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&subject=culture.
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: subject · value: culture · label: Pop Culture
  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 Pop Culture
Without Cape Town
Add a style
  1. New School — tattoos: 4
  2. Realism — tattoos: 1
  3. Fine Line — tattoos: 1
  4. Neo-Traditional — tattoos: 1
  5. Lettering — tattoos: 1
Add a placement
  1. Calf — tattoos: 3
  2. Forearm — tattoos: 2
  3. Shoulder — tattoos: 2
Add a colour
  1. Color — tattoos: 6
  2. Black & Grey — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 3
  2. Small (up to 10cm) — tattoos: 3
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Pop Culture 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_subject=culture&tsk_city=cape-town

Tattoos

  1. BB-8 and BD-1 Droids Fine Line Forearm — Fine Line · Film & TV · Forearm · Black & Grey · Dotwork
    Black & grey Fine Line bb-8 droid tattoo on the forearm by Chloe at Disciples Ink, Cape Town.
    depicts: BB-8 (Star Wars) 50% · BD-1 (Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order) 50%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): BB-8 droid 50% · Small walking droid 50%
    defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Chloe at Disciples Ink, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image
  2. Mimikyu Pokemon Calf — New School · Video Games · Calf · Color · Linework · Small (up to 10cm)
    Small color New School mimikyu tattoo on the calf by Shev at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R1,050–R1,450; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.
    depicts: Mimikyu (Pokémon) 100%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Mimikyu 100%
    defined by subject 50 · color 35 · style 15
    by Shev at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  3. Mew Pokemon Calf — New School · Video Games · Calf · Color · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium color New School mew tattoo on the calf by Shev at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R2,500–R3,050; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.
    depicts: Mew (Pokémon) 100%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Mew 100%
    defined by subject 50 · color 35 · style 15
    by Shev at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  4. 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; ≈R2,750–R3,300; ≈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
  5. Sonic the Hedgehog Colour Upper Arm — New School · Gem & Diamond · Video Games · Shoulder · Color · Small (up to 10cm)
    Small color New School sonic the hedgehog tattoo on the shoulder by Angie at As Above So Below, Cape Town; ≈R750–R1,500; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.
    depicts: Sonic the Hedgehog 70%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Sonic the Hedgehog 70% · Green Chaos Emerald 15% · Ring border 15%
    defined by subject 45 · color 35 · style 20
    by Angie at As Above So Below, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-23 · image
  6. Cartoon Character and Text Forearm — Lettering · New School · Film & TV · Quote · Forearm · Color · Linework · Small (up to 10cm)
    Small color New School finn and jake tattoo on the forearm by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R1,050–R1,450; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.
    depicts: Finn the Human (Adventure Time) 70%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Finn and Jake 70% · Quote text 30%
    defined by color 35 · subject 30 · text 20 · style 15
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  7. Cartoon Landscape Oval Neo Traditional Calf — Neo-Traditional · Film & TV · Landscape · Calf · Color · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium color Neo-Traditional cartoon characters tattoo on the calf by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R2,500–R3,050; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Cartoon characters 60% · Landscape with sun and mountains 40%
    defined by subject 50 · color 35 · 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: 2026-10-09T16:18:27+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.