'Superman Soars' is an outstanding piece by artist Iskandar Salim. Here is his explanation on how he created it: "Took me weeks to complete this...have to switch between my work and this. This one is entirely original, except for the background and the face. Here's the breakdown:

 Hands: Both were taken from different photos, re-painted and added some reflections to stay with the consistency of the lighting.

 Costume: Generated using Poser. Shield, belt and trunk were first created with CorelDraw, exported as EPS to Photoshop then used as mask selection. The rest are lots of airbrushing job.

 Cape: Same with the costume, created with CorelDraw, exported and bla bla bla. While working on this part, I realized and discovered the technique how to create that “light reflection on velvet” look.

 Head: This was the most time-consuming part. I re-painted the whole face and neck, since the original source (a Donner Superman II photo from CapedWonder.com) came in low-res. The hair is a combination of existing image with pencil sketches.

 Background: A combination of two images, sky and city (New York). I gave it a blue-ish tone so that the Superman looks stand-out.

 Kris Meadows' 'Someone To Believe In' flag painting (seen behind Chris Reeve in the animated .gif file on the Tribute main page) was created in 1998. I made a framed print for Chris Reeve and sent it to his New York home in 2001. Chris was very touched and impressed by it, and wrote Kris a personal letter to thank him. How special! The print proudly hung in Chris' office before his house was sold, and can be seen in many television specials. You can see Chris with the painting in the New York Post article. Kris painted the Reeve/Brando piece for me (featured above). I will cherish it forever.

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