For what age: 5+
How many episodes in 12 season: 16 episodes
18 Artists arrive ready to fight for themselves but instead find they must work in teams divided by gender. Battle lines are drawn, then tested, in the Ink Master Battle of the Sexes. In the end, only one will win 0k and the title of Ink Master.
Team leaders emerge in a shocking new season-long twist that sends the Artists a wake-up call and shakes up the Competition. The Battle of the Sexes continues for 0K and the title of Ink Master.
The artists must fight even harder to win the Battle of the Sexes as the field thins and the competition intensifies; one artist is not wired properly for the competition and must pack up and close shop.
The judges are looking for color contrast and the artists are out for blood with full color neo-traditional animal tattoos.
It's every man or woman for themselves when the artists are subject to a blind critique.
The artists must put needle to skin consistently to take out their competitors; the battle of the sexes continues for 0K and the title of Ink Master.
The artists think outside the box as they show their understanding of color theory, then get a crash course in new school style from their coaches Jime Litwalk and Kelly Doty.
Composition must be perfect as the remaining competitors draw freehand tattoos on their canvases, and coaches James Vaughn and Megan Jean Morris offer the artists advice.
The battle for the grand prize and title of Ink Master continues as the judges test the artists' adaptability.
The artists find themselves in a dicey situation with confrontational coaches Josh Payne and Nikki Simpson.
The competition tests the artists' ability to market themselves when the power is in the hands of the canvases.
The artists are on their own in a test of finesse as the six remaining competitors fight for the cash prize and the title of Ink Master.
It's a battle of the sexes as the men's team takes aim at the women during an illustrative portrait challenge.
The last four artists remaining battle it out in a tattoo marathon to secure their spot in the season finale.
Seven veteran artists battle it out in the "Clash of the Coaches Face Off". The battle of the sexes comes to an end as the three finalists reveal their 35-hour Master Canvas tattoos and one artist wins the title of Ink Master.
