Meet the Artists
Julie Sas
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Hi, I’m Julie. I’ve been drawing since I could pick up a pencil. I specialize in bold, colorful tattoos with smooth blends and glittery details, and I especially love creating nostalgic designs inspired by Y2K, ’90s, and early 2000s pop culture.
I was born and raised in Minnesota and was homeschooled from kindergarten through high school. That gave me something I didn’t realize was rare at the time: countless hours to create. I spent my childhood drawing, taking art classes, doing gymnastics and diving, painting, and even turning my first car into a full-on hippie mobile. Making things has always been how I express myself.
By the time I was 16, I was taking portrait commissions and showing my work anywhere I could. I participated in local art shows, Art-A-Whirl, art car parades, won several art awards, and was featured in local magazines. I never planned on becoming a tattoo artist—it found me. A local tattoo artist shared my artwork with a shop owner, who reached out to ask if I’d ever considered tattooing. I took the opportunity, and I’ve been tattooing ever since.
Over the years I’ve developed a style that’s unapologetically bright, playful, and nostalgic. I love creating tattoos that feel like stickers from a Trapper Keeper, toys from childhood, cartoons, glitter, Lisa Frank, and everything that made growing up in the ’90s and 2000s feel magical. My goal is to make tattoos that not only stand out but instantly transport people back to a favorite memory.
Outside of tattooing, I’m an elder emo who loves quiet, creative hobbies. You’ll usually find me reading, working on puzzles, making Perler bead art, crafting something new, or hanging out with my husband and our cats. Creativity has always been the center of my life, and I feel incredibly lucky that I get to turn it into something permanent and meaningful for other people every day.
Daniel Sas
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Hi, I’m Daniel Sas. I was born in Romania where my family had to escape communism. We made our way to Vancouver, Canada and later moved to Las Vegas, NV. I went back to Canada for university where I studying to be an Orthodox priest like my father and 3 older brothers. After seminary I followed my passion for art through tattooing. I had always drawn portraits and was artistic from a very young age but never saw it as a career. I’d like to think that tattooing found me when I was lost and changed my life by giving me the avenue and tools to determine my future. I am forever grateful to this trade.
Once I started tattooing in Vancouver CAN in 2010, I worked at several shops before packing everything into one suitcase and tattooing my way through Europe. I came back to the States and worked mainly in Miami followed by Minneapolis where I met my wife, Julie. It has been the great surprise of my career marrying such a talented tattoo artist and achieving all of our goals together. Iron truly sharpens iron. We started working together in 2018 and since then have opened 2 successful private studios that ran their course in Minneapolis and West Seattle. Now we are opening our first street shop together, West Seattle Tattoo!
I’ve worked in 2 continents, 6 countries and more cities than I can remember. Even won some awards. It’s all challenged me, made me better inside and out and introduced me to all kinds of great people and artists. I pride myself on being able to do most anything that comes through the door, but I prefer to do black and grey realism, portraits (humans/animals) and custom tattoo designs. I don’t dislike color, I just love smooth shading and fine lines/custom script. I really enjoy doing anything film, music, culture or sports related. I am also experienced in doing cover-ups and reworking old tattoos.
Jose Rodriguez 111
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I’m Jose, a native of West Seattle who has been tattooing for twenty-five years. Oil painter and illustrator with traditional training at San Francisco’s Academy of Art. I like to tattoo in color as well as black & grey always aiming for a dynamically rendered design. I would be honored to create an amazing tattoo for you.
