Ink Master Season 13, Episode 5: Out of Your Element

Rep Your Region

The artists tattoo their home states and face blind critiques by the judges, a competitor makes a drastic choice, and patriotic tattoos decide someone's fate in the Face Off.

42 min

Clash of the Collages

The South aims to unify and rebound when the teams are tasked with a postcard mural on the side of a bus, and a compass rose elimination tattoo includes a game-changing twist.

42 min

Teamwork Makes the Dream Work

Ride or die, team tensions run high when the artists endure a tattoo marathon with the others from their home turf. The artists who fail to collaborate risk $100K and the title of Ink Master.

42 min

Battle Lines

To test legibility, the teams spin intricate designs with yarn on outdoor canvases, then get technical with schematic tattoos.

42 min

Off the Chain

The Turf War is more intense than ever before and to survive the Artists must fight for every possible advantage and ally; cross-team alliance takes shape, and a glowing elimination challenge leaves one team burned.

42 min

Head Spin

A Team Challenge takes the Artists for a spin leaving them dizzied and out of control; the Turf War grows more intense than ever as the battle continues for $100K and the title of Ink Master.

42 min

Sugar Rush

The Artists hunger for the win, now more than ever before, when they tattoo sweet full color new school food tattoos; one Artist bites off more than they can chew.

42 min

Artistry on the Line

The teams are put to the test in artistry with an Ink Master favorite: pin-ups.

42 min

Every Artist for Themselves

42 min

From Toast to Toast

The Artists' shading skills are tested in a monumentally hard Elimination Tattoo.

42 min

Last Draw

Pressure grows as the Turf War ranks run thin and the Artists' versatility is tested when an alliance strategy backfires, putting an unexpected frontrunner on the chopping block.

42 min

There Can Only Be One

The artists fight for survival in an "Ink Master" staple: portraits; a shocking skull pick threatens the team dynamic; one artist shows precisely who they're looking out for.

42 min

Compose Yourself

Hosted by rock legend Dave Navarro and judged by icons of the tattoo world, Chris Núñez and Oliver Peck, a group of the country’s most creative and skilled tattoo artists compete for a hundred thousand dollars and the title of Ink Master. The stakes couldn’t be higher with “living canvasses” donating their skin to be permanently marked in this adrenalized competition elimination.

42 min

Race to the Finish

The road to the finale begins with a 13-hour tattoo marathon; the artists must prove they have the endurance and skill to outlast their competitors and are worthy of the title of Ink Master.

42 min