The only reality tv show I watch is ink master, and I suspect that it probably has had a negative effect for a lot of tattoo artists for the same reason: The show is basically about awesome tattoos in which the judges nitpick at the tiniest, almost invisible errors that aren't even noticeable without a magnifying glass. People watch one or episodes of Ink Master and all the sudden they think they're experts and that their local small town artist is going to be able to produce the same quality of tattooing that the nation's top artists on this show is going to be able to do.    Furthermore, they always show people crying, screaming etc from the pain. I VERY STRONGLY suspect that they were told by the producers to make a big scene just for dramatic purposes. I am pretty heavily tattooed and have been in shops countless times and have never heard anyone scream or cry from the pain of tattooing.