Ink Master Is Fake And This Is Why 

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Here I thought you were going to say something actually shocking like, "They don't actually tattoo the canvases, they're all printed and washed off."

One thing that really made me upset was when the judges discriminated against that guy who had no tattoos. It was ridiculous and made me so upset. No tattoo artist is forced to have tattoos.

The one thing I really hated was whenever a woman got a tattoo with a lot of gore, the judges would not like it because it was not elegant and girly. In the end, the artist would get a bad review because of this even though the woman wanted it like that.

Still refuse to watch it after they heavily discriminated against that one guy with no tattoos. His work was amazing, and because he had no tattoos, they always called him out for it. It really pissed me off.

But at the end of the day, we can all agree that we see some pretty badass tattoos on this show!

The dead giveaway is the fact that every 30 seconds they’ll say “AND THE WINNER WILL BE TITLED INK MASTER” and every person goes “Yeah” or giggles or goes “WOW” like they’ve never heard that before.

I always assumed that the judges didint stick around for 6 hours waiting for the tattoos to get done... idk how thats surprising

Omg no way, you're telling us they shoot all the "time's almost up" shots beforehand instead of making a famous rock star wait 12 hours every episode? Total shock. And they made the artist wear some headphones from their sponsor, why is this even worth mentioning? This is what sponsors do and why the artists can win a 100k.

I'm glad the time limit is fake, otherwise that's just unethical.

i always figured Ink Master was staged. the tattoos are real though. thats what keeps me coming back.

There is a time limit! My sister was a canvas on the show. If there wasn't, people wouldn't end up with unfinished tattoos! An why would the judges stay there for 6 hours doing nothing while people are getting tattoos? That makes no sense

I really don't care that it's fake. The programm's drama and excitement of who wins or loses get's me.

**It's scripted not fake**

The saddest thing about this is the people who get bad tattoos on the show and are stuck with them for life.

HOLD UP. Season 7 New School Dino challenge canvas here. The artists are not allowed to go over 6 hours. The production crew tells them times, Dave DOES pre record the time calls. BUT they are ONLY given 6 hours to ink. The judges walk through and spend most time off set that is true, but they comment and ask questions when they are in your booth. The other artists do the same. Those stupid headphones are product placement and plugged into nothing AND we don’t even get to keep them, they clean them and record them on the next person. Our jury sent the pregnant Dino with St. Mark in second place for worst, Marq went home.

0:32 if this is true then some people had time to make a good tattoo and still made doodoo

next your going to tell me that "pimp my ride" was basically a fake show

I just watch it so i can see the tattoos

I would say these flash challenges fit in cause you need creativity.

I actually skip the drama part and jump right into the critiques. There's some phenomenal work in these shows, plotted or not.

I think "Fake" is being a little bit confused with "Set up for T.V." - yeah some of the shots aren't legitimate and the dialogue is forced to an extent, but ultimately the artists are producing tattoos and that part is real. Nobody expects the tattoos to all be being worked on down to the wire or the judges to spend all day just sitting around in there waiting for them to be done. Flash challenges aren't a revelation they're clearly not tattoo challenges, but it's still a form of art, it's entertainment.

heather sin complained THE WHOLE TIME. nobody else was complaining

One of the things I have always noticed is when canvases are assigned, if an artist says "don't give me THAT one" they get that one. Same with duo or teams as well

I mean, the thing about the judges spending time there is pretty obvious, I can't imagine them staying 6+ hours there doing nothing xD But yeah, they REALLY do play favourites, specially on Kyle's season. They were too harsh with him, and the winner, if judged fairly, would've been eliminated a couple episodes before the finale. I understand the flash challenges tho, they don't eliminate, they use artistic abilities and are entertaining. That said, it's still fun. I usually skip the drama parts and only watch the challenges and judging, the tattoos are still real, and you learn at least a little bit about what makes a good tattoo.

I just watch for the tattoos. Never thought it was "real". It's good to see Angels took some lessons from The Ink Master judges... sometimes their picks are outrageous too.

You could have just saved yourself the time of making a video by titling it "Reality TV is fake and everyone knows why".

I don't think it's any secret that the judges are barely in the room during the tattooing. These were all pretty weak arguments! If you don't like it, don't watch

In one episode they ultimately got rid of one of the better artist, souly because he himself had no tattoos. All the while the show promotes no judging people because of their tattoos.

What I hate about the show, it’s all about the drama, and the actual tattoo gets about 2 seconds airtime! I want to see the tattoos and appreciate them, I prefer “Angels”, because of this.

The judges actually say some tattoos are bad, but they're dope. It's because everyone has different eyes and see different art.

I mean, it's called "SHOW" for reason 😂

A reality show faked? You don't say...thanks captain obvious

It kinda became really apparent in the latest season when obviously weaker tattoers made it further than stronger ones

i love how the title insinuates that viewers are immensely suprised by this.

Idc if it's fake i like how the way they make beautiful art work

I actually love the flash challenges. Yeah it doesn't have anything to do with tattooing but these people are supposed to be artists. These challenges are interesting and it's cool to see each tattoo artist be challenged creatively so see more of them as real artists rather than just tattoo artists. Some of these people are really talented and creative and really get to shine and usually the more artistic/ creative people make better tattoos too cuz you know... its art

Are there realy *any* "reality" shows that are real? ....honestly curious.

These are stuff you're gonna find in every Reality TV show... Thought this video would actually reveal something people wouldn't expect.

literally nothing in this is ground breaking news, i think everything in this video is common knowledge for the most part. the couple things i will say is a) Kyle Dunbar very openly on the show claimed the judges were biased against him, and he had a point. however this was an effort made by the judges as they thought he responded well to harsh criticism, the entire situation ended up blowing up, with kyle repeatedly pushing Chris Nunez and him getting kicked off the show as a result. B) the time limits seem to have impacted many contests which multiple saying they ran out of time, and producing unfinished tattoos, while they might have a few rules that may allow you to finish what you're doing before coming to a complete stop i highly doubt that this would occur as frequently as it does if the really did have an arbitrary time limit this information seems to be twisted in a way to present the idea that the show isnt depicting what i feel is quite blatant. yes, there is no way there these are authentic personalitys, its sort of like pro wrestling, its your personality dialed all the way up to 10, and the producers will try to create conflict. The flash challenges are for entertainment purposes, very clearly. painting with blood, creating sand castles and using explosives like gun powder are clearly not tattoos, but its a fun way to show artistry and are merely to give a small advantage of skull picks. product placements and pre tapings are happening on just about every tv show. this video seems pretty redundant

Wow ruined it all. Oh well. I should have known. All shows are fake and everything on tv is fake also. Even the news. I don't watch TV anymore anyway

3:22 This is exactly the reason I stopped watching. It says a lot when the fans can even see the judges play favorites...

congratulations, you've learned how reality TV works

All of this can be extremely obvious when you watch Season 1 and 2.

Finally someone said something about the stupid flash challenges that have nothing to do with tattooing

Why do you look 50 when you're 24? 🤔

Still one of the realist shows out there!

Started watching this some weeks ago, and honestly? I kinda already knew it was pretty fake. No reality show is real and editing can do wonders to any type of midia. I think the show would still be entertaining without all the drama and urgency but I also understand USA culture tends to value these aspects

i would prefer it be real but in the end i just like seeing what tattoos they make. some of the outcomes though are terribly staged like in the last season rolly making it to the finals on that pin up come on guys atleast try to keep consistant

I want to be crowned the "Stink Master".

Paul Stanley said "There is television and there is reality. Never the two shall meet."

I thought most of these things were obvious? Reality shows always follow the same pattern of editing tricks

I don't care if it's fake..as long as the tattoos are real.. and plus everything on TV is fake.. but we still watch it..

The art is cool at least

I stopped watching when they kicked Jamie off for having no tattoos

interesting how most of these critiques come from participants who were eliminated very early. In fact, Heather, who's critiques are mentioned multiple times was eliminated first round of the first season and her art was clearly not up to par. Not saying that some aspects of the show aren't staged, but many of the points made in this video don't make the show "fake" and many are biased opinions or just flat out incorrect.

2:20 those weird challenges were not really meant to be part of the show, they were meant to see if the viewers showed an interest in any of them, to make even more armloads of money.

Who would’ve thought another scripted tv time limited show was fake!!?? Lol glad I don’t watch shows like these.

I knew one of the artist that was on the show, they had mentioned how the crew was trying to spread gossip and have them talk crap about each other for drama reactions.

I still believe Tommy should have won season one of ink masters.

It’s funny how they only interviewed the losers and ppl who went home on day 1. Like they really have good things to say about the show. Kyle Dunbar was the biggest wuss on the show. Of course he’ll say the judges are playing favorites. His art sucks and he can’t see that

I knew this was the case when Ryan won her season, Kelly was far and away the most talented tattooer there and Gian's master canvas was sooo much better but it was time for a female to win and they wanted to plaster the attractive female all over their brand over the talented one.

Every single TV show, “reality” or not, is edited. Just because they edit shit in or edit shit out does not make Ink Master “fake”.

I mean, its a $100,000 show. What do you expect the challenges be?

I use to love this show until that one season where they pitted the guys against the girls.

You forgot to mention that the winner is already known between two or maybe three people before the first episode even is filmed.

I was a human canvas on season one episode 2.. I got my entire head tattooed. It's all smoke and mirrors.

As an artist myself, I recall a lot of times I raised my eyebrows at some of the time challenges. Like I thought yeah right... There's no way they did that tattoo in one session and in that short amount of time.

That show has too many hipsters anyway

I guess the only really thing on that show is Peck’s mustache. Which is the only reason I watch it so I’m cool with it lol

lmao i can’t believe that people say “You know it was a thing with time...” and there is no actual time limit-

These are some really weak points. Obviously, the "down to the wire" isn't completely accurate. And I can't imagine leaving your family, being stuck in a house for months on end with strangers during a competition with a film crew around is going to bring out the best in people. People can barely hang out at a party for a single night without annoying each other. Fact is, people are really being tattooed, sometimes multiple times in one sitting, you can't fake that.

still love the show. its the only "reality" show i'll watch.

The Angels spin off show is actual garbage... It's even more scripted than Ink Master.

All reality shows are fake. Who still buys that they aren't?!

I was a canvas on season 6. Everything mentioned in this video is 100% true.

If you look at the "fine print" for literally EVERY "reality" tv show/contest like this it says that the producers are the ones who ultimately choose the winners, doesn't matter if it's tattoos, cooking food, or picking a bride.

Hmmm yeah, we already know this. As for judges only showing up for 5 minutes per episode........sounds like Dave’s track record for his guitar skills.

None of this suprises me , its just how reality tv is . But never the less i dig the show.

Why are 90% of the clips used in this from season 8 lmao

This is why I DVR it. I skip everything but the final products

I know on the show they made Kyle Dunbar out to be a difficult jerk. Having been tattooed by Kyle on multiple occasions he and his wife Candy who also tattoos are super nice.

Did anybody expect anything less? I recognise 2 of the judges and I'm assuming they both are spending more time tattooing (aka doing their job) than being on a tv show. People will always play favorites, friends of managers will always get promoted before anybody else. "reality" tv is 100% about bitching about the other people on the show. Of course the time limits are bullshit, these tattoos are going into people for the rest of the their lives, enforcing a strict limit means mistakes will happen and tattoos are left half done.

Funny how the two artists arguing about the judges playing favorites were the ones always putting out 3/10s.

i knew it was scripted but i honestly didnt think the show was rigged :(

Am I the only one that thinks it's awesome that Dave nevarro is on here. He used to be the guitarist for rhcp (one hot minute) so pretty much we're watching a member of rhcp. Idk I just like thinking that it seems awesome

I was a human canvas and the director kept time. The artists were expected to finish within the time, however, the host was edited in

No artist is ever under that pressure in real life. No artist is ever that rushed.

stopped watching after tattoo baby made it to the final 3. The judges clearly favored her even though her work was not up to par. The best talent they had was the first season. The tattoos of the final 2 guys were amazing throughout. No other season had anyone come close to that

If you thought that Dave's time warnings and the down-to-the-wire works were real, you don't understand basic production logistics.

What? Are you telling me that a "reality show" is actually staged ? I'm stoked! I really thought the drama was real and all tatoo artists went head-to-head in a daily basis, the only thing that I would consider fake in the show is fake tattoos, other than that everything is already well known for those who like this kind of shows, I watch it for the art... And it is awesome!

I can confirm the shit talking part. My tattoo artist was on the show and he said they tell you whoever starts the most drama gets the most air time.

I was on ink master, yes they edit. Like every reality show. I was on the show and They don’t pick everything I said. The flash challenges show how they are artists and have skill in all kinds of things.

the worst part is when they react to the flash challengis wile standing in line i mean come on usaly yo dont say anything when you are in line like that

Having to tattoo an inmate inside of a jail cell with dim light and a single needle is exactly what tattooing is all about 😂. That was a great challenge

This sound like someone who went to the show and lost lmfao

I am so excited for the next season! Cleen is my favorite contestant on the show!

I can tell you one thing as a canvas all three of them came in and talk to me about punk rock shows I've seen in NYC back in the day got to say they were all cool

I thought we already knew this, I mean it’s a reality show c’mon people. Plus most people either come for art or the drama and in general for a laugh😂😂

I was initially enjoying the show. But by the end of the 4th season I really noticed all the times favoritism was shown, how the judges were letting past mistakes or bad tattoos cloud their decisions in the current competition, how the judges totally ignored the competition parameters to choose who stays or goes. I hated how the canvases actions were totally blamed on the ARTIST, I get that some of this was BS but it was crap. Finally I was tired of how negative the judges were.