TatSeek Browser API — Tattoo photos: talisman

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?placement=upper-arm&q=talisman&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
closest
message
No exact match — these are the closest real tattoos, without: “talisman”. Tell the person what was left out. Not TatSeek tags (matched only as words in titles, or ignored): talisman. Tell the person these were not used as filters.
not tags
talisman

Understood

query
talisman
facets
  1. axis: subject · value: octopus · label: Octopus & Squid
  2. axis: placement · value: upper-arm · label: Upper Arm
free words
talisman
corrected
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asked for
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question
no
exact match
no
dropped
axis: free_words · label: talisman

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 Upper Arm
Without the word “talisman”
Add a style
  1. New School — tattoos: 2
  2. Realism — tattoos: 1
  3. Traditional (Old School) — tattoos: 1
  4. Neo-Traditional — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 3
  2. Color — tattoos: 2
Add a mood
  1. Dark — tattoos: 1
Add a city
  1. Chicago — tattoos: 1
  2. Denver — tattoos: 1
  3. Richmond — tattoos: 1
  4. New York — tattoos: 1
  5. Seattle — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 3
  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

5

Limit

24

Offset

0

Next offset

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Page url

https://tatseek.com/tattoo-catalog/?tattoo_subject=octopus&tattoo_placement=upper-arm&tq=talisman

Tattoos

  1. Octopus Neo-Traditional Upper Arm — Neo-Traditional · Octopus & Squid · Upper Arm · Black & Grey · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Neo-Traditional octopus tattoo on the upper arm by Luna at True Love, Seattle; ≈$850–$1,200; ≈8–13 h, 3+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Octopus 100%
    ink black 65% · grey 35% — detail Detailed (55/100) — defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Luna at True Love, Seattle, United States · published 2026-10-09 · image
  2. Green Octopus New School Upper Arm — New School · Ocean & Waves · Octopus & Squid · Upper Arm · Color · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color New School octopus with a big eye tattoo on the upper arm by Jason Stephan at Loose Screw Tattoo, Richmond; ≈$1,200–$1,600; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Octopus with a big eye 80% · Waves 20%
    defined by subject 50 · color 35 · style 15
    by Jason Stephan at Loose Screw Tattoo, Richmond, United States · published 2026-10-03 · image
  3. Tentacle and Slit-pupil Eyeball New School Upper Arm — New School · Eye · Octopus & Squid · Upper Arm · Color · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color New School tentacle with suckers tattoo on the upper arm by Makayla Anderson at Real Gone, Denver; ≈$1,600–$2,250; ≈6–10 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Tentacle with suckers 60% · Green slit-pupil eyeball 30% · Wisps 10%
    defined by subject 50 · color 30 · style 20
    by Makayla Anderson at Real Gone, Denver, United States · published 2026-10-02 · image
  4. Woman with Octopus Tentacles Realism Upper Arm — Realism · Crown · Female Figure · Octopus & Squid · Upper Arm · Black & Grey · Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+)
    Sleeve-size black & grey Realism sea queen tattoo on the upper arm by Nikki Simpson at EverBlack, New York; ≈$3,000–$4,000; ≈10–18 h, 3+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Sea Queen 60% · Tentacles 25% · Shell Tiara 10% · pearl strings 5%
    mood dark — ink black 50% · grey 45% · white 5% — detail Very detailed (85/100) — defined by subject 60 · style 35 · mood 5
    by Nikki Simpson at EverBlack, New York, United States · published 2026-10-09 · image
  5. Ship Traditional Upper Arm — Traditional (Old School) · Octopus & Squid · Ship · Upper Arm · Black & Grey
    Black & grey Traditional (Old School) clipper ship tattoo on the upper arm by Erik Gillespie at Great Lakes Tattoo, Chicago.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Clipper ship 75% · Tentacles 25%
    defined by subject 80 · style 20
    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: 2026-10-09T21:57:10+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.

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