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Tweak says, "Can you twerk that out for me"

kingrockwell (kingrockwell) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-06-04 20:26:00

Current music:

Black Mountain ~ "Bright Lights"

Entry tags:

char: batgirl/oracle/barbara gordon, char: black canary/dinah lance, char: catwoman/selina kyle, char: cheshire/jade nguyen, char: green arrow/oliver queen, char: huntress/helena bertinelli, char: joker, char: lady shiva/sandra woosan, char: penguin/oswald cobblepot, char: robin/nightwing/dick grayson, char: supergirl/kara zor-el, char: wonder woman/diana of themyscira, genre: fanart, medium: fanart, publisher: dc comics, title: birds of prey, title: superdictionary

To Catch A Thief
So yesterday I finally sucked it up and bought Birds Of Prey: Sensei & Student despite it's gratuitous, egregious, and generally calamitous cover. Even for Greg Land, this is a bad cover. Those who haven't seen on the trade or the first time it was printed with #67, I'm not posting it, I'm not linking it, I'm not subjecting you to it. If you want to see it, it'll have to be on your own time by your own decision. I'm just here to talk about it. I'd originally decided to tear it off and burn it, but I don't keep matches anymore since I quit smoking a few weeks ago.

So I had a better idea. I was talking about the subject a couple days ago with

bluefall, and she'd discussed being tempted to get opaque laminates to cover her Birds trades. Working from that idea with the materials at hand, I drew my own cover that I'll prolly affix with tape.

(click for bigger version)

Sure, it's not perfect. Helena's face could use some work, and I'm not as satisfied with Dinah as I thought I was when I moved on from her, but it's not Land and that's what matters here.
I'm thinking I might finish and fix it sometime, throw in some color and submit it to Covered (which, if you don't follow, is really great)
I've wanted to submit something since I found them, so it all works out!

And, for legality, more Super Dictionary! And while we're talking cheesecake, not even this book is immune! :(

Shameless, Supergirl. Absolutely shameless.

Another re-colored Catwoman!

Babs has powers?! Are they explaining powers? If so, you might not want to use her powers around Dick so much, he doesn't seem to appreciate it.

Dinah doesn't like explaining powers either. Quit being so condescending and bossy, Ollie!

Here we have Dinah trying to be romantic, but Ollie just wants to be a dork. He's a real dik sometimes. :D

The one after it...

...is the coolest definition picture in the whole book! I love that whale!
And the shoes! What the hell?

And this one has to be the creepiest! Even without the foreshadowing (in a bizarre bit of turnaround, it's the Oracle's future that gets predicted), Babs body language is just so incredibly inappropriate to the situation that it leads me to believe she's either way too desperate to make some friends or she is flirting with the Joker. (!!!)
So just stew on that for a while! :(

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	kingrockwell 2009-06-04 08:49 pm UTC (link)
	Two of the more amusing ways are that Cheshire's and Lady Shiva's costumes are nothing like what they are in the book. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	geoffsebesta 2009-06-04 08:50 pm UTC (link)
	That makes eleven, and now I see another three. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	xlineartx 2009-06-04 10:39 pm UTC (link)
	Helena's also got the wrong costume. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-06-04 10:46 pm UTC (link)
	Unfortunately, no. That's the one she's wearing in the book. I almost drew her with the full-body one, but it would open up too many worms (if Helena can have the good costume, why would Dinah still be sleeveless and long-haired? I liked the sleeves and short hair!), though without color it might not be readily apparent. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	aaron_bourque 2009-06-05 12:54 am UTC (link)
	No, you don't understand. The Jim Lee Costume is The Wrong Costume. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kingrockwell 2009-06-05 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Oh no, I understand. I wanted to draw the right costume, but I had to go the accurate costume. :( (Reply to this) (Parent)

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