Mr. A

Above is some of the work I've made so far this semester. I'll let it be known now that I am no photographer. Please forgive any blurriness or over all poor picture quality that may occur.

As you can probably see, my Nacho Libre-esque character appears regularly in my work. Sometimes he has a mustache, other times he is clean shaven (although you could never really tell with his face all hidden behind that mask and such) but he is always fat, hairy, and humorous. I've taken to calling him Mr. Arrogance. You can call him Mr. A for short. I do.

My professor was really pushing me to figure out what he was. When I first got here all I knew was that I was obsessed with drawing him. As in I couldn't stop. Every time I picked up a pen/pencil, he is what emerged. I have a sketchbook full of him back home. He first appeared when I was pissed off during a class critique. It had been a very dull day and my professor at the time was obnoxious. As more overly aggressive opinions spewed forth from her thin, chapped lips, Mr. A wrestled himself onto the page of my sketchbook. Armed with fiery wings and a halo, he threw his arms up to the sky and screamed "Fools! All of you!" Thus his name. He is my arrogance. He is my alter-ego. A little nugget of a voice in the back of my head wonders if it is healthy to use him as a mask, but I'm ignoring it. As of right now, my fat hairy mask is keeping me inspired.