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=48&subject=symbols.
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: symbols · label: Symbols & Objects
  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 Symbols & Objects
Without Cape Town
Add a style
  1. Fine Line — tattoos: 22
  2. Realism — tattoos: 8
  3. Traditional (Old School) — tattoos: 6
  4. Ornamental — tattoos: 3
  5. Blackwork — tattoos: 2
  6. Neo-Traditional — tattoos: 2
  7. Watercolor — tattoos: 2
  8. Geometric — tattoos: 2
  9. Trash Polka — tattoos: 1
  10. Lettering — tattoos: 1
Add a placement
  1. Forearm — tattoos: 13
  2. Upper Arm — tattoos: 11
  3. Calf — tattoos: 9
  4. Thigh — tattoos: 7
  5. Shoulder — tattoos: 6
  6. Chest — tattoos: 3
  7. Back — tattoos: 3
  8. Spine — tattoos: 1
  9. Ribs & Side — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 39
  2. Color — tattoos: 14
  3. Black with Color Accents — tattoos: 1
Add a mood
  1. Cute — tattoos: 1
  2. Funny — tattoos: 1
  3. Spiritual — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 25
  2. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 11
  3. Small (up to 10cm) — tattoos: 10
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Symbols & Objects is the main element (at least half; scanned photos only)
Start over
Every valid tag as a link (vocabulary)

Total

54

Limit

24

Offset

48

Next offset

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Page url

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

Tattoos

  1. 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
  2. Mushroom Cluster Fine Line Calf — Fine Line · Mushroom · Spider Web · Calf · Black & Grey · Whip Shading · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Fine Line mushrooms tattoo on the calf by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town; ≈R2,000–R2,700; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Mushrooms 85% · Spider web 10% · Moon 5%
    defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-29 · image
  3. Matching Arrow Symbols Fine Line Foot — Fine Line · Bow & Arrow · Symbols & Objects · Black & Grey · Linework · Small (up to 10cm)
    Small black & grey Fine Line bow & arrow tattoo by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town; ≈R550–R1,000; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Bow & Arrow 100%
    by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-29 · image
  4. Spiral Symbols Chest — Fine Line · Symbols & Objects · Chest · Black & Grey
    Black & grey Fine Line spiral tattoo on the chest by Sean at Tarot Tattoo, Cape Town.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Spiral 100%
    by Sean at Tarot Tattoo, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image
  5. Bow Upper Arm — Fine Line · Symbols & Objects · Upper Arm · Black & Grey · Dotwork
    Black & grey Fine Line bow & arrow tattoo on the upper arm by Luke at Disciples Ink, Cape Town.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Bow & Arrow 100%
    by Luke at Disciples Ink, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image
  6. Dead Inside Ghost Calf — Realism · Symbols & Objects · Calf · Black & Grey
    Black & grey Realism ghost tattoo on the calf by Harry at Disciples Ink, Cape Town.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Ghost 100%
    by Harry at Disciples Ink, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T09:50:50+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.