Photoshop CS6: Painting, Airbrushing, Illustration and Photoshop Post-processing; 18hours +/-
Primarily inspired by the new Superman movie, Man of Steel, where things seems to be 'realistic' having Christopher Nolan had a hand in the making of the movie.
As for this artwork, I try not to alienate much from the fans and pertain the core spirit of Power Girl - the whimsical overall tone and high optimism attitude.
In a way, I made her looking more 'down to earth' and towards that modest 'girl next door' direction; I believe this allow for a more virtuous depiction due to the sense of purity.
Heaps of metaphors and symbolism here, though I will not spoon-feed and allow everyone to perceive this in their own accord. Btw how you like my magical bird of heavenly bliss?! LOL again symbolism, doves don't fly that high
Hope to hear your interpretations.
CREDITS:
- DC Comics
- ALL brushes are customized by featured artists from the magazine ImagineFX, Issue 87-91. So I can't disclose every brushes and provide links because you need to buy the magazine to receive these awesome resources as they are included in the CD.
- New York overhead 'plane view' shot for city reference.
- White dove reference from Discovery Channel archives.
- Will add more soon... 
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Me ,being all weird about anatomy, makes me think that the way the back foot is a little odd looking but even though I would normally comment on that as a bad thing it does not seem to bring the picture down at all. The feathers fit in and give it even more "depth" to this already many-layered picture. (The perspective seems just right and the picture is well balanced)
Overall, great, “Maiden of The Sky” really seems fitting for this piece as well.
Only thing that I would even consider pointing out would be the feet but like I said, it does not seem to bother me and I am sure most people would not either.
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