Mini-Flame
November 2007
Wacom Intuos 9×12, Adobe Photoshop Elements 4.0

Commissioned by Speed Lancer.

I’m afraid this may be the weakest of the Snipe Hunt Minis thus far in terms of visual punch, but then again I am pretty happy with how it came out. Speed originally wanted a flame cannon to pop out of Mini-Flame’s afro, but I thought it would take up too much space in the overall composition of the piece.

His wind-up key was originally sticking straight up out of the flamethrower backpack, but I came to realize that it would be unable to turn against his round plastic head. In the end, the forty-five degree placement of the key turned out rather nicely.

Flame Lord usually has a streak of red at the temple of his afro, so for this version, I turned it into a little power indicator lightning bolt.