Manly Man

I am continuing my work on my current comission project. The first version of my loving couple needed some tweaking. I knew I was in trouble when my ten year old daughter came into my studio and commented, "Why is the lady sitting on another ladies' lap?

She spoke what I was thinking and my client noticed the lack of manliness too. I should definitely start drawing more men in my images. So I went into another round of sketches and also looked closely at images of men. When I finished I asked the advice of my toughest critics...my kids. I got a thumbs up from the ten year old. She thought the man looked muscular and she liked his hair. I thought he turned out pretty darn cute too. Below is the final version.