My name is Zach Atlan. I took on tattooing at a young age with a passion and desire for art in 2005. In 2006 I had finished an apprenticeship that got my foot further in the door. I had spent years learning the fundamentals of tattooing in various styles from American traditional and Japanese, to Neo traditional and experimental illustrative work. In 2014 I took a year long break in tattooing and pursued other visual arts along the way, in which I found a new love and passion for art and came to found Dark Light Studios as my private studio in 2015 with a new perspective of realistic high contrast art. Black and Grey and Color realism with a whimsical sense of fantasy and surrealism. I love dark imagery with a sense of bright magic or light. A night light.

I opened the new Dark Light Studios in 2019 and have been building a team of amazing artists to provide our clientele with an amazing experience and amazing art.  

MY NAME IS JESSICA ATLAN, BUT YOU CAN CALL ME JESS (:
I HAVE BEEN Shop MANAGER/MOM for the past 5 years, WITH MY OFFICIAL APPRENTICESHIP BEGINNING IN OCTOBER OF 2023. BEFORE MY APPRENTICESHIP, I WAS GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE HOPES FOR A PHD IN PSYCHOLOGY TO BE AN ART THERAPIST, BUT QUICKLY REALIZED THAT WAS NOT THE RIGHT PATH FOR ME. WITH THAT BEING SAID, I AM VERY HAPPY TO PURSUE MY CAREER IN TATTOOING, AS IT IS INDEED, ART THERAPY.

THE HOPE IS TO SPECIALIZE IN NEO-TRADITIONAL, WITH ENOUGH BACKGROUND AND THE LOVE FOR EVER-EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE TO PURSUE ALL TATTOO STYLES.