Avenger Time, heroes: Iron Man

Gotta love Iron Man, he's like the extroverted Batman- a swaggering rich guy genius inventor by day and when danger rears it's ugly head a swaggering rich guy genius inventor in a robotic armoured flying suit! I did see and like the movies and would totally recommend the flawless portrayal of Tony Stark by Robert Downey Jr.  

Avengers Assembled fan art concept piece

Captain Thor Hulk Man. This has no doubt been dreamed up before but a combination of the big 4 of the Avengers I felt needed to be drawn it'd normally be a Sketch Book Session piece but when I run out of spare pages in my sketchbook I simply return to my old way of drawing, plundering the stack of A4 print paper.

Iron Man the Avengers movie

The casting of Robert Downey Jr as smooth, fast talking, sarcastic but kind hearted billionaire gadfly with a drinking problem Tony Stark in the Iron Man movies and the Avenger's movie was, to say the least flawless! There really is no other actor who matches the description of not just physicality but persona as Downey and he played the role in the super hero team like he owned it, on top of nearly every scene he was in which still maintained the harmony with his less veteran acting cohorts. Seriously how can you not love this guy. 

Also the character of Iron man is more relatable to us, to be encased in a sweet flying robotic suit of armour that makes even the coolest sports car look redundant and as there is the fact this kind of power is actually attainable, with a decent lottery win of course ;) 

This is the third caricature of Iron Man I've done, much like Spider Man he's a perennial and fun to draw and basically he's like the Marvel version of Batman billionaire playboy philanthropist who fights crime with all kinds of awesome high tech gadgets- he just looks like he has more fun doing it.

The Sketchbook Sessions Iron Man caricature Ed Dyer 2012

From the Sketchbook Sessions it's Iron Man, I was always a fan of masked superheroes growing up and as a kid making masks was one of my hobbies, I always found it totally enhanced the playtime experience and really it was just fun to do. The idea and premise of Iron Man as a character really is fantastic and is, in many ways the Marvel comics answer to Bat Man. A super rich 1% bachelor wants to give back to the community, however charitable philanthropy is always more awesome when said billionaire dons super powered battle armour and fights the forces of evil.