Bit of an homage here to another of my favorite artists, Bill Sienkiewicz. His and Chris Claremont's run on New Mutants is one of my all time favorites. It was during my formative years as a comic book collector and to say Sienkiewicz's style had an influence on my own would be a vast understatement.
This is either sfter the fire or pre fire. Maybe both. It looks as though there has been a fire already, like smouldering embers, but also it seems like a blaze could ignite soon. My original thought for this was a devilish type character, but as I continued to work on the piece it became something more. Originally is was just a portrait, but now he is wearing some kind of elaborate head piece. I think perhaps he may be royalty in some dark dimension. Or it could simply be that this summer's heat has finally fried my brain completely and I can't see past it. The heat is all there is.
{Created in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop}
