Mars Attacks!

Mars Attacks!

This time around, I thought it would be amusing to do a portrait of a martian from "Mars Attacks!".  It is more based on the card series, rather than the movie.  But, both are malevolently amusing in their own twisted ways.

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STEP ONE:  I used a mixture of size (glue) and gesso and primed a 8-1/2" x 10" piece of hardboard which I had cut down.  I then penciled the image of the martian from "Mars Attacks!" as if he were sitting for a typical portrait pose.

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STEP TWO:  I did a quick under-painting of the penciled image in Burnt Sienna.  I almost wanted to leave the painting in sepia-tone, giving it that old-tymey, daguerreotype feel to it.  Maybe I'll revisit this idea in the future...

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STEP THREE:  I began laying in some color over the underpainting.

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STEP FOUR:  I added finishing touches, highlights, etc...

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This was done with Acrylic paint on 8" x 10" sized and gessoed hardboard panel.

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