…as someone with no experience of tattooing, it would seem that no self respecting tattoo artist would ever want the title of ‘Inkmaster’.

Lets have a look as to what you would stand for:

• Being able to do shit tattoos in 5 hours, no matter size or placement
• Being able to tattoo someone with little in the way of a professional/artist relationship
• Being able to create drama in a studio
• Not being able to do a classic American style tattoo
• Being obnoxious to clients
• Having a bigger ego than previously humanly thought possible.
• Not actually having the ability to have a wide range of skills

I don’t know, with the exception of some of Shane Helm’s black and grey tattoos, i’m sure i’ve seen much better examples of tattoos by artists who got famous by being actually good.

The winner may be $100,000 better off, but realistically when would you ever be taken seriously within the tattoo community?

That said, the programme fascinates me - I don’t know perhaps there should just be more ‘art-based’ reality shows on tv. Car crash at its best.