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Koi Dragon

6 messages · last activity 5/8/2007

Anybody have one? I see alot of Koi fish tats but not many of the Koi morphing into the dragon. I like the idea though
I have seen a few, but not too many. The moment of transformation is a pretty cool image, the Koi finally making it upstream and swimming past the gates and turning into the dragon (or some such). You need to have it draw up custom by an artist that really knows the stories, where do you live?
If you go to www.guidelinetattoos.com, you can see a good one that Steve "Inker" Gabriel did on a guys back, probably back in the late '80s or early '90s. If you go to Inkers Gallery 1, it's the 3rd row down
Thanks.. I saw that tattoo in the gallery you mentioned..I think I'm going for more of the Ed Hardy type dragon face..vintage style and more dragon than Koi. I like the real vintage style dragons that are illustrated with the "spots" versus scales as well if you know what I mean. Like old Sailor Jerry type dragons.
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