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 75% of the 154 pieces on Perspectiv are realism, and dotwork shows up in 13%. Roughly 50% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often dark red, burgundy and navy. Woman, skull, rose and man come up again and again. Most pieces sit on the forearm or the thigh. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly colour, black and grey in 50% of pieces, measured across 151 segmented pieces.

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

What they tattoo

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

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the back.

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Work

Vampire woman holding lantern neo-traditional tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonClown skull realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonRealism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonSlash with guitar tattoo on the thigh by Mark MelansonOwl portrait surrealism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonGrim reaper with lantern realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonRealism tattoo on the thigh by Mark MelansonOwl portrait surrealism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonGerman shepherd realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonAngry face realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonAlien abduction scene realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonStitch new school tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonLion realism tattoo on the shoulder by Mark MelansonPortrait realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonRoses realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonPortrait realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonAnime characters anime tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonNaruto anime tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonRoses and skulls realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonEye and pyramid realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonMask dark realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonWoman with glasses realism tattoo on the shoulder by Mark MelansonLilies realism tattoo on the forearm by Mark MelansonLettering lettering script tattoo on the head by Mark Melanson