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This tattoo goes the extra mile as far as black ink tattoos are concerned. The deep dark black ink approach makes the tattoo standout among other tattoos. The tattoo features a single flower caught up in the ripples on the breast plate. The koi fish rests gracefully on the shoulder forming the centrepiece of the tattoo.

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This tattoo places a big koi fish that spans the entire arm. The koi fish features red and black scales with a very visible blue eye next to a red flower on the shoulder. The gray background makes the koi fish stand out as the tattoos centrepiece.

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This is a lower arm variant of the koi fish tattoos ideas, that features a single koi fish in monotone black. The koi fish background, subtly extends from under the fish as waves of parted water. This design does not emphasize on the wow factor.

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This colourful tattoo spans the entirety of the upper arm with its main feature, a giant koi fish, gently winding the arm’s length. It diverges from the rest with its sea weed approach, opposed to the floral approach, that places two seaweeds at the lower and upper ends of the tattoo.

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This is a mixture of floral design and artistic innovations in the tattoo’s design approach. The koi fish has its tail on the shoulder, with its head artistically modified to present two overtures making the design standout. The tattoo has a chilling appeal.

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This is a cool tone tattoo that is placed on the lower arm. The tattoo has a partial blue koi fish that disappears on the lower end of the tattoo. The tattoos cool tone is further emphasized by the mildly wavy background.

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This is an ingenious enhancement of a monotone floral koi fish tattoo. It extends on the tattoo’s design by adding a distinct reddish tone to the tattoo. It also increases the number of flowers which push the koi fish to the tattoo’s background.

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This left arm tattoo covers the entirety of the upper arm, placing the koi fish in between a coloured floral background and a wavy foreground. The foreground features some flowers which makes the tattoo’s background, mid ground and foreground blend into each other.

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This outline approach to tattoo design features a koi fish frame with smudges of monotone black ink. On the immediate side is a single vibrant flower with smudges of pink and orange ink. This tattoo does not feature a background and the two, the koi fish and the flower, are its only features.

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This vibrant red tattoo presents a koi fish set in red, orange, and black ink that covers almost all of the tattoo space. The koi fish blends masterfully from the background to the foreground. It features a single red flower that is perfectly set on the wavy background.

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