Harley QuinnDrew Barrymore as Harley Quinn. Not my preferred casting (I think she looks right for the role, I'm not sure she could play the role right. This was my first manip, and I still have a soft spot in my heart for it (matching the soft spot in my head, presumably). The only major problem I have with this one is that the highlights on Harl's costume are to sharp and bright. (There's a few other flaws, but that's the major one.) Otherwise, I really like this image.
PhoenixPhoenix of the X-Men. Uneven, but not bad. The background's too generic to work. There's also a problem that's common to many of my early manips... the painty look of the costume clashes with the smoothness of the rest of the image. Amazingly, I never noticed that until it was pointed out to me... (Thanks again for that, Sneha.)
SparkSpark of the Legion of Superheroes. Good casting, good costuming, same sort of problems with the background as for Phoenix. The head was taken from a different photo than the body (this is what's called "Frankensteining") and, unfortunately, it shows. Still, I think this is pretty good.
Saturn Girl...but this is better. Saturn Girl of the LSH. The face was Frankensteined and, again, it shows (with the angle the head's at, her ear oughta be showing). Ah, well. The costuming's somewhat better than on the previous couple, though, and I rather like the simple background.
StormStorm of the X-Men. The hair's ugly, I like the rest. The background's nothing special, but I like the lightning effect. And that's all I got to say about that!
Battle Angel AlitaChristina Ricci as Alita/Gally from Battle Angel. More Frankensteining here, but I think it looks a bit better than elsewhere.
Dead GirlMilla Jovovich as X-Statix's Dead Girl. Great pose, great background, the whole thing looks painty (rather than just the character). The only problem I have with this one is the way I did the logo. This was at one point my favourite manip, and I still love it.
BlinkJennifer Love Hewitt as Blink of the eXiles. I was working on this since before I started on Dead Girl. Also quite a good piece. The hand was Frankensteined on, but I think it looks better than most examples of that particular technique. (Not perfect, but pretty good.) What I dislike here is the rather lame way I did her dart, and the utter lack of lighting concessions to it (it's glowing, which should show on her clothing).
Venus Dee MiloAlyssa Milano as X-Statix's Venus Dee Milo. A number of people think this is my best piece. I prefer my Dead Girl, but I do think this is very well done (And the logo's considerably better). I'm not entirely happy with the background. It looks good, but I wanted something more appropriate for the character. Ah, well.
ElektraEveryone's favourite Assassin, Ms. Elektra Natchios. The leg's a bit ugly, otherwise I really like this. The background's one of my favourites, next to that for Dead Girl; I particularly love the blood splatters on the sign.
ShikariShikari of the LSH (the modern version of Dawnstar). I really like the costuming here, as well as her wings. And I really like the hair. I'm not happy with the background, though: it should be darker and probably a bit foggier (to make it look further off).
Fables: SistersRose Red (Britanny Murphy) and Snow White (Juliette Binoche) from Fables, Bill Willingham's Vertigo book about fairy tale characters living in modern-day New York. (This is an awesome series which everyone needs to read. Now.) I felt like a change from the spandex set and so decided to do something a bit different. The jewelry's a bit iffy, otherwise I quite like this.
BatgirlThe current incarnation of Batgirl (Mark III if I count them right, but with comics who can say?) I dislike the boots and cape here, the rest's okay. I really like the lighting, or lack thereof. When I first did this, I was very proud of it. Now I'm a bit less enthused, but I still think its a good piece.
U-Go GirlWinona Ryder as X-Force's late, lamented Edie Sawyer, aka U-Go Girl. My favourite character in the series, so of course they had to kill her off... I would have liked to have done more for the background, but I think the teleportation vortex thingy works quite well. Another of my favourites.
Harley Quinn
(Take Two) A second version of my favourite character, Dr. Harleen Quinzell. This is Drew Barrymore again, and it's sooo much better than my first try. And my first try was quite good. This is my new absolute #1 favourite manip ever.
MementosA detail (sort of) from the previous pic. This is Harley's desk, just behind her in the first pic, with her gun and a couple photos on it. I was unhappy at the loss of detail on the photo in the first pic, so I decided to do another one. I added another photo to the pic and tried (not entirely successfully) to go for more of a photorealistic look than usual. Here we have Drew Barrymore as Harley, Laetitia Casta as Poison Ivy, and a greatly altered Willem Dafoe as the Joker.
Emma FrostJaime Pressley as Emma Frost in her diamond form. Yes, I realize its apparently supposed to be diamond "skin", but if she got shattered in the Murder at the Mansion storyline, she really must be all diamond, no? This was "fun" (ie, hellishly difficult) to do, but I think it was well worth it.
Emma Frost v. 2.0Jaime Pressley as Emma Frost (v. 2.0). A friend pointed out some incisive critiques of the first version, and suggested some very useful changes. I decided to redo the piece (not something I usually do). This is, indeed, a huge improvement. (Huge in the same sense as Andre the Giant, I mean. ie, really huge.)

Here's a couple more (with no thumbnails quite yet):

Kitty Pryde. Very early, and not particularly great, but I thought I'd put it up anyway, seeing as it's the only of my early attempts (other than Harley) I could actually find a copy of.

When Symbiotes Meet. Done in collaboration with Jon Passow (His webpage is here. Visit it and sign the Guestbook.)


More to come... eventually.