Shadow Hedgehog Runs on a Shirt

I painted another shirt as the previous two are wearing out at the cuffs: Ansel wanted to know why Shadow's fists aren't clenched while he's running. I did not have a satisfactory reason.
As illustrated in the top photo, he was not all that impressed when he got the shirt on his body.

Dark Spyro from Skylanders and Shadow the Hedgehog

 

After listening to his older brother discuss Skylanders non stop over the weekend, Ansel requested one of his own on a napkin. This despite not wanting to play the game himself.

Shadow Hedgehog Sweatshirt

I am not sure that Ansel will ever wear this sweatshirt out of the house.  The sleeves are a bit too long, and that is an insurmountable problem for him.  

Plus, wearing it would reveal his secret identity.  

He and I had some basic conceptual problems with this project:  Initially, I thought I was going to paint a picture of Shadow on a sweatshirt, but slowly came to understand that Ansel didn't want to wear Shadow's image.  He wanted to be Shadow.

Perhaps if the sweatshirt had one of those fancy hoods ala Volcom that zip all the way up and have perforated fabric in the eye area...but that clearly exceeded my skill.  

Shadow Hedgehog and Red Robin

 

Shadow Hedgehog rides yet again, this time in a team up with Red Robin from "The Hit List" (pencils by Marcus To).  This image of Red Robin appeared previously on August 14th, when he was paired with Ace the Bat Hound.  Perhaps Shadow is the new Ace? 

Shadow the Hedgehog with Utensils

...And more Shadow the Hedgehog. He suffers from dysfunctional perspective arm syndrome, but, hey, that background sure is bright, isn't it?

Shadow Hedgehog Running Without a Weapon

 

Shadow Hedgehog. Again.  

Ansel wanted him to be running fast like Sonic, with his feet in a "circle blur."  I was somehow unable to pull that off... and was more interested in the, ahem, perspectival opportunities of Shadow's limbs.   Ansel accepted my failings graciously this morning.

Shadow Sonic on Motorcycle

 

Unsurprisingly, as he has both a huge gun and a motorcycle, Shadow the "dark" version of Sonic is now at the top of our Kindergartener's list.  I had to remove the rather large weapon to pacify the image for lunch.