Thanks guys, I know what you mean about the colour. To be honest it does look a little more dull or pastel like in the pics for some reason. They definetly look a little more bold and true to colour in person, same with the black, but it does have a sort of matte finish (for lack of a better adjective). You probably also noticed that there are no blending of colours, the same pigment was used to make the degradation in the colours, he just added some water to lighten them up. I think this also contributes to the “flat” look.

I’ve also gone to a respected tattooer in my area to ask about the colours and if he thought it needed to be reworked or touched up and he didn’t want to mess with it.

Personally I would say I’m satisfied with the tattoo, and it pretty much turned out the way i had hoped.

At first i thought maybe there was a few things I would change about it, but recently I realised I thiknk i just want another one. That’s what kind of made me think about doing the other side in a more new-school or western style look.

Does anybody know of any good Japanese style tattoo artists in Ontario or anywhere in Canada for that matter?

I’ve been looking at Horiryu – http://www.strictlytattoo.com/gallery/?album=2&gallery=1
But he is based in Vancouver.

Would really appreciate if someone could reccommend a good artist.

Cheers!

Thanks mrchen. Yea it’s mad traditional, I’m glad i went with tihs artist. He is a member of the Horikazu tattoo family which has a long history Japan.

thanks for the replies. I do want the koi stand out as the main focal point of the piece, and if I plan to go black and yellow with it, i guess it would make sense to add some colour to the background. More picks to come after Sunday

Thanks for the feedback. I only notice it when I get really close. I will post more pics as it comes along.
cheers.

Cheers mate, thanks for the reply. Here is the closeup pic of the line in question and a snap of the whole outline. You can see how it is a bit shaky and the multiple lines that make up the outline. I would have to say I’m happy with the rest of the outline aside from this one small section, as this is the only area in which the multiple lines can be seen.

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/31/closeup2v.jpg

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/221/closeupxj.jpg

BTW, it is being done by Horikuz, an artist from the Horikazu tattoo family, so I trust he will fix this up as soon as it is healed.

Still would like to hear opinions. Thanks again for the feedback.

Cheers.