Joshua Hibbard

The artists must scrimshaw walrus penises and face their pickiest canvases to date; one artist loses their cool and another is eliminated.

16 new artists find themselves giving tattoos in prison; the human canvases vote to eliminate one artist.

The opportunity to ink football player Deangelo Williams as he honours his mother who died of breast cancer; a medical emergency after head tattoos send a canvas over the edge.

Eighteen rival artists enter for $100,000 and the Ink Master title. Musician Dave Navarro invites a new set of tattoo artists to compete in ink-based challenges, and this time around each contestant will be going up against their rivals.

Josh ignites rivalries and sparks fly. Two artists receive an advantage no one in the competition has ever had and their cut-throat strategy has tensions soaring.

Jason's anxiety threatens to take him out when virgin canvases get their first tattoos; Josh plays dirty and puts his opponent on the chopping block; another artist is eliminated.