[Cindy Tortio]

Excellent ideas 10-4 and I think you are 100% correct. Wow ,this is a lot of work! Time and energy are definately gonna be the obstacles. Hopefully stubborn can take up the slack when ambition runs thin. ;D I will definately post it here,I owe so many people at Amazons so much! I am finding the hardest part being deciding when to produce the art. I constantly feel like I should wait until I learn one more thing or read one more book or get a little better. Sometimes I guess getting in the trenches is the best school.

Ps-Thank you DCM for your quick response, what would we do without you ?!

[Cindy Tortio]

I sent him a note! Thank you. 😉

[Cindy Tortio]

Thank you for sharing these, whatta great resource and I love his work too boot! Personally I sketch fast myself, but I color slower than evolution. ::)

[Cindy Tortio]

Thanks for the kind words all. I had a blast with this picture, Blue and Green are sexy no? Better yet, I don't think anyone else did this matchup before so I may have my first ..um first? ya… I know…so what.Lol. I got a little overwhelmed in Photoshop on this picture but I did learn alot, but I probably forgot even more ::). I may try a comic story soon. Next week I am goin back to extreme muscle though! I will post the completely ridiculous Snake Goddess. 😛

[Cindy Tortio]

Yes,I don't know if it's a brand but I have a fun one almost ready! I have hit a wall though…What color is she-hulks blood? I am serious..lol. If its red, she would bruise like us,all black and blue if its green..o God help me. Whatever looks best? I mean a Zebra doesn't have stripped blood,am I over thinking this? I know some comic nut will yell at me if I get it wrong though.Umm…not that yer nuts or anything. Someone sound off, please ???

[Cindy Tortio]

Thankyou Reason,very nice of you. Sometimes I think I take 1 step forward and 2 back. Is that dancing?..lol.It's certainly life! The Shehulk pic should be done by this weekend. I was going to do simple cell shading on it but I had some friends over…a couple glasses of wine and whalah..a trainwreck of coloring! 😮 The ladies came out a little um…over the top. It doesn't help having a drunk cheering section yelling for "more more more" It is for my new comic friend who coached me on the Marvel Universe. Who knew they had a whole Universe? I came up with the theme and story though-for which I am very proud and a little hung over….Anyways,I hope you like it . 😉

[Cindy Tortio]

Defend one offend another…lol, and 2/3 thirds of the planet to boot! This is why I stay away from these debates, I am bad at it. I shoulda just said my Chinese friend Lahua and my Japenese friend Yoshi and the hundreds of comics they have sent me. Sorry for the tar job people. You got my point though, just look to Prophet's post ,he is much better at making it.

Any input on using a graphite pencil would be appreciated or any method that works for that matter, also …what does PowerGirl wear under that outfit anyway???? 😛

Thanks again Prophet for helping me with that foot from mouth extraction. ;)Nice to have someone looking out for me.

[Cindy Tortio]

Ooops-One more thing..the panties! I figured after years of wearing that same outfit and having every mortal man hoping for a fly-over she would start havin some fun with them and it is better than my friends recomendation of going…um…free? Supergirl is supposed to be the reserved one from what I gathered from my limited reading. The real question is-What does Powergirl wear under her outfit? I mean ,she would have to wear panties, no? Men don't even consider these issues when they draw a Superheroine do they? :-

[Cindy Tortio]

Yes you are and a talented one at that! Genius.
Rant—Femuscle is very divisive in the states,my friends over-seas find it laughable that we are so narrow minded. They are much more open about sex in general though, at least in my experience. Then we have my asian friends. The asians make us look like a pack of Puritans or is that prude-A- tins? My God,the asian artists have hermaphrodites and multiple breasts and people wanna get crazy about muscles? Their art makes me blush! The more I am exposed to the more silly it seems. Enough from pandora's box though…lol—done,sry…
Its ironic you should mention the lines . You have such a gifted eye. I have them on a separate level I just kept "cleaning" them up. They got pretty thin and so did my patience,lol. I just dont like the line quality I am getting from a pencil. I know I should be scanning a ink copy in and I have just started using a blue pencil to begin with, but I just don't feel comfortable with ink. Is there an alternative? I was going to try a liquid graphite pencil for my scan next but I am open to any suggestions. Thanks for the input though,it is always nice to hear from you.

[Cindy Tortio]

Lol, I am betting your right! Its funny how things come full circle. Jebriodo told me early on to draw what makes me happy and my art would go furthur. I have been doing so many requests and commissions I sorta lost track of that. Now a year latter I am doing just that…sigh. Finding what I like. I definately enjoy a higher degree of muscularity in my drawings than the"average" person wants to see…as some of the rabid hate mail I have recieved shows. The challenge for me is to find the level I like I guess and to hell with the rest of it. Anyway I have a illustration of some "Holy-#$@%" muscle I should color for those that think I am leaving my first love. I will always be a Amazon fan first I guess. 😉

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