*blows cobwebs off Submit button*

Thats not even a joke, thats a serious offence in my books! I've been quiet for too long (quiet in the submitting department that is) and its time to hit back with a vengeance.

Heres a side story - whilst I was putting the final touches to my Calendar piece, my tablet decided to stop recognizing my pc, or vica versa. I tried different USB ports and different pc's to no avail - so I wrote it off and left it on top of my pc tower. Then one day my cat decided to sit on it, make it fall off and proceeded to do a dance on it in midair. Then I put it into my cupboard and cried. Recently, I thought I'd try it again and funnily enough, my pc recognized it, but no movement still. Quick change of a battery and a new dose of inspiration and I'm so happy to be back! I had been doing traditional stuff, but I really wanted to get these off my chest.

My interpretation of Spiderman came third after Hulk and Daredevil and I was getting to the point where I needed to start drawing characters interacting with environments and to push my attempts at perspective (which is rusty) a little further than my last pieces. Add a dash of more apocalyptic dystopia, a sprinkle of more darkness, a teaspoon of cinnamon (because I love it so) and thats how this piece was conceived.

As before, this was my rendition of Spidey... given the cruelness of the environment, I wanted to try portray him in a vigilante ninja-esque fashion, with a little less compassion for the lowly thug. I changed the way he shoots his web in order to emphasize the more claw-like grasping out towards the thug, as I felt it was a stronger hand gesture, so please don't mention how I got it wrong - I changed it on purpose. I also wanted to add a sort of living element to his webs; so it kinda wraps, binds and chokes on its own accord like a web-like python, also making that part of him more sinister.

Unfortunately, when these were scanned down at a photo shop on an A3 scanner, I felt they lost alot of the depth and contrast that were present on the original pieces. Therefore I had to practically paint over alot of areas to bring back that rich blackness and enhance lights. Plus, there were some things that I felt like it needed only after I gave the dude my originals.

Hope you all enjoy - next up (and not after a long wait like before) Wolverine...my fave of the bunch

IN BEFORE:
- I'm sure the perspective is off in some spots again, still trying to get used to this perspective thing - Will experiment more, trust me...I dig it.

- Again, the hand and the webs - whilst I don't want to offend the Spiderman fans out there, this was a personal take on the character. Like I mentioned, I took liberties because I was encouraged to do so.

- The style I used on the buildings wasn't too much of a good idea and I think the slit like openings gives the illusion that Spiderman is bigger than the buildings or something on those lines. Doh.