Ink Master: Grudge Match (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Friends and Foes - full transcript
Fueled by bad bitter blood, Sirvone Smith battles the relentless Tuff Tito. New school legends Jime Litwalk and Craig Foster put an old rivalry to rest.
male announcer:
In 12 jaw-dropping seasons
of "Ink Master,"
we've witnessed
amazing artistry...
Shut the [bleep] up!
announcer: Insane rivalries...
- [bleep].
- Mother [bleep].
announcer:
And wild personalities.
- Any [bleep] camera
follows me,
I swear to God.
I don't give a [bleep].
I will break that
mother[bleep].
announcer: Now, three iconic
"Ink Master" champions--
Ryan Ashley,
DJ Tambe,
and Cleen Rock One--
have risen to judge status,
deciding grudges between
some of the competition's
most furious rivals.
- Are we gonna hash it out
like grown men,
or are you gonna
get in my face again?
- Let's tattoo.
announcer:
These foes
will have the opportunity
to settle the score
once and for all.
- I can be in your face.
- I can be in your face too.
- Okay? Okay?
- Guys, guys, guys, guys.
- Let's do it.
We can do it all day.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
I don't think that grudge
is over.
I think it just got worse.
announcer: Tonight,
two rivalries
will come to a head,
one between
new school legends,
the other fueled by bad blood,
and the grudges
will be settled now.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
In our first grudge match,
season three's
Jime Litwalk felt
his fellow style pioneer,
Craig Foster,
went home too soon.
- You pushed me to be
a better artist.
I wanted to see you
in the finale.
announcer: Now, they'll
finally have their chance
to battle head to head.
- Just when you think
you're gonna come back for fun,
they pull you back
into the competition.
- These guys are two heavy
hitters in new school...
- Hell yeah.
- And on season three,
everybody on that season
was like, "Oh, my God.
Jime Litwalk's here,"
and, "Oh, my God, Craig."
These guys are, like, the dudes
when it comes to new school.
- So you bad
at that new school, huh?
- Anything with a lot of color
in it, man.
Potentially, I can
be the new Ink Master.
I totally feel I can win it,
almost somewhat destiny.
- Hopefully one of these days
I'm gonna get
to try to show
off like you.
- [laughs]
- Craig, you do not have
what it takes to be Ink Master.
- No!
- Oh, my God!
- I don't get that.
- Craig's [bleep] wowed
everybody in here,
so to see him go home
and see Josh to stay here,
you can be
a [bleep] blind man
and know that Craig is
a better artist than that guy.
- Neither of them
got to really go head to head
with each other.
- It's not every day two
bad-ass new school artists
get to face off
against each other.
- Yes. And I just can't
wait to see
what they're gonna
come up with,
'cause you know both
of them are gonna flex.
- I was robbed of going up
against a friend
that I felt should have been
in the finale along with me.
I definitely have
some unfinished business
that I'd like to go back
and attend to.
Going up against somebody
that I respect,
going up against somebody
that I look up to,
there's more pressure now.
It's artwork versus artwork.
It feels more intense.
Craig Foster, you know
I love and respect you,
but I'm gonna bring it, man.
- So let's make some cookies.
They should have put me
and Jime
standing up there
on the stage
having that showdown.
Everybody missed out
on that one.
And you know we got to
clean up while we go,
because what's Mommy's rule,
number two?
- "Mom is not a maid."
- No, she is not a maid.
To hear the judges say,
"Craig, you do not have what it
takes to be Ink Master,"
was heartbreaking.
That's a big one.
That's my cookie right there.
I don't think that
"Ink Master's" ever had
new school titans going at it.
It's time to see what
new school's all about.
[dramatic music]
Oh, wow.
- Pretty in pink.
- He wears a lot of pink.
- Oh, my God.
Is that a matching scrunchie?
- I like it.
- I like pink.
- I am feeling so anxious.
- Yeah, he is.
It's scary getting back
in that room.
- Oh, yeah. Here we go.
- Craig Foster, the champ
that never got his chance.
- Oh!
- Oh!
- Look at that.
Look at that,
right next to each other.
- This doesn't seem too bad.
- I asked them
to call you here
'cause I wanted
to see you in the finale.
I wanted to push myself to be
better going up against you.
You pushed me to
be a better artist.
- Oh, a grudge of passion?
I like it.
- We all got
kind of robbed.
- In a way.
- Yeah.
- You're left with all these,
"What would have happened
if I did get to go up
against Jime?"
- Yeah, this is definitely
gonna be
more of an artistic battle,
I feel like,
than an ego battle, man.
- I'm cool with that.
We're gonna see
some awesome tattoos.
- It's on.
- Let's go check it out.
- I just wanted the opportunity
again, man,
just to push myself.
Being back here and just,
you know, all the other
stress is gone,
that we just create fun,
good art tattoos.
- Whoa!
- Yeah!
Whoo!
Wizards.
- Two new school legends
in the house.
I'm excited.
- We're stoked to have
you guys here. Yeah.
- I don't know, are you guys
excited, but I'm excited.
- I think we both missed out.
We missed out
on the opportunity
to push each other
to the most.
- I feel like this is
a straight tattoo battle.
- You guys ready to get
into this, or...
- Yeah. I'm ready.
- I'm ready to bring it.
- We're gonna give you guys
a 90-minute tattoo.
- All right?
- Okay.
- We are gonna pick
what you guys are gonna tattoo.
- [sighs]
- The winner of that 90-minute
face-off tattoo gets
a huge advantage tomorrow.
- We know that you guys
obviously want to do
new school, right?
- Yeah. Yes.
- Yeah.
- The winner of this 90-minute
face-off tattoo
is gonna get to pick
the subject for the six-hour--
- Six-hour new school
grudge match tattoo tomorrow.
- Hands down,
this is the Super Bowl
of new school right now.
- Hell yes.
- And you know whoever wins
this gets bragging rights.
- Yeah. We better see
some badass tattoos.
- You don't got to worry
about that here.
- It's gonna happen.
- What we figured is today,
why don't we go old school?
- I couldn't agree more.
I think that's rad.
- It'll be the opposite.
We're gonna go back
to American traditional.
- Sign me up.
- You excited?
- Yeah. Let's do it.
- Let's do this, man. I just
want to see you guys tattoo.
I don't even want
to talk anymore.
- I'm excited.
Get to drawing, guys.
- We'll see you in a bit.
I can't even imagine what we're
gonna see in a few hours.
- Dude, oh, my God.
- Super pumped.
I wasn't expecting them
to take
our new school
and make it old school.
It's really just kind of
making me nervous in here,
'cause wondering what
you're gonna pull out
of your bag of tricks.
- May the best man win.
Cheers.
announcer:
In our second grudge,
season eight's
Sirvone Smith
is enraged he was sent home
before
the relentless Tuff Tito.
- You want to cry?
I'll make you cry.
- I would love to see that.
- Shit.
announcer:
Now he'll let the art
speak for itself.
- I know I did
a dope-ass tattoo,
and your lines
is shit, bro.
That's all I'm gonna say.
- We're taking it back
to my season today.
- Yeah.
- We've got Tuff Tito
and Sirvone.
- What are these guys like?
- Sirvone is definitely
the underdog.
He has that hunger to learn
and this drive to compete.
Tuff Tito is a hell
of a fighter, man.
He will create an argument
for any situation.
You tell Tito what side to
fight on,
and he will fight that side
to the death.
- I'm a [bleep] warrior,
and I don't quit.
I don't quit anything.
I'll fight until I die.
- I think it was legible.
You can see what it is.
- Half of it's lined,
half of it's not.
The lines that are
there are awful.
- You know I got the
fundamental.
Some other people,
they can't pull
straight lines
when they want.
- Sirvone, you do not
have what it takes
to be Ink Master.
- If it came down
to watercolor,
Tito should be
going home instead of me.
It feels kind of shitty.
- Should Tito have gone home
that day
before Sirvone?
I don't know.
Both tattoos
had a ton of issues.
- Both those tattoos
were janky.
- Give her
the first right turn,
and give yourself
the next right turn.
- I'm back
for this grudge match
because I want to kick
Tito ass.
I want to show him that art is
better than flexing every day.
- Hey! Can I fall?
No, I can't.
- No. Don't fall. Don't fall.
Don't fall.
Me and him worked together
after season eight,
and he just walk around like
his shit don't stink.
"I'm the best.
I'm better than everybody."
You know,
it gets old real quick.
- You got this.
You ready? Ready?
- Yeah, yeah.
Hands down,
I'm gonna beat Tito,
because I'm a better artist.
I'ma dance around him
all day.
[electronic music]
♪ ♪
- What's up, man?
How are you?
- We were constructing
his piece here...
I opened the door for Sirvone
when nobody opened
the door for him.
He worked for me,
and he quit.
You don't take
a good opportunity,
and now you're crying?
Well, you wanna challenge me?
I'm here.
[indistinct], okay?
- I'ma take care of business.
- All right.
Nobody gonna take down
Tuff Tito.
Nobody gonna do it,
and if you think
you can do it,
I'm right here.
[dramatic music]
There's nothing like
this place to be.
- Tuff Tito.
- The crocodile hat,
like he just wants
to take a bite
of this dude.
- Maybe it's anaconda.
Maybe it's a snake.
- Maybe he wrestled that snake
himself, and that's his trophy.
- Tombstone Tito,
what's up, baby?
- Mm-mm.
- Ah, I can't do that.
- Huh?
both: Oh!
- Dissing him.
- You ready to lose today?
- I don't know.
Why you call me out?
- I should have been
here longer, baby.
- I didn't send you home.
They sent you home.
They thought your tattoo
was worse than mine,
and then you look at it,
it was muddy.
It was in watercolor.
It was watercolor.
- It was shitty,
but it was not.
Your shit was garbage.
Watercolor Celtic [indistinct].
- The background
was watercolors.
- The tattoo was shit, bro.
- I'm here.
What do you want from me?
- I just want you to know I'm
better.
That's just it, baby.
You're gonna go home,
and you're gonna sleep
about this tonight,
and you're gonna be like,
"Goddamn, that boy good."
- He's hungry.
He's a fighter.
- You better get your station.
I'ma get in mine.
I'ma do what I do,
and I'ma watch you lose, baby.
- Then homey, let's do it.
Prove it. Prove it. Prove it.
- Tito, I feel it, baby.
I've seen you work, baby.
- There you go.
Bring it on.
- I'm better all day.
- Bring it on. Bring it on.
- Let's get in there before
these guys
beat each other's faces in.
- Whoo! I know.
It's getting serious already.
- This is getting serious.
- This thing just started.
- You want to cry?
I'll make you cry.
- I would love to see that.
I would love that.
- Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
- Here we go. Here we go.
- Time to battle, fellas.
There's something deep here.
Sirvone, I can feel it in you,
man.
- We worked together for a bit
after the show.
The shit picked up there, man.
I'm not gonna have nobody try
to step on my neck.
That shit got to end, man.
- So this actually got
a little deeper
after the competition,
'cause you guys worked
with each other.
- Some people just feel
some type of way
when they work with you
and see you doing good.
- He's talking about bullshit
blah, blah, blah.
- No, it's bullshit to you
because you [indistinct]--
- It's bullshit to you because
when there's a boss,
there's one [bleep] boss,
and it's me...
- Bro, you pay me--
- Tuff Tito.
- You don't pay [indistinct].
- Tough [bleep] Tito.
- All right. All right.
All right. [shushing]
- You don't have to bring
this shit over here.
- Bring that on.
You want to me in your face?
I can be in your face?
- I can be
in your face too, baby.
- So you want to do this here?
Let's do it.
- Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
- We can do it, baby, all day.
- Okay. Okay. Whoa!
- Guys, hey, hey, come on.
- [indistinct] see you cry.
- Let me cry, man.
- Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
- Let's do it, man.
- We're gonna settle this
with some tattoos.
- Let's go.
Goodness gracious.
- Shit.
- How's about you
stand over here,
and then you stand over
here,
and whoever says
the next word other than
"let's get to work"
automatically loses?
- That's what I'm saying.
- This whole thing
started over tattoos.
Let's end it
with some tattoos.
- Bring it on.
- We're gonna make the playing
field completely even today.
We're gonna throw at you guys
a 90-minute face-off tattoo
where we get to decide
what you'll be tattooing today.
- Whatever y'all throw me,
I'm with it, baby.
- The winner of this 90-minute
face-off tattoo
gets a huge advantage
for tomorrow's
six-hour grudge match tattoo
where one of you guys
get to determine
the style or subject
that both of you guys
will be tattooing.
- Winner of that ends it.
- Nice.
- After this grudge match
tattoo, can you guys agree
that this is gonna be over?
- It's done for me after this.
- Let's do it.
- To be honest with you,
this entire grudge started
over these watercolor tattoos
that both of these guys gave.
- Oh, my God.
I remember
the watercolor tattoos.
- I do not want to see
any watercolor tattoos.
- This is an opportunity
for them to redeem themselves.
- In 90 minutes?
- Those watercolor tattoos
were really bad.
- Well, we don't have
to pick the subject.
We can just let them
be creative.
- So like a watercolor
anything.
- Yeah.
You guys have a second chance.
If you want to rewrite
the story, now's the time.
Who's gonna edge out
and get the advantage?
- 90-minute watercolor
tattoo, any subject.
- Quit this bickering and do
some good-ass tattoos, so...
- Let's do it.
- Get to work. Let's do this.
- Good luck.
- Man. Whoa.
- Holy shit.
- Thought I was gonna have to
break up two dogs fighting.
- I was not expecting that.
Are you kidding me?
- Watercolor is super tough.
- I thought--yeah, I thought--
- It is. It's hard.
- Come over here, bro.
This is the winner's side.
You got to sit back over there,
baby.
- Listen, listen.
- Get on the loser's side, bro.
- You're a bitch.
- Get your ass over there,
baby.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- All right.
Look at these two legends.
I'm so excited to watch
this battle, guys.
Jime, are you ready?
- Ready.
- Craig? Always look ready.
- I'm ready.
- You guys have 90 minutes
to do
an American traditional tattoo,
and your time starts
right now.
Get it.
This is gonna be a battle.
90-minute
traditional tattoos--
this is totally opposite
of what they do.
New school artists have trouble
doing simple shit,
and that's what we want to see:
challenge these boys.
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- When they told me
that you were tattooing me,
I was like,
"No [bleep] way."
I was like, "No way."
- The trickiest part of
this tattoo is the simplicity.
I'm so used to making something
so overly exaggerated
that I have to tone it back
and just make it super flat.
When you get down
to traditional, it's like,
"I need four different blues."
Nope. That's not traditional.
Things had to be
specific colors.
Things had to look
a certain way.
If I was doing this
in my style,
I would probably have four
or five of each color out.
I'm just trying to stick
to black, color, skin.
All right, all right,
all right.
♪ ♪
- I think the hard thing is
to walk
outside your comfort zone.
You're constantly, like,
second guessing everything
that you're doing,
which is challenging.
I come from the "no limits"
of new school,
but then, with traditional,
there are just, like,
all these rules.
It's just a pain in the ass.
I'm faster
with new school stuff.
With traditional,
I have to think.
- All right, guys,
you only have 30 minutes
left
on these traditional tattoos.
Only 30 minutes left, guys.
- [quietly] Ah, god damn you.
Got to hurry up.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- All right, Sirvone,
Tuff Tito,
you guys got 90 minutes
to do watercolor tattoos.
I hope your tattoos speak
as loud as both of you guys,
and your time starts now.
♪ ♪
- Well, we just gonna
get right into it.
♪ ♪
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- I specialize
in Japanese style,
so I've decided to do branches
with cherry blossoms.
I've tattooed for 24 years.
If you want to challenge me,
bring it.
- I thought you were gonna
beat Sirvone up today.
- [bleep] stupid.
You want to come here,
let's do tattoos.
Stop talking shit.
- Keep it on the skin, Tito.
- Do you like your job?
- I like the people
I work with.
- That's important too, man.
Like the people you work with
can change
your whole experience
at a place.
Tito called me arrogant,
and it made it really hard
to work with him.
Some people hate
that other people
are trying to help them too,
but you can't help anyone
unless they're trying
to help themselves.
Tito's like
a schoolyard bully, man,
and I came here ready
to fight.
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
[tattoo machines buzzing]
- Look at you guys go.
- It's so hard not
to want to stylize it.
- Well, simplifying is a bitch.
- We spent every bit
of our career
trying to stylize
what was flat,
and now it's like, "Now you got
to think backwards."
- Yeah.
- This thing better be
traditional as shit.
- How you doing on time?
- I got it.
- Okay. Do you do a lot
of traditional stuff?
- Nope.
- Yeah, I figured.
- [laughs]
- Craig...
- Yes, sir?
- Slow down.
There's no finale
at this one.
- We have our own finale.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Five, four, three,
two, one.
That's it.
This face-off is over, boys.
- Did you finish?
- Yeah, I'm good.
- Damn it!
- [laughing]
- I'm in love.
It's so good. Thank you.
- If it looks like crap,
don't say nothing.
If you like it, please [bleep]
be over-reaction.
Big reactions.
- Oh, that's so bad-ass!
- High five?
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you very much.
You did great.
- Thank you so much.
- Traditional.
- Traditional!
Just when you think you're
gonna come back for fun...
- Just when you think.
- They pull you back
into the competition!
[dramatic music]
- Hey, guys.
- Ready to talk tattoos,
or what?
- Let's talk some tattoos.
- It was definitely
a curveball.
Just to take
a style of tattooing
that's structured
with rules and opinions,
it's nerve-racking.
- We got to throw a curveball
at you
before we let you run free.
- Craig, I think,
as far as the challenge,
I don't think
it's too traditional.
You know that.
- But it's funny
because my favorite parts
about your tattoo
are the
most anti-traditional parts.
I love all
of the little bite marks
that you have taken out
of the rose,
and then really made it
look 3D.
I liked the little lines
on the leaves.
Unfortunately,
that's completely opposite
of what we wanted
you guys to do today.
- It's a great drawing,
but not for this challenge.
- I think between me and Jime,
Jime definitely had more
of a traditional style to it.
- But artistic-wise,
I liked his design better.
- Overall, drawing,
I'm gonna give you the drawing.
I like that a lot better.
I wish you would have left
a lot more skin tone.
It definitely would have played
a little more traditional
even to that extent,
but the line work
was the biggest hiccup.
It looked like you were
really trying to rush
that 90 minutes
so that you had enough time
to get it colored.
- In theory, you're like,
"You can't knock out
a tattoo in 90 minutes?"
but then everything else,
you're like, "Oh, my God.
Why didn't I do this?"
- It's this room.
- And then it's just--yeah.
- One of these guys is gonna
get an advantage
on this six-hour
grudge match tattoo.
We got to pick a winner.
- Jime's you can see
from across the room.
It is bold, but Craig had
awesome line work.
- But I think,
as good as Craig's lines were,
Jime beat him on color.
My vote's for Jime.
- I'm gonna go for fundamentals
in terms of something
that I know for sure is solid,
which is your line work, Craig.
My vote is for Craig.
- Oh, it's a tough one.
First glance, which one's
the most traditional tattoo?
My vote's gonna be for Jime.
- Congratulations, Jime.
You won the face-off tattoo.
That means you get to determine
the subject tomorrow.
- Well, I did call Craig out,
so I'd rather him call it.
- What a gentleman.
That is so sweet.
- It's a gentlemen's battle.
- I think it's awesome.
You guys get to do new school.
You get to pick the subject.
What's it gonna be, Craig?
- A snack-too
three-scoop sundae.
- And a snack-too is, like,
your signature thing.
Snack-toos are just putting
a face on snacks.
- Okay.
- Food with a face.
- I love that, man.
both: Food with a face.
- It's gonna be the new school
battle of the century.
- I can't wait to see these
three-scoop sundaes with faces.
- You can't make that up.
- You guys better get
to drawing.
We'll see you tomorrow.
All right.
- Bye, guys. Good luck.
- Get to work.
- What just happened?
- A little twist action there.
- Three-scoop sundae, Jime.
- I'm for it, dude.
I think finally I'm getting
what I would have wanted
out of season three--
artwork for artwork,
and actually getting to do
something that we're known for.
- I think this'll be
the most fun
we've ever had
in this building.
- I 100% concur.
That's a hard yes.
[both laugh]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- 30 minutes left, guys.
The clock is running out.
- I'm doing a rose and leaves
that bleeds itself out
into this watercolor design.
Since my time here,
I've practiced.
I'm gonna take home a W.
- I'm pretty sure you got
every color
they make out there.
- Yeah, I know, man.
- Whoa.
- I know, right?
- Jeez.
- 90 minutes, baby. 90 minutes.
- Sirvone has definitely done
his research.
He's using dark tones,
not just washy transparent
tones,
but it is big.
If he can get this thing
done in 90 minutes,
I'll be shocked.
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
- So I'm basically doing
this little tricks
to the end to sharpen it up.
- Five, four, three,
two, one.
Put 'em down.
- Ooh, right.
- I like it.
- Hell yeah.
- Wow.
- Nice?
- Yeah. Thank you.
- Thank you for sitting good.
- Good meeting you.
- Yeah. Yes.
- Thanks.
- Yes. Thank you.
- You lucky we only had
90 minutes.
Gave me two hours, I would
have finessed that shit.
You still would have been over
there filling in some branches.
- Shut up. I don't need
to prove nothing to nobody.
- You don't sound too confident
over there, brother.
- You feel like you need to
prove it to me.
I don't know why.
You're like everybody else.
They want something
from Tuff Tito.
- Don't nobody want
shit from Tito.
- [indistinct].
You got to act like one first.
Grow some balls.
- All right.
- Everybody's calm now?
- Come on down.
- You just got to flow
like water, guys.
- Everybody's calmed down?
- Yeah.
- Sirvone, I mean,
all I have to say
is that you have totally
redeemed yourself
in the watercolor category.
- You swung for the fences,
man.
When you look
at this tattoo,
it looks like a painting.
- Watercolor's really loose,
and it has a lot of flow,
you know?
You could almost close
your eyes and create shapes,
and I think you played
well with that.
- Your color play
is pretty nice.
You have your darks that
fade into your lights.
It doesn't have a whole lot
of black in it,
which I feel probably
would have benefitted,
just for some separation.
- His tattoo--I would spend,
like, four hour on this tattoo
to put this color saturated or
whatever, because from close,
it doesn't look saturated,
and from far away,
it look like totally
paper color.
I don't know.
I didn't want to shoot
for that.
I wanted to do
something simple.
- Going for
a recognizable silhouette
is a smart move.
I love the way the branches
get, like,
thick and thin and bumpy
and all weird.
Like, it's an old piece
of Japanese art
in watercolor,
which is cool.
You did use some black.
We tried to put
some black splatter in
and give that tattoo
some darkness in it
because the rest of it
was so light.
- Tito, I'm gonna be honest.
I hate this thing, man.
There's a lot of light colors
in this thing.
The pinks and tangerine
that you used in this,
it's gonna fade,
and she's gonna be left
with three big purple veins
up her leg.
Yes,
Tito had some black in his,
but I think Sirvone
had deep, rich colors,
enough to
where he didn't need it.
My vote is for Sirvone.
- You both attempted
watercolor.
Two very different takes.
I appreciate both takes,
but I can't stress enough,
Sirvone, how blown away
I am
by how much you've changed
technically
from your last watercolor
to this one.
My vote is for Sirvone.
- Thank you, thank you,
thank you.
- Tito, you swung
for the fences on this one,
but I feel like you just
came a little bit short.
Congratulations, Sirvone,
you won
this face-off challenge.
- You know what that means,
dude.
Huge advantage for tomorrow's
six-hour grudge match tattoo.
- Yes.
- What's it gonna be?
- Should be watercolor.
You're gonna win again.
- I want to do traditional.
- You've been doing the same
flower for the last four years.
- Shut up, man. I'm talking.
I want to do traditional.
- Like American traditional?
- American traditional.
- Down. Let's talk shit.
All these year,
going to my job,
learning Japanese,
learning black and gray.
You call me for traditional,
which I don't do traditional.
Go ahead.
- I didn't learn shit from you
working for you, bro.
- Go ahead.
- This arguing shit--
if you can't back it up
with a tattoo,
you shouldn't even be talking.
- Let the tattoos be
your voice.
- The real fight starts
tomorrow.
- I'm ready.
- All right.
- Good luck, guys.
- Good luck.
- We're gonna see some
traditional tats tomorrow.
- Sirvone, Sirvone.
You did some nice toilet paper
drawing over there,
and they went for the drawing,
which I get it.
- If you gonna use this time
to make your excuses,
bro, you're wasting it.
You came here
way too [bleep] cocky.
You done lost already, baby.
Don't let your pride
get to you.
Just go home and draw,
bro.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Craig and Jime,
you guys got to do three scoops
of ice cream.
I better be able to taste
these damn things
when you're done, all right?
Are you ready?
- Ready.
- Are you ready?
- Ready.
- Let's tattoo.
- Rock and roll.
- This is the ultimate
new school showdown.
Craig and Jime
are new school titans.
Craig called out
three-scoop sundae.
I better see great drawings,
super awesome tattooing,
bright, bold, new school
to the max.
This is gonna be epic.
- Ready?
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, dude, now this is what
I want to see from you.
- Between me and Jime,
we could fill up a snack store
with the amount of snacks that
we have tattooed on people.
- Four little faces, huh?
Each one more adorable
than the next.
- This one is just like,
"Oh, no!"
The cool thing
about new school tattooing:
there's no rules to it.
Like, that's why we do it.
But at the same time, you got
to make it interesting.
It's just all
about creativity,
and I think that's what
the whole point is.
- Are you even using
a color reference,
or you just know in your mind
what it's supposed to be?
- Eh, just have eaten
lots of ice cream.
♪ ♪
- I know that I've pushed
myself to the limits.
I've exaggerated every element
that I possibly can,
you know, with faces
and fun and textures
and little bitty
element designs
that I know that Craig
is definitely gonna bring.
It's gonna be the true battle
to the end.
- Do you think that you should
have not handed the win
yesterday, or what?
- No, not at all, man.
I wanted to be here
so I can push myself.
- You called him out
and then beat him
at his own game, I guess.
- Yeah, but at least
it's his game now.
♪ ♪
- Jime has this dynamic way
of interpreting things,
which I totally admire.
Now I'm the one
that's gonna be stepping
into the deep water trying to
keep up with Jime's designs.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- All right, guys.
Sirvone, you ready?
- Yeah. All day.
- Tito?
- Let's give him
his own medicine.
- Your six-hour
grudge match tattoo
starts right now.
- Let's take home the win,
baby.
- Sirvone called out
American traditional tattoos.
- I'm ready for it.
- You can cut the tension
with a knife in here.
These guys aren't
only battling it out
in their tattoos today;
they are throwing daggers.
- Are you ready, bro?
- Yes, sir.
[dramatic music]
[tattoo machines buzzing]
- I don't do American
traditional in my daily basis,
but when I started tattooing,
I work in a traditional shop,
so I can pull out this style.
Shark and anchors
was one of the first design
that was made back in the day,
and I decided something simple
and bold.
Every line is very critical.
- Can we get a bucket over here
with a sponge?
Going super old school.
♪ ♪
- I'm doing a traditional
American lady head.
I just think she looks
really pretty.
The artwork alone is
gonna carry me.
- That is definitely American
traditional.
- Tito don't like
following rules,
and there's too many of them
for him in traditional.
He has no clue what to do,
and he's [bleep] scared.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- We are at the halfway point.
You guys have three hours left.
♪ ♪
- Tito is pissed, man.
See, I can talk all
the shit I want.
If you want to shake my hand
and just end it, we can do it.
It's like,
in that same respect,
it's like, let the machines
do the talking.
- Yeah, totally. This whole
thing started with tattooing.
You should end it
with tattooing.
You know what I mean?
- Mm-hmm.
[heavy rock music]
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- I got a surprise for you.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- What kind of surprise?
- I'll do another one.
- Yeah? Get out of here.
- Right now.
- All right. Let's do it.
- I'm a fast tattooer, so I'm
gonna show what I can do.
Traditional all day.
2 hours and 15 minute.
- Let's do it.
Back in the day when
you work American traditional
was one after another one.
- Ah, perfect.
- When you finish one,
you want another one,
and you can afford it,
just keep going.
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- Oh, looks like they're going
with another one over there.
- Leaving hisself a window of
opportunity for more mistakes.
- Let's go.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- All right.
- It looks awesome.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Looks really awesome.
- Want another one?
- Hell yeah, man.
- If you want to double up,
man,
I'll quadruple up with you.
We already won, though,
but I'm gonna kick
his [bleep] ass today.
My second design is
a traditional boxer lady.
Float like a butterfly,
sting like a bitch.
I'm all in.
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- Oh, my God.
This guy's a copycat.
I can't [bleep]
believe it.
♪ ♪
- I'm doing mine better,
'cause I'm doing gelato.
This is that fancy
ice cream.
- There's only two hours left
on the clock.
Two hours left.
[dramatic music]
- Something is reacting
to the canvas' skin.
I'm laying
in this rich brown
that I wanted
for the chocolate part
of the ice cream,
and it's taken it from looking
like an ice cream cone
to a burnt meatball.
I'm definitely gonna have to
adjust my color palette
to match what's going on
in the skin.
- How you doing on time
over there?
- Cutting it close,
but I'll be all right.
How about yourself?
- I'm gonna make it.
- I mean if you want to come
over here and help me color in,
I ain't gonna say no.
- [laughs]
- What are you guys thinking?
- I do love Jime's design,
but I'm just nervous
because of technical stuff.
- I'm not too sold
on the brown.
- Yeah.
- As far as Craig's goes,
it's clean,
but it's just not solid.
Like the cup, you can
see through the blue still.
But I never taste the pie
before it's out of the oven.
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
- Five, four, three,
two, one.
Turn 'em off.
Turn 'em off.
- All right, man.
That's it. All done.
- They all have
their own little personality.
- All right, man.
You have been snack-tooed.
- It looks good.
- So, Craig, what's the scoop?
- Scoop of ice cream.
- Not just a scoop--three.
- Man, I definitely didn't
think
that I was gonna come in
here
and have any kind of cakewalk.
It was...
- And I was like,
"I want you to trip."
Just not, like, fall down,
but just to stumble
a little bit.
- It was really good
to be back in here.
Instead of "Ink Master:
Grudge Match,"
it's "Ink Master: Bromance."
That's what it is.
It's gonna be the next season.
- Yeah.
- "Ink Master: Bromance."
- Right?
- Yeah.
- I appreciate it.
- Dude, thank you so much.
- I mean, this is a battle
of the titans right here.
- How often is it, you know,
two forerunners
of a style get
to come together
and face off, you know,
head to head?
- Yeah.
- It never happens.
- Yeah.
- We got to see it happen.
Tons of creativity.
The personality
in these tattoos just exudes.
- I hope you got
your sweet tooth.
- What's up, guys?
- Hey, guys.
- What's going on?
- Well, this was definitely
a gentlemen's duel.
I know that this grudge was
mostly
about pushing each other,
testing each other,
going to the max,
and I think you guys brought
some heat today.
- Yeah, it was cool to have
our own little battle.
- I mean,
I loved seeing you guys
go head to head,
and it's funny, at the end,
picking out favorite things
about each one,
like Craig, you know exactly
how to make everything
have such personality.
The faces are so cute.
I love, like,
the little buck teeth.
You actually curved it
to make the teeth
look like they actually bowed
forward in front.
- It's a cute drawing.
I felt like it was just
a little stacked.
But it does have
nice little cutesy faces.
I'm really happy that you did
the background
the way you did.
- It gives it that, like,
ice cream swirl sort of feel.
It just gives it
even more personality.
- Thank you.
- Jime, 100%, great drawing.
You took a real creative
approach--
the cup at the bottom
to the spoon to the cherry.
All the faces.
I mean, how many did you have?
Five faces?
- Three scoops.
What do you got to do, man?
I can't just stop there,
you know?
- And the thing I like
about Jime's tattoo
was the dynamic of it
and how it's not stacked,
you know?
But that's why we like
to work together.
- You have such an eye
for design
and composition,
and you make tattoos
look like they grew there.
- Clearly, you guys came to
push each other
to do better tattoos
to better yourselves,
but we need to push each other
to figure out which
one of these tattoos
is gonna be our pick.
[dramatic music]
- I think both of them turned
in great tattoos.
- Let's break them down
like this.
I preferred
Craig's background.
- The background on Jime's
is definitely a little dark.
I like the cup on Jime's
more than I like the cup on
Craig's,
but I liked Jime's
take on it way better.
- I mean, Craig's might be
a little stiff,
but it's punchy...
- It is.
- It still looks...
- I'm not saying it's not.
- It is bright.
- Yeah.
- I think you guys both really
brought it to the table today,
but I'm going with Craig.
- Thank you.
- I love Jime's design.
I like the exaggeration of it.
Really like how Craig's is
put in and how bright it is.
[dramatic music]
My vote's for Craig.
- I'm gonna go for Craig.
- Cheers.
- I guess that's unanimous.
Congratulations, Craig.
How do you feel, man?
You won the grudge match.
- Thank you very much, man.
- I mean, not that
there's a grudge.
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
- I don't feel like
I lost anything.
You know, I presented
my tattoo to Craig,
and I got the nod from him,
and I solidified myself with
the people
who do this thing day
in and day out,
so I feel good about it.
- Man, you guys both
made rad tattoos.
- Good job, buddy.
- Thank you very much, man.
- Jime.
- Appreciate it.
- You did awesome.
- Thanks for coming.
- Craig might have
gotten the W today,
but I got everything
out of calling Craig out--
show the whole world
what we enjoy doing.
I still feel like I won.
- I don't know about you guys,
but I want to go get some
ice cream now. See you.
- You guys take care.
Cheers.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- Nice.
- One more hour.
Want another one?
- Yeah. Fill as much space
as you can, bro.
- When the bell's gonna ring?
We got more time?
Can I do another one?
Let's go.
I'm gonna freehand
this bird right now,
so let me have fun
with the little time I have
and show something of my skill
that I can do.
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- Did you really just
do two tattoos?
- Whoa! What is going on?
- That's three.
- Hold on.
- Are you kidding me right now?
He's on number three?
- Are you getting
the same thing
over there
that I'm getting over here?
He finished his tattoo.
He started another one.
- What the hell is going on?
You guys are [bleep] crazy.
- Fire in the hole!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
This is nuts.
- What we're looking for are
good, solid tattoos...
- For sure.
- Not a goddamn flash sheet.
- I know. I think it's awesome.
They're going balls
to the wall.
- I mean,
why not perfect one, dude?
- I'm not gonna hate on them.
♪ ♪
- All right, guys.
Five, four, three,
two, one.
That's it. Machines down.
- Sweet.
- Beautiful. Half leg sleeve.
- Yeah. Looks sick.
- Wow. That's awesome, man.
- Bro, I love it.
- I can't feel my leg.
- I didn't know how you were
gonna take the second one,
but I'm like, "[bleep] it,
you're taking it."
- The second one wasn't bad.
Third one hurt a lot.
- This shit's a landslide.
Give me some elbow, bro.
- Hell yeah.
- You just got time
for two today?
- So what did you do, the
two the same? Same tattoo?
Same bodies, different faces?
- Shut the [bleep] up.
- [indistinct] talking about.
- Shut the [bleep] up
and wait for the judges.
There ain't no point
in talking shit now.
- Listen.
- It's not gonna save you.
We done.
- Listen.
You scared to go Japanese.
You scared to go
black and gray.
- You can't do traditional,
you can't do shit!
- Oh, you scared.
I thought you got this shit.
- Yeah, I know I got this.
It's solid as [bleep].
- These guys [bleep]
came out swinging.
- Craziness today.
- I mean, five tattoos we got
to judge right now--five!
- If the clock never stopped,
these guys would have been
tattooing all night long.
It would have been
a game of chicken.
- What were y'all thinking
today, man?
- Yeah. I want to know.
- I mean, we gave you
one tattoo.
You guys pushed it. Why?
- More the needle go,
more the needle work.
Whatever it take.
- Man, if he gonna do it,
and he want to tune up,
I can tune up.
- You felt like you had to
raise that bar
a little bit 'cause Tito--
- I think he had to raise
the bar.
My bar was already set,
so...
- You guys have to be aware
that the more you give us
to judge, the more we're gonna
have to judge.
- I would go for more.
I was--I'm fresh.
- He would have [bleep]
that whole leg up.
Your lines is shit, bro.
That's all I'm gonna say.
- I don't want to talk about
him.
You guys talk about him.
- I know I did
a dope-ass tattoo
for a dope client
who sat through it,
and I'll stand by it.
- Well, let's get into this.
- I'm ready.
- Sirvone, you were the one
that chose this challenge
today, American traditional,
and it's obvious that you have
been practicing this style.
Overall, your first tattoo--
it is bold, it is solid,
it is strong.
I love the little polka dots
that you put in the headband.
I love the color play
that you used.
- Your butterfly boxer girl
is really cool.
These lines in the legs--
they're super crispy, dude.
I like your solid black hair.
People are afraid to do
that stuff.
You weren't afraid.
- You cannot tell me the
gentleman over here,
his tattoo was saturated,
because it's not saturated.
- Tito,
where exactly did you see
saturation issues
in Sirvone's?
- On the red and the green too.
- You didn't think
that your tattoo
had any saturation issues?
- I'm not looking in
a telescope. I'm--
- If you're looking at his
with a telescope,
you better look at your own
with a telescope.
- Don't look at it
with a telescope.
Microscope.
Microscope, maybe.
- Well, they're not allowed
to get that close
to each other, so they're gonna
have to look at each other's
with a goddamn telescope.
- They might need a telescope.
I liked your designs, Tito.
I like your shark
and anchor drawing.
It has the most elements
in it.
It has the most tricks.
I like how you did,
like, a tiger shark.
Instead of just doing
a normal shark,
you take this black
to brown.
I do like the layout.
I like how you framed it
in with that rope.
Compositionally,
it's a lot more accurate
than the other two.
You know,
you have this really stiff,
cool traditional dagger
down the shin,
but the handle
looks a little small
and kind of dainty for this
giant, almost cement blade.
- I'm not a huge fan
of the bird.
The drawing is cool.
Shape of the bird looks nice.
But the application
of the bird--
it definitely looks rushed.
The outline gets away from you
in a couple spots.
The saturation gets away
from you.
You could have definitely
slowed down and focused
on the one tattoo
on the back,
because you started out
on fire.
That drawing was perfect.
And then I feel like
you just smashed it out
and moved on to the next one.
- I tried to make it
more traditional
and keep it more
just simple, like,
traditional--traditional day.
- You guys came here with
so much to prove to each other
that you were focused on
one-upping each other
more than the imperfection
of these tattoos.
- Line work for line work,
Tito's got way more
inconsistent lines.
- Some of Sirvone's lines
get away from him too
in those leaves, and--
- But they're solid.
My vote's for Sirvone.
- Both of these guys super hit
the American traditional
challenge,
both in imagery
and color palette.
Shit, guys.
Quality over quantity.
My vote is for Sirvone.
- Sirvone, my vote is for you.
- Sirvone, congratulations.
You won the grudge match.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
You know,
you a good tattooer.
I'm not taking that from you.
You do what you do.
I do what I do.
And I played the game today.
- Honestly, Sirvone, I can't
tell you how proud I am
and how excited I am
to see how much you've evolved
as an artist.
- That's what practice
is for, man.
- Great tattoos, man.
- Yeah.
- Great tattoos.
- Yeah. Totally.
- Great tattoos.
- Great job, man.
Thanks for coming, man.
- Sirvone might have impressed
the judges
of what he did.
He didn't impress me.
I know who I am, and I'm always
gonna get the best.
- But both of you guys went
crazy today.
That was nuts, man.
- We were like,
"What the hell is going on?"
- That wasn't even the ask.
- I've been waiting
for this shit, baby.
All that talking
shit gets you nowhere,
and practicing
will get you further.
- I don't think that grudge
is over.
I think it just got worse.
[laughs]
In 12 jaw-dropping seasons
of "Ink Master,"
we've witnessed
amazing artistry...
Shut the [bleep] up!
announcer: Insane rivalries...
- [bleep].
- Mother [bleep].
announcer:
And wild personalities.
- Any [bleep] camera
follows me,
I swear to God.
I don't give a [bleep].
I will break that
mother[bleep].
announcer: Now, three iconic
"Ink Master" champions--
Ryan Ashley,
DJ Tambe,
and Cleen Rock One--
have risen to judge status,
deciding grudges between
some of the competition's
most furious rivals.
- Are we gonna hash it out
like grown men,
or are you gonna
get in my face again?
- Let's tattoo.
announcer:
These foes
will have the opportunity
to settle the score
once and for all.
- I can be in your face.
- I can be in your face too.
- Okay? Okay?
- Guys, guys, guys, guys.
- Let's do it.
We can do it all day.
- Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
I don't think that grudge
is over.
I think it just got worse.
announcer: Tonight,
two rivalries
will come to a head,
one between
new school legends,
the other fueled by bad blood,
and the grudges
will be settled now.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
In our first grudge match,
season three's
Jime Litwalk felt
his fellow style pioneer,
Craig Foster,
went home too soon.
- You pushed me to be
a better artist.
I wanted to see you
in the finale.
announcer: Now, they'll
finally have their chance
to battle head to head.
- Just when you think
you're gonna come back for fun,
they pull you back
into the competition.
- These guys are two heavy
hitters in new school...
- Hell yeah.
- And on season three,
everybody on that season
was like, "Oh, my God.
Jime Litwalk's here,"
and, "Oh, my God, Craig."
These guys are, like, the dudes
when it comes to new school.
- So you bad
at that new school, huh?
- Anything with a lot of color
in it, man.
Potentially, I can
be the new Ink Master.
I totally feel I can win it,
almost somewhat destiny.
- Hopefully one of these days
I'm gonna get
to try to show
off like you.
- [laughs]
- Craig, you do not have
what it takes to be Ink Master.
- No!
- Oh, my God!
- I don't get that.
- Craig's [bleep] wowed
everybody in here,
so to see him go home
and see Josh to stay here,
you can be
a [bleep] blind man
and know that Craig is
a better artist than that guy.
- Neither of them
got to really go head to head
with each other.
- It's not every day two
bad-ass new school artists
get to face off
against each other.
- Yes. And I just can't
wait to see
what they're gonna
come up with,
'cause you know both
of them are gonna flex.
- I was robbed of going up
against a friend
that I felt should have been
in the finale along with me.
I definitely have
some unfinished business
that I'd like to go back
and attend to.
Going up against somebody
that I respect,
going up against somebody
that I look up to,
there's more pressure now.
It's artwork versus artwork.
It feels more intense.
Craig Foster, you know
I love and respect you,
but I'm gonna bring it, man.
- So let's make some cookies.
They should have put me
and Jime
standing up there
on the stage
having that showdown.
Everybody missed out
on that one.
And you know we got to
clean up while we go,
because what's Mommy's rule,
number two?
- "Mom is not a maid."
- No, she is not a maid.
To hear the judges say,
"Craig, you do not have what it
takes to be Ink Master,"
was heartbreaking.
That's a big one.
That's my cookie right there.
I don't think that
"Ink Master's" ever had
new school titans going at it.
It's time to see what
new school's all about.
[dramatic music]
Oh, wow.
- Pretty in pink.
- He wears a lot of pink.
- Oh, my God.
Is that a matching scrunchie?
- I like it.
- I like pink.
- I am feeling so anxious.
- Yeah, he is.
It's scary getting back
in that room.
- Oh, yeah. Here we go.
- Craig Foster, the champ
that never got his chance.
- Oh!
- Oh!
- Look at that.
Look at that,
right next to each other.
- This doesn't seem too bad.
- I asked them
to call you here
'cause I wanted
to see you in the finale.
I wanted to push myself to be
better going up against you.
You pushed me to
be a better artist.
- Oh, a grudge of passion?
I like it.
- We all got
kind of robbed.
- In a way.
- Yeah.
- You're left with all these,
"What would have happened
if I did get to go up
against Jime?"
- Yeah, this is definitely
gonna be
more of an artistic battle,
I feel like,
than an ego battle, man.
- I'm cool with that.
We're gonna see
some awesome tattoos.
- It's on.
- Let's go check it out.
- I just wanted the opportunity
again, man,
just to push myself.
Being back here and just,
you know, all the other
stress is gone,
that we just create fun,
good art tattoos.
- Whoa!
- Yeah!
Whoo!
Wizards.
- Two new school legends
in the house.
I'm excited.
- We're stoked to have
you guys here. Yeah.
- I don't know, are you guys
excited, but I'm excited.
- I think we both missed out.
We missed out
on the opportunity
to push each other
to the most.
- I feel like this is
a straight tattoo battle.
- You guys ready to get
into this, or...
- Yeah. I'm ready.
- I'm ready to bring it.
- We're gonna give you guys
a 90-minute tattoo.
- All right?
- Okay.
- We are gonna pick
what you guys are gonna tattoo.
- [sighs]
- The winner of that 90-minute
face-off tattoo gets
a huge advantage tomorrow.
- We know that you guys
obviously want to do
new school, right?
- Yeah. Yes.
- Yeah.
- The winner of this 90-minute
face-off tattoo
is gonna get to pick
the subject for the six-hour--
- Six-hour new school
grudge match tattoo tomorrow.
- Hands down,
this is the Super Bowl
of new school right now.
- Hell yes.
- And you know whoever wins
this gets bragging rights.
- Yeah. We better see
some badass tattoos.
- You don't got to worry
about that here.
- It's gonna happen.
- What we figured is today,
why don't we go old school?
- I couldn't agree more.
I think that's rad.
- It'll be the opposite.
We're gonna go back
to American traditional.
- Sign me up.
- You excited?
- Yeah. Let's do it.
- Let's do this, man. I just
want to see you guys tattoo.
I don't even want
to talk anymore.
- I'm excited.
Get to drawing, guys.
- We'll see you in a bit.
I can't even imagine what we're
gonna see in a few hours.
- Dude, oh, my God.
- Super pumped.
I wasn't expecting them
to take
our new school
and make it old school.
It's really just kind of
making me nervous in here,
'cause wondering what
you're gonna pull out
of your bag of tricks.
- May the best man win.
Cheers.
announcer:
In our second grudge,
season eight's
Sirvone Smith
is enraged he was sent home
before
the relentless Tuff Tito.
- You want to cry?
I'll make you cry.
- I would love to see that.
- Shit.
announcer:
Now he'll let the art
speak for itself.
- I know I did
a dope-ass tattoo,
and your lines
is shit, bro.
That's all I'm gonna say.
- We're taking it back
to my season today.
- Yeah.
- We've got Tuff Tito
and Sirvone.
- What are these guys like?
- Sirvone is definitely
the underdog.
He has that hunger to learn
and this drive to compete.
Tuff Tito is a hell
of a fighter, man.
He will create an argument
for any situation.
You tell Tito what side to
fight on,
and he will fight that side
to the death.
- I'm a [bleep] warrior,
and I don't quit.
I don't quit anything.
I'll fight until I die.
- I think it was legible.
You can see what it is.
- Half of it's lined,
half of it's not.
The lines that are
there are awful.
- You know I got the
fundamental.
Some other people,
they can't pull
straight lines
when they want.
- Sirvone, you do not
have what it takes
to be Ink Master.
- If it came down
to watercolor,
Tito should be
going home instead of me.
It feels kind of shitty.
- Should Tito have gone home
that day
before Sirvone?
I don't know.
Both tattoos
had a ton of issues.
- Both those tattoos
were janky.
- Give her
the first right turn,
and give yourself
the next right turn.
- I'm back
for this grudge match
because I want to kick
Tito ass.
I want to show him that art is
better than flexing every day.
- Hey! Can I fall?
No, I can't.
- No. Don't fall. Don't fall.
Don't fall.
Me and him worked together
after season eight,
and he just walk around like
his shit don't stink.
"I'm the best.
I'm better than everybody."
You know,
it gets old real quick.
- You got this.
You ready? Ready?
- Yeah, yeah.
Hands down,
I'm gonna beat Tito,
because I'm a better artist.
I'ma dance around him
all day.
[electronic music]
♪ ♪
- What's up, man?
How are you?
- We were constructing
his piece here...
I opened the door for Sirvone
when nobody opened
the door for him.
He worked for me,
and he quit.
You don't take
a good opportunity,
and now you're crying?
Well, you wanna challenge me?
I'm here.
[indistinct], okay?
- I'ma take care of business.
- All right.
Nobody gonna take down
Tuff Tito.
Nobody gonna do it,
and if you think
you can do it,
I'm right here.
[dramatic music]
There's nothing like
this place to be.
- Tuff Tito.
- The crocodile hat,
like he just wants
to take a bite
of this dude.
- Maybe it's anaconda.
Maybe it's a snake.
- Maybe he wrestled that snake
himself, and that's his trophy.
- Tombstone Tito,
what's up, baby?
- Mm-mm.
- Ah, I can't do that.
- Huh?
both: Oh!
- Dissing him.
- You ready to lose today?
- I don't know.
Why you call me out?
- I should have been
here longer, baby.
- I didn't send you home.
They sent you home.
They thought your tattoo
was worse than mine,
and then you look at it,
it was muddy.
It was in watercolor.
It was watercolor.
- It was shitty,
but it was not.
Your shit was garbage.
Watercolor Celtic [indistinct].
- The background
was watercolors.
- The tattoo was shit, bro.
- I'm here.
What do you want from me?
- I just want you to know I'm
better.
That's just it, baby.
You're gonna go home,
and you're gonna sleep
about this tonight,
and you're gonna be like,
"Goddamn, that boy good."
- He's hungry.
He's a fighter.
- You better get your station.
I'ma get in mine.
I'ma do what I do,
and I'ma watch you lose, baby.
- Then homey, let's do it.
Prove it. Prove it. Prove it.
- Tito, I feel it, baby.
I've seen you work, baby.
- There you go.
Bring it on.
- I'm better all day.
- Bring it on. Bring it on.
- Let's get in there before
these guys
beat each other's faces in.
- Whoo! I know.
It's getting serious already.
- This is getting serious.
- This thing just started.
- You want to cry?
I'll make you cry.
- I would love to see that.
I would love that.
- Yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo, yo.
- Here we go. Here we go.
- Time to battle, fellas.
There's something deep here.
Sirvone, I can feel it in you,
man.
- We worked together for a bit
after the show.
The shit picked up there, man.
I'm not gonna have nobody try
to step on my neck.
That shit got to end, man.
- So this actually got
a little deeper
after the competition,
'cause you guys worked
with each other.
- Some people just feel
some type of way
when they work with you
and see you doing good.
- He's talking about bullshit
blah, blah, blah.
- No, it's bullshit to you
because you [indistinct]--
- It's bullshit to you because
when there's a boss,
there's one [bleep] boss,
and it's me...
- Bro, you pay me--
- Tuff Tito.
- You don't pay [indistinct].
- Tough [bleep] Tito.
- All right. All right.
All right. [shushing]
- You don't have to bring
this shit over here.
- Bring that on.
You want to me in your face?
I can be in your face?
- I can be
in your face too, baby.
- So you want to do this here?
Let's do it.
- Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys.
- We can do it, baby, all day.
- Okay. Okay. Whoa!
- Guys, hey, hey, come on.
- [indistinct] see you cry.
- Let me cry, man.
- Hey. Hey, hey, hey.
- Let's do it, man.
- We're gonna settle this
with some tattoos.
- Let's go.
Goodness gracious.
- Shit.
- How's about you
stand over here,
and then you stand over
here,
and whoever says
the next word other than
"let's get to work"
automatically loses?
- That's what I'm saying.
- This whole thing
started over tattoos.
Let's end it
with some tattoos.
- Bring it on.
- We're gonna make the playing
field completely even today.
We're gonna throw at you guys
a 90-minute face-off tattoo
where we get to decide
what you'll be tattooing today.
- Whatever y'all throw me,
I'm with it, baby.
- The winner of this 90-minute
face-off tattoo
gets a huge advantage
for tomorrow's
six-hour grudge match tattoo
where one of you guys
get to determine
the style or subject
that both of you guys
will be tattooing.
- Winner of that ends it.
- Nice.
- After this grudge match
tattoo, can you guys agree
that this is gonna be over?
- It's done for me after this.
- Let's do it.
- To be honest with you,
this entire grudge started
over these watercolor tattoos
that both of these guys gave.
- Oh, my God.
I remember
the watercolor tattoos.
- I do not want to see
any watercolor tattoos.
- This is an opportunity
for them to redeem themselves.
- In 90 minutes?
- Those watercolor tattoos
were really bad.
- Well, we don't have
to pick the subject.
We can just let them
be creative.
- So like a watercolor
anything.
- Yeah.
You guys have a second chance.
If you want to rewrite
the story, now's the time.
Who's gonna edge out
and get the advantage?
- 90-minute watercolor
tattoo, any subject.
- Quit this bickering and do
some good-ass tattoos, so...
- Let's do it.
- Get to work. Let's do this.
- Good luck.
- Man. Whoa.
- Holy shit.
- Thought I was gonna have to
break up two dogs fighting.
- I was not expecting that.
Are you kidding me?
- Watercolor is super tough.
- I thought--yeah, I thought--
- It is. It's hard.
- Come over here, bro.
This is the winner's side.
You got to sit back over there,
baby.
- Listen, listen.
- Get on the loser's side, bro.
- You're a bitch.
- Get your ass over there,
baby.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- All right.
Look at these two legends.
I'm so excited to watch
this battle, guys.
Jime, are you ready?
- Ready.
- Craig? Always look ready.
- I'm ready.
- You guys have 90 minutes
to do
an American traditional tattoo,
and your time starts
right now.
Get it.
This is gonna be a battle.
90-minute
traditional tattoos--
this is totally opposite
of what they do.
New school artists have trouble
doing simple shit,
and that's what we want to see:
challenge these boys.
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- When they told me
that you were tattooing me,
I was like,
"No [bleep] way."
I was like, "No way."
- The trickiest part of
this tattoo is the simplicity.
I'm so used to making something
so overly exaggerated
that I have to tone it back
and just make it super flat.
When you get down
to traditional, it's like,
"I need four different blues."
Nope. That's not traditional.
Things had to be
specific colors.
Things had to look
a certain way.
If I was doing this
in my style,
I would probably have four
or five of each color out.
I'm just trying to stick
to black, color, skin.
All right, all right,
all right.
♪ ♪
- I think the hard thing is
to walk
outside your comfort zone.
You're constantly, like,
second guessing everything
that you're doing,
which is challenging.
I come from the "no limits"
of new school,
but then, with traditional,
there are just, like,
all these rules.
It's just a pain in the ass.
I'm faster
with new school stuff.
With traditional,
I have to think.
- All right, guys,
you only have 30 minutes
left
on these traditional tattoos.
Only 30 minutes left, guys.
- [quietly] Ah, god damn you.
Got to hurry up.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- All right, Sirvone,
Tuff Tito,
you guys got 90 minutes
to do watercolor tattoos.
I hope your tattoos speak
as loud as both of you guys,
and your time starts now.
♪ ♪
- Well, we just gonna
get right into it.
♪ ♪
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- I specialize
in Japanese style,
so I've decided to do branches
with cherry blossoms.
I've tattooed for 24 years.
If you want to challenge me,
bring it.
- I thought you were gonna
beat Sirvone up today.
- [bleep] stupid.
You want to come here,
let's do tattoos.
Stop talking shit.
- Keep it on the skin, Tito.
- Do you like your job?
- I like the people
I work with.
- That's important too, man.
Like the people you work with
can change
your whole experience
at a place.
Tito called me arrogant,
and it made it really hard
to work with him.
Some people hate
that other people
are trying to help them too,
but you can't help anyone
unless they're trying
to help themselves.
Tito's like
a schoolyard bully, man,
and I came here ready
to fight.
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
[tattoo machines buzzing]
- Look at you guys go.
- It's so hard not
to want to stylize it.
- Well, simplifying is a bitch.
- We spent every bit
of our career
trying to stylize
what was flat,
and now it's like, "Now you got
to think backwards."
- Yeah.
- This thing better be
traditional as shit.
- How you doing on time?
- I got it.
- Okay. Do you do a lot
of traditional stuff?
- Nope.
- Yeah, I figured.
- [laughs]
- Craig...
- Yes, sir?
- Slow down.
There's no finale
at this one.
- We have our own finale.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Five, four, three,
two, one.
That's it.
This face-off is over, boys.
- Did you finish?
- Yeah, I'm good.
- Damn it!
- [laughing]
- I'm in love.
It's so good. Thank you.
- If it looks like crap,
don't say nothing.
If you like it, please [bleep]
be over-reaction.
Big reactions.
- Oh, that's so bad-ass!
- High five?
- Thank you so much.
- Thank you very much.
You did great.
- Thank you so much.
- Traditional.
- Traditional!
Just when you think you're
gonna come back for fun...
- Just when you think.
- They pull you back
into the competition!
[dramatic music]
- Hey, guys.
- Ready to talk tattoos,
or what?
- Let's talk some tattoos.
- It was definitely
a curveball.
Just to take
a style of tattooing
that's structured
with rules and opinions,
it's nerve-racking.
- We got to throw a curveball
at you
before we let you run free.
- Craig, I think,
as far as the challenge,
I don't think
it's too traditional.
You know that.
- But it's funny
because my favorite parts
about your tattoo
are the
most anti-traditional parts.
I love all
of the little bite marks
that you have taken out
of the rose,
and then really made it
look 3D.
I liked the little lines
on the leaves.
Unfortunately,
that's completely opposite
of what we wanted
you guys to do today.
- It's a great drawing,
but not for this challenge.
- I think between me and Jime,
Jime definitely had more
of a traditional style to it.
- But artistic-wise,
I liked his design better.
- Overall, drawing,
I'm gonna give you the drawing.
I like that a lot better.
I wish you would have left
a lot more skin tone.
It definitely would have played
a little more traditional
even to that extent,
but the line work
was the biggest hiccup.
It looked like you were
really trying to rush
that 90 minutes
so that you had enough time
to get it colored.
- In theory, you're like,
"You can't knock out
a tattoo in 90 minutes?"
but then everything else,
you're like, "Oh, my God.
Why didn't I do this?"
- It's this room.
- And then it's just--yeah.
- One of these guys is gonna
get an advantage
on this six-hour
grudge match tattoo.
We got to pick a winner.
- Jime's you can see
from across the room.
It is bold, but Craig had
awesome line work.
- But I think,
as good as Craig's lines were,
Jime beat him on color.
My vote's for Jime.
- I'm gonna go for fundamentals
in terms of something
that I know for sure is solid,
which is your line work, Craig.
My vote is for Craig.
- Oh, it's a tough one.
First glance, which one's
the most traditional tattoo?
My vote's gonna be for Jime.
- Congratulations, Jime.
You won the face-off tattoo.
That means you get to determine
the subject tomorrow.
- Well, I did call Craig out,
so I'd rather him call it.
- What a gentleman.
That is so sweet.
- It's a gentlemen's battle.
- I think it's awesome.
You guys get to do new school.
You get to pick the subject.
What's it gonna be, Craig?
- A snack-too
three-scoop sundae.
- And a snack-too is, like,
your signature thing.
Snack-toos are just putting
a face on snacks.
- Okay.
- Food with a face.
- I love that, man.
both: Food with a face.
- It's gonna be the new school
battle of the century.
- I can't wait to see these
three-scoop sundaes with faces.
- You can't make that up.
- You guys better get
to drawing.
We'll see you tomorrow.
All right.
- Bye, guys. Good luck.
- Get to work.
- What just happened?
- A little twist action there.
- Three-scoop sundae, Jime.
- I'm for it, dude.
I think finally I'm getting
what I would have wanted
out of season three--
artwork for artwork,
and actually getting to do
something that we're known for.
- I think this'll be
the most fun
we've ever had
in this building.
- I 100% concur.
That's a hard yes.
[both laugh]
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- 30 minutes left, guys.
The clock is running out.
- I'm doing a rose and leaves
that bleeds itself out
into this watercolor design.
Since my time here,
I've practiced.
I'm gonna take home a W.
- I'm pretty sure you got
every color
they make out there.
- Yeah, I know, man.
- Whoa.
- I know, right?
- Jeez.
- 90 minutes, baby. 90 minutes.
- Sirvone has definitely done
his research.
He's using dark tones,
not just washy transparent
tones,
but it is big.
If he can get this thing
done in 90 minutes,
I'll be shocked.
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
- So I'm basically doing
this little tricks
to the end to sharpen it up.
- Five, four, three,
two, one.
Put 'em down.
- Ooh, right.
- I like it.
- Hell yeah.
- Wow.
- Nice?
- Yeah. Thank you.
- Thank you for sitting good.
- Good meeting you.
- Yeah. Yes.
- Thanks.
- Yes. Thank you.
- You lucky we only had
90 minutes.
Gave me two hours, I would
have finessed that shit.
You still would have been over
there filling in some branches.
- Shut up. I don't need
to prove nothing to nobody.
- You don't sound too confident
over there, brother.
- You feel like you need to
prove it to me.
I don't know why.
You're like everybody else.
They want something
from Tuff Tito.
- Don't nobody want
shit from Tito.
- [indistinct].
You got to act like one first.
Grow some balls.
- All right.
- Everybody's calm now?
- Come on down.
- You just got to flow
like water, guys.
- Everybody's calmed down?
- Yeah.
- Sirvone, I mean,
all I have to say
is that you have totally
redeemed yourself
in the watercolor category.
- You swung for the fences,
man.
When you look
at this tattoo,
it looks like a painting.
- Watercolor's really loose,
and it has a lot of flow,
you know?
You could almost close
your eyes and create shapes,
and I think you played
well with that.
- Your color play
is pretty nice.
You have your darks that
fade into your lights.
It doesn't have a whole lot
of black in it,
which I feel probably
would have benefitted,
just for some separation.
- His tattoo--I would spend,
like, four hour on this tattoo
to put this color saturated or
whatever, because from close,
it doesn't look saturated,
and from far away,
it look like totally
paper color.
I don't know.
I didn't want to shoot
for that.
I wanted to do
something simple.
- Going for
a recognizable silhouette
is a smart move.
I love the way the branches
get, like,
thick and thin and bumpy
and all weird.
Like, it's an old piece
of Japanese art
in watercolor,
which is cool.
You did use some black.
We tried to put
some black splatter in
and give that tattoo
some darkness in it
because the rest of it
was so light.
- Tito, I'm gonna be honest.
I hate this thing, man.
There's a lot of light colors
in this thing.
The pinks and tangerine
that you used in this,
it's gonna fade,
and she's gonna be left
with three big purple veins
up her leg.
Yes,
Tito had some black in his,
but I think Sirvone
had deep, rich colors,
enough to
where he didn't need it.
My vote is for Sirvone.
- You both attempted
watercolor.
Two very different takes.
I appreciate both takes,
but I can't stress enough,
Sirvone, how blown away
I am
by how much you've changed
technically
from your last watercolor
to this one.
My vote is for Sirvone.
- Thank you, thank you,
thank you.
- Tito, you swung
for the fences on this one,
but I feel like you just
came a little bit short.
Congratulations, Sirvone,
you won
this face-off challenge.
- You know what that means,
dude.
Huge advantage for tomorrow's
six-hour grudge match tattoo.
- Yes.
- What's it gonna be?
- Should be watercolor.
You're gonna win again.
- I want to do traditional.
- You've been doing the same
flower for the last four years.
- Shut up, man. I'm talking.
I want to do traditional.
- Like American traditional?
- American traditional.
- Down. Let's talk shit.
All these year,
going to my job,
learning Japanese,
learning black and gray.
You call me for traditional,
which I don't do traditional.
Go ahead.
- I didn't learn shit from you
working for you, bro.
- Go ahead.
- This arguing shit--
if you can't back it up
with a tattoo,
you shouldn't even be talking.
- Let the tattoos be
your voice.
- The real fight starts
tomorrow.
- I'm ready.
- All right.
- Good luck, guys.
- Good luck.
- We're gonna see some
traditional tats tomorrow.
- Sirvone, Sirvone.
You did some nice toilet paper
drawing over there,
and they went for the drawing,
which I get it.
- If you gonna use this time
to make your excuses,
bro, you're wasting it.
You came here
way too [bleep] cocky.
You done lost already, baby.
Don't let your pride
get to you.
Just go home and draw,
bro.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- Craig and Jime,
you guys got to do three scoops
of ice cream.
I better be able to taste
these damn things
when you're done, all right?
Are you ready?
- Ready.
- Are you ready?
- Ready.
- Let's tattoo.
- Rock and roll.
- This is the ultimate
new school showdown.
Craig and Jime
are new school titans.
Craig called out
three-scoop sundae.
I better see great drawings,
super awesome tattooing,
bright, bold, new school
to the max.
This is gonna be epic.
- Ready?
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
- Oh, dude, now this is what
I want to see from you.
- Between me and Jime,
we could fill up a snack store
with the amount of snacks that
we have tattooed on people.
- Four little faces, huh?
Each one more adorable
than the next.
- This one is just like,
"Oh, no!"
The cool thing
about new school tattooing:
there's no rules to it.
Like, that's why we do it.
But at the same time, you got
to make it interesting.
It's just all
about creativity,
and I think that's what
the whole point is.
- Are you even using
a color reference,
or you just know in your mind
what it's supposed to be?
- Eh, just have eaten
lots of ice cream.
♪ ♪
- I know that I've pushed
myself to the limits.
I've exaggerated every element
that I possibly can,
you know, with faces
and fun and textures
and little bitty
element designs
that I know that Craig
is definitely gonna bring.
It's gonna be the true battle
to the end.
- Do you think that you should
have not handed the win
yesterday, or what?
- No, not at all, man.
I wanted to be here
so I can push myself.
- You called him out
and then beat him
at his own game, I guess.
- Yeah, but at least
it's his game now.
♪ ♪
- Jime has this dynamic way
of interpreting things,
which I totally admire.
Now I'm the one
that's gonna be stepping
into the deep water trying to
keep up with Jime's designs.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- All right, guys.
Sirvone, you ready?
- Yeah. All day.
- Tito?
- Let's give him
his own medicine.
- Your six-hour
grudge match tattoo
starts right now.
- Let's take home the win,
baby.
- Sirvone called out
American traditional tattoos.
- I'm ready for it.
- You can cut the tension
with a knife in here.
These guys aren't
only battling it out
in their tattoos today;
they are throwing daggers.
- Are you ready, bro?
- Yes, sir.
[dramatic music]
[tattoo machines buzzing]
- I don't do American
traditional in my daily basis,
but when I started tattooing,
I work in a traditional shop,
so I can pull out this style.
Shark and anchors
was one of the first design
that was made back in the day,
and I decided something simple
and bold.
Every line is very critical.
- Can we get a bucket over here
with a sponge?
Going super old school.
♪ ♪
- I'm doing a traditional
American lady head.
I just think she looks
really pretty.
The artwork alone is
gonna carry me.
- That is definitely American
traditional.
- Tito don't like
following rules,
and there's too many of them
for him in traditional.
He has no clue what to do,
and he's [bleep] scared.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- We are at the halfway point.
You guys have three hours left.
♪ ♪
- Tito is pissed, man.
See, I can talk all
the shit I want.
If you want to shake my hand
and just end it, we can do it.
It's like,
in that same respect,
it's like, let the machines
do the talking.
- Yeah, totally. This whole
thing started with tattooing.
You should end it
with tattooing.
You know what I mean?
- Mm-hmm.
[heavy rock music]
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- I got a surprise for you.
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
- What kind of surprise?
- I'll do another one.
- Yeah? Get out of here.
- Right now.
- All right. Let's do it.
- I'm a fast tattooer, so I'm
gonna show what I can do.
Traditional all day.
2 hours and 15 minute.
- Let's do it.
Back in the day when
you work American traditional
was one after another one.
- Ah, perfect.
- When you finish one,
you want another one,
and you can afford it,
just keep going.
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- Oh, looks like they're going
with another one over there.
- Leaving hisself a window of
opportunity for more mistakes.
- Let's go.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
- All right.
- It looks awesome.
- Thank you. Thank you.
- Looks really awesome.
- Want another one?
- Hell yeah, man.
- If you want to double up,
man,
I'll quadruple up with you.
We already won, though,
but I'm gonna kick
his [bleep] ass today.
My second design is
a traditional boxer lady.
Float like a butterfly,
sting like a bitch.
I'm all in.
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- Oh, my God.
This guy's a copycat.
I can't [bleep]
believe it.
♪ ♪
- I'm doing mine better,
'cause I'm doing gelato.
This is that fancy
ice cream.
- There's only two hours left
on the clock.
Two hours left.
[dramatic music]
- Something is reacting
to the canvas' skin.
I'm laying
in this rich brown
that I wanted
for the chocolate part
of the ice cream,
and it's taken it from looking
like an ice cream cone
to a burnt meatball.
I'm definitely gonna have to
adjust my color palette
to match what's going on
in the skin.
- How you doing on time
over there?
- Cutting it close,
but I'll be all right.
How about yourself?
- I'm gonna make it.
- I mean if you want to come
over here and help me color in,
I ain't gonna say no.
- [laughs]
- What are you guys thinking?
- I do love Jime's design,
but I'm just nervous
because of technical stuff.
- I'm not too sold
on the brown.
- Yeah.
- As far as Craig's goes,
it's clean,
but it's just not solid.
Like the cup, you can
see through the blue still.
But I never taste the pie
before it's out of the oven.
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
- Five, four, three,
two, one.
Turn 'em off.
Turn 'em off.
- All right, man.
That's it. All done.
- They all have
their own little personality.
- All right, man.
You have been snack-tooed.
- It looks good.
- So, Craig, what's the scoop?
- Scoop of ice cream.
- Not just a scoop--three.
- Man, I definitely didn't
think
that I was gonna come in
here
and have any kind of cakewalk.
It was...
- And I was like,
"I want you to trip."
Just not, like, fall down,
but just to stumble
a little bit.
- It was really good
to be back in here.
Instead of "Ink Master:
Grudge Match,"
it's "Ink Master: Bromance."
That's what it is.
It's gonna be the next season.
- Yeah.
- "Ink Master: Bromance."
- Right?
- Yeah.
- I appreciate it.
- Dude, thank you so much.
- I mean, this is a battle
of the titans right here.
- How often is it, you know,
two forerunners
of a style get
to come together
and face off, you know,
head to head?
- Yeah.
- It never happens.
- Yeah.
- We got to see it happen.
Tons of creativity.
The personality
in these tattoos just exudes.
- I hope you got
your sweet tooth.
- What's up, guys?
- Hey, guys.
- What's going on?
- Well, this was definitely
a gentlemen's duel.
I know that this grudge was
mostly
about pushing each other,
testing each other,
going to the max,
and I think you guys brought
some heat today.
- Yeah, it was cool to have
our own little battle.
- I mean,
I loved seeing you guys
go head to head,
and it's funny, at the end,
picking out favorite things
about each one,
like Craig, you know exactly
how to make everything
have such personality.
The faces are so cute.
I love, like,
the little buck teeth.
You actually curved it
to make the teeth
look like they actually bowed
forward in front.
- It's a cute drawing.
I felt like it was just
a little stacked.
But it does have
nice little cutesy faces.
I'm really happy that you did
the background
the way you did.
- It gives it that, like,
ice cream swirl sort of feel.
It just gives it
even more personality.
- Thank you.
- Jime, 100%, great drawing.
You took a real creative
approach--
the cup at the bottom
to the spoon to the cherry.
All the faces.
I mean, how many did you have?
Five faces?
- Three scoops.
What do you got to do, man?
I can't just stop there,
you know?
- And the thing I like
about Jime's tattoo
was the dynamic of it
and how it's not stacked,
you know?
But that's why we like
to work together.
- You have such an eye
for design
and composition,
and you make tattoos
look like they grew there.
- Clearly, you guys came to
push each other
to do better tattoos
to better yourselves,
but we need to push each other
to figure out which
one of these tattoos
is gonna be our pick.
[dramatic music]
- I think both of them turned
in great tattoos.
- Let's break them down
like this.
I preferred
Craig's background.
- The background on Jime's
is definitely a little dark.
I like the cup on Jime's
more than I like the cup on
Craig's,
but I liked Jime's
take on it way better.
- I mean, Craig's might be
a little stiff,
but it's punchy...
- It is.
- It still looks...
- I'm not saying it's not.
- It is bright.
- Yeah.
- I think you guys both really
brought it to the table today,
but I'm going with Craig.
- Thank you.
- I love Jime's design.
I like the exaggeration of it.
Really like how Craig's is
put in and how bright it is.
[dramatic music]
My vote's for Craig.
- I'm gonna go for Craig.
- Cheers.
- I guess that's unanimous.
Congratulations, Craig.
How do you feel, man?
You won the grudge match.
- Thank you very much, man.
- I mean, not that
there's a grudge.
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
- I don't feel like
I lost anything.
You know, I presented
my tattoo to Craig,
and I got the nod from him,
and I solidified myself with
the people
who do this thing day
in and day out,
so I feel good about it.
- Man, you guys both
made rad tattoos.
- Good job, buddy.
- Thank you very much, man.
- Jime.
- Appreciate it.
- You did awesome.
- Thanks for coming.
- Craig might have
gotten the W today,
but I got everything
out of calling Craig out--
show the whole world
what we enjoy doing.
I still feel like I won.
- I don't know about you guys,
but I want to go get some
ice cream now. See you.
- You guys take care.
Cheers.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- Nice.
- One more hour.
Want another one?
- Yeah. Fill as much space
as you can, bro.
- When the bell's gonna ring?
We got more time?
Can I do another one?
Let's go.
I'm gonna freehand
this bird right now,
so let me have fun
with the little time I have
and show something of my skill
that I can do.
[tattoo machine buzzing]
- Did you really just
do two tattoos?
- Whoa! What is going on?
- That's three.
- Hold on.
- Are you kidding me right now?
He's on number three?
- Are you getting
the same thing
over there
that I'm getting over here?
He finished his tattoo.
He started another one.
- What the hell is going on?
You guys are [bleep] crazy.
- Fire in the hole!
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
This is nuts.
- What we're looking for are
good, solid tattoos...
- For sure.
- Not a goddamn flash sheet.
- I know. I think it's awesome.
They're going balls
to the wall.
- I mean,
why not perfect one, dude?
- I'm not gonna hate on them.
♪ ♪
- All right, guys.
Five, four, three,
two, one.
That's it. Machines down.
- Sweet.
- Beautiful. Half leg sleeve.
- Yeah. Looks sick.
- Wow. That's awesome, man.
- Bro, I love it.
- I can't feel my leg.
- I didn't know how you were
gonna take the second one,
but I'm like, "[bleep] it,
you're taking it."
- The second one wasn't bad.
Third one hurt a lot.
- This shit's a landslide.
Give me some elbow, bro.
- Hell yeah.
- You just got time
for two today?
- So what did you do, the
two the same? Same tattoo?
Same bodies, different faces?
- Shut the [bleep] up.
- [indistinct] talking about.
- Shut the [bleep] up
and wait for the judges.
There ain't no point
in talking shit now.
- Listen.
- It's not gonna save you.
We done.
- Listen.
You scared to go Japanese.
You scared to go
black and gray.
- You can't do traditional,
you can't do shit!
- Oh, you scared.
I thought you got this shit.
- Yeah, I know I got this.
It's solid as [bleep].
- These guys [bleep]
came out swinging.
- Craziness today.
- I mean, five tattoos we got
to judge right now--five!
- If the clock never stopped,
these guys would have been
tattooing all night long.
It would have been
a game of chicken.
- What were y'all thinking
today, man?
- Yeah. I want to know.
- I mean, we gave you
one tattoo.
You guys pushed it. Why?
- More the needle go,
more the needle work.
Whatever it take.
- Man, if he gonna do it,
and he want to tune up,
I can tune up.
- You felt like you had to
raise that bar
a little bit 'cause Tito--
- I think he had to raise
the bar.
My bar was already set,
so...
- You guys have to be aware
that the more you give us
to judge, the more we're gonna
have to judge.
- I would go for more.
I was--I'm fresh.
- He would have [bleep]
that whole leg up.
Your lines is shit, bro.
That's all I'm gonna say.
- I don't want to talk about
him.
You guys talk about him.
- I know I did
a dope-ass tattoo
for a dope client
who sat through it,
and I'll stand by it.
- Well, let's get into this.
- I'm ready.
- Sirvone, you were the one
that chose this challenge
today, American traditional,
and it's obvious that you have
been practicing this style.
Overall, your first tattoo--
it is bold, it is solid,
it is strong.
I love the little polka dots
that you put in the headband.
I love the color play
that you used.
- Your butterfly boxer girl
is really cool.
These lines in the legs--
they're super crispy, dude.
I like your solid black hair.
People are afraid to do
that stuff.
You weren't afraid.
- You cannot tell me the
gentleman over here,
his tattoo was saturated,
because it's not saturated.
- Tito,
where exactly did you see
saturation issues
in Sirvone's?
- On the red and the green too.
- You didn't think
that your tattoo
had any saturation issues?
- I'm not looking in
a telescope. I'm--
- If you're looking at his
with a telescope,
you better look at your own
with a telescope.
- Don't look at it
with a telescope.
Microscope.
Microscope, maybe.
- Well, they're not allowed
to get that close
to each other, so they're gonna
have to look at each other's
with a goddamn telescope.
- They might need a telescope.
I liked your designs, Tito.
I like your shark
and anchor drawing.
It has the most elements
in it.
It has the most tricks.
I like how you did,
like, a tiger shark.
Instead of just doing
a normal shark,
you take this black
to brown.
I do like the layout.
I like how you framed it
in with that rope.
Compositionally,
it's a lot more accurate
than the other two.
You know,
you have this really stiff,
cool traditional dagger
down the shin,
but the handle
looks a little small
and kind of dainty for this
giant, almost cement blade.
- I'm not a huge fan
of the bird.
The drawing is cool.
Shape of the bird looks nice.
But the application
of the bird--
it definitely looks rushed.
The outline gets away from you
in a couple spots.
The saturation gets away
from you.
You could have definitely
slowed down and focused
on the one tattoo
on the back,
because you started out
on fire.
That drawing was perfect.
And then I feel like
you just smashed it out
and moved on to the next one.
- I tried to make it
more traditional
and keep it more
just simple, like,
traditional--traditional day.
- You guys came here with
so much to prove to each other
that you were focused on
one-upping each other
more than the imperfection
of these tattoos.
- Line work for line work,
Tito's got way more
inconsistent lines.
- Some of Sirvone's lines
get away from him too
in those leaves, and--
- But they're solid.
My vote's for Sirvone.
- Both of these guys super hit
the American traditional
challenge,
both in imagery
and color palette.
Shit, guys.
Quality over quantity.
My vote is for Sirvone.
- Sirvone, my vote is for you.
- Sirvone, congratulations.
You won the grudge match.
- Thank you.
Thank you.
[heavy rock music]
♪ ♪
You know,
you a good tattooer.
I'm not taking that from you.
You do what you do.
I do what I do.
And I played the game today.
- Honestly, Sirvone, I can't
tell you how proud I am
and how excited I am
to see how much you've evolved
as an artist.
- That's what practice
is for, man.
- Great tattoos, man.
- Yeah.
- Great tattoos.
- Yeah. Totally.
- Great tattoos.
- Great job, man.
Thanks for coming, man.
- Sirvone might have impressed
the judges
of what he did.
He didn't impress me.
I know who I am, and I'm always
gonna get the best.
- But both of you guys went
crazy today.
That was nuts, man.
- We were like,
"What the hell is going on?"
- That wasn't even the ask.
- I've been waiting
for this shit, baby.
All that talking
shit gets you nowhere,
and practicing
will get you further.
- I don't think that grudge
is over.
I think it just got worse.
[laughs]