SUPERMAN:
Christopher Reeve
Ah, "Superman: The Movie" (1978). The tagline was "You will believe a man can fly," and while I wouldn't go that far, it had a profound effect on me watching it as a kid. Superman is a truly totemic character to me--probably to an embarrassing amount--and this movie fully captured the inherent kindness and humanity to Superman as I understand the character and will always compare to other versions of Superman. Of course he's an absolutely wholesome, big Blue Boy Scout and goody-two-shoes who will try to help everyone: He's Superman.
The sequel, "Superman II" (1980), was pretty great, as well, but I overlooked the silly, "Three Stooges" slapstick comedic parts Lester directed which really stand out like a sore thumb when I watch it today. Ah, well, it's a good enough movie to overlook it.
Needless to say, the quality of the Christopher Reeve movies went down sharply thereafter, but let's not talk about that...
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STEP ONE: Here are the really quick, first pass with digital paint, done on a 2,000px x 3,000px @ 300dpi fine Gesso canvas in Rebelle 7. This time, I used the Oil Palette Knife brush, rather than the Oil Filbert Brush for those of you who are curious.
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STEP TWO: Here is the digital painting a little further on. Mostly, it was just blending and adjusting what was laid down in the First Step. I realized that the chin was creeping into Frank Quietly territory, so I lassoed it and moved the face down a bit.
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STEP THREE: After moving the face down, that seemed to correct something which was nagging my subconscious when doing the painting. It mostly looked alright and seemed correct, but there was something about it which was making my Spidey-Sense tingle, if you will forgive me mixing my comic book franchises.
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Done digitally in Rebelle 7
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