Ink Master Recap: Better Than Words?

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By SG | Saturday, December 15, 2012 | 11:27 am | 11 Comments
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Sebastian starts with his mouth vomit by saying Sarah and Kat don’t have a chance at winning due to their lack of experience and penis. Sebastian knows that America will be picking the winner (unless they have been dubbing that shit in each week) so I don’t understand why he always feels the need to talk shit. Steve jumps in and says they haven’t paid their dues but Jesse sticks up for them saying they have been knocking out good work. Steve points out his three wins and then says that women are inferior and can’t take the criticism. I assumed he was joking because after they walk away he says realistically they can take them all out but then he throws out that they can clean his bathroom any day. Steve…you’re like 40 years old with a goatee and you wear girly blouses…

The Elimination Challenge guest judge is renowned black and grey portrait artist Bob Tyrrell and everyone freaks out. This week’s tattoo will be portaits which test precision, this week’s theme. Sarah of course is a portrait artist and thinks this will be her redemption. Jesse is freaked out because he’s a new school artist going against 4 portrait artists and I am scared for him because I wanted him to win. Steve picks the best for himself and then randomly selects for the others. Consultations start and Sebastian is a little worried because he has a “horrible” picture that blurs when he blows it up. Oliver says that there is no room for error because they have to recreate someone’s face. Jesse’s client doesn’t have confidence in him which is a shock since Jesse doesn’t have confidence in himself.

Sarah is more concerned with impressing the judges than what her client wants and after consulting with the others, decides to do a black and grey piece. I don’t understand why she couldn’t at least make the eyes blue, that could have looked awesome. I think what made Best Ink stand out is that the clients had a bit of a say in the judging. Isn’t there some sort of ethics involved with tattooing? Jesse’s tattoo ends up with a fat face because he overcompensated for some imaginary curve while Steve does a darker piece to match Bob’s style. I’m really struggling here with these guys fucking tats up on real people, I know the piece is free and they probably sign waivers but that’s forever. Everyone notices that Sebastian has inverted the image and Sarah wonders why he can’t just copy the picture in front of him. Kat gets to actually meet the guy she just tattooed on her client which is a cute moment.

 

Jesse sits with the others and knows that he messed up and Sarah takes the time to rub it in saying he has been tattooing longer than her and he should have known. Sebastian really goes in and says that at least he didn’t change the face. Kat is complimented on the great detail that she put into her piece and how she captured the skin tone. Steve’s hair is impressive and did a good job on the wrinkles but the piece might be too dark in some areas though it will last a long time. Sarah’s piece is well received for nailing the precision and detail in the shirt. Chris compliments her on taking the criticism and doing a good job and of course she can’t just say thanks and goes into a monologue about some shit that I don’t care enough to remember. Jesse gets chewed out for totally fucking up the portrait by making her face fat and giving her weird hair texture. Sebastian is trashed for inverting his image and completing altering the image. Chris says that he didn’t do a portrait and that he can’t judge the tattoo versus the photo. He asks Sebastian if he wants to fight and Sebastian says if he did he would have run over to him and…you know done nothing. Sebastian’s attitude when called out is getting old.


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11 Comments

  1. 1
    annie annie
    Posted December 15, 2012 at 2:33 pm

    Sebastian and Steve turned their tattoo subjects into Black men. Good job guys!! (sheesh)

    Tattoo Baby’s tatt was really good! I love how she met the guy afterwards. I bet he loved a hot chick did it, too.

    The picture Jesse had to work with, she was really beautiful! The tattoo…ehh not so much. If that cheek of hers were less chubby, that would have made a big difference. Oh god I just noticed her totally unecessary double chin. EEK

    I gotta hand it to him though, he’s kind of a one-trick pony when it comes to his design of tatts, but he worked his ass off and tried really hard when he was out of his element……unlike many others who bitched and complained the entire time. Also, he was a cool guy all around. Im gonna miss him on the show!

  2. 2
    Valleygirl
    Posted December 15, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    Sarah needs to quit making her clients change what they want. Like, that needs to stop now. And the way she gets praised makes me want to punch her in the face! Calm down, crazy! At this point I can’t with this group anymore, except for maybe Kat.

    @annie: who are you going for to win? Lol I usually agree with you, so I’ll just go with whomever you pick.

  3. 3
    annie annie
    Posted December 16, 2012 at 10:25 am

    Valleygirl, I am really liking Tattoo Baby (AKA Kat) right now. For the past few weeks she has delivered some really solid tattoos, many of which were beyond her comfort zone (ie. Yoda).

    Honestly, Steve’s portrait tattoo disappointed me so much, I dont think he deserves to win. Before that, I thought he had a pretty good chance. Sarah’s talented too, but….her annoying “IM A FIGHTER!!” attitude seems to mess up alot of her tattoos. And Sebastian? I dunno why he’s even there at all!! What if he won? HAHAHA

    Who are you rooting for???

  4. 4
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted December 16, 2012 at 11:17 am

    I’m really annoyed that Sarah didn’t do color, because that baby had the biggest, most beautiful blue eyes, and to me, that’s what really made the image striking.
    Black and white didn’t do it any justice, and I’m also tired of her pushing her clients away from what they want and into what she thinks will please the judges. The judges aren’t the ones who have to walk around with that stuff for the rest of their lives. And Sarah is a repeat offender, but she’s definitely not the only one. It’s actually disturbing to see how many tattoo artists put themselves above their clients.

    I wish the mom had stood her ground.
    She put all that time and effort into making that baby and growing him and expelling him and keeping him alive and shit, and that’s really hard work. If she wants him immortalized in color on her body, then that’s her right.

    And Sarah’s stupid speeches, omg send that bitch home already!
    My only consolation is that she’s definitely not going to win.
    Not with Katherine there, and definitely not with Steve there.
    Plus, now that Chris Nunez and my beloved Oliver have personally witnessed the maelstrom of demonic batshit craziness that lurks within, they’ll never give her the title. If they don’t give it to someone who lacks tattoos, they sure aren’t gonna give it to someone who lacks sanity.
    Should have kept that little flaw under wraps, boo.

    Even though I wish to God that Sebastian had gone home, I understand why Jesse had to go.
    The picture was so beautiful, and had all this light and character to it, and it became this big black, fat blob. And the whole time, the canvas was just going on about how much everyone in the family idolizes her and all that, only for it to come out so shitty. I can’t even imagine how the canvas must have felt looking at it for the first time. Or how he’ll feel waking up to it every morning for the rest of his life. Jesse definitely needed to go home, and it’s probably better for him that the canvas not know exactly where to find him.
    He still better sleep with one eye open though. People get killed for less smh.

    Sebastian definitely going home next.
    And I was so happy about the abundance of Oliver in this episode. More Oliver every day!

  5. 5
    annie annie
    Posted December 16, 2012 at 11:34 am

    @chaos, I was thinking Sarah could have done the black and white, with his eyes being blue. Do you think that would have worked out? I think it would have looked cool.

    I am actually glad she didnt do the color, sometimes color portraits look “cartoony” if the ink is too bright, or not real-looking enough. I dont know if you watch Teen Mom, but I just keep thinking of that God-awful “Leah” tattoo Amber has. haha!

  6. 6
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted December 16, 2012 at 11:48 am

    @annie, Idk…I know that I love B&W photographs with a single color accent, but in a tattoo, I have no idea haha. I feel like it could have gone either way though, depending on the saturation and shades of blue she put in.

    If she did it right, it could have looked beautiful.
    If she did it wrong, it could have looked like a baby White Walker from Game of Thrones.

    It’s interesting though that it’s not even something that they discussed. I think it would have been a nice compromise, because I think even the mom said that she was pretty married to the blue in her son’s eyes being in the tattoo.

  7. 7
    Valleygirl
    Posted December 16, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    @annie: I was thinking of going with Kat too. So, go Kat! I think it’ll be a toss up between her and Steve though unless Sarah gets off the crazy train (lol as if). I’ll flip a table Tre style if Sebastian wins! Don’t even joke about that.
    Although this show took a nose dive since my bby Clint got booted so who knows?

  8. 8
    wcsdancer
    Posted December 16, 2012 at 1:54 pm

    Kat ftw! I was really hoping that mom would just walk out on Sarah, and tell the judges \she won’t do what I asked for.\ @chaos, you are spot on that the canvas has to live with the tattoo forever.

    Jesse’s portrait was horrible. IRL, most artists can have their specialty and not do things outside of it. But since this show is supposedly about who is the most well rounded (hey, Jesse, did you even watch the first season? Yes? How were you not prepared, then?), he should never have been selected for this show.

  9. 9
    merry
    Posted December 17, 2012 at 7:27 am

    Kat had better win this thing: she’s been the best rounded and most consistent of the artists.

    Yes, Jesse made an unholy mess of that portrait and yes, he should have been better prepared. But they ALL should have been better prepared. Don’t forget, Jesse is the one who made it through the traditional Japanese tattoo with relative success, while Steve (who screwed the pooch on his koi dragon) tried to whine that that wasn’t \what he did.\ Honestly, I would’ve kicked Sebastian out for his lousy attitude and his poor execution of what he claims is his specialty. His work hasn’t been outstanding at any phase of the competition and I’m stunned he’s survived this long.

    I’ll admit that I want Kat to win in part because the other remaining contestants are so obnoxious: Sebastian’s a jerk (who likes to HURT clients who annoy him!), Steve’s a whiner, and Sarah’s a nutcase who bullies her clients. In terms of art, I’d put Kat on top too. Her Yoda was amazing! Steve and Sarah have had some incredible work, but also some awful flops. Sebastian is mediocre at best.

    But I stopped understanding this competition when Jamie was kicked out on sheer prejudice because he didn’t have any tattoos.

  10. 10
    timgunnssister timgunnssister
    Posted December 17, 2012 at 9:05 am

    So long as the judges really don’t care if the canvas likes the tat or not, then why should the artists? Would it be fair for someone to stay because they did a bad tat and the client LOVED it – and someone who did a great tat but the client hated it goes home?

    I, too, hate the way Sarah always insists on changing what the client wants however, doing what they know the judges want is what gets the win. And based on that, Kat should win. I have yet to see a her try to bend a clients wishes to suit her skills. Her clients always seem happy and her work is really good AND consistent.

  11. 11
    Darkmetal
    Posted December 19, 2012 at 9:38 am

    I didn’t want Jesse to win. Sure, the guy has skills in New School but is pretty much a one trick pony, and his portrait proved it. He said himself that he hadn’t done one in 10 years, and the giant dark blob of a tattoo that he made of a pretty lady looking like Mr Potato Head (good luck trying to cover that up) should have gotten him a rebuke from the wearer on the finale, not the whiney woman who was complaining about a tattoo which was not even arguably not the best one she had (not that any tatt wasn’t putting lipstick on a crazy pig in her case).
    Tattoo Baby was the most improved artist in the competition, and the fact that Sebastian beat her with his awful demon/angel tatt on thigh the whining King Mo is beyond belief. Tattoo Baby is at least a 60% better tattoo artist over Sebastian.

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