Tattoo Artist Recommendation Thread - A Compendium in Progress - Please Submit Your Recommendations!

Question

Since there's still a lot of recommendation posts (two on the front page) I thought I'd dig this up and try and get more input to put together a "master list" of recommendations based on user experience, style, etc.

Please submit suggestions in a format similar to:

Artist Name
Studio/Company name
Specialty (ex: line work, realistic, anime, etc)
General area (ex: "Barrington St", "New Glasgow", etc)
Social media links
Any personal stories/experiences with them
Rates (if known)

Submissions so far:

#Artist Name: Steve Morgan

Studio: Daruma Tattoos

Specialties: Japanese tradition, American Traditional, etc..

Area: Enfield

Social Media Links: https://www.instagram.com/tattoomorgan/

Referrer comment: Steve did the Koi that's on one of my arms. He also did a freehand tattoo on my wife's upper arm/shoulder that's just amazing, and has fixed up some tattoos that other local tattoo artists did poorly.

#Artist Name: Lacey Cormier

Studio/Company Name: Darling Tattoos

Specialty: line work, new school, bright colours, floral etc.

General area: Oxford and Chebucto

Social media links: https://www.instagram.com/lacey_tattoos/?hl=en

Referrer comment: I've had Lacey do a large rib tree of knowledge, the origami animals from Blade Runner ("holy f*cking straight lines batman!"), and a small video game piece. She's super friendly and very professional. I've gone to her across several studios and she's always my first choice when thinking about a new piece.

#Artist Name: Erika Jeanne

Studio: Erika Jeanne Handpoke Tattoos

Specialties: Handpoke, cutesy, kitsch, anime

Area: North End

Social Media Links: www.erikajeanne.com

Referrer comment: Full disclosure, Erika is my partner. She does exclusively handpoked (stick-and-poke) tattoos in a private studio. Her specialty is soft and cute designs inspired by kitsch, Showa-era Japan and shoujo anime.

#Artist Name: Mike Bishop

Studio/Company name: Bishop Tattoo

Specialty: New school, Japanese, American trad, custom work

General area: Dartmouth

Social media links: https://instagram.com/bishoptattoo?utm_medium=copy_link

Referrer comment: Mike has been doing my tattooing exclusively for almost 4 years and probably over 24+ hours of tattoo time on me. My favorite pieces are all done by Mike and he's incredibly flexible as far as design. Really awesome at doing custom stuff as well

#Artist Name: Hanna

Studio: Oceanic Art

Specialty: See instagram

General Area: Dartmouth

Social media links: https://www.instagram.com/moonshine_ghost_/

#Artist Name: Greg Marsden

Studio: Rustic Tattoos

Specialty: See instagram

General Area: Halifax

Social media links: https://www.instagram.com/tattooer82/

#Artist: Helena Darling

Studio: Darling Tattoos