Okay, I’m still posting these out of order, but that’s how I roll… I’m a rebel.

This is my take on a very pissed off and hairy Wolverine of Marvel Comics fame. This is the second of four cover samples I sent to Marvel back at the end of October, in an attempt to persuade them to give me a shot at working for them. So far it’s not working, but my momma didn’t raise no quitter. She also raised me to use better grammar than that last sentence, but that’s how all the cool kids talk, and I’m highly susceptible to peer-pressure.

If you’re not familiar with the character Wolverine, here’s a little bit of info… Wait…what? You don’t know who Wolverine is? Where the hell have you been for the last 20 years?!! He’s EVERYWHERE!!! He’s on t-shirts, cups, stickers, folders, party hats… Hell, think of anything that you can put a picture on, and there one of those with Wolverine on it. Ummm… He’s kind of popular.

Whenever I see pictures of Wolverine it’s always about the claws, so I tried to buck the trend and focus on the man… and more importantly, his rage. The claws are still there, but I put them in the background and tried to make you really focus on his face and all of the anger and pain behind it. Did I succeed? I don’t know. But I sure did make him really fucking hairy though didn’t I?!!!

98% Acrylic painting on illustration board, with about 2% touch-ups and effects in Photoshop.

Edit: A desktop version of this piece for your computer can be found here [link]

“Wolverine” character © copyright Marvel Comics.
This image of Wolverine © copyright me (Walter O’Neal) 2005