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Mega Man, Home Photos...

Yeah. Mega Man. This game was the bane of my childhood. I have still never beat the first one. The sequels are still nearly impossible for me (I use guides to figure out which bosses to fight in which order - yeah I know that's pretty damn weak :( . For the uninitiated, that thing on his arm is his blaster (Mega-blaster?), not a nub.

I think Mega Man is iconic. In fact, I think many of these retro games had iconic characters and artwork that were screaming to be reproduced at a larger size in paint. So, I did Mega Man. He is 18x30 inches, acrylic on gessoed panel. I used the orange background to contrast the blue and make the whole thing a bit more vibrant. My original background color was violet/purple but it didn't send Mega Man into the foreground, it all kinda just ran together.

This photo is from my living room of my apartment. I did these paintings as a sort of set - I think its pretty easy to see how they go together. Buzzy Beetle and the Goomba need some touch up work, in fact, the entire dark blue part has to be repainted. I used an acrylic paint called Master's Touch PHTHALOCYANINE BLUE (drug of the future) and it sucked. After three layers the paint was still spotty. In direct sunlight it looked terrible. I have used other Master's Touch colors, some with okay results, some with terrible results. I think they work well if they are mixed with a higher quality brand like Grumbacher or Liquitex. I don't know. I'm still figuring out which ones work and which ones don't.

Whoa, that's  at a weird angle. That's because the floor in the apartment is slanted slightly. I tried to compensate with the tripod but I guess I failed. This is Mega Man and Blooper just above the TV alter.