TatSeek Browser API — Tattoo photos: Realism Hand Whip Shading

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=Realism%20Hand%20Whip%20Shading.
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
Realism Hand Whip Shading
facets
  1. axis: style · value: realism · label: Realism
  2. axis: placement · value: hand · label: Hand
  3. axis: technique · value: whip-shading · label: Whip Shading
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 Realism
Without Hand
Without Whip Shading
Add a subject
  1. Portrait — tattoos: 1
  2. Female Figure — tattoos: 1
  3. Eye — tattoos: 1
  4. Deity Figure — tattoos: 1
  5. Ornament — tattoos: 1
  6. Lion — tattoos: 1
  7. Lotus — tattoos: 1
  8. Snake — tattoos: 1
  9. Rose — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 4
Add a city
  1. Austin — tattoos: 2
  2. Seattle — tattoos: 1
  3. Los Angeles — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 3
  2. Small (up to 10cm) — tattoos: 1
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Realism is the main element (at least half; scanned photos only)
Start over
Every valid tag as a link (vocabulary)

Total

4

Limit

24

Offset

0

Next offset

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Page url

https://tatseek.com/tattoo-catalog/?tattoo_style=realism&tattoo_placement=hand&tattoo_technique=whip-shading

Tattoos

  1. Roaring Lion Hand Tattoo — Realism · Lion · Hand · Black & Grey · Whip Shading · Small (up to 10cm)
    Small black & grey Realism lion tattoo on the hand by Daniel Sas at West Seattle Tattoo, Seattle; ≈$200–$300; ≈1–2 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Lion 100%
    by Daniel Sas at West Seattle Tattoo, Seattle, United States · published 2026-09-10 · image
  2. Buddha on a Lotus Hand — Realism · Deity Figure · Lotus · Hand · Black & Grey · Whip Shading · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Realism lotus tattoo on the hand by Joshua Gray at Studio City Tattoo, Los Angeles; ≈$500–$600; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Lotus 60% · Deity Figure 40%
    by Joshua Gray at Studio City Tattoo, Los Angeles, United States · published 2026-09-10 · image
  3. Woman Face with Candles and Snakes Hand Piece — Realism · Surrealism · Female Figure · Portrait · Snake · Hand · Black & Grey · Whip Shading · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Realism female figure tattoo on the hand by Gabriel García at Lost Edge Tattoo, Austin; ≈$450–$550; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Female Figure 45% · Portrait 30% · Snake 25%
    by Gabriel García at Lost Edge Tattoo, Austin, United States · published 2026-09-09 · image
  4. Eye Within a Rose Hand Piece — Ornamental · Realism · Eye · Ornament · Rose · Hand · Black & Grey · Whip Shading · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Ornamental eye tattoo on the hand by Gabriel García at Lost Edge Tattoo, Austin; ≈$450–$550; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Eye 45% · Rose 30% · Ornament 25%
    by Gabriel García at Lost Edge Tattoo, Austin, United States · published 2026-09-09 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T16:30:32+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

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