On the seventh episode of “Ink Master,” Season 7 Veteran Christian Buckingham and Noelin Wheeler of Basilica Tattoo (Las Vegas, NV) entered the competition.
Following a flash challenge in which contestants had to create designs by injecting colored water into a canvas made entirely out of bubble wrap; they then had to create a new school tattoo, an image with bright saturated colors and crazy proportions which tested their skill of ingenuity. In the end, the judges felt that Boneface Ink (Pensacola, FL) did not have what it takes to be the next “Ink Master Master Shop.”
After the seventh week of competition the shops left competing are:
• Allegory Arts – Florence, AL
- o Ulyss Blair (@Ulyss_Blair) – Co-owner/Artist
- o Eva Huber (@eva_jean) – Co-owner/Artist
• Artistic Skin Designs – Indianapolis, IN
- o April Nicole (@April_Nicole) – Artist
- o Dane Smith (@danesmithtattoo) – Artist
• Basilica Tattoo – Las Vegas, NV
- o Christian Buckingham (@ChristianBuckingham) – Co-owner/Artist
- o Noelin Wheeler (@Noelin.Tattoo) – Artist
• Black Spade Tattoo – Las Vegas, NV
- o E.S. (@estattoos_) – Owner/Artist
- o King Ruck (@TheRealKingRuck) – Owner/Artist
• Classic Trilogy Tattoo – Syracuse, NY
- o Thom Bulman (@Bulman_Tattoos) – Owner/Artist
- o Derek Zielinski (@derek_zielinski_artist) – Artist
• Old Town Ink – Scottsdale, AZ
- o Bubba Irwin (@Bubbaitattoos) – Artist
- o DJ Tambe (@djtambe) – Artist
• Pinz and Needles – Baltimore, MD
- o Jessy Knuckles (@jessyknuckles) – Artist
- o Allisin Riot (@allisintattoos) – Artist
• Unkindness Art – Richmond, VA
- o Erin Chance (@ErinChanceTattoo) – Owner/Artist
- o Doom Kitten (@doomkitten) – Artist
Coming up on the next episode of “Ink Master” on Tuesday, August 1 at 10pm ET/PT – An emotional Flash Challenge brings the Artists to tears, and the Alliance becomes a target when a bullet-proof pair of Veterans return to battle it out for the title.