Ginger Trickster

If you’re familiar with Norse myths, you need no extra explanation.
But, in case you’re interested why this god of mischief and shapeshifting trickster has such sad face… blame Tom Hiddleston. I didn’t mean to paint a portrait, but I do confess: his portrayal of Loki (the Marvel Universe version) in that recent “Thor” movie inspires me too much.

He actually stole the movie, I mean that. But I watched this gorgeous British gentleman and was like, “Oh dear, why isn’t he ginger, like in those myths?! Why doesn’t he have scars from the stitches on his lips?!!..” I was possessed by this idea for quite a while, and now I feel like I need to share the result; at first I didn’t actually want to paint something more than a plain sketch, but the subject appeared to be too tempting.

More over the mentioned facts… you see, Hiddleston’s Loki is VERY SMART – ergo, he’s mostly sad all the time. So I mixed the “modern version” with some hints from the Norse myths, and here’s what I got after few hours of work and endless Dave Gahan in my ears.

I do hope you like him…


P.S.:
I thought I'd paint The World Tree or a serpent underneath his robes, but alas, I'm always in a hurry to finish the work; maybe I'll re-paint this later, who knows...

P.P.S.:
Here's a "work progress" image HERE.
And few words in my art blog about this image (reasons for painting and few how-to tips included)) HERE.
Hope you enjoy :3