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&style=traditional&subject=animals.
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: subject · value: animals · label: Animals
  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 Traditional (Old School)
Without Animals
Without Cape Town
Add a placement
  1. Forearm — tattoos: 6
  2. Calf — tattoos: 5
  3. Upper Arm — tattoos: 2
  4. Shoulder — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 10
  2. Color — tattoos: 4
Add a size
  1. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 10
  2. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 2
  3. Small (up to 10cm) — tattoos: 1
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Traditional (Old School) is the main element (at least half; scanned photos only)
Only tattoos where Animals is the main element (at least half; scanned photos only)
Start over
Every valid tag as a link (vocabulary)

Total

14

Limit

24

Offset

0

Next offset

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Page url

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

Tattoos

  1. Traditional Koi Fish Calf — Traditional (Old School) · Koi Fish · Calf · Black & Grey
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Koi Fish 100%
    by Savannah at Disciples Ink, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image
  2. Snake Upper Arm — Traditional (Old School) · Snake · Upper Arm · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Snake 100%
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  3. Snake Forearm — Traditional (Old School) · Snake · Forearm · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Snake 100%
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  4. Shark Traditional Calf — Traditional (Old School) · Fish · Calf · Color · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Fish 100%
    by Phil at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  5. Panther Mother Banner Shoulder — Traditional (Old School) · Panther & Leopard · Shoulder · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Panther & Leopard 100%
    by Phil at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  6. Colour Elephant Traditional Calf — Traditional (Old School) · Elephant · Calf · Color · Linework · Large (20-30cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Elephant 100%
    by Sean at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  7. Crow on Branch Forearm — Traditional (Old School) · Bird · Forearm · Black & Grey · Linework · Large (20-30cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Bird 100%
    by Sean at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  8. Lion Traditional Calf — Traditional (Old School) · Lion · Calf · Color · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Lion 100%
    by Sean at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  9. Swallows Forearm — Traditional (Old School) · Bird · Forearm · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Bird 100%
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  10. Swallow Pair Forearm — Traditional (Old School) · Bird · Forearm · Black & Grey · Linework · Small (up to 10cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Bird 100%
    by Ronnie "Black Crow" Belcher at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-15 · image
  11. Snake and Flowers Upper Arm — Traditional (Old School) · Flower · Snake · Upper Arm · Color · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Snake 60% · Flower 40%
    by Shev at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  12. Eagle and Dagger Forearm — Traditional (Old School) · Dagger & Knife · Eagle · Forearm · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Eagle 60% · Dagger & Knife 40%
    by Phil at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  13. Sun and Shark Calf — Traditional (Old School) · Fish · Sun · Calf · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Sun 60% · Fish 40%
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image
  14. Shark and Waves Forearm — Traditional (Old School) · Fish · Ocean & Waves · Forearm · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Fish 60% · Ocean & Waves 40%
    by Phil at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-16 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T03:48:12+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.