I finally got around to finishing up this work in progress piece of tetsuo. Just like the Kaneda piece… this one fought me just as hard. I am trying to find the gap between realism but lack of to make up for style and not just attempt to draw how Otomo draws but my own way of seeing things and building things. At the end I learned a ton from this piece and happy to have it “finished”. On to the next battle!
CHEERS!
Here is another homage to one of my favorite films Akira. This time its the character Kaneda. This piece was a total pain in the ass the whole time I worked on it. I find it incredibly difficult to hold that line between fan art and creating my own vision. I am such a big fan of Otomo’s work that I don’t want to just replicate his style but bring my own sense of things but not push to far away from the world it was created. Sound fussy? It really is. Another challenge I had was creating the likeness and attitude that he brings to the comic. He has a certain demeanor that is very strong but can be hard to capture unless you find those subtle cues and accent them.
Anyways. It was a total challenge with this one but I am happy I stuck with it and figured it out. To me my work is never finished but I just decided that its time is up and move along to the next challenge.
Until next time…
