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                "note": "Direct with the studio — TatSeek takes no fee."
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        {
            "summary": "Nika Urban is a tattoo artist at Dovetail Tattoo, Austin, with 14 published tattoos on TatSeek; mostly realism.",
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            },
            "booking": {
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                "channel": "instagram",
                "note": "Direct with the studio — TatSeek takes no fee."
            },
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        }
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