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Apatee

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  1. At this point I was wishing for a surprise double elimination. Amanda and Turk are a clear cut below the rest and have skated by making the same mistakes for far too long.
  2. Tiffer seems to be all but a lock for the finale right now, barring some crazy skull pick late in the season. He's quickly pulling ahead of the rest of the competition. JP was on borrowed time, but this wasn't his week to go home. Turk's canvas has to walk around with one of the ugliest tattoos I have seen on this show on full display the rest of his life. The other ones can be covered by everyday clothing at least. Hope that canvas likes turtlenecks.
  3. Really disappointed with the finalist tattoos, might be the worst of the season finalist so far. None of them really jumped out to me. Though I think Josh was the strongest over the course of the season, I believe Juan's tattoo deserved the win in the end. Josh's was just crazy messy and hard to follow. Roly got pushed past his expiration in the competition and it showed. Of the coaches, I really liked both of Steve's and DJ's tattoos. Though I was rooting for him, Anthony's snake wasn't up to par and his head tattoo didn't have the same appeal as the others. Wouldn't have minded Steve winning, but DJ earned his victory for sure. Next season...lets hope there's some good artist, because Clean Vs Christian feels played out and lame.
  4. Really would have liked to see Deanna in the finale. Without the restrictions of the regular competition, I think she could've done something really cool. After that shark last week and this butchering, Roly should've been packing. I feel like we've seen everything we're going to get out of him at this point. "Portraits have been always been a atrocity in the Ink Master house. Today we're looking for that to change". - Nunez looked like he was struggling not to laugh on that one.
  5. Hate that they made a huge tattoo irrelevant to the finale yet again. It's ridiculous to have someone put forth that amount of work/effort for it not to matter in the end. I thought Basilica's color piece was gorgeous, sucks it was for naught because the show has to have a twitter vote. While Katie had the best live tattoo, I found their back pieces very underwhelming. Overly bold and messy, while also being uninteresting/safe designs. Good to see Old Town as a winner. Bubba's hard work (paired with DJ's talent) really paid off. They were actually in the competition for a good while, so hats off to them.
  6. I think Cleen is a great artist, but the favoritism he gets from the judges (especially from Nunez) is is annoying and has been apparent for some time. Aaron was substantially outdone by Katie and Cleen's wasn't the best of the day either. Black Cobra got robbed. They should have just invited more vet teams and had that be the season lineup; opposed to having new artist being used as fodder for more famous names. Gripes aside, I thought Marvin did a pretty cool tattoo this week.
  7. The scientist tattoo was the best by far imo. Given that it was a head tattoo makes it even more impressive. I didn't feel there was anything special about Old Town's astronaut and it didn't exactly meet the new school style. I don't feel it would have won if another team did it. Glad to Boneface own up to the tattoo being terrible, it's annoying when the artist try to defend their obviously botched work. Pretty apparent that Hobo wasn't on the level of the competition and it was a mistake choosing him as a partner.
  8. Really dislike when the show does challenges like these. Insanely low amount of time for what was required. Six hours for a color realism composition challenge with huge battle scenes? I don't know why anyone would volunteer for this show when challenges are designed for the artists to give crap tattoos. It's no wonder some of the canvases were having trouble sitting through it. I guess they have to get material for Ink Master: Redemption somewhere. Also, they returning veteran artist should be booted if they end up in the bottom on their first day back. The advantage of coming into the competition late is too much for them not to get punished heavily for screwing up. The new artist have almost no chance to win with the way things are set up.
  9. Wish they would stop letting people do huge tattoos for the finale and not having them matter. Looking at the Kelly's chest piece, I liked both her tattoos the least of the three, but the time she spent doing it shouldn't be for nothing. Both final tattoos were a lot better than I was expecting. Gian's was gorgeous. Ryan's had a lot of cool tricks and was impressive given her style preferences. Liked the rainbow reflections she put in the chrome, cool detail to include. Would've have minded either winning, but happy for Ryan that she got it.
  10. No dud artist in the finale, should be good. I really wish it was open canvas though (and preferably a back piece). New school hotrods, a watercolor coral reef, and a traditional ship. Really lame for what should be the masterwork tattoos of the season. If Kelly was doing something colorful, Ryan a detailed black and grey, and Gian something with crazy linework, it would've been such a strong finale.
  11. They picked a weird time for the teams to suddenly matter. The people who run this show really have no idea what they're doing. Nate got a freebie week because he got picked by Peck at the beginning of the season. In the top five, worst artist/tattoo should go home. The gimmick challenges should be over this late in the competition. I found Nikki to be heavily annoying, but I wouldn't have minded her moving on. Kelly's new school and portraits are top tier, but I think Nikki's shown a wider range in the challenges. Given how this show generally does things, she wont be allowed to incorporate either if she makes the finale and that makes me a little nervous. Not as concerning as Ryan having to do full color though. I found it funny how the girls listened to Nunez's advice and the tattoo completely bombed. Maybe Kevin was on to something. Also, looking through Nate's shop portfolio, holy crap. The difference in the work is night and day.
  12. Maybe over time Kevin's would fade, but as of right now, I'd say his was a lot better than Nikki's. If they did blind judging, she probably would've went home. Oh well. Ever since Kevin pissed off Nunez, he was never gonna get too far. I wonder if Nikki would've done a better portrait if she didn't listen to Nunez and added some color.
  13. Have they ever done a filler episode because of someone leaving the competition before? It's possible I'm forgetting, but I don't remember them padding the season for Josh or Kyle's sudden disqualifications. Maybe Spike came down on them after the last time it happened, who knows. I found it funny how no one on Nunez's team seemed happy about being on it. Other than that, throwaway episode.
  14. Sketchy leaving is really lame. Not that he was gonna win or anything, but I'd rather the artist get eliminated by their work than other issues. Wouldn't this reduce their scheduled run by one episode? I'd imagine Spike being pissed at these type of things happening. Palm tattoos in general are bit lame to me. Small surface area where images don't last. No real standouts. Kevin needs to put a outline already. I'd definitely say he's been better than Nate, but he might get sent home before for him because of his decisions. The top three clearly seem to be Nikki, Ryan, and Gian. Kelly is the outlier; she has a chance to upset one of them for sure.
  15. Ryan's tattoo was a clear winner, with Nikki was a definite second. Really cool designs and great execution. I get that people like Kelly (me too), but I don't think the judges have an agenda against her. Her tattoo was pretty crappy this week and she deserved to be at the bottom. Hopefully the OCD isn't a huge issue as the challenges get tougher and she's back on top next week. I'm ready for Nunez to vote for Kevin's elimination every week from here on out. As soon as that water dilemma happened, the signs aligned that he was gonna gun to get him out. Props to him for calling Nunez out. This late in the competition, unless you've been cranking out tattoo of the days repeatedly, you go home if you botch one that badly. Eric might be a better artist than Kevin, but that's a shitty thing to say to a contestant because you like someone else better. My hate for Nunez has been rekindled again.
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