Lean Green Machine.

     This is my latest 2D work. He's called Norman and he wants to be your friend. He likes interpretive dance, puppets, getting to know you, and clubbing passers by to death. He will alienate you from your friends and family, however he does compensate for this by being powerfully overbearing and invasive to your personal space.






 
     I have deliberately chosen to include metal and fabric in this piece purely so I can familiarise myself with painting these texture, whereas I may have avoided them in the past. I brought this piece into our most recent 2D drop in session for advice on where I may be going right or wrong and was picked up on several issues included a descrepency in lighting, and anatomy.



I used Tom Hardy's impressive physique in "The Warrior" as a starting inspiration for my character. As you can see in the pictures the trapezius muscles (between the shoulder and neck) are extremely pumped up and something of a focal point. When being advised on my image it was pointed out that I havn't used the lighting as effectively to define these muscles. Furthermore the positioning of the hands is somwhat awkard and therefore also needs revising. Progress on this to follow...