Hello, All, and welcome to my newest creation! I came up with the idea recently of doing portraits of my favorite superhero characters in scenes where you might likely find them--or, perhaps more accurately, scenes that really depict their personality.This is a portrait of Superman (of course) that I think really embodies the character. Superman is virtually indestructible, and capable of flying from the Earth to the Sun and back--he is the epitome of resilience. Still, you can see that he feels the mind-bending heat and struggles under the immense, raw power of the Sun, the same Sun that provides him life-giving energy. To me, this is Superman. Superman is unstoppable not because he is unusually gifted, but because he refuses to give up--he refuses to stop going, regardless of how challenging things become. He endures all obstacles because he chooses life. He represents the unlimited potential of human beings; he is determination and will incarnate--which is why he's always been my favorite. Superman, regardless of being an alien from another world, is truly the most human of characters.
I plan to work on the piece further. The original vision I had for the picture is more hyper-realistic. Still, I like the somewhat comic-booky look the piece has now.
Below are the stages of the work in progress:
4. Here, I blurred the original Sun background slightly and added a solid color yellow layer that I put as an "Overlay," to make the Sun look brighter and hotter.
3. This is the original Sun background. It was really easy to make, using my giant "Cosmos" picture book as reference for the Sun's surface.
2. For this image, I refined the tonal layer of the drawing and changed the layer to a "Luminosity" layer, making it blend better with the color.
1. This is the solid color background and preliminary color sketch. The color layer for this and the second image is set as an "Overlay" to blend easily with the background. In the final image, Superman is re-colored.
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