TatSeek Browser API — Tattoo photos: talisman

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=talisman&style=blackwork&subject=skull.
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
closest
message
No exact match — these are the closest real tattoos, without: “talisman”. Tell the person what was left out. Not TatSeek tags (matched only as words in titles, or ignored): talisman. Tell the person these were not used as filters.
not tags
talisman

Understood

query
talisman
facets
  1. axis: style · value: blackwork · label: Blackwork
  2. axis: subject · value: skull · label: Skull
free words
talisman
corrected
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asked for
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question
no
exact match
no
dropped
axis: free_words · label: talisman

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 Skull
Without the word “talisman”
Add a placement
  1. Forearm — tattoos: 1
  2. Upper Arm — tattoos: 1
  3. Full Sleeve — tattoos: 1
  4. Back — tattoos: 1
  5. Thigh — tattoos: 1
Add a colour
  1. Black & Grey — tattoos: 4
Add a mood
  1. Dark — tattoos: 1
Add a city
  1. Cape Town — tattoos: 2
  2. Richmond — tattoos: 1
  3. New York City — tattoos: 1
  4. Denver — tattoos: 1
Add a size
  1. Medium (10-20cm) — tattoos: 2
  2. Large (20-30cm) — tattoos: 1
  3. Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+) — tattoos: 1
Require the main element
Only tattoos where Blackwork is the main element (at least half; scanned photos only)
Only tattoos where Skull 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_subject=skull&tq=talisman

Tattoos

  1. 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; ≈R2,000–R2,700; ≈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
  2. Skull-Bodied Spider with Web Blackwork Forearm — Blackwork · Insect · Skull · Spider Web · Forearm · Black & Grey · Medium (10-20cm)
    Medium black & grey Blackwork skull-bodied spider tattoo on the forearm by Ashtyn Ann at De La Ink, Denver; ≈$300–$450; ≈2.5–4 h, 1 session.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Skull-bodied spider 60% · Skull 20% · Spider web 20%
    defined by subject 70 · style 30
    by Ashtyn Ann at De La Ink, Denver, United States · published 2026-10-03 · image
  3. Grim Reaper and Skulls Realism Back — Blackwork · Realism · Grim Reaper · Ornament · Skull · Back · Black & Grey · Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+)
    Sleeve-size black & grey Realism grim reaper tattoo on the back by Tyler Pennington at Salvation Tattoo Gallery, Richmond; ≈$1,600–$2,320; ≈21–37 h, 7+ sessions.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Grim Reaper 40% · Thorn Ornament 35% · Skulls 20% · Cobwebs 5%
    mood dark — ink black 75% · grey 25% — detail Detailed (65/100) — defined by style 45 · subject 35 · mood 20
    by Tyler Pennington at Salvation Tattoo Gallery, Richmond, United States · published 2026-09-29 · image
  4. 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; ≈R3,500–R7,500; ≈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
  5. Ornamental Blackwork Full Sleeve — Blackwork · Ornamental · Flower · Ornament · Skull · Full Sleeve
    Blackwork flower tattoo on the full sleeve by Kalodimas at Monolith Studio, New York City.
    composition (TatSeek estimate): Flower 45% · Ornament 30% · Skull 25%
    by Kalodimas at Monolith Studio, New York City, United States · published 2026-09-30 · image

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 9, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-09T07:15:33+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.