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Skin City Fine Custom Tattooing

Anime Black and grey Blackwork Colour Dotwork Fine line Floral Geometric Illustrative Japanese Neo traditional Ornamental Portrait Realism Traditional

Skin City Fine Custom Tattooing is a tattoo studio in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Its official site mentions or presents work in anime and manga, black and grey, blackwork and colour. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.

Active · As collected on August 30, 2026

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The studio’s artists

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Artist

St. John's · NL

Aily Rose

Aily Rose, called Aaliy in her official biography, has tattooed since 2009 and worked across Canada before returning to St. John's. Her work emphasizes bold neo-traditional compositions and rich colour palettes, and she also offers flash designs.

ColourNeo traditional

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St. John's · NL

Chelsea Whidden Jones

Chelsea Whidden Jones has tattooed since 2020 and works exclusively in black and grey. Her Skin City profile documents geometric, dotwork, neo-traditional, and realism work, with realism identified as her current primary focus.

Black and greyDotworkGeometric

Artist

St. John's · NL

Dane Silverthorn

Dane Silverthorn is presented as a new Skin City team member and is currently accepting projects. His practice is dedicated to American traditional tattooing, using bold outlines, saturated colour, and either classic-flash or custom compositions.

ColourTraditional

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St. John's · NL

Don Callahan

Don Callahan has more than ten years of experience and has returned to the Skin City team. He focuses on American traditional tattooing with bold lines, strong colour palettes, and classic imagery, and currently accepts appointments plus weekly walk-in availability.

ColourTraditional

Artist

St. John's · NL

Emily Murphy

Emily Murphy has tattooed since November 2019 and specializes in black-and-grey work. Her practice combines fine line, dotwork, ornamental, realism, and neo-traditional approaches across portraits, animals, insects, florals, skulls, and Gothic architecture.

Black and greyDotworkFine line

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St. John's · NL

Kat Davis

Kat Davis, also named Kathleen Davis on the studio's About page, began her Skin City apprenticeship in June 2022 after earning a Memorial University visual-arts degree in 2015. She works in neo-traditional, illustrative, fine-line, and realism styles, including nature and Newfoundland subjects.

Fine lineIllustrativeNeo traditional

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St. John's · NL

Kayla Gilkinson

Kayla Gilkinson has tattooed since 2017 and began at Skin City as an apprentice. She combines realism and fine line in colour or black and grey, with an interest in larger floral or botanical pieces, animals, and portraiture.

Black and greyColourFine line

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St. John's · NL

Kayla Marie

Kayla Marie has tattooed since January 2024. Her Skin City profile cites traditional, illustrative, anime, and neo-traditional work in black and grey or colour, with influences from Japanese art and visual storytelling.

AnimeBlack and greyColour

Artist

St. John's · NL

Kris Thornhill

Kris Thornhill has tattooed since 2022 and graduated from Memorial University's visual-arts program. She develops illustrative work informed by woodcut and sketch aesthetics, often bold and textured, across medieval scenes, animals, plants, and offbeat ideas.

Illustrative

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St. John's · NL

Melissa Ashley Cromarty

Melissa Ashley Cromarty has tattooed since 2016 and now focuses primarily on black-and-grey realism. She is especially interested in portraits of pets, people, and film characters, alongside custom compositions.

Black and greyPortraitRealism

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St. John's · NL

Mike Cooper

Mike Cooper has tattooed since 2012 and creates custom work across several approaches. His official page names trash polka, neo-traditional, realism, and illustrative tattooing, with both colour and blackwork pieces.

BlackworkColourIllustrative

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St. John's · NL

Ryan Mcniven

Ryan Mcniven has tattooed at Skin City since beginning his apprenticeship in September 2021. He specializes in American and Japanese traditional work and also practices realism in both black and grey and colour.

Black and greyColourJapanese

Artist

St. John's · NL

Steve Bramhall

Steve Bramhall, also presented as Bram, is a Manchester guest artist hosted at Skin City for a limited time. He specializes in modular grunge blackwork with comic-art influences and is exploring a blend of realism and illustrative work.

BlackworkIllustrativeRealism

Artist

St. John's · NL

Travis Jones

Travis Jones is Skin City's owner and a tattoo artist who has worked since 2010 according to the studio. He specializes in black-and-grey photorealism, preferring larger dark projects and accepting some freehand work.

Black and greyRealism

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Studio type: Tattoo studio
Services: Tattoo
Website languages: en
Also known as: Skin City Tattoo

Sources & information

Professional information collected on August 30, 2026. A listing in this directory does not imply that the artist or studio is an INKED BALM reseller.

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