# TatSeek

> A structured, real-work catalogue of tattoo studios, artists, and tagged tattoo photos — find work by style, subject, placement, color, and location, then reach the studio directly.

TatSeek indexes real tattoo work, not stock imagery or AI-generated designs. Every photo is tagged
from a fixed vocabulary (style, technique, subject, placement, color, size, complexity) and linked to
the artist and studio that made it. Studio and artist profiles carry structured contact, pricing, and
hours data (schema.org TattooParlor/LocalBusiness/Person). See /trust/ and /data-sources/ for exactly
what each field means and where it comes from.

## Tattoo photos

Catalog (masonry feed of all photos): https://tatseek.com/tattoo-catalog/
Individual photo pages: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-photo/{slug}/
Example: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-photo/small-dog-and-circle-forearm/

Each photo page carries schema.org VisualArtwork JSON-LD (style/technique/subject/placement/color,
creator, publisher, price estimate, isBasedOn the original source). Browse by tag via the taxonomy
archives:
- Style: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-style/{slug}/ (e.g. /tattoo-style/realism/)
- Technique: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-technique/{slug}/
- Placement: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-placement/{slug}/
- Color: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-color/{slug}/
- Subject: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-subject/{slug}/
Full list of tags: https://tatseek.com/taxonomy/

## Studios

Directory, filterable by country/city, sortable by rating or newest: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-studios/
Geo hubs: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-studios/{country-slug}/ and /{country-slug}/{city-slug}/
Individual studio profiles: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-studio/{studio-slug}/
Example: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-studio/inknation/

## Artists

Directory: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-artists/
Individual artist profiles: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-artist/{artist-slug}/
Example: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-artist/george-supreme-drone/

## Guides

Educational hub on styles, placement, aftercare, and meanings — each guide links out to real,
tagged work in the catalog: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-guides/
Individual guides: https://tatseek.com/tattoo-article/{slug}/

## About the data

What "Verified" and "Estimate" mean, and where each field comes from: https://tatseek.com/trust/
and https://tatseek.com/data-sources/
Image rights and attribution: https://tatseek.com/image-rights/
Content standards (what we do and don't publish): https://tatseek.com/content-standards/
Frequently asked questions: https://tatseek.com/faq/
General site info: https://tatseek.com/about/

## For studios and artists

Claim or create a profile: https://tatseek.com/claim-profile/ and https://tatseek.com/for-studios/
For individual artists: https://tatseek.com/for-artists/

## Notes for AI agents

- robots.txt explicitly allows training, search and answer-time agents: GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot,
  ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, Claude-SearchBot, Claude-User, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User,
  Google-Extended, Applebot-Extended, MistralAI-User, DuckAssistBot — in addition to the open wildcard.
- Sitemap index: https://tatseek.com/sitemap_index.xml — one sitemap per entity type: tattoo photos
  (post-sitemap*.xml, with image entries), artists (tattoo-artist-sitemap.xml), studios
  (author-sitemap.xml), guides (tattoo-article-sitemap.xml), city/country hubs
  (tattoo-location-sitemap.xml), and one per tag taxonomy (style, subject, placement, technique, color).
- Human-readable sitemap with every archive, studio, artist and guide: https://tatseek.com/sitemap/
- None of the tattoo photos on the site are AI-generated; each is a real, published piece of work
  credited to its artist and studio.
- Pricing shown on studio/artist/photo pages is either studio-published ("Verified") or a market-rate
  estimate ("Estimate") — the page and its JSON-LD always say which; see /trust/.