We now have the top four competitors.
Only one more person goes home before the finale.
This is huge.
- It curves right around your elbow.
- Yeah, it fits perfectly.
- Nobody wants to be this close to the finale
and pack it up now.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- I don't think it could actually fit any better.
Doing a 12-hour tattoo like this is not
an amateur-level thing.
Your design has to be perfect.
Your application has to be perfect.
And just your understanding of how to approach
something on this scale
is a totally different animal.
We are so much farther ahead than everybody else.
I'm choosing to do more of a Japanese-style frog
flying a koi fish kite.
I'm gonna bust my ass and make sure
that every inch of this tattoo
is absolutely flawless.
♪ ♪
- Josh is definitely going to be the hardest person
to beat for me.
He's not only fast,
but he's also a great illustrator.
I took my canvas
totally into consideration.
She's a beautiful lady,
so I give her a beautiful feminine bird
carrying one of my lotus flowers.
Have, like, black shading in here.
- There better be.
That bird looks great,
but I don't want to end up looking like a dirty bird.
- This is my last chance to prove
why I should make it to the finale.
- Everything is gonna be clean.
- All right, guys, ten hours left.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
- What made you start tattooing?
Were you a good artist before?
- That's crazy.
- I'm the underdog, and I know I'm underestimated.
But that's not a new feeling.
I'm here because I challenge myself my whole life.
I'm gonna push myself until I'm the next Ink Master.
♪ ♪
- This is smooth as [bleep].
Hoo-hoo!
♪ ♪
- That went far.
- [bleep]
- Six hours left.
You have six hours remaining.
♪ ♪
- This is a long day-- for the artist,
not even just the canvas.
It strains your eyes. - Mm-hmm.
- It's a long time to sit, you know?
- Yeah. - Aside from tattooing
and technical application, I think this is
a big battle of artistry.
- Technical application should not be the issue.
Unless someone really drops the ball,
which I don't assume so at this point.
- Yeah. - No.
♪ ♪
- My biggest card here is artistry.
To put real emotion into something
is an extremely hard thing to do.
But that's what I'm gonna pull off here.
- Is that highlight under her chin
gonna be colored?
- That was me wiping stuff into it.
So I already made a mistake there.
- Always wipe away.
- So I start wiping the canvas's skin off,
and I don't know if I'm being too abrasive
or wiping too many times...
What the [bleep]?
But now I notice that there's a couple small areas
of trauma towards the bottom of her arm.
- Let me see the bottom of that.
- It's down here.
- [exhales nervously]
- Man, my heart is racing,
and it's making me really [bleep] panicked.
- Damn, dude.
- I've put so much heart into this tattoo.
I hate to think that a couple spots of trauma
are gonna be what hold me from making it to the finale.
♪ ♪
- [moans]
Holy [bleep].
- It may hurt a little bit today,
but you're gonna have an amazing tattoo forever.
- Whew.
- Is that girl gonna get through
the rest of Juan's piece?
She's been making a lot of noises over there.
- Mm! - I need every minute
of this 12 hours.
I'm planning to go simple,
but now, I got to go even more simple
to be sure that I can finish it on time.
Not only the canvas is in pain,
but I'm in pain as well.
My neck is hurting,
my fingers are cramping...
- Ah, God!
- I got to make this work,
because my life is on the line.
- [bleep]!
[suspenseful music]
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