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On 9X12 Bristol in pencil with ink wash. Color in photoshop.

Here's a test for Spidey. Gonna be doing some art with him, so I'd love to know what you all think of this.

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:icontheartyst:
Your quick sketch certainly gives him the feeling of motion ( especially the out of bounds airbrushed coloring ) ... being only a test, I'm sure there will be much more going on in the final work - adding to the dynamism!

It also has that ol' classic Spider-Man look that I've come accustomed to after 30+ years drawing him myself countless times. I really like the way his body is twisting and reaching to change directions - without over-the-top contortions and exaggerations.

The only point I would change would be to have webbing starting to explode below his trigger fingers (it looks great without it, nevertheless ;) )

I really like the shape of the head, showing a slender jaw and neckline :spidey:


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:iconjohnbeatty:
I know this is just a sketch, but I'll note that the hand coming at the viewer is positioned poorly. It doesn't pop from the figure and gets lost in the other red and webbing of Spidey's suit. [It becomes a bit confusing in that whole hand-arm-shoulder-chest area.]

The back leg appears to be broken [and in an unnatural position] from the hip, like McFarlane did, he could get away with it being off because his drawing skills are not as strong as yours, and were based on his "own" rules. You have more traditional drawing skills, thus it sticks out to me more than it would on someone whose work is more stylized.

Last, I think the neck area is a bit overdone compared to the rest of the figure. Just my .02, for consideration.
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:iconkubzeh:
WOW @_@ nice work ! keep it up ! ^^
:icondeero80:
WOW! :omg: great dynamic pose...Love it!
Keep it up
:iconmatiassoto:
It's Amazing!It reminds me the way Romita SR. used to do it,it feels very classic, even the mask's visors. Personally I like to design him rather slender but still muscular, kinda like Mark Bagley did him on his earlier work.The only thing I could say is be carefull with the spider symbol, it's kinda easy to end up looking more like a cockroach than a spider.Later! :spidey:

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looks great.

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Man, that looks great. I like the pose and the foreshortening looks stellar.
:iconfunkcrusader:
looks great.
the dilema is this: you have an extremely realistic style that works amazingly well. When dealing with an acrobat like spidey, I think its important to really exaggerate the body position past the limit of what a normal body would do. If you took this one and exaggerated the pose a lot more, i think it would pack some serious punch

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I would say slightly too shiny on the blue parts of the legs, and on the black strip around the eyes: the highlight on the blue leggings looks like he's wearing PVC rather than cloth, and the eye highlight distracts from the shape of his mask and head.

The pose, figure, and webbing are stellar. : )

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Looks great! It retains that classic Spiderman look.

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Wonderful... Crazy about the shiny blues in spidey's costume ^^

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