I painted this awesome piece several years ago at my friend Norman Meyer's home, way out in Los Angeles, CA. The character is named, Avagddu, and it's from a comic book called Slaine the King, illustrated by Glenn Fabry, and written by Pat Mills and Mike McMahon. Here's a short description of Avagddu found on the internet: "
"Avagddu is the son of the earth goddess and a
tainted, brute of a demon. Avagddu is misshaped and covered with boils;
he also has only one good eye. He is the dark side of the Earth Power
personified."
Above is an illustration of Avagddu by Glenn Fabry from the pages of Slaine the King.
As you can see, Norman did an exemplary job capturing all the nuances of Glenn's depiction of Avagddu. I
actually applied some of Norman's facial hair to some of the boils to
push the loathsome factor. Visit Artist Proof Studio webstore to
purchase a casting of Avagddu here: http://artistproofstudio.bigcartel.com/product/slaine-the-king-avagddu-resin-bust-2000-ad
*Photos courtesy of Nitai Kearney*
This is another great piece sculpted by artist John Schuster. It's basically your typical "Gray Alien" design, but with quite a gruesome cleft lip and palate rotten nose. The bust is solid resin cast, and a one of a kind piece according to John. The little Feller is just a touch under 5" tall, and flourishing with subtle skin wrinkles and detail. The skin tone I painted turned out more purple than I originally intended; a minty, pistachio green was one of the colors that I'd been applying and knocking back alternatively throughout the paint process, and it seems a knocked it back a bit too much to even detect! But, in the end, I'm happy with it, and John seemed to be pleased with it as well. 
