Blog 8B - Superhero Critique

The first combination that i’m critiquing is Madolyn Nianouris’s villain Dr. Dirt Nasty with the hero Bubble Bath Man.  First of all there is a very good contrast between both the hues and brightness.  Dr. Dirt Nasty is dark and brown, while Bubble Bath Man is lighter and is in brighter colors.   I think that idea is really cool, because there is an obvious motive behind the characters.  The animation was especially good.  It did a very good job of showing the characters’ movements and I really like the colors that were shown.    The movement shown was pretty impressive as well in terms of how it was animated.  The character both move at the same time so it created a very realistic fighting scene.

The second hero villian pair that I am comparing is Ian Reynolds Merman and Petroleum Man.  I first off thought that this was a very topical choice, since it sort of makes a parody of the BP oil crisis.  It sort of gives each character their own sense of symbolism, where Merman represents enviromental safety and care, while Petroleum Man represents the greediness of capitalistic entrepenuers.  The colors that were chosen for both of them were blue.  I thought that this affinity was a good choice since both of these characters spend their time under the sea, so the colors reflected their environment.  They complemented each other well.  I also really liked the fight scene between them.  It did a good job of showing not only how each character moved, but also how they fought.  

The last hero villian pair is Erin Riordan.  Erin chose the hero Justicia, and her partner made the villian Firebomb.  Now I wasn’t entriely sure how the two characters were linked together, because they seemed to be chosen rather arbitrarily from each other, but I really like the drawing and design for Justicia as well as the choice to make a female superhero.  The animation for Justicia was also impressive because it used props and several characters.  There was a lot of movement between Justicia and the monsters that she is fighting, and it has a humorous sense to it.   I would have liked to see Justicia fight Firebomb because I think that it would have ben interesting to see how she deals with an alien when she doesn’t really have any “superpower” other than fighting ability.  I think that the shadows used in Justicia’s drawing is really cool.  Her black and white outfit is really cool, but the shading done on the side oh her exposed leg is pretty impressive.