When I lived in Japan (around 2008-2009) I used to walk the same way back from the train station to my host family’s house every day. One evening as I walked past the closed shops I saw a man seated at a foldable card table with a small lantern covered in palmistry signs. He seemed a surreal figure, unnoticed by passerby.
Street palm readers aren’t really that uncommon, but the atmosphere stuck with me and I drew this some time later. I guess the passage of time rendered the memory somewhat more unreal than it actually was.
THE LIZARDSKIN GIRL 
June 16th, 2013 at 3:43 PM
I love this picture. It’s very spiritual and mysterious. Beautiful and haunting work.
June 27th, 2013 at 5:30 AM
Thank you! I’m glad I could give that effect.