Melissa Johnson

@persephoneink_ · Tattoo artist

• FINE LINE TATTOO ARTIST • ✨ melissajohnsontattoos@gmail.com 🗝️ BOOKS OPEN Located at @obsidianinktattooshop

Melissa Johnson is a dotwork tattoo artist in Calgary, Canada. Dotwork leads the portfolio (23 of the 155 pieces on Perspectiv), with geometric and fine line also recurring. Nearly all of it is black and grey, measured from the pieces themselves. Flowers, sunflower, leaves and sword come up again and again. The forearm and the hand are the usual placements. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Black and grey, measured across 152 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: coral, dark red and burgundy.

What they tattoo

Subjects: flowers, sunflower, leaves, sword, mountains and skull.

Usually on the forearm, the hand and the thigh.

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Work

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