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
Had quite a bit of fun with this one. Thanks for letting me do my thing Andrew!
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HAKKIYOI!
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Swallows and a heart. Fresh served for your peepers. Hope you enjoy.
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Complete and mostly healed and settled Calvin and Hobbs leg sleeve. The color on the knee is fresh. Everything else a few months lived in. Thank you so much Michael!
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Lil frog warrior. Big fun.
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Lil frog warrior. Big fun.
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Healed sun and moon for Gillian. Thank you! It`s always an honor to be the tattooer for multiple generations of a family. I`ve tattooed Gillian`s parents for close to 15 years and now i tattoo their daughter.
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Complete Phoenix sleeve for Justin. Super fun!
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4 years ish healed back. Still one of my favorite back pieces. Thanks Randall!
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Bog witch sleeve for Holly. Thank you!
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Full back dragon summoning for Keitaro. Not a bad first session for a first tattoo. Thank you sir!
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Quick lil tiger built to last for Renee. Thank you! This one came out of some flash I drummed up for a last minute cancelation I was trying to fill.
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Fun little elephant for long time client and friend Sarah. Thank you as always for the great conversation and fun projects.
I firmly believe that the experience of getting a tattoo is just as important as the tattoo itself. You carry both with you for life. That makes it my duty to both provide an excellent tattoo and hopefully an excellent personal experience. You`re my guest. We sit and talk together. Hopefully we laugh a little. Whether I`m your person or not i hope you find that in an artist when you`re making plans to cultivate this experience for yourself.
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In progress back piece. Large scale tattooing can be a bit of a slog initially while you`re waiting for it to become something. These are my favorite sessions, when the work is starting to pay off and everything is just beginning to come together.
Osprey for Eddie. Thank you sir! I love doing birds. Still some space open Friday and Saturday for a quick one shot. I can fit in a smaller portrait (hand sized) or a nice sized one shot traditional tattoo into either space. Call the shop for deets.
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Had a few cancellations this week and would love to fill the space. If you`ve been wanting a tattoo from me but don`t want to wait this is your chance. Call the shop to book one of these pre-drawns or email the shop an idea and we can see if it`s doable in the space I`ve got available. As always no dms please. Call the shop to book. 206.789.2618
Peonies for Kayti. I`m always honored to have people return to me multiple times over years for fresh work. I`m even more honored when those people tell me to do whatever I want. Thank you.
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Still. So you know what it looks like when it`s not moving. Also to tag the shop cause i forgot. 🤪
Fun thing for Dallas. This is a tibetan Buddhist wrathful offering. My instructions where something along the lines of `asian inspired, but with psychadelic black light poster vibes`.
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Quick lil cover up for Mandi. Love makin bad tattooes go away when I can.
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3 ish+ years healed. Thanks Irene! Always great to see you my friend.
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