Ink Master

Three of the most skilled Ink Masters return to coach teams of the nation's top tattoo artists for a chance at $100,000 and the title of Ink Master.

The Masters must coach their team through the season's first Flash Challenge, and a maze Elimination Tattoo puts the artists' grasps of the fundamentals to the test.

The coaches face off to ensure the survival of their team, and proportion skills are put to the test when the artists must tattoo Greek deities.

The coaches step in during a team-based Flash Challenge, and ingenuity is tested when the artists are tasked with mash-up tattoos.

Precision is tested when the artists must create designs using hole punches, and one coach steps up when a difficult canvas bows out of the Elimination Tattoo.

The coaches must lead by example when they're tasked to ink beneath the chin in the Flash Challenge, and the artists push the envelope with undead-style Elimination Tattoos.

Team dynamics are tested in a collaborative tag-team Elimination Tattoo focusing on anatomy and consistency, and the coaches make a difficult decision.

Teamwork is essential in a glass painting Flash Challenge, and the artists create stone-themed Elimination Tattoos, causing one artist to crack under the pressure.

The devil is in the details when the artists must tattoo intricate, technicolor hot-air balloons.

The artists must work together in a series of tag-team tattoo challenges, and a massive twist forces one team's artists to turn on one another.

The coaches step up to create micro insect tattoos, the artists tackle painful sternum Elimination Tattoos, and one artist's technical mistake seals their fate.

The artists must use melted wax to showcase their composition skills, and a negative space elimination tattoo leaves some artists scratching their heads.

The artists must match their coaches' designs in the Elimination Tattoo, and an intense freehand face-off sends one more artist home.

The artists must match their coaches' designs in the Elimination Tattoo, and an intense freehand face-off sends one more artist home.

The artists push themselves to the limit in a grueling 12-hour Elimination Tattoo challenge, and the masters fight to gain an advantage in the finale.

The coaches face off live onstage, eliminated artists return to help the judges deliberate over the artists' 24-hour master canvases, and a new Ink Master is crowned.