Digital characters - 80s inspiration

I started to apply the way of working I've been applying in Responsive to my Norse project, using digital methods to change how I think about character design.

I've been having a lot of difficulty working successfully in my sketchbook recently so working like this has been really helpful in being able to mess about with different compositions and colour combinations.

My main inspiration for these is the weird colour barrage style of 80s cartoons like Transformers, He Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles etc. The wild characters and locations aren't very dissimilar to Norse tales of people having children that are wolves, eight legged horses and hammers that control the weather.
The character of Thor can be seen throughout popular culture, inspiration for He Man and big action stars of the 80s and 90s. It could be argued that ancient tales of massive guys with superhuman abilities were a big part of the creation of superheroes in the first place in the 30s.
Which is why its interesting that the actual character of Thor has circled back around into the mainstream entertainment media, since appearing in Marvel comics in the 60s and 70s and now in the Avengers films, the God of Thunder that predates Christianity is an action movie star.