Watched through season eight. Show has a lot of interesting and well executed tattoos and it was an enjoyable time to see most of the artists grow over the course of the season. It seemed to me to be a bit irresponsible the amount of unprepared or bad artists they let into the show in the beginning of each season, leaving many canvases with bad tattoos. The show felt a bit unfair and uneven in how tattoos were judged. The drama was hyped up way too much when the focus should have been on the tattoos, the challenges, and the techniques used. Even with an increase in changing up the formula from season to season, the show still became stale. Seemed to be a hint of sexism and elitism by both the contestants and the judges at times throughout the show. Worth watching for the tattoos if you enjoy that, and better than most highly watched reality TV shows, but it has a lot of drawbacks that keep the positivity and creativity of some tattoos and challenges from giving this show a better score.
Review of Ink Master
