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kevinwada: Nightcrawler He was a gift and I couldn’t be happier with how he turned out.  I try my best to keep these captions short so it looks cleaner in a reblog but here a few notes.  There’s a little Errol Flynn in his face as well as some facial hair to jazz him up a little and make him more “mine.”  There’s also some digital kisses that aren’t in the original painting like subtle color shifts to imply sun fading and wear.  I wanted to showcase his mutant powers in a fun way so I came up with this composition.  Sure, he ends up doing the silliest, shortest, most frivolous teleportation he’s probably ever done and it comes off looking a little more “phasing-through-walls” than I’d intended.  But I think it’s a playful looking piece and I’d love to hear your thoughts!
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kevinwada:

Nightcrawler

He was a gift and I couldn’t be happier with how he turned out.  I try my best to keep these captions short so it looks cleaner in a reblog but here a few notes.  There’s a little Errol Flynn in his face as well as some facial hair to jazz him up a little and make him more “mine.”  There’s also some digital kisses that aren’t in the original painting like subtle color shifts to imply sun fading and wear.  I wanted to showcase his mutant powers in a fun way so I came up with this composition.  Sure, he ends up doing the silliest, shortest, most frivolous teleportation he’s probably ever done and it comes off looking a little more “phasing-through-walls” than I’d intended.  But I think it’s a playful looking piece and I’d love to hear your thoughts!

kazard: hello-deano: “It’s not his powers, it’s not his costume, it’s not his heritage. It’s that, unlike his myriad counterparts, he has more faith is us than we have in ourselves […] that faith elevates and redeems the human race. Notice how the men and women of Superman’s world, from Perry White to Jimmy Olsen to even the loutish Steve Lombard, have so clearly been fortified with Superman’s courage and reverence for truth and life. And most important, watch how Superman achieves his ultimate victory - not with a swing of his invulnerable first but with a gift of understanding. In every fight, Superman punches when he must and grapples when he has to, but at the end of every battle, he wins his best and most decisive victories when he allows his foes to see their world - our world - through his eyes. When Superman, without a second’s hesitation, takes time from his world-building feats to embrace and comfort a suicidal young girl. When he tells her, “you’re much stronger than you think you are”, they become the most moving words we have ever read in Superman history. And they are perfect because they reveal, in one sentence, the fundamental secret of Superman and why we love him so: Gods achieve their power by encouraging us to believe in them. Superman achieves his power by believing in us.”                                                                                         Mark Waid, 2008
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kazard: hello-deano: “It’s not his powers, it’s not his costume, it’s not his heritage. It’s that, unlike his myriad counterparts, he has more faith is us than we have in ourselves […] that faith elevates and redeems the human race. Notice how the men and women of Superman’s world, from Perry White to Jimmy Olsen to even the loutish Steve Lombard, have so clearly been fortified with Superman’s courage and reverence for truth and life. And most important, watch how Superman achieves his ultimate victory - not with a swing of his invulnerable first but with a gift of understanding. In every fight, Superman punches when he must and grapples when he has to, but at the end of every battle, he wins his best and most decisive victories when he allows his foes to see their world - our world - through his eyes. When Superman, without a second’s hesitation, takes time from his world-building feats to embrace and comfort a suicidal young girl. When he tells her, “you’re much stronger than you think you are”, they become the most moving words we have ever read in Superman history. And they are perfect because they reveal, in one sentence, the fundamental secret of Superman and why we love him so: Gods achieve their power by encouraging us to believe in them. Superman achieves his power by believing in us.”                                                                                         Mark Waid, 2008
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kazard:

hello-deano:

“It’s not his powers, it’s not his costume, it’s not his heritage. It’s that, unlike his myriad counterparts, he has more faith is us than we have in ourselves […] that faith elevates and redeems the human race.

Notice how the men and women of Superman’s world, from Perry White to Jimmy Olsen to even the loutish Steve Lombard, have so clearly been fortified with Superman’s courage and reverence for truth and life. And most important, watch how Superman achieves his ultimate victory - not with a swing of his invulnerable first but with a gift of understanding. In every fight, Superman punches when he must and grapples when he has to, but at the end of every battle, he wins his best and most decisive victories when he allows his foes to see their world - our world - through his eyes.

When Superman, without a second’s hesitation, takes time from his world-building feats to embrace and comfort a suicidal young girl. When he tells her, “you’re much stronger than you think you are”, they become the most moving words we have ever read in Superman history. And they are perfect because they reveal, in one sentence, the fundamental secret of Superman and why we love him so:

Gods achieve their power by encouraging us to believe in them.

Superman achieves his power by believing in us.”

                                                                                        Mark Waid, 2008

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