TatSeek Browser API — Tattoo photos: film

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=film&style=realism&technique=whip-shading.
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. Not TatSeek tags (matched only as words in titles, or ignored): film. Tell the person these were not used as filters.
not tags
film

Understood

query
film
facets
  1. axis: style · value: realism · label: Realism
  2. axis: technique · value: whip-shading · label: Whip Shading
free words
film
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 Whip Shading
Without the word “film”
Add a subject
  1. Portrait — tattoos: 4
  2. Film & TV — tattoos: 4
  3. Female Figure — tattoos: 2
  4. Male Figure — tattoos: 2
  5. Clouds & Smoke — tattoos: 1
  6. Music & Instruments — tattoos: 1
Add a placement
  1. Upper Arm — tattoos: 3
  2. Full Sleeve — tattoos: 1
  3. Back — tattoos: 1
  4. Spine — tattoos: 1
  5. Thigh — tattoos: 1
  6. Calf — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 4
  2. Black with Color Accents — tattoos: 2
  3. Color — tattoos: 1
Add a city
  1. Austin — tattoos: 3
  2. Los Angeles — tattoos: 2
  3. Redmond — tattoos: 1
  4. Concord — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 5
  2. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 1
  3. Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+) — 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

7

Limit

24

Offset

0

Next offset

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Page url

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

Tattoos

  1. Joker Portrait Upper Arm Piece — Realism · Male Figure · Portrait · Upper Arm · Black & Grey · Whip Shading · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Realism portrait tattoo on the upper arm by Leonardo Velasquez at Lost Edge Tattoo, Austin; ≈$1,100–$1,450; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    depicts: The Joker (Heath Ledger's Joker from the film The Dark Knight (2008)) 60%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Portrait 60% · Male Figure 40%
    by Leonardo Velasquez at Lost Edge Tattoo, Austin, United States · published 2026-09-09 · image
  2. Other Mother Calf Piece — New School · Realism · Female Figure · Portrait · Calf · Black with Color Accents · Whip Shading · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black with color accents New School female figure tattoo on the calf by Sylvester James at The Gallery Tattoo Studio, Concord; ≈$1,200–$1,600; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    depicts: Coraline (the button-eyed Other Mother from the 2009 stop-motion film Coraline, based on the Neil Gaiman novella) 60%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Female Figure 60% · Portrait 40%
    by Sylvester James at The Gallery Tattoo Studio, Concord, United States · published 2026-09-10 · image
  3. Other Mother Upper Arm Piece — New School · Realism · Female Figure · Portrait · Upper Arm · Black with Color Accents · Whip Shading · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black with color accents New School female figure tattoo on the upper arm by Leonardo Velasquez at Lost Edge Tattoo, Austin; ≈$1,100–$1,450; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    depicts: Coraline (the button-eyed Other Mother from Coraline, the 2009 stop-motion film directed by Henry Selick, based on the Neil Gaiman) 60%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Female Figure 60% · Portrait 40%
    by Leonardo Velasquez at Lost Edge Tattoo, Austin, United States · published 2026-09-09 · image
  4. Horror Sleeve Arm — Realism · Clouds & Smoke · Film & TV · Full Sleeve · Black & Grey · Whip Shading · Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+)
    Sleeve-size black & grey Realism gill-man from creature from the black lagoon tattoo on the full sleeve by Nika Urban at Dovetail Tattoo, Austin; ≈$2,700–$3,600; ≈18–31 h, 6+ sessions.
    depicts: Gill-man (Creature from the Black Lagoon) 40% · Frankenstein's Monster (Frankenstein) 15%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Gill-man from Creature from the Black Lagoon 40% · Other classic movie monsters 25% · Lightning and storm clouds 20% · Frankenstein's monster 15%
    defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Nika Urban at Dovetail Tattoo, Austin, United States · published 2026-09-10 · image
  5. Xenomorph Down the Spine — Realism · Film & TV · Back · Spine · Black & Grey · Whip Shading · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Realism xenomorph with its tail along the spine tattoo on the back by Jim Down at Studio City Tattoo, Los Angeles; ≈$1,200–$1,600; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    depicts: Xenomorph (Alien) 100%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Xenomorph with its tail along the spine 100%
    defined by subject 80 · style 20
    by Jim Down at Studio City Tattoo, Los Angeles, United States · published 2026-09-10 · image
  6. Jareth the Goblin King Portrait Thigh Piece — Realism · Film & TV · Male Figure · Portrait · Thigh · Black & Grey · Whip Shading · Large (20-30cm)
    Large black & grey Realism male figure tattoo on the thigh by Alex Vivian at Four Flames, Redmond; ≈$1,150–$1,500; ≈7–12 h, 2+ sessions.
    depicts: Jareth the Goblin King (Labyrinth (1986), played by David Bowie) 45%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Male Figure 45% · Portrait 30% · Film & TV 25%
    by Alex Vivian at Four Flames, Redmond, United States · published 2026-09-10 · image
  7. Baby Groot in a Pot Tricep — New School · Realism · Film & TV · Music & Instruments · Upper Arm · Color · Whip Shading · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium color New School baby groot in a pot tattoo on the upper arm by Alessandro at Art Collector, Los Angeles; ≈$500–$600; ≈3–5 h, 1 session.
    depicts: Groot (Guardians of the Galaxy) 70%
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Baby Groot in a pot 70% · Plant pot 15% · Headphones 15%
    defined by subject 45 · color 35 · style 20
    by Alessandro at Art Collector, Los Angeles, United States · published 2026-09-10 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T22:02:29+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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