first attempt at drawing "Emanator"
By
Bewilderer,
Posted on: 2006-09-12 24:18 in Multi-Media Fan Creations
The only thing I'd say you need to look at is the legs. At the moment it looks as if he's standing with his legs a part, rather than a "crouching" stance with one leg in front of the other one like in your screen capture.
One thing I found quite helpful in getting this 3D effect is imagining the two leg parts (namely thigh and shin) as cylinders. Of course if you're drawing with a pencil, you have a cylinder shape that you can manipulate to get an idea of what it looks like in 3D space.
The really difficult part of course, is getting your brain to translate the 3D image you see in space, to a 2D one that you can put on paper. If you look at the thread you quoted, and scroll down to the link to my "Mad Evil Destructo Bot" picture, you'll see my attempt at this effect.
Saying that of course, there are infinitely better examples around heheh.
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yeah i knew i hadnt got the legs right. with a bit of shading it could be fixable. and i hid the hands because they would just look.. awful. i cant draw hands. thanks 
Emanator is my rad/rad corruptor. He is loosely based on 'Nuke' from Squadron Supreme (the Supreme Power version).
I drew a picture of him in "irradiate" pose.(and I don't have a scanner, so the pics had to come from phone-camera, lol) and would like constructive criticism. I'm not an artist, but took tips from this thread. thanks everyone that posted tips there
sketch
lined
thanks.
edit: obviously, the next step is colors.