TheQuestionMan Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) Got Wood? My Bad QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted July 12, 2012 Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) Would you carry a torch for her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 12, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43901[/ATTACH] The Italian supervillain Dinamo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 13, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43902[/ATTACH] French superheroine Black Sable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]42664[/ATTACH] Megaera. When I made this one, I experimented with using "tone" for shading. It's really just a perfectly even array of black dots, and is a standard technique in comics illustration (especially black and white and low-resolution comics which can't otherwise represent shades of grey). But I've noticed that at certain screen resolutions the tone doesn't reproduce evenly and weird patterns appear in the supposedly even shading. Maybe thats something a professional would know to expect, but it came as a surprise to me. Do you get that effect when you look at this picture on your computer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 14, 2012 Report Share Posted July 14, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43902[/ATTACH] French superheroine Black Sable. Nice addition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 15, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43924[/ATTACH] Augury. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43925[/ATTACH] Pantera. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix240 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) I like Augury's pose quite a bit. Very nice work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43933[/ATTACH] Astralle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix240 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43933[/ATTACH] Astralle. Where is she from? I don't recognize her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) She's one of the Sylvestris from 6th Ed Villains Vol 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix240 Posted July 16, 2012 Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) She's one of the Sylvestris from 6th Ed Villains Vol 2. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 16, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43945[/ATTACH] Summer Cloud, of China's Tiger Squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43946[/ATTACH] Gossamer Storm, sorceress of the Tiger Squad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 17, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43947[/ATTACH] Technocrat, to make a trifecta of Tiger Squad members. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43959[/ATTACH] Doctor White. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 20, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43988[/ATTACH] Dreamwitch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]44007[/ATTACH] Grenadier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Arc Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) Warmonger, Warpath, Bluejay, Hummingbird, Lancer, Esper, Howler, Menagerie, Mirage, Nebula, Photon, Riptide, Shrinker, Tesseract, Zepher to name a few???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]43988[/ATTACH] Dreamwitch. Are her eye and mouth supposed to look that creepy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) Are her eye and mouth supposed to look that creepy? Yes, her expression is meant to convey that she's pretty damn insane. I must admit, however, that the final effect is probably overdone and is more caricature than I had wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) [ATTACH=CONFIG]44007[/ATTACH] Grenadier. I never understood her costume--it seems incongruous given her personality and powerset. If the character were some sort of seduction artist like the Scarlet Queen (Adventurers Club #26) or a girly-girl brick or combat artist, then the costume would make sense in the context of a superhero world. But the Grenadier character (Villains, Vandals & Vermin, pg. 82) is neither a seduction artist or a girly-girl--she's described as "callous, cruel, self-centered, and almost totally lacking in compassion or sympathy"--and it seems to me that the last thing someone like that would wear would be a reddish-pink swimsuit with a large heart-shaped cutout and thigh-high boots. My thoughts on Grenadier's costume is that it should be either black or gray--or perhaps a mixture of both. It need not be skintight; something like combat fatigues would work well. One item I would add would be a bandolier loaded with easily-thrown objects--rubber balls, soda cans, etc.--so she doesn't completely depend on objects of opportunity to charge with her power. That's just what I'm thinking--and this is not a criticism of Epiphanis, who has done a great job depicting these characters. I'm just wondering what the rationale was for giving Grenadier a pink outfit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epiphanis Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) I suspect the coloration of Grenadier's costume is supposed to be reminiscent of the traditional protective covering of stick dynamite. I'm probably more guilty of sexifying Grenadier on my own initiative (because I like and am practicing making "Good Girl Art") than Steve's written description is. Storn's Villains Vol. 3 illustration is probably much more to your liking, although I disagree with his addition of leg straps and bandoleers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 22, 2012 Report Share Posted July 22, 2012 Re: Women of the Champions Universe (Fanpictorial) The only other illustration for Grenadier I've seen is Richard Hawkins' from VV&V, and between that and Steve giving her a 13 COM, I suspect she is meant to appear "sexy." So technically speaking, you got it right. That said, I still think the costume does not fit the character. Kudos to you for being a fan of "Good Girl" art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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