improving a good thing

Theres no rule that says you have to leave things in the same condition that you find them in. I found this small bust at goodwill for $3 and thought it was pretty cool, but it didn't strike me as odd enought to hold its own against its future shelf-mates.

I went ahead and bought it anyway, but with the intention of giving it maori tribal tattoos. After adding a little bit of a pink blush for depth I applied the tattoos in pencil [based on examples from photographs]. Once I had everything laided out and was satisfied with it I went over everything in ink.

The bust would've been ok on its own, but I felt that with the rightadjustments it could give off a really striking victorian explorer/Allan Quatermain anthropological vibe. So keep in mind when your doing your thrift shopping that nothing is set in stone ... you can always make it better.