Still really raw - first color portrait!

Ah, sweet completeness!
あぁ、「やっと完成したぁ」ってえぇ感じや！

Nothing like an idea that comes full circle from inception to completion. Chad’s leg is now home to the Nick Cave portrait I’d been burning to do for the last year. Japanese tattoo clients rarely order portraiture and so there is an awful log of legwork involved for the artist who wishes to do more of it. Namely me. Come on all you Osakan Portrait aficionados, I know you’re out there!

アイデアを考えてから成功するまでは長い道やけど通るのは勉強になる。チャッドさんの右足には僕のずっと前から入れたかったNICK CAVEのポートレート（似顔絵タトゥー）が入っている！まだまだ落ち着いてない状態やけど初カラーポートレートとしてはいい感じ。日本のお客さんの中にはあまりこういうオーダーが少ない気がする（特に欧米の客と比べたら）もちろんもっともっとこういうのを入れたいから興味ある人、是非連絡ください！

昨日の宿題が終わったら久しぶりにデッサンを練習しようと思った。好きなNICK CAVEのポートレート。似顔絵は大好きなのでこういうタトゥーに興味ある人是非連絡して頂戴！

Busted out a quick Nick Cave sketch before bed last night. So much work-drawing lately, I don’t get too much of a chance to do sketching anymore. And no, just for the record, as of now no one has ordered this yet!

UPDATE: The Nick Cave Portrait Tattoo Quest^tm is officially at an end. Thanks to everyone who inquired and was supportive of the endeavor. My friend and fellow Nick Cave fan Chad was the lucky recipient. Nick and those he has performed with were the ones who restored my faith in what music can be – when times were really tough for me I found his ballads endlessly inspirational. I was psyched on this portrait from start to finish, and so was my client. Cheers Chad! and if you ever read this yourself Nick, I just want to say, “Thanks!”