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The work belongs to the artist." } }, { "summary": "Medium black & grey Illustrative ufo abduction tattoo on the forearm by Lim at Malaka Tattoo, Los Angeles; ≈$750–$1,000; ≈2.5–5 h, 1 session.", "id": 945, "title": "UFO Abduction Camp Scene Illustrative Forearm", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-photo/ufo-abduction-camp-scene-illustrative-forearm/", "image": "https://i0.wp.com/tatseek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/ufo-abduction-camp-scene-illustrative-forearm-tattoo-photo.jpg?fit=700%2C875&quality=85&ssl=1", "style": [ { "slug": "illustrative", "name": "Illustrative" } ], "subject": [ { "slug": "man", "name": "Male Figure" }, { "slug": "tree", "name": "Tree" } ], "placement": [ { "slug": "forearm", "name": "Forearm" } ], "color": [ { "slug": "black-and-grey", "name": "Black & Grey" } ], "technique": [ { "slug": "engraving", "name": "Engraving / Etching" } ], "size": { "code": "medium", "label": "Medium (10-20cm)" }, "healed": null, "artist": { "id": 146, "name": "Lim", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-artist/lim/" }, "studio": { "id": 3, "name": "Malaka Tattoo", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-studio/malaka/", "city": "Los Angeles", "country": "United States" }, "published": "2026-09-08", "description": "An illustrative tattoo of ufo abduction with pine forest, plus smaller details: camp tent, three abducted campers, placed on the forearm. Done in black and grey. By Lim at Malaka Tattoo.", "description_more": "The ufo abduction at the top in dark, high-contrast solid black; the pine forest at the bottom in dark solid black. The composition is oval, with medium outlines and a partial background; about half of the skin inside the outline is inked. The lettering reads “HARD CHILL” (a word), in sans lettering.", "coverup": null, "entities": [], "composition": { "focus": "subject", "style": [ { "slug": "illustrative", "estimated_visual_share": 100, "confidence": "sure" } ], "subject": [ { "slug": "tree", "estimated_visual_share": 30, "confidence": "sure" }, { "slug": "man", "estimated_visual_share": 10, "confidence": "likely" } ], "unlisted_subjects": [ { "label": "ufo", "estimated_visual_share": 30 }, { "label": "tent", "estimated_visual_share": 15 } ], "form_only_estimated_visual_share": 15, "placement": [ { "slug": "forearm", "estimated_visual_share": 100 } ], "colour_estimated_visual_share": 0, "elements": [ { "what": "UFO Abduction", "estimated_visual_share": 30, "tier": "major", "confidence": "sure", "colour": "black", "tone": "dark", "contrast": "high", "position": "top" }, { "what": "Pine Forest", "estimated_visual_share": 30, "tier": "major", "confidence": "sure", "colour": "black", "tone": "dark", "position": "bottom" }, { "what": "Camp Tent", "estimated_visual_share": 15, "tier": "supporting", "confidence": "likely" }, { "what": "Hatched Sky", "estimated_visual_share": 15, "tier": "supporting", "confidence": "likely" }, { "what": "Abducted Campers", "estimated_visual_share": 10, "tier": "supporting", "confidence": "likely", "count": 3 } ], "source": "ai_scan", "composition_version": "v3", "estimated": false, "basis": "TatSeek estimate of visual share, 5-point steps; not a measurement. Source: AI scan of the photo." }, "main_subject": { "slug": "tree", "estimated_visual_share": 30, "confidence": "sure", "tier": "major", "estimated_from_tags": false }, "main_style": { "slug": "illustrative", "estimated_visual_share": 100, "confidence": "sure", "tier": "lead", "estimated_from_tags": false }, "mood": { "funny": 0.59999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375, "dark": 0.299999999999999988897769753748434595763683319091796875 }, "lettering": "HARD CHILL", "lettering_note": "Text in the tattoo as read from the photo (confident reading). The tattoo itself may spell it differently.", "ink_palette": { "black": 100 }, "ink_palette_note": "Ink colours and their approximate share of the inked area, read from the photo (only colours TatSeek is fairly sure of). Steps of 5.", "detail": { "score": 70, "level": "Detailed", "note": "Labour per square centimetre, 0–100, independent of size: line → fill → shading → realistic texture, density, colour transitions, precision. Size is a separate field." }, "defined_by": { "subject": 60, "style": 30, "mood": 10 }, "defined_by_note": "What makes this piece recognisable, in shares that sum to 100: subject, style, colour, text, mood. Computed from the elements, palette, lettering and mood — not a separate judgement.", "form": { "shape": "oval", "background": "partial", "ink_coverage": 65 }, "form_note": "Shape of the whole piece, mirror symmetry, background, and ink coverage = share of skin inside the outline that is inked (0–100). Read from the photo.", "line_weight": "medium", "lettering_style": { "font": "sans", "kind": "word", "lang": "en" }, "photo_quality": { "score": 3, "whole_tattoo_visible": true, "note": "1 blurry or cropped, 2 fine, 3 portfolio quality." }, "scan": { "version": "v4.2", "label": "TatSeek Vision Scan v4", "note": "Elements with shares and look, scene (actions and relations), mood, size measured against the body, lettering, ink palette, detail, shape and ink coverage." }, "time_estimate": { "hours_min": 2.5, "hours_max": 5, "sessions": 1, "basis": "size range", "label": "≈2.5–5 h, 1 session", "note": "Estimated from the size range and detail of this tattoo, not from the studio. The artist quotes the real time." }, "placement_notes": { "placement": "forearm", "pain": 2, "pain_scale": 5, "pain_label": "Mild", "healing": "easy", "visibility": "often visible (short sleeves)", "why": "moderate cushioning and a flat surface", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-pain-map/#forearm" }, "price_estimate": { "min": 750, "max": 1000, "currency": "USD", "text": "≈$750–$1,000", "tier": { "size": "medium", "label": "Medium (10-20cm)", "text": "$500–$1000", "prices_of": "studio", "source": "tatseek_estimate" }, "narrowed_by": "complexity", "note": "TatSeek estimate for this piece, inside the studio’s price for this size. A planning range, not a quote — the artist sets the final price." }, "photo_source": { "site": "malaka.tattoo", "url": "https://malaka.tattoo/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/IMG_2199.jpg", "note": "Published by the studio or artist; TatSeek shows it with credit and a link back. The work belongs to the artist." } }, { "summary": "Medium black & grey Illustrative giant insect on an iron bed tattoo on the calf by Lim at Malaka Tattoo, Los Angeles; ≈$650–$900; ≈1.5–2.5 h, 1 session.", "id": 978, "title": "Metamorphosis Insect in Bed Illustrative Calf", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-photo/metamorphosis-insect-in-bed-illustrative-calf/", "image": "https://i0.wp.com/tatseek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/metamorphosis-insect-in-bed-illustrative-calf-tattoo-photo.jpeg?fit=700%2C933&quality=85&ssl=1", "style": [ { "slug": "illustrative", "name": "Illustrative" } ], "subject": [ { "slug": "insect", "name": "Insect" }, { "slug": "quote", "name": "Quote" } ], "placement": [ { "slug": "calf", "name": "Calf" } ], "color": [ { "slug": "black-and-grey", "name": "Black & Grey" } ], "technique": [ { "slug": "engraving", "name": "Engraving / Etching" } ], "size": { "code": "medium", "label": "Medium (10-20cm)" }, "healed": null, "artist": { "id": 146, "name": "Lim", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-artist/lim/" }, "studio": { "id": 3, "name": "Malaka Tattoo", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-studio/malaka/", "city": "Los Angeles", "country": "United States" }, "published": "2026-09-08", "description": "An illustrative tattoo of a giant insect on an iron bed, plus smaller details: quote, placed on the calf. Done in black and grey. Depicts Gregor Samsa (The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)). By Lim at Malaka Tattoo.", "description_more": "The giant insect at the centre in softly shaded solid black; the iron bed in solid black. The composition is long, horizontal, with fine lines; about half of the skin inside the outline is inked. The lettering reads “I woke up like this” (a quote), in typewriter lettering.", "coverup": null, "entities": [ { "name": "Gregor Samsa", "kind": "character", "work": "The Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka)", "medium": null, "estimated_visual_share": null } ], "composition": { "focus": "subject", "style": [ { "slug": "illustrative", "estimated_visual_share": 85, "confidence": "sure" } ], "subject": [ { "slug": "insect", "estimated_visual_share": 55, "confidence": "sure" }, { "slug": "quote", "estimated_visual_share": 15, "confidence": "sure" } ], "unlisted_subjects": [ { "label": "bed", "estimated_visual_share": 25 } ], "form_only_estimated_visual_share": 5, "placement": [ { "slug": "calf", "estimated_visual_share": 100 } ], "colour_estimated_visual_share": 0, "elements": [ { "what": "Giant Insect", "estimated_visual_share": 55, "tier": "lead", "confidence": "sure", "colour": "black", "contrast": "soft", "position": "center" }, { "what": "Iron Bed", "estimated_visual_share": 25, "tier": "major", "confidence": "sure", "colour": "black" }, { "what": "Quote", "estimated_visual_share": 15, "tier": "supporting", "confidence": "sure" }, { "what": "Shadow", "estimated_visual_share": 5, "tier": "accent", "confidence": "likely" } ], "scene": [ { "subject": "Giant Insect", "does": "on", "words": "on, sitting on, riding", "kind": "relation", "group": "relation", "object": "Iron Bed", "confidence": "sure" } ], "scene_note": "What the elements do and how they relate, read from the photo (Vision Scan v4.2). Position left/right is as seen in the photo.", "source": "ai_scan", "composition_version": "v3", "estimated": false, "basis": "TatSeek estimate of visual share, 5-point steps; not a measurement. Source: AI scan of the photo." }, "main_subject": { "slug": "insect", "estimated_visual_share": 55, "confidence": "sure", "tier": "lead", "estimated_from_tags": false }, "main_style": { "slug": "illustrative", "estimated_visual_share": 85, "confidence": "sure", "tier": "lead", "estimated_from_tags": false }, "size_cm": 11.300000000000000710542735760100185871124267578125, "size_range_cm": [ 8.4000000000000003552713678800500929355621337890625, 18.300000000000000710542735760100185871124267578125 ], "size_confidence": "m", "size_basis": "Estimated from the photo: longest side ≈ 0.9 × visible calf width (adult average). Not measured by the studio.", "mood": { "funny": 0.6999999999999999555910790149937383830547332763671875, "dark": 0.299999999999999988897769753748434595763683319091796875 }, "lettering": "I woke up like this", "lettering_note": "Text in the tattoo as read from the photo (confident reading). The tattoo itself may spell it differently.", "ink_palette": { "black": 90, "grey": 10 }, "ink_palette_note": "Ink colours and their approximate share of the inked area, read from the photo (only colours TatSeek is fairly sure of). Steps of 5.", "detail": { "score": 55, "level": "Detailed", "note": "Labour per square centimetre, 0–100, independent of size: line → fill → shading → realistic texture, density, colour transitions, precision. Size is a separate field." }, "defined_by": { "subject": 55, "style": 20, "mood": 15, "text": 10 }, "defined_by_note": "What makes this piece recognisable, in shares that sum to 100: subject, style, colour, text, mood. Computed from the elements, palette, lettering and mood — not a separate judgement.", "form": { "shape": "horizontal", "ink_coverage": 45 }, "form_note": "Shape of the whole piece, mirror symmetry, background, and ink coverage = share of skin inside the outline that is inked (0–100). Read from the photo.", "line_weight": "fine", "lettering_style": { "font": "typewriter", "kind": "quote", "lang": "en" }, "photo_quality": { "score": 3, "whole_tattoo_visible": true, "note": "1 blurry or cropped, 2 fine, 3 portfolio quality." }, "scan": { "version": "v4.2", "label": "TatSeek Vision Scan v4", "note": "Elements with shares and look, scene (actions and relations), mood, size measured against the body, lettering, ink palette, detail, shape and ink coverage." }, "time_estimate": { "hours_min": 1.5, "hours_max": 2.5, "sessions": 1, "basis": "measured size", "label": "≈1.5–2.5 h, 1 session", "note": "Estimated from the measured size and detail of this tattoo, not from the studio. The artist quotes the real time." }, "placement_notes": { "placement": "calf", "pain": 2, "pain_scale": 5, "pain_label": "Mild", "healing": "easy", "visibility": "visible in shorts", "why": "good muscle padding, sharper near the shin and ankle", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-pain-map/" }, "price_estimate": { "min": 650, "max": 900, "currency": "USD", "text": "≈$650–$900", "tier": { "size": "medium", "label": "Medium (10-20cm)", "text": "$500–$1000", "prices_of": "studio", "source": "tatseek_estimate" }, "narrowed_by": "complexity", "note": "TatSeek estimate for this piece, inside the studio’s price for this size. A planning range, not a quote — the artist sets the final price." }, "photo_source": { "site": "malaka.tattoo", "url": "https://malaka.tattoo/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_9425.jpeg", "note": "Published by the studio or artist; TatSeek shows it with credit and a link back. The work belongs to the artist." } }, { "summary": "Sleeve-size black & grey Illustrative snake wrapped around a sword tattoo on the full sleeve by George Drone at Malaka Tattoo, Los Angeles; ≈$3,400–$4,650; ≈30–52 h, 5–9 sessions.", "id": 269, "title": "Cats Illustrative Full Sleeve", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-photo/cats-illustrative-full-sleeve/", "image": "https://i0.wp.com/tatseek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/cats-illustrative-full-sleeve-tattoo-photo.jpg?fit=700%2C933&quality=85&ssl=1", "style": [ { "slug": "illustrative", "name": "Illustrative" }, { "slug": "trash-polka", "name": "Trash Polka" } ], "subject": [ { "slug": "cat", "name": "Cat" }, { "slug": "snake", "name": "Snake" }, { "slug": "sword", "name": "Sword & Katana" } ], "placement": [ { "slug": "full-sleeve", "name": "Full Sleeve" } ], "color": [ { "slug": "black-and-grey", "name": "Black & Grey" } ], "technique": [ { "slug": "stipple", "name": "Stippling" } ], "size": { "code": "sleeve", "label": "Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+)" }, "healed": null, "artist": { "id": 26, "name": "George Drone", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-artist/george-supreme-drone/" }, "studio": { "id": 3, "name": "Malaka Tattoo", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-studio/malaka/", "city": "Los Angeles", "country": "United States" }, "published": "2026-09-07", "description": "An illustrative and trash polka tattoo of a snake wrapped around a sword, placed on the outer left full sleeve. Done in black and grey. By George Drone at Malaka Tattoo.", "description_more": "The six cats filling the piece in softly shaded black and grey. The composition is covering the whole area, with fine lines and a partial background; about half of the skin inside the outline is inked.", "coverup": null, "entities": [], "composition": { "focus": "subject", "style": [ { "slug": "illustrative", "estimated_visual_share": 80, "confidence": "sure" }, { "slug": "trash-polka", "estimated_visual_share": 20, "confidence": "sure" } ], "subject": [ { "slug": "cat", "estimated_visual_share": 60, "confidence": "sure" }, { "slug": "sword", "estimated_visual_share": 10, "confidence": "likely" }, { "slug": "snake", "estimated_visual_share": 10, "confidence": "sure" } ], "form_only_estimated_visual_share": 20, "placement": [ { "slug": "full-sleeve", "estimated_visual_share": 100 } ], "colour_estimated_visual_share": 100, "elements": [ { "what": "Cats", "estimated_visual_share": 60, "tier": "lead", "confidence": "sure", "count": 6, "colour": "grey", "contrast": "soft", "position": "fills the piece" }, { "what": "Dots and Splatter", "estimated_visual_share": 15, "tier": "supporting", "confidence": "sure" }, { "what": "Sword", "estimated_visual_share": 10, "tier": "supporting", "confidence": "likely" }, { "what": "Snake", "estimated_visual_share": 10, "tier": "supporting", "confidence": "sure" }, { "what": "Sparkles", "estimated_visual_share": 5, "tier": "accent", "confidence": "likely" } ], "scene": [ { "subject": "Snake", "does": "wraps", "words": "wrapped around", "kind": "relation", "group": "relation", "object": "Sword", "confidence": "sure" } ], "scene_note": "What the elements do and how they relate, read from the photo (Vision Scan v4.2). Position left/right is as seen in the photo.", "source": "ai_scan", "composition_version": "v3", "estimated": false, "basis": "TatSeek estimate of visual share, 5-point steps; not a measurement. Source: AI scan of the photo." }, "main_subject": { "slug": "cat", "estimated_visual_share": 60, "confidence": "sure", "tier": "lead", "estimated_from_tags": false }, "main_style": { "slug": "illustrative", "estimated_visual_share": 80, "confidence": "sure", "tier": "lead", "estimated_from_tags": false }, "size_cm": 55.2000000000000028421709430404007434844970703125, "size_range_cm": [ 41.39999999999999857891452847979962825775146484375, 89.7000000000000028421709430404007434844970703125 ], "size_confidence": "m", "size_basis": "Estimated from the photo: longest side ≈ 2.3 × forearm length, elbow to wrist (adult average). Not measured by the studio.", "mood": { "funny": 0.59999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375, "cute": 0.40000000000000002220446049250313080847263336181640625 }, "ink_palette": { "black": 70, "grey": 30 }, "ink_palette_note": "Ink colours and their approximate share of the inked area, read from the photo (only colours TatSeek is fairly sure of). Steps of 5.", "detail": { "score": 60, "level": "Detailed", "note": "Labour per square centimetre, 0–100, independent of size: line → fill → shading → realistic texture, density, colour transitions, precision. Size is a separate field." }, "defined_by": { "subject": 55, "style": 40, "mood": 5 }, "defined_by_note": "What makes this piece recognisable, in shares that sum to 100: subject, style, colour, text, mood. Computed from the elements, palette, lettering and mood — not a separate judgement.", "form": { "shape": "panel", "background": "partial", "ink_coverage": 55 }, "form_note": "Shape of the whole piece, mirror symmetry, background, and ink coverage = share of skin inside the outline that is inked (0–100). Read from the photo.", "line_weight": "fine", "photo_quality": { "score": 2, "whole_tattoo_visible": true, "note": "1 blurry or cropped, 2 fine, 3 portfolio quality." }, "body_side": { "surface": "outer", "side_in_photo": "left" }, "body_side_note": "Left/right as seen in the photo, not necessarily on the person; centre = on the midline of the body.", "scan": { "version": "v4.2", "label": "TatSeek Vision Scan v4", "note": "Elements with shares and look, scene (actions and relations), mood, size measured against the body, lettering, ink palette, detail, shape and ink coverage." }, "time_estimate": { "hours_min": 30, "hours_max": 52, "sessions": 9, "basis": "measured size", "label": "≈30–52 h, 5–9 sessions", "note": "Estimated from the measured size and detail of this tattoo, not from the studio. The artist quotes the real time." }, "placement_notes": { "placement": "full-sleeve", "pain": 3, "pain_scale": 5, "pain_label": "Noticeable", "healing": "moderate (large area)", "visibility": "visible in short sleeves", "why": "most of the arm is mild, but the inner elbow and wrist are sharp", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-pain-map/#upperarm" }, "price_estimate": { "min": 3400, "max": 4650, "currency": "USD", "text": "≈$3,400–$4,650", "tier": { "size": "sleeve", "label": "Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+)", "text": "$2800–$6500+", "prices_of": "studio", "source": "tatseek_estimate" }, "narrowed_by": "complexity", "note": "TatSeek estimate for this piece, inside the studio’s price for this size. A planning range, not a quote — the artist sets the final price." }, "photo_source": { "site": "malaka.tattoo", "url": "https://malaka.tattoo/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/IMG_2370-2.jpg", "note": "Published by the studio or artist; TatSeek shows it with credit and a link back. The work belongs to the artist." } }, { "summary": "Medium color Watercolor albert einstein tattoo on the calf by Kenny at Chi Town Tattoo, Chicago; ≈$350–$400; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.", "id": 7739, "title": "Albert Einstein Watercolor Calf", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-photo/albert-einstein-watercolor-calf/", "image": "https://i0.wp.com/tatseek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/albert-einstein-watercolor-calf-tattoo-photo.jpg?fit=400%2C400&quality=85&ssl=1", "style": [ { "slug": "illustrative", "name": "Illustrative" }, { "slug": "watercolor", "name": "Watercolor" } ], "subject": [ { "slug": "portrait", "name": "Portrait" }, { "slug": "stars", "name": "Stars" } ], "placement": [ { "slug": "calf", "name": "Calf" } ], "color": [ { "slug": "color", "name": "Color" } ], "technique": [], "size": { "code": "medium", "label": "Medium (10-20cm)" }, "healed": null, "artist": { "id": 720, "name": "Kenny", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-artist/kenny/" }, "studio": { "id": 14, "name": "Chi Town Tattoo", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-studio/chitown/", "city": "Chicago", "country": "United States" }, "published": "2026-09-22", "description": "An illustrative and watercolor tattoo of albert einstein, plus smaller details: galaxy, placed on the calf. Done in full colour. Depicts Albert Einstein. 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Source: AI scan of the photo." }, "main_subject": { "slug": "portrait", "estimated_visual_share": 70, "confidence": "sure", "tier": "lead", "estimated_from_tags": false }, "main_style": { "slug": "illustrative", "estimated_visual_share": 70, "confidence": "sure", "tier": "lead", "estimated_from_tags": false }, "size_cm": 18.89999999999999857891452847979962825775146484375, "size_range_cm": [ 11.300000000000000710542735760100185871124267578125, 26.39999999999999857891452847979962825775146484375 ], "size_confidence": "l", "size_basis": "Estimated from the photo: longest side ≈ 1.6 × visible calf width (adult average). Not measured by the studio.", "mood": { "funny": 0.8000000000000000444089209850062616169452667236328125 }, "ink_palette": { "black": 35, "blue": 35, "purple": 15, "white": 10, "grey": 5 }, "ink_palette_note": "Ink colours and their approximate share of the inked area, read from the photo (only colours TatSeek is fairly sure of). Steps of 5.", "detail": { "score": 55, "level": "Detailed", "note": "Labour per square centimetre, 0–100, independent of size: line → fill → shading → realistic texture, density, colour transitions, precision. Size is a separate field." }, "defined_by": { "subject": 35, "style": 30, "color": 20, "mood": 15 }, "defined_by_note": "What makes this piece recognisable, in shares that sum to 100: subject, style, colour, text, mood. Computed from the elements, palette, lettering and mood — not a separate judgement.", "scan": { "version": "v4.1", "label": "TatSeek Vision Scan v4", "note": "Elements with shares, mood, size measured against the body, lettering, ink palette and detail level." }, "time_estimate": { "hours_min": 2.5, "hours_max": 4, "sessions": 1, "basis": "size range", "label": "≈2.5–4 h, 1 session", "note": "Estimated from the size range and detail of this tattoo, not from the studio. The artist quotes the real time." }, "placement_notes": { "placement": "calf", "pain": 2, "pain_scale": 5, "pain_label": "Mild", "healing": "easy", "visibility": "visible in shorts", "why": "good muscle padding, sharper near the shin and ankle", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-pain-map/" }, "price_estimate": { "min": 350, "max": 400, "currency": "USD", "text": "≈$350–$400", "tier": { "size": "medium", "label": "Medium (10-20cm)", "text": "$300–$450", "prices_of": "studio", "source": "studio" }, "narrowed_by": "complexity", "note": "TatSeek estimate for this piece, inside the studio’s price for this size. A planning range, not a quote — the artist sets the final price." }, "photo_source": { "site": null, "url": null, "note": "local-content-drop:Kenny__IMG_2396.jpg" } }, { "summary": "Medium black & grey Fine Line wolf head merging into a dancing figure tattoo on the upper arm by Lim at Malaka Tattoo, Los Angeles; ≈$500–$750; ≈1–2 h, 1 session.", "id": 975, "title": "Wolf-Headed Dancing Figure Fine Line Upper Arm", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-photo/wolf-headed-dancing-figure-fine-line-upper-arm/", "image": "https://i0.wp.com/tatseek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/wolf-headed-dancing-figure-fine-line-upper-arm-tattoo-photo.jpeg?fit=700%2C875&quality=85&ssl=1", "style": [ { "slug": "fine-line", "name": "Fine Line" }, { "slug": "illustrative", "name": "Illustrative" } ], "subject": [ { "slug": "woman", "name": "Female Figure" }, { "slug": "wolf", "name": "Wolf" } ], "placement": [ { "slug": "upper-arm", "name": "Upper Arm" } ], "color": [ { "slug": "black-and-grey", "name": "Black & Grey" } ], "technique": [], "size": { "code": "medium", "label": "Medium (10-20cm)" }, "healed": null, "artist": { "id": 146, "name": "Lim", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-artist/lim/" }, "studio": { "id": 3, "name": "Malaka Tattoo", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-studio/malaka/", "city": "Los Angeles", "country": "United States" }, "published": "2026-09-08", "description": "A fine line and illustrative tattoo of a wolf head merging into a dancing figure, placed on the outer upper arm. It also shows a dancing figure dancing. Done in black and grey. By Lim at Malaka Tattoo.", "description_more": "The dancing figure at the centre in high-contrast solid black; the wolf head at the top in solid black. The composition is tall, vertical, with fine lines; mostly open skin with linework.", "coverup": null, "entities": [], "composition": { "focus": "subject", "style": [ { "slug": "fine-line", "estimated_visual_share": 70, "confidence": "sure" }, { "slug": "illustrative", "estimated_visual_share": 30, "confidence": "likely" } ], "subject": [ { "slug": "woman", "estimated_visual_share": 70, "confidence": "sure" }, { "slug": "wolf", "estimated_visual_share": 30, "confidence": "likely" } ], "placement": [ { "slug": "upper-arm", "estimated_visual_share": 100 } ], "colour_estimated_visual_share": 0, "elements": [ { "what": "Dancing Figure", "estimated_visual_share": 70, "tier": "lead", "confidence": "sure", "colour": "black", "contrast": "high", "position": "center" }, { "what": "Wolf Head", "estimated_visual_share": 30, "tier": "major", "confidence": "likely", "colour": "black", "position": "top" } ], "scene": [ { "subject": "Wolf Head", "does": "merged", "words": "half and half, turning into", "kind": "relation", "group": "relation", "object": "Dancing Figure", "confidence": "likely" }, { "subject": "Dancing Figure", "does": "dance", "words": "dancing", "kind": "action", "group": "motion", "confidence": "likely" } ], "scene_note": "What the elements do and how they relate, read from the photo (Vision Scan v4.2). Position left/right is as seen in the photo.", "source": "ai_scan", "composition_version": "v3", "estimated": false, "basis": "TatSeek estimate of visual share, 5-point steps; not a measurement. Source: AI scan of the photo." }, "main_subject": { "slug": "woman", "estimated_visual_share": 70, "confidence": "sure", "tier": "lead", "estimated_from_tags": false }, "main_style": { "slug": "fine-line", "estimated_visual_share": 70, "confidence": "sure", "tier": "lead", "estimated_from_tags": false }, "size_cm": 10.9000000000000003552713678800500929355621337890625, "size_range_cm": [ 8.199999999999999289457264239899814128875732421875, 13.699999999999999289457264239899814128875732421875 ], "size_confidence": "m", "size_basis": "Estimated from the photo: longest side ≈ 1.15 × visible upper arm width (adult average). 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Computed from the elements, palette, lettering and mood — not a separate judgement.", "form": { "shape": "vertical", "ink_coverage": 15 }, "form_note": "Shape of the whole piece, mirror symmetry, background, and ink coverage = share of skin inside the outline that is inked (0–100). Read from the photo.", "line_weight": "fine", "photo_quality": { "score": 3, "whole_tattoo_visible": true, "note": "1 blurry or cropped, 2 fine, 3 portfolio quality." }, "body_side": { "surface": "outer" }, "body_side_note": "Left/right as seen in the photo, not necessarily on the person; centre = on the midline of the body.", "content_warning": { "sexual": "nudity", "hidden_by_default": [], "note": "Sexual: suggestive and nudity are shown; explicit (detailed genitals or sexual activity) is hidden until the visitor opts in. Violence: blood is shown; gore is hidden until the visitor opts in. Judged on the tattoo artwork, not on the person." }, "scan": { "version": "v4.2", "label": "TatSeek Vision Scan v4", "note": "Elements with shares and look, scene (actions and relations), mood, size measured against the body, lettering, ink palette, detail, shape and ink coverage." }, "time_estimate": { "hours_min": 1, "hours_max": 2, "sessions": 1, "basis": "measured size", "label": "≈1–2 h, 1 session", "note": "Estimated from the measured size and detail of this tattoo, not from the studio. The artist quotes the real time." }, "placement_notes": { "placement": "upper-arm", "pain": 2, "pain_scale": 5, "pain_label": "Mild", "healing": "easy", "visibility": "easy to cover", "why": "mostly muscle, easy to keep still", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-pain-map/#upperarm" }, "price_estimate": { "min": 500, "max": 750, "currency": "USD", "text": "≈$500–$750", "tier": { "size": "medium", "label": "Medium (10-20cm)", "text": "$500–$1000", "prices_of": "studio", "source": "tatseek_estimate" }, "narrowed_by": "complexity", "note": "TatSeek estimate for this piece, inside the studio’s price for this size. A planning range, not a quote — the artist sets the final price." }, "photo_source": { "site": "malaka.tattoo", "url": "https://malaka.tattoo/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/photo_2024-09-28-15.24.27.jpeg", "note": "Published by the studio or artist; TatSeek shows it with credit and a link back. The work belongs to the artist." } }, { "summary": "Small black & grey Illustrative snail tattoo on the calf by Lake Wilson at True Love, Seattle; ≈$100–$150; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.", "id": 15217, "title": "Cartoon Snail Illustrative Calf", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-photo/cartoon-snail-illustrative-calf/", "image": "https://i0.wp.com/tatseek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/cartoon-snail-illustrative-calf-tattoo-photo.jpg?fit=700%2C933&quality=85&ssl=1", "style": [ { "slug": "illustrative", "name": "Illustrative" } ], "subject": [], "placement": [ { "slug": "calf", "name": "Calf" } ], "color": [ { "slug": "black-and-grey", "name": "Black & Grey" } ], "technique": [], "size": { "code": "small", "label": "Small (up to 10cm)" }, "healed": false, "artist": { "id": 2926, "name": "Lake Wilson", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-artist/lake-wilson/" }, "studio": { "id": 54, "name": "True Love", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-studio/trueloveseattle/", "city": "Seattle", "country": "United States" }, "published": "2026-10-09", "description": "An illustrative tattoo of snail, placed on the calf. 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Source: AI scan of the photo." }, "main_style": { "slug": "illustrative", "estimated_visual_share": 100, "confidence": "sure", "tier": "lead", "estimated_from_tags": false }, "size_cm": 8.300000000000000710542735760100185871124267578125, "size_range_cm": [ 6.20000000000000017763568394002504646778106689453125, 10.300000000000000710542735760100185871124267578125 ], "size_confidence": "m", "size_basis": "Estimated from the photo: longest side ≈ 0.7 × visible calf width (adult average). Not measured by the studio.", "mood": { "funny": 0.59999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375, "cute": 0.59999999999999997779553950749686919152736663818359375 }, "ink_palette": { "black": 100 }, "ink_palette_note": "Ink colours and their approximate share of the inked area, read from the photo (only colours TatSeek is fairly sure of). Steps of 5.", "detail": { "score": 20, "level": "Simple", "note": "Labour per square centimetre, 0–100, independent of size: line → fill → shading → realistic texture, density, colour transitions, precision. Size is a separate field." }, "defined_by": { "subject": 70, "style": 20, "mood": 10 }, "defined_by_note": "What makes this piece recognisable, in shares that sum to 100: subject, style, colour, text, mood. Computed from the elements, palette, lettering and mood — not a separate judgement.", "scan": { "version": "v4.1", "label": "TatSeek Vision Scan v4", "note": "Elements with shares, mood, size measured against the body, lettering, ink palette and detail level." }, "time_estimate": { "hours_min": 1, "hours_max": 1.5, "sessions": 1, "basis": "measured size", "label": "≈1–1.5 h, 1 session", "note": "Estimated from the measured size and detail of this tattoo, not from the studio. The artist quotes the real time." }, "placement_notes": { "placement": "calf", "pain": 2, "pain_scale": 5, "pain_label": "Mild", "healing": "easy", "visibility": "visible in shorts", "why": "good muscle padding, sharper near the shin and ankle", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-pain-map/" }, "price_estimate": { "min": 100, "max": 150, "currency": "USD", "text": "≈$100–$150", "tier": { "size": "small", "label": "Small (up to 10cm)", "text": "$100–$200", "prices_of": "artist", "source": "studio" }, "narrowed_by": "complexity", "note": "TatSeek estimate for this piece, inside the artist’s price for this size. A planning range, not a quote — the artist sets the final price." }, "photo_source": { "site": "trueloveart.com", "url": "https://www.trueloveart.com/", "note": "Published by the studio or artist; TatSeek shows it with credit and a link back. The work belongs to the artist." } }, { "summary": "Medium black & grey Illustrative bandana cat tattoo by Eric Priestley at True Love, Seattle; ≈$250–$300; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.", "id": 15197, "title": "Bandana Cat with Knife Illustrative", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-photo/bandana-cat-with-knife-illustrative/", "image": "https://i0.wp.com/tatseek.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/bandana-cat-with-knife-illustrative-tattoo-photo.jpg?fit=700%2C875&quality=85&ssl=1", "style": [ { "slug": "illustrative", "name": "Illustrative" } ], "subject": [ { "slug": "cat", "name": "Cat" }, { "slug": "dagger", "name": "Dagger & Knife" } ], "placement": [], "color": [ { "slug": "black-and-grey", "name": "Black & Grey" } ], "technique": [], "size": { "code": "medium", "label": "Medium (10-20cm)" }, "healed": null, "artist": { "id": 2928, "name": "Eric Priestley", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-artist/eric-priestley/" }, "studio": { "id": 54, "name": "True Love", "url": "https://tatseek.com/tattoo-studio/trueloveseattle/", "city": "Seattle", "country": "United States" }, "published": "2026-10-09", "description": "An illustrative tattoo of bandana cat with knife. 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