@ skinnypupp no bad feelings taken. Where the name goes there's a chrsyanthemum(sp) flower that surrounds it, so the koi is going to swimming under that anyways
One thing that i did find funny/frustrating about strictly was that they are very set in how they want to do certain things, i suppose it is there tradition. When we were talking back and forth there was some resistance to do certain styles I.e anything coming from the back over the shoulder. I understand the artist has done what they have done for a long time but if i was dead set determined to get a piece done a certain way that would've pissed the shit out of me
@raybot
http://www.tattoosymbol.com/articles/koi.html and Symbolic in the Buddhism to represent courage. Humans "swim" through the "ocean of suffering" without fear, just like a fish swims through water.
there are others but this was the general one that I kept seeing