Last week in our “Best Ink” review, we questioned whether or not there was any way that DJ Tambe or Teresa Sharpe were going to be done in by a theme that leaves many a tattoo artist shaking in their boots: photo-realism. Every tattoo superhero has their kryptonite, and for some with more of a […]
To the credit of “Best Ink,” the show has done a pretty exemplary job this season when it comes to finding pretty new and creative ways to come up with Flash Challenges. Are they not always relevant to tattooing? No, but there are worse ways to fill up a show than having artists roast each other, come […]
We don’t quite know if there has been a reality competition since season 6 of “Top Chef” where the final two have seemed as obvious as with “Best Ink” this year. Are there a number of great artists left? Sure. If we were a tattoo guy, (which we are not) we’d probably trust everyone left […]
Last week’s “Best Ink” can be best described in one word: Frustrating. We’re still dumbfounded by the move to send Tylor home despite only being in the bottom three once, and for not really following the directions of the challenge to a T in an effort to satisfy his client, even to the point of […]
For a few weeks now, “Best Ink” had us really riding high. We weren’t complaining too much about the tattoo sob stories, the canned lines from its host, or the obvious winners’ edit of Teresa that has been going strong since the first week. This was all thanks to some innovative challenges and frankly some […]
There are some reality shows (“The Bachelor,” “Big Brother” if you’re playing a strategic game) where being vulnerable can definitely come with a unique set of advantages. However, we are pretty sure that “Best Ink” (airing Wednesday nights at 10:00 p.m. Eastern on Oxygen) is not one of those shows. If you are a tattoo […]
The “Best Ink” tradition of having innovative tattoo challenges continued on Wednesday night’s new episode, in particular since the show incorporated something that we always love to see on our reality competitions: Comedy. To us, there is really nothing better than a roast, especially when it comes with people who can take the jokes really […]
On Wednesday night at 10:00 p.m. Eastern, Oxygen will be back with a new episode of “Best Ink” that unlike a few of the past episodes, is focusing less on an unusual tattoo style, and more on just unusual tattoos. Based on the preview video below, there does seem to be a common theme that […]
While there have been times over the past several weeks where we have been obviously critical of “Best Ink” as a series, whether it be for playing the emotional card or the bottom three voting that is designed mostly to create drama between the contestants, we do have to give the show credit when it […]
There are some things about “Best Ink” that we absolutely love: the creativity, the art, and even some of the personalities that come out of the show. However, at the same time there are also some things that drive us a little bit batty. Maybe it’s that we prefer the grungy, gritty “Ink Master” when […]
