【CT005】"It's three a.m."

"It's three a.m."
午前3時

size: P15(652mm × 500mm)
medium: acrylic on canvas
year: 2024

(the english version is below)

街を生きる犬の主人公スリッピーを描いた4部作「SLIPPIE DON'T SKATE」の一作目は、彼がクラブのような場所でガールハントを試みる作品 ”It's three a.m.”(午前3時)で始まります。「片足を上げて用を足す犬が擬人化したら、男子トイレでどんな体勢になるだろう」というたわいもない想像からこの絵を描き始めました。SLIPPIEという名前は「slip(滑る、つまづく、しくじる)」の単語から来ていて、街の中でいつもしくじってしまう人物をイメージして描いています。
また設定として、彼はただスケーターに憧れているだけで、本当は滑ることができません。必要もないのにわざわざ持ち歩くスケボーデッキは、クラブの雰囲気に馴染めなかった時、ある意味彼を精神的に守ってくれる「言い訳」のように、そこに存在しています。

The first of the four-part series "SLIPPIE DON'T SKATE," which depicts a dog living in the city, begins with "It's three a.m.", in which Slippie tries to hunt for a girl in a place like a club.I started drawing this picture from a trivial imagination: "If a dog that pees with one leg raised were personified, what position would it be in the men's restroom?"
The name SLIPPIE comes from the word "slip," and he is depicted as a person who is always making mistakes in the city. In the setting, he just admires skaters, but he can't actually skate. The skateboard deck that he carries around even though he doesn't need it is there as an "excuse" to protect him mentally when he can't fit in with the atmosphere of the club.