Aired: 3/1/2016
The battle for $100,000 begins as new artists compete in the most intense Flash Challenge to date; the competition heats up when the first veteran artist returns seeking revenge.
Aired: 3/8/2016
Egos collide when the artists get their hands dirty in a team Flash Challenge; another veteran returns.
Aired: 3/15/2016
In the Flash Challenge, working in teams of two leaves some of the Artists feeling salty and a Veteran Artist schemes to take back control. The battle continues for 100K and the title of Ink Master.
Aired: 3/22/2016
The artists face the most extreme test of detail ever attempted; a veteran artist returns and sparks old rivalries.
Aired: 3/29/2016
The artists use plenty of color during a contortionist body painting Flash Challenge; a veteran artist returns and adds a new-school twist to an old subject.
Aired: 4/5/2016
Bonds are tested and new alliances are formed during an intense Flash Challenge; a veteran joins the New Artist Alliance to take down a common enemy.
Aired: 4/12/2016
Alliances are broken during a white-knuckled flash challenge.
Aired: 4/19/2016
The final veteran artist arrives with a challenge in legibility that has the judges out for blood.
Aired: 4/26/2016
The artists work in pairs to execute large-scale back pieces testing texture...and each other’s nerves.
Aired: 5/3/2016
Alliances are tested as the remaining artists must tattoo in teams of three.
Aired: 5/10/2016
Stakes are at a competition high when the artists must ink the ultimate in-your-face tattoo.
Aired: 5/17/2016
The tables are turned when the new artists call the shots in the elimination tattoo and get revenge.
Aired: 5/24/2016
The final three artists reveal two master canvases; eliminated artists return and confront each other for the first time since the competition; a winner is crowned.
