B... this is awesome, I don't know how I didn't comment in this one before.

The face, the costume are great...But the flying scene is the best!

woooow, im impressed

One of my favourite manips. Love T-Bolts. When I read issue #1 I had heard nothing about the series & the ending was a complete surprise to me. That twist plus Mark Bagley art made Thunderbolts a must buy.

Good job.

This great picture made The Lady Heromorph's picks of the year for 2005!

WHOA..just WHOA...and she cute to...oh and WHOA..

Wow! It looks like you????????ve been learning 4F techniques while retaining your personal style of character pose and expression, which you????????ve put into your previous works.
B-yootiful work!

what more can be said...simply amazing keep it up

Awesome work B even though the face doesn't really seem to fit, I know this sounds stupid, but I dunno, it kind of looks like this kick ass pic is wearing a Dido mask of cardboard or something. The pic is so great though that isn't even that much of an issue.

:good: :good:

Why o why did I send you photoshop.

I hate you.
I hate you just like I hate Jr., Andriod, and Quantum.

Damn you B, DAMN YOU!!!


You are not allowed to be this good.

While I may be a Johnny come lately with the praise I still want to add it. Dude this is GREAT!

Gouge

Thanks for the comments, guys. In no particular order...

Blur: It's really just standard dodge & burn and color balance to recolour. That's literally the only things that went into the costume itself. For the seams I used paths (put them were the seams should be, stroke a few times with a 2 pixel dodge tool, move a couple pixels, stroke a few times with a 2 pixel burn tool -- anyone who's had trouble with the things, this is the way to do them). The metal is according to DPerceful's excellent tutorial at C2F.

Thayne: The original base model was very skinny. I figure it fits the character... I mean, just take a look at how thin Mark Bagley's version of her in the original Thunderbolts series is.

Max and DW: The shoulder pads... well, you're right, sort of. The idea is that they extend equally far down the back as they down the front, but now I see that I should have changed their shape slightly to indicate that. Thanks for pointing out the problem, guys.

Just Max: Nope, I haven't been working with anyone else, just experimenting. In an odd and related story, when I showed this to Zac of C2F, the first thing he asked me was who did it for me...

Just DW: Yeah, the belt is missing a bottom edge. Oops. The buckle and the belt itself are always drawn as being one piece, though, so I followed suit.

Now, I distinctly see that some people haven't commented yet... c'mon, what're you waiting for?

wow....i really like this, B...your art is constantly evolving. this is more than impressive, its amazing...keep em comin' bud!



ps...i love the costume, it rocks, chief!


two for you!

Now that is amazing. Great job.

incredible... looks great!

Whoa!

Man, B, what a radical style change!

I love it! Moremoremore!!!



 BB

Wow... simply... WOW!

Hot damn! That's one good looking Songbird!
Just have to agree with the others: her costume looks great! Wonderful work on the fabric. Also like the power-effect. And the pose.

Only thing I have to nitpick is the shoulder pads, like stated look too forward almost like they are attached too losly and rolled around her arms a bit. for a personal taste, the belt looks like there needs to me more of a sepration between belt and bukle ( make since?) and on her left, the uderside of the belt needs a bit of an edge to show the thinkess a little. but that was straining to find something wrong with it great work

Simply great work on the costume!! Not to keen on the face though. But thats just me.

Very nice.
Great fabric. Different from your usual - been working with someone else?

My only niggle with this is the shoulder pad on her left arm seems to be angled forward too much, it's almost in her armpit.

Two thumbs up.

Amazing!!!

Amazing, tho shame your talents are wasted on Dido (not a fan).
Was gonna post up one of my pics, but think I'll wait till this moves down a bit first

Great job, who's the model?

Juss kiddin, I guess everybody needs a tagline tho........ I don't got one.

Anyways, looks pretty. A lil skinny, but pretty.

what can i say but Stand up & Cheer! you get a whole 6 pack for this of course if you drink all of those you may be seeing some of these

wow B! this is amazing. I'm not even sure how you did some of the art. I'm blown away.

perfect pose btw

Holy Crud "B" this is Stupendously Awesome.....Where's the dial on this thing ,this pictures at least a 12 ....Frak it only goes up to ten still but rest asured it should be a 12 and will be remembered that way comes awards time

Excellent job B. This was well worth the wait. Love the way you recreated her wings and the rubber feel of the costume.
And the shoulder fins came out great!

I love the rubber look of the suit B... this is a style that I had never seen from you before... Very Cool!