| Spider-Man 2: Escape from Doc Ock
 LocalHero  Marvel Comics  2003/10/20 14:45
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| Oldie. Created from scratch. Bill Davey is body model. |
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| Spider-Woman Flying High
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2011/8/18 17:05
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| Created in Paint Tools Sai, using a photograph for reference, here we see Spider-Woman enjoying herself amongst the Manhattan skyscrapers. |
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| Spiderman - Wanted 1977
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2011/10/8 15:13
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Well I finally got this finished (well as finished as it is going to be).
I was reminded the other week of going to see the original Spiderman movie (with Nicholas Hammond) back in 1977 and thought it would be fun to do a picture inspired by that movie costume.
Wanted to capture that haunted/hunted feel that Spidey often has with the Bugle trying to turn everyone against him.
Drawn and painted in Sai - time taken? Far too long Enjoy. |
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| Spidey's Seasons Greetings
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2007/12/22 12:23
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Merry Xmas & Happy New Year from me.
I used a prelim sketch for the Spiderman Blue cover by Tim Sale as the basis for this background new york shot from google but recolored by me and snow added over multiple layers. |
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| Supergirl
LocalHero DC Comics 2003/10/20 14:05
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| Old concept for a remake of Supergirl. Diane Heidekruger (from my Blink pic) |
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| Supergirl - Lost Daughter of Krypton
LocalHero DC Comics 2007/8/19 12:46
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Just a quick manip of Kristiana Loken as Kara Zo-Rel. Multiple background layers - new york (yes I left in the towers!), couple of exploding planets overlayed and some kryptonian script. Supergirl herself is recolor of Kristiana's original clothes with some alterations to make the belt/skirt and the cape added from scratch. The shirt logo was deformed from one i created using psp vectors. removed some (few) blemishes and enhanced the eye color. Little ship in the background is kara escaping the explosion.
Wanted to do a more realistic version of the current costume, but I prefer the highly saturated feel, these are comic characters after all.
This is an homage to the helen slater supergirl promo poster of her flying over new york |
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| SuperGirl - Peaceful Summer
LocalHero DC Comics 2004/8/21 9:58
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| Well this is a manip I have been working on of Kristiana Locken as Supergirl (the actual photomanip isn't finished but I wanted to try something different with what I have done so far.) The original pic of Kristiana was of a magazine cover and she is wearing a purple swimsuit. I manipped on the costume (will provide details when I post the actual finished manip) and then have been trying to tweak it for the past week or so. Anyways I wanted to submit something new and I thought I might try giving it a sketchy look. I have tried this before with various levels of success and failure but I think this one turned out ok. I merged all the layers in my WIP together to get Kristiana in costume cut out on a layer of her own then I found a nice background at eldargraphics.com which matched the lighting and coloring of kristiana quite well. flipped the background to match pose and merged both layers together. duplicated the layer. On one layer I added some random white noise and then used my trusty old penpartner tablet and began to 'scratch' away at the picture to give the impression of pencil strokes. The other layer I used the edge preserving smooth at max and then enhanced edges and finally traced contours to give 'layout' lines and add some definition back to some of the shapes. all in all I think it came out quite well.. and now back to the manip itself. |
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| Supergirl Lives
LocalHero DC Comics 2003/10/20 14:09
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| Old Concept pic. Kirsten Dunst as Supergirl. More relaxed costume. |
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| Superman - Believe!
LocalHero DC Comics 2004/7/14 9:53
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Just keeping my hand in with manipping really. Here we have Marcus Schenkenberg (whom I've used before - see my 'Blink' piece) as a younger Man of Steel. Had to do a fair bit of cleaning up on the original image as there was a lot of text to remove. The costume was made by first creating a composite texture made up from three separate elements - leather, faux suede, and chainmail (much reduced in size) - to try and give it some texture (similar to spidey's movie costume which I love the texture on the blue sections) Then I created a layer to apply the texture. Using the lasso tool to create appropriate areas, the texture is applied at various angles to match the body shape at that area. I then mask of the extra leaving the areas that would be the suit. Using the same mask I duplicate the original model layer, tweaking the muscles and smoothing/smudging where necessary. this layer is then duplicated again with the original layer's mode was set to multiply and the second layer's mode set overlay. The logo was created from scratch in vectors a while back for another project, simply here reduced and distorted to fit the chest then used to create selections to apply the soft embossed feel.
I tried to give the cape a believable flowing feel, not sure if I did, but I like how it turned out. It started with a solid block of color on a layer behind supes. Using the lasso tool I created gradually darker blocks of the red (using HSL adjustment) to give the feel of folds in the cape. The same method used to create supes shadow on the cape. Then used free hand soften tool to blend all the shades together. Over the whole lot applied a gradient fill to darken the cape further where it curves over the shoulder to light at the bottom. The actual shoulder pieces are on a layer to the front of supes, again beginning with a couple of solid blocks of color. Used gradients, the lasso and HSL to create the tighter folds and wrinkles (where it's stitched/joined to the costume). Over the whole lot I introduced some granularity. This had the effect of giving the cape some texture post smoothing.
blended in the flag in the background to further enhance the 'belief in something larger than yourself' feel.
Edit: Added more creation notes on costume and cape. |
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| The Goon [Inspired by Eric Powell]
LocalHero Other Comics 2011/10/8 15:11
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| The iLeader
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2011/10/8 15:08
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I completed this image for the 27/09/2011 dailysketchchallenge: The Leader: 15-30 minute sketch http://outcaststudios.com/forums/index.php/topic/11211-daily-sketch-challenge-vol16-37/
Got really into this one so here it is after 45 mins - was going to have him holding a remote control or a radio but once I had drawn it I realised it looked like an old ipod classic - hence Apple iLeader
It had been a long day and I guess I am easily amused! |
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| The Other (Colored) Original Art: Ringo/Kesels
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2008/2/22 14:04
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Had this floating about unfinished for a while now, finally figured I could do no more to it.
From one of the covers for The Other storyline on Spidey.
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| The Thing
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2003/10/20 14:47
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| The Zombie Goof Original: Biohaz_Daddy [Colored for HM Challenge #2]
LocalHero TV and Movies 2011/7/4 18:50
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Well it's been quite a while since I submitted anything (work etc getting in the way) but I felt like checking out the old site and decided to have a go at one of the Heromorph challenges - in this case Challenge #2 and the artwork provided by Biohaz_Daddy Original Here
Feel free to leave comments here or over at my own site |
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| Toothless & Hiccup
LocalHero TV and Movies 2011/8/23 11:53
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| Well I was watching How To Train Your Dragon on TV the other night (yes again - it is one of those animations that I can repeat view over and over) and started doodling in Sai, trying to capture this moment from the film. I think I did ok? |
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| Valkyrie
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2004/7/14 9:59
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Just resubmitting a larger version
Oldie. Rebecca Romjin Stamos. I think this is one of my favourite of my own manips.
Additional Art Notes: Well, it was about a week, and over 120 layers in the making, but finally here we have Rebecca Romjin Stamos as Barbara Norris aka Brunhilde aka Valkyrie. Starting with an image of RRS standing in what looked like a wheat field, first thing i did was remove out the original collar line of her swim costume. Now it was time to start the suit. I had a couple of attempts before I decided on what you see here. I used the faux leather texture to fill a new layer. I colorized this layer blue, then cut away the extra to leave only the areas that would be the suit With the initial cutting complete, I duplicated this layer twice. the original layer's mode was set to color. the second layer's mode was set to burn at 25% opacity. the third layer's was set to multiply at 75% opacity (obviously i had a bit of experimenting, but these produced the best results. The metals were all created with various layers of gradient fills and the burn tool. The cape was attempted using one of the tutorials Dperciful posted to the hints'n'tips thread(here: http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/Forum7/HTML/002595.html) Added additional texturing to the resultant material. The background is actually three seperate photo's of the Highlands up areound Ullapool - The sky and big hill is a layer, castle ardvreck & the water & hill on the right another layer, and the grass closest at the bottom on a third layer. I actually went as far as texturing Dragonfang (seen behind the title) before I remembered in this piece it would be in a scabard which is bound with rectangles with a deformed leather texture as is the sword handle. The font is Skeksis.
Edit: clarified Hints&Tips thread mentioned at C2F. |
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| Valkyrie - Frost Maiden [Inspired by Monet88]
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2011/10/9 10:58
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Well I saw this sketch http://monet88.deviantart.com/art/Valkyrie-262074891 by Monet88 http://monet88.deviantart.com/ and was so inspired by the pose and style that I decided to use it as a reference for my own Valkyrie image.
Here we see young Brunhilde leaving a Frost Giant Camp in Jotunheim after having defeated them as a right of passage into adulthood. In accordance with tradition she has blooded her face as proof of her accomplishment.
I liked the basic pose and style of Monet's interpretation of Ultimate Valkyrie, so this is as much a homage to his image as to the Marvel Comic character. |
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| Vampire Lover by Vampire Lover (Inked/Colored/Background)
LocalHero Original Characters 2008/1/11 8:58
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| Wanted: Litigator. Apply Fisk Industries
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2004/5/6 10:35
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Ok, I wanted to do a follow up to my Elektra/Loss Adjuster pic for a while now, and when I found this pic of Cindy Crawford I immediately thought it would make a great base for She-Hulk, Jennifer Walters.
The source image was a bit messy so I had to do some tidying before I began. The first thing I did was to broaden the shoulders and deepen the chest using the free deform tool. This was then blended back into the original image. I then created a mask of 'shulkie' so I could keep things neat later. The background is created from scratch over the original murky black curtain. I used some mauve gradient fills to create a floor/wall join and to provide some lighting. I used the same effect to create the window behind 'shulkie' making a faux 3d effect to frame the image of new york street signs I found on google. The spidey is taken from a pic of a statue of him peeking in another window. I shaded him to make him darker and as if lit from the room. Over spidey and the street seen I created a glass pane using the noise filter then motion and gausian blur to give it some interest, and a white/black gradient to make it look shiny. The brief case was another google find which to which I added Walters stenciling and a shadow and floor reflection to blend it with the image.
All pretty simple stuff, but I just wanted to make sure I kept my basic skills up during a dry creative spell |
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| Wolfsbane
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2007/8/25 9:23
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Here we find Rahne Sinclair who has just caught the interest of a Savage Land T-Rex.
Well i've had this floating about unfinished for a few years now and finally managed to put it to bed. I seem to recall the pose was the first thing that attracted me to the pic, as it immediately cried out to be made into a crouching hero - but which one? I decided that I would have a go at Wolfsbane - seeing as I hadn't really attempted fur. The model is estella warren. I cut the body from the background and began layering on hairs. This was build up in patches with additional shading done on each set. The grass was done in a similar way. I can't really recall why I got stuck with it, but I think that it was the original hair that kept putting me off. In the end I just removed it all and added new hair using a wig image as a base and adding more layers. The background pic I have used before in my Rogue/Gambit transgender. |
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| Wonder Girl
LocalHero DC Comics 2003/10/20 13:54
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| old quickie.. Christina Aguilera as Wondergirl. |
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| X-Statix [Pencils: Kevin Newburn]
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2011/9/11 9:38
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Well I started this some time ago in PSP X2 but recently redid the inks completely in Sai. Following the pencils of our old friend Kevin Newburn whose work you can find at his webpage and also at tumblr page
I always enjoy working on Kev's stuff, his style just appeals to me.
x-statix is of course copyright Marvel/Disney
I have also flatted out the colors here and will post the finished one when i get around to shading it. |
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| X-Verse Nightcrawler
LocalHero Marvel Comics 2003/10/20 13:29
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| Old pic. Gisele Bundchen as Nightcrawler.. given this was done before I found Exiles, I think she would make a great Nocturne too. |
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![The Goon [Inspired by Eric Powell]](http://heromorph.com/heromorph2/uploads/thumbs4/19308.jpg "The Goon [Inspired by Eric Powell]")
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![Valkyrie - Frost Maiden [Inspired by Monet88]](http://heromorph.com/heromorph2/uploads/thumbs4/19310.jpg "Valkyrie - Frost Maiden [Inspired by Monet88]")
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