As everyone else has said it’s safe to do. My right arm design is working towards a very similar design placement and I’ve gotten some of the real sensitive parts their done but it’s nothing you can’t handle I’m sure.

I’ve only had my arms upper tattood but I’ll agree the inner bicep was def more painful then the rest of the arm. The dark area near the armpit in this pic def wasn’t fun though at all. I was expecting the shoulder and back area to hurt but I hardly noticed/found them relaxing.

In the end it’s worth it though, always remember that.:)

In traditional japanese tattoos the direction of w/e you are getting done and the elements colors around it etc etc are somewhat important. I’m not sure for the koi the but if you go to a tattoo artist who is experienced with japanese tattoos (especially one who travels to japan to study under an artist there) they can easily help you out with any of your questions.

BIKERinBLACK77 to do that all you have to do is go to http://www.lmgtfy.com (let me google that for you) and type in the search and it’ll give you a link to give someone. It’s great for those naggy friends who ask really simple questions a lot.

I’d also like to add please do not go back to this guy to see how it looks with color. From the looks of what he has done so far the best thing you can do is stay as far as possible from this “artist”.

Right now there isn’t to much ink done and a cover is very doable but if you add messy color in their it will only make it much much more difficult.

Hope all turns out well.

Honestly it’s hard for anyone here to really say yes or no. Do you have a good sample of your work uploaded online somewhere so we can see it possible?

Not my style personally but that’s some nice ink and great colors.