• Air date: 25 Feb '14 13 episodes
      Hosted by rock legend Dave Navarro and judged by icons of the tattoo world, Chris Núñez and Oliver Peck, a group of the country's most creative and skilled tattoo artists compete for a hundred thousand dollars and the title of Ink Master. The stakes couldn't be higher with "living canvasses" donating their skin to be permanently marked in this adrenalized competition elimination.
  • List of Episodes (13)
    • 1. Earn It!

      25 Feb '14
      A new crop of talented and cutthroat Artists learn they must first EARN an Ink Master shop by tattooing hundreds of canvases Convention Style.
    • 2. Bug Out

      04 Mar '14
      Week 2: Dimension. Poisonous scorpions, tarantulas and eyeballs are tattooed; one artist snaps and is determined to leave.
    • 3. Tatt Ganged

      11 Mar '14
      Week 3: Consistency. Bikini-clad twins get inked by the remaining 10 artists at once; an injury sends one artist to the emergency room.
    • 4. Nude & Tattooed

      18 Mar '14
      Week 4: Placement. The artists go to work on naked canvases in the flash challenge.
    • 5. X-Men's Hugh Jackman

      25 Mar '14
      Week 5: Technical Precision. Superhero power tattoos in the flash challenge.
    • 6. 2 on 1 Tat-Astrophe

      01 Apr '14
      Week 6: Contrast. Contestants must tattoo their canvas' personal beach in the flash challenge. Forced to work in pairs; a canvas passes out and one artist loses his marbles; a drastic decision.
    • 7. Artist Slaughter

      08 Apr '14
      Week 7: Adaptability. The contestants must tattoo a word and an image together in the flash challenge. Then canvases seek cover-ups of tattoos they got for exes.
    • 8. Ink Master Explosion

      15 Apr '14
      Week 8: Negative Space. Artists use gunpowder to make art in The Flash Challenge; gory tattoos of demons.
    • 9. Fighting Dirty

      22 Apr '14
      Week 9: Detail. Contestants must engrave a custom grill for the flash challenge. Then they must tattoo a warrior in the elimination tattoo.
    • 10. Tag Team Tatt

      29 Apr '14
      Week 10: Flexibility. With no flash challenge, the artists are paired up and must take turns tattooing one design on a canvas.
    • 11. Karma's a Bitch

      06 May '14
      Week 11: Proportion. Contestants must accurately sketch the Statue of Liberty from a yacht, and then tattoo it using only their sketch. In the elimination challenge, they must tattoo a traditional Japanese-style snake, but with a difficult twist.
    • 12. Fight to the Finish

      13 May '14
      The Top 4 artists battle for finale spots in two challenges: inking breast-cancer survivors' scars; and covering up some of this season's worst mistakes. Then, a final twist is announced.
    • 13. Ink Master Live

      20 May '14
      Artists & Judges come face to face as the final three reveal their massive tattoos and America votes to help determine the next Ink Master.