Sinister Six Beatdown

As MJ rushes to prevent a warhead from launching, Park gives his all defending her from the Sinister Six who are trying to stop her. 

PROCESS:
I wanted the situation to look dire. So I imagined Park having battle damage and surrounded by his foes, but still holding his ground. Since this is supposed to be an intense battle, I had most of the characters in motion doing something. 

For the setting, since the situation is grim, I imagined everything to look gray and unfriendly. I decided to make it take place in a wide facility filled with heavy snowfall since this is supposed to be a "chase". 

As with any artwork I make, I begin by sketching the composition first. After I'm satisfied with the poses, I do each character individually first before the background. I did Spider-man first here since everything revolves around him for this piece and he at the center of the battle. I then follow my process of linearting the character first, which honestly takes the longest when doing the character.  This is because I need to make sure no gaps exist so I can use the "Fill" or "Bucket" tool when coloring him. Once the flats are done, I add little details like battle damage onto the suit before proceeding with shading him. When it comes to shading, I do the same process. Draw the outline of the shadows on the character, then use the Fill/Bucket tool to color them. After rendering the character, I flatten the folder they're in, and rescale it to match the sketch I have. 

For the background, I gathered references of bridges online since this facility would have a lot of those and walkways for the chase to happen in. Once I have them, I do the same process as the characters: sketch, lineart, flats, and shading.  Once they're rendered I applied "Gaussian Blur" on the farthest bridge to create depth. Additionally, I added snow in between the three layers of bridges. 

After everything's done, I complete the artwork with my finishing touch. I flattened all the layers, copied the remaining layer, UNflattened everything, then pasted the one I copied at the topmost layer. I set that layer to "Overlay" and applied Gaussian Blur to let the colors pop more and to give it a more cinematic feel. I then adjust the "Brightness and Contrast" to my liking.