Beached Tanker.

I had been working up the courage to paint again for a long while.  I had gotten out of the habit and the fears and weaknesses build up as time goes to infinite.  I thought I’d start simple by re-imagining a previous work that I never quite enjoyed.

Originally, the posture was all wrong, all of the chains were loose, and the monster wasn’t really fighting against anything.  The pose was too compact and the legs were off.  Honestly, it looks more scared than intimidating.

So I attempted to angle the pose, move the feet, arms, and jaws into a more menacing pose, and had all the straps go behind him.  I also wanted to play around with the thirds rule and pastel coloring.  The original is at 12 x 18 so I hope to print it and put it amongst a collection of some older sketches.

I kind of see myself coming back to this again.  I’m currently intimidated to take it out of its roughness.  I worry the addition of details will reveal its flaws.