Merman (of He-man and the Masters of the Universe fame)
by Bryan Fowler - March 18th, 2010
I grew up on He-man. Loved him. Mom and Dad bought me the toys. I watched the cartoon like it was my religion. My evil old hag of a baby sitter tried to ban the program because she said Skeletor was the devil and she was protecting me from Satan’s clutches. Needless to say, I used the Diamond Ray of Disappearance on her butt and continued on my quest to battle the evil forces of Skeletor.
He-man was a big influence on my artwork and love of fantasy. He was my first and biggest exposure to the genre so when I recently had the chance to do some c0mmission work for a He-fan, I jumped at the chance. It didn’t hurt that I did it for some hard to find He-man toys. Man, I love me some horse trading. He wanted a Merman piece which suited me just fine but there is one thing I hate about Merman. That character is one of the hardest to pull off without making him look like a total goof. I couldn’t exactly redesign his face although I really wanted to so I just sketched his face over and over until I was reasonably happy. So know, it’s done. Now, the only problem is I want to do some more He-man artwork.
