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this was supposed to be a mermay drawing but it's already june... better late than never

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Artist @ecairnsart Marvel Rivals' Concept Art for Emperor Namor & Empress Dorma

The Concept Art includes designs that are all new, exciting, and a departure from previously commissioned work, with the artist having free reign to design fashion concepts that could be implemented into the Marvel Rivals universe. These complimentary outfits for the royal aquatic couple showcase the artists creativity; silver fish scales/armor, a silvery netting accent, a more aquatic roman armor silhouette for Namor, with a laurel-style crown of silver fins as a nod to Namor's namesake, and the snake motifs as a nod to Dorma's snake belt, and Dorma's iconic finned collar as worn in the comics. Red textured fabric and silver make up the color palette to give Namor & Dorma a unified but distinct look. Jewelry accessories include crowns, silver arm bracers, arm circlets, necklaces made of red gems, and earrings.

Namor Week 2025 - Day 7 - Creator's Choice

Thank you Ecairsart for this gorgeous concept art!!! I'm awed by your imagination and skill!

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We are outcasts. You and I. In this world, yet not of it. We are fated to rule.

Prince Namor & Doctor Doom art by @ecairnsart Namor Week 2025 - Day 3 - Arrogance @namorweek

Thank you to Ecairnsart for my art commission! I adore every detail and love how you draw my favorite characters! 💚

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do u think noir!peter ever let his curiosity get the best of him to see felicia unmasked??

I can definitely imagine a scenario that would work for him seeing Felicia without her mask, but I don't think that curiosity about her appearance with her scars is a factor in that bringing that situation about.

For Felicia's part in this situation, the major conflict is obviously between her guardedness (something that she's had from the first time we encounter her in Noir, which is a big contrast to early 616!Felicia, a total romantic) and her vulnerability. The mask is a literal barrier between them, and she's going to use it to shut him out until she's ready for anything else. I think that they'd have to re-establish some form of a close relationship before she'd be willing to be that vulnerable with him again, which is what I was exploring in some of my art from a few years ago. There's also the factor of her own personal relationship to her appearance, feelings of desirability, which ties to both by their early relationship and her own individual backstory & previous relationships/work. Crucially though, I think that she also wouldn't take her mask off if she expected his reaction to be pity - that's never been something that she wants from him.

(Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without A Face #1, 2010)

From Peter's side of things, I think that a major emotion he'd bring isn't curiosity, but guilt. Noir!Peter's relationship to guilt is pretty different from 616, where the whole story really kicks off when he holds himself responsible for failing to prevent his uncle's death - meanwhile Noir!Ben Parker's been killed before the series starts, long before Peter gets any powers, and Urich's the one who's carrying shame for his role in it. (The other great detail here of course is that, because Noir!Ben's death had nothing to do with gun violence, Peter is comfortable carrying and using a gun - thanks @traincat for pointing this out). So his general relationship towards guilt, and his feelings of responsibility towards others, stem from universe-specific sources and events. In this case, he obviously blames himself for Felicia being attacked by the Crime Master, and the scars on her face are the most visceral reminder of that.

(Spider-Man Noir: Eyes Without A Face #4, 2010. The second image is most directly about Robbie, but applies to Felicia as well)

As a sidenote, a 616 story that's got some similarities to this situation is when Felicia was injured/nearly killed by Doctor Octopus in Spectacular #75-76. It's interesting to read these side by side and contrast their relationship dynamics in each story - they're pretty dramatically different.

(Spectacular Spider-Man #76, 1983)

So those are the reasons that each of them would struggle to get to a point where Felicia would remove her mask in front of him. The reasons that she would do that are, I think, relatively straightforward; desire, intimacy. Those are much easier things for him to express than her, because she's much more cynical and emotionally guarded than he is in this universe. The ideas I was working with in this sketch are mostly about how they might negotiate that before she's fully willing to be seen by him - the blindfold means that he can't see her of course, but also that she doesn't have to feel the vulnerability of eye contact, and gives her a lot of control over the situation. On the other hand, like this he can still feel her scars - arguably far more intimate than seeing them.

Personally, I'm of the opinion that Felicia taking off her mask to show anyone her face should, for the sake of the story and the drama of it all, be very unusual and only in highly specific circumstances (and even then, we as the readers don't necessarily need to see! But this is is more a matter of how a scene is framed and how much is left to imagination.) (I'm not really into the direction the Noir story has gone post-Eyes Without A Face since the Spider-verse stuff started happening, and I for one did not enjoy that we ended up first seeing Felicia's face unmasked in a Spider-Gwen comic of all places. That's a character she has literally no connection to! Ugh.) Any moment when she first decides to take her mask off is going to be really fraught and vulnerable for both of them, but I think it's clear that it's also a necessary step if they're going to be able to have the truly close relationship that they want with each other.

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getting back into using traditional materials - still rusty, but having fun with it

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getting back into using traditional materials - still rusty, but having fun with it

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*dressdd in ragged and torn clothing, on my knees, cupping hands* do u… maybe… have more felicia artwork…

you're in luck anon, I have a wip that I'm working on right now because the other day I was suddenly seized by the need to pull out my old pens and do some traditional art

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what do u think abt nicholas cage playing spider noir? like i think he was a good va in itsv but mayn…

Anon, despite having seen the behind-the-scenes photos I forgot that this TV show is happening until I got this message.

I also thought he was good in ITSV! That version of Spider-Man Noir is v different from the comics because like, he's a minor side character an overall lighthearted film aimed at a general audience and they (understandably) decided to go with the route of "Spider-Man but also with the most recognizable pulp noir iconography", instead of closely adapting a pretty grim comic that's "what if Spider-Man was the nephew of a murdered Communist labour agitator during the Great Depression who gets caught up in a web of mob violence and corruption and evil experiments". (But also, I want that movie! I don't think Marvel Studios will ever do it because they're so uptight about the branding around Spider-Man specifically, but I think that no version of Spider-Man Noir can truly be complete without the cannibalism. Truly an inspired way to kill Ben Parker). But Nicholas Cage has a great voice for the kind of hammy classic noir performance that the role called for, and he did a good job as the VA.

Live-action... uh, I don't feel like he's the choice I would make. But to be honest about what my main issue is, aside from my misgivings about what adaption choices they're making: he's completely the wrong age. Like twice the age that I can believe Noir!Spider-Man would ever be. Personally I'm a firm believer that 616!Peter Parker is not living the lifestyle of someone who's ever going to see 40, but Noir!Peter? Dead before 30 for sure. He's not seeing the end of the war. Ignoring the post-Eyes Without A Face stuff because it's annoying to me; I think he should die young, saving a stranger's life in New York City, and it should be very tragic, and Felicia can wear one of those black veils as she watches his funeral from the edge of the graveyard, and he should never, ever, know what a Spider-verse is.

Ok actually I just looked the series up on wikipedia and apparently they're writing a version of Spider-Man Noir who is not Peter Parker. How strange. Well, I guess I have no idea what they're going to do with this TV show. Still a weird casting choice!

Anyway, I'm behind on weird Spider-Man adaptations (I am morbidly curious about the Kraven movie lol) but I'll probably watch this series at some point, if only to see what they're trying to do here.

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thank you @slightly-crimson-tornado for commissioning me to do this pair of portaits! 🕷️😻

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ready for some winter weather ❄️

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noir peterfel…. Noir peterfel….. noir peterfel…. Noir peterfel…..

anon it's like you're reading my mind

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currently wishing we had some actual winter weather here

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working on a sketch bc I missed drawing himmm

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Hey everyone, I'm opening up commissions again!

Prices for black&white/full colour drawings:

Portrait (head+shoulders) - $120/$150

Half-body (waist up) - $180/$220

Full body - $200/$250

I'm happy to draw lots of things including original characters, new character designs, fanart, adult content, and most anything else! Send me an email to ecairnsart @ gmail.com if you're interested

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"I'm Nightcrawler -- super hero extraordinaire!"

Nightcrawler Week 2024 - Day 2 - Fangs or Fashion

Thank you to the Amazing @ecairnsart for creating this gorgeous art of Nightcrawler!!! I love his smile (and his fangs)!!! @amazing-nightcrawler

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Hey everyone, I'm opening up commissions again!

Prices for black&white/full colour drawings:

Portrait (head+shoulders) - $120/$150

Half-body (waist up) - $180/$220

Full body - $200/$250

I'm happy to draw lots of things including original characters, new character designs, fanart, adult content, and most anything else! Send me an email to ecairnsart @ gmail.com if you're interested

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Hey everyone, I'm opening up commissions again!

Prices for black&white/full colour drawings:

Portrait (head+shoulders) - $120/$150

Half-body (waist up) - $180/$220

Full body - $200/$250

I'm happy to draw lots of things including original characters, new character designs, fanart, adult content, and most anything else! Send me an email to ecairnsart @ gmail.com if you're interested