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Toronto · ON
Woogie appears on the current tattoo team presented by CHRONIC INK TATTOOS in Toronto.
Vancouver · BC
Wren is named as a tattoo artist on La Maison Tattoo Studio's current roster. Her profile page says her work is inspired by folk, western and nature themes and that she pulls from many traditional and illustrative styles, welcoming both flash and custom requests. She books through her own JotForm request form.
Thunder Bay · ON
Wright Ink & Artwork is a tattoo studio in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey.
Montréal · QC
X/S Tattoos and Piercings is a tattoo studio in Montréal, Quebec. Its official site mentions or presents work in lettering and realism.
Toronto · ON
XS Toronto Piercings and Tattoos is a tattoo studio in Toronto, Ontario.
Calgary · AB
Xenia is named on Mockingbird Tattoos' current team page, and her individual profile explicitly presents her as an artful, highly detailed black-and-grey tattooer in Calgary. The page says she works in English and links to the professional profile @nirovus.
Mississauga · ON
Xtremities Tattoo and Piercing is a tattoo studio in Mississauga, Ontario. Its official site mentions or presents work in fine line and realism.
Toronto · ON
YB, who publishes professionally as Justin YB, is named on The KCHN Tattoos' official website as a tattoo artist with three years of experience in black and grey realism and blackwork. The about page explicitly attributes photorealistic portraits and bold blackwork designs to him, the homepage states that YB and Justin both master realism and blackwork, and his professional profile cites stippling and dot shading. He is a separate person from Justin (Jay Kim), the studio's other artist.
Toronto · ON
YB Normal Tattoo is a tattoo studio in Toronto, Ontario.
Surrey · BC
YUVRAJ is listed among the artists presented by Tattoo Lore - Surrey in Surrey. Work samples are linked from the artist's official page.
Toronto · ON
Yan Tattoo and Piercing Studio is a tattoo studio in Toronto, Ontario. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey, fine line, illustrative and lettering.
Toronto · ON
Yana is listed among the artists presented by Icon Tattoo and Piercing in Toronto.
Calgary · AB
Yana is listed among the artists presented by Boss Tattoos Beltline in Calgary.
Laval · QC
The current official roster presents “Sassy - Yanick” and his individual profile as a tattoo artist at Zen Tattoo. The profile explicitly attributes black-and-grey, cover-up, and realism work; the public Yanick Sasseville spelling is normalized while retaining first-party variants.
St-Jean-sur-Richelieu · QC
Yann Gauvin is a tattoo studio in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey, cover-ups, new school and realism. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.
Yellowknife · NT
Yellowknife Tattoo is a tattoo studio in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
Calgary · AB
Misael Gonzaga Corona, who works as Yerek One, is listed by Atticus Tattoo as a senior tattoo artist. His first-party profile says he graduated in plastic arts in Puebla in 2020, tattooed professionally in Mexico for three years, and works in American traditional, neo-traditional, blackwork and new school; the same profile links his own YouTube channel.
Calgary · AB
Misael Gonzaga Corona, who tattoos as Yerek One, is listed as a senior tattoo artist on Royal Tattoo's current artist roster. The roster card and his profile attribute neotraditional, American traditional and blackwork tattooing to him, and his profile also names new school work. His profile states he graduated in plastic arts in Puebla, Mexico in 2020, worked as a resident artist at Arcaros Tattoo and Daruma Tattoo, and entered the Puebla International Tattoo Expo in the blackwork category in 2023. It also links his YouTube channel. His published rate is $160 per hour against a $150 shop minimum.
Toronto · ON
Yes Electric Tattoo is a tattoo and piercing studio at 499 Queen St W on Queen West in downtown Toronto. Its current website describes the shop as a collective, states opening hours of noon to midnight seven days a week, accepts walk-ins for flash and small custom work and offers online booking with a named artist. The site publishes a nine-person tattoo roster with individual profile pages: Carol, Nau Frago, Sarah Johnson, Jessie (Ink of Dawn), Yæ, Coop, BlacMars, Lux and Strawberry. Body piercing, tooth gems and an in-house barber chair are offered alongside tattooing, and the barber and the unnamed rotating guest tattooers, piercers and tooth-gem artists are kept outside the tattoo roster.
Calgary · AB
Yeva is listed by Atticus Tattoo as a senior tattoo artist. Her first-party profile says she learned to draw in Ukraine, has attended many workshops and worked in Europe, and names minimalism, micro-realism and fine line among her retained styles.
Calgary · AB
Yeva is listed among the artists presented by Legacy Tattoo in Calgary. The profile mentions or presents work in fine line, realism and traditional.
Vancouver · BC
Yevhenii Stupak is listed among the artists presented by VEAN TATTOO in Vancouver. Work samples are linked from the artist's official page.
Edmonton · AB
Ying Sasiya has tattooed since 2009 and works at the private Sasiya Ink studio in Edmonton. Her official profile documents floral, fine-line, ornamental, portrait, realism, and black-and-grey work through extensive galleries attributed to her.
Toronto · ON
Yna is named on ISLE Tattoo Studio's current roster as one of its resident tattoo artists and has her own profile page on the studio site. That page states she works on fully custom traditional Filipino markings, patterns and Baybayin, which it describes as the traditional Filipino script, and that she offers both hand-poked and machine tattoos. The Baybayin script work is what is recorded here as lettering; her traditional Filipino markings are left unmapped rather than forced into a broader category. She books through her own request form.
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