MK vs DC Drawing

yeah...it really is flawless:) there's only one thing that distracts me- scorpion's armor looks large and awkard compared to the skinny guy inside it. i think you should either buff up scorp or shrink the armor a bit. other than that, this is beautiful
 
It is pretty damn good, you're getting better man. Looking forward to the finished article.
EDIT: On the render, Scorpion's mouthpiece and the forehead decoration thing actually join up, creating individual eyeholes.
 
Hey, thats good. There are some minor flaws, when you draw lines for patterns, don't just draw straight ones. Where you have the arm, for example, draw to draw the armour as if its bending with the arm, it makes it look more 3Dish and not 2D laying flat on the page. Draw round the body shape, not across. It just looks better. But saying that, you've done too much of a good job to really down point the whole piece for the sake of something so small.

Other then that... Some arty advice...

Preportions are nice but spend a little longer then you are on body shape + pose, they are only off a little, that comes with drawing experience/practice.

Get that yellow/orange armour a little brighter... Heres a small tip, when colouring in, use more then one colour, go very lightly over the area you intend to colour in, and shade in with a second colour. Overall, though one area of orange armour may be the same colour, when your penciling it in you may find you need to blend 2-5 colours together to get the right effect. You may use two different shades of orange on one area, a orange + red on another and then finish it off with orange and yellow ina third area.

Also... Remember black isn't a "true" colour (neither is white). Black tends to be a "killer" colour. Because it obsorbs light, it often is flat and can kill the liviness of a picture. If possible, find other ways to create the look of "Black" area rather then grabbing a black pencil and pulling straight into it. (There is no black in nature). When highlighting black coloured areas, use a blue, purple or even a tawny brown rather then just go light on that black pencil.

Keep pencils sharpe + their tips clean. Colour pencil pick up other colours easy (yellow pencils esp like to pick up red pigments off of other red pencils, they can go dull if your not careful).
 
Well I think it looks terrific. Fantastic even. And I used that word to describe the official render. If you really could do all the characters in a big drawing with that same quality, it would be great. I dunno how well you can do Sub-Zero and Batman from just the trailer, but I'd like to see you try.
 
Thanks guys, and yeah I did notice that I screwed up the proportion a bit. Unfourtunately, there is no re-doing Scorpion, but I will keep your suggestions in mind for the other characters.

Note: Yes Highway, I am pretty sure Raiden will make the cut.

Note II: Actually Glam, after watching the trailer a sh*t load of times, I've come to the conclusion that Sub-zero's costume is just a modification of his Shaolin Monks costume. I'd pull up some screens to show you what I mean...If I could.
 
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Well Scorpion can make a demon amusement park explode in a rain of HECKFIRE....oh wait...that's LeChuck, my bad.

But Scorpion definitely had heckfire! And I say that's magic. Plus I've been saying all along that any number of MK chars could take on Superman because as was said in MKA, they all draw from the power that shapes the realms A.K.A. MAGIC.

As for the proportions. Far from "fixing" them for the other characters, I say you try and emulate the same "mistakes" as you did for Scorpion and just make it part of your style. I like the distorted proportions, they give the art a unique look.

As for Sub being just an update of his MKSM costume...well I'd have to disagree. I would call it "inspired" by it, not an evolution of it. Migh I direct you to this [url="http://forums.realmmedia.com/showthread.php?t=11464]thread[/url]?
 
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As for Sub being just an update of his MKSM costume...well I'd have to disagree. I would call it "inspired" by it, not an evolution of it. Migh I direct you to this [url="http://forums.realmmedia.com/showthread.php?t=11464]thread[/url]?


Yeah but there he looks like a server not found. Definitely a big change for the eskimo
 
Haha, and Scorpion doesn't? Scorpion looks downright SINISTER. I'm really lovin' the style, but Superman looks kind of...old there. Grey hairs and a drawn pale face. Kinda freakin' me out.
 
Batman looks too much like he's smiling, a little too 'Superfriends' for my liking. also the centre parting on Superman's hair looks off. He tends to have hair slicked back or a little bit spiked, real military hair. Or a mullet, but we'll try to forget those dark times.
Otherwise, great work. You should get yourself a scanner, a copy of Flash and Photoshop and a Deviantart account and go crazy, man.
 
Haha, and Scorpion doesn't? Scorpion looks downright SINISTER. I'm really lovin' the style, but Superman looks kind of...old there. Grey hairs and a drawn pale face. Kinda freakin' me out.

Yeah but i expect scorpion to look sinister. Not batman.

And is it me or does superman kinda look like the actor off of the new guy?

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Not much I can say that I didn't already.

The new characters' colours are an improvments over Scorpion's.

Its a lot cleare
 
Not necessarily, it looks like he just took a picture of his notebook. A scanner wouldn't pick up those metal rings or the edges outside the notebook like that would they? So I think your suggestion holds true.
 
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