hello everyone hope you're having a wonderful day today welcome to the Film Insight channel
since many of you requested it we're going to cover some Ink Master cast members and reveal
how they're doing now so sit back relax and without further ado let's get right into the
content guys Tommy Helm making his debut in the very first season of the show Tommy home became
an undoubted Ink Master fan favorite regardless of the fact that helm missed the chance to make
a hundred grand by slim margins he still went on to become pretty successful rather than forever
remain as the runner-up helm decided to move on to another tattoo-centric show better yet he
even returned for the second season of inkmaster to announce something that really shocked fans
he expressed that he was going to be hosting a show called tattoo nightmares which would focus on
covering up bad tattoos on top of this helm even offered to fix one of the human canvas's piss-poor
pin-up tattoo which he had received earlier that season the show only really ran for three seasons
before being discontinued since it had pretty mixed reviews since so many people loved this
contestant he returned in the ninth season to compete alongside his shopmate martin silva
unfortunately helm wasn't able to go as far as his previous run and ended up ranking in sixth place
currently speaking he seems to be focusing more on growing as an individual artist and posts rather
frequently about his work on instagram having a mask close to 300 000 followers over the years
it's not much of a surprise with the amazing stuff he's accomplishing not only do thousands of people
appreciate his work but he also opened up a shop of his own called empire state studio which has
fantastic reviews we definitely recommend checking it out if you're in the market for a tattoo
Ryan Ashley look it's no secret that the world of tattooing is a male dominated industry but
you'd be a fool to think that there aren't any jaw-dropping female artists right up until the
eighth season the only female contestants that made it higher into the ranks were sarah miller
in the second season and tattoo baby in the third however none of them managed to take the
winning title until a talented woman named ryan actually came along debuting in the eighth season
of inkmaster ashley formed a girl's alliance with contestants nikki simpson and gia rose
thanks to this and her undeniable talents she was crowned as the inc master champion becoming the
8th official winner what's more she was also the very first female contestant the triumph which was
such an amazing thing to witness although this was certainly not the end of ashley's tattooing
journey but rather only the beginning aside from appearing in the original inkmaster she returned
as a host for inkmaster angels and inkmaster grudge match additionally she managed to win
as a coach on the 12th season of mcmaster battle of the sexes not only was she known for being the
very first female contestant to win she became a two-time winner which is absolutely amazing
ashley has also appeared on the cover of ink magazine several times but we can't blame them
since she's really stunning for one of the issues she announced her relationship with a
fellow tattoo artist named arlo de cristina soon after she announced that she would be bearing his
child and claimed that they're the first family of tattooing much like the other contestants she's
amassed quite a following on instagram gaining over 1.5 million since her appearance on the show
she mostly posts about her family life and the amazing tattoos she's done for people that look
incredibly realistic no one deserves this kind of success more than she does and we're so happy
to see her thrive james vaughn another fan favorite that appeared in the first season
of the show was a contestant named james vaughn best known for his southern speech witty comments
and jovial attitude it was always a pleasure to watch vaughn on screen while he did finish right
behind tommy helm in third place he's still widely considered as an amazing artist thankfully fans
got the chance to see this fantastic contestant once again in an episode called mary inc
he competed against other known artists like tattoo baby sausage and jimmy litwak on who can
design the best holiday themed tattoo additionally he returned for the seventh season ranking a spot
lower than his first run in fourth place vaughn was also invited to be a coach on the 12th
season alongside ryan ashley but he was ultimately eliminated after reappearing several times on the
show he went on to run two tattoo shops called straight a tattoo and emerald city tattoo and
piercing which are both really successful while he never got the chance to show off an ick master
win he can certainly brag about the fact that he's one of the state's most awarded tattooists
in very recent times bond became the new artist manager of the american tattoo society shop in
fayetteville north carolina if it wasn't already obvious von is a pretty popular contestant but he
probably won't be returning on the show anytime soon besides his career as a tattoo artist seems
to be keeping him busy so if you want to catch up with how he's doing go check him out on instagram
even though he's not as active as the other contestants his posts are worth waiting for
since his work looks amazing he's certainly doing something right since he's amassed over 115
000 followers over the years it's great to see that this contestant is doing well
scott marshall contestant scott marshall could only be described as an artist with exceptional
talent and an insane level of creativity fusing his technical skills with beautiful imagery he
was able to wow viewers with his amazing work fighting his way to the top in the fourth season
marshall was able to pull through despite being the underdog everyone expected sausage to win who
is one of the most admired contestants of the series making his triumph even more impressive
taking home over a hundred grand thanks to the results of the finale he also garnered
a ton of public attention while many artists dream of getting into the mainstream eye it's
not always easy to handle things when you finally do often times the constant
judgment from others can be overwhelming and can increase your chances of getting a mental illness
now it's not exactly clear why this happened but something very tragic occurred involving marshall
back in october of 2015 he was found dead at the holiday inn express in illinois only being 41
years old shocking everyone no one would have expected this promising tattoo artist to pass
so early on into his life he was even starting to make bank at his job as a tattoo artist at
roselle tattoo co but not many people knew that he was struggling with addiction after a toxicology
report was revealed it became clear that marshall passed from a drug overdose not only did he have
way too much heroin in his system but he mixed it with some benzodiazepines which proved to be fatal
even though the manner of death was listed as an accident we're sure that the pressure of being
famous didn't help with his addiction what's even crazier is that this only happened a year
after being named the fourth official winner sadly marshall wasn't the only contestant to have died
so quickly after starring on the show with klim cummings being another example while he did live
to see another four years he ended up succumbing to his cancer in 2016 which is extremely sad
our wishes go out to the families affected sausage it's only natural after talking about
scott marshall that we discuss the person he beat who's known as sausage returning several
times throughout the season sausage has gone on to become a contestant to remember despite
the fact that he became the fourth runner-up of inkmaster you'd be wrong to think that this was
the end of his tattooing journey as mentioned he came back three seasons later to compete in
inkmaster revenge but ultimately finished in 7th place he did get a little redemption arc in his
epic battle against his rival maddie hixson during the live season 7 finale even though they wouldn't
be fighting for prize money they simply fought for their pride as artists the winner would need
to get a tattoo from his rival and sausage was the one who ended up prevailing this hilariously
means that hixon will need to walk around with a tattoo from his rival for the rest of his life
that must have really hurt his pride additionally he was brought back for the merry inc episode and
appeared as a coach in the 12th season behind the scenes sausage seems to have been making
inkmaster alliances namely with season 3 winner joy hamilton both came together as
business partners and have 4 shops spread over las vegas and the lake tahoe and salt lake regions
one of the more successful tattoo shops he owns called verbal tattoos has over 209 reviews on yelp
rocking a fantastic five stars many seem to praise the consistently beautiful artwork and the great
staff we're glad that he's succeeding well that'll sadly be all for today's video here on the channel
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