Zero

Zero (Mega Man X3)

My kids were really after me to make more paintings from Mega Man X, so I decided to give Zero a shot. This one took me quite a while to finish, as I really didn't have much chance to work on it. This is the first one where actually occurred to me to take progress pictures as I was going along. I actually really like seeing the works in progress, so it's now something I plan to do regularly.

I ended up being a little more deliberate on the pixels with this one than I was when I did X, and I feel like it ended up pretty close to how I'd like these to look - pixelated but also a bit washed. I've found it pretty hard to replicate this but I'm hoping that with more practice I can get into a good groove.

I'm also pleased with the background here. Green to me was an obvious choice for the color because of his beam sabre, and I felt like I got a good marbled effect without it being too heavy on the brush strokes. All in all, this is one of my favorites to date.