I started working on the interior detailing for the Planet model including designing decorative tiles. I want to have 2×2 tile “newspapers” like the ones that official LEGO sets have, but with small (and I do mean small!) Easter eggs for fans of Superman. The first ones I designed are the ones from Superman Returns with Brandon Routh in the lead role. After Superman pushes the kryptonite laden island that Lex created and is badly injured, there’s a scene where the camera is looking over Perry’s shoulder in his office and he’s designed and had pre-production prints of newspaper headlines that cover his bases whether Superman lives or dies. You can see my versions below.

I do have plenty of experience doing graphical work, but for the first time I drew the little Superman using Procreate on my iPad and I have to admit that once I got it all set up, it was actually quite fun to sit and draw on it – I do tend to be a pencil and paper kinda guy, and then I scan and send it to my computer for inking and coloring.

Now that I’m getting the hang of doing it on the iPad, I think I’ll try the to do the remaining dozen or so with it, and then have them custom printed onto LEGO tiles. And of course I’m not going to use stickers, because it seems that they’re as hated but the entire LEGO community as much as they’re hated by me.