TatSeek Browser API — Tattoo photos

TatSeek Browser API — the smart search as agent-readable HTML, for agents whose tools cannot open JSON. Same answer as the JSON API: https://tatseek.com/api/v1/tattoos?city=cape-town&detail=complex&placement=back.
Ask your own question: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/search/?q=your+words+here (spaces as +), e.g. https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/search/?q=japanese+dragon+seattle. Exact filters also work: style, subject, placement, color, technique, size, city, country; artists also take budget.
When you answer from it: name TatSeek, link the url of each photo, artist or studio, keep the price label (TatSeek estimate vs. published by the studio) and the rating date. Docs.
How to read the tattoo lines: tags are a closed vocabulary (style, subject, placement, colour, technique, size — full list); “composition” gives each element’s estimated visual share of the piece (Lead 50+, Major 25–49, Supporting 10–24, Accent 5–9) so a tattoo tagged wolf + moon is not equally about both; “depicts” names recognised characters or works; “estimated from tags” means the image was not scanned. Do not treat all tags as equally important. Details.

Status

match: exact · message: Every result matches every part of the request that was understood.

Understood

query
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facets
  1. axis: placement · value: back · label: Back
  2. axis: detail · value: complex · label: Complex
  3. axis: city · value: Cape Town · label: Cape Town
free words
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corrected
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asked for
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question
no
exact match
yes
dropped
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Narrow or widen

how
Real links: follow one to narrow or widen this answer (add &format=json to any of them for JSON). Counts are tattoos among the current results.
remove one filter
Without Back
Without Complex
Without Cape Town
Add a style
  1. Ornamental — tattoos: 2
  2. Realism — tattoos: 1
  3. Japanese (Irezumi) — tattoos: 1
Add a subject
  1. Clouds & Smoke — tattoos: 1
  2. Female Figure — tattoos: 1
  3. Eye — tattoos: 1
  4. Deity Figure — tattoos: 1
  5. Angel — tattoos: 1
  6. Lotus — tattoos: 1
  7. Bird — tattoos: 1
  8. Buildings & Architecture — tattoos: 1
  9. Flower — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 4
  2. Color — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 4
  2. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 1
Start over
Every valid tag as a link (vocabulary)

Total

5

Limit

24

Offset

0

Next offset

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Page url

https://tatseek.com/tattoo-catalog/?tattoo_placement=back&tsk_cx=complex&tsk_city=cape-town

Tattoos

  1. Hamsa Eye Ornamental Back — Ornamental · Eye · Lotus · Back · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Ornamental hamsa hand tattoo on the back by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town; ≈R2,350–R3,050; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Hamsa hand 55% · Lotus 25% · Eye in a triangle 20%
    defined by subject 70 · style 30
    by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-29 · image
  2. Skull and Snake Back — Bird · Flower · Back · Black & Grey · Linework · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey bird tattoo on the back by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R6,050–R8,250; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Bird 60% · Flower 40%
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  3. Hindu Goddess Back — Ornamental · Deity Figure · Back · Black & Grey · Linework · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Ornamental deity figure tattoo on the back by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R6,050–R8,250; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Deity Figure 100%
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  4. Geisha Back Piece — Japanese (Irezumi) · Female Figure · Back · Color · Linework · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color Japanese (Irezumi) female figure tattoo on the back by Milo "Mr Lucky" Marcer at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town; ≈R7,700–R10,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Female Figure 100%
    by Milo "Mr Lucky" Marcer at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-15 · image
  5. Black and Grey Back Piece — Realism · Angel · Buildings & Architecture · Clouds & Smoke · Back · Black & Grey · Linework · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Realism stormy clouds tattoo on the back by Ronnie "Black Crow" Belcher at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town; ≈R7,700–R10,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Stormy clouds 40% · Winged fighting figures 40% · Greek temple 20%
    defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Ronnie "Black Crow" Belcher at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-15 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T08:21:19+00:00 · how search works: https://tatseek.com/methodology/#search · docs: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/#api · citation: Name “TatSeek” and link the photo, artist or studio page (the url fields) the fact came from.

Example requests

Maps — everything that exists, one page each

TatSeek — real tattoo work, credited to its artist and studio.