April Nicole

Artists from nine of America's best tattoo shops arrive to battle it out for $200,000, the title of Ink Master and the first-ever Master Shop title.

The competition intensifies when the artists are tested on technical application, and two veteran artists make their returns.

The competition intensifies as another veteran artist returns, and artists must take on the ultimate test of artistry as they freehand their Elimination Tattoos.

A veteran artist returns to take the competition by storm, a difficult Flash Challenge exposes the artists' weaknesses, and the artists tag-team an Elimination Tattoo.

The artists can't find relief in a sculptural Flash Challenge, and in honor of one veteran artist's return, the artists must team up to tackle the infamous pinup tattoo.

One of the competition's most infamous veterans returns to shake up the game, and the pressure is on when the artists are tasked with a new-school Elimination Tattoo.