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?ink=purple&placement=thigh&subject=octopus.
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: octopus · label: Octopus & Squid
  2. axis: placement · value: thigh · label: Thigh
  3. axis: ink · value: purple · label: Purple
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 Octopus & Squid
Without Thigh
Without Purple
Add a style
  1. New School — tattoos: 3
  2. Japanese (Irezumi) — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Color — tattoos: 4
Add a city
  1. Richmond — tattoos: 2
  2. Seattle — tattoos: 1
  3. Denver — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 2
  2. Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+) — tattoos: 1
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Octopus & Squid is the main element (at least half; scanned photos only)
Start over
Every valid tag as a link (vocabulary)

Total

4

Limit

24

Offset

0

Next offset

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Page url

https://tatseek.com/tattoo-catalog/?tattoo_subject=octopus&tattoo_placement=thigh&tsk_ink=purple

Tattoos

  1. Tiger-Striped Squid New School Thigh — New School · Octopus & Squid · Tiger · Thigh · Color · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color New School squid with tiger stripes and whiskers tattoo on the thigh by Jason Stephan at Loose Screw Tattoo, Richmond; ≈$1,200–$1,600; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Squid with tiger stripes and whiskers 70% · Tiger features 30%
    defined by subject 50 · color 35 · style 15
    by Jason Stephan at Loose Screw Tattoo, Richmond, United States · published 2026-10-03 · image
  2. Teal Octopus and Galaxy Swirl New School Thigh — New School · Octopus & Squid · Planets & Space · Spiral · Thigh · Color · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color New School teal octopus tattoo on the thigh by Gage Turner at Real Gone, Denver; ≈$1,950–$2,550; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Teal octopus 45% · Orange galaxy swirl 35% · Ringed planet or UFO 15% · Asteroids 5%
    defined by style 35 · color 35 · subject 30
    by Gage Turner at Real Gone, Denver, United States · published 2026-10-02 · image
  3. Full Body Suit of Creatures New School Chest — New School · Octopus & Squid · Chest · Stomach · Thigh · Color
    Full-body color New School monsters and creatures across the body tattoo on the chest by Jesse Smith at Loose Screw Tattoo, Richmond; ≈39–68 h, 12+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Monsters and creatures across the body 70% · Tentacles 30%
    defined by subject 50 · color 35 · style 15
    by Jesse Smith at Loose Screw Tattoo, Richmond, United States · published 2026-10-03 · image
  4. Japanese Bodysuit Back and Legs — Japanese (Irezumi) · Cherry Blossom · Female Figure · Ocean & Waves · Octopus & Squid · Back · Thigh · Color · Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+)
    Sleeve-size color Japanese (Irezumi) geisha tattoo on the back by Aaron Bell at Slave to the Needle Wallingford, Seattle; ≈$3,000–$4,000; ≈18–31 h, 6+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Geisha 35% · Orange octopus 20% · Cherry blossoms 20% · Waves 20%
    defined by subject 50 · color 35 · style 15
    by Aaron Bell at Slave to the Needle Wallingford, Seattle, United States · published 2026-09-29 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T20:04:33+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.