How it's done At the time I did all these Marvel and DC pictures, I was learning Poser and postwork. I felt the best way to learn would be by setting myself challenges: that way, I couldn't let myself off the hard parts. So, I made this series of cover images featuring existing characters I'd had to put together for the purpose.

3D against 2D Translating these characters and costumes into 3D, I had to make decisions about how they'd be constructed and textured. I went at the time with a fairly padded, Frank Miller-style Batman, a Superman vaguely modelled on Christopher Reeve (who'd just died at the time, I think), and a Spidey who could conceivably have made his own costume. I also re-styled some of the costumes a little, incorporating some leather into Daredevil's, and lengthening the Martian Manhunter's trunks (a change I still like and would probably make again). And this is still Iron Man's "real" armour...

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Samples, proposals and finished pages.

Sketchbook (yes, that is Byrne art there).

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