After surviving the “Cold Blooded” episode last week, the eight remaining contestants on Ink Master faced off in a “Flash Challenge” testing their ability to use finesse. The tougher the situation, the more finesse an artist needs to create a masterpiece, and this week was no exception.
Artists were given five hours to tattoo amputees. The residual limb left behind after an amputation can be badly traumatized, unusually shaped and scarred. The artists were challenged to create a phenomenal tattoo on the residual limb to make these amputees love the part of their body they are missing. Although all of the contestants created beautiful designs, Bethpage’s Erik Siuda’s incorporation of the scar tissue and pre-existing tattoo into his design showed the most finesse.
Siuda’s victory in the “Flash Challenge” gave him the ability to not only assign the human canvases, but also the artist match-ups in the elimination challenge. Siuda forced the remaining rivals to compete head-to-head to prove who the better artist is.
The owner/artist at Ghost Gallery Tattoo in Bethpage, survives to ink another week in the competition as he vies for a $100,000 grand prize, an editorial feature in Inked magazine and the bragging rights title of ‘Ink Master.’
Ink Master airs weekly on Tuesdays at 10 p.m. ET/PT on Spike TV.
