RUBY
Ruby Ink · Dark Realism
Mistress of Dark Realism
Tampa Bay from 2 November 2026. Fort Lauderdale from 15 December.
Request a sessionResidency 2026
The journey.
Ruby works in residencies. Private sessions, few clients per city, every date agreed in person.
Selected work
Black and grey. Nothing softened.
Portraits, dark figures and large compositions. Every piece is drawn for the body it lives on.
I don't tattoo designs. I tattoo what you can't look away from.
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In short
- 17+Years of tattooing
- Dark RealismBlack and grey
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About
Natali El-Mardenli. Ruby.
Ruby is a female tattoo artist and has been tattooing for over 17 years, almost entirely in black and grey. Her focus is portraits, dark figures and large compositions where contrast and depth carry the piece.
Every project starts with a conversation, not a template. She takes on few clients per residency, so each piece gets the time it needs.
Process
From idea to session.
Request
Send your idea with the placement, a rough size and references. Ruby tells you honestly whether it works in realism.
Design
Once your date is reserved, the design is built for your placement. It is not sent in advance. You see it at your appointment and refine it together before the first line.
Session
Private, quiet, fully focused. You leave with aftercare instructions, so the piece heals the way it was made.
Cover-ups are taken on only at a small scale.
Now booking Florida.
Tampa Bay opens on 2 November 2026. Fort Lauderdale follows on 15 December. Requests for both are open now. Final dates in Karlsruhe and Calw until 24 October.