Comme des Dessins
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✦ Fine line · Montréal

Fine line tattoos in Montréal

Thin, deliberate lines that still read as a drawing twenty years on.

Comme des Dessins ✦ Fine line tattoos in Montréal

Fine line work is about restraint: a single needle, steady pressure, and the patience to let the line do the talking. Done well, it ages like a pencil drawing settling into paper. Done fast, it blurs. Every piece here is drawn by hand on the day, sized to the body, and tattooed once.

Clients come from across Montréal and from Québec City, Ottawa and Toronto for this kind of work. If you are travelling, multi-session projects can be grouped on consecutive days.

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01Selected pieces✦
Chrysanthemum sleeve · tattoo by Comme des Dessins, tattoo artist in Montréal · cddtattoo.com · Instagram @comme.des.dessins
Moth, shoulder · tattoo by Comme des Dessins, tattoo artist in Montréal · cddtattoo.com · Instagram @comme.des.dessins
Swallow, chest · tattoo by Comme des Dessins, tattoo artist in Montréal · cddtattoo.com · Instagram @comme.des.dessins
Trailing florals, hip · tattoo by Comme des Dessins, tattoo artist in Montréal · cddtattoo.com · Instagram @comme.des.dessins
Dagger and heart, back · tattoo by Comme des Dessins, tattoo artist in Montréal · cddtattoo.com · Instagram @comme.des.dessins
Iris, thigh · tattoo by Comme des Dessins, tattoo artist in Montréal · cddtattoo.com · Instagram @comme.des.dessins
02Questions✦

Thin lines hold up when they are placed with care and the skin is healed properly. The aftercare page explains the three weeks that matter most.

Small, but not microscopic: lines need a little room to stay crisp for life. We will tell you honestly if a design is too small for its placement.