Keith Diffenderfer

A new crop of talented and cutthroat Artists learn they must first earn an Ink Master shop by tattooing 100's of canvases Convention Style.

Halo hears smack talk & gets revenge. Drama erupts when broken-hearted Canvases want tattoos they got for their exes covered. Kyle starts to crack & pressure is on when the Judges announce a massacre, sending 2 Artists home.

The Artists get up close and awkward with naked Canvases. The game is on when one Artist screws everyone over. New York Yankees Legend CC Sabathia is Guest Judge. Another Artist loses a shot at 100K.

One artist snaps and is determined to leave the competition. Live poisonous scorpions, tarantulas and eyeballs are tattooed.

Kyle can't take the heat anymore & takes it out on Nunez. The Flash Challenge gets more explosive when the Artists use Gunpowder to make Art. King of Horror Rob Zombie steps up as Guest Judge for gory tattoos of creepy Demons.

The Artists make mouth grills for champion boxer Brandon Rios. A fight with a Canvas ends in disaster. Jay's plan to take out Scott results in an explosive critique as the final 6 battle it out for the title of Ink Master.