Thor

In Norse Mythology, Thor was the son of Odin (the chief god) & Fjorgyn (Earth). He was known to be temperamental like the storm & the strongest among all the gods in Asgard.

Thor owned a magical hammer, Mjolnir. Mjolnir could hit any target, afterwhich, it returned to Thor’s right hand all by itself. His brother, Loki caused a disturbance at the dwarves' dwellling as they forged the hammer, which is why it had a short handle.

Thor wore a pair of iron gauntlets, which allowed him to wield Mjolnir. He also wore a magical belt, which doubled his strength!

^* Above text researched from Norse-Mythology.com

I modified all of Thor's costume & accessories, except his magic belt (not limiting myself to how he was known in Norse mythology - thank you, creative license!):

• Mjolnir has an ornate design with a long handle - Come on! It's the dwarves who forged the hammer. Since they were such brilliant craftsmen (i.e. Brisingamen) , I figured they'd come up with an elaborated design rather than a utilitarian one.
• Instead of a pair of gauntlets, I gave Thor an iron armband;
• Thor wears a dragon-hide cloak - In some Norse tales, his cloak was spun from Sif's (his wife) golden hair.

Thor is part of 2 illustrations. The other is Loki, above.

Phase 1

Marvel's Thor has been in the spotlight since the San Francisco Comic Convention 2010. An animated movie followed then finally, a live action film!

As a kid, Thor was one of my favorite heroes. I was especially fond of the cartoon, where Thor rides a rainbow from Asgard down to Earth!

Anyway, back to drawing... To create my Thor, I'm mixing a little perspective for the background & foreshortening for the figure.

Phase 2

The background will have sort of a "fish-eye" effect while the figure will have half the body foreshortened with Thor's arm & leg pointing forward.

I've drawn a curved ground where the feet rest. Then, I'm sketching in some definition on the figure.

Phase 3

Defined head, body.

Outlined hammer.

Phase 4

Added cloak - created big folds & curvy lines that give the impression of movement. I'm aiming for the look of a heavy, wind-blown cloak.

Phase 5

Added costume.

Defined hammer.

Phase 6

Outlined Thor in ink!

I sketched on small-size paper that didn't have enough space for the sky & the rest of the ground. So, I'm free-styling sky & ground in ink.

Clouds may look complex but they're easy to draw. To create clouds in fish-eye perspective, I've drawn their bases along curved lines! Just draw random patterns that move along one direction.

Phase 7

Defined rock formations on ground.

I follow the same principle when drawing rocks as with clouds. I just drew random broken lines! The idea is to stay away from uniformity. Otherwise, they'd look unnatural! Remember, no 2 rocks are the same!

Phase 8

Shaded-in hair, head & body.

Phase 9

Shaded-in costume. The shading technique for Thor's reptile hide cloak, involves layering tiny crosses - it's not complicated process but it takes up a lot of time!

Phase 10

Shaded-in the rest of the cloak.

Added leather thongs to boots. They looked awkward before but now they look perfect!

Shaded-in Thor's hammer (or Mjollnir).

Added lightning outlines... Thor can call up lightning even on a clear day or night - I haven't decided whether that's a sun or moon up there.

Phase 11

Shaded-in rocks & clouds

Phase 12

Blocked-in background

Rendered moon in points

Added rock fragments from the ground

Finished!

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