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Calgary · AB
Mario Griffith is linked by a current `OUR ARTISTS` card to his Low Life Studios profile and @invoke_black_sheep. His profile attributes blackwork, illustrative, neo-traditional, and American traditional tattooing to him.
Edmonton · AB
Mark Lobkowicz, known in the shop as Lobo, has tattooed since 2012 and has spent his whole career at Urge II in Edmonton after apprenticing under Johnny Faulds. His page claims proficiency across the trade's styles with main focuses in illustrative work, military tattoos and black and grey, and carries an available-flash section. The studio adds that his books are never closed. The history page names him, alongside Johnny, as an infantry soldier and veteran.
Okotoks · AB
The current official page identifies Mark Gamelo as tattoo artist; only styles literally attributed to this person are retained.
Kelowna · BC
Marru is named by the current Inkroom Tattoo Studio site as the studio's founder and a tattoo artist. The site's story section gives her legal name as Marwa El Charif and dates the studio's founding to January 2019. Her roster card attributes realism, watercolour, geometry, portraits, trash polka, illustrative work and fine line to her, and her bio repeats realism, watercolour, portraits, trash polka, illustrative and fine line.
Edmonton · AB
Marshall Khalil has tattooed since 2000. His official profile documents colour, black and grey, illustrative work, realism, cover-ups, reworks, and large projects, along with multiple convention awards in those categories.
Toronto · ON
Matchbox Tattoo Company is a tattoo studio in Toronto, Ontario. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey, blackwork, fine line and geometric. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.
London · ON
The current official homepage, London location roster and named profile identify Megan Paige as a tattoo and piercing artist; studio director at the London branch. Only the profile's literal person-level tattoo-style statements are normalized here: black and grey, colour, cover up, fine line, illustrative, realism, tribal, watercolour.
Strathcona County · AB
Messe Noire Tattoo Studio is a tattoo studio in Strathcona County, Alberta. Its official site mentions or presents work in blackwork, fine line, geometric and illustrative.
Dartmouth · NS
Michael Comeau tattoos at Lyle Street. His official portfolio combines blackwork and fine line with an illustrative practice whose subjects often draw on medieval imagery.
Edmonton · AB
Michael Gumatay is listed among the artists presented by Phantom Avenue Tattoo in Edmonton. The profile mentions or presents work in black and grey, colour, fine line and illustrative. Work samples are linked from the artist's official page.
Saskatoon · SK
Michael Lauen is listed among the artists presented by Level Up Tattoo Studio in Saskatoon. The profile mentions or presents work in blackwork, illustrative and neo-traditional. Work samples are linked from the artist's official page.
Whitby · ON
Michelle is listed among the artists presented by Timeless Tattoo Company in Whitby. The profile mentions or presents work in illustrative. Work samples are linked from the artist's official page.
Calgary · AB
Michelle Luong is listed among the artists presented by 9 ELEMENT TATTOO STUDIO in Calgary. The profile mentions or presents work in fine line, illustrative and realism. Work samples are linked from the artist's official page.
Toronto · ON
Mika is named as a tattoo artist on the official artists page, which describes work rooted in black and grey tattooing with expressive line work alongside an interest in exploring colour within illustrative designs. Her profile also records a background in animation and film at OCAD University and a creative world deeply rooted in anime, pop culture and fandom aesthetics. The anime entry rests on that creative-influence statement and is flagged accordingly.
Kamloops · BC
Mika Macabre Tattoos is a tattoo studio in Kamloops, British Columbia. Its official site mentions or presents work in illustrative. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.
St. John's · NL
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.
Okotoks · AB
The current official page identifies Mike Fidelak as tattoo artist; only styles literally attributed to this person are retained.
Kelowna · BC
Mike Ramos is named as a tattoo artist on Inkroom Tattoo Studio's current artist page. His roster card attributes realism, illustrative work, black work, fine line, anime, neo-traditional, cover-ups and colour realism to him, and his bio adds black-and-grey realism and says he is from Colombia and now works in Kelowna.
Esquimalt · BC
Mila Rio tattoos at The Brass Iris Studio in Esquimalt. The official biography describes illustrative work and an interest in organic and architectural motifs. The studio publishes the artist’s personal booking link.
Vancouver · BC
Miranda Boire has tattooed since 2013 and combines realism with illustrative work. Her profile emphasizes strong contrast, bold colour, and black-and-grey realism, including human and animal portraits, large flowers, and sometimes macabre subject matter.
Vaughan · ON
Misfits Tattoo is a tattoo studio in Vaughan, Ontario. Its official site mentions or presents work in anime and manga, biomechanical, black and grey and blackwork.
Edmonton · AB
Mitchel Von Trapp favours brightly coloured tattoos, animals and pet portraits, and pop-culture subjects. His official profile names illustrative, traditional, neo-traditional, Japanese-inspired, and bold colour tattooing.
Mississauga · ON
Modern Ink Tattoos is a tattoo studio at 1177 Lakeshore Road East in Mississauga, Ontario. Its official site publishes the studio address, phone, and email, a tattoo inquiry form with a stated one-to-two-day response time, and a separate page advertising body piercing. The site says it specializes in realism, fine line, illustrative, black and grey, colour, and cover-ups; that list is a studio-wide statement and is not attributed to any individual artist. The current navigation presents six individual galleries published under the handles @ice_liao, @c.rick.ink, @miacustomink, @m.tio_tattoo, @inkedbyshawn, and @taniascott.tattoo. The @moderninktattoos entry resolves to the studio's own gallery and is not counted as a separate artist.
Whitehorse · YT
Molotov & Bricks Tattoo is a tattoo studio in Whitehorse, Yukon. Its official site mentions or presents work in illustrative, neo-traditional, realism and traditional. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.
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