I recently finished this bust after putting it aside for a long time. I've tried to paint the skin with a sheen in places to suggest wetness and have painted in some rivulets and droplets of water beading on the skin. I realise these are generic and cartoonishly out of scale but overall I was happy with the effect for this bust. The central image of the irezumi style tattoo is an image of Tetsuo which was copied after cover art of one of the colourised English language versions of Katsuhiro Otomo's manga Akira. Thanks to Dave Colwell and Trent Denison along with the craftworld team (who saw the bust at Australia's Crystal Dragon show) for some valuable feedback and advice.