It is amazing the amount of stuff going on in the commission. Its been hanging in my living room  for about 2 years and it still boogles my mind . Total chaos. My favorite part is the Mole Man what a great character.

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Reed has a certain quality he shares with the Playmate of the Month.

Allow me to explain. When I was a younger fellow, looking at the centerfold in PLAYBOY was all about, well, looking at a naked lady! But as I got older, and perhaps more cynical, I began to be aware of how odd some of the poses were. The curious choices the young lady would have had to have made to, say, get her legs thru the arms on both sides of a chair, or her bosom "captured" by a partially closed pair of doors. I began to see how many times the images had no realistic "before" part to them. (Yes, I know. "Realistic" and "Playmate of the Month" do not really belong in the same sentence!)

I got to thinking, and realized Reed's powers were much like this. In fight scenes especially, we most often saw him in medias res, without any real indication of how he got into those postions! Like the lovelies in PLAYBOY, Reed's actions did not always have a "before".

John Byrne wrote: Coincidentally, the last time I checked the calibrations on my scanner was when I did the Kraven/Lizard/Spider-Man piece, so now every time I use the scanner that's the "holding" image that comes up on my monitor screen.

... and each time do you see something you can improve (or do better) ?