LA Ink: Episode 11
I believe this is the first episode of LA Ink where Kat doesn’t tattoo a celebrity. Instead she accompanies some girl’s lame sob story with equally lame lettering. “I came out, and my parents said they still loved me. It was real sad.” Yeah I definitely feel for you, wow what a life changing experience. Good thing you went on tv to tell the world about it. Now your uneventful coming out is forever commemorated with some shaky, poorly filled letters.
Also of note, Kat’s using the cheapest latex gloves you can order from Eikon. Any reputable artist has no business using latex gloves. For starters, a lot of people are allergic to latex. It’s also a sterilization issue. The petroleum based lubricants many artists use for keeping skin moist while they work breaks down latex.
She then proclaims she got into tattooing because she “wanted to help people.” That’s so noble. She certainly didn’t get into it because she cares about art. She wants to help people so much she doesn’t bother with the most basic of sterile procedures. A staph infection would really help someone.
Corey takes a cue from Kat Von Dirty and applies a stencil without gloves. He then continues to draw on the customer’s arm, ungloved. Why does TLC show artists contaminating their clients on this show? He does a portrait of someone’s boxer grandfather, though it would’ve been better suited to Hannah. When healed, the tattoo looks like a big grey washed out blob, none of the facial details are discernible. Later he noodles away at a poorly drawn samurai sword and kanji.
Instead of a terrible band, this episode we’re treated to a terrible painter, who of course wants her fabulous work emblazoned on her arm. Hannah does her best to improve upon the source, and in return is presented with what appears to be someone’s 12th grade painting assignment.
Kim does a cheese-o Chicago skyline on some skeezy dude. Gross flirting ensues. Way to be professional. I swear, for everytime Hannah does an awesome tattoo, someone else on the show has to do something to set women in the industry 3 steps back.
