‘Ink Master’ season 3, episode 10 review: Tatu Baby, Joshua Hibbard face off
We are down to the final six contestants on “Ink Master” season 3 and while there are a few left in the competition that have us shaking our heads in wonderment as to how they are still here, there are others that are showing us what makes them true competitors.
Flash challenge: The contestants were brought out to the dump that is Coney Island for what is one of the more squeamish challenges we’ve seen on the show – tattooing eyelids. We think it’s crazy to put a tattoo on your face (just look at Gucci Mane and his ice cream face tattoo disaster), and we were kind of relieved to see that one of the artists felt the same way. Joshua has never done a face tattoo and feels that if he can talk someone out of doing it, he will. Unfortunately his canvas was set on having his eyelids inked and Joshua worked his magic in an attempt to show the judges accuracy. Jime won his first flash challenge and was given the opportunity to choose all of the canvases in the elimination challenge.
Elimination tattoo: Accuracy was still the name of the game for the elimination tattoo as the artists tackled portraits. One of the canvases wanted to get Dave Navarro tattooed on her and Jime took that one, which seemed like a good choice, until he got some bad advice from Joey, telling him to put highlights in the hair where there were none in the photo. Kyle had a pretty tough tattoo which was an older woman with many wrinkles in her face and although he did the best he could, it looked rough.
Judging: After looking at all the tattoos we were sure that Joshua was going to win, but the judges not only said that they didn’t need to deliberate because there was a clear winner, that winner wasn’t Joshua… it was Tatu Baby. Jime, Kyle and Jason were called back in and Kyle was voted the worst by the human canvas jury, but it was Jason that ultimately ended up going home.
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MagnumToke
September 20, 2013 @ 7:58 am
Regarding the flash challenge and Joshua’s tattoo, I am wondering if GARG OYLE is any relation to (Popeye’s) Olive Oyle??… Now Oliver DID correctly observe that the two “g”s were not consistent. But I wouldn’t be so foolish as to expect him to get academic on their asses, and make the point that grammatically Gar Goyle is the correct separation of syllables. And if you watch closely I believe the canvas even suggests this in the initial consultation where Josh tries to dissuade him…he says and indicates gar (on the one lid) and goyle on the other. Either Joshua made an argument for balanced letters on each side or he was just completely oblivious to the phonetics of this word. Remember in season 2 when one of the tattoos had a blatant spelling error? Just as bad here. You don’t say GARG OYLE.
Observe that Jime’s WELL DESERVED win here managed to balance two words of differing lengths and looked the most polished of any of them.
I agree that the treatment/handling of Kyle’s ciients was a showcase of what an inkmaster should NOT be. Though I’m convinced this show is edited in a very manipulative way, it does appear that the assignments take place right in front of the canvases in real time. There is nothing remotely close to PROFESSIONALISM in Kyle’ saying, OH, God when he gets his assignment. Think this has happened lots of times and not just with Kyle. How does that show any respect or class?
Accuracy is a little like truth. Too much of it can get you into trouble. Accuracy does not mean that you have to show every last detail—but rather that the details you do show are correct to the original. Diplomacy and a sense of tact might have served Kyle well here.
I’m not sure I agree with Jason’s axing—I don’t like Joshua, i think he should have already been eliminated and he really sucked on the flash challenge and did lose a lot by shortening the lady’s hair. He shoulda gone home for that washed out pin up a few shows back. But the producers want the drama rather than the skill Craig had.
Speaking of consistency, the judges certainly aren’t. This challenge was ACCURACY and they praised Baby (what a surprise) for embellishing elements not in the photo—which may well have added something aesthetically but it is decidedly something other than ACCURACY…HELLO! like as in hitting the bull’s eye? Getting things dead center on? Embellishing is not an exercise in accuracy any more than black and white skills are a measure of proportion.
So yes I am arguing that you don’t have to show every last detail to be accurate, but when you show MORE than what is there you have surpassed accuracy.
Juls
September 18, 2013 @ 11:12 pm
That sweet woman, in no way, deserved the comments made about her or the tattoo. I was crying with her. She is owed an apology from Kyle, the human canvas jury and the show producers.
stephanie
September 18, 2013 @ 6:56 am
I agree with you 100 percent ,jennifer. That portrait looked nothing like that lady. He gave her wrinkles. That lady is beautiful the portrait did no justice, he should have went home. I hope that lady knows she looks beautiful
Jennifer Schneider
September 18, 2013 @ 5:38 am
I think that all the Canvases owe that nice old lady and her daughter an Apology for making her cry. The mother is sweet and beautiful , and earned every detail on her sweet, and kind face. They need to show a little respect to that mother.
From Jennifer