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Published: 2008-09-29 16:33:39 +0000 UTC; Views: 2830; Favourites: 25; Downloads: 38
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Another Picture of the newest group of mutant youngsters, the New X-Men, this time with my emerging Photo Shop skills. I really liked this line up, the whole three months that it lasted. Gentle, Pixie, Hellion, Prodigy, Surge, Dust, Mercury and Anole. The Butterfly is a nod to X-Factor and House of M refugee Layla MillerA few Notes.
1 Playing with color gradients is FUN!
2 This was my most difficult picture to color to date
3 It irks me when artists draw Dust's abaya in a tight provocative manner which totally defeats the purpose of wearing oneβ¦anyway, I was conscious of that when drawing this, and I probably still made it too sexualized. But at least I thought about it
4 I want to be Prodigy for Halloween. I kind of based him on me when I drew him
5 Some character poses are based on a picture by this amazing artist ([link] )
All characters are the property of Marvel Comics
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Comments: 22
I like this picture, the poses are all so very nice! The one critique I have is that I don't know what happened to Nhezno's legs! Or Pixie's, or Prodigy's other leg! Otherwise I really really like it!
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Yeah, the Picture was getting a little crowded down there so I took some short cuts...I've learned my lesson since then. I hope
Thank you for the comments and criticism!
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Thank YOU for taking the criticism well! Not many people can do that anymore without thinking that I hate them or something!
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This is so badass picture!
But it needs more Elixir ^__^
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Thank you so much! That means a lot coming from such a talented artist.
Elixir is pretty badass, I'll have to try drawing him again soon
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love it... One think wrong with dust- her eyes are brown not green.
I still really like it though.
Did you do it on paint?
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Thanks, I am glad you liked it. 
You are right about her eyes, I went back and looked at other pictures of her. But, I used this picture as a reference, which is the the cover of issue that she first appeared in [link]
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Ohh o.k...
I've drawn a picture of dust too. you should see it when i get my scanner up....
Keep it up
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I look forward to seeing that!
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Thanks... And In the Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon Dust has green eyes too. It's easy to get confused...
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cool im down with anything x-men related and i love dust wish there were more female muslim character s in the comic book world.
very nice drawing
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Thank you for the comment!
Dust is def one of my favorites now. I feel you on the lack of Muslim women in comics. Actually I can only think of 2 Muslim characters at all (Dust and the woman in the Captain Britain book)
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yeah i did a lil search on muslim characters on wikipedia and found more men then women, which is not very exciting to me lol yes ive heard of the other female but i forgot her name.
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Good job! Like the poses, especially Mercury's foot.
*cough cough* AHEM! *cough cough* You forgot X23! *cough cough*
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Thank you for the comment! Glad you liked it.
X-23...sorry never heard of it...
Seriously, there wasn't room for her. And since there are more pictures of x-23 on Deviantart than all the other New-X-Men charters combined...well I just think Nehzno and Dust deserve more screen time so to speak
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love how pixie's wings turned out, cant wait to see how your style improves and develops, tonally its a bit flat, but you are just beginning, my (useful but maybe not) tip is to ignore any how to guides and just do what feels right!!! i tend to use different layers and combinations to colour.
i loved this team also, and i can really see how your art style is improving, the best bits-gentle and dust, you have nailed them!!! i LOVE the flow(literally) of mercury and anole, compositionally they look really strong!!!!
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Thank you so much for your comments! You are right about the flatness of the picture. I don't know how to make things look 3D, or anything about shading, so I made it look flat on purpose. Of course, if it doesn't look intentional, then there is still a problem. But like you said, I am just starting out, so who knows what I can learn to do
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another piece of advice, dont be afraid to just take risks with your colouring as it can always be undone if you are unhappoy about it!!! i have been using photoshop since i was 13 and i still learn something new everytime i use it.
its not that it doesnt look intentional, it is a style, if you wanna do a simplified colouring technique, like say an animated look ala xmen evolution, just two tone everything, so you have a little bit of shade, just pick a darker version of the colour you are using say as the skin tone, and pick a light source-its easy when starting to do light coming from one side, so like, have the light cxoming from the right, and then the left hand side of say the arm would be a little darker-but i am excited to see you develop!!!
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Thanks for that. That was very helpful! I will keep this in mind
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You really know how to make a guy feel appreciated! Thanks!
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