‘Ink Master: Rivals’: Joshua Hibbard’s Kickstarter helps you be an instigator

Joshua Hibbard may have been eliminated from “Ink Master: Rivals” before taking home the top prize (although he’s still the ultimate Ink Master in our books), but he has found a way to turn this bad situation into a positive.

This week on “Ink Master: Rivals” we saw the other artists getting upset that Joshua Hibbard was smoking pot when it was against the rules of the show and when confronted about the situation Joshua decided to come clean to the judges about what he was doing. He asked for a second chance, but because he broke the rules of the contract he signed for the show, he was immediately kicked from the competition and lost his chance at the grand prize.

Joshua has always been someone that can take a bad situation and turn it into something positive and that’s just what he’s done here. He has created a Kickstarter to launch his new clothing line that inspires people to get out there and instigate, something that not many of us do in life. His Kickstarter (which you can check out over at the link here) only shows two tee shirt designs to start with: One is a picture of himself with the word “instigate” and another is the word “instigate” with a pot leaf over the “i”.

We’ve never made it any secret here at CarterMatt that we have been fans of Joshua ever since we first saw him on “Ink Master” season 3, so we were bummed to see him get eliminated, but this Kickstarter is a great way to keep a little bit of Joshua’s spirit with you. We are looking forward to seeing him on “Ink Master” for the finale”.

If you are looking for more news on “Ink Master: Rivals” then head over to the link here where you can check out previews, reviews, interviews with eliminated artists (Caroline Evans, Elton “LT” Duarte, Jayvo Scott, Tim Lees, Ryan Eternal, Robbie Ripoll, Ty’Esha Reels, Angel Bauta, Julia Carlson, and Emily Elegado) and podcasts all about the show (or head here if you want to download our podcasts from iTunes).

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