Mega Man 1

I decided to start making a little fan art to change things up. Since I'm a fan of Megaman I thought it would be fun to do a bunch of illustrations showing off MegaMan as well as the original six robot bosses from the first videogame.

With Megaman I wanted to change a few things that I thought didn't feel right. Specifically, I wanted to soften the edge in the middle of his helmet. This area normally would come to a point just between his eyes. I thought that pretty inconsistent with the rest of his design so I soften it to match the shape of the butt just above his eyes. I also added some "seams" in the helmet.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not an expert in fabrication or engineering but I liked the idea of keeping some of those details in the helmet since manufacture tends to be very "modular" and I thought this would give it some more believability. I'm not looking for any sort of ultra-realistic style for these spot illustrations (obviously my style's not based on realism) Having said that, I thought it would be cool to move it just a little bit towards believability while at the same time giving it my graphic novel-style finish.

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