The only thing I ever touch up are flat blacks as they never photograph flat, which is super annoying.

I think my next commission opening will be for Lake Como Con in May, but probably not for anything this large.

I wanted to take a photo where it shows the painting in a natural context without any adjustments. I don't do digital adjustments to my paintings for print as I try to get them as I want them physically, but I don't really have control over the printing results.

I sometimes use fluid acrylics, but it always feels like it's missing the buttery quality I prefer.

I use primarily heavy body acrylics on the grisaille stage because it allows me more control than more liquid paint. It's personal preference. I add slow drying medium and water to adjust the thickness and opacity, or glazing medium for layering brush strokes.

If I ever do an Extremis 2, I'll find a way to squeeze in a Porsche and a Panerai!

One thing I never get credit for but am quite proud of is that I drew Tony in an Audi in Extremis and then Audi became a partner on the film and he drives an R8. I spent a very long time debating what kind of car he would be chauffeured in, and before RDJ "my" Tony had an Audi and wore a Tag Heuer.

I think you can really see a direct link between my style on Extremis and my work on the movie and even the movie itself. I think the first Iron Man really embraced so many aspects of Extremis.

The designs weren't finalised yet, but Jon loved this image so much he mounted a big print of it above his office door with the words "plausibility" below it.

It was the first keyframe I did for the Iron Man movie. Jon Favreau was so into the look of Extremis he kept asking me to do stuff in that style, so simultaneously with the work on the Mk3 and the Iron Monger I started doing these kinds of comic book-ish images.

I was so broke and concerned with surviving that I was completely unaware of the impact this was going to have. I wanted to do the best job possible, and I think I did, but I am not sure anyone expected the ripple effect this story and art was going to have.