The Dark Knight Rises The Official TDKR Fanart & Manips Thread

[KneelBeforeZod]

That camera looks like a big cartoonish gun ... like something from The Mask.

JB

 

[ChrisB]

I want to give a BIG thanks to our very own jmc for designing this awesome logo for the 4th of July! Thanks!

 

[DaRkVeNgeanCe]

Pretty sweet banner, I'm diggin it.

 

[fire_rising]

Here are two posters I've done recently.

Spoiler

 

[arturo]

^ Good Job!

 

[Asteroid-Man]

NOW THAT is AMAZING!!! Out of curiosity can you post (in spoiler tags) the pictures you used to make that? I'm just curious to know because it's so damn stunning!!

 

[fire_rising]

Thanks!

Sure! I can actually give you links to some great high res libraries. Each of these posters has well over 40 layers, so I can't provide all the photos at once (some are stock, others shots from the movie). But I'll find 'em asap.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

Thanks a lot fire_rising!!

 

[arturo]

Fire_rising, Can i have the links too?

Thanks in advance! t:

 

[Caped Crusader]

I want to give a BIG thanks to our very own jmc for designing this awesome logo for the 4th of July! Thanks!

What's wrong with this?

 

[fire_rising]

What I've found to be annoying as hell is trying to find the right pose for batman. Problem is, most of the good ones are low res. Surprisingly, I've found the best promo shots on SHH forums

Batman Poses

Spoiler

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=348643
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3078/dkcscb0041.jpg
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6458/dkcscb0055.jpg
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7056/dkcscb0059.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8581/dkcscb0056.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8581/dkcscb0056.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7793/dkcscb0064.jpg
http://img229.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48397_tdn07_122_480lo.jpg#
http://img203.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48409_tdn13_122_363lo.jpg
http://img203.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48409_tdn13_122_363lo.jpg
http://img194.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48568_tdn16_122_15lo.jpg

Joker Poses

Spoiler

http://img128.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48403_tdn12_122_620lo.jpg
http://img34.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48563_tdn15_122_659lo.jpg
http://img215.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48579_tdn17_122_502lo.jpg
http://img179.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48580_tdn18_122_47lo.jpg

Now that you have main characters out of the way, you'll need high res pictures of other characters or more angled shots. To do this, visit libraries like these.

Dark Knight High Res Shots

Spoiler

http://strackattack.com/random_files/pictures/Randoms/The Dark Knight Batman Hi Res/

Since The Dark Knight was filmed in Chicago, you'll need some shots of the skyline to show some Gotham.

Gotham Shots

Spoiler

http://www.eugenef.com/free-digital-photography/images/06 - Aerial Wallpaper/Chicago Skyline.xl.jpg
http://rwrant.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ChicagoSkyline.jpg
http://raisdorf-inside.de/images/onlinefotos/Bauwerke/fotos_bauwerke/Chicago.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Chicago_-_skyline.JPG

Now go on google and get some nice high res stock photos of...anything. As long as its free to use, I get photos of clouds, cameras, sparks, fires, explosions, animals, storms, monitors, and wires and blend them into my graphic.

As far as making your poster feel more "authentic", it's always good to either leave it completely untouched as a whole, or add in layers of textures. For example, I used this texture over my second poster to give it a "grittier" feel.

http://mayang.com/textures/Manmade/images/Paper/crumpled_paper_273117.JPG

Put textures in your graphic as a separate layer and set it to "overlay", "soft light", or another blending mode. Honestly, this is a big reason as to how my graphics come together.

When it comes down to it, though, it's all about how you blend them together. When dealing with photo manipulation or cutting out character from an image, I always use the principle of "less is more". It's fine to leave some edges in...I'm very messy with mine. Use a fairly large soft round-headed brush and gently erase around the figure. You can use the bracket keys ([ and ]) to increase or decrease brush size easily. Also, still using this brush, use the clone stamp to put characters in. Works great.

I use blending modes in photoshop to their full potential. I frequently use Difference, Overlay, Soft Light, Multiply, Dark Light, and Screen depending on what layer I'm working on.

Once you have your image blended and set, make a new layer and go to IMAGE-APPLY IMAGE. Then work on the colors, levels, shadows, brightness and contrast, etc to make everything look more unified. As I said before, most of my stuff looks like complete crap until I actually unify everything through contrast and color.

And a little bit of film grain always helps.

For me, I ALWAYS do my text last, as it needs to fit the graphic and the graphic constantly changes.

Of course, there are a bunch of tutorials online and if you need any specific help, just reply through here or through PM. I'd be glad to help.

 

[jmc]

Pretty sweet banner, I'm diggin it.

And I'm not even American!

 

[ChrisB]

And I'm not even American!

Haha wow really? You added awesome little details I wouldn't have even thought of!

What's wrong with this?

 

[Caped Crusader]

And I'm not even American!

jmc is from the land down under

 

[TheBatman072]

jmc is from the land down under

Oh yeah!? That's awesome! I bet JMC loves this song then!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McsWKczU6wc

Spoiler

 

[.:TheDarkKnight]

What I've found to be annoying as hell is trying to find the right pose for batman. Problem is, most of the good ones are low res. Surprisingly, I've found the best promo shots on SHH forums

Batman Poses

Spoiler

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=348643
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/3078/dkcscb0041.jpg
http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/6458/dkcscb0055.jpg
http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7056/dkcscb0059.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8581/dkcscb0056.jpg
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/8581/dkcscb0056.jpg
http://img25.imageshack.us/img25/7793/dkcscb0064.jpg
http://img229.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48397_tdn07_122_480lo.jpg#
http://img203.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48409_tdn13_122_363lo.jpg
http://img203.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48409_tdn13_122_363lo.jpg
http://img194.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48568_tdn16_122_15lo.jpg

Joker Poses

Spoiler

http://img128.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48403_tdn12_122_620lo.jpg
http://img34.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48563_tdn15_122_659lo.jpg
http://img215.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48579_tdn17_122_502lo.jpg
http://img179.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=48580_tdn18_122_47lo.jpg

Now that you have main characters out of the way, you'll need high res pictures of other characters or more angled shots. To do this, visit libraries like these.

Dark Knight High Res Shots

Spoiler

http://strackattack.com/random_files/pictures/Randoms/The Dark Knight Batman Hi Res/

Since The Dark Knight was filmed in Chicago, you'll need some shots of the skyline to show some Gotham.

Gotham Shots

Spoiler

http://www.eugenef.com/free-digital-photography/images/06 - Aerial Wallpaper/Chicago Skyline.xl.jpg
http://rwrant.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/ChicagoSkyline.jpg
http://raisdorf-inside.de/images/onlinefotos/Bauwerke/fotos_bauwerke/Chicago.JPG
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4b/Chicago_-_skyline.JPG

Now go on google and get some nice high res stock photos of...anything. As long as its free to use, I get photos of clouds, cameras, sparks, fires, explosions, animals, storms, monitors, and wires and blend them into my graphic.

As far as making your poster feel more "authentic", it's always good to either leave it completely untouched as a whole, or add in layers of textures. For example, I used this texture over my second poster to give it a "grittier" feel.

http://mayang.com/textures/Manmade/images/Paper/crumpled_paper_273117.JPG

Put textures in your graphic as a separate layer and set it to "overlay", "soft light", or another blending mode. Honestly, this is a big reason as to how my graphics come together.

When it comes down to it, though, it's all about how you blend them together. When dealing with photo manipulation or cutting out character from an image, I always use the principle of "less is more". It's fine to leave some edges in...I'm very messy with mine. Use a fairly large soft round-headed brush and gently erase around the figure. You can use the bracket keys ([ and ]) to increase or decrease brush size easily. Also, still using this brush, use the clone stamp to put characters in. Works great.

I use blending modes in photoshop to their full potential. I frequently use Difference, Overlay, Soft Light, Multiply, Dark Light, and Screen depending on what layer I'm working on.

Once you have your image blended and set, make a new layer and go to IMAGE-APPLY IMAGE. Then work on the colors, levels, shadows, brightness and contrast, etc to make everything look more unified. As I said before, most of my stuff looks like complete crap until I actually unify everything through contrast and color.

And a little bit of film grain always helps.

For me, I ALWAYS do my text last, as it needs to fit the graphic and the graphic constantly changes.

Of course, there are a bunch of tutorials online and if you need any specific help, just reply through here or through PM. I'd be glad to help.

Can't let this post go unnoticed. You are a God, sir, for gathering those links for us. Thank you, I've been wasting so much time in Google Images. I think this post should be stickied or something.

 

[Caped Crusader]

Oh yeah!? That's awesome! I bet JMC loves this song then!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McsWKczU6wc

Spoiler

"excellent" - Mr. Burns

 

[Doctor Who]

Oh yeah!? That's awesome! I bet JMC loves this song then!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McsWKczU6wc

Spoiler

One of the best songs EVAH!!!! With the exception of this of course.

[YT]d-diB65scQU[/YT]

 

[Doctor Who]

And I'm not even American!

Australian, right?

 

[TheBatman072]

One of the best songs EVAH!!!! With the exception of this of course.

[YT]d-diB65scQU[/YT]

Oh the 80s, have you no shame!?

 

[Doctor Who]

Oh the 80s, have you no shame!?

Yes!!!! t:

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[TheBatman072]

Yes!!!! t:

[YT]oc-P8oDuS0Q[/YT]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA_zG7n-tVI

 

[Doctor Who]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uA_zG7n-tVI

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Spoiler

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[enquencle]

Here are two posters I've done recently.

Spoiler

I just love the first one. I really dig the colors, they really add something special to the "RISE". Excelent job.

 

[TheBatman072]

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Spoiler

[YT]djV11Xbc914[/YT]

Dear GOD!