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sweet manip man.
This is awesomeThanks everybody for the nice compliments, I'm glad I am able to make something that I enjoy working on that also pleases other people.
On this next piece I wanted to focus on his life as Clark and Superman.The yellow is supposed to represent what physically fuels him, the green is what kills him. A showcase of his strength and weakness.
A simple picture of him sitting at his desk that was to represent the part of him that's always waiting, observing, always alert and working hard to expose the crimes of Metropolis so people are aware of the dangers around them. He sits there, fully realizing that this part of him can never be the guy that everybody likes, he can never fully be himself. So he adapts the personality of a shy and quiet, yet rather excellent reporter that finds that by working hard and staying focused on his mission and out of the spotlight ,is the only way he can really exist as Clark Kent the reporter.
He's fully aware that he has to sacrifice a great deal of things as Clark Kent in order for his alter ego to exist and do his job properly. And that's what the picture of superman posing is supposed to represent. Always ready to rip that shirt open and reveal the red and blue suit that people have come to know and love as Superman. He realises that truth and Justice can't always be fought with physical efforts alone, but sometimes the barrel of the pen can have an equally important effect.
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Thanks everybody for the nice compliments, I'm glad I am able to make something that I enjoy working on that also pleases other people.
On this next piece I wanted to focus on his life as Clark and Superman.The yellow is supposed to represent what physically fuels him, the green is what kills him. A showcase of his strength and weakness.
A simple picture of him sitting at his desk that was to represent the part of him that's always waiting, observing, always alert and working hard to expose the crimes of Metropolis so people are aware of the dangers around them. He sits there, fully realizing that this part of him can never be the guy that everybody likes, he can never fully be himself. So he adapts the personality of a shy and quiet, yet rather excellent reporter that finds that by working hard and staying focused on his mission and out of the spotlight ,is the only way he can really exist as Clark Kent the reporter.
He's fully aware that he has to sacrifice a great deal of things as Clark Kent in order for his alter ego to exist and do his job properly. And that's what the picture of superman posing is supposed to represent. Always ready to rip that shirt open and reveal the red and blue suit that people have come to know and love as Superman. He realises that truth and Justice can't always be fought with physical efforts alone, but sometimes the barrel of the pen can have an equally important effect.
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Thanks everybody for the nice compliments, I'm glad I am able to make something that I enjoy working on that also pleases other people.
On this next piece I wanted to focus on his life as Clark and Superman.The yellow is supposed to represent what physically fuels him, the green is what kills him. A showcase of his strength and weakness.
A simple picture of him sitting at his desk that was to represent the part of him that's always waiting, observing, always alert and working hard to expose the crimes of Metropolis so people are aware of the dangers around them. He sits there, fully realizing that this part of him can never be the guy that everybody likes, he can never fully be himself. So he adapts the personality of a shy and quiet, yet rather excellent reporter that finds that by working hard and staying focused on his mission and out of the spotlight ,is the only way he can really exist as Clark Kent the reporter.
He's fully aware that he has to sacrifice a great deal of things as Clark Kent in order for his alter ego to exist and do his job properly. And that's what the picture of superman posing is supposed to represent. Always ready to rip that shirt open and reveal the red and blue suit that people have come to know and love as Superman. He realises that truth and Justice can't always be fought with physical efforts alone, but sometimes the barrel of the pen can have an equally important effect.
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t:I have to say Mike in all honesty, after seeing the string of brilliant manips you've done over the yrs & how you can actually see big strides in progression in each one, I feel this latest one to have taken 4 big steps back. First I think it would have been better to pic a picture of Tom that wasn't from season 4 since he still looked quite young back then & the pic you chose wasn't one of my favs. Also I feel you could have made the trunks a lil bit bigger, I feel it to a be a bit like a piece of string at present time. Also perhaps making his hair shorter would be an option also, a bit to long for Superman IMO. Overall though it's good work & your Ck is beyond perfect. The hair feels very reminicent of CK's hair in Superman 3 which I liked very much. Keep up the good work man.t:
[EDIT] Sorry also forgot to add that I think lightening the blue a bit so we can see more of the texture on the suit would be good also. One thing I always liked about your manips is the detail & texture of the suit. Always blows my mind. that is all.
Steve
Thing is Steve, I got a new job about 5 months back, and It takes up most of my time, and I don't have time to do those big complicated drawings/manips anymore. I have to settle for something way way smaller than what I originally envision in my mind. Take this picture for instance. That Shield was done like 4 months ago as a completely separate drawing, I just added this in because it looked to empty without it. Then I did the supes one, because I always liked that picture even though he does look very young in it, and that alone took like almost a month to do, what would usually take me 2-3 days, then the Clark one, which I just improvised. And the lack of time just made me take the easy way out and draw in the yellow and green colors as the background in stead of actual people behind and around Clark, walking by or whatever.
There are a million things I would like to do that would blow your mind completely. Like huge huge fights with several of the Superman villains, Darkseid, Doomsday, Parasite, Metallo, Livewire, and so on. But I'm afraid I don't have time for things like that anymore. I'm frikkin reduced to making manips of superman in the same pose because anything else takes to long.
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