Bayani

End of the World.

Heh,

*shrugs* Few people on dA ever really point that stuff out unless the piece is blatantly terrible.

The cover artist of #611 is Skottie Young. *shrugs* his work is very stylized.

Heh, pretty much my sentiment. There's good fan fiction out there...and though it's usually the bad ones that get alot of attention. If I can't "see" a good story/premise for an encounter between my characters and someone else's...I'm not going to try to force the issue. There's plenty of other stuff (pr0n) to share over the net.



This is true. That particular flaw in the art will be corrected when it's inked. This is still technically a WIP, I just wanted to share it before someone else gets the same idea to create a parody/homage to Skottie's pic.

Bingo, I don't want people to think this was commissioned to be mean-spirited. Hehe, though TA's been mysteriously quiet so far. Usually a whisper of TA Art would have him racing down from Valhalla. TA the Collector is a nice guy, and yes there are *alot* of differences between the way we write, present, and collect art of our characters. For reference, I've included links to the characters' profiles below.

Bayani's Profile | Thor's Assassin's Wiki Page

I think this particular commission points out pretty much all the differences between us and our characters succinctly, the contrasting character designs and the different approaches to collecting the creators have. Overall, it's got "swish", because yes, there is a bit of an added jab at Liefeld. ("swish" being the sweet sound of the extra free throw after a foul on a made three-point shot in basketball, for the sports-challenged folks. )

Sure, given alcohol, time ,and pot, any writer could come up with a storyline that Michael Bay would turn into a movie (replete with panning shots of large, sophisticated military equipment to eat up time).

The thing is, this version of Bayani I've worked on over the past five odd years is tailor-fitted to mesh into City of Heroes' canon. I think if you review Thor's Assassin's wiki you could consider him to be practically in a different sphere at this point. Batman/Superman are in the same universe (the DC one) with a (somewhat) consistent set of "rules" that apply to everyone. As the creator of Bayani, I didn't feel there was any way I could see/write/participate/approve of a story involving a "real" encounter between the two characters. This particular picture was more satirical than anything else and works for me because of that. The direction I've been trying to stick to with my gallery is to collect images that would build Bayani's story/universe.

Hehe...yeah. There are a few "layers" to this particular commission.

1998 was the Winter Olympics, yes. Did Caemgen just foo the Foo?

Well you can learn a good amount of the Menders by exploring the content there but yeah, it's very flexible. I like the canon for the Menders, and Midnight Club, too, because they're open-ended and involve storyarcs that allow your characters to become members of those factions.