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After Tylor went on a “long-ass smoke break,” six artists of Best Ink 2 (which airs on Oxygen on Wednesdays, 10/9C) remain. They arrive at Universal Studios for their Flash Challenge and meet the guest judge, Miya Bailey, who is known for tattoos based off of comic book heroes. In one hour, they must draw up an action movie poster of a superhero of their own creation, including a cool name and a tag line.

Here’s what everyone made:

Jerod: The Reader // Credit: Oxygen Media

“Your Darkest Fears Are An Open Book”

Brittany: Serpentina // Credit: Oxygen Media

“She’ll steal your soul then eat you whole”

Teresa: Red Hawk // Credit: Oxygen Media

“Vengeance Is Her Game And The Sky Is The Limit”

Derek: The Planet // Credit: Oxygen Media

“Only The Strongest Will Survive”

DJ: Atom Bomb // Credit: Oxygen Media

“Killing Them Softly”

Alli: The Day Aliens Saved the Earth // Credit: Oxygen Media

“She’s Large And In Charge”

Alli gets an earful about the crappola she presented, and Teresa and Jerrod get the top two spots. Jerrod’s character is the most original, and Teresa’s line work is clean. Miya gives the win to Teresa.

It’s time for the Ink Challenge. Brittney won last week, so she has immunity. The artists have five hours to ink the tattoos. They must do animated tattoos, which is kind of confusing. The software recognizes the tattoo and places an animation over it, so I guess everyone needs to carry an iPad around, like, forever? Brittney’s skin wants the molecular representation of titanium, which makes her think of a skeleton. Jerrod’s skin wants something religious, so he’s thinking of a stained glass window. DJ’s skin wants a lion for strength and courage, and he’s going to make it massive. Derek’s skin wants a realistic cheetah, and he’s going to make it stalking prey. Alli’s skin is a musician, but Alli doesn’t know what the instruments look like so she reverts back to musical notes. Teresa’s skin wants a “vintage” dial phone.

Derek didn’t prepare any sketches because “I’m bad*ss and they know it,” so I look forward to his tattoo turning out horribly. Oh good! The giant cheetah he’s inking is ugly. Teresa is inking a massive telephone that I anticipate her skin regretting the next day. Alli is having timing issues while inking a musical instrument she’s never heard of before, and the tattoo looks pretty bad. DJ’s tattooing a lion and doesn’t think Derek’s cheetah is any competition because the lion is the king of the jungle and “a cheetah’s just it’s little bitch.” Jerrod’s tattoo looks really nice, if you like religion. Brittney’s tattoo is kind of boring because it’s science.

We finally get to see the animations.

Brittany’s final tattoo // Credit: Oxygen Media

Brittney’s boring skeleton tattoo is boring, so she’s lucky that she has immunity.

Jerod’s final tattoo // Credit: Oxygen Media

Jerrod’s religious tattoo looked nice animated, but the tattoo looks unfinished due to lack of color.

Teresa’s final tattoo // Credit: Oxygen Media

Teresa’s phone animation is clever and the tattoo is nice, but it’s very static looking.

Derek’s final tattoo // Credit: Oxygen Media

Derek’s cheetah animation is cute, but the tattoo lacks contrast.

DJ’s final tattoo // Credit: Oxygen Media

DJ’s lion is Disney-esque adorable, and the tattoo is slick.

Alli’s final tattoo // Credit: Oxygen Media

The shape of Alli’s bizarre instrument just doesn’t work.

The elimination process has changed. Only two artists will be chosen for the top. The first artist is DJ, and the second is Teresa. The winner is DJ. All of the artists will go back to the tattoo shop, and the other artists will have to convince DJ that they should stay. Then, DJ will choose the bottom two artists. DJ puts Alli and Derek on the chopping block. The judges call Derek’s tattoo “a total letdown,” and Alli’s use of design is “less than spectacular.” For some reason, they keep Alli in the competition and eliminate Derek, who calls it “bulls**t.”

Next week, the artists work in photorealism.