TatSeek Browser API — Tag vocabulary

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/vocabulary.
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.

Vocabulary

style
  1. Abstract — slug: abstract · tattoos: 60
  2. Anime / Manga — slug: anime · tattoos: 56
  3. Biomechanical — slug: biomechanical · tattoos: 18
  4. Blackwork — slug: blackwork · tattoos: 85
  5. Chicano — slug: chicano · tattoos: 27
  6. Fine Line — slug: fine-line · tattoos: 695
  7. Geometric — slug: geometric · tattoos: 106
  8. Illustrative — slug: illustrative · tattoos: 61
  9. Japanese (Irezumi) — slug: japanese · tattoos: 211
  10. Lettering — slug: lettering · tattoos: 85
  11. Minimalism — slug: minimalism · tattoos: 45
  12. Neo-Traditional — slug: neo-traditional · tattoos: 501
  13. New School — slug: new-school · tattoos: 312
  14. Ornamental — slug: ornamental · tattoos: 159
  15. Realism — slug: realism · tattoos: 814
  16. Surrealism — slug: surrealism · tattoos: 50
  17. Traditional (Old School) — slug: traditional · tattoos: 730
  18. Trash Polka — slug: trash-polka · tattoos: 76
  19. Tribal — slug: tribal · tattoos: 36
  20. Watercolor — slug: watercolor · tattoos: 59
subject
  1. Airplane — slug: airplane · tattoos: 4 · parent: symbols
  2. Alligator & Crocodile — slug: alligator · tattoos: 6 · parent: animals
  3. Anchor — slug: anchor · tattoos: 8 · parent: symbols
  4. Angel — slug: angel · tattoos: 17 · parent: mythology
  5. Animals — slug: animals · tattoos: 53 · group: yes · note: A group of codes, not a filter of its own: use its child codes.
  6. Ape & Monkey — slug: ape · tattoos: 6 · parent: animals
  7. Astronaut — slug: astronaut · tattoos: 6 · parent: celestial
  8. Axe — slug: axe · tattoos: 5 · parent: weapons
  9. Bat — slug: bat · tattoos: 4 · parent: animals
  10. Bear — slug: bear · tattoos: 20 · parent: animals
  11. Bee — slug: bee · tattoos: 5 · parent: animals
  12. Bird — slug: bird · tattoos: 228 · parent: animals
  13. Bison & Bull — slug: bison · tattoos: 7 · parent: animals
  14. Bow & Arrow — slug: bow-arrow · tattoos: 5 · parent: weapons
  15. Buildings & Architecture — slug: architecture · tattoos: 37 · parent: symbols
  16. Butterfly — slug: butterfly · tattoos: 78 · parent: animals
  17. Cactus & Desert — slug: cactus · tattoos: 4 · parent: nature
  18. Candle — slug: candle · tattoos: 13 · parent: symbols
  19. Car — slug: car · tattoos: 5 · parent: symbols
  20. Cat — slug: cat · tattoos: 61 · parent: animals
  21. Celestial — slug: celestial · tattoos: 14 · group: yes · note: A group of codes, not a filter of its own: use its child codes.
  22. Chain — slug: chain · tattoos: 17 · parent: symbols
  23. Cherry Blossom — slug: cherry-blossom · tattoos: 24 · parent: nature
  24. Circle — slug: circle · tattoos: 6 · parent: pattern
  25. Clock & Hourglass — slug: clock · tattoos: 27 · parent: symbols
  26. Clouds & Smoke — slug: cloud · tattoos: 34 · parent: nature
  27. Comics & Anime Characters — slug: comics · tattoos: 81 · parent: culture
  28. Compass — slug: compass · tattoos: 14 · parent: symbols
  29. Crab — slug: crab · tattoos: 5 · parent: animals
  30. Cross — slug: cross · tattoos: 24 · parent: symbols
  31. Crown — slug: crown · tattoos: 18 · parent: symbols
  32. Cultural Motifs — slug: heritage · tattoos: 0 · group: yes · note: A group of codes, not a filter of its own: use its child codes.
  33. Dagger & Knife — slug: dagger · tattoos: 106 · parent: weapons
  34. Deer & Stag — slug: deer · tattoos: 6 · parent: animals
  35. Deity Figure — slug: god-figure · tattoos: 78 · parent: mythology
  36. Demon — slug: demon · tattoos: 51 · parent: mythology
  37. Dice — slug: dice · tattoos: 4 · parent: symbols
  38. Dog — slug: wolf-dog · tattoos: 57 · parent: animals
  39. Dragon — slug: dragon · tattoos: 101 · parent: mythology
  40. Dragonfly — slug: dragonfly · tattoos: 10 · parent: animals
  41. Eagle — slug: eagle · tattoos: 66 · parent: animals
  42. Elephant — slug: elephant · tattoos: 17 · parent: animals
  43. Eye — slug: eye · tattoos: 118 · parent: people
  44. Feather — slug: feather · tattoos: 15 · parent: symbols
  45. Female Figure — slug: woman · tattoos: 304 · parent: people
  46. Film & TV — slug: film-tv · tattoos: 89 · parent: culture
  47. Fire & Flames — slug: fire · tattoos: 31 · parent: nature
  48. Firearm — slug: firearm · tattoos: 13 · parent: weapons
  49. Fish — slug: fish · tattoos: 48 · parent: animals
  50. Flower — slug: flower · tattoos: 584 · parent: nature
  51. Food & Drink — slug: food · tattoos: 29 · parent: symbols
  52. Fox — slug: fox · tattoos: 6 · parent: animals
  53. Frog — slug: frog · tattoos: 16 · parent: animals
  54. Fruit & Berries — slug: fruit · tattoos: 23 · parent: nature
  55. Gargoyle — slug: gargoyle · tattoos: 4 · parent: mythology
  56. Gem & Diamond — slug: gemstone · tattoos: 11 · parent: symbols
  57. Ghost — slug: ghost · tattoos: 2 · parent: mythology
  58. Grim Reaper — slug: grim-reaper · tattoos: 32 · parent: mythology
  59. Hands — slug: hands · tattoos: 74 · parent: people
  60. Heart — slug: heart · tattoos: 87 · parent: symbols
  61. Hexagon — slug: hexagon · tattoos: 14 · parent: pattern
  62. Horns — slug: horns · tattoos: 17 · parent: symbols
  63. Horse — slug: horse · tattoos: 20 · parent: animals
  64. Infinity — slug: infinity · tattoos: 2 · parent: symbols
  65. Insect — slug: insect · tattoos: 106 · parent: animals
  66. Koi Fish — slug: koi · tattoos: 33 · parent: animals
  67. Landscape — slug: landscape · tattoos: 58 · parent: nature
  68. Leaves & Branches — slug: leaf · tattoos: 141 · parent: nature
  69. Lighthouse — slug: lighthouse · tattoos: 3 · parent: symbols
  70. Lion — slug: lion · tattoos: 34 · parent: animals
  71. Lizard & Gecko — slug: lizard · tattoos: 7 · parent: animals
  72. Logo & Emblem — slug: logo · tattoos: 8 · parent: symbols
  73. Lotus — slug: lotus · tattoos: 20 · parent: nature
  74. Male Figure — slug: man · tattoos: 178 · parent: people
  75. Mandala — slug: mandala · tattoos: 57 · parent: pattern
  76. Mask — slug: mask · tattoos: 60 · parent: symbols
  77. Medusa — slug: medusa · tattoos: 9 · parent: mythology
  78. Mermaid — slug: mermaid · tattoos: 11 · parent: mythology
  79. Moon — slug: moon · tattoos: 74 · parent: celestial
  80. Mountains — slug: mountain · tattoos: 29 · parent: nature
  81. Mushroom — slug: mushroom · tattoos: 19 · parent: nature
  82. Music & Instruments — slug: music · tattoos: 11 · parent: symbols
  83. Mythology & Folklore — slug: mythology · tattoos: 24 · group: yes · note: A group of codes, not a filter of its own: use its child codes.
  84. Name or Date — slug: name-date · tattoos: 21 · parent: text
  85. Nature & Plants — slug: nature · tattoos: 30 · group: yes · note: A group of codes, not a filter of its own: use its child codes.
  86. Non-Latin Script — slug: script · tattoos: 36 · parent: text
  87. Ocean & Waves — slug: ocean · tattoos: 76 · parent: nature
  88. Octopus & Squid — slug: octopus · tattoos: 25 · parent: animals
  89. Ornament — slug: ornament · tattoos: 83 · parent: pattern
  90. Other Weapons — slug: weapon · tattoos: 45 · parent: weapons
  91. Owl — slug: owl · tattoos: 42 · parent: animals
  92. Panther & Leopard — slug: panther · tattoos: 56 · parent: animals
  93. Pattern & Ornament — slug: pattern · tattoos: 35 · group: yes · note: A group of codes, not a filter of its own: use its child codes.
  94. Peony — slug: peony · tattoos: 58 · parent: nature
  95. People — slug: people · tattoos: 13 · group: yes · note: A group of codes, not a filter of its own: use its child codes.
  96. Phoenix — slug: phoenix · tattoos: 9 · parent: mythology
  97. Pin-up — slug: pin-up · tattoos: 45 · parent: people
  98. Planets & Space — slug: planet · tattoos: 19 · parent: celestial
  99. Playing Cards — slug: playing-cards · tattoos: 7 · parent: symbols
  100. Polynesian & Maori — slug: polynesian-maori · tattoos: 27 · parent: heritage
  101. Pop Culture — slug: culture · tattoos: 2 · group: yes · note: A group of codes, not a filter of its own: use its child codes.
  102. Portrait — slug: portrait · tattoos: 329 · parent: people
  103. Quote — slug: quote · tattoos: 96 · parent: text
  104. Rabbit — slug: rabbit · tattoos: 7 · parent: animals
  105. Raccoon — slug: raccoon · tattoos: 5 · parent: animals
  106. Rat & Mouse — slug: rat · tattoos: 6 · parent: animals
  107. Rose — slug: rose · tattoos: 219 · parent: nature
  108. Sacred Geometry — slug: sacred-geo · tattoos: 12 · parent: pattern
  109. Scorpion — slug: scorpion · tattoos: 8 · parent: animals
  110. Ship — slug: ship · tattoos: 10 · parent: symbols
  111. Skeleton — slug: skeleton · tattoos: 14 · parent: symbols
  112. Skull — slug: skull · tattoos: 333 · parent: symbols
  113. Snake — slug: snake · tattoos: 130 · parent: animals
  114. Spider Web — slug: spider-web · tattoos: 17 · parent: symbols
  115. Spiral — slug: spiral · tattoos: 5 · parent: pattern
  116. Square — slug: square · tattoos: 1 · parent: pattern
  117. Stars — slug: stars · tattoos: 62 · parent: celestial
  118. Sun — slug: sun · tattoos: 59 · parent: celestial
  119. Sunflower — slug: sunflower · tattoos: 22 · parent: nature
  120. Sword & Katana — slug: sword · tattoos: 17 · parent: weapons
  121. Symbols & Objects — slug: symbols · tattoos: 21 · group: yes · note: A group of codes, not a filter of its own: use its child codes.
  122. Talisman & Amulet — slug: snake-charm · tattoos: 7 · parent: symbols
  123. Text & Script — slug: text · tattoos: 38 · group: yes · note: A group of codes, not a filter of its own: use its child codes.
  124. Tiger — slug: tiger · tattoos: 59 · parent: animals
  125. Train — slug: train · tattoos: 4 · parent: symbols
  126. Tree — slug: tree · tattoos: 51 · parent: nature
  127. Triangle — slug: triangle · tattoos: 20 · parent: pattern
  128. Turtle — slug: turtle · tattoos: 6 · parent: animals
  129. Unicorn — slug: unicorn · tattoos: 4 · parent: mythology
  130. Valkyrie — slug: valkyrie · tattoos: 1 · parent: mythology
  131. Vampire — slug: vampire · tattoos: 2 · parent: mythology
  132. Video Games — slug: game · tattoos: 28 · parent: culture
  133. Viking & Norse — slug: viking-norse · tattoos: 5 · parent: heritage
  134. Weapons — slug: weapons · tattoos: 0 · group: yes · note: A group of codes, not a filter of its own: use its child codes.
  135. Whale & Dolphin — slug: whale · tattoos: 8 · parent: animals
  136. Wings — slug: wings · tattoos: 39 · parent: symbols
  137. Wizard — slug: wizard · tattoos: 5 · parent: mythology
  138. Wolf — slug: wolf · tattoos: 34 · parent: animals
placement
  1. Ankle & Foot — slug: ankle · tattoos: 33
  2. Back — slug: back · tattoos: 195
  3. Behind the Ear — slug: behind-ear · tattoos: 3
  4. Calf — slug: calf · tattoos: 521
  5. Chest — slug: chest · tattoos: 161
  6. Collarbone — slug: collarbone · tattoos: 13
  7. Finger — slug: finger · tattoos: 3
  8. Forearm — slug: forearm · tattoos: 1182
  9. Full Sleeve — slug: full-sleeve · tattoos: 290
  10. Hand — slug: hand · tattoos: 83
  11. Head & Face — slug: head-face · tattoos: 14
  12. Neck — slug: neck · tattoos: 21
  13. Ribs & Side — slug: ribs · tattoos: 76
  14. Shoulder — slug: shoulder · tattoos: 149
  15. Spine — slug: spine · tattoos: 16
  16. Stomach — slug: stomach · tattoos: 43
  17. Thigh — slug: thigh · tattoos: 367
  18. Upper Arm — slug: upper-arm · tattoos: 710
color
  1. Black & Grey — slug: black-and-grey · tattoos: 1878
  2. Black with Color Accents — slug: black-and-color · tattoos: 235
  3. Color — slug: color · tattoos: 1529
technique
  1. Dotwork — slug: dotwork · tattoos: 122
  2. Engraving / Etching — slug: engraving · tattoos: 13
  3. Hand-Poked — slug: hand-poked · tattoos: 9
  4. Linework — slug: linework · tattoos: 1129
  5. Micro-Realism — slug: micro-realism · tattoos: 24
  6. Negative Space — slug: negative-space · tattoos: 4
  7. Single Line — slug: single-line · tattoos: 26
  8. Single Needle — slug: single-needle · tattoos: 3
  9. Stippling — slug: stipple · tattoos: 12
  10. Whip Shading — slug: whip-shading · tattoos: 263
mood
  1. Cute — slug: cute · tattoos: 12
  2. Dark — slug: dark · tattoos: 24
  3. Delicate — slug: delicate · tattoos: 9
  4. Fierce — slug: fierce · tattoos: 20
  5. Funny — slug: funny · tattoos: 11
  6. Melancholic — slug: melancholic · tattoos: 1
  7. Peaceful — slug: peaceful · tattoos: 7
  8. Romantic — slug: romantic · tattoos: 3
  9. Spiritual — slug: spiritual · tattoos: 6
size
small: Small (up to 10cm) · medium: Medium (10-20cm) · large: Large (20-30cm) · sleeve: Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+)
detail
simple: Simple · medium: Medium · complex: Complex
studio features
Women-owned, LGBTQ+ owned, Black-owned, Indigenous-owned, Latino-owned, Asian-owned, LGBTQ+ friendly, Transgender safespace, Wheelchair accessible, Walk-ins welcome, By appointment only, Accepts new clients, Veteran-owned
cities
  1. Austin — slug: austin · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Austin
  2. Brooklyn — slug: brooklyn · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Brooklyn
  3. Cape Town — slug: cape-town · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Cape%20Town · aliases: strand, gordons bay, brackenfell
  4. Centurion — slug: centurion · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Centurion · aliases: pretoria, tshwane
  5. Chicago — slug: chicago · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Chicago
  6. Concord — slug: concord · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Concord · aliases: boston
  7. Culver City — slug: culver-city · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Culver%20City
  8. Denver — slug: denver · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Denver · aliases: lone tree
  9. Durban — slug: durban · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Durban · aliases: umhlanga, durban north
  10. Ledgewood — slug: ledgewood · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Ledgewood
  11. Los Angeles — slug: los-angeles · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Los%20Angeles · aliases: la, culver city, santa monica, studio city, hollywood
  12. New York — slug: new-york · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=New%20York · aliases: nyc, new york city, brooklyn, manhattan, williamsburg, greenpoint, ledgewood
  13. New York City — slug: new-york-city · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=New%20York%20City
  14. Portland — slug: portland · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Portland
  15. Redmond — slug: redmond · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Redmond · aliases: bend
  16. Richmond — slug: richmond · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Richmond
  17. Sao Paulo — slug: sao-paulo · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Sao%20Paulo · aliases: san paulo, sao bernardo do campo
  18. Seattle — slug: seattle · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Seattle
  19. Upland — slug: upland · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Upland · aliases: inland empire
  20. Vancouver — slug: vancouver · studios: https://tatseek.com/for-ai-agents/studios/?q=Vancouver
cities note
A city is a metro area: studios in Brooklyn, Culver City, Santa Monica and similar towns are filed under the metro city; the studio record keeps the real town in locality. Aliases are understood in q. Old city slugs still work as filters.
retired city slugs
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studio feature links
Women-owned
LGBTQ+ owned
Black-owned
Indigenous-owned
Latino-owned
Asian-owned
LGBTQ+ friendly
Transgender safespace
Wheelchair accessible
Walk-ins welcome
By appointment only
Accepts new clients
Veteran-owned
size links
  1. Small (up to 10cm) — code: small
  2. Medium (10-20cm) — code: medium
  3. Large (20-30cm) — code: large
  4. Very Large / Sleeve (30cm+) — code: sleeve

Note

Closed vocabulary: a slug means the same thing everywhere on TatSeek. Use slugs as filter values.

Definitions

https://tatseek.com/taxonomy/

Meta

source: TatSeek — https://tatseek.com · catalogue updated: Oct 3, 2026 · generated: 2026-10-08T22:49:15+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.