Another WIP

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Great job, all thats missing is a gleem effect on his teeth. I picture Mr. Awesome with blinding pearly whites

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Oh yeah! All that's coming.

Hehehe. That is looking SO Awesome. I am so excited about it.

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and some color!

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Powerforge that is coming out very cool!


Love that pose that you grabbed for him too! Can't wait to see it finished now!!

hehe, and off to school I go! Very small update on the face but I am postinganyway as it's taken a good bit of time to do. This is definately a learning process here. All in all I am pleased with it so far but it still has a very patched of maybe blotchy feel to it? It's tough to paint with the burn tool and keep things looking smooth but it's going ok I guess. If anyone has advice on this part please don't be shy.

Mr. Awesome!

Holy [censored]. The top of his head looks so realistic!

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I think Mr. Awesome has a smaller physique.. I'm thinking Comrade Hero..

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I was thinking the same thing.

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Comrade Hero never smiles. Mr. Awesome has an awesome smile

A tip ( if I may ), instead of using the dodge/burn combo (we all start with), I suggest you choose a color shade either darker or lighter (depending on if you are shading or highlighting) and use one of two approaches:
1- lay down that new selected color in the area you want to affect without trying to meld it into the existing color. Come back and use the smudge tool to blend the edge. (This is the base of the recommended approach used by much better colorists than I [read Veikira])
2- Paint that color on with a transparency of 90% for lighter colors and 95-98% for darker colors. This is what I have a tendency to use. Takes a little longer but you see the color come in and you can adjust as you lay it down. Finish off with the smudge tool to even everything out (because this has a tendency to leave some uneveness)
3- Combine these 2 ... (my next step) which I think would give even better results (for me).

Just a suggestion ... but you are doing great and its looking very nice.

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A tip ( if I may ), instead of using the dodge/burn combo (we all start with), I suggest you choose a color shade either darker or lighter (depending on if you are shading or highlighting) and use one of two approaches:
1- lay down that new selected color in the area you want to affect without trying to meld it into the existing color. Come back and use the smudge tool to blend the edge. (This is the base of the recommended approach used by much better colorists than I [read Veikira])
2- Paint that color on with a transparency of 90% for lighter colors and 95-98% for darker colors. This is what I have a tendency to use. Takes a little longer but you see the color come in and you can adjust as you lay it down. Finish off with the smudge tool to even everything out (because this has a tendency to leave some uneveness)
3- Combine these 2 ... (my next step) which I think would give even better results (for me).

Just a suggestion ... but you are doing great and its looking very nice.

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This is excellent advice! I may go back a try to do the skin tone again based just on what you said. I have never messed with the smudge tool! Unfortunately I have the head so far along now.
I wish I would have seen you post sooner. Ahh well, like I said, I may redo it anyway now.

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Unfortunately I have the head so far along now.
I wish I would have seen you post sooner. Ahh well, like I said, I may redo it anyway now.


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Totally understandable ... and I wouldn't want to redo it either. One thing I do have a tendency to do though is to try different approaches on different parts of a picture. Pick a color, like blue, and try a technique on it. Then if you want to try something slightly different, you give it a go on the red or the yellow ... or simply on the belt ... most approaches blend well together.

Man that is looking so good Forge. I'm sure your taking a break from it due to the Weekend but dam that looks nifty.

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Man that is looking so good Forge. I'm sure your taking a break from it due to the Weekend but dam that looks nifty.

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Double XP FTW!!!!!!!

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Man that is looking so good Forge. I'm sure your taking a break from it due to the Weekend but dam that looks nifty.

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Double XP FTW!!!!!!!

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Thanks to Powerforge doing this piece and the Double XP Weekend I have switched back to Justice for a while to work on Mr. Awesome once again. I took a break from him about a month ago for Victory and the Legion of Valor but im just so dam inspired by this piece that I just had to go back to the A-Man on Justice.

what level?


Oh and Justice FTW! lol

I hit level 40 just recently. I would REALLY like for Mr. A to be my first level 50 but it's just so hard finding people to team with what with me not being on Justice (the most awesome server ever) for nearly a month.

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Man that is looking so good Forge. I'm sure your taking a break from it due to the Weekend but dam that looks nifty.

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Glad your likin' it bro! Too bad your not on Infinity, my scrappers almost your level now. And yeah, I am taking a very brief Hiatus for the weekend but I'll be back.

Small update.

Mr. Awesome!


and Mr A? I've decided to withold the final post until you reach 50.





























j/k

Looks . . . well . . . awesome.

Dude you had me really worried for a second. I'm at level 41 because of the Weekend but unless I get some offers for PLing there is no way im getting to 50 anytime soon.

I am, however, totally still loving the work.

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Small update.

Mr. Awesome!


and Mr A? I've decided to withold the final post until you reach 50.





























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But that would be as much a punishment to us as him lol!


I am loving how this has come along man! I think (as far as I know from the character) that ya got him down perfect!


PreGratz to Mr A!

Looking "Awesome" so far! lol

Now with more muscle!

He's soooo big! Seriously, I love your shading!

Look at that shiny hair and muscles! That, my friends, is the shine of a superhero.

that is coming out nice

This really is looking fantastic so far!