Artwork of Isaac Mendez


is a fictional character from the American television show Heroes with the ability to paint future events during precognitive trances. Isaac's artwork, which appears on the show and its graphic novels, are shown to be accurate predictions of future events.
Noah Bennet explains to his wife that Isaac's paintings are never wrong. Isaac's paintings always, consistently, come true - but the context of the situation is not always given. The painting of New York exploding came from Hiro's perspective, and the paintings of the exploding man standing in Kirby Plaza came from Peter's dreams. Isaac's paintings are a reliable source of information on events, but not context.

Production

Comic book artist Tim Sale creates drawings of the artwork on comic book paper approximately 11"x17" in size. His technique includes the use of wash and charcoal pencil. Sale's drawings are usually black, gray, and white because he is colorblind, although a few paintings also have colors. Santiago Cabrera, who plays Isaac, influenced Sale to create some of the artwork in the style of Francisco Goya's Black Paintings. Dave Stewart then uses a computer to add coloring before the art is enlarged to the appropriate size. The prop department then creates the artwork seen on the show based on the original art.
On March 7, 2007, NBC announced that four of the artwork pieces would be autographed by Sale and sold in two auction charities a week apart. The proceeds benefited the Epilepsy Foundation, a charity that promotes awareness and research to cure epilepsy. Cast member Greg Grunberg, who frequently helps fundraise for the foundation, assisted with the auction. The on-screen artwork and original drawings for "Exploding Man", "Eclipse", "Claire on the Stairs", and "Hiro and the T-Rex" were autographed by Sale for the auction.

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