Creating compelling sci-fi and fantasy inspired images was once a task that required either awesome practical effects and lighting, dexterous digital paint skills, or a mastery of complex 3D animation software. Recently, Boris FX, an Academy Award-winning software company that has developed film and television visual effects tools for over 20 years, has leveled the playing field with the introduction Boris FX Optics.
Photographer and digital artist Antti Karppinen recently did a photo shoot in which he turned his friend Iina into Wonder Woman. Iina's a cosplay costume designer who crafted her own costume for the shoot in a mammoth 2-month-long project.
Project Grand Shadows is a new indie superhero comic that just released its first pages. What sets this series apart from most others is how the visuals are being made: what you see in each panel isn't a drawing -- it's a stylized photograph.
Tokyo-based photographer Irwin Wong just released a crazy film titled "The Last Sentoshi." It's about a female superhero who defeats her enemies using a powerful camera flash.
Helsinki, Finland-based photographer Lauri Laukkanen was recently hired to shoot the official poster for the 2015 Helsinki International Film Festival, which had the theme "Love & Anarchy."
"I’ve always been intrigued by movie posters," he says, "so saying yes to a project like this was a no brainer."
What if Superman was born in the sixteenth century? What if the Hulk was a Duke? How might Van Eyck have portrayed Snow White? These are the questions that gave birth to the creative-yet-strange-yet-somehow-awesome portrait series Super Flemish by photographer Sacha Goldberger.
What do superheroes do when they're not busy fighting bad guys and saving the world from destruction? Perhaps they're drawing strength alone in the peace and quiet of the great outdoors. That's the premise of French photographer Benoit Lapray's photo-manipulation series "The Quest for the Absolute."
A few years ago, photographer Sacha Goldberger discovered that his 91-year-old "mamika" (Hungarian for "grandmother") named Frederika was feeling lonely and down. To put a smile back on her face, Goldberger suggested that they shoot a series of silly portraits featuring Frederika dressed up as a superhero. Frederika agreed, and Goldberger's project Mamika was born. The photographs took the web by storm back in 2010, and the viral views gave Frederika a huge boost in cheer as people from all over the world sent encouraging messages to her.
Haristobald recently captured a series of Superman photographs without the use of Photoshop or body painting.
Pentax is super big on the customization and design aspect of cameras (much to the annoyance of photography purists), …