Mark Melanson

@rock_solid_tattoos · Tattoo artist

☠️ TATTOO ARTIST ☠️ 🩸 Owner 🩸 @darkarttattoocollective SPONSORS 💀 @hextat @sacred__inks @hazedglaze

Mark Melanson is a tattoo artist in Phoenix, AZ whose work centres on realism. About 72% of the 162 pieces on Perspectiv are realism, and dotwork shows up in 12%. Roughly 48% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often dark red, burgundy and navy. Woman, rose, skull and man come up again and again. Most pieces sit on the forearm or the thigh. 136 of the pieces are shown healed rather than fresh. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly colour, black and grey in 48% of pieces, measured across 159 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: dark red, burgundy, navy and coral.

What they tattoo

Subjects: woman, rose, skull, man, owl and deadpool.

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the back.

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Work

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