Season 1
(2012)
Overview
The first season of the tattoo reality competition Ink Master debuted on Spike on January 17 and concluded on March 6, 2012 with a total of 8 episodes. The show is hosted and judged by Jane's Addiction guitarist Dave Navarro, with accomplished tattoo artists Chris Núñez and Oliver Peck serving as series regular judges. The winner received a $100,000 prize, a feature in Inked Magazine and the title of Ink Master.
Cast
Episodes
Fresh Meat 6.8
January 17, 2012
Ten of the best tattoo artists on the planet tattoo Human Canvases in a series of extreme challenges. The first Artist …
Botched Head Tattoo 6.5
January 24, 2012
A head tattoo becomes a medical emergency and tempers explode when Heather challenges the judges. Ton Jones serves as G…
Pasties and a Cameltoe 6.5
January 31, 2012
Naked women heat up the competition and another head tattoo sparks a fight between Al and Bili. A third artist is elimi…
Ink Disaster Piece 5.0
February 7, 2012
Photo Realism tattoos turn disastrous when Bili has difficulty with muscle structure and Heather’s art goes up in flame…
Game On 5.0
February 14, 2012
Competition turns cut-throat when Josh calls out Shane for only doing black & grey. Shane fights to prove his color…
Permanent Mistakes 5.0
February 21, 2012
Tattoos are forever and so are the mistakes! The artists are plagued with massive mistakes while tattooing pinups on th…
Picture Imperfect 6.5
February 28, 2012
Some of the remaining artists botch their portrait tattoos by screwing up important features, leaving their human canva…
Ink Master Revealed 7.0
March 6, 2012
In the season finale, human canvasses blindly agree to let the remaining artists tattoo anything they want on their ski…