Unbroken

Yep, more Black Veil Brides. This one is for a contest being hosted by BVB Fan relations (info on the contest can be found here: [link]). The contest was to show the Black Veil Brides and Marvel Avengers together since BVB has a new song coming out on the Avengers soundtrack called "Unbroken". (And the song is fucking awesome, I can't stop listening to it.) I decided to do something a little different then showing all of them together literally (because there's no way I'm doing a picture with 10+ people in it. ) and decided to represent the Avengers in the instruments and outfits worn by the band members. Not sure if it fits with in the guidelines of the contest, but I don't really care since it was a lot of fun.

There was some reasoning to what member got what Avenger for some of them, and not for others. Ashley got Iron Man since they're both notorious and extremely loveable playboys. CC got Thor since a hammer and drums correlate well in my mind yes, CC's drumstick is a mini hammer of Thor. I really am that much of a dork. Jinxx got Hawkeye since Hawkeye grew up in the circus and Jinxx's make-up reminds me of a mime. Then Andy and Jake got Captain America and The Hulk respectively because that's what was left aside from Nick Fury and Black Widow. But I figured CA and TH were easier to turn into instruments/recognizable outfits.

This project was a really fun experiment because I had to do a lot of research on the characters to try and turn them into recognizable instruments (or in Andy's case, an outfit, since he doesn't have an instrument). I also had to play with Andy a lot, since he cut his freaking hair again and we don't have any good references of more than the front of it. (Don't get me wrong, I don't mind his new hair, but every time I draw him I draw it one way and then it's different a week or two later. Makes things complicated since I hate not being accurate.)

Yes, I realize Andy looks like he wants to eat someone or something. Not sure why, but it amuses me since it's usually CC who looks legitimately insane and he just looks like he's having a totally good time. Also, I didn't include the tattoo sleeves that they boys have since it's so hard to find good refs of them in their entirety. I tried to give them each their big, main tats though. And I included the fire, since it seems to be a common theme with them.

Overall, I'm pretty happy with this. I know the shading is simple compared to a lot of my stuff, but that's mostly because of the contest deadline and the fact that I'm so busy with school right now.

Please tell me what you think! Like it? Love it? Hate it? Tell me why! See something that you think needs fixed? Tell me!