Ink Master season 7

Ink Master (season 7)
Season 7
Release
Original network	Spike
Original release	March 1, 2016 (2016-03-01)
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Additional information
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Season chronology

Ink Master (season 7), also known as Ink Master: Revenge is the seventh season of the Spike tattooing competition series, Ink Master. The new season is set to premiere March 1, 2016 and will feature 8 returning veteran artists as they face 8 new artists in an elimination style competition for a $100,000 prize and the title of Ink Master. The returning artists are James Vaughn (season 1), Sarah Miller (season 2), Jesse Smith (season 2), Jime Litwalk (season 3), Sausage (season 4), Matti Hixson (season 4), Cleen Rock One (season 5) and St. Marq (season 6). The new artists are Alex Rockoff, Anthony Michaels, Ashley Velazques, Christian Buckingham, Corey Davis, Cris Gherman, Megan Jean Morris, and Picasso Dular.

Contestants

Returning Tattoo Artists	New Tattoo Artists
Cleen Rock One	Alex Rockoff
James Vaughn	Anthony Michaels
Jesse Smith	Ashley Velazquez
Jime Litwalk	Christian Buckingham
Matti Hixson	Corey Davis
Sarah Miller	Cris Gherman
Sausage	Megan Jean Morris
St. Marq	Picasso Dular

Progress

Flash Challenge Progress

Episode Number	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Most wins
Flash Challenge Winner	Christian	Alex Ashley	Christian Megan	Cleen	Megan Sausage	Anthony Matti	Cleen	Cleen Christian					Christian 3 wins

Elimination challenge progress

Artist Name	Years Experience	Residence	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14
Anthony Michaels	5	Tucson, Arizona	IN	HIGH	WIN	LOW	IN	IN	IN
Christian Buckingham	13	Henderson, Nevada	HIGH	HIGH	IN	IN	LOW	IN	WIN
Cleen Rock One	20	Las Vegas, Nevada		WIN	LOW	WIN	HIGH	LOW	LOW
James Vaughn	26	Asheboro, North Carolina/Greensboro, North Carolina
Jesse Smith	18	Richmond, Virginia							HIGH
Jime Litwalk	24	Orlando, Florida					IN	LOW	LOW
Matti Hixson	11	Virginia Beach, Virginia				IN	IN	IN	IN
Megan Jean Morris	7	Wallingford, Connecticut	WIN	IN	IN	LOW	LOW	WIN	IN
Sausage	14	Las Vegas, Nevada			HIGH	IN	WIN	IN	HIGH
Sarah Miller	10	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania						LOW	OUT
Alex Rockoff	9	West Palm Beach, Florida	IN	LOW	HIGH	LOW	LOW	OUT
St. Marq	26	West Lafayette, Indiana	LOW	IN	HIGH	LOW	OUT
Picasso Dular	16	Los Angeles, California	IN	IN	LOW	OUT
Ashley Velazquez	5	New Haven, Connecticut	LOW	LOW	OUT
Cris Gherman	15	New York, New York	IN	OUT
Corey Davis	10	Atlanta, Georgia	OUT

Credit Order: Anthony, Ashley, Cris, Picasso, Corey, Megan Jean, Christian, Alex, Matti, St. Marq, Jime, Sarah, Sausage, Cleen Rock, Jesse, James

 Legend

 INKMASTER  The contestant won the competition and was named Ink Master.

 RUNNER UP  The contestant was the runner-up on Ink Master.

 WIN  The contestant won best tattoo of the week.

 WIN  The contestant won the marathon tattoo

 F/O  The contestant won the face-off.

 F/O  The contestant was voted worst by the human canvas jury, but won the face-off to stay in the competition.

 (IN)+  The contestant won the Head to Head Challenge.

 (IN)-  The contestant lost the Head to Head Challenge.

 HIGH  The contestant was given an honorable mention in the judges recall.

 HIGH  The contestant was considered to be among the top.

 H/L  The contestant was given an honorable mention in the judges recall, but was voted worst artist by the human canvas jury.

 LOW  The contestant was among the bottom group in the judges recall.

 LOW  The contestant was voted worst by the human canvas jury.

 LOW  The contestant was considered to be in the bottom.

 OUT  The contestant was eliminated from the competition.

 OUT  The contestant was voted worst by the human canvas jury and eliminated from the competition.

Episodes

Episode 1: Initiation

First aired March 1, 2016

• Returning Artist: St. Marq
• Flash Challenge: The 8 new artists squared off in a three-part challenge. They were given four hours to first do a full-body sketch of a nude model, assemble both a liner and shader machine from Seth Cifferi, and then tattoo the drawing they did earlier with the machines they built on a dead pig.
  • Winner: Christian Buckingham
• Elimination Tattoo: The new artists were surprised to learn from the judges that they will be faced with a new returning artist from a previous Ink Master season each week, and that the returning artist each week is given the opportunity to choose the elimination tattoo. St. Marq challenges the artists to tattoo one of the seven deadly sins in black and grey, using only shading needles.
• Tattoo Critique: The judges were impressed with Christian, Megan Jean, and Anthony's technical abilities and artistry, with Christian and Megan Jean being the judge's top two. Picasso impressed with his drawing, but was criticized for lack of contrast and not leaving any skin breaks. The judges thought Cris' tattoo was hard to read, but technically sound. The lack of detail underwhelmed the judges in Alex's tattoo. The anatomy of Ashley's tattoo was unappealing. Corey struggled with details and his tattoo was rough and not very technically sound. St. Marq was heavily criticized, as his tattoo was strange, not detailed, and overall unappealing. His challenge was referred to as "one of the worst backfires in Ink master history."
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Megan Jean Morris
• Human Canvas Jury: The jury brought St. Marq to the bottom due to the poor placement of the tattoo in relation to the canvas' other tattoos. However, the canvas says he is happy with the tattoo.
• Elimination: Corey and Ashley joined St. Marq in the bottom three. St. Marq was criticized for his poor placement and unnecessary large field of black. The judges compared Corey's tattoo to St. Marq's, saying the quality didn't stack up in spite of Marq's flaws. Ashley is told her shading was not smooth and not very technical. Corey is eliminated in a 2-1 vote over St. Marq.
  • Eliminated: Corey Davis

Episode 2: One Man's Trash

First aired March 8, 2016

• Returning Artist: Cleen Rock One
• Flash Challenge:
  • Winner(s): Ashley Velazquez & Alex Rockoff
• Elimination Tattoo:
• Tattoo Critique:
  • Best Tattoo of the Day:
• Human Canvas Jury: Cris Gherman
• Elimination: Alex Rockoff, Cris Gherman, & Ashley Velazquez
  • Eliminated: Cris Gherman

Episode 3: Salt in the Wound

First aired March 16, 2016

• Returning Artist: Sausage
• Flash Challenge:
  • Winner(s): Christian Buckingham & Megan Jean Morris
• Elimination Tattoo:
• Tattoo Critique:
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Anthony Michaels
• Human Canvas Jury: Cleen Rock One
• Elimination: Cleen Rock One, Picasso Dular & Ashley Velazquez
  • Eliminated: Ashley Velazquez

Episode 4: The Devil's in the Details

First aired March 22, 2016

• Returning Artist: Matti Hixson
• Flash Challenge:
  • Winner: Cleen Rock One
• Elimination Tattoo:
• Tattoo Critique:
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Cleen Rock One
• Human Canvas Jury: Anthony Michaels
• Bottom four: Picasso Dular, Alex Rockoff, Anthony Michaels & Megan Jean Morris
  • Eliminated: Picasso Dular

Episode 5: New School, Old Artist

First aired March 29, 2016

• Returning Artist: Jime Litwalk
• Flash Challenge:
  • Winner(s): Megan Jean Morris & Sausage
• Elimination Tattoo: New School Dinosaurs
• Tattoo Critique: Jime was praised for his drawing and line-weights but was criticized for the darkness. The judges praised Cleen for his hot-and-cold color palette, and for his ability to cleanly saturate a large amount color over a large area of skin with minimal skin trauma. They thought that Matti's TV design was weak, and hit him for a stray line. The judges loved Sausage's color saturation and the little details he put in it. Christian's tattoo was technically applied well and color theory was nice, but the tattoo didn't scream of new-school. Megan Jean's tattoo was technically applied well but the perspective of her tattoo made it hard to read. Anthony's tattoo was designed very well, and overall very clean. Alex was heavily criticized for his drawing. St. Marq's tattoo was filled with technical problems, drawing problems, and weak color theory.

• • Best Tattoo of the Day: Sausage
• Human Canvas Jury: Alex Rockoff
• Bottom three: Megan Jean Morris, Alex Rockoff & St. Marq
  • Eliminated: St. Marq

Episode 6: Under Pressure

First aired April 5, 2016

• Returning Artist: Sarah Miller
• Flash Challenge:
  • Winner(s): Anthony Michaels & Matti Hixson
• Elimination Tattoo: Tattoo a surrealistic female
• Tattoo Critique:
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Megan Jean Morris
• Human Canvas Jury: Alex Rockoff
• Bottom four: Jime Litwalk, Sarah Miller, Alex Rockoff & Cleen Rock One
  • Eliminated: Alex Rockoff

Episode 7: Knuckle Sandwich

First aired April 12, 2016

• Returning Artist: Jesse Smith
• Flash Challenge:
  • Winner: Cleen Rock One
• Elimination Tattoo: Tattoo a political figure.
• Tattoo Critique:
  • Best Tattoo of the Day: Christian Buckingham
• Human Canvas Jury: Cleen Rock One
• Bottom three: Cleen Rock One, Jime Litwalk & Sarah Miller
  • Eliminated: Sarah Miller

Episode 8: Breathing Fire

First aired April 19, 2016

• Last Returning Artist: James Vaughn
• Flash Challenge:
  • Winner:
• Elimination Tattoo:
• Tattoo Critique:
  • Best Tattoo of the Day:
• Human Canvas Jury:
• Bottom three:
  • Eliminated: