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Legion of Valor Commission:
Legion of Valor Alter-Ego Team Art

Whew! Finally scanned this stuff that has a large size of 22"x17".lols.It was finished last week but due to my preoccupation with my baby,I got less time scanning some of the finished commission pieces.And this one was very tough..lols.My photo merging in photoshops seems to suck.hehehe..been trying merging this stuff for almost 5 times and this ones seems to get a little perfect on the look of the original piece.


This was a commission requested by a super group in City of Heroes via the humble :iconsayres1984:

This was their characters in an all-out battle with each alter-ego.
Lightslinger vs Nightslinger
Stained Glass Scarlet vs Stained Glass Harlot
Lady Redoubt vs Lady Onslaught
Pagan Priest vs Pagan Priestess
Loonatic vs T'Retz
Burning Butch vs Bloody Butch
Kallisti Gold vs Kallisti Grey
Decorum vs Discourtesy
Mandroid vs Radium Raider
Palindrome vs Lord Ouroboros
Wynd vs Wynd Shear
Mektig vs Pakalle

You can find all 24 character reference shots and information here:
[link]

I enjoyed doing this stuff since there was a lot of things going on here and at the same time Im still adjusting to the mainstream standards.

I made this tight pencils and I will ink this as soon as ossible
this week.If you want to try out inking and coloring this, don't hesitate to note me and I'll send you a much better resolution for inking.

so far, this piece got to maximize my [link] you enjoy lookin at this. And I do hope the owners
of this characters willl like this..:pray: Thanks for your patience Guys!I appreciate it a lot.

Done this by ordinary pencils only.No adjustment on photoshop exept for the border.Done this a month already...but if I try to summarizeand if its continuous I guess its 40 hours only (just an estimate).

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:iconbuckeyestar:
Holy crap!

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I know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.
:iconzahntelmo:
waaaaw... parang gusto ko din mag undertake ng ganito ka komplikadong piece...

hahaha kaso tamad. :worship:

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there are places i have to be, but i'm still waiting for my imagination to catch up...
:iconbradleymsimmons:
That's awesome John! Thanks!!! Who knew that Pagan Priest's Praetorian self was so HOT looking? LOL!
:icondark-magician-nikoru:
Holy wow! Amazing work and it's all shaded! O_O

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Open for Commissions

:bulletpurple: Read My Manga Story: Ninth Phase
:icontorrentwave:
This is awesome. Pure Awesome. Like you took Awesome, ground it into pencils and drew with it.

The amount of detail for the sheer scale of the image is unbelievable. Each person has a defined anatomy and muscle structure: from the two women in the foreground ready to grapple to the somersaulting radioactive man in the background. You can practically feel the heat of the blasts and the tension in everyone's bodies. The effects for the superpowers are just as unique and in depth as the heroes themselves. Each gets its own style and form, giving you this real sense of individuality and power. No two beams alike and each one looking absolutely devastating. I can almost hear the crack as the Bloody Butch takes that swing on the jaw from the Burning Butch.

What amazes me are the little things. The fishnets of the winged woman on the right, the individual strands of hair you obviously painstakingly included into everyone. Each character gets all the attention and detail as if they were each in their own pieces of art rather than in such a massive collection. A lot of other people would let the details slack off depending on depth and perception, letting the eye be drawn to certain characters and leaving the rest in the background as filler. But here you are sculpting everyone, making sure they all stand out as individual heroes fighting for their lives. This intensity in detail and the sheer volume of it adds to the chaos of the moment that is so very appropriate. After all, what's more chaotic that two dozen super powered beings duking it out for (most likely) the fate of the world?

If you're serious about inking and coloring this it will no doubt be a mural worthy of any Super Group hall. Even still, it's well worth framing as is.

Another phenomenal piece of work my friend :thumbsup:

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"I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas they've gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind."
:iconkomiks:
Holy shit that's alot of superheros.

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my friend picked me up about a quarter past five
we stopped and got some donuts and we took a little drive
:iconrobot-samurai-katana:
:omfg:

:w00t: I love big pictures like this! great job!

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:headbang: DRAGONFORCE :headbang:

:jedi: feel the force :jedi:
:icontrialsze:
That is pretty freakin amazing. The layout and execution is incredible. Nice job.
:iconbaquitania:
Damn John, this is epic!
:iconanwynart:
OMGAWD!!! This is awesome, great job John!!!!

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