Tattoos by Bram Adey: finelinetattoo

Sunday, April 26, 2026

New Tattoos and Flash - April 2026

Hi, welcome to the blog. If you're new here, my name is Bram, and I've been tattooing in Winnipeg for sixteen years. I make traditionally inspired black and grey tattoos, flash and custom, often but not exclusively nature themed.

I own Ritual Winnipeg tattoo studios in so-called Winnipeg's Historic Exchange District, a stones-throw from the meeting of the Red and Assiniboine rivers.

If you'd like to explore a tattoo idea with me, send me an email to bram_adey@hotmail.com to get the ball rolling.

A black and grey tattoo of a chickadee alight on a blueberry branch. the tattoo spans from the upper-outer arm to the outer forearm.

Chickadee - Outer arm tattoo

A black and grey tattoo of the bough of a fir tree. the bough is rendered with boldly lined and shaded cones and simple, understated fineline pine needles. the tattoo spans from the upper-outer arm to the outer forearm.

Fir bough - Outer-arm tattoo

a black and grey tattoo of a mourning dove alight on an oak tree. the black and grey bird tattoo is in a traditional style with strong linework and simple smooth shading and fill.

Mourning dove - shoulder tattoo

A tattoo of wild roses framing the knee, wrapping from the lower thigh tightly around the knee to the outer calf. the wild roses are rendered in a fineline black and grey style with strong-fine lines and simple bold black and grey shading.

Wild Rose tattoo - Framing the knee

A black and grey tattoo of a cottontail rabbit standing on it's back legs sniffing at a hanging branch. the black and grey rabbit tattoo is in a traditional black and grey style.

Cottontail Rabbit tattoo - Inner forearm

A black and grey tattoo of a clover plant with a little bee alight on the flowers on top.

Clover - upper-arm tattoo

A black and grey tattoo of a cardinal on an inner forearm. the Cardinal is alight on a slender branch and stretched its head out in song. the black and white bird tattoo is in a traditional style with strong black linework and smooth black and grey shading.

Cardinal tattoo - Inner forearm

A black and grey tattoo of a wild thistle plant on an upper-outer arm. the black and white thistle tattoo is in a traditional style.

Thistle tattoo - shoulder

a plant themed full sleeve tattoo in progress featuring a spruce bough, big bluestem grasses, snowberry, and oak branch.

Plant themed sleeve - inner arm

plant themed sleeve - outer arm

Plant themed sleeve tattoo - outer arm

Plant themed sleeve tattoo - back of arm

A full outer-forearm tattoo of a snowberry plant in a fineline traditional style.

Snowberry tattoo - outer forearm

an upper-outer arm tattoo of an oak branch with leaves and acorns. the oak bough tattoo is in a traditional black and grey style.

Oak branch tattoo - upper-outer arm

the front of a shoulder tattoo of a linden-tree in flower.

Basswood tree in flower - Shoulder tattoo

a view of the back side of a shoulder tattoo of a basswood tree in flower

Basswood tree in flower - shoulder tattoo

a tattoo filling the back of an upper arm and wrapping up the shoulder of a skull and chokecherry bough.

Chokecherries and skull tattoo- Back of upper-arm

a shoulder tattoo of a pileated woodpecker alight on the trunk of a large tree. the tattoo is in a dramatic traditional style.

Pileated woodpecker - Shoulder tattoo

A large lower-leg tattoo of a snake entwined in large chrysanthemum flowers. the tattoo is in a dramatic, fineline traditional style.

Snake and Chrysanthemum tattoo - lower leg

a view of the inner part of a foreleg with a snake entwined in large fineline chrysanthemum flowers.

Snake and chrysanthemum tattoo - lower leg

a pair of hand tattoos of the letters "L" and "R" on the webs of the thumbs. the letters are in a calligraphic script

"L" and "R" hand tattoos - web of the thumb

Those are some of my favourite tattoos from the last few weeks, like I mentioned earlier, if you'd like to come get tattooed, drop me a line by email at bram_adey@hotmail.com to get the ball rolling.

I'm currently working on a pretty ambitious (for me!) flash project called "Our Wild World" of notable species of plants, animals, fungi, and minerals of so-called Manitoba and environs. You can see a full update of where i'm at with the project in the post preceding this one, and here are a few brand new designs available to be tattooed any time!