Tattoo Artist of the Year
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The contest followed the usual reality show rules: lots of people enter, they're given tests of skill and judgement, one leaves each week. The judges explained in advance what they were looking for. | The contest followed the usual reality show rules: lots of people enter, they're given tests of skill and judgement, one leaves each week. The judges explained in advance what they were looking for. | ||
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''Tattoo Artist'' had a clear visual aesthetic: a pinch of gothic, a dab of steampunk. It looked part of the counter-culture, and it was beautifully shot. But the competition format was nothing novel, and we felt the edit and narration told us what to think. | ''Tattoo Artist'' had a clear visual aesthetic: a pinch of gothic, a dab of steampunk. It looked part of the counter-culture, and it was beautifully shot. But the competition format was nothing novel, and we felt the edit and narration told us what to think. | ||
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Billed on some EPGs as ''E4's Tattoo Artist of the Year''. | Billed on some EPGs as ''E4's Tattoo Artist of the Year''. | ||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
Revision as of 03:58, 3 July 2017
Contents |
Host
Vas Blackwood (narrator)
Co-hosts
Jay Hardy and Rose Hutton (judges)
Broadcast
Studio Lambert for E4, 4 April 2017 to present
Synopsis
A contest to find a great tattoo artist. The judges - Jay Hardy and Rose Hutton - were familiar from E4's Tattoo Fixers programme, also made by Studio Lambert.
The contest followed the usual reality show rules: lots of people enter, they're given tests of skill and judgement, one leaves each week. The judges explained in advance what they were looking for.
Caution: tattooist at work.Tattoo Artist had a clear visual aesthetic: a pinch of gothic, a dab of steampunk. It looked part of the counter-culture, and it was beautifully shot. But the competition format was nothing novel, and we felt the edit and narration told us what to think.
Title music
Stuart Roslyn and Matt Foundling
Trivia
Billed on some EPGs as E4's Tattoo Artist of the Year.
