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My Dream Is To Make Superhero Posters, So I Started Taking Cosplay Pictures
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My Dream Is To Make Superhero Posters, So I Started Taking Cosplay Pictures

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I am Antti Karppinen and I just love superhero movies and especially movie posters. As a visual artist I enjoy making cool storytelling images. My dream is to be the one making all these Superhero movie posters, that is why I started doing pictures of cosplay artists. In my mind they deserve all the attention possible.

Last year I took part of my first Comic Con and when I saw all the details in the costumes I was hooked. I had this back-bag flash with me and took some pretty amazing shots of the people in the event. When people saw my images they went pretty crazy since they haven’t seen their creations and characters in these almost movie poster-like images.

I started going to various events and contacting people with cool costumes. I decided to give something back to these guys, they deserve it.

These images are from my latest Comic Con, Cardiff Film & Comic Con. I decided to go with two flash setup so I could do even better pictures of them. I wanted to create these simple, well lit portraits, but then also I retouched some and will do more when I have time.

I cannot wait to go to the next event and see all these characters and also see what new I will bring to the table. And hopefully I can go to the “real deal”, San Diego Comic Con someday to make these images.

More info: anttikarppinen.com

Joker

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Queen of Hearts

Jack Sparrow

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I even contacted this local Jack Sparrow imitator (Cardiff Jack Sparrow) and made movie poster images of him. For me he was the real deal. It was almost the same thing as shooting the real Johnny Depp, he was that good!

Penguin

Ghostbusters

Belle

Assassins Creed

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Skellington

Tomb Raider

Joker

Tankgirl

Steampunk

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Captain America

Mary Poppins

Poison Ivy

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Agent Carter

Maleficent

Dante

Bayonetta

Red Arrow

Poro

Scorpion

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Tankgirl

Wolverine

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Antti Karppinen

Antti Karppinen

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Digital artist, photographer, retoucher, an educator from Finland. Two-time Gold medalist at World Photographic Cup (WPC) and Best European Professional Photographer of the Year 2021(FEP).

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Antti Karppinen

Antti Karppinen

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Digital artist, photographer, retoucher, an educator from Finland. Two-time Gold medalist at World Photographic Cup (WPC) and Best European Professional Photographer of the Year 2021(FEP).

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IreneRussak
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9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Priceless! Your unique style makes all the characters look like crazy persons! I love it!:D

JoanGarcia
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love the posters so much!! Any normal person might not notice it, being an archer it bothered me to notice that the limbs on red arrow's bow are put on incorrectly. Cool picture thou, but had that one issue. Did you cosplay all the male characters?

Joan Garcia
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Red Arrow's bow is completey assembled backwards. But great job.

ViktoriaUhlin
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awesome! What I really like about them is that they look natural and human instead of making them look plastic (editing away pimples and so)

Arjan
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Happy I read the intro, bcs I was just noticing how bad these models where, besides a few that really fit the character.

jalifatakobau
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Priceless! Your unique style makes all the characters look like crazy persons! I love it!:D

pplshy
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The pictures are cool, but more variation. Almost everyone is facing the same direction. Probaly lightsource, but play with it. :D

Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How to draw Wolverine http://www.drawingforall.net/how-to-draw-original-wolverine/

StephanieLee
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wolverine is my favorite, he could be Jackman's replacement! Penguin is a close second ;)

IreneRussak
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Priceless! Your unique style makes all the characters look like crazy persons! I love it!:D

JoanGarcia
Community Member
8 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love the posters so much!! Any normal person might not notice it, being an archer it bothered me to notice that the limbs on red arrow's bow are put on incorrectly. Cool picture thou, but had that one issue. Did you cosplay all the male characters?

Joan Garcia
Community Member
7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Red Arrow's bow is completey assembled backwards. But great job.

ViktoriaUhlin
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Awesome! What I really like about them is that they look natural and human instead of making them look plastic (editing away pimples and so)

Arjan
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Happy I read the intro, bcs I was just noticing how bad these models where, besides a few that really fit the character.

jalifatakobau
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Priceless! Your unique style makes all the characters look like crazy persons! I love it!:D

pplshy
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The pictures are cool, but more variation. Almost everyone is facing the same direction. Probaly lightsource, but play with it. :D

Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

How to draw Wolverine http://www.drawingforall.net/how-to-draw-original-wolverine/

StephanieLee
Community Member
9 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Wolverine is my favorite, he could be Jackman's replacement! Penguin is a close second ;)

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