Best Ink

2011 • Oxygen

4.6

105 reviews

TV-14

Rating

Eligible

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Season 2 episodes (10)

1 Bigger And Badder

4/3/13

New host Pete Wentz welcomes 12 of the country's best tattoo artists to compete for the cover and feature spread in Tattoo Magazine and $100,000.

2 I've Got A Secret

4/10/13

The artists discover that there is more than one way to tell a story when they're faced with creating a tattoo using a controversial medium. Music recording artist Ray J drops by in the mysterious Flash Challenge.

3 A Family Affair

4/17/13

In their third challenge, the artists are paired up to create tattoos for family members who want to commemorate a shared emotional experience. Guest stars Angela and Vanessa Simmons push the artists to put their best foot forward, challenging them to ink shoe designs in the Flash Challenge.

4 Live Out Loud

4/24/13

The artists are forced out of their comfort zones when they are asked to create abstract tattoos for music loving clients. Pete Wentz and Sabina Kelley judge the musically charged Flash Challenge in which the artists design Fender guitars.

5 A Good Laugh

5/1/13

Halfway to $100,000 dollars and the title of Best Ink, the artists must tickle their creative funny bone and create a humorous tattoo for their clients. Justin Bua returns to judge the artists in a hilarious Flash Challenge.

6 I'm Sexy and I Know It

5/8/13

Judge Joe Capobianco's famous style of "Blood Puddin" tattoos are featured in this week's Ink Challenge as the artists attempt to impress him. Hannah Aitchison is lead judge in a sky-high Flash Challenge where the artists ink their work on airplanes.

7 Brand New Life

5/15/13

The artists must envision a tattoo that literally comes to life using cutting edge animation technology. Famed tattooer Miya Bailey meets the artists at Universal Studios for a Flash Challenge that's larger than life.

8 Be Ready For Anything

5/22/13

The remaining five artists have to elevate their game as this week's Ink Challenge forces them to create a photorealistic tattoo. Award winning artist Jason Seiler guides the artists through a "fast and furious" Flash Challenge they'll never forget.

9 True Love

5/29/13

The final four artists are put through a rigorous Flash Challenge guest judged by Tattoo Magazine's Larry Law. The artists have to put strong emotions aside when it is revealed that their clients for the Ink Challenge are their family members.

10 Full Body of Work

6/5/13

The three remaining artists tattoo familiar skins as old customers return to the chair. After a surprise elimination, the final two artists ink masterpieces on celebrity guests Travie McCoy and AJ McLean, but only one artist will be crowned Best Ink.

About this show

This competition reality series pits ten of the best male and female tattoo artists in the world against one another. With nothing but their needles, ink, and passion, these artists compete for $100,000 and a cover story in Tattoo magazine. The contestants are guided through the competition by host and recording artist Kimberly Caldwell (American Idol). After each challenge, the artists are critiqued by head judge and world-renowned tattoo artist Joe Capobianco, international pinup model and tattoo shop owner Sabina Kelley and a guest judge from a rotating roster.

Ratings and reviews

4.6

105 reviews

Latasha Jenkins

May 11, 2014

This show is like project runway but on skin. Lol. It forces the artists out of their comfort zone. Judges have plenty experience. Wishing the viewer had a chance to vote.

Leigh Ford

December 15, 2013

I'm still a virgin to the ink. But when the time and circumstance is right I've got to find one of these dope artists from this show for my body art!

Suanne Sharbono

April 18, 2013

it took me over a half hour to use an unfriendly version that freakin took me forever to reset my password after update... now I have to have an 8 digit password...ridiculous

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