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&min_share=50&style=traditional.
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: style · value: traditional · label: Traditional (Old School)
  2. 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 Traditional (Old School)
Without Cape Town
Add a subject
  1. Quote — tattoos: 3
  2. Spider Web — tattoos: 1
  3. Eye — tattoos: 1
  4. Skull — tattoos: 1
  5. Triangle — tattoos: 1
  6. Mask — tattoos: 1
  7. Fruit & Berries — tattoos: 1
Add a placement
  1. Forearm — tattoos: 2
  2. Calf — tattoos: 2
  3. Upper Arm — tattoos: 1
  4. Thigh — tattoos: 1
  5. Ankle & Foot — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 5
  2. Color — tattoos: 2
Add a mood
  1. Spiritual — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Small (up to 10cm) — tattoos: 4
  2. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 2
  3. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 1
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Traditional (Old School) is the main element (at least half; scanned photos only)
Start over
Every valid tag as a link (vocabulary)

Total

7

Limit

24

Offset

0

Next offset

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Page url

https://tatseek.com/tattoo-catalog/?tattoo_style=traditional&tsk_city=cape-town

Tattoos

  1. Pineapple Traditional Upper Arm — Traditional (Old School) · Fruit & Berries · Upper Arm · Color · Small (up to 10cm) · fresh
    Small color Traditional (Old School) pineapple tattoo on the upper arm by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town; ≈R550–R1,000; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Pineapple 100%
    defined by subject 50 · color 35 · style 15
    by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-29 · image
  2. Eye and Pyramid Foot — Traditional (Old School) · Eye · Triangle · Ankle & Foot · Black & Grey · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Traditional (Old School) eye tattoo on the ankle & foot by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R2,000–R2,700; ≈1.5–2.5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Eye 60% · Triangle 40%
    mood spiritual — ink black 85% · grey 15% — detail Moderate (45/100) — defined by subject 45 · style 45 · mood 10
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  3. My Chemical Romance Venom Bottle Thigh — Traditional (Old School) · Quote · Thigh · Black & Grey · Linework · Small (up to 10cm)
    Small black & grey Traditional (Old School) poison bottle tattoo on the thigh by Jade at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R750–R1,200; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.
    depicts: Thank You for the Venom (My Chemical Romance) 20%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Poison bottle 80% · Text on the label 20%
    defined by subject 60 · style 20 · text 20
    by Jade at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  4. Spiderweb Forearm — Traditional (Old School) · Spider Web · Forearm · Black & Grey · Linework · Small (up to 10cm)
    Small black & grey Traditional (Old School) spiderweb tattoo on the forearm by Jade at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R550–R1,000; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Spiderweb 100%
    defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Jade at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  5. Plague Doctor Coffin Traditional Forearm — Traditional (Old School) · Mask · Skull · Forearm · Black & Grey · Linework · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Traditional (Old School) coffin tattoo on the forearm by Jade at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R6,050–R8,250; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Coffin 50% · Plague doctor bird mask 30% · Skull 20%
    defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Jade at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  6. Eat the Rich Guillotine Calf — Lettering · Traditional (Old School) · Quote · Calf · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Traditional (Old School) guillotine tattoo on the calf by Jade at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R2,350–R3,050; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Guillotine 70% · Banner text 30%
    defined by subject 55 · text 25 · style 20
    by Jade at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  7. Knit Fast Die Warm Yarn Balls Traditional Calf — Lettering · Traditional (Old School) · Quote · Calf · Color · Linework · Small (up to 10cm)
    Small color Traditional (Old School) balls of yarn with knitting needles tattoo on the calf by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R750–R1,200; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Balls of yarn with knitting needles 60% · Banner text 40%
    defined by subject 30 · color 30 · text 25 · style 15
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T09:48:19+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.