Thanks Everyone!

The artist was Rhys Gordon

http://www.rhysgordon.com

The work was done at Dynamic Tattoo in Melbourne where he was doing a guest spot.

alois71x;102437 wrote:
Actually, from what I understand from a girl i used to date with a koi.

The chinese lore/story goes… the koi fish is to swim up the yellow river- a task it wasn’t ever supposed to be capable of doing. If it can do that… it will turn into a dragon.

So upward facing koi’s represent the attempt to become a…[Read more]

I think you will find it’s scare tissue caused by the artist being way too heavy handed. I have the same thing with my first tattoo same deal walked into a shop randomly with no research, I’m glad I put alot more time into my second. Live and learn 🙂

Thanks everyone! i’ve got a booking on the 26th of November to have it finished of, i’ll be sure to post pics once its done.

JENerationX;100387 wrote:
I’m disappointed. I was expecting a bat. 🙁

haha maybe i’ll have to work on that next 😀