Thank you, it’s a lovely offer and I’m flattered by it. But I’m not sure I’d be very good at drawing a ship. It’s not in my natural realm and would have to spend a bit of time on it. I’ve had requests for tattoo designs before and realised I’m in a different market. You’d be commissioning an original artwork so I’d have to charge my usual commission rates (around NZ$1000) which is more than most people are willing to pay for a tattoo design. I’m not entirely shut off to the idea if you’re still keen after that, but I’m assuming probably not.

Thank you! I’ve been doing it about 5 years.

Cool! I like these! Nice to see more nudes on here. Were they done in a life drawing session or from photos? Hope you keep posting.

Thank you! Yes, the calligraphy brush does give me a lot of control over the line thickness, except “more control” might not be the best description for it 😅. They’re a lot harder to use than the usual western brush. But I’ve done a bit of training in Japanese calligraphy and heaps of practice to be able to control it right.

This one is particularly minimal so it doesn’t surprise me if it’s hard to see. I painted another one from the same pose (I painted them from a live model in a life drawing session). I wonder if this will help you see it.

I kinda like the don’t be a dick rule. Feels very New Zealand.