- What's up, Ben?
- What's up, dude?
- It's been a year since you did Worth It Tattoos.
Are you googling my name? (laughs)
- (laughs) I was just googling his name.
I've got a lot of empty canvas right here.
- The follow-up to Worth It.
A $1000 tattoo?
- Yeah!
- Let's do this!
Worth It One Stop, last video, if you haven't seen it yet,
you gotta go watch that first.
You are on your way right now to get three different tattoos
at three drastically different price points,
to find out which one is the most worth it at it's price.
This is the first time we're doing a sequel.
- Tatt-two!
- (laughs) Oh, that's what I'm talking about!
- So what're we doing today?
- We're gonna check out your tattoo and see
how the tattoos have held up over time.
When you get a tattoo, you're excited.
And it's like, oh my God, these are so awesome.
But a year later, was it really worth it?
I saw this ad that 20% of people regret their tattoo.
- I wouldn't be going to get a new
tattoo today if I regretted it.
- You're about to get a $1000 tattoo.
- (gasps)
A little of behind-the-scenes of the last video,
Ben was questioning his life decisions.
We're on our way right now to Venice Beach,
actually, to get a tattoo.
- I would much rather be buying a meal with you,
$300 sushi, yet we're goin' to Venice Beach for
a freaking tattoo.
- Like, the last video, our first location dropped out.
- [Woman] He can't make it.
(horror sound effects)
- [Voiceover] This is an actual problem.
- So we're driving around the beach,
trying to find the location.
- What the hell are we doing right now?
- [Steven] That is, first of all, good, 'cause you're gonna
have this on your body for the rest of your life,
and second of all, gonna let us film right on the spot.
- Would we be able to film the consultation?
- [Steven] Luckily, we found a good spot.
But that 30-minute drive, he kept
asking me if he's making a mistake.
- [Ben] You're just smiling, but inside,
I could tell you were like--
- (laughs) Yeah, I felt really bad.
I wanted to see the quality of the tattoos
and how the ink held up over time.
- They've held up great, the $80 one is still
in mint condition.
- [Steven] Yeah, it's crazy, they're like, bright--
- [Ben] Quality work.
- Alright, the second tattoo.
- [Ben] The ones at Body Electric faded.
- [Steven] He had to cover so much ground with all that ink,
maybe that's the reason why it faded a little bit more.
- [Ben] Full disclosure, I was supposed to go back
and get another detail pass.
I didn't go, so there's a bit of
an asterisk over the second shop.
- Speakeasy Tattoo, tell me about that one.
- [Ben] The quality of work is stellar.
It's immaculate, dude, it's just a beautiful piece.
I get compliments on it all over the place,
I am really happy when I look in the mirror and see that.
The theme for my next piece,
I actually had the idea during the first video.
- What do you wanna do for your first tattoo?
- I'm thinking something related to Breaking Bad.
They've got this teddy bear--
(fast-forward chipmunk voice)
I actually asked Scott last year if he could do this.
- Probably would have to pass on that concept.
- Okay, well let's--
- [Scott] Um, I mean--
But now, let's see if he's come around.
I'm taking us to the secret lair of Speakeasy Tattoo.
- I am so ready to sit and watch you get
a tattoo for another five hours.
Not gonna be boring at all.
(upbeat rock music)
Hello, how are you?
- Good.
- Nice to see you. - My name's Nicole.
Nice to meet you
(upbeat music)
(orchestral music)
- Scott, good to see you again.
- Hey, it's good to see you too.
- [Ben] What's up?
You guys are back, what's up?
- [Steven] We're back. Thanks for having us again.
- I can't believe a year has passed already.
- [Steven] Since the video came out,
how has your business been doing?
How have you been doing?
- Oh man, when the video did come out,
I was up riding dirt-bikes with my daughter
and I didn't have a signal.
I get off the mountain and there was a little bit of chaos.
(laughs)
Probably now, 50% of my business
became more of a global business,
- Wow.
- [Scott] Rather than just a local business.
- The coolest thing for me out of all this,
I mean, I got an amazing piece of art,
but just seeing how it's blown up
your business and impacted your life,
that's the coolest thing about this job.
To be able to help an artist
who deserves their recognition.
- So, I have to say thank you to you guys.
You exposed my art and helped me.
I can't thank you guys enough.
- It's been one year later now, right?
When you have a tattoo for a year, five years, ten years,
how are you defining how worth it it was?
I'm looking at his arm, and I'm not gonna lie,
your tattoo is bright.
It's really still so detailed, it looks great.
But as an artist, from your perspective,
what is bringing that value when
you have a tattoo that long?
- [Scott] Longevity is the major thing.
If a year went by and you came in
and your tattoo was needing serious touch-up
from being blown out or faded,
that means that I'm not really precise with my craft.
But, as I see it, I'm very happy with it.
And I'm my biggest critic.
I definitely treat each tattoo very
specifically to that person.
It's all very customized to their skin,
to what will look good with the skin color.
Painting is no problem because the
canvas is always the same.
Doing a tattoo, you might do this same tattoo
on someone else... it might not work as well.
The reason Ben had to wait so long
is because he wanted this bear.
I'm not really feeling the Breaking Bad bear.
(laughs)
And I wasn't, you know-
We need to really sit down and hone in on
how I'm gonna execute and finish your half-sleeve off,
so that you can be walking around
with a really complete feeling arm.
We're gonna go in, talk about all this stuff,
and make sure that we both are collaborating
on something that's mind-blowing.
- So, the Breaking Bad bear--
- We're on that?
- Can I plead by case?
- Let's at least talk about it.
- Breaking Bad, to me, represents just the
pinnacle of what creativity and artistry can be.
It's what I strive to be.
So, I want an element from that show, on my body,
just to see where the bar is, and try to get there.
- Makes sense, I loved that show.
- The main character, Walter White, basically
causes this plane to crash.
In the wreckage of the crash is this
pink teddy bear floating in a pool.
It's all like disfigured and burnt.
The bear in the show, to me, it represents
the chaos that come as a result of drugs.
I have battled with drug addiction for
quite some time and I'm currently
winning that battle.
- That's great to hear.
- I want to remind myself that although I may be winning
the battle now, it's something that I always
have to be cautious of and never let my guard down.
- This is amazing.
- [Ben] Yeah.
- Thank you for sharing this.
- [Ben] Of course.
- [Scott] I definitely feel you really
being connected to it.
I'm not into just doing the bear.
We have space.
- The Wankavader, the moon, we've got
the Peter Pan stars, it could just be--
- I got it.
- [Ben] Damn.
- [Scott] What about we take the
bear and put him in a spacesuit?
A rehabilitating bear in space.
- What do you think about that?
- Yes
- [Scott] That bull in a spacesuit.
It'll all connect and then he'll be in space.
Yeah, that's a good start, like, I feel that.
- One other thing, an element,
now I don't know how you would incorporate this,
but one of my best friends passed away
a few weeks ago very unexpectedly.
- Wow, I'm sorry, man.
- [Ben] I don't know if we could incorporate
his name in there.
- I mean, I don't really do text with the art.
Usually the art needs to speak for itself.
Maybe there's a way that I can inscribe the spacesuit.
What are the initials?
- P.N.
- P.N.?
- Pat Nastro.
- [Scott] Pat Nastro.
How bout this.
You know, NASA, the NASA symbol--
- We turn that into Nastro on the bear's suit right there.
- Yes, oh my God.
- That is awesome, that's the missing piece right there.
That's full encompass.
- Let's do that.
Pat is someone who struggled with substance abuse
himself and he was not, you know, one
of the lucky ones who gets to recover.
It's another reminder just to stay the path.
- Ben, I'm excited.
I'm honored to be a part of this.
Pulling on my heart strings, man.
(laughs)
Oh man.
- [Ben] If I can be open about talking
about this, maybe other people can too,
because it was not easy for me to speak up and get help.
But once I did, it was the best thing
that ever happened to me.
Nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to hide.
I wear it all on my sleeve.
(laughs)
- [Steven] Too far.
- [Scott] That's great, yes.
- That's good, come on.
- It was pretty good.
(hip-hop music)
- I'm excited for you to check out your design.
I went a little further and I
actually did a quick oil painting.
So, I'm stoked for you to check it out.
You just drop it down.
- [Ben] Wow, oh my God.
(laughs)
That is sick!
- See, it got the Nastro in there.
- Oh my God.
It even has Nastro on there.
Dude, that is amazing.
- [Scott] Dude, I'm so glad that you took a year to
talk me into doing this bear.
'Cause now I'm really inspired by this guy.
- Wow.
(upbeat music)
- [Scott] Nicole is my stencil maker
and she did a great job.
So, it's gonna go the best facing up
a little bit, so you look down,
you'll be able to look down and you see his eye peering out.
Good stencil, a little duplication,
but overall it's gonna work just fine.
(upbeat music)
- I like it.
I like it a lot.
(tattoo needle buzz)
- [Ben] You're tattooing the Nastro part right?
- [Scott] Yes.
- [Ben] As soon as I got out of treatment,
I was in the car and the Incubus song "Pardon Me"
came on, do you know that song?
- [Scott] Mhm.
- Pat used to belt that at the top of his lungs.
And I was thinking, God,
I wonder what Pat's up to right now.
- Get out of here.
- And I was picturing him singing this song
at the top of his lungs.
Then, an hour later, I get a phone-call
saying Pat died an hour ago.
- Wow.
- So, at the same time that I was hearing that song
and thinking about Pat, that was
the exact moment that he passed away.
That's some crazy (bleep), right?
- Yes.
- I take it like, that was his spirit, like coming
through the radio to say goodbye to me or something.
(upbeat music)
- [Scott] I'm loving this thing.
- [Steven] Yeah.
- [Scott] I'm really coming full-circle.
Getting into this mode of just being able to
confidently make marks and know that
it's all gonna work out, it's really fun.
- So much fun.
- Yeah, you're having a blast.
(laughs)
(upbeat music)
- [Scott] We are finished for today.
- Oh holy- damn.
(laughs)
I've never seen a tattoo like that in my life.
(soft guitar strumming)
- [Steven] Oh my God.
(laughs)
- Jump up and go check it out.
- Ow.
Wow, damn.
That's (bleep) amazing.
This is insane, Scott.
You outdid yourself.
(laughs)
- [Scott] Thanks.
- [Ben] It's like better than I
ever could've dreamed of.
It's just simply beautiful, dude.
I'm so lucky to wear this piece of art.
You are just the man, thank you so much.
- [Scott] Been my pleasure, man.
Bringing life into that.
- [Ben] So, what's the price-tag on this?
- [Scott] Like four hours, so $1000, that's it.
- Same time next year?
- Uh, yeah.
Well, give me a little time, man.
- Alright.
(laughs)
- If you want another bear or anything,
we need at least a couple years for me to sit on it.
(upbeat music)