TatSeek Browser API — Tattoo photos: Blackwork Back Complex

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=Blackwork%20Back%20Complex.
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
Blackwork Back Complex
facets
  1. axis: style · value: blackwork · label: Blackwork
  2. axis: placement · value: back · label: Back
  3. axis: detail · value: complex · label: Complex
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 Blackwork
Without Back
Without Complex
Add a subject
  1. Talisman & Amulet — tattoos: 1
  2. Ornament — tattoos: 1
  3. Bird — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 5
Add a city
  1. New York — tattoos: 3
  2. Portland — tattoos: 1
  3. Brooklyn — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 5
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Blackwork 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_style=blackwork&tattoo_placement=back&tsk_cx=complex

Tattoos

  1. Blackwork Geometric Pattern Back — Blackwork · Ornament · Back · Black & Grey · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Blackwork diamond-shaped floral pattern tattoo on the back by Soko Hoshimi at Icon Tattoo, Portland; ≈$1,050–$1,450; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Diamond-shaped floral pattern 100%
    defined by style 100
    by Soko Hoshimi at Icon Tattoo, Portland, United States · published 2026-09-15 · image
  2. Abstract Blackwork Shards Back — Blackwork · Back · Black & Grey · Negative Space · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Blackwork black shard shapes tattoo on the back by John Dame at Studio 28, New York; ≈$1,100–$1,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Black shard shapes 100%
    defined by style 100
    by John Dame at Studio 28, New York, United States · published 2026-09-09 · image
  3. Abstract Blackwork Back Piece — Abstract · Blackwork · Back · Black & Grey · Whip Shading · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Blackwork black brushstroke wing-like shape tattoo on the back by John Dame at Studio 28, New York; ≈$1,100–$1,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Black brushstroke wing-like shape 80% · Abstract brush texture 20%
    defined by style 100
    by John Dame at Studio 28, New York, United States · published 2026-09-09 · image
  4. Swallows and Stave Sigil Traditional Back — Blackwork · Traditional (Old School) · Bird · Talisman & Amulet · Back · Black & Grey · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Traditional (Old School) two swallows tattoo on the back by Christos Tejada at Three Kings Brooklyn, Brooklyn; ≈$1,100–$1,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Two swallows 55% · Stave sigil 45%
    defined by subject 70 · style 30
    by Christos Tejada at Three Kings Brooklyn, Brooklyn, United States · published 2026-10-03 · image
  5. Brushstroke Blackout Back and Arms — Blackwork · Back · Full Sleeve · Black & Grey · Negative Space · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Blackwork brushstroke blackout tattoo on the back by John Dame at Studio 28, New York; ≈$1,100–$1,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Brushstroke blackout 100%
    defined by style 100
    by John Dame at Studio 28, New York, United States · published 2026-09-09 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T13:08:01+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.