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 (23 of the 125 pieces on Perspectiv), with American traditional on another 13. 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. Portfolio last updated September 2026.
Styles
- Dotwork — 23 pieces (30%)
- American Traditional — 13 pieces (17%)
Colour
Mostly colour, black and grey in 39% of pieces, measured across 125 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
- Tattoo artists in Los Angeles, CA
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View Melissa Contreras on Perspectiv · Instagram
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