Day 2 was last Thursday, but I didn't have time to post a new blog entry before leaving town for the weekend. I really struggled with the face. Starting with the thumbnail sketch, I wasn't going show MK's eyes. For one, the perspective didn't really leave the right angle for it, and I thought it would be more interesting if we couldn't see a specific expression on his face. Anyway, I struggled not adding an eye the whole time, and finally gave in to what I think was the right move. The issue I ran into after adding the eye was that the perspective on the rest of the face was off. His nose stuck out too much making him look like a lion and not a monkey, then his brow-line was too pronounced, then his mouth was off. Blah blah blah, it took a little while to fix it. The values look a little flat at the moment, since I'm working towards just getting the specifics down, then adjusting colors to match light sources, and the overall harmony of the piece. So until it's done, the drawing might look a little over-saturated with colors, without much attention to atmosphere or lighting. The Yin-Yang design in the shoulder armor was a spur-of-the-moment addition, I didn't want a big flat shiny disc in the middle of the drawing. So a subtle design breaks op the space and removes the flat "visual black hole."
Close-up of the face. MK's expression is frustration, exhaustion, and a twinge of guilt, because he knows what he ultimately has to do.
Log: 4 hours - 10 hours total
Soundtrack:
Dream Evil -
In the Night, The Book of Heavy MetalZion I -
Street Legends, The Takeover.
