Creating your own Superheroes.

Saiyaman

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I guess everybody who has read Superhero comics has done it, create their very own Superheroes and villians to go by I figure it to be fun to talk about them and give a description and show artwork of them (if you have the artworks to show) Here are mine.

I came up with a team called the "S.O.3" which stood for "Special Order team three" and here's the lowdown on them.

Cyborg fire
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/CyborgFire.jpg
Designed to be a cross between the Human Torch of the fastastic four and Cyclops of the X-men, I came up with a story of a pilot of the border partrol named Wally Hunt who while patrolling on a mission was blown out of the sky by drug dealers who's secret base he had discovered. He barely survived the crash and resulting intense fire, he was recovered by a team called "Special Order team" who were experimenting with cybernetics, turning him into a cyborg. Hunt was determant to fly once more and his Cybernetic body allowed him to be so hot that he became lighter than air, rocket boosters in his legs did the rest. Cyborg Fire can shoot heat rays from his eyes and Hands but prefers to use his eyes for that, when not wearing his visor (Cyclops influence, baby) Cyborg Fire's eye sockets emit small flames. Cyborg Fire was eventually murdered by Terrier. (more about him later)

Bullet
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/Bullet.jpg
Kim Jones was an expert in develloping human growth hormones when she was hired by the Special Order team to see if those hormones could be harnessed to stimulate instant growth and the ability to shrink back to normal size again. Jones not only discovered a way how to do so so but making sure that the ability would not fall into the hands of somebody who would use it for evil, decided to use it on herself. Bullet can grow to over five hundred feet high, the down side is that she becomes extremely slow and ungainly when doing so, so usually she restricts her height to twelve feet which enables her to do enough.

Thunder
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/Thunder.jpg
With him I took direct inspiration from the Transformer Rumble who could turn his arms into giant pneumatic hammers. Robert Fields was seismologic investigator who's main focus lay on the St. Andreas faultline when the "big one" hit he was hurled into a crevice created by the sheer power, while trying to get out, the ground slowly began to close again crushing both of his arms. The Special order team rescued him and gave him robotic arms that he can use to cause minor quackes.

Switch
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/Switch.jpg
I came with this one after dreaming about having the ability to walk towards a wall with a painted on door and being able to open that door as if it were a real door after all. Cynthia Powers was an orphan who was lovingly raised by a haitian Voodoo priestress who taught her about black magic and the workings or reality. Her foster mother then was murdered by a former student of hers who now was gathering a band of black magic users under the name of "The Empire" calling herself Black Empress. Cynthia was imprisoned by Black Empress in an incredibly powerful box of pure black magic. But using the trainging she got from her foster mother Cynthia learned to control reality, turning the black magic into white magic and overpowering "The Empire" Her feat did not go unnoticed and she was approached by members of Special Order team to join their ranks, while there she fell in love with Cyborg Fire and was devastaed by his death.

Foxbat and Flashback
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/Heroes1.jpg
I took direct inspiration from Teen Titans' star member Kid Flash when I came up with Foxbat and his wife Flashback. Ray Irons was a racecar driver who together with his wife Tammy lived for speed. The Irons were racing in teams, living for speed making name for themselves as the couple who never wasted any time. But during one race disaster struck and their sabotaged car crashed nearly killing both. The Special Order team was brought in to rescue the couple, turning them both into Cyborgs who can run with the speed of sound making their quest for speed more valid than ever. Foxbat's ability to make well thought out split decisions, makes him the ideal leader for Special Order team three and the others respect his authority although he never quite won over Blackfire yet.

Blackfire
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/Heroes4.jpg
Blackfire was meant as an improved version of Cyborg fire, retaining the Cyclops influence but dark in both appearence and way of doing, the vizor now had two openings to shoot beams from. After the Special order team Three had battled "The Empire" their leader, Black Empress was stunned and inspired by what she saw when fighting Cyborg Fire. Determent to get that kind of power for herself, she began scouting for a man who could outdo Cyborg Fire by using his own power against him. She found the perfect canidate in John Hendrix, a biker with a fascianation with fire and the distructive element of it. Using her powers of black magic Black Empress gave Hendrix the same kind of power that Cyborg Fire has. Like Cyborg Fire, Blackfire could now become so hot in temperature that it makes him lighter than air. But unlike Cyborg Fire Blackfire doesn't need cybernetic parts that enable him to do so, by black magic alone Blackfire can match Cyborg fire on equal terms. In addition, Blackfire's magically enhanced body can survive in space a feat which Cyborg Fire could not match. Blackfire turned against "The Empire" when finding out they were about to use him to massacre the whole carabien as a sacrifice in order to bring out their dark lord "Triangle". When Cyborg Fire learned about this he helped what should have been his worst enemy round up the remains of "The Empire" and brought Blackfire to The Special order team Three but Blackfire innitially declined their offer to become a member being afraid of his own powers. But when Terrier, a new member of The Empire murdered Cyborg Fire Blackfire relented and became a member of Special Order team three.


The bad guys

The empire
The Empire is a gang made up from Black magic users who are uniting evil in the world in order to get world domination, they are:
Triangle - The dark lord himself, in my vision he has a silver triangle on his forehead, hence the name.
Black empress - Haitian Voodoo priestress
Hooligan - he uses sports items to fight with, giving new meaning to the saying that a match is a battle, with baseball bats which can emit lightning and exploding footballs he loves nothing more but to cause mayhem and getting people into a blind spampede.
Terrier - Terrier was a murderer who's animalistic urges were increased tenfold by Black Empress, he has increased musclemass, sharp wolf-like claws and kanines. He murdered Cyborg fire by savagely tearing him apart.
Killer Whale - Gudrun Ollafson was an Icelandic girl who hunted Killer whales for quick profit either selling them alive or slaughtering them to sell the meat, impressed with her bloodlust Triangle turned her into a humanoid Killerwhale making her eight feet tall and an amazingly viscious underwater predator who's no slough on fighting on land either.

Those were mine, I'll post artworks from them later.
 
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I guess everybody who has read Superhero comics has done it, create their very own Superheroes and villians to go by I figure it to be fun to talk about them and give a description and show artwork of them (if you have the artworks to show) Here are mine.
Nice, does this by any chance have anything to do with my idea for an adult comic?
By the way, I gave you only 4 heroes because 2 others will join later (one is for a girl/girl/boy love triangle and one is converted from evil but isn't trusted).
 
Saiyaman~
This is great! You nerd you!;)
I have only made up superheroes as individuals, not as an elaborate "world" (or universe). I look forward to seeing your illustrations.
 
While I haven't made the illustrations yet I can give you an example on what they look like with the aid of THIS handy device.

http://www.ugo.com/channels/comics/heromachine2/heroMachine2.asp
I'm sure it's great, but I don't go to commercial sites like UGO or companies like EA Games/Sports.

I thought Cyberfire would look more mechanized, or at least metallic like Iron Man.
Is the relationship of Cyberfire and Blackfire friendly?

In the Foxbait and Flashback description, it says they were turned into cyborgs.
I may be nitpicking, but that's not the correct terminology, which is why I got so frustrated with "The Six Million Dollar Man" and it's spinoffs.

I think you mean "genetically enhanced" which means a biological organism (or a whole set) that can achieve tasks normal organisms can't.
This is done by the insertion of cybernetic implants which enhance the body part.

A cyborg means a person or animal who has electronic equipment within his or her body such as a tracking system that's implanted under your skin (see VeriChip).

Bionics do not have to be electronic, nor do they have to enhance abilities.
A bionic person has an artificial aid (must have moving parts) that lets them function as the world does, like a man with a plastic knee and shin, if he has a wooden leg, it's just called an implant.
 
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I thought Cyberfire would look more mechanized, or at least metallic like Iron Man.
Is the relationship of Cyberfire and Blackfire friendly?
In my original drawings I had Cyborg Fire wear a completely closed mask and vizor because of him having severe facial burns. But I couldn't use the fully closed mask and the Vizor at the same time in the program used to make the image. Cyborg Fire also has mechanical legs but they are well hidden behind his clothes, Cyborg Fire is kind of vain and choses to hide his disfigured body inside his suit than to be branded a freak.

Cyborg Fire and Blackfire have a mutual respect for the other, they are not friends but not enemies either. After Cyborg Fire died Blackfire came his replacement at Special Order team Three, he innitially denied the offer to become a member earlier. But his respect towards the man he was made to fight on equal terms made him change his mind.

When making the Blackfire image I also had to compromise on how he actually looks, in addition to wearing a vizor, Blackfire also has a face mask and the editing program didn't allow me to use two different face masks on each other.

In the Foxbait and Flashback description, it says they were turned into cyborgs.
I may be nitpicking, but that's not the correct terminology, which is why I got so frustrated with "The Six Million Dollar Man" and it's spinoffs.

I think you mean "genetically enhanced" which means a biological organism (or a whole set) that can achieve tasks normal organisms can't.
This is done by the insertion of cybernetic implants which enhance the body part.

A cyborg means a person or animal who has electronic equipment within his or her body such as a tracking system that's implanted under your skin (see VeriChip).

Bionics do not have to be electronic, nor do they have to enhance abilities.
A bionic person has an artificial aid (must have moving parts) that lets them function as the world does, like a man with a plastic knee and shin, if he has a wooden leg, it's just called an implant.

In my original drawings both Foxbat and Flashback have robotic legs, in addition Foxbat bearing the brunt of the explosion has a cybernetic leftside of his face and a robotic arm similar to Cable's to replace his right arm.

But robotic arms and legs in the way I wanted to depict was not available in the options of the device I used to create the images.
 
Well here are the images of the comics I did many years ago, I was a teenager and it shows in some of the artworks, others were drawn later, I also scanned in complete scenes and translated their dialogue as accurately as possible.

First up here's Foxbat and Cyborg fire in a very early incarnation, I must have been around 14 when I drew this scene back in 1991. This scene shows Cyborg Fire's brashness and Foxbat's quick but highly thought out equations.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/SO3-5.jpg

Foxbat and Blackfire when not in uniform, this picture also shows Foxbat's cybernetic parts.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/SO3-4.jpg

Here's Foxbat on the cover of a story called "The poison of immortality" from which I translated more scenes.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/SO3-3.jpg

And here's Foxbat defeated at the hands of "The Helmet" in a story called "Blood and oil" this dramatic picture also shows that Foxbat has Cybernetic legs.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/SO3-2.jpg

Here's Flashback during a fight scene against Quickstrike, who's a member of The Empire in "The poison of Immortality"
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/SO3-10.jpg

Here's a two page fight scene from "The Poison of Immortality" involving Blackfire and former Empire member Artist against Hightower.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/SO3-7.jpg
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/SO3-8.jpg
 
Hey, I've been calling him Foxbait all this time! :eek:

I also took art as a teen, but could never get motivated enough to do anything (plus I was a bit of a perfectionest).
These heroes are very good.
Are you submitting those to a comic company?

As for painting software: Photoshop #? (60 to 80 dollars) has some good qualities in it you should look into, but I'm sure there are free ones around that are just as good (usually includes photo editor and format converter).

Try this as a companian to what you have now:
Image Enhance

Hint: Any photograph or drawing can be made better following these steps:
1: Point to Filters/Channels/Red (click on Increase).
2: Point to Filters/Channels/Green (click on Increase).
3: Point to Filters (click on Optimize).
4: Point to Filters/Channels/Blue (click on Increase).
5: Point to Filters (click on Optimize).
If you make a mistake click on Undo (there's no Redo).
 
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