Friday, May 25, 2012

Incredible Hulk Anatomy


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Like millions of other superhero comic fans, I loved Joss Whedon?s & Marvel?s The Avengers when I saw it (in 2D) opening weekend. Motion-captured Mark Ruffalo turned in the most incredible version of the Hulk we?ve seen yet on the screen. ?Squeeing and cheering, it reminded me of a drawing I had made back ?in 2002. ?I drew this fan art of Marvel Comics? Incredible Hulk, dissected and analyzed. Here it is with a new lick of paint.

Hulk ? Marvel Comics. This fan art has moral ? Glendon Mellow. Share under Creative Commons.

At the time, I tried to draw on not only my mother?s nursing school anatomy textbooks, but also gorilla and hominid ancestor skulls (such as Paranthropus, though my murky text ?identitifies it with the outdated Zinjanthropus name), inspiration for things like the cranial ridge and large jaw muscles. I included details such as 3 scars on the bone (I?m Canadian: Wolverine wrecked his face a few times and I wanted to document that) and perfect glowing teeth. If anyone has perfect shiny teeth, it needs to be Hulk.

The science and geekery site io9.com recently listed 10 Science Concepts that Could Spawn Awesome Supervillains (by Esther Ingliss-Arkell). Established characters borne of exaggerated real world scientific causes could probably use science-inspired revisions too. ?Can?t wait to get my hands on The Art of Marvels The Avengers to see what scientific concepts the pros who designed the movie concept art came up with.
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Above image done in pencil and painted in ArtRage Studio Pro. The Incredible Hulk is ? Marvel Comics and I did this piece of fan art without permission but with respect. ?I claim only a moral copyright to this specific?rendition?of their character.

Glendon MellowAbout the Author: Glendon Mellow is a fine artist and illustrator inspired by evolutionary biology working in oil and digital media. You can see his portfolio at glendonmellow.com and at The Flying Trilobite blog. Follow him solo at @flyingtrilobite and with co-blogger Kalliopi Monoyios at @symbiartic. Follow on Twitter @symbiartic.

The views expressed are those of the author and are not necessarily those of Scientific American.

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