UIR 10/25/2004

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Nightcrawler In The Bamf by MaidenRaine1300
Good for Paint, Kurt himself looks quite good. But there's still a lot of pixellation.

Black Canary by QuantumFX
I remember seeing this pic over at HM. Absolutely awesome, easily your best work. I don't blame you one bit for being proud of the latex texture, it's gorgeous, one of the best textures I've ever seen. The white is particularly well done, though the black is nice as well. Some of the highlights in the black do seem a bit too dull though. All the metalwork is gorgeous, particularly the necklace. It could maybe use a bit more shine to really pop out at you, but it's still great. Again... awesome. Favourite pic of the day.

Arch Enemies: Part 7 by Junkyard
The stuff with Captain Planet is singlehandedly worth the price of admission. (Or at least it would be if there was a charge to view this.)

Bishop by Majik1387
I'm not a huge fan of the idea of casting singers as, well, anyone really. Except maybe Dazzler. But that's me. Pretty good piece, though the shirt is incredibly blurry and comes equipped with a halo. And shouldn't the tattoo cover more of his eye?

Electra Woman And Dynagirl by jjmarreiro
I've heard of the show, though I never saw it. (Should check it out some time) Good piece, with good costuming on both ladies, particularly the one at the back (Dynagirl, right?) and very lovely, vibrant colours. Nice capes as well. The lighting between the characters and the background doesn't quite match, the characters are too bright. They're not quite integrated into the background because of that.

Human Torch!! by xavix
I like your photomanipulation, but I'd like it better if it had proper art notes. A very nice piece, with a really, really good fire effect. But his skin would appear to be missing... And his eyes make him look like a zombie for some reason.

Lighting: Catwoman by Juvenilemike
Very nice work, as always. I look forward to seeing the others in the series. The goggles and bodysuit are maybe a touch too bright.

Pinup Girl by Albea
Nice pic. The scratchy edges of the shadow are a bit weird, but it's fine otherwise. Very nice highlights on the stockings.

Jsa 10 by MysticMorgan
Awesome, as usual. You probably do the best capes of anyone here. I also love the expression of the guy behind the trashcan. Whoever he is. That trashcan could be a bit more metallic looking, and the skyline at the back is really very flat, but otherwise this is gold.

Harley Quinn 1 by alex_hu
Welcome to the DCG! Good debut, but please, pretty please, give us art notes. It's hard to know where to suggest improvements if we don't know what you did, y'know? If you did the cowl, collar and wrist-fans, great work. They all look really good. The bodysuit is good, though a few more highlights wouldn't go amiss. Her face is a bit washed out, the shadows should be darker.

Shadowcat by Winnietapooh
That's my favourite costume design for Kally. So yeah, I recognize it. The first thing I notice here is that the edges are rather messy throughtout. The costuming's pretty good, though it could use sharper contrasts, it's a bit washed out. Those're some nice wrinkles on the sleeves.

Mr Fantastic by anaque
Nice drawing, nicely coloured, but the texture in the blue part of the costume doesn't wrap at all, it looks flat. Some of the shadows on his face are weird, ie those under the mouth and around the eyebrow. I'm not quite sure where those come from.

Hellboy by fanboy1171
Very nice pic. I like the sketchy look. Great colouring as well, I like the skin tones. Can't really see anything wrong with it.

Brandon Routh As Superman by lightspeed83
Good enough cut-n-paste. The highlights are rather overdone.

Axiom by Axiom
Welcome to the DCG! Good debut. I'm not familiar with the character you used for the base pic, so I'm not sure how much work you may have done here. It looks good, though. Nice linework, nice colours. Some pixellation. Very good for Paint.

The New Superman by DarkAngelStudios
Welcome to the DCG! I'm sure we'll all get to see how Brandon looks as Supes a few hundred thousand times by the time the movie comes around. http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/smile.gif Anyway, in the absence of any art notes (*koff*) I'll assume this is the usual head-on-Chris-Reeve's-body deal. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. It's quite a well done cut-n-paste (presumably), except for that really unfortunate skin condition he seems to have developed below the neck -- the colours are totally mismatched.

[Junkyard]

Selective UIR-


Black Canary by QuantumFX- Great costuming.

Arch Enemies: Part 7 by Junkyard- Just for the record- those wierd lumpy things at the end of Biohaz and Jellybrain's arms; those are supposed to be hands. (This is why I mostly just Frankenstien.)

Bishop by Majik1387- Normally I'd say there wasn't enough altered from the original, but I think it works in this case.

Shadowcat by Winnietapooh- Very nice. The one problem is in the edges. Otherwise, no complaints at all.

Mr Fantastic by anaque- I don't know why, but I like this one. Must be the sort of whimsical feel to the lines. Huh.

On a side note: TWO Superman pics using the same head! It's like going to a party and discovering that the girl you hate is wearing the same dress as you!
But they ARE both good.


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Junkyard, Proud Defender of This Nation's Garbage Dumps.

Funniest thing I've ever said unintentionally:
"Prosecutors will be violated."

[dperceful]

and we're off! first it was the relentless pics of bale as batman...now it's going to be weeks/months of routh as superman. let's hope they get a few more publicity shots out there.

[B]

Yeah, let the flood begin...

Oh, and Junky, I didn't need that image of you in a dress! Can't you leave that kind of thing to Marrow?

[Biohaz_Daddy]

Nightcrawler in the Bamf by MaidenRaine1300
I have been waiting to see if you would attempt a total Paint piece. You have captured Nightcrawler nicely. The power effect maybe should have mimicked the comic version, as it is it doesn’t quit get the message across.

Black Canary by QuantumFX
Good Stuff… no problems worth mentioning. You did a hell of a good job.

Arch Enemies: Part 7 by Junkyard
Now that you have seen a display of my awesome power... eh… hmm… I really don’t know what now. Another out loud laughter fest for me. No apologies necessary, Junks, just thanks for the laugh.

Bishop by Majik1387
This looks like it could have benefited from some more time spent on it. Keep working those tutorials. I do like the idea, mainly because you have to know that somewhere in “Hollywood” someone is doing the same thing.

Electra Woman and Dynagirl by jjmarreiro
Is this being shown again somewhere? Is that why it has popped up in back to back updates? Anyway, the costuming is done very well. Good job.

Human Torch!! by xavix
An interesting idea, rather gruesome, but an awesome image. Great work in bringing it to life. B, he does not have any skin.

Lighting: Catwoman by Juvenilemike
Very cool… There is an interesting dynamic at play with the background, costume, and characters attitude. I always thought of CW as a bit of a SM fetishist as well. I am looking forward to seeing more of these lighting experiments.

pinup girl by Albea
Cute… The cast shadows don’t seem to match up to the lighting of the figure. It is a little disconcerting, but it is still a good piece.

JSA 10 by MysticMorgan
Can you maybe screw one up so I have something to say about? No… just as well. I can’t wait to see something new that you consider finished.

Harley Quinn 1 by alex_hu
Great debut…

Shadowcat by Winnietapooh
Good costuming, particularly natural draping. The background is standard but well done. Her right hand is rather monstrous though. Could have been a killer piece if not for the edge problems.

Mr Fantastic by anaque
There is some really nice line work done here. This is a good cartoony take on the character. Good Job.

Hellboy by fanboy1171
Cool! This is one of my favorite characters done quite well, so well in fact that I can’t let you off the hook on the ravens. When you are this good you can take the time to individually draw each bird.

Brandon Routh as Superman by lightspeed83
This guy just don’t look the part to me, but nice job regardless.

Axiom by Axiom
Nice Paint work… The costume design is pretty good too.

The New Superman by DarkAngelStudios
Another one… Still looks less than super to me. As far as your work I have nothing to add to B’s.

Oh and Junky, you are alone on that dress thing.

[fanboy1171]

[RE: Biohaz daddy ...Hellboy by fanboy1171
Cool! This is one of my favorite characters done quite well, so well in fact that I can’t let you off the hook on the ravens. When you are this good you can take the time to individually draw each bird.]

First off, thanks for the kind compliments and yes I fell vicitim to lazy-nite cousin to kryptonite. Thanks for pointing that out. I need that kinda reminder every so often.

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Biohaz_Daddy:
<B>Human Torch!! by xavix
An interesting idea, rather gruesome, but an awesome image. Great work in bringing it to life. B, he does not have any skin.</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I know, that was my point. It doesn't really make any sense for that to be the case. Torch's fire shouldn't burn off his skin... he's fireproof. It's a very well done effect, but I was just saying (in my usual, more-or-less incomprehensible way) that the basic idea doesn't really fit the character for me. I should've just said that though, shouldn't I?

[dperceful]

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nightcrawler: oddly enough it looks like he has some brimstone gas built up. nice smoke effect....if you could get it to fade more i think it would be a better effect.

black canary: i suck. why can't i do stuff like this. that is just spot on brilliant. i have seen the larger version so i know what it looks like in uncompressed beauty. the texture and the wrinkles of the suit are just damn gorgeous. they are all so perfectly placed and and just look right. the stitching of the costume...excellent. the only thing i could really say is add more interesting background. great work.

arch enemies: captain planet=philosopher ahead of his time, with the exception of the mullet.

bishop: the shirt is a touch blurry. i would sharpen that up a little. nice "m" on the eye.

electra woman: wow, these girls are making a big comeback.

human torch: no art notes.

lighting: oh juvie. the focus is lighting....and you have this beautiful stained glass in the bacground you could have shot some light thru. to me that seems like a missed opportunity. the lighting of catwoman is nice. i still don't see the eye shields....i think a subtle light pop on them would help. great work on the body stocking...that looks very well done...i can almost feel the fabric. this should be a cool series...focusing on lighting is a unique way to go, and i'm sure it's going to be top notch stuff.

pinup girl: no art notes.

the atom: the shelf...ha! where is that shelf...is any of my stuff up there? i wish my "shelf" had this kinda quality stuff in it.

Harley Quinn 1: no art notes.

Shadowcat: throwback costume. nice layout. her right lower leg....seems a little too bendy. i like the costume, the wrinkles are nice for the most part, some are weird...but for the most part they all look alright. smooth your edges.

mr fantastic: you might want to mold the texture (is that canvas?).

hellboy: i like the final result as well. very nice. i love the gritty feel to the piece. nice muscle tones and lighting. good work.

routh/superman: how come no one does this guy first as clark kent? lighting is all wacked.

axiom: that's paint....damn good work! very cool design.

The New Superman: again, no clark kent version? watch the heal brush around the neck line (at least thats what it looks like) if you over heal you get that weird dark blotchy effect. in this case you gave him acne on his neck line. and yes, the lighting is wacky. smooth the costume, it will make for a cleaner look.

dan

[Shaylinn]

I'm not sure I should post this since it seems everytime I post a UIR or have a pic in the queue it kills the UIR http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/wink.gifbut here goes anyway.....

Nightcrawler In The Bamf by MaidenRaine1300 – Really good version of Kurt for a Paint piece. Beyond the things mentioned by the others the only other thing I could suggest is that maybe his tail could be a bit thicker. As thin as it is it appears a bit out of proportion.

Black Canary by QuantumFX – Gorgeous piece and the costuming is absolutely glorious. You have every right to be proud of the texture on this one. I think I’m going to have to chase this down at HM to see the full sized version.

Arch Enemies: Part 7 by Junkyard – ROFLMAO I was wondering what you would come up for in my case and I have to say you hit the nail on the head. Though I’m not sure I should admit this I love the Harry Potter series and have read all of them (and sadly was at the book store on the day Order of the Phoenix was released) http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/wink.gif

Bishop by Majik1387 – The shirt really is very blurry in comparison to the rest of the piece and I’m assuming you pulled the edge of the shirt up to show off some skin at the belt line because the color is way off from the rest of Usher’s torso.

Electra Woman And Dynagirl by jjmarreiro – I remember this series (she says as she dates herself) http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/wink.gif and I’ve been enjoying these pics. It’s a well done manip if a bit too painted skin style to my eye. I have to say I really like Dynagirl and a great casting choice of Jennifer Garner

Human Torch!! by xavix – I really wish you did more detailed art notes. And on this one I have to agree with B on this one that while the concept is cool Johnny really should have his skin.

Lighting: Catwoman by Juvenilemike – Wonderful work on Catwoman and I really love the varying texturish effects you got on the pieces but I have to agree with Dan on this one I would have loved to see some of the light from the stained glass reflecting on her.

Pinup Girl by Albea – Really cool piece. I always enjoying seeing your work. I do agre with my fellow reviewers about the shadow… the rough edge almost makes it look like she is sitting on a shag rug. And the line of the screen right shoulder of her shirt as it falls makes it seem more as if the sleeve is a separate piece and the neckline of the shirt is a diagonal.

Jsa 10 by MysticMorgan -- I’m so glad you are my mentor. If I can ever be half as good as this I’ll consider myself lucky. Oh and on the mentor issue everyone is busy and real life gets in the way all too often. I’ll talk to you soon.

Harley Quinn 1 by alex_hu – I have to add my request for art notes. It helps us in these reviews. That said… Welcome to the DCG. The costume looks a bit too painted skin-ish for my personal tastes and the collar and wrist pieces still need a bit more shading. The colors on the bodysuit are a bit flat as well but still a very good first submission.

Shadowcat by Winnietapooh – I too recognize the costume even though I’m “old school” enough I never saw her wear it. I was “way” back in the Sprite/Ariel skater girl costume. As the others mentioned the edges are really messy and there is something odd going on with her right/screen left hand. It almost looks partially phased.

Mr Fantastic by anaque – I really like the style on this one. The line art and basic coloring are well done. But the use of the canvas texture on the blue really detracts from the image as a whole. As B and Dan mentioned it really should follow the lines of his body.

Hellboy by fanboy1171 – The sketchy lines and the noise filter all work really well to give a gritty character a gritty feel in this. Definitely one of the better Hellboy pics I’ve seen in a while.

Brandon Routh As Superman by lightspeed83 – Welcome to the DCG. Well done cut and paste but the lighting is way over done. The hyper bright spotlight like effects are just way too bright for the overall image and the light on his neck is completely out of place. If the lighting were coming down from the top most his neck would have stayed in shadow.

Axiom by Axiom – Welcome to the DCG. Really nice design work here. I’m not familiar with the character you used as a model so I can’t compare Axiom to him. But I have to say really well done for Paint and a really nice first piece.

The New Superman by DarkAngelStudios – Welcome to the DCG. Pretty good cut and paste. Beyond the skin issue the other reviewers mentioned personally I would have tried to take a bit of the reddish cast off of his eyes and eyelids just because I can’t see the Man of Steel having blood shot eyes… but that is just a personal choice.

[Junkyard]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Shaylinn:
<B>Arch Enemies: Part 7 by Junkyard – ROFLMAO I was wondering what you would come up for in my case and I have to say you hit the nail on the head. Though I’m not sure I should admit this I love the Harry Potter series and have read all of them (and sadly was at the book store on the day Order of the Phoenix was released) http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/wink.gif
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Glad you liked it! I was worried that you might be one of those who WANTED to ban it. Or that you didn't like Harry Potter. (The latter being much more likely in my mind, of course.)

[Junkyard]

By the way, Essex, if you're reading this; it doesn't seem the Thumbnail is working. Could you give it a look-see when you have a moment?

[Juvenilemike]

Hey all sorry it took me a day or two.

Nightcrawler in the Bamf
by MaidenRaine1300
Others have mentioned that these were done in Paint, and if that's the case I'm impressed. Whilst there's the inherent graininess it still looks good. You can clearly understand how the costume would fit, and the shoulder pads demonstrate that. I agree with others that the tail could be a bit thicker, but overall it's good. Some small shading on the belt would've helped to give him a more rounded look. My main quam is the background which just seems really flat. Even if it had been some random stuff in the background it would've looked a bit more exciting. All in all it's good peice and a great paint-action peice.

Black Canary
by QuantumFX
Ahh it's okay I guess. http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/wink.gif It's awesome. Really really good. Inspirational even. But I know that when you put something great out, you want two things, 1) Praise (which you're getting in abundance) and 2) The chance to improve it.

So lets see if I can find anything that might be worth chaning. The most obvious is the background. With that railing it would be easy to swap in a night scene and change the colours to suit. As it stands I don't think the cityscape complements the (amazing work done on the) character. There are several options, from a night time Gotham, to Barbara's clock tower, to her bike (she has a bike right?).

Also, I know it's a pin-up manip but you could take it in another direction. By pin up manip I mean a good looking, 'posed' picture, rather than say an action shot or Android's Lion-O. By changing the background and dirtying her up a bit you could make the picture somewhat more emotive, increasing its wow factor even further.

Finally, her head. Her neck looks tiny. I'm not too sure why. It might be quite narrow, or it might be that underneath the chin could use more shadow, I'm not sure. But it looks to be the size of her wrist?

It's great work bud, I'm really blown away. Don't take my comments above to be negative, they really are just me wanting to help in any way I can.


Arch Enemies: Part 7
by Junkyard
Heh, DCG humour rawks! :P

Bishop
by Majik1387
Everyone's already said it's a bit blurred, lesse what else I can add. The beard worked well. It actually looks better than a lot of others. You should definatly checkout the hair tutorial here at Comics2film to find out how to do beards. The exposed flesh you did, really needs some work too. One way to do it would be to make a medium sized selection on his arm. Then feather the selection. Then copy the selection. Now on a new layer paste that copy a bunch of times, overlapping. Now go hit blur&gt;average (if you have it, blur if not). Now you have a sort of base to work from start the shading. You'll have this the way you want in no time.

Electra Woman and Dynagirl
by jjmarreiro
The costuming is great, really smooth and bright. Some shadows on the ground would've helped bring them into the scene more, but I love the kid on the far right's expression http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/wink.gif

Human Torch!!
by xavix
Umm it's hard to review when I don't know what you did. I agree with the others that the concept is cool, and it's something worth exploring Superhero side effects. It looks pretty but the flames are too real compared with the anatomy-book-esque drawing of the body.

I can't do anymore right now, so lemme just respond to some of the comments on mine. Thanks for all the kind comments.

B: Thanks, I love the 'as always'. It's not hard when you submit one picture every four years :O As for the brightness thing, I had the scene kind of planned out in my head, and I really should've included it in my art notes. Basically there are other windows and Selina's staying somewhat hidden. The light's coming from one on our left up real high and quite far away.

Biohaz_D: Thanks man, I think *everyone* knows Catwoman's a fetishist. Tim B just confirmed it for those that weren't 100% sure. I wish I could work out what happened to the stained glass because it looks soo much nicer when it's in .psp format.

d& Shaylin: I'm sorry the eyes didn't quite curve out enough. I was trying to keep it dark and got afraid of overbrightening anything http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/smile.gif. You're right though, about the eyes and the glass. I should've had some multicoloured light coming across her back, that would've been soo cool. I did consider taking things further and having candles, but got scared, and came to that point: Either I submit now, or I spend another month and a half working on it. So I gave in http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/smile.gif As for the textures, that really means a lot to me. I've noticed how often I (and others) just go for this imaginary texture that's stretchy and figure hugging and reflects light *just* right. But then you get guys like Android, Marrow and Essex, who replicate actual fabrics and lift their pictures to another level. So thanks!

Okay, I'd better run. I'll try get the rest of you guys tonite.

Mike

[Majik1387]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Juvenilemike:
<B>Hey all sorry it took me a day or two.

Bishop
by Majik1387
Everyone's already said it's a bit blurred, lesse what else I can add. The beard worked well. It actually looks better than a lot of others. You should definatly checkout the hair tutorial here at Comics2film to find out how to do beards. The exposed flesh you did, really needs some work too. One way to do it would be to make a medium sized selection on his arm. Then feather the selection. Then copy the selection. Now on a new layer paste that copy a bunch of times, overlapping. Now go hit blur&gt;average (if you have it, blur if not). Now you have a sort of base to work from start the shading. You'll have this the way you want in no time.

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Thanx for the feedback but what everyone is calling flesh is not supposed to be, it's just supposed to be an orange undershirt.

[dperceful]

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Juvenilemike:
<B>d& Shaylin: I'm sorry the eyes didn't quite curve out enough. I was trying to keep it dark and got afraid of overbrightening anything http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/smile.gif. You're right though, about the eyes and the glass. I should've had some multicoloured light coming across her back, that would've been soo cool. I did consider taking things further and having candles, but got scared, and came to that point: Either I submit now, or I spend another month and a half working on it. So I gave in http://www.comics2film.com/UBB/smile.gif As for the textures, that really means a lot to me. I've noticed how often I (and others) just go for this imaginary texture that's stretchy and figure hugging and reflects light *just* right. But then you get guys like Android, Marrow and Essex, who replicate actual fabrics and lift their pictures to another level. So thanks!
</B><HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

candles would have been a great addition. don't get me wrong...it's a good piece. when you say lighting, i think of just that lighting. this is an absence of lighting, which works, but i think the stuff like candles, stained glass lights, etc...would really make it pop. again, strong piece.

dan

[MaidenRaine1300]

THanks everyone for all the kind words. We are glad that you liked the piece. We will try to keep impressing you.


~MaidenRaine1300~

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