TatSeek Browser API — Tattoo photos: Back Text

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?q=Back%20Text.
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
Back Text
facets
  1. axis: placement · value: back · label: Back
  2. axis: subject · value: text · label: Text & Script
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 Back
Without Text & Script
Add a style
  1. Lettering — tattoos: 5
  2. Realism — tattoos: 3
  3. Fine Line — tattoos: 3
  4. Neo-Traditional — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 6
  2. Color — tattoos: 2
  3. Black with Color Accents — tattoos: 2
Add a city
  1. New York — tattoos: 4
  2. Upland — tattoos: 1
  3. Portland — tattoos: 1
  4. Centurion — tattoos: 1
  5. Durban — tattoos: 1
  6. Richmond — tattoos: 1
  7. Denver — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 4
  2. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 4
  3. Small (up to 10cm) — tattoos: 1
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Text & Script is the main element (at least half; scanned photos only)
Start over
Every valid tag as a link (vocabulary)

Total

10

Limit

24

Offset

0

Next offset

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Page url

https://tatseek.com/tattoo-catalog/?tattoo_placement=back&tattoo_subject=text

Tattoos

  1. FTM Lettering — Lettering · Quote · Back · Black & Grey · Linework · Small (up to 10cm)
    Small black & grey Lettering serif letters tattoo on the back by Jenny at Studio 28, New York; ≈$100–$200; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Serif letters 100%
    defined by text 80 · style 20
    by Jenny at Studio 28, New York, United States · published 2026-09-09 · image
  2. Roman Numeral Blackletter Lower Back Piece — Lettering · Name or Date · Text & Script · Back · Black & Grey · Linework · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Lettering name or date tattoo on the back by Henry Powell at Six Feet Under Tattoo Parlor, Upland; ≈$1,300–$1,750; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Name or Date 100%
    by Henry Powell at Six Feet Under Tattoo Parlor, Upland, United States · published 2026-09-10 · image
  3. Ignorant Style City Back Piece — Fine Line · Buildings & Architecture · Cat · Quote · Skull · Sun · Back · Black & Grey · Hand-Poked · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Fine Line city skyline tattoo on the back by Fra at Cherry Bomb, New York; ≈$350–$500; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): City skyline 30% · Words 25% · Cat face 10% · Skull 10%
    defined by subject 55 · style 25 · text 20
    by Fra at Cherry Bomb, New York, United States · published 2026-09-16 · image
  4. Ignorant Style Back Piece — Fine Line · Bison & Bull · Eye · Quote · Skull · Back · Black & Grey · Hand-Poked · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Fine Line bull horns and a doodle face tattoo on the back by Fra at Cherry Bomb, New York; ≈$350–$500; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Bull horns and a doodle face 40% · Handwritten words 25% · Small doodles 15% · Skull 10%
    defined by subject 50 · style 30 · text 20
    by Fra at Cherry Bomb, New York, United States · published 2026-09-16 · image
  5. Heart and Roses with Quote Neo Traditional Back — Lettering · Neo-Traditional · Heart · Quote · Rose · Back · Color · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color Neo-Traditional anatomical heart tattoo on the back by Kyle Adamache at De La Ink, Denver; ≈$1,000–$1,350; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Anatomical heart 35% · Roses 35% · Text To thine own self be true 20% · Thorny vine 10%
    defined by subject 40 · color 35 · style 15 · text 10
    by Kyle Adamache at De La Ink, Denver, United States · published 2026-10-03 · image
  6. Memorial Portrait of a Man Realism Back — Lettering · Realism · Male Figure · Name or Date · Back · Black & Grey · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Realism man's portrait tattoo on the back by Jen Bean at Loose Screw Tattoo, Richmond; ≈$1,100–$1,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Man's portrait 85% · Memorial dates 15%
    defined by subject 65 · style 20 · text 15
    by Jen Bean at Loose Screw Tattoo, Richmond, United States · published 2026-10-03 · image
  7. Portrait and Red Script Back Piece — Realism · Female Figure · Non-Latin Script · Portrait · Back · Black with Color Accents · Whip Shading · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black with color accents Realism portrait tattoo on the back by Toby Linwood at Tattoo 34, Portland; ≈$1,100–$1,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Portrait 45% · Non-Latin Script 30% · Female Figure 25%
    by Toby Linwood at Tattoo 34, Portland, United States · published 2026-09-10 · image
  8. Text Poem Chest Piece — Lettering · Heart · Quote · Back · Chest · Black with Color Accents · Hand-Poked · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black with color accents Lettering poem lines tattoo on the back by Fra at Cherry Bomb, New York; ≈$350–$500; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Poem lines 85% · Red heart 10% · Small doodles 5%
    defined by text 75 · style 20 · subject 5
    by Fra at Cherry Bomb, New York, United States · published 2026-09-16 · image
  9. Butterfly, fine line — Fine Line · Bird · Butterfly · Text & Script · Wings · Back · Black & Grey
    Black & grey Fine Line butterfly tattoo on the back by Sheldon Shaw at Fine Line, Durban.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Butterfly 45% · Bird 30% · Wings 25%
    by Sheldon Shaw at Fine Line, Durban, South Africa · published 2026-09-23 · image
  10. Sunflower & Script Back — Realism · Flower · Sunflower · Text & Script · Back · Color · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium color Realism sunflower tattoo on the back by Junior at Royal Inked, Centurion; ≈R1,500–R2,750; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Sunflower 60% · Flower 40%
    by Junior at Royal Inked, Centurion, South Africa · published 2026-09-23 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T09:56:06+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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