Other than watching the tattoos being made, there is nothing more to this show. They should just have the judges pick their favorite artist on the first episode, and save us from a season of ridiculous judging. Unless they change the show to allow for blind judging, this show is completely pointless. In fact the three judges often admit that they are not basing their decisions on that week's tattoo, but a culmination of previous work. What is the point in competing? ...apparently my review won't post in IMDb unless I've written enough information, so let me just say, "Ink Master". I would say that of most reality shows, Ink Master is one of THE most biased shows.

Every season I watch a few episodes because I do truly find the tattoos interesting, some are very cool. But that's where my interest ends.The contestants... ahem, "artists"... tattoo the theme of the day against the clock and their opponents and are judged by a cue card, an ass, and Chris Nunez, none of whom have ever been "ink masters" themselves, but all of whom are apparently qualified to cast judgment and determine an "ink master".What I dislike about this show:The women are almost always voted off in the early rounds. Tattooing against the clock as an element of drama. Everything about Oliver Peck. Dave Navarro always sounds like he's reading and never strays from the script. They often choose the worse tattoo by the favored contestant and send someone else with a better tattoo home. The contestant banter in the waiting room. They bring a loser on last seasons show back for a second chance instead of last seasons winner.

The only reason I'm giving it a star is because of season 1, which was pretty decent. From then on the producers focused more on making a soap opera drama comparable to The Housewives of Miami than a tattoo competition. I can't stand the bit**ing and nasty contestants who came on this show to expose their awful characters rather than really tattoo. The worst season yet is the Fifth one. A bunch of mediocre 'tattoo artists' doing really poor tattoos and getting away with it. Perhaps better ones didn't want to participate in this weak show? I can see only a couple of OK artists: Erik and Josh, the rest is embarrassing themselves....And the judges...Where should I begin? First, they have little to say about the quality of tattoos and the critique panel in the end is a joke. I, as a laywoman, can say things like "This tattoo has some good tones", or "This one lacks depth"...The judges are boring and unfit for the job. Not to mention that Nuniez and Peckh are being accused of harassment by a female crew member. Nasty, nasty, nasty...yawn...There are better shows than this one. Master Ink can't even be compared to Epic Ink and Best Ink which truly are about ART and amazingly talented people. Master Ink is just a bad taste TV drama.

Reasons why this show rocks! The flash challenges are relevant and creative, the work that comes out is actual art that I would love to own. Although it is getting a bit shaky usually at least half of the artist competing are actually good and deserve to be there. The best thing about this show is the judging. The judges are brutally honest. If all the work sucks, then they all suck and they say so. Instead of an even top two and bottom two sometimes its a bottom 3 and top 1 or all bottoms. I think this show would have deserved a ten if it wasn't for the new addition of the canvas jury. I think the time management was spot on for the first two seasons. They actually let you watch the tattooing and also see the end result and discussed with each contestant what was wrong or good with it. The canvas jury seems like its going to take time to hear opinions of people who don't really know what they are talking about or the errors they are looking for. Still a way better show then Best Ink.