[TheBlueMarvel]

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Originally Posted by deecee4

Wow! Love the kinetic poses and background setting. Red&blue Spidey's pose and placement reminds me of that spidey vs silver surfer sequence from how to draw comics the marvel way lol. Also love the curled webbing on the other one, in tandem with his arched pose, it really conveys that he's mid-move and his webbing hasn't hit it's destination yet-thats how it reads to me anyway.

Thanks, Dee! It’s nice to know that some of the things I try to achieve are successfully conveyed to people viewing the results. Yes, I purposely curled the wire to give the illusion we’ve seen so often in books of Spidey’s web-lines seeking an attachment point somewhere off in the distance. Thank you as well for noting the sense of motion I attempt to infuse into many of my poses.

As for the Surfer vs Spidey pics from How to Draw the Marvel Way, you’re gonna make me check it when I get home! (Yes, I still have the original copy that I bought in the 80’s and have lugged it around since leaving home following college) That wasn’t an intended reference for my pics, but, given that you’re an illustrator, I’m sure you know how things sometimes unintentionally get stuck in your mind. It’s the reason why I don’t look at many photos of other action figure photo enthusiasts; I don’t want to unconsciously reproduce the things I see in their pics out of respect for their expression.