Due to my recent obsession with Marvel and the Avengers in the particular, I decided to put my efforts into an ambitious art project. For weeks, I have been looking for a particular styled poster of the Avengers. With no luck, it only made sense that I would try to create one myself.
A lot of time was put into the preparation phase. My first step was to decide which heroes I wanted to be in the drawing. The second step was to go through countless drawings and pictures of each hero so I can form an overall rough draft. The third step was to put them all together, arranging them in a way that would look best (the picture above was my final draft). The last step was the most daunting, actually drawing it.
For weeks, I figured I had to freehand it and to just draw it, however, Brian Vu came through in a clutch. He was aware of my project and offered his projector to help. Thus started our weekly drawing sessions where I would slowly trace every character on a giant 25x36 poster by pencil. After three weeks, I was finally done with all the pencil tracing. The hardest part was yet to come. The last and final step was to go over every line with a pen, as well as adding shadows and other details to make the picture come to life. After a few more sessions with Brian, I was ready to take home the project to work on it full-time. Each stroke of the pen was an anxiety attack and frequent breaks were needed just so I can rest my hands. This project took about a month to finish, but I am very satisfied with the result.
Avengers Assemble!
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