Melissa Contreras
@axelhoney · Tattoo artist
🩷 LOS ANGELES TATTOOS 🩷 🩵DM TO BOOK🩵 💛BALTIMORE 4/24-4/26💛
Melissa Contreras is a tattoo artist in Los Angeles, CA whose work centres on dotwork. Dotwork leads the portfolio (23 of the 126 pieces on Perspectiv), with American traditional and new school also recurring. About 61% of the pieces use colour, most often burgundy, navy and coral; the rest are black and grey. Recurring subjects include flowers, heart, cat and skull. The forearm and the thigh are the usual placements. There are 106 healed pieces in the set, not just fresh work. Portfolio last updated September 2026.
Styles
- Dotwork — 23 pieces (30%)
- American Traditional — 14 pieces (18%)
- New School — 12 pieces (15%)
Colour
Mostly colour, black and grey in 39% of pieces, measured across 126 segmented pieces.
Recurring colours: burgundy, navy, coral and pink.
What they tattoo
Subjects: flowers, heart, cat, skull, angel and bird.
Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the shoulder.
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- Dotwork tattoo artists in Los Angeles, CA
- American Traditional tattoo artists in Los Angeles, CA
- New School tattoo artists in Los Angeles, CA
- Tattoo artists in Los Angeles, CA
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View Melissa Contreras on Perspectiv · Instagram
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