Ink Master is a competition show.
Ink Master is an American reality competition television series airing on Spike which premiered on January 17 , 2012 . The last contestant standing each season receives a $ 100,000 prize and the title of Ink Master . The eighth season of the tattoo reality competition Ink Master ( subtitled as Ink Master : Peck vs. Nuñez ) premiered on August 23 , 2016 on Spike .