
I was looking up reference photos of kickpads yesterday while working on RUBBER MATCH - specifically, Jack Evans' kickpads, and during my image search came across this image of Angelico and I immediately stopped what I was doing to paint it, because the line of action in Angelico's body just ENAMORS ME. Like, I don't know, you ever just come across a photo that's so well composed and acted out that if it was a keyframe, it would have taken a whole art department?!
Anyway, so here's the full timelapse for this photo study. You can really see how badly I struggled with the values of his skin, and how to render his muscles. 8D (I figured it oout, somehow, eventually).
If you feel like using it as a wallpaper, you can grab the full size as an attachment below!