I was hesitant to even do a color study on this one, because I've only worked with color a few times in my entire life and I didn't want to screw up such a great reference image. There's a ton of work left to do on this one, but I'll set it aside to work on other studies for the time being.

His head is too small, I dropped the ball on proportions quite a bit, because worrying about hue and value all at once had me shell shocked. The colors are kind of an ugly stew right now, but I suppose that's suiting for the "ugliest man in metal," Devin Townsend.

Speaking of Devy, I planned on listening to Strapping Young Lad or at least the Devin Townsend Band to put me in the mood for this painting, instead I listened to Chopin for the majority of time while working. Anyways, it's not an amazing painting, but it's a big jump for me to even attempt working with color, especially skin tones. I'll either continue this painting or re-attack the image all together sometime down the rode.


EDIT: I'm boggling as to why 5 of my newer deviations are missing under the 'newest' listing in my gallery as opposted the the 'most popular' listing, which shows them all. Curious...