Smile and FLEX Hrrrrrrr. Shadow doesn’t seem so shadowy as he bounces those pecs and crunches those abs, bulges those biceps; all in front of an array of bright colored squares. It’s a bit of a generic background pattern idea I was experimenting with. Will I keep going with it? Maybe. I know backgrounds give the subjects of my drawings a world to inhabit and bring forth in a whole deeper appreciation of the piece.