Plastic Man Talk

Plastic Man Talk! I talk about Plastic Man! And yes I’m the same guy as on Twitter

[granite-lady]

BOOO BOOOOOOOO

[anotherremixx]

my page for the justice league fanzine hosted by @theftshrubbery !! I got to draw Plastic Man!! it's an honor to be included with so many talented artists! you can grab a copy at mcm london or you can check it out at theftshrubbery.etsy.com !

[spin-the-wheel-polls]

you have this superpower! BUT you have this side-effect

is it worth it?

yes!!

the side effect is bad but ITS WORTH IT

meh it's okay

the side effect makes it unusable/not worth it

Results/option I didn't think of

Voting ended onMay 20

[ayagdos]

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[moonfox-mumbles]

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[pt: DO NOT TAKE THIS SURVEY]

The Same Dark Money Behind Project 2025 Is Bankrolling A Northwestern Study Recruiting Trans Kids

Project 2025 outright calls on conservatives to fund and manufacture more “studies” on the “negative” effects of trans-affirming care.

[reishi-is-tired]

guess we need to be circulating this psa again. This Is A Fucking Trap. Do Not Participate.

[l6sadi]

THE QUESTION MEETS PLASTIC MAN (EDIT)

Since Blue Beetle is now a relevant character and his new partner with homosexual tension is Booster Gold, Vic Sage has to find another relatively obscure character bought by DC to be his partner.

This is *somehow* related to my previous post where I explain my own Justice League. >>>HERE<<<

[lost-where-the-forest-would-grow]

I just got described as an "ad hating commie" by someone because I said a minute of youtube ads is unpleasant. fully spent 5 minutes arguing and defending youtube ads. insane stuff

[daovihi]

reblog if you are an ad hating commie

[oliveroctavius]

Billy Batson week day 3: Zeus

[pumpkinfreak]

Hi, I asked a similar question maybe close to a year ago now and got good recommendations.

Does anyone have any recommendations on books regarding the history (especially ancient history)/ cultural/ science about transgender people and why and how they/we exist?

That’s very broad but I’m willing to take suggestions.

[plasticmantalk]

Can anyone help?

[littlemisscomics]

here’s another plastic man thing cuz i saw this rp account @plastic-elastic-fantastic and i liked it, go check it out.

also i got bored and drew a whole ting.

[littlemisscomics]

here’s another plastic man thing cuz i saw this rp account @plastic-elastic-fantastic and i liked it, go check it out.

also i got bored and drew a whole ting.

[stealingpotatoes]

happy neil banging out the tunes day to everyone who celebrates

[parakeet]

20 years of neil banging out the tunes this coming monday. save the date

[artbygiraffe]

Happy Neil Banging Out the Tunes Day!!!

[edgebug]

happy 20 year anniversary of Neil banging out the tunes!

though every rat is special, it's a wonderful and unusual thing for their accomplishments to be remembered and cherished by so many people so many years later. we're all so fortunate to know about the rat who banged out the tunes!

thank you to all the people who sent me reference photos of their beloved rats for this piece!!! credits under the cut!

@joe-spookyy Ben and Socrates

@gooseontheinternet Chamomile and Beefy

@runawayy-rat Bartholomäus and Emo

@theunholystromboli Macrogryphosaurus, Xenoceratops, and Graciliraptor

@techlecticwtch Solas and Dorian

@merlyn-bane Roslyn and Rizzoli

@logictoinsanity Luna and Buttercup

@hagsthehag Orphie, Psyche, Calypso, Ariadne, and Eury

my sweet ladies Bonnie, Mira, An, and Tula

and of course, the irreplaceable

Neil,

who banged out the tunes

[kotalketz]

Commissions are open on my ko-fi! With new options available.

consider commissioning me! Or if not maybe send a ko-fi my way.

i know times are incredibly difficult for everyone. I appreciate any support i get!

-Red

[artmagine]

The beautiful art of Thomas Blackshear II

[terradni]

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

[plasticmantalk]

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!

[plasticmantalk]

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.