"I tell people all the time when they come in with ideas or pictures on their cell phones of other people's tattoos, you don't want that," Michalowski joked.
"I'm also into doing trash polka tattoos with these designs that have like splatters and lines behind them and all the elements come together to make something interesting."Īs a veteran, he is not interested in your "infinity knots" or dream catcher tattoos you find on Pinterest. "I did this one tattoo recently of Audrey Hepburn with the sacred geometry, like, coming out of her head and it was just supercool," he said. Most recently, he's added sacred geometry to his repertoire. From there, he trained as apprentice and began finding his own style based in photorealism and dotwork. His first tattoo was on himself, a free-form design on his leg just to get the experience. He got into tattooing through a friend who was opening a shop. This is great TV."Īrt has always been Michalowski's passion. "I told them afterward even if I wasn't here I would watch this show. It's all the people in this pressurized situation reacting like humans do," he said. It's not the producers directing us or anything. "The moments of drama you see on this show are all us.
"She's a good artist but she needs to know that she doesn't know everything or she isn't going to progress," he said. Michalowski's rival, Emily Elegado, has beef with him personally and professionally. Season 5 artists come into the competition to face their personal rival - an artist he or she has prior bad blood with - as well as the 16 other selected artists. However, Twitter didn't agree with the judges' choice to pass on Masot.ĭespite being eliminated, Masot said the show gave him an opportunity for personal growth.This season, Ink Master slightly altered its format from the standard 18 tattoo artists competing in timed challenges being judged by a panel that eliminates one or more artists each week. Ultimately, Masot did not get chosen to be on a team. "If you had went solid black and gray you'd have a winner," said Peck. The theme of the round was "traditional" and Masot went with a traditional Japanese-style mask. Masot got a second chance in an elimination round that followed, as the remaining artists had another six hours to create another tattoo which could land them a spot on the three coaches' teams.Īrchive: Christian Masot of Silk City Tattoo inks snakes, eagles and Rita Hayworth tooĬoming soon: Tattoo parlor coming to Pompton LakesĪrchive: Christian Masot uses Batman painting to assist shooting victims fund
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The full episode is now available online. While live tweeting during the show, Masot shared a photo of the tattoo from his client. The coaches weren't impressed, calling the tattoo "flat."
The first was a seahorse tattoo, which he had six hours to bring to life. Though Masot was ultimately eliminated, he created two colorful pieces while on the show. This season's coaches are Steve Tefft, Anthony Michaels and DJ Tambe. They will show their team's work to a panel of judges, comprised of musician, filmmaker and artist Dave Navarro and tattoo artists Chris Nuñez of Miami Ink and Oliver Peck of Elm Street Tattoo. This season, three of the "most skilled" artists from the previous season returned as coaches, who built their teams from the contestants in a competition for a $100,000 prize. A Hawthorne tattoo artist was in the spotlight last night on the season 10 premiere of "Ink Master" on Spike TV.Ĭhristian Masot, owner of Silk City Tattoo in Hawthorne and Rose and Rebels, a tattoo shop and art gallery in Jersey City, was one of 24 artists showcased on the reality game show.