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=shoulder.
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: shoulder · label: Shoulder
  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 Shoulder
Without Complex
Without Cape Town
Add a style
  1. Realism — tattoos: 2
  2. Geometric — tattoos: 2
  3. Neo-Traditional — tattoos: 1
  4. Trash Polka — tattoos: 1
  5. Ornamental — tattoos: 1
  6. Surrealism — tattoos: 1
Add a subject
  1. Mandala — tattoos: 2
  2. Film & TV — tattoos: 1
  3. Hexagon — tattoos: 1
  4. Bird — tattoos: 1
  5. Leaves & Branches — tattoos: 1
  6. Lotus — tattoos: 1
  7. Mountains — tattoos: 1
  8. Viking & Norse — tattoos: 1
  9. Portrait — tattoos: 1
  10. Skull — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 4
  2. Color — tattoos: 3
  3. Black with Color Accents — tattoos: 1
Add a mood
  1. Peaceful — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 5
  2. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 3
Start over
Every valid tag as a link (vocabulary)

Total

8

Limit

24

Offset

0

Next offset

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Page url

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

Tattoos

  1. Mandala Shoulder — Mandala · Shoulder · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey mandala tattoo on the shoulder by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R2,350–R3,050; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Mandala 100%
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  2. Pennywise the Clown Shoulder — Realism · Film & TV · Shoulder · Color · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium color Realism pennywise the clown tattoo on the shoulder by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R2,350–R3,050; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    depicts: Pennywise (It) 80%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Pennywise the clown 80% · Red balloon 20%
    defined by subject 50 · color 35 · style 15
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  3. Octopus Shoulder — Shoulder · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Realism octopus & squid tattoo on the shoulder by Natalie at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R2,350–R3,050; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Octopus & Squid 100%
    by Natalie at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  4. Circular Mountain Landscape Shoulder — Neo-Traditional · Mountains · Shoulder · Color · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium color Realism mountains tattoo on the shoulder by Milo "Mr Lucky" Marcer at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town; ≈R3,000–R3,850; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Mountains 100%
    by Milo "Mr Lucky" Marcer at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-15 · image
  5. Surreal Woman Face Shoulder — Surrealism · Portrait · Shoulder · Color · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium color Surrealism portrait tattoo on the shoulder by Milo "Mr Lucky" Marcer at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town; ≈R3,000–R3,850; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Portrait 100%
    by Milo "Mr Lucky" Marcer at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-15 · image
  6. Skull Shoulder Piece — Skull · Shoulder · Black & Grey · Linework · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Blackwork skull tattoo on the shoulder by Ronnie "Black Crow" Belcher at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town; ≈R7,700–R10,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Skull 100%
    by Ronnie "Black Crow" Belcher at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-15 · image
  7. Lotus and Nautilus Ornamental Shoulder — Geometric · Ornamental · Hexagon · Leaves & Branches · Lotus · Mandala · Chest · Shoulder · Black & Grey · Stippling · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Ornamental lotus tattoo on the chest by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R6,050–R8,250; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Lotus 35% · Honeycomb Band 25% · Nautilus 20% · Mandala 10%
    mood peaceful — ink black 70% · grey 30% — detail Detailed (70/100) — defined by style 50 · subject 45 · mood 5
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  8. Viking Compass and Raven Trash Polka Shoulder — Geometric · Realism · Trash Polka · Bird · Viking & Norse · Shoulder · Upper Arm · Black with Color Accents · Linework · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black with color accents Trash Polka vegvisir viking compass tattoo on the shoulder by Ronnie "Black Crow" Belcher at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town; ≈R7,700–R10,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Vegvisir Viking compass 30% · Raven 30% · Norse geometric pattern 25% · Red splashes 15%
    defined by style 50 · subject 35 · color 15
    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: 2026-10-09T07:18:55+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.