The battle for $100,000 begins as new artists compete in the most intense Flash Challenge to date; the competition heats up when the first veteran artist returns seeking revenge.

Egos collide when the artists get their hands dirty in a team Flash Challenge; another veteran returns.

In the Flash Challenge, working in teams of two leaves some of the Artists feeling salty and a Veteran Artist schemes to take back control. The battle continues for 100K and the title of Ink Master.

The artists face the most extreme test of detail ever attempted; a veteran artist returns and sparks old rivalries.

The artists use plenty of color during a contortionist body painting Flash Challenge; a veteran artist returns and adds a new-school twist to an old subject.

Bonds are tested and new alliances are formed during an intense Flash Challenge; a veteran joins the New Artist Alliance to take down a common enemy.

Alliances are broken during a white-knuckled flash challenge.

The artists work in pairs to execute large-scale back pieces testing texture...and each other’s nerves.

Alliances are tested as the remaining artists must tattoo in teams of three.

Stakes are at a competition high when the artists must ink the ultimate in-your-face tattoo.

The tables are turned when the new artists call the shots in the elimination tattoo and get revenge.

The final three artists reveal two master canvases; eliminated artists return and confront each other for the first time since the competition; a winner is crowned.