The Finer Details (MacGruber)
Lead & Ink: 2010 was an odd year. Ideas for films we planned on doing were hard to come by, yet movies we planned on skipping entirely sparked our creativity. "MacGruber" was one of those pictures.
I had been looking at some of my older works in the early days of the Gallery and found myself wishing I could go back and use a mulligan. "Star Wars: Episode 2", "Spider-Man 2"... there was a handful of illustrations I was happy with ten years ago but now the sight of them made me wince.
The idea for this specific illustration came about with one of the worst on my list: "The Sum of All Fears". The concept was good, but my laziness and quick nature produced something which I feel should never been posted in the first place. I wanted to go back in time and slap myself. However, since I don't have a time machine, this picture of Erik and MacGruber attempting to diffuse a bomb would serve as my 'do-over' for Ben Affleck's only outing as Jack Ryan.
The funny thing is I honestly had this idea well before "MacGruber" was released in theaters and it did bomb. I would have posted it during the proper week, but a nasty bout with a spring cold made it out of the question. But the idea never left my head. So, a week later I felt renewed enough to give it a shot. I feel it was for the best because if I had worked on it in the condition I was in, it probably would be turned out worse than "The Sum of All Fears".
It's always nice when things come out better than I planned them to be. But I especially like this one because it came with a sense of redemption. - Tony