Illustration Friday: Mysterious

I love belly dancers and I especially love them as subject matter for art. It's been a while since I drew any (all those beefy guys taking precedence; see below). Tribal fusion belly dancers, in particular, are wonderful to create from: their sinewy movements and exotic and creative costumes evoke the mysterious.

Inspired by a photo by Falln-Stock.

Beefcake

I have been working on a large commission piece, of the Incredible Hulk, for a few months now. Before I really got going on it I knew I was going to need to practice drawing big beefy muscle men (not generally a part of my art repertoire.) I had no idea how much fun that would be.

Anyway, these were the best of the bunch, referenced from a variety of photos found via Google Image.

(What--you were thinking maybe these guys came and posed for me in my studio? I wish.)