Mel ˚✧༚

@darkodama · Skye Tattoo · Tattoo artist

🌧️ mount vernon, wa | @skyetattoowa ☁️ 🌱🍥kodamatattoos@gmail.com🍥🌱

Mel ˚✧༚ is a tattoo artist in Mountvernon at Skye Tattoo whose work centres on dotwork. Dotwork leads the portfolio (42 of the 155 pieces on Perspectiv), with new school and American traditional also recurring. Roughly 40% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often dark red, burgundy and orange. Recurring subjects include sword, cat, skull and lettering. The forearm and the thigh are the usual placements. 131 of the pieces are shown healed rather than fresh. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly colour, black and grey in 40% of pieces, measured across 154 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: dark red, burgundy, orange, teal and coral.

What they tattoo

Subjects: sword, cat, skull, lettering, flowers and fall leaf.

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the leg.

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Work

Tattoo by @darkodama — lettering_scriptTattoo by @darkodama — american_traditionalTattoo by @darkodama — dotworkTattoo by @darkodama — black_and_grey, dark_realismTattoo by @darkodama — lettering_scriptTattoo by @darkodama — black_and_greyTattoo by @darkodama — american_traditionalTattoo by @darkodama — dotworkTattoo by @darkodama — realismTattoo by @darkodama — new_schoolTattoo by @darkodama — american_traditionalTattoo by @darkodama — black_and_greyTattoo by @darkodama — black_and_greyTattoo by @darkodama — dotwork, ornamentalTattoo by @darkodama — dotwork, realismTattoo by @darkodama — watercolorTattoo by @darkodama — new_school, illustrativeTattoo by @darkodama — american_traditionalTattoo by @darkodama — black_and_greyTattoo by @darkodama — dotworkTattoo by @darkodama — lettering_scriptTattoo by @darkodama — neo_traditionalTattoo by @darkodama — dotworkTattoo by @darkodama — dotwork