Anyway, I’m in my studio and I’ve just finished the design when a middle aged man comes in to browse the shop. He saunters over to my workspace and looks down at the drawing. I kid you not…his forehead broke out in tiny dots of perspiration. He kept staring at the mermaid’s over-endowed chest for an uncomfortable amount of time, mouth agape. The appeal was lost on me, first of all it was a drawing of black lines on white paper and the breasts were very discreetly covered with starfish.
So I did the only thing I could do and asked him “Do you think they’re big enough?”
I tell no lie…he replied with labored breath, “Ohhhhh yes”. It came out soft and slow, almost a whisper.
And then I just couldn’t resist and asked, “What do you think of the octopus?” Referring to the big, two foot long octopus directly below the mermaid. His reply? “What octopus?”