TatSeek Browser API — Tattoo photos: Realism Insect 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=Realism%20Insect%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
Realism Insect Complex
facets
  1. axis: style · value: realism · label: Realism
  2. axis: subject · value: insect · label: Insect
  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 Realism
Without Insect
Without Complex
Add a placement
  1. Forearm — tattoos: 1
  2. Upper Arm — tattoos: 1
  3. Chest — tattoos: 1
  4. Stomach — tattoos: 1
  5. Calf — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 3
  2. Black with Color Accents — tattoos: 1
  3. Color — tattoos: 1
Add a city
  1. Chicago — tattoos: 2
  2. Cape Town — tattoos: 1
  3. Seattle — tattoos: 1
  4. Denver — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 4
  2. Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+) — tattoos: 1
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Realism is the main element (at least half; scanned photos only)
Only tattoos where Insect 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=realism&tattoo_subject=insect&tsk_cx=complex

Tattoos

  1. Winged Scarab Realism Chest — Realism · Gem & Diamond · Insect · Chest · Color · Large (20-30cm)
    Large color Realism winged scarab beetle tattoo on the chest by Nelson Aviles at Black Atlas, Chicago; ≈$1,500–$2,000; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Winged scarab beetle 65% · Hieroglyph relief backdrop 25% · Red gem 10%
    defined by subject 45 · color 30 · style 25
    by Nelson Aviles at Black Atlas, Chicago, United States · published 2026-10-02 · image
  2. Bear, Forest and Dragonfly Realism Calf — Realism · Bear · Dragonfly · Insect · Mountains · Tree · Calf · Black & Grey · Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+)
    Sleeve-size black & grey Realism roaring bear tattoo on the calf by Nelson Aviles at Black Atlas, Chicago; ≈$3,750–$5,000; ≈18–31 h, 6+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Roaring bear 35% · Forest silhouette 20% · Dragonfly 15% · Mountains 10%
    defined by subject 70 · style 30
    by Nelson Aviles at Black Atlas, Chicago, United States · published 2026-10-02 · image
  3. Ladybug and Hexagon Pattern Realism Upper Arm — Realism · Trash Polka · Hexagon · Insect · Skeleton · Upper Arm · Black with Color Accents · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black with color accents Realism realistic ladybug tattoo on the upper arm by Darl Gnau at Real Gone, Denver; ≈$1,950–$2,550; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Realistic ladybug 30% · Black block with hexagon pattern 30% · Face fragment 15% · Skeleton spine 15%
    defined by style 55 · subject 35 · color 10
    by Darl Gnau at Real Gone, Denver, United States · published 2026-10-02 · image
  4. Skull and Moth Realism Stomach — Realism · Insect · Skull · Stomach · Black & Grey · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Realism skull tattoo on the stomach by Tony Fentress at Slave to the Needle Wallingford, Seattle; ≈$1,200–$1,600; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Skull 60% · Insect 40%
    by Tony Fentress at Slave to the Needle Wallingford, Seattle, United States · published 2026-09-29 · image
  5. Skull and Insect Realism Forearm — Realism · Insect · Skull · Forearm · Black & Grey · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Realism skull tattoo on the forearm by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town; ≈R6,600–R8,800; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Skull 60% · Insect 40%
    by Sean McLoughlin at Black Crown Tattoo, Cape Town, South Africa · published 2026-09-29 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T21:48:50+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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