Ink Master: Angels preview: Meet Terry Darkman, Jon Ronzka, Teej Poole

Tonight Ink Master: Angels season 2 officially premieres on the Paramount Network, and just based on the video sneak peek below, there are a few different things that you should know. For starters, the three angels featured in the majority of season 1 in Ryan Ashley Malarkey, Nikki Simpson, and Kelly Doty are back. Gia Rose, who was a part of several episodes of season 1 including the pilot, will not be back for the second season.

There is one change to this season in that apparently, the artists will not be choosing which Angel they are facing off against — it is now assigned in advance, and this week the winner of the competitions will face off against Kelly. (Good luck with that — no easy feat.) The winner will get a chance to be a part of Ink Master season 11.

Now, let’s set the table for the three artists competing in Charlotte on Tuesday night at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Terry Darkman – He’s been tattooing over twenty years and in so many ways he’s been a pioneer. He adopted the name “Darkman” because he was one of the few black artists in the area. After coming out of prison, he worked extremely hard in order to make a career for himself and then make his daughter proud.

Jon Ronzka – As it turns out Terry and Jon know a lot about each other — they work together, and really are the perfect one-two punch for their shop! Terry is the black-and-gray specialist at his shop. Meanwhile, what Jon often does is color. Jon is also a family man, a guy who worked 18-hour work days while going through an apprenticeship.

Teej Poole – Finally, Teej looked up to Terry as an idol for most of his career — they have a good relationship and he views this as Terry “passing the torch” to him. He’s also a family man, and he shows off a lot of his black-and-gray skill in the first challenge assigned to them by the Angels: Trying to design the perfect turtle.

The video reveals that Teej does win the first showdown — either Jon or Terry is going home before we even get around to round 2.

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