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NLEx: 90's Superhero Design was not Cool
Aug. 7th, 2010 12:23 amIt was KEWL.
This was inspired by an email from Ron Perazza (honcho of DC Online) that suggested I do another NLEx along the lines of "Diagram of a Fox" but of a superhero. Choosing what sort of superhero to diagram was easy; fitting in all the visual cliches of 90's superhero design was hard.
I know I've missed things like ridiculous pecs, the shameless swipes of Arthur Adams' and John Byrne's work, and tracing of Japanese pinup photography and Shirow Masamune manga, but there's only so much one person can do.
There's a warning here for comickers: we all love the words and visuals of the comics, cartoons, movies and books we fell in love with. Kill your darlings.
This was inspired by an email from Ron Perazza (honcho of DC Online) that suggested I do another NLEx along the lines of "Diagram of a Fox" but of a superhero. Choosing what sort of superhero to diagram was easy; fitting in all the visual cliches of 90's superhero design was hard.
I know I've missed things like ridiculous pecs, the shameless swipes of Arthur Adams' and John Byrne's work, and tracing of Japanese pinup photography and Shirow Masamune manga, but there's only so much one person can do.
There's a warning here for comickers: we all love the words and visuals of the comics, cartoons, movies and books we fell in love with. Kill your darlings.
