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=chicago&ink=orange&subject=insect.
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: insect · label: Insect
  2. axis: ink · value: orange · label: Orange
  3. axis: city · value: Chicago · label: Chicago
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 Insect
Without Orange
Without Chicago
Add a style
  1. Traditional (Old School) — tattoos: 4
  2. Realism — tattoos: 2
  3. New School — tattoos: 1
Add a placement
  1. Forearm — tattoos: 3
  2. Chest — tattoos: 1
  3. Thigh — tattoos: 1
  4. Calf — tattoos: 1
  5. Ankle & Foot — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Color — tattoos: 7
Add a mood
  1. Dark — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 1
  2. Small (up to 10cm) — tattoos: 1
  3. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 1
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Insect 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=insect&tsk_ink=orange&tsk_city=chicago

Tattoos

  1. Spider Web Traditional Thigh — Traditional (Old School) · Eye · Insect · Skull · Spider Web · Thigh · Color · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium color Traditional (Old School) spider web tattoo on the thigh by Nick Osbourn at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago; ≈$500–$650; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Spider Web 50% · Eyeball Spider 25% · Skull illusion 15% · Flies 10%
    mood dark — ink black 45% · orange 25% · red 20% · yellow 10% — detail Moderate (40/100) — defined by subject 65 · color 20 · style 15
    by Nick Osbourn at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago, United States · published 2026-09-30 · image
  2. Dragonfly Realism Ankle — Realism · Dragonfly · Insect · Ankle & Foot · Color · Small (up to 10cm)
    Small color Realism dragonfly tattoo on the ankle & foot by Angel Antonio at Black Atlas, Chicago; ≈$200–$250; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Dragonfly 100%
    defined by subject 50 · color 35 · style 15
    by Angel Antonio at Black Atlas, Chicago, United States · published 2026-10-02 · image
  3. Facehugger New School Calf — New School · Insect · Calf · Color
    Color New School insect tattoo on the calf by Kevin Leary at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago.
    depicts: Facehugger (Alien franchise) 100%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Insect 100%
    by Kevin Leary at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago, United States · published 2026-09-30 · image
  4. Praying Mantis and Yin Yang Forearm — Traditional (Old School) · Insect · Symbols & Objects · Forearm · Color
    Color Traditional (Old School) insect tattoo on the forearm by Erik Gillespie at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Insect 100%
    by Erik Gillespie at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago, United States · published 2026-09-30 · image
  5. Winged Scarab Realism Chest — Realism · Gem & Diamond · Insect · Chest · Color · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color Realism winged scarab beetle tattoo on the chest by Nelson Aviles at Black Atlas, Chicago; ≈$1,400–$1,900; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Winged scarab beetle 65% · Hieroglyph relief backdrop 25% · Red gem 10%
    defined by subject 45 · color 30 · style 25
    by Nelson Aviles at Black Atlas, Chicago, United States · published 2026-10-02 · image
  6. Spiked Skull Traditional Forearm — Traditional (Old School) · Insect · Skull · Forearm · Color
    Color Traditional (Old School) skull tattoo on the forearm by Danni Nievera at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Skull 60% · Insect 40%
    by Danni Nievera at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago, United States · published 2026-09-30 · image
  7. Woman and Spider Traditional Forearm — Traditional (Old School) · Female Figure · Insect · Forearm · Color
    Color Traditional (Old School) female figure tattoo on the forearm by Erik Gillespie at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Female Figure 60% · Insect 40%
    by Erik Gillespie at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago, United States · published 2026-09-30 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T09:17:44+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.