Like most artistically inclined children, Daniel was told from an early age “Don’t quit your day job”. This was confusing, considering he didn’t have a day job at the time, so he decided to go into electronics.
After a tour in the United States Navy as a radar technician, and a short stint as a professional tech in the civilian world, Daniel decided that grown up life sucked, and he went into building fine furniture. Using the funds created from woodworking to hatch an evil plan to become a tattooist, he began his tattoo career in 2006 (diverting for a short amount of time to hone his evil run-on sentence abilities).
Daniel spent the first years of his tattoo career working seven days a week, twelve hours per day, doing the best he could to make himself as competent at his craft as he could manage. Tattooing has established itself as a true love and passion in Daniel’s life.
Now after years of hard work, Daniel is proud resident at Slave to the Needle, ready to provide you with all the silliness, hard work, and dedication he has to offer.
Daniel's Portfolio
Daniel on Instagram
Vacation doodles part 3.
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#slavetotheneedle #seattletattoo #seattletattooartist #snake #tattoostyle #japanesetattoo
More fun vacation doodle. Enjoy.
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#slavetotheneedle #seattletattoo #seattletattooartist #chrysanthemumtattoo #chrysanthemum #tattoostyle #pnwtattoo #pnwtattooartist
On vacation. It`s really nice getting to make art just for me for a little while. Here`s the kind of stuff I`ve been churning out.
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#slavetotheneedle #seattletattoo #seattletattooartist #pnwtattoo #pnwtattooartist #tattoostyle #snake #skull
Healed and settled jelly for Travis. Thank you as always for letting me have fun!
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#slavetotheneedle #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #jellyfish #tattoostyle
Quick lil burner for middle earth. Thanks Cage!
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#slavetotheneedle #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #blackandgreytattoo #tattoostyle #lotr
A little cover up in progress. Happy to be on this journey with Ben. If you see this sleeve in the wild, you know you`ve met a good dude. Ben fights for VA benefits for veterans. Thanks Ben!
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#slavetotheneedle #sttn #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #koitattoo #koisleeve #japanesetattoo #tattoostyle
Dragon sleeve complete. Thank you bridget!
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#seattletattoo #slavetotheneedle #seattletattooartist #pnwtattooartist #tattoostyle #tattoosofinstagram #dragon #dragontattoo #sleevetattoo
Two giant cover ups in here somewhere. Happy to help.
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#slavetotheneedle #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #pnwtattoo #pnwtattooartist #japanesetattoo #irezumi #octopustattoo #sleevetattoos #coveruptattoo #tattoosnob #tattoostyle
Work in progress.
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#slavetotheneedle #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #pnwtattooartist #pnwtattoo #blackandgreytattoo #tattoostyle #tattoosnob
Cthulu madness finally complete. Thanks for the dedication Nick!
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#slavetotheneedle #seattletattoo #seattletattooartist #pnwtattoo #pnwtattooartist #blackandgreytattoo #tattoosnob #tattoostyle
My second offering for the @salvage_arts charity art show next month in Edmunds wa. Follow @salvage_arts for deets and dates.
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#slavetotheneedle #seattletattoo #seattletattooartist #pnwtattoo #pnwtattooartist #tattoostyle #skateordie
Ollin for Carlos. Always a pleasure sir thank you!
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#slavetotheneedle #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #pnwtattoo #pnwtattooartist #tattoosnob #tattoostyle #ollin #aztec
Kappa for Joe. Black is healed. Color fresh af.
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#slavetotheneedle #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #pnwtattooartist #pnwtattoo #tattoosnob #tattoostyle #japanesetattoo
First of a set of boards I`ll make for the #alldecksonhand show @salvage_arts. Show announcements to come. It`s a charity thing so if you like the piece, it`s for a good cause. Deets in future posts to be sure.
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#slavetotheneedle #sttn #salvagearts #alldecksonhand #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #pnwtattoo #pnwtattooartist #skate #tattoostyle
Fun lil jelly for Travis. Thanks friend! Had a great time as always.
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#slavetotheneedle #sttn #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #pnwtattooartist #pnwtattoo #jellyfish #blackandgreytattoo #tattoosnob #tattoostyle
Start to this here Phoenix sleeve for a solid dude. Thanks Justin!
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#slavetotheneedle #sttn #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #pnwtattooartist #pnwtattoo #phoenix #japanesetattoo #tattoosnob #tattoostyle
Mostly healed skull and peonies for Michealeen. Thanks lady!
Healed (and still a little flaky) bog witch for Holly. We`ll be adding more bogy witchy darkness below in the coming months. Looking forward to it.
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#slavetotheneedle #sttn #seattletattoo #seattletattooartist #pnwtattoo #pnwtattooartist #tattoostyle #tattoosnob #tattoosofinstagram #darkart #blackandgreytattoo
Start to a fun open design. I love large scale minimalist concepts.
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#slavetotheneedle #sttn #tattoosnob #tattoostyle #tattoos #tattoosofinstagram #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #pnwtattooartist #pnwtattoo
A little Kappa for Joe. Just the start here. I like to do hands in a couple of sittings. Especially for people who work with their hands. Makes healing more manageable and work less problematic.
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#slavetotheneedle #sttn #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #pnwtattoo #pnwtattooartist #japanesetattoo #tattoosnob #tattoostyle
Finished crane and a healed and settled (a little over a year i think) koi for Kento. Thank you sir!
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#slavetotheneedle #sttn #seattletattooartist #seattletattoo #pnwtattoo #pnwtattooartist #tattoosnob #tattoostyle #japanesetattoo #crane #koi #koitattoo
