Painting 2 Post 6

Almost finished with the Dawson Dawg painting, just missing a bit of shading beneath the logo and some minor touch-ups.

Notice the grey on his foot in this close up. This is two layers of acrylic over a black line. It's going to take several more layers applied over several more days to correct this (as it dries, the acrylic becomes more transparent again).

This week I've also started (a bit late in the semester in my opinion) Supergods by Grant Morrison (of Watchmen fame). I'm only 30 pages in and the book has already systematically changed everything I know about every superhero. Of course the basis of mythological characters forming the most prominent super-people is common knowledge, but the specific socioeconomic situations that birthed each hero is as much a part of their origin story as how they got their powers. One of my favorite passages so far:

"Superman began as a socialist, but Batman was the ultimate capitalist hero, which may help explain his current popularity and Superman's relative loss of significance. Batman was a wish-fulfillment figure as both filthy-rich Bruce Wayne and his swashbuckling alter ego. He was a millionaire who vented his childlike fury on the criminal classes of the lowest orders. He was the defender of privilege and the hierarchy. In a world where wealth and celebrity are the measures of accomplishment, it's no surprise that the most popular superhero characters today--Batman and Iron Man--are both handsome tycoons."

If Grant Morrison wrote a book like this about Mickey Mouse, Gasoline Alley and Popeye, my entire BFA thesis would be complete.