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tique I got on stage, I got a better critique than him so I shoulda won. They really don’t have a straight rule, do they? No. They did it in season 5 where it was like football, it doesn’t matter what you do before the playoffs, it’s how you do in the playoffs, so I was ok, that makes sense, so I should have still won, so I don’t know how they derived with who should have won, but I just felt like they liked him the whole time, therefore I was ousted I’ve heard this before and I don’t disagree. It’s just odd how sometimes the rules apply and sometimes they don’t. Right, the rules will apply as to who they want to win and that’s how I feel. I just know I felt really good throughout the season, I felt extremely comfortable, and felt good going into the finale knowing I was gonna be in Scott’s mind as he was tattooing, and all I needed to do was come out doing something solid. Do I wish I had done something better, of course, but hindsight is always 20/20. I just wish I had just REALLY went out, but I didn’t know what to do, I just knew I wanted to do something solid that was me. I just did something I thought was really readable across the room, I did something my canvas wanted, it was an effort on both our parts, because she had to wear it the rest of her life, I just wanted to make sure she had an excellent piece and she was super stoked with it. So why did you go back? The funny thing is when they told me I was going back I thought I was the only one going back like a Craig Foster deal, Tatu Baby, Kyle Dunbar deal and thought cool, they’re gonna give me another shot and right before I went back, after I told them yes, they told me by the way, there are other people going back too and when you hear names like Jime Litwalk, 8 people, 4 top 2 finishers, 2 top 3 finishers, St Marq, Jesse Smith, Holy Crap what a barrage, so many people then 8 other people that aren’t slouches either, what an extremely grueling undertaking and I was thinking here we want to give you another shot at this and I agreed to it and as soon as they told me it was all these other people I was like Oh Shit (laughs) Can I change my mind? Jime Litwalk is a fantastic artist, he’s fast, smart, tough. Sarah Miller is 151