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From a craft standpoint, this is a page where I had to do some heavier lifting on specific panels with GIMP than the color and minor detail fixes (fingers etc) that I had to do on earlier pages. Getting the AI to have productive interactions between the characters and playing cards led to some interesting challenges. Of course, getting both Batman and the Joker to interact with the exact same playing card would have been impossible, so I created that one separately, did some fixes to it, and ported it in over where the card the Joker is throwing. Originally Batman was supposed to deflect the playing card rather than catch it, but it was supposed to be with an almost negligent gesture of disdain, and the AI kept making it over the top with these huge violent backhands and flying fragments from the struck object. So I decided to just have him catch it instead, and put my card in his hand.

Description
From a craft standpoint, this is a page where I had to do some heavier lifting on specific panels with GIMP than the color and minor detail fixes (fingers etc) that I had to do on earlier pages. Getting the AI to have productive interactions between the characters and playing cards led to some interesting challenges. Of course, getting both Batman and the Joker to interact with the exact same playing card would have been impossible, so I created that one separately, did some fixes to it, and ported it in over where the card the Joker is throwing. Originally Batman was supposed to deflect the playing card rather than catch it, but it was supposed to be with an almost negligent gesture of disdain, and the AI kept making it over the top with these huge violent backhands and flying fragments from the struck object. So I decided to just have him catch it instead, and put my card in his hand.