SUPERMAN:
Fleischer Studios
With the James Gunn Superman movie arriving later this week (I'll be there opening day, of course--Superman is probably the most totemic character in making me the person I am today, for better or worse), I figure it's time to do several Superman Quick Paints, why not? In this case, it's a tribute to Fleischer Studios version of Superman.
Every once in a while when I was a kid, I would see some Fleischer Studios "Superman" cartoons show up on TV, and they were a beautiful jewel showing up--smooth and brilliant animation, highly artistic, and thrilling stories when compared to the typical animation of my childhood. They would show up out of nowhere, randomly, and I would have my mind blown at their greatness, then it would go away for a while until the next time I would see them.
They used Rotoscope and highly rendered backgrounds. I cannot believe there would be the Bruce Timm "Batman" cartoons without Fleischer Studios "Superman".
As the Fleischer Studio "Superman" cartoons are in the Public Domain, feel free to watch them HERE on Archive.org. ENJOY!
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STEP ONE: Here are the digital pencils, done on a 3,000px x 2,000px canvas in Rebelle 7.
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STEP TWO: And here are the digital inks.
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STEP THREE: And here is the color plate, done on several layers. I almost treated it like and animation cell, with a rendered background and flat character in front.
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Done digitally in Rebelle 7
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