Inkmaster

11 seasons

A tattoo art reality series. Each season, 18 artists move to New York, live in a house together, and compete in challenges to determine who is the best. Challenges are sometimes design and art related with strange media (use domino's, or gunpowder, or ...). This show is all about the practice and art of tattoo, so even though the contestants live in a house, and even though there is drama, the drama is way less than on other reality shows where the drama is the show. I also love that from season to season, the formula is adjusted (individuals, then teams, then pairs, then coaches, etc.) to keep the format fresh. Well done. My critique is that the 18 artists are definitely not 18 of the best tattooists in the country. Maybe 5-6 are really good. Some are just bad (poor technique or one style only) so the really good art starts showing up after a few weeks. I don't watch much reality, but this one I like.

4 stars (out of 5)