shroom dude

[Flo]

hey sam,

thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts on the piece. there is so much to learn :O the overpaint is really great, I think I will do another sketch-phase for the dude. you are right atm it looks a little all over the place. I guess it is a beginner's-thing, because I want people to see that I know anatomy (which I don't) therefore the naked body.

then the problem with the narrative, he is supposed to be a woodsman who got lost in the forrest and got infected by a mindcontrolling fungus, that from that moment on made him stroll around the woods to find another host to bite and infect with the spores. the inspiration for that where those guys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuKjBIBBAL8
and this illustration also was a inspiration:
http://www.keiththompsonart.com/images/full/zombie.jpg

so actually I wanted to have him look famished, driven by the mushroom and injured and ragged by the time spend in the woods, getting cut by thorny things and falling over roots etc.

so back to the drawing board ^^ I have to incorporate some of your ideas into this, I really want to push the idea of this piece more

Cheers,
Flo