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I was thinking about Metal Gear Solid a lot, how you had to occasionally defeat certain bosses to obtain keycards to advance in the game, so I opted to make something along those lines, very low key with the idea of making the keycard a lot brighter so it would stand out against the design more. Something/someone with a larger visual footprint, like a general silhouette where the card would be a brighter focal point in the middle; I think that'd be a poor place to keep a keycard actually, and he's got some bullet markings so you know he gets shot there regularly...

Basically an excuse to draw some big brawler dude. About halfway through I thought that the monochromaticness might be too strong so I gave him a little bit of red color for his lenses and the symbol along his arm and a couple points on his glove, just to play another note of color against the orange on the card, nothing too strong or distracting (hopefully), just something to help sell the piece a little. Given more time I think I'd incorporate a few more spots of dark red, maybe some insignias on the pockets, parts on the inside of the shield, parts of the helm/coiling in the back, etc.

Description
I was thinking about Metal Gear Solid a lot, how you had to occasionally defeat certain bosses to obtain keycards to advance in the game, so I opted to make something along those lines, very low key with the idea of making the keycard a lot brighter so it would stand out against the design more. Something/someone with a larger visual footprint, like a general silhouette where the card would be a brighter focal point in the middle; I think that'd be a poor place to keep a keycard actually, and he's got some bullet markings so you know he gets shot there regularly...

Basically an excuse to draw some big brawler dude. About halfway through I thought that the monochromaticness might be too strong so I gave him a little bit of red color for his lenses and the symbol along his arm and a couple points on his glove, just to play another note of color against the orange on the card, nothing too strong or distracting (hopefully), just something to help sell the piece a little. Given more time I think I'd incorporate a few more spots of dark red, maybe some insignias on the pockets, parts on the inside of the shield, parts of the helm/coiling in the back, etc.