There are times where you gotta be humble. Then there are times you get to sit back, have a smile like the cat that caught the canary. This is one of those rare times, I’m the cat on this one!
Let’s rewind a bit. I knew from the start I was going to make Number 2 fast. However, how to convey it was the question. The typical way is to show multiple figures in one shot, like we have here with flash.
Art by Tom Folwer.
However, it seems a little too old school for me. (which is a rare thing to say, since I love the old school.) Also, is he moving that fast or are there a ton of him?
Art by Tim Sales and I don’t know the colorist.
This is another popular way but I think it would work better in motion, not a single image. Also, this feels like a page and half worth of panels. A lot going on and hard to read for the story part.
Art by Brian Stelfreeze
The next idea was to copy what my mentor Brian Stelfreeze does to convey speed. It’s a cool effect but three problems, I feel like black lines make things heavier. It feels like it’s only going so fast. Two, it’s his effect, not mine. I steal a lot but always try to make it my own. Three, not a big fan of warping the whole shoot. Which this kind of shot needs.
So I decided to take a step back and focus on other things. While in the shower, trying to solve another problem. It came to me, moving light. Like in shoots that show the light trail behind cars. In college, I got shot in the eye with a BB. The eye was fine but for years I could see trails of light or light bloom on it’s own. Like when you squint at something, it was kind of scary.
It took a lot of work and lot of try and errors but man I am happy with the result. Excited to play with this a bit more and really make it my own. Hope ya dig.
-Greathouse
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