As part of my on-going self-education in comic book art making, I re-inked this image of Supergirl standing up to a symbolically over-sized Darkseid. The inspiration comes from all of those classic comic book covers where the villain looms over the heroes in exaggerated scale. The massive clutching hand as a frequent image.
I absolutely hated the way I drew the hair the first time around. I like this slightly more. Supergirl's face doesn't hold together as well as I'd like and I should have left her chest/torso well enough alone. I am just not an inker. Too fidgety, too indecisive, too forgetful of basic elements like light sources. Actually, Supergirl here is the light source, another symbolic element. But that doesn't explain the weird shadows on her cape.
A determined, heroic Supergirl. That's what I like. She'll keep fighting against all odds.
Overall it almost looks like an actual piece of comic book artwork. It shows just enough progress to keep me chugging along, working towards who knows what end.
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