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&offset=24&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. Fine Line — tattoos: 21
  2. New School — tattoos: 5
  3. Realism — tattoos: 3
  4. Neo-Traditional — tattoos: 2
  5. Watercolor — tattoos: 1
  6. Lettering — tattoos: 1
Add a placement
  1. Forearm — tattoos: 13
  2. Calf — tattoos: 9
  3. Upper Arm — tattoos: 4
  4. Shoulder — tattoos: 2
  5. Thigh — tattoos: 2
  6. Hand — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 24
  2. Color — tattoos: 8
Add a size
  1. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 5
  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

32

Limit

24

Offset

24

Next offset

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Page url

https://tatseek.com/tattoo-catalog/?tattoo_subject=culture&tsk_city=cape-town

Tattoos

  1. Chihiro Portrait Forearm — Fine Line · Comics & Anime Characters · Forearm · Black & Grey
    Black & grey Fine Line comics & anime characters tattoo on the forearm by Sean at Tarot Tattoo, Cape Town.
    depicts: Chihiro (Spirited Away (Studio Ghibli)) 100%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Comics & Anime Characters 100%
    by Sean at Tarot Tattoo, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image
  2. Totoro Forearm — Fine Line · Comics & Anime Characters · Forearm · Black & Grey
    Black & grey Fine Line comics & anime characters tattoo on the forearm by Sean at Tarot Tattoo, Cape Town.
    depicts: Totoro (My Neighbor Totoro (Studio Ghibli)) 100%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Comics & Anime Characters 100%
    by Sean at Tarot Tattoo, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image
  3. Stitch Watercolor Forearm — Watercolor · Comics & Anime Characters · Forearm · Color
    Color Watercolor comics & anime characters tattoo on the forearm by Lindie at Disciples Ink, Cape Town.
    depicts: Stitch (Lilo & Stitch (Disney)) 100%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Comics & Anime Characters 100%
    by Lindie at Disciples Ink, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image
  4. Kung Fu Panda Arm — Neo-Traditional · Comics & Anime Characters · Upper Arm · Black & Grey
    Black & grey Neo-Traditional comics & anime characters tattoo on the upper arm by Jono at Disciples Ink, Cape Town.
    depicts: Po (Kung Fu Panda (DreamWorks)) 100%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Comics & Anime Characters 100%
    by Jono at Disciples Ink, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image
  5. Freddy Krueger Forearm — Realism · Film & TV · Forearm · Black & Grey
    Black & grey Realism film & tv tattoo on the forearm by Jacobus at Disciples Ink, Cape Town.
    depicts: Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) 100%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Film & TV 100%
    by Jacobus at Disciples Ink, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image
  6. 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; ≈R500–R1,250; ≈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
  7. 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; ≈R750–R1,200; ≈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
  8. 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; ≈R2,000–R2,700; ≈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: 2026-10-09T10:55:02+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.