TatSeek Browser API — Tattoo photos: Blackwork Cape Town

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%20Cape%20Town.
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 Cape Town
facets
  1. axis: style · value: blackwork · label: Blackwork
  2. axis: city · value: Cape Town · label: Cape Town
free words
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corrected
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asked for
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question
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exact match
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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 Cape Town
Add a subject
  1. Skull — tattoos: 2
  2. Butterfly — tattoos: 1
  3. Tree — tattoos: 1
  4. Portrait — tattoos: 1
  5. Female Figure — tattoos: 1
  6. Clouds & Smoke — tattoos: 1
  7. Mandala — tattoos: 1
  8. Sacred Geometry — tattoos: 1
  9. Mermaid — tattoos: 1
Add a placement
  1. Thigh — tattoos: 3
  2. Calf — tattoos: 3
  3. Forearm — tattoos: 1
  4. Upper Arm — tattoos: 1
  5. Ankle & Foot — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 8
Add a size
  1. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 3
  2. Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+) — tattoos: 1
  3. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 1
  4. Small (up to 10cm) — tattoos: 1
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

8

Limit

24

Offset

0

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Page url

https://tatseek.com/tattoo-catalog/?tattoo_style=blackwork&tsk_city=cape-town

Tattoos

  1. Girl with Balloon Blackwork Ankle — Blackwork · Female Figure · Ankle & Foot · Black & Grey · Small (up to 10cm)
    Small black & grey Blackwork girl lifted by balloons tattoo on the ankle & foot by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town; ≈R850–R1,250; ≈1–1.5 h, 1 session.
    depicts: Girl with Balloon 100%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Girl lifted by balloons 100%
    defined by subject 70 · style 30
    by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-29 · image
  2. Blackwork Banded Pattern Calf — Blackwork · Calf · Black & Grey
    Black & grey Blackwork solid black diagonal bands tattoo on the calf by Maverick at Tarot Tattoo, Cape Town.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Solid black diagonal bands 100%
    defined by style 100
    by Maverick at Tarot Tattoo, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image
  3. Butterfly and Star Calf — Blackwork · Butterfly · Calf · Black & Grey
    Black & grey Blackwork butterfly tattoo on the calf by Maverick at Tarot Tattoo, Cape Town.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Butterfly 100%
    by Maverick at Tarot Tattoo, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-22 · image
  4. Skull Cat Sigil Upper Arm — Blackwork · Skull · Upper Arm · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Blackwork skull tattoo on the upper arm by Shev at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R2,500–R3,050; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Skull 100%
    by Shev at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image
  5. Antlered Portrait Forearm — Blackwork · Portrait · Forearm · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Blackwork portrait tattoo on the forearm by Ronnie "Black Crow" Belcher at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town; ≈R3,500–R4,200; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Portrait 100%
    by Ronnie "Black Crow" Belcher at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-15 · image
  6. Tree Silhouette Thigh — Blackwork · Tree · Thigh · Black & Grey · Linework · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Blackwork tree tattoo on the thigh by Ronnie "Black Crow" Belcher at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town; ≈R2,800–R3,500; ≈2–3.5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Tree 100%
    by Ronnie "Black Crow" Belcher at Mr Lucky's, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-15 · image
  7. Skeleton Mermaid Thigh — Blackwork · Mermaid · Skull · Thigh · Black & Grey · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Blackwork skeleton tattoo on the thigh by Angie at As Above So Below, Cape Town; ≈R4,000–R8,000; ≈6–10 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Skeleton 45% · Mermaid 30% · Skull 25%
    by Angie at As Above So Below, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-23 · image
  8. Dotwork Leg Sleeve — Blackwork · Geometric · Clouds & Smoke · Mandala · Sacred Geometry · Calf · Thigh · Black & Grey · Dotwork · Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+)
    Sleeve-size black & grey Geometric sacred geometry tattoo on the calf by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town; ≈R16,500–R22,000; ≈78–135 h, 23+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Sacred Geometry 30% · Black Patterns 30% · Mandala 25% · Clouds 15%
    ink black 85% · grey 15% — detail Detailed (70/100) — defined by style 90 · subject 10
    by Gareth Doye at Kak Lucky, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-17 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T22:59:45+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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