This is looking beautiful! I love seeing the different stages!

Thank you for the kindness! I hope you find a rad artists in your area!

🙏🏼thank you🙏🏼

🌸🌿Magnolia Blossom🌿🌸
My newest addition to my series, Shibari In the Garden.

For some reason it took me forever to finish, but I did it and I’m so glad I kept going!

I’m posting both the extra flowery version, and the de-flowered original ;)

#shibari #art #artist #melisea #illustration

🌳Vrksasana🌳

🦋Figuressci was my inspiration for this creation.

🌿I wanted to show growth and the feeling of being planted in something beautiful, something big, something more than just a single soul.

#art
#illustration
#melisea
#vrksasana
#drawing

I feel like I was graced by the bee gods! This fluffy lil gal photo-bombed a picture I was trying to get of an individual fireweed flower! So cool :) I literally never get sick of seeing bees!!!

#alaska #artist #nature #flowers #bees

Bee on fireweed flower

Yesterday started out raining, but turned into beautiful blue skies by midday. What a gift from nature :)

A trip to the botanical garden turned out to be the perfect early evening adventure! There were so many great flowers blooming and plenty of pollinators working diligently 🐝🦋🌷

Of course, flowers are always wonderful to tattoo, but I especially love tattooing whales! They are definitely one of underrated Alaskan animals 🤓

#melisea #art #artist #pnw #alaska #anchorage #nltak #northernlightstattoo #seagullartco #tattoo

Whale, fireweed flower, and Big Dipper tattooed by melisea on an arm infront of greenery

An Alaskan souvenir for an East coast traveler!

Walk-ins are always interesting, as you never know what the day will bring! I love that about walk-ins :)

I love the combinations folks pick out of our flash books! This one in particular was really fun :)

Woman with brown hair stands infront of plants and art

Woman with brown hair and tattoos holds a white cat

Woman with brown hair and tattoos holds a white cat

💗 I love my lil art station 💗

Also, please don’t judge me too harshly for my shirt being all cat furred-up 🤣

❤️My lil furry homie needed cuddles before I left the house today! Now I’m just working on picking off every single one 🤣

Swipe to see the cuddly culprit ❤️

#melisea #art #alaska #pnw

Hi Folks!!!!
I just wanted to drop in and share some pretty flowers I drew for an upcoming tattoo I get to do!

#melisea #artist #nltak #seagullartco #alaska #tattoo #pnw #hawaii #nature #flowers #drawing

Line art tattoo. A work in progress by MeliSea Art. A person hangs upside down in a flowing outfit tied in shibari with books from a flower.

✨WIP✨
I’m so happy that I got to start this tattoo inspired by Hey.Howl (IG). The design is a part of my Shibari In The Garden series. Coloring will come on our next session :)

#melisea #art #alaska #anchorage #pnw #shibari #tattoo #artist #seagullartco #nltak #shibariinthegarden

Black and white cat with purple geraniums and thistles tattooed by Meli Sea Art on a leg.

It’s always an honor when I get to memorialize someone’s furry friend :)
Now, if I could just tattoo cats and flowers all day, my dreams would come true 🤣😻🌷
(Though I do love all my projects 🥰)

#melisea #artist #tattoo #alaska #pnw #cat #flowers #botanical #nltak

Thank you! I always get to tattoo beautiful things for this client :)

Black and grey dinosaur and flower tattoo healed on a person’s arm by Meli sea art

✨Healed✨
Tattooing is such a captivating art to be a part of. I love working with each of my clients to bring their tattoo dreams to life! This is one half of a set of tattoos I did for a lovely couple, representing their beautiful family 💗

#melisea #artist #nltak #alaska #pnw #tattoo

Red rose and pocket knife tattooed by Meli Sea Art

I love when walk-ins pick designs from my flash book! I’ve been waiting to tattoo this lil beauty for years 🤩😎 and now it’s finally happened! Yay! ✨ It’s the little things in life 😉

#melisea #artist #nltak #tattoo #alaska #pnw

Great minds think a like, I guess 🤣 I love the idea of a pig skull! That gives some gnarly vibes to your painting! I dig it.
I really loved the skulls with the antlers in the background of your photo and got inspired.

Thank you! The photo you took had such defined light and shadow. It was a great study! I would love to expand on it and give you a fancy deer skull mask. I think it would be a fun project when I get the chance!

Tagging @adorgeous.bsky.social and @knottydevil.bsky.social on this one in the comments, because I’m still bad at tagging on my actual posts here 🤣🤣🤣

@oilmonster.bsky.social
Apparently I still suck at tagging people here on flashes/blusky 😅🤣 one of these days I’ll get it right.

Figure study in magenta

✨A quick figure study of u/Oil_Monster from Draw Me NSFW on Reddit
✨As the sun comes back I feel myself gaining more motivation and energy again. That means more art and creation!✨ yay for the sun 🌞

#melisea #artist #figurestudy

Colorful tattoo of blue butterfly, purple orchid, red carnation, with greenery, and gold light background by Meli Sea Art

Whatcha up to? I’m just over here doing playin’ in nature, and helping gardens grow on beautiful people! ✨🌷🦋🌷✨

#melisea #artist #tattoo #nltak #alaska #pnw

Thawing creek

The creek along the walking path is almost all thawed out! Now I just hope it doesn’t snow again on Friday 🙃🫠
I’m ready for it to be green again!

Figure study in purple

Playing around with different procreate brushes for tonight’s figure study of u/PowerGirl777

#melisea #artist #figurestudy #drawmensfw

I love tattooing flowers! Either in black and grey like this, or in color!

#melisea #artist #tattoo #pnw #alaska #nltak

Woman in purple outfit, tied with blue rope, surrounded by greenery and flowers and a crescent moon, with a blue and pink background, inside of a green floral frame. Illustrated by Meli Sea Art

Woman in purple outfit, tied with blue rope, surrounded by greenery and flowers and a crescent moon, with a blue and pink background. Illustrated by Meli Sea Art

🌙🌷Moon Flower🌷🌙
My most recent addition to my Shibari in the Garden series.
I’m so happy with how this illustration inspired by @adorgeous and @knottydevil came out!

#melisea #artist #shibari #illustration

Tattooed half sleeve of an astronaut in blue and pink spiraling space with a negative space honey comb pattern in the background. Tattooed by Meli Sea Art

✨Space is one of my favorite subjects when it comes to tattooing. I can’t get enough of the contrast & colors.✨

#melisea #meliseaart #artist #tattoo #space #alaska #pnw #nltak

A wood cutout in the shape of a fireweed flower with a sprig of fireweed painted on it. The cutout is held by the artist Meli Sea Art

A few weeks ago @rawbrassarts.bsky.social cutout a few wood panels for me in the shape of a fireweed sprig. I finally finished painting the first one today! It’s been a while since I painted with acrylics and this ended up being so much fun!

#meliseaart #MeliSea #tattoo #artist #painter

Magenta peony flower with a blue moth tattooed on a forearm by Meli Sea Art

Magenta peony flower with a blue moth tattooed on a forearm by Meli Sea Art

I had so much fun tattooing this peony and moth piece! It’s wonderful to see it all healed up now :)

For commissions/inquiries please email: MeliSeaArt@gmail.com

#meliseaart #MeliSea #nltak #tattoo #artist #northernlightstattoo #tattooer #alaska #pnw

Snowy beach with dark glacial water. The sleeping lady mountains in the background under a blue sky

The beach is still filled with muddy icebergs and slushy snow! It’s beautiful but I’m definitely dreaming of green things and blooming flowers! Soon! So soon…. I hope 🤣