New Tat: 2nd sitting

[Nathan]

Looks good dude - the artist looks to be talented. Plus, I like the location and design - well thought out. Are koi symbols of good luck? I can't remember what the crap they mean.

 

[CrazyRussian]

I like the tattoo it looks really tight dude..

and uh ..nice shoulder/upper back development.

 

[the_clockwork]

looks sweet man.. did you design it?

 

[heatherrae]

I love what the koi fish represents. If I were ever going to get a tattoo, I would consider a koi-dragon. It is a koi morphing into a dragon. That is part of the story of perserverance and ultimate transformation.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

Awesome love the colours. I was in Hard & Huntington yesterday looking through books kinda got the itch to get something again or add to the one I currently have.

 

[heatherrae]

Looks good dude - the artist looks to be talented. Plus, I like the location and design - well thought out. Are koi symbols of good luck? I can't remember what the crap they mean.

According to Chinese mythology when a carp succeeds in swimming upstream and getting past the upper rapids of the Yangtze River will be transformed into a dragon.

It represents perserverence in the face of great struggles.

 

[Taps]

I can see it's already been asked, but who's the artist? Did you design it with him/her?

Looks amazing.

 

[Mr. dB]

Are you ever tempted to wrap your arm in sticky rice and seaweed?

 

[Bobber]

Yonkers weights - Sorry, didn't see your questions, you were blacked out. I am 3.5 hours in and as it is I have another 2-3 hours left depending on what type of koi I get it colored in as. But I want to add something on my trap so probably about 3-4 hours left.

Nathan - Yes they are.

Crazy Russian - Thanks!

The Clockwork - My best friend from college drew the rough sketch. I told him I wanted a koi fish swimming across a lotus flower, he drew it, and my artist redrew it to what she wanted.

Heather - I have never met anyone else that knows the whole story behind the meaning of this tattoo. Very cool! Any suggestion of what to put above the water next to the lotus? I spoke to this one girl who knows a lot about asian culture and she said something about a candle or bamboo.

SuperQT - What do you have?

Taps - Thanks bro. Her name is Rachel Rice from Bethesda Tattoo in MD. I did tons of research as to who I wanted to do it. I even looked at the work of the guys from Miami Ink(make a weekend out of it), but I really like her work way more than any one elses.

 

[superqt4u2nv]

SuperQT - What do you have?

Bobber it is a butterfly sitting on a trilliam flower. I got it when I turned 25 it was a coming of age thing repersenting what I had become and where I came from. I still love it one of my best friends did a water colour panting for me of my idea then I brought it into the artist and he reworked it for a tat. I am thinking of adding to the sides make it go all across the lower back but I am not real sure what to fill it in with. I had thought of a tribute to my father in there somewhere but not real sure how to work it balance wise etc.