Per Stacy's suggestion, lopped off the feet. Also made it fit a more standard format.
I tried a couple different things with this. The color was washed out because I first did it in sepia pencil and couldn't balance the contrast when adding color. Went back again and tried brightening things up.
For reference I used a statue, again, having to create a color image from a colorless one.
Dude, you could do some adventure novel covers ... or better yet.... some steamy romance novel covers!
ReplyDeleteOf course, you'd have to spend all day in a studio with Fabio getting his sweaty chest just right.
Naw, I'd just put a full-size mirror in my studio.
ReplyDeleteActually, I don't know if I can do this stuff. Maybe working from models would help though. I do a little too much without references.