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Calgary · AB
Leah is named on the Jade and Dagger homepage roster and has her own first-party profile page, which describes her as a Filipina-Canadian Calgary tattoo artist who leads the studio team. That page attributes neo-traditional and illustrative work with anime and fantasy influence, bold linework and ornamental detail to her, and links her professional profile @royelle_tattoo. The studio FAQ says she posts her available flash designs to an Instagram highlight.
Red Deer · AB
The current official profile identifies Lee Brooker as a tattoo artist and explicitly attributes illustrative, neo-traditional, American traditional and Japanese traditional work to him, with muted colour palettes.
Calgary · AB
Legacy Tattoo is a tattoo studio in Calgary, Alberta. Its official site mentions or presents work in anime and manga, black and grey, blackwork and dotwork. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.
Saskatoon · SK
Level Up Tattoo Studio is a tattoo studio in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Its official site mentions or presents work in blackwork, cover-ups, floral and botanical and geometric.
Toronto · ON
Lewis Family Tattoo Company is an appointment-only tattoo studio on the second floor at 2235A Dundas Street West in Toronto's west end, a short walk south of Dundas West station. Its current website says the studio opened in 2010 and is owned and operated by veteran tattooer Derek Lewis with his wife Christine, that the studio works fully disposable with single-use needles and tubes or cartridges, that pigment options exist for vegan and allergy-conscious clients, and that its City of Toronto Public Health BodySafe pass and licence are displayed at the stairs. The studio is also the home of its own Better Butter Care tattoo glide and aftercare product and sells merchandise through an online store. Booking runs through the site's contact form or by messaging an artist directly on Instagram; the current form offers Derek, Chris, Shaifa, Alan, Ali, Jen, Adam and Lindsay, with Lindsay away until June 2027.
Kamloops · BC
Life Ink Tattoo is a tattoo studio at 240 3rd Avenue in Kamloops, British Columbia. Its current artist page presents two tattoo artists under the exact visible labels PETE and DWAYNE. The studio accepts booked appointments and walk-ins and directs booking enquiries to its public shop email or telephone number.
Vancouver · BC
Liquid Amber Tattoo & Art Collective is a Vancouver tattoo studio and art space founded in 2001 and now located at 902 Commercial Drive. Its current official pages present ten resident tattoo artists—Adrian Cier, Alina Li, Ashley Horncastle, Clara Ryu, Diana Lin, Justina Kervel, Milo Marcelo, Miranda Boire, Paula Fukamati, and Tomek Glinski—plus Gig as a recurring guest. The team covers work including colour and black-and-grey realism, fine line, illustrative, blackwork, watercolour, dotwork, and cover-ups. The logo, eleven named portraits, and three distinct works per artist were visually checked. The studio also offers piercing, but its piercer is not counted as a tattoo artist.
Ottawa · ON
Official Obscura profile for Lis Nogueira identifies the artist and states: neo-traditional, freer, illustrative, colour, black and grey.
Winnipeg · MB
Living Canvas Tattoo is a tattoo studio in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey, colour, Japanese-style and neo-traditional. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.
Surrey · BC
Lliam is presented by the official site as the owner and resident tattoo artist who founded Bearcat Tattoo in July 2020. His individual page says he works a variety of styles but specialises in traditional, neo-traditional, and colour work. Sarah's page names him as Lliam Noy, the studio's owner.
Calgary · AB
Low Life Studios is a tattoo studio at Unit 208, 223 10 Street NW in Calgary. Its current website publishes a consultation path and links twenty tattoo artists: Zach Roberts, Connor Macrae, Brad Thomas, Kirsten Noelle, Alex Majik, Milinda Silva, Nats Tats, Chris Moniz, Kris Chisholm, Nikki Naos, Elaena Buist, Trailmix, Mario Griffith, Alicia Smyth, Megan Richter, Kayla Shapka, Austin Gallant, Kent King, Raven Terra, and Gaige Maximus. The Jotform linked from the homepage belongs to Alicia, so the studio contact page is retained as the general destination.
Québec · QC
Luke is named on Atomik Tattoo's current roster and profile. The studio attributes black-and-grey, colour, neo-traditional, lettering, and dotwork tattooing to him.
Mississauga · ON
Luna Ink is a tattoo studio in Mississauga, Ontario. Its official site mentions or presents work in anime and manga, black and grey, colour and cover-ups. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.
Dartmouth · NS
Lyle Street Tattoo Company is a tattoo studio in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey, blackwork, colour and cover-ups. A public booking link is available in the verified contact details.
Thorold · ON
Lynyrd Skynart Tattoos is a tattoo studio in Thorold, Ontario. Its official site mentions or presents work in black and grey, lettering, neo-traditional and new school.
Toronto · ON
MY Ink Tattoo Studio is a tattoo studio on the third floor at 240 Queen Street West in Toronto. Its current official website publishes the studio phone, email and booking destination. Nine tattoo artists are observed on the current roster; this conservative candidate retains only six identities without an exact collision in the bounded corpus: Mengni Yang, Haoran, Dipesh, Tom Cobra, Fateme and Lucas Espeche. Luna, Luis and Richard remain documented as unresolved homonyms and are neither created nor merged.
Barrie · ON
Mack is named as a resident artist on Ruby Tattoo Studio's current artists page, which says she came from Sudbury, Ontario, settled in Barrie, and has been tattooing for five years. Her profile explicitly attributes colour, American traditional, and neo traditional work to her, and also mentions flowers, custom pieces, and pre-drawn flash; floral is not promoted as a structured style because the locally auditable crawl lacks the literal term.
Winnipeg · MB
Mad Bowen is a tattoo artist at Albert Street with a background in animation illustration. Her official profile connects that foundation to neo-traditional, new-school, and illustrative tattooing, including colour, black-and-grey, and fine-line work.
Hamilton · ON
Made in the Shade Tattoo is a tattoo studio in Hamilton, Ontario. Its official site mentions or presents work in anime and manga, black and grey, colour and fine line.
Vaudreuil-Dorion · QC
Magnum XIII is a tattoo studio in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Quebec. Its official site mentions or presents work in biomechanical, black and grey, blackwork and cover-ups.
Kelowna · BC
Marc Dumas is named as a tattoo artist on Inkroom Tattoo Studio's current artist page. His roster card attributes illustrative work, black work, fine line, neo-traditional and cover-ups to him. His bio names no style and says he is originally from Quebec.
Montréal · QC
Marco has been tattooing since 2014 and states that he opened Le Malandrin Tatouage in 2021. His profile explicitly attributes neo-traditional, Japanese, colour and black-and-grey work to him, and he says he favours large pieces that take time and detail. Simonne's profile names him as Marco Leblanc. The studio styles page also pairs him with neo-traditional and Japanese work.
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.
Winnipeg · MB
Mario Mantilla is presented on South of Heaven's official site as a tattooer from Colombia with over a decade of experience. His individual profile explicitly attributes neo-traditional work to him, mostly in black and grey with occasional touches of colour, and states availability from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm by appointment. The studio publishes a professional mailbox for him on the business domain.
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