London Ink - Marmite Showdown

" [time=0:00:0] We will win! We will win!"

" Both masters are ready. The showdown begins, but it's not long before the iconic Marmite pots starts to pose a challenge to Louis especially done at real size."

" Obviously, I was restricted by size and there's a lot of very fine detail with the lettering, but because of the area where I had to do it, I had limitations only."

" I'm leaving the great man to concentrate because we don't want [unk], do we?"

" Louis is relying on almost all of his 30 years' experience to get the Marmite job right. Across the studio, Bob surprisingly a relative newcomer to the industry."

" I started tattooing in 1997, so it's 34 years old when I started it so I'm kind of a late starter."

" Before I started tattooing, I'm doing a lot of tattoo portraits. I've always really liked drawing faces, you know. Then, I always drew with pencil. Always a black and white guy since I was a kid, so it's just my whole life."

" Louis has been challenged by the finer details and his Marmite, but in contrast to Bob, he's now laying the color on thick and fast."

" I really stood in pieces of where I would like because he is a bit quirky, and he's a bit different."

" Both experts are coming up with the guts."

" I'd say both are as brilliant as they may."

" Most people can't draw that well on paper let alone skin, and I've watched it, just the quality and the detail of it. It's brilliant!"

" Hi dude, we are done."

" Oh, my God! That is fantastic!"

" You'll me give something to hang to when I look in the mirror."

" Are going okay with that one?"

" Yeah."

" He can be a bit of a, you know."

" I'll try not to fuck it up."

" Yeah."

" You're too late, you know. That is fantastic. That is awesome."

" Thank you sir."

" No, that is awesome. In fact, I'm gonna keep it for the rest of my life. Thank you."

" He really captured Billy Joel for what he stood for, what he is. To paint that much detail and then to put it into the tattoo. That's incredible talent, and that is nice."

" Okay, thanks very much."

" Okay, take care bro."

" All eyes have turned to Louis, but it's the tattoo that's holding people's attention."

" [unk]"

" Yeah."

" You could almost feel, huh?"

" [unk]"

" It is the front that it really got me actually. It was so small, but he got a spot on which is really, really difficult to do for such a tight, tight design. It was very good."

" Okay, we're finished."

" It's not just the real deal. It's just, you know, my leg. Unbelievable. To get the detail of the writing, that wasn't easy. Well, I knew Louis's work is excellent, but the actual lettering, the coloring, the reflection on the glass of the jar, the shading and shadowing under the spoon, it's just like a Marmite pot has just been stuck on my leg. It's just fantastic. I love it. I'm not sure about [unk]. I'll probably get the [unk] to me."

" Great. See you [unk]"