DE VOLTA AO ESTUDIO EM TOKYO DEPOIS DE 10 DIAS NA CIDADE MAIS EGOCENTRICA E INDIVIDUALISTA DO MUNDO...LOS ANGELES....ME DIVERTI  REVENDO AMIGOS DURANTE O DIA E DESENHANDO  A NOITE... QUERO DEDICAR ESSE "POST" A TODAS AS PESSOAS DO BRASIL QUE FREQUENTAM ESSAS PAGINAS...OS ELOGIOS E COMENTARIOS SOBRE OS TRABALHOS AQUI PUBLICADOS FAZEM GRANDE DIFERENCA NO MEU DIA-A-DIA....MUITO OBRIGADO. P.S. se voce mandou um e-mail e ainda nao recebeu uma resposta , nao se preocupe....esta a caminho....

BEEN IN L.A. FOR THE PAST 10 DAYS...DRAWING EVERYDAY....CAN'T CONCENTRATE......TOKYO TOMORROW....

WHEN YUJI TOLD ME THE FIRST TIME THAT HE WANTED A TATTOO I COULD TELL THAT EVEN THOUGH HIS FEELINGS ABOUT BEING TATTOOED BY ME WERE GENUINE HE WASN'T SURE OF  WHAT OR WHERE ON HIS BODY HE WOULD LIKE TO WEAR IT... FOR MANY MONTHS EVERYTIME WE MET WE WOULD TALK ABOUT THE TATTOO AND WE JUST COULDN'T GET TO A CONCLUSION..."SOMETHING" WAS MISSING AND ONLY YUJI COULD FIND "IT"...I JUST WAITED.... YUJI ALSO HAPPENS TO OWN THE COMPANY THAT MANUFACTURES THE T-SHIRTS AND SOME OTHER ITEMS I'M MAKING RIGHT NOW...(JUST CAN'T STOP WITH THE CLOTHING THING)...BACK IN THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR AS WE HAD A MEETING ABOUT THE WILD BOAR HOODED-SWEAT I REMEMBER HIM TELLING ME HOW MUCH HE LIKED THE "TUSK" DESIGN THAT WAS GOING TO BE PRINTED ON THE SLEEVE...AND OF COURSE THE FIRST THING THAT CAME TO MY MIND WAS THE TATTOO...I COULD SEE HIM WEARING SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE ALSO MADE T-SHIRTS OF THAT DESIGN AND ON THE FIRST SAMPLE WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE POSITION OF THE TUSK...IT ENDED UP BEING RIGHT ON THE "ARM PIT" OF THE T-SHIRT...WAY TOO LOW FOR WHAT I HAD IN MIND....AND AS WE BOTH LOOKED AT COREY WEARING THE T-SHIRT I'M SURE WE THOUGHT THE SAME THING...THAT SAME NIGHT WE SCHEDULED OUR FIRST SESSION GIVING MYSELF ENOUGH TIME TO WORK ON HIS DESIGN...THE PLACE WAS DECIDED AND ALSO THE SHAPE OF THE DESIGN...MY JOB WAS TO COME UP WITH THE RIGHT STYLE FOR HIM AND EVEN THOUGH I DECIDED NOT HAVE ANY VISUAL REFERENCE MY INSPIRATION WAS MONGOLIA...THE HORN OF THE MONGOLIAN RAM...THE TATTOO BEING NOT ONLY AN ADORNMENT BUT ALSO A AMULET... AND THAT'S THE STORY OF YUJI'S TATTOO... (more...)