Robinnygrenart - Robin Nygren Hiltunen

Spider-Man WIP

Hi!

Feels like ages since I did a superhero. I don’t really read many comics these days, not that many that managed to keep my interest. So I haven't gotten that many new ideas either. Kinda feels like I’m losing touch with a big part of my childhood, wondering a little what will take its place.

But I have started on a Spider-Man/Captain America Team-Up and felt I wanted to share my step-by-step drawing ol’ Webhead!

First of all, open up your friendly neighbourhood JustSketchMe. Really helpful when you can’t really see the full canvas when you draw. And start with lineart. Spidey’s suit is tight and thin to allow him to use his powers and to hide under his clothes. So, abs, ribcage, toes should even be slightly visible while adding wringage or stretching in groin, elbows and knees. If I make a younger Ditko-era Spidey, the mask would have more wrinkles and the ears more prominent but for an adult Spidey, the head is smoother and the neck tighter.

Spider-Man’s eyes are one-way-glass and in my render, not that flexible so I imagine them being this round shape and the mask form around that and are held by two shiny plastic frames, them being separate from the thin fabric as well.

Most times I have to adjust the ratio of red/blue in the torso to make space for the webbing but managed to pull it off this time without any major readjustments. Webs are drawn on an individual layer.

As the lineart is done, the next step is the coloring. I actually make Spidey’s eyes quite dark here as a dark base will make it easier for me to make it shine afterwards as I try to catch a glass-effect. I always make sure to keep an extra layer for each color in a hidden folder so I can mark the specific colors when needed.

Next step is my highlighter. Simply strengthen the lineart and first step to add a little depth in it. Where I chose to highlight and not has changed over the years, like the space between the head and the further arm lacks highlight as it’s further away, same with the closer arm and the torso as well as left leg/thigh. Areas where one piece of clothing goes to another gets a subtle highlight like shirt, gloves and boots.

Next step is a 3-parter where I depthen the figure more. First layer’s functions the same as the last step but in a larger area and wider brush. Second layer goes more along the edges of the line art and makes the body rounder. Last is just focusing on areas with more depth like collarbone, ribs, some wrinkles, maybe if I missed a spot on the wrist.

So now is the basic “pillar” of the character done, the steps I undergo for all my figures, so now are the personal details like eye colors or hair coloring. This is where the spare layers are mostly welcomed. I give my Spider-Man a halftone effect on the red areas, making the suit look more breathable and giving the thing a comic-effect while the blue parts get darkened. I then eliminate the already shadowed areas, kinda reversing the work so wrinkles get lighter and smoother parts get darker. Inspired by how the suit can be portrayed black with blue detailing in classic comics as well as the fabric in Tom Holland’s second homemade suit.

Speaking of films, I also brighten some spots. I add a light grey spot on the eyes and I brighten the webs, inspired by Tobey Maguire’s suit but more subtle.

Last steps are brightening the black areas like the frames and logo. A lesser layer along the edges to showcase the shape and bulge of things and a brighter one that can be splashed across, reflecting light. I add more black and white on the eyes for that glass-effect.

AND… That’s basically it! Things might change and get added when I put in a real light source but for a basic 3-Dimensional Spider-Man in a pure white world, the process is done!

Oof, that purse, those shoes.

Should become a fashion designer

A first for Autism Month, an original idea! Hans!

He got a neat hat. I love his hat.

Be like Hans.

Get a hat.

Were originally going to draw a blob but that would have become extremely insulting and only I would found it funny

So, my nephew gave me this Spider-Man drawing he had spent all day in Kindergarten putting his soul in and it’s the best birthday gift I have ever received and unbiased I might add, the best piece of art I will ever put up on my wall, including my LEGO Great Wave off Kanagawa. But I felt like wanting to return the favor and gave it a few hours on Photoshop.

Suit is based on the one in the Spidey and His Amazing Friends-cartoon as it’s where I assume my nephew knows off Spider-Man and the background is just a traced photo of a random road in the Spider-Man PS-game in the colorful palette of the cartoon-NYC.

But I thought this was interesting. I was born in the early 2000s, grew up with the Raimi-trilogy and the Webb-films. I watched the 90s cartoon, the Spectacular-cartoon, Peter Parker was everywhere and for me there’s nobody else under the mask hearing the name Spider-Man.

So, receiving this drawing, my genuine first thought was the concept art of the Symbiote-suit, with the red logo instead of the final white. But after realising my 4-year old nephew probably doesn't know what a symbiote is, what Secret Wars is, what concept art is or what even the 1900s are, his dad started to talk about how much he loves Miles Morales. And I think it’s super cool that well, my Spider-Man; Peter Parker is old news. He’s not the golden boy for much sooner. My nephew doesn’t care about that nerd.

Like, there are so many Spiders out there, different genders, different ethnicities and the fact that Stan Lee talked about with Spider-Man’s design, “anyone can wear the mask” has truly become the modern reality. Peter will always be my favourite, will always be the one I relate to the most but damn, there’s Miles now becoming mainstream, there’s Gwen back from the dead. More knows about Michael and there’s even Otto Octavius in his fun little corner. Marvel has expanded and it will be so fun to teach this kid about all these characters as much as he will teach me. And to put on my reading glasses one day and tell my nephew that “in my days, Spider-Man had organic webbing!”

To make sure it doesn't get to much of the same things, name the next thing I should draw from. You could just name the francise and I can pull one of my hundred ideas from my notes. You could name a specific character I maybe haven't done in a while. You could dare to say something new and hope I know what it is!

May the 4th be with you!

What is this? Me doing fan-art of something other than the first Life is Strange?? The… third? Fourth? How do you count them? It’s not Max, that I can say.

My sister has been letting me play True Colors on her PS and I enjoyed it. Finished the first chapter today. I will forever miss Gabe.

I will try to draw more related to True Colors as I keep on playing but because I play when I visit my sister, my gaming-sessions will be shorter and further between so who knows when the next time will be that I get an idea for this game.

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Is that has been fun. It has been toxic and annoying as well. And I know OW2 will come out tomorrow but still! Thanks to my unnamed but I promise real and existing friend for picking the selection of heroes . #overwatch #overwatchfanart #fanart #roadhog #cassidy #colecassidy #cassidyoverwatch #lucio #lúcio #lúciooverwatch #soldier76 #ana #anaamari #anaoverwatch #blizzard #blizzardentertainment (på/i Watchpoint: Gibraltar) https://www.instagram.com/p/CjP9XHbsPqg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=