mel
@armpitfreak · Tattoo artist
🐷🌀🌷🧚🏻🐍 queer tattooer, “vancouver, bc” books always open! 🔞🩸 armpit.freak.tattoo@gmail.com 1/4 of @puddlepopper 🐙
mel is a American traditional tattoo artist in Vancouver, British Columbia. American traditional leads the portfolio (20 of the 62 pieces on Perspectiv), with dotwork and neo-traditional also recurring. Roughly 36% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often pink, coral and burgundy. Recurring subjects include flower, spider, snake and flames. Most pieces sit on the forearm or the thigh. 49 of the pieces are shown healed rather than fresh. Portfolio last updated September 2026.
Styles
- American Traditional — 20 pieces (43%)
- Dotwork — 11 pieces (23%)
- Neo Traditional — 6 pieces (13%)
Colour
Mostly colour, black and grey in 36% of pieces, measured across 61 segmented pieces.
Recurring colours: pink, coral, burgundy and teal.
What they tattoo
Subjects: flower, spider, snake, flames, face and woman.
Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the shoulder.
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- American Traditional tattoo artists in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Dotwork tattoo artists in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Neo Traditional tattoo artists in Vancouver, British Columbia
- Tattoo artists in Vancouver, British Columbia
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