Sullivan Giles • Seattle Tattoo Artist

@sullivangiles · Seattle, Washington · Tattoo artist

✨ oil painter ✨ seattle, washington ✨ tattoos tuesday-saturday ✨ email, website or text to book/schedule ✨ @rabidhandstattooseattle

Sullivan Giles is a American traditional tattoo artist in Seattle, Washington. American traditional leads the portfolio (18 of the 70 pieces on Perspectiv), with realism and dotwork also recurring. About 51% of the pieces use colour, most often forest, olive and coral; the rest are black and grey. Skull, leaves, snake and flowers come up again and again. The forearm and the shoulder are the usual placements. Portfolio last updated August 2026.

Styles

American Traditional — 18 pieces (34%)
Realism — 11 pieces (21%)
Dotwork — 9 pieces (17%)

Colour

Mostly colour, black and grey in 49% of pieces, measured across 70 segmented pieces.

Recurring colours: forest, olive, coral and dark red.

What they tattoo

Subjects: skull, leaves, snake, flowers, branch and teeth.

Usually on the forearm, the shoulder and the thigh.

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Work

Snake and peony American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Butterfly and floral vine black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Snake and skull American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Ladybug American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Bell flowers and dragonfly American traditional tattoo on the shoulder by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Bleeding heart flowers new school tattoo on the shoulder by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Teeth American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Bellflower American traditional tattoo on the upper arm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Leaf insect realism tattoo on the shoulder by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Fish new school tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Skull and floral arrangement dotwork tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Teeth realism tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Cicada realism tattoo on the chest by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Swan woman American traditional tattoo on the thigh by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Frog realism tattoo on the thigh by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Feather black and grey tattoo on the shoulder by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Insect black and grey tattoo on the shoulder by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Ladybug American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Snake and peony American traditional tattoo on the upper arm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Bellflowers and dragonfly realism tattoo on the shoulder by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Snake and flowers black and grey tattoo on the upper arm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Skull with flowers black and grey tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Spider American traditional tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington

Woodlouse realism tattoo on the forearm by Sullivan Giles, Seattle, Washington