Superhero portraits of people

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By Low Lai Chow in New Illustration on Wednesday 12 June 2013

Portraits of people with superhero-inspired logos, illustrations and comic panes imprinted all over their faces? We are all living a bit larger-than-life these days. Artist Sandra Chevrier wields quite a bit of magic with watercolor, acrylic, pencil and collage.

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Superheroes doing ordinary things

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By Low Lai Chow in New Art on Tuesday 16 April 2013

French digital art and self-professed ‘eclectic graphical gamer’ Grégoire Guillemin has a loud and wonderful pop art series, Secret Hero Life, where he depicts the secret lives of superheroes (bizarrely, Snow White is in the mix too) engaging in everyday human experiences such as making out, popping zits and smoking.

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Scientifically accurate Spiderman

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By Rebekah Rhoden in Video on Friday 5 April 2013

Warning: once you watch this video, you’ll never be able to look at Spiderman the same way again. The folks at Animation Domination High Def want the world to know what Spiderman would actually be like if he had scientifically-accurate spider traits. You probably wouldn’t want this guy fighting crime in your town.

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Thanks to Olly Moss, we can never see Spidey in the same way again

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By Low Lai Chow in New Art on Friday 1 March 2013

The ever-prolific Olly Moss, who has done too many cool projects — like the Star Wars poster and these fantastic silhouettes — also claims to be on a ‘continuing quest to ruin super heroes for everyone’. There are only two in the series so far, but the English graphic designer has already ruined Spidey for [...]

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Australian designer MozCreative’s superhero posters

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By Ross Gardiner in New Design on Tuesday 4 December 2012

Take Marvel and DC’s best-known superheroes, dress them in two stark toned colors and chop them out into bold stencil styles, and you have these iconic posters from Australian designer MozCreative. Coming in a range of styles, dictated by the superhero’s signature colors and characteristics, the posters are as brash and confident as their subjects, and are a must-have for any dark comic book fanatic.

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Someone had to make these radio controlled superheroes

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By Low Lai Chow in New Trends on Friday 9 November 2012

From kites to model aircraft, we fly all manners of things for fun. So it seems only natural that someone had to go ahead and actually make a human-sized flying superhero. Uh huh, he’s all of 78” tall in height and stretches out to a wingspan of 47”. His flying style is ‘stable yet aerobatic’. [...]

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Neon superhero posters by WhiteRave

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Illustration on Wednesday 22 August 2012

Ukraine-based graphic designer, WhiteRave, created these neon minimalistic superhero posters. The characters represented are easily recognizable because their symbol and mask are outlined in a luminescent stroke. These posters are vivid, eye-catching, and original.

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Minimalistic superhero posters by Alex Litovka

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By Rebekah Rhoden in New Design on Friday 20 July 2012

With all of the superhero movies coming out this Summer, I think this poster series by Poland-based designer Alex Litovka is keeping right up with the trends. Each poster is of a cityscape with a superhero in the shape of that superhero’s logo. The minimalistic design and recognizable imagery tell a clear and concise story of each of these six characters. 

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The Useless Superpowers that Superheroes have

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By Low Lai Chow in New Trends on Saturday 19 May 2012

With The Avengers getting everyone in hyperventilating fanboy and fangirl mode of late, it’s worth a reality check to revisit comic strips from the 40s to the last decade and look at the useless superpowers that superheroes have. We imagine the cosmetic surgery industry would take a huge interest in Spiderman’s chest expansion powers.

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Vintage posters of Superheroes in their hometowns

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By Tristan Rayner in New Illustration on Thursday 17 May 2012

Heading over to Metropolis for a vacation to check out Superman’s stomping ground isn’t quite feasible yet, and the shuttle to Gotham City hasn’t yet commenced. But you can get these vintage travel posters for your wall. Dave Ault’s illustrations, covering Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash and more DC Comics heroes, give you a minimalist mid-century travel feel.

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Picasso Superheroes

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By Bforbel.com in New Art on Thursday 7 July 2011

Some people consider comic books a form of art. Mike Esparza clearly did all of them proud with his work on Picasso Superheroes, which depict them in the form of Picasso’s world-renowned artistic style. In other words, incoherent combinations of awesomeness.

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The mundane home lives of Superheroes

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By Belinda in New Photography on Monday 13 June 2011

Photographer Gregg Segal unravels the notion of infinite cosmic power by capturing superhero impersonators in their mighty costumes as they go about wearisome household chores.

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The Secret Confessions of Cartoon Heroes

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By Maurice Blocker in New Trends on Friday 10 September 2010

Ever want to know what your favorite superhero is really like? Ever wondered what was going on in the head of one of your childhood cartoons? The truth is that they think of random stupidity, just like everyone else. The Munchausen Affect has given you a passage to those intimate, personal, and downright silly thoughts.

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Chow Hon Lam

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By Zolton in New Illustration on Wednesday 28 April 2010

Some very clever work by Malaysian artist Chow Hon Lam, whose illustrations give voice to the animal and superheroes of this world (or another world, perhaps?!) who otherwise remain muted.

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Nerdy Real-Life Superheroes

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By Zolton in New Events on Saturday 30 January 2010

KoldcastTV ran a post recently on the twenty-three nerdiest Superheroes: ‘Superheroes, even the ones from other planets, represent the best aspects of humanity. They are the strongest, the fastest, and the smartest in their fictional worlds, and they often have powers that us normal folk can only dream of. So it’s no surprise that the nerds among us often aspire to be like these powerful characters. But for some, it goes beyond a simple affinity. Many nerds take their superhero worship to the extreme, crafting intricate costumes to complete their fantasy worlds’. Indeed.

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