Craig Foster

Unhappy canvases return for a chance to get a new tattoo; Tim Lees and ES are stuck with hostile canvases.

Season 12 rivals Alexis Kovacs and Ash Mann look to settle unfinished business, while Master Anthony Michaels tries to tame the trash-talking winner of Season 10, Josh Payne.

Mystical Mike and Don Peddicord face unhappy canvases, and egos collide when Cleen Rock One and Jime Litwalk step in to tag-team the cover-up tattoos with the artists.

The battle for 100K and the title of Ink Master begins as new Artists are thrown into the fire in the most intense Flash Challenge to date. The competition heats up when the first Veteran Artist returns, seeking revenge.

Tatu Baby, Jason Clay Dunn and Julia Carlson face human canvases who walked out on them during the competition with a chance to win them over.

In the season premiere, Apprentices battle their Masters to prove they are the best – and for the first tattoo, the playing field is level as the Judges will critique blind.