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New intro post.

Hi, I’m Jalin this is my DC sideblog. Art tag is #my art. Main blog is @sim-ant though I don’t post any dc stuff there at all 🫡.

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broke out the alcohol markers because I haven't used them in a bit :)

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I might actually be cooked (ft. @gambitgambino's Riddler)

Wondering if I should just drip feed my older Gotham fanart in here before making new stuff

[radioactive-earthshine]

Orion #21

Orion: Ahhh... After so long apart, how good it feels to be whole again!

Lightray: Your Astro-Harness! But how???! How could you reconstruct it so?

Orion: Have you not guessed, Lightray? You who know me as well as any living being?

Lightray: You are my closest friend, Orion. But you have depths of darkness within you wherein I would never seek to trespass.

Orion: And for that, I love you. That darkness is the secret to my success, Lightray, when its ferocity does not betray me. The power that turns in my hand. The Astro-Force, the Harness, my wristbands are one and the same. They are a part of Source and cannot be destroyed. Not by mortals. Perhaps not even by Gods! A power beyond the comprehension of the flesh. They are the wrath of the Source, Lightray! And I, who alone stand poised between the ferocity of Apokolips and the compassion of New Genesis, am its wielder. A light that burns in the heart of darkness!

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My Jonathan Crane handmade bjd wip photos. finished photos are in another post.

The torso went through lots of intense changes and I find it quite interesting

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Idk how they could take the basic concept of “white leotard with a boob window and blue boots” and make it so hideous. Truly.

Look at the difference. This is so. Literally Harassment vs flirting

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It’s funny that I’m watching a video about superhero costume design when I see this post, haha.

You’re 100% right, the one on the left just doesn’t look as good as the one on the right. I very much blame it on the gloves and the boots, they’re just so long and take up the sight of the suit more than they need to.

It’s the same issue I have with the previous, horrendous jacket look, where there’s way too much red, and despite the costume ostensibly being designed to show off her muscles, they’re either hidden by the jacket, or broken up by the gloves.

Case in point.

Power Girl’s design, and I know this is gonna sound like I’m talking about That One Thing but I’m *not*, works best when it’s top-heavy.

(I swear I’m not talking about That One Thing.)

The strong, heavy white over her torso and arms is clean and clear, emphasizing those aspects like her muscles while not being distracting with busy line work or designs. It immediately conveys what she’s going for, while having the thighs out means her skin tone nicely contrasts it.

I also think it’s a matter of color balance too. Karen works best with a heavy white (main costume), a close (but essentially invisible in terms of acknowledgement) flesh-tone (thighs, face, chest), then a semi-equal split between blue and red (short gloves and boots help keep that balance), followed by the quaternary color yellow/gold (hair, belt buckle, cape clasp/pauldron).

It just works!

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It’s also why (surprise surprise who’da thunk I’d bring him up) I love Plastic Man’s classic design. I could probably give a whole lecture about why he works. He carries that same top-heavy attitude, but it’s taken to an absurd degree by the unique patterns of his belt and the strings on his chest. It conveys strength while being loud and impossible to ignore. It also exaggerates the top-heavy look by making him literally barefoot and toeless as well pulling down the v-cut on his chest, drawing your focus there as well as giving a subtle “M” shape.

(I know I’m adding more than I need to but I love the design and love talking about it.)

Another aspect I love is the way that everything is so neatly separate on the suit so that when he stretches, it’s actually really obvious what part is which. He’s broken up into seven sections:

1. thin Flesh (hands), 2. thick Red (arms), 3. thick Red & Flesh (torso), 4. thick Black & Yellow (belt), 5. thick Flesh (legs), 6. medium Flesh (neck), and 7. Flesh & White & Black (head)

It’s also why I’m not too big on designs that add tons of black and/or shorten the arms and/or alter the v-cut, like in his 2018 redesign (sorry Doc Shaner you’re still the goat) or Young Justice season 3’s look, they really throw off the color balance and general unique look to the character and make him look… more generic. The Terrifics costume he had worked better because as an all-new design with only 4 colors instead of 5, among other changes, it stands out.

Anyways Plastic Man and Power Girl are both heavily underrated top-heavy leotard GOAT’s and they both deserve more respect on their designs.

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Chilly Jo Mullein portrait!

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huntress

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It's a date

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Check my Patreon out if you’d like to support the comic, even a little bit helps. Or just to check out the reward tiers, there’s some neat bonus stuff and I tried to make them fun: https://www.patreon.com/waitingforthet

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⭐️BOOSTER GOLD and GOLDSTAR

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