It seems that some of the text above was cut off this image in the scanning. I believe it says, "don't make me come over there." There is also a bit of text under the eye on the left (or the figure's right) which says "with it."
I drew this about a year ago and I remember it very well. A friend of mine asked for a/some doodles for a tattoo he was considering. The idea that someone would permanently ink one of these doodles on themselves, and that the lines could live on the skin of someone else who could also relate to them for years to come, fascinated and excited me.
After I received this email asking for such images I sat at my desk, tried to empty my head, and began to sketch something while trying to effectively "channel" a message or image connected to my friend. Somehow I know that this image is very much inspired by him, and in some way also inspired by our friendship itself. That being said, i'm not really sure how to interpret the image.
I don't think that this picture ever became a tattoo, but maybe there is still time.
Once a friend asked me for an specific tattoo motif, which I did. Then I never knew what happen and about 8 years later, I met a woman who told me she owns a drawing of mine; which surprised me beacuse I didn´t knew her. And then she shows me on her lower back, the drawing I made for this friend years ago turned into a tattoo. It was sort of weird seeing my lines in somebody´s body
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