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KOI Fish for Morimoto
Chris carved this beautiful piece in a Japanese woodblock style. It was on display at the NYC Morimoto restaurant in the Meatpacking district..

Koi Tattoo
Japanese style tattoo taken at State of Grace Tattoo Show, San Jose, CA.

Frank's Koi
Three sessions, lots of conversation, and a half a pound of ink later, Frank has his Koi. Thank you Frank! tattoo by Cynthia Rudzis britishink tattoo studio & gallery Washinton, DC.

Finished Tattoo
This is the lower half of my finished back piece. The work was done by the extremely talented James Kern. The entire piece took 18.5 hours. Every minute worth it..

top of my sleeve
this is my new tattoo. its a geisha slitting her wrist with a miniature katana sword, with two koi fish coming up at her. there are japanese cherry blossoms all over, a lotus flower on my lower arm, and another flower on my inner bicep. this took about 8hrs to do. its just an outline for now and ill get some color in it later..

Back Tattoo - finished
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Koi
Scratchboard illustration by Sherrie Thai of Shaire Productions..

His Little Fishes
3 Koi for his three children. Korean names, lots of waves. The tattoo is incomplete, this is only the first session. Approx 5 hours. tattoo by Cynthia Rudzis portfolio: www.chesapink.com studio: www.britishinkdc.com.

Half-Sleeve : Session One
This is my new tattoo. It's a Japanese-style half-sleeve on my left upper arm [windblocks, waves, peony flowers, and cherry blossom flowers]. I hate to admit it, but this was one of the worst pains I've ever had--I actually cried. I didn't even cry with my other big one. I didn't even think I'd be able to finish the outline it hurt so bad. I mean, I knew it was going to hurt, I had NOOOO clue that it was going to be THAT bad. It was aweful. Hopefully the shading/coloring won't hurt as bad. I'm guessing it will take AT LEAST two more sessions to finish it. At least it looks awesome though! It's going to be fabulous once it's finished!!.

tattoo 2005
in progress at the time, now finished. a present to myself for my 19th birthday!.

Eastern Dragon
© Sherrie Thai of Shaire Productions. Please visit my blog for the story and inspirations on this piece. Thanks..

Dual Dragons: Mixed Media
© Sherrie Thai of Shaire Productions. For the story behind the artwork: my blog.

P1340391MC - Waves (in progress)
First sitting, single pass outline and dark shading only..

P1340394M - Waves (in progress)
First sitting, single pass outline and dark shading only..

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