Tricky Lake | Female Tattoo Artist | Illustration Artist

@trickylake · Newfield, New Jersey · Tattoo artist

Tattoo Artist at Parabellum Tattoo Owner - Curator @illustratedwomanapothecary Veteran - Autistic 🏳️‍🌈

Tricky Lake is a dotwork tattoo artist in Newfield, New Jersey. Dotwork leads the portfolio (12 of the 44 pieces on Perspectiv), with realism and fine line also recurring. Roughly 67% of the work is black and grey and the remainder is in colour, most often dark red, burgundy and forest. Flowers, skull, deer and floral patterns come up again and again. The forearm and the thigh are the usual placements. Portfolio last updated September 2026.

Styles

Colour

Mostly black and grey, colour in 33% of pieces, measured across 42 segmented pieces.

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

What they tattoo

Subjects: flowers, skull, deer, floral patterns, leaves and cardinal bird.

Usually on the forearm, the thigh and the chest.

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Work

Deer with floral crown realism tattoo on the shoulder by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyCardinal realism tattoo on the forearm by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyMushroom and scissors dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyGoat head American traditional tattoo on the chest by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyIvy leaves watercolor tattoo on the forearm by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyBook and hummingbird dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseySkull and flowers realism tattoo on the thigh by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyFloral and bird black and grey tattoo on the chest by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyFlower American traditional tattoo on the torso by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyTattooed chest black and grey tattoo on the chest by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyFloral and script dotwork tattoo on the chest by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyPeach and flowers realism tattoo on the thigh by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyFull body black and grey tattoo on the torso by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyChain weapon black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyCardinal realism tattoo on the shoulder by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyFloral and bird black and grey tattoo on the torso by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyMask and flowers realism tattoo on the thigh by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyPeach and flowers new school tattoo on the thigh by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyFloral neo-traditional tattoo on the chest by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyFull-body tattoo dotwork tattoo on the torso by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseySkull and flowers realism tattoo on the thigh by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyDragon dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyFan and roses American traditional tattoo on the head by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New JerseyMountain landscape with moon and fishing fine line tattoo on the thigh by Tricky Lake, Newfield, New Jersey