Don Peddicord

The most explosive season of Ink Master yet! 18 Rival Artists enter for $100k & the Ink Master title. It's their worst nightmare as they're forced to ink with their enemy. The pressure is intense & one rival gets sent packing.

Semi-nude models bring the heat and a game changing twist is revealed. Josh proves he's back with a vengeance. Jacked pin ups make the critique a bloodbath & rivalries flare. True Blood's Joe Manganiello is Guest Judge.

Josh ignites rivalries and sparks fly. Two Artists receive an advantage no one in the competition has ever had and their cutthroat strategy has tension soaring. Complex tattoos on odd body parts heat up head to head battles.

The pressure is on when the Artists take on Oliver's specialty- and it's tripled when they have to work in teams. Blame is the name of the game when the teams have to put one of their own on the chopping block.

The Artists must make incredible art by sand blasting glass- while trying to survive working in teams. When they tattoo head to head, rivalries explode. Emily makes a new enemy and another Artist loses a shot at 100K.

Vendettas have the Artists at each other's throats. The skull pick gets personal and the pressure is on when the Artists tattoo Nunez' specialty. One Artist loses his cool while the others move one step closer to 100k.