Ink Master
Eliminated Artist Interview: Go Big Or Go Home
Season 6 E 15 • 10/07/2015
Craig came back this season and fought his way to the final four, but in the end struggled with color and had Chris’ consistency trump his talents.

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03:13
Ink MasterS6 E1
Face Off: Mentor Vs. Apprentice - Part I
Face Off: Mentor Vs. Apprentice - Part I
The competition begins as 18 tattoo artists gather atop One World Trade Center to learn that they must tattoo head-to-head against one another: masters vs. apprentices – and will be judged blind.
06/11/2015
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03:05
Ink MasterS6 E1
Face Off: Mentor Vs. Apprentice - Part III
Face Off: Mentor Vs. Apprentice - Part III
It’s nothing but needles as the artists start to lay down the ink on their very first group of human canvases with only 5 hours on the clock.
06/11/2015
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02:05
Ink MasterS6 E1
Face Off: Mentor Vs. Apprentice - Part IV
Face Off: Mentor Vs. Apprentice - Part IV
The artists put their burning passion to work when they finalize their tattoos in their first head-to-head challenge of the competition.
06/11/2015
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03:04
Ink MasterS6 E1
Face Off: Mentor Vs. Apprentice - Part II
Face Off: Mentor Vs. Apprentice - Part II
The masters and apprentices set up shop and start off their first head-to-head challenge, negotiating which tattoo style they want to ink.
06/11/2015
Interview
01:22
Ink MasterS6 E1
Eliminated Artist Interview: Meet Your Maker
Eliminated Artist Interview: Meet Your Maker
Brian decided to not play it safe and came out swinging the very first episode. Unfortunately, the judges didn't appreciate his tattoo.
06/24/2015
Interview
01:49
Ink MasterS6 E2
Eliminated Artist Interview: Fight Or Flight
Eliminated Artist Interview: Fight Or Flight
Ryan exits the competition after struggling with tattooing in American traditional style during a tough face-off elimination against two other artists.
07/01/2015
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02:12
Ink MasterS6 E3
Flash Challenge: Kraken Battle: Part III
Flash Challenge: Kraken Battle: Part III
The artists put in their last drops of ink, tattooing a mythical sea monster battle on human canvases’ hands. The judges finally get to critique the pieces.
06/30/2015
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01:49
Ink MasterS6 E3
Flash Challenge: Kraken Battle - Part IV
Flash Challenge: Kraken Battle - Part IV
Miami and St. Marq impress the judges with their kraken tattoo while Kruseman is infuriated with his partner’s lack of skill, possibly costing him the challenge.
06/30/2015
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02:43
Ink MasterS6 E3
Flash Challenge: Kraken Battle - Part II
Flash Challenge: Kraken Battle - Part II
Teams of two are formed when the artists draw skulls randomly to determine their fate. St. Marq hounds his partner as the clock winds down.
06/30/2015
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02:20
Ink MasterS6 E3
Flash Challenge: Kraken Battle - Part I
Flash Challenge: Kraken Battle - Part I
The artists are paired up randomly and must ink interlocking hand tattoos of an epic Kraken battle. Will they weather the storm?
06/30/2015
Interview
01:38
Ink MasterS6 E3
Eliminated Artist Interview: Sink Or Swim
Eliminated Artist Interview: Sink Or Swim
Miami was totally thrown off by having to do a stained glass tattoo, but in the end, also missed the fundamentals in the eyes of the judges.
07/08/2015
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02:52
Ink MasterS6 E4
Flash Challenge: Sarcophagus: Part II
Flash Challenge: Sarcophagus: Part II
Random skull picks throws the artists into surprising teams. With only 4 hours to adorn a sarcophagus, Earl is frustrated at Katie’s ideas and quality of work.
07/07/2015
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03:20
Ink MasterS6 E4
Flash Challenge: Sarcophagus: Part III
Flash Challenge: Sarcophagus: Part III
Chris gives up hopes of winning the challenge with his team while Kito goes crazy with gold leaf on his team's sarcophagus.
07/07/2015
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02:09
Ink MasterS6 E4
Flash Challenge: Sarcophagus - Part I
Flash Challenge: Sarcophagus - Part I
TUT star Avan Jogia joins the judges when the artists work in teams of 3 to adorn sarcophaguses, using paint and gold leaf to turn them into works of art fit for a king.
07/07/2015
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01:32
Ink MasterS6 E4
Eliminated Artist Interview: Tut For Tat
Eliminated Artist Interview: Tut For Tat
MV was blown away that he was voted off for a detail challenge as he prides himself on his attention to detail, but the judges just didn’t see it in his Sphnix tattoo.
07/15/2015
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03:03
Ink MasterS6 E5
Flash Challenge: Illusion In The Dark - Part III
Flash Challenge: Illusion In The Dark - Part III
Chris, Dave, and Oliver shut off the lights and take a look at each team’s illusion in the dark. Kito and Tyler miss the mark a bit while Duffy and Chris show off their bright idea.
07/14/2015
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02:14
Ink MasterS6 E5
Flash Challenge: Illusion In The Dark: Part II
Flash Challenge: Illusion In The Dark: Part II
The artists get their hands on completely nude models and start the UV body paint work at last. Big Ceeze’s past airbrushing experience shines while St. Marq aggressively leads his team as always.
07/14/2015
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02:11
Ink MasterS6 E5
Flash Challenge: Illusion In The Dark: Part I
Flash Challenge: Illusion In The Dark: Part I
The competition gets even tighter as the artists are tested on their ingenuity, having to make the human form completely disappear by using UV body paint.
07/14/2015
Interview
01:51
Ink MasterS6 E5
Eliminated Artist Interview: Problem Parts
Eliminated Artist Interview: Problem Parts
Having to ink an armpit, Earl was thrown off his game, and just could not ink enough detail to justify keeping him in the competition any longer.
07/29/2015
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02:40
Ink MasterS6 E6
Flash Challenge: Dogu - Part I
Flash Challenge: Dogu - Part I
The artists get started on a 3000-year old art form with clay figurines, hoping their line work will impress the judges.
07/28/2015
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02:38
Ink MasterS6 E6
Flash Challenge: Dogu - Part II
Flash Challenge: Dogu - Part II
Big Ceeze struggles to carve clear lines into his clay dogu while Kruseman feels confident. The judges finally take a look at each artist’s work.
07/28/2015
Highlight
02:40
Ink MasterS6 E6
Flash Challenge: Dogu - Part III
Flash Challenge: Dogu - Part III
As the judges round up their critiques of line work, Craig’s clay craftsmanship is brought into question while Kruseman and Chris receive high praise.
07/28/2015
Interview
01:22
Ink MasterS6 E6
Eliminated Artist Interview: Firing Lines
Eliminated Artist Interview: Firing Lines
Doing Japanese tattoos is always nerve-wracking with Chris Núñez judging, but throw in a difficult canvas and you may not even survive. Kito certainly did not.
08/05/2015
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02:50
Ink MasterS6 E7
Elimination Tattoo: 4 on 1 Animal Skin - Part III
Elimination Tattoo: 4 on 1 Animal Skin - Part III
The groups of artists discuss their game plans for inking animal skin tattoos. Dave is confident in Chris’ leadership while Craig and Kruseman think of a loophole in the challenge.
08/04/2015
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02:39
Ink MasterS6 E7
Elimination Tattoo: 4 on 1 Animal Skin: Part IV
Elimination Tattoo: 4 on 1 Animal Skin: Part IV
St. Marq agitates his teammates with his approach to the 4 on 1 animal skin tattoo. The human canvases already begin to freak out with the extreme pain, putting the artists’ designs at risk.
08/04/2015
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02:13
Ink MasterS6 E7
Elimination Tattoo: 4 on 1 Animal Skin - Part II
Elimination Tattoo: 4 on 1 Animal Skin - Part II
The artists are randomly thrown into groups of four, tested on texture and having to transform their human canvases into animals with ink.
08/04/2015
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02:28
Ink MasterS6 E7
Elimination Tattoo: 4 on 1 Animal Skin - Part I
Elimination Tattoo: 4 on 1 Animal Skin - Part I
Tested on texture, the artists skip the flash challenge and go straight to a 4-on-1 animal skin elimination tattoo.
08/04/2015
Interview
01:44
Ink MasterS6 E7
Eliminated Artist Interview: Predator/Prey
Eliminated Artist Interview: Predator/Prey
It was a shocker this week when one of the strongest artists in the competition had to head home when he competed head-to-head with Chris in a challenge of texture.
08/17/2015
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02:56
Ink MasterS6 E8
Flash Challenge: Postcards - Part II
Flash Challenge: Postcards - Part II
As the postcard tattoo challenge continues, Big Ceeze breaks out of his comfort zone while Craig is determined to make it past where he got eliminated last time.
08/11/2015
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03:14
Ink MasterS6 E8
Flash Challenge: Postcards: Part I
Flash Challenge: Postcards: Part I
There's no better place than New York, one of the sightseeing capitals of the world, to challenge the artists to combine many sights by tattooing postcards.
08/11/2015
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02:40
Ink MasterS6 E8
Flash Challenge: Postcards - Part III
Flash Challenge: Postcards - Part III
The postcard tattoos are put to the test. While Matt and Dave win over the judges with impressive composition, Craig is not as fortunate.
08/11/2015
Interview
01:34
Ink MasterS6 E8
Eliminated Artist Interview: Composed And Exposed
Eliminated Artist Interview: Composed And Exposed
When it came to composition, Big Ceeze’s trash polka tattoo totally fell flat in the eyes of the judges.
08/19/2015
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03:00
Ink MasterS6 E9
Flash Challenge: Up In Smoke: Part III
Flash Challenge: Up In Smoke: Part III
Matt and Erik’s design grossly underwhelms the judges, leaving them disappointed. Underdogs Marisa and Dave surprise the other artists with their multiple levels of saturation.
08/18/2015
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02:13
Ink MasterS6 E9
Flash Challenge: Up In Smoke - Part I
Flash Challenge: Up In Smoke - Part I
With only 10 artists standing, saturation is key this week as the artists pair up to paint masterpieces with fire.
08/18/2015
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03:00
Ink MasterS6 E9
Flash Challenge: Up In Smoke: Part II
Flash Challenge: Up In Smoke: Part II
As the challenge on saturation continues, Matt and Erik’s design starts to fall apart – literally. Master and apprentice Kruseman and Duffy work smoothly to pull off an elaborate design
08/18/2015
Interview
01:43
Ink MasterS6 E9
Eliminated Artist Interview: Like A Moth To The Flame
Eliminated Artist Interview: Like A Moth To The Flame
Even though Tyler nearly sealed his fate with an outburst during the elimination phase, in the end instead Marisa got the axe because of her Neptune tattoo's poor saturation.
08/26/2015
Interview
01:38
Ink MasterS6 E10
Eliminated Artist Interview: Hell On Wheels
Eliminated Artist Interview: Hell On Wheels
Dave’s odd placement of his anatomical heart tattoo and his overuse of black had the judges shaking their head, and in the end was sent home.
09/02/2015
Interview
01:51
Ink MasterS6 E11
Eliminated Artist Interview: Hail Mani
Eliminated Artist Interview: Hail Mani
Katie made it far in the competition, but replicating an extremely intricate piece of fine art was just too much for her and knocked her out of the competition.
09/09/2015
Interview
01:42
Ink MasterS6 E12
Eliminated Artist Interview: Slitting Throats
Eliminated Artist Interview: Slitting Throats
Erik was a strong artist, but he just didn’t come out swinging like the judges always wanted - and so his Victorian throat tattoo fell short of expectations.
09/16/2015
Interview
01:40
Ink MasterS6 E13
Eliminated Artist Interview: Player's Choice
Eliminated Artist Interview: Player's Choice
Sometimes having the skull pick for the elimination tattoo is the kiss of death – and this week it was exactly that for Tyler.
09/23/2015
Interview
01:47
Ink MasterS6 E14
Eliminated Artist Interview: Active Duty
Eliminated Artist Interview: Active Duty
The last apprentice standing, Duffy, was voted as having the worst portrait tattoo of the day by the human canvas jury - and the judges certainly agreed.
09/30/2015
Interview
01:40
Ink MasterS6 E15
Eliminated Artist Interview: Go Big Or Go Home
Eliminated Artist Interview: Go Big Or Go Home
Craig came back this season and fought his way to the final four, but in the end struggled with color and had Chris’ consistency trump his talents.
10/07/2015
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Ink Master Finale: Kruseman
Ink Master Finale: Kruseman
Tattoo veteran Kruseman unleashed his true potential during the last few weeks and wowed the judges, and now he is determined to claim victory at the live finale.
10/06/2015
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Ink MasterS6 E16
Ink Master Finale: Matt O'Baugh
Ink Master Finale: Matt O'Baugh
Matt has been battling Chris this entire competition, but now he’s ready to trump his competition one last time and go for the ultimate win.
10/06/2015
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Ink MasterS6 E16
Ink Master Finale: Chris Blinston
Ink Master Finale: Chris Blinston
Chris has played the game like no other artist, skillfully building a team – but now the marine is ready to take on Kruseman and Matt in the finale and take home the glory himself.
10/06/2015
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