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?min_share=50&placement=upper-arm&subject=portrait.
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: portrait · label: Portrait
  2. axis: placement · value: upper-arm · label: Upper Arm
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 Portrait
Without Upper Arm
Add a style
  1. Realism — tattoos: 4
  2. Neo-Traditional — tattoos: 1
  3. Japanese (Irezumi) — tattoos: 1
  4. Lettering — tattoos: 1
  5. Surrealism — tattoos: 1
  6. Illustrative — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 5
  2. Color — tattoos: 2
Add a mood
  1. Dark — tattoos: 1
  2. Fierce — tattoos: 1
Add a city
  1. Seattle — tattoos: 2
  2. Brooklyn — tattoos: 2
  3. Vancouver — tattoos: 1
  4. Richmond — tattoos: 1
  5. Denver — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 5
  2. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 2
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Portrait 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=portrait&tattoo_placement=upper-arm

Tattoos

  1. Child Portrait Realism Upper Arm — Realism · Portrait · Upper Arm · Black & Grey · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Realism child's portrait tattoo on the upper arm by Alex Atenco at De La Ink, Denver; ≈$1,000–$1,350; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Child's portrait 100%
    defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Alex Atenco at De La Ink, Denver, United States · published 2026-10-03 · image
  2. Salvador Dalí Portrait Realism Upper Arm — Realism · Portrait · Upper Arm · Black & Grey · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Realism salvador dalí tattoo on the upper arm by Rodrigo Valenzuela at The FALL, Vancouver; ≈CA$450–CA$550; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    depicts: Salvador Dalí
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Salvador Dalí 100%
    ink black 55% · grey 45% — detail Very detailed (90/100) — defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Rodrigo Valenzuela at The FALL, Vancouver, Canada · published 2026-10-02 · image
  3. Baby Portrait Realism Upper Arm — Lettering · Realism · Portrait · Quote · Upper Arm · Black & Grey · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Realism baby portrait tattoo on the upper arm by Jen Bean at Loose Screw Tattoo, Richmond; ≈$1,100–$1,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Baby portrait 90% · Script lettering 10%
    defined by subject 70 · style 20 · text 10
    by Jen Bean at Loose Screw Tattoo, Richmond, United States · published 2026-10-03 · image
  4. Child Portrait and Michael Myers Realism Upper Arm — Realism · Film & TV · Portrait · Upper Arm · Black & Grey · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Realism child portrait tattoo on the upper arm by Plata at Arrow & Sword, Seattle; ≈$1,100–$1,500; ≈8–14 h, 3+ sessions.
    depicts: Michael Myers (Halloween)
    composition (TatSeek estimate): child portrait 70% · michael myers 30%
    ink black 55% · grey 45% — detail Very detailed (85/100) — defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Plata at Arrow & Sword, Seattle, United States · published 2026-10-09 · image
  5. Severed Head and Dagger Japanese Upper Arm — Japanese (Irezumi) · Dagger & Knife · Portrait · Upper Arm · Color · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color Japanese (Irezumi) severed head tattoo on the upper arm by Elijah Cole at Slave to the Needle Wallingford, Seattle; ≈$900–$1,300; ≈8–14 h, 3+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Severed Head 70% · Dagger 30%
    mood dark, fierce — ink black 30% · red 30% · grey 20% · yellow 15% · white 5% — detail Detailed (55/100) — defined by subject 55 · style 15 · color 15 · mood 15
    by Elijah Cole at Slave to the Needle Wallingford, Seattle, United States · published 2026-09-29 · image
  6. Cubist Faces with Flames Neo Traditional Upper Arm — Neo-Traditional · Surrealism · Fire & Flames · Portrait · Upper Arm · Color · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color Neo-Traditional cubist faces tattoo on the upper arm by Brenn Cox at Three Kings Brooklyn, Brooklyn; ≈$1,100–$1,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Cubist faces 60% · Flames 25% · Abstract shapes 15%
    defined by subject 40 · style 30 · color 30
    by Brenn Cox at Three Kings Brooklyn, Brooklyn, United States · published 2026-10-03 · image
  7. Half Skull Smiling Face Illustrative Upper Arm — Illustrative · Portrait · Skull · Upper Arm · Black & Grey · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Illustrative smiling face tattoo on the upper arm by Jolie Matthews at Three Kings Brooklyn, Brooklyn; ≈$450–$550; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Smiling face 50% · Skull half 50%
    defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Jolie Matthews at Three Kings Brooklyn, Brooklyn, United States · published 2026-10-03 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T11:34:42+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.