AfghanAnt Artistic Advances 7/8/16 - Marvel Adventures Exclusives

The Hitman · April 20, 2009, 03:28:41 AM

I like the blog a lot. Good job.

Tomato · April 20, 2009, 03:29:25 AM

... Is it wrong that I want to DL that Luthor so bad I'd kill Superman to do it?

Podmark · April 20, 2009, 04:27:08 AM

Wow that Thor comparison just shows how far you've came in such a short time. I'm liking the blog, seems so much more personal than these threads tend to be...which I guess is the point of blogs.

docdelorean88 · April 20, 2009, 04:40:04 AM

Dude, seriously? You retire and then some of your best work surfaces(not that the last 3 weren't great. Still love spiderboy by the way.)? I see how it is...

JK

Great stuff, great supes(both) and great lex! Can't wait to see more.

AfghanAnt · April 20, 2009, 05:24:53 AM

Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on April 20, 2009, 03:26:46 AM
The image doesn't seem to enlarge on your blog so I can't see the finer details of the skin. I agree with you a hundred percent about how they handled Linda Danvers and the intro of Kara. She was my favorite incarnation of SuperGirl and then they dumped her.

Yeah and then having Linda be taken to hell and act out of character lately has been a total mess. Also I fixed the link on my blog.

Blkcasanova247 · April 20, 2009, 11:52:03 AM

Very...very cool big guy. You did a fantastic job with her.

Jakew · April 21, 2009, 01:42:57 AM

I really like that Superman ... I thought I'd be over him by now seeing as (as you mentioned) he's one of the most skinned characteres in FF.

I hope you continue to release your work. It's amazing.

AfghanAnt · April 22, 2009, 01:04:49 AM

Close-up of my recent work:

Spoiler

laughing paradox · April 22, 2009, 01:05:57 AM

Really great stuff, AA. I like the tattered look on the cape and the highlights look great.. the only problem is, your link doesn't work properly!

AfghanAnt · April 22, 2009, 01:07:14 AM

Quote from: laughing paradox on April 22, 2009, 01:05:57 AM
Really great stuff, AA. I like the tattered look on the cape and the highlights look great.. the only problem is, your link doesn't work properly!

Fixed! Thank, LP.

Podmark · April 22, 2009, 01:31:46 AM

Very very nice.
This isn't the skin that Spectre Lad previewed a while back is it?

AfghanAnt · April 22, 2009, 01:32:53 AM

Quote from: Podmark on April 22, 2009, 01:31:46 AM
Very very nice.
This isn't the skin that Spectre Lad previewed a while back is it?

It was just a skope I did for SL but I thought I wouldn't skin it. Turns out I eventually did.

Blkcasanova247 · April 22, 2009, 01:58:09 AM

Jeezus man! Holy cow!

TAP43 · April 22, 2009, 02:36:11 AM

That is a fantastic job,

I really like all the Superman stuff you have been doing. Any other villains of his you plan on doing, so I can take them off my to do list?

Lunarman · April 22, 2009, 05:28:17 AM

Excellent!!

docdelorean88 · April 22, 2009, 02:46:09 PM

AA, i think these are some of your best skins to date! It has a nice ballance between cartoon and realistic. Kinda the vibe i got from the mtv spiderman(which i liked enough to get a few dvds). Despite the plots and all the other junk, they had a nice blend of edgy cartoon and simply realistic. Your last few skins have done that but 200 time better. Great work and can't wait for more!

AfghanAnt · April 22, 2009, 05:14:17 PM

Quote from: TAP43 on April 22, 2009, 02:36:11 AM
That is a fantastic job, I really like all the Superman stuff you have been doing. Any other villains of his you plan on doing, so I can take them off my to do list?

Right now just Superman's family and the three main Adult LSH'ers. Other than that nothing but two avatars for forum members. After that who knows, I still want to finish Marvel Boy but everytime I start working on him I just go "blah" and stop.

Quote from: docdelorean88 on April 22, 2009, 02:46:09 PM
AA, i think these are some of your best skins to date! It has a nice ballance between cartoon and realistic. Kinda the vibe i got from the mtv spider-man(which i liked enough to get a few dvds). Despite the plots and all the other junk, they had a nice blend of edgy cartoon and simply realistic. Your last few skins have done that but 200 time better. Great work and can't wait for more!

Thanks for the huge compliment. That realistically cartoony is my skinning philosophy.

Xenolith · April 22, 2009, 05:26:52 PM

I like this new twist to your style.

XPTO · April 22, 2009, 06:02:22 PM

Man thats awesome! what was that about retiring? this is some of the best skins i´ve ever seen, can´t wait to see more.

laughing paradox · April 22, 2009, 06:53:17 PM

The 3 main Legionnaires.. as shown in Legion of the 3 Worlds? The designs under Geoff Johns? That would be super.

Who else is in Superman's Family that you've yet to do?

billdamn22 · April 22, 2009, 09:55:06 PM

These newest are amazing works of art as everybody else has stated. That Luthor just blows my mind, though. Unbelievable!

freedomgod55 · April 22, 2009, 10:05:21 PM

i like all of them aa keep up the good work

p.s. when will you release them

darkknight92 · April 23, 2009, 02:04:30 AM

I'm glad that retirement didn't suit you.

AfghanAnt · April 23, 2009, 05:03:01 PM

My favorite of the SuperFamily members, Conner Kent!

Blkcasanova247 · April 23, 2009, 05:24:21 PM

Very cool! The only critique that I have for it is that he needs belt loops and center seaming/stitching down the back of the jean. Maybe I might move the hair on the sides of his head forward a shake...from the front view it looks like the sides are shaved. IMHO. Or maybe thats just the mesh.

AfghanAnt · April 23, 2009, 05:52:13 PM

Quote from: Blkcasanova247 on April 23, 2009, 05:24:21 PM
Very cool! The only critique that I have for it is that he needs belt loops and center seaming/stitching down the back of the jean. Maybe I might move the hair on the sides of his head forward a shake...from the front view it looks like the sides are shaved. IMHO. Or maybe thats just the mesh.

Updated on my blog.

Podmark · April 23, 2009, 07:18:51 PM

There's my boy! I miss him so very much.

Glasses are a nice touch.

deano_ue · April 23, 2009, 07:21:21 PM

I wondered what was taking you so long with him. the skin looks fantastic, though i feel though you've used little i think there is to many fabric folds, i remember conners shirt was drawing quite tight with little to none.

honestly with the way you're skoping i was quite interested in what mesh you went with

AfghanAnt · April 23, 2009, 07:40:35 PM

Quote from: the_ultimate_evil on April 23, 2009, 07:21:21 PM
I wondered what was taking you so long with him. the skin looks fantastic, though i feel though you've used little i think there is to many fabric folds, i remember conners shirt was drawing quite tight with little to none.

honestly with the way you're skoping i was quite interested in what mesh you went with

Yeah I didn't the tight shirt with abs and really didn't like it. It felt wrong for some reason.

This mesh is skoped from Ink's Superboy and Renegade's Luke Cage (v3? I need to double check the readme), he's been resized to Superboy Prime height so he has the football player build but not as tall as Superman.

tommyboy · April 23, 2009, 07:42:02 PM

Some great stuff AA, as ever.
The blog is pretty good too.
Glad to see you still have the skinning/skoping bug, but don't understand how you can keep getting better...

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AfghanAnt Artistic Advances 7/8/16 - Marvel Adventures Exclusives