Supergirl colored

Super Girl quicky

ATB meets The Punisher

Hellboy meets ATB

Blind

The man with no fear. So they say about DareDevil. One wonders if we do not blind ourselves in order not to have fear. Sometimes, in different stages of our lives we will find that there's a problem and the easiest thing to do is to ignore it, turn a blind eye. That doesn't get rid of the problem, it just postpones it. We might be able to walk away from it but in the end we'll have to come face to face to it. The more we run away from it, the bigger it gets. The more difficult it is to solve. The confrontation escalates.

Different paths we may take in order to try to escape it. There may be some that seem easier and will take us away from our troubles but it's only a temporary solution. In the end, these paths lead nowhere except to more problems. If we don't accept that there's something wrong, if we don't do anything about it a an early stage, we're most likely to make things worse.

The only solution is to really look into the eye of what is causing the pain, grief, tribulations and do something about it. When we realize that confronting the problem will make things easier in the end, even if it's hard to do, then will we be rid of fear. We may be scared but we are the only ones to control our fear. Let us not blind ourselves.

I've brought pain to whom I love and all because I didn't do anything about my own problems and just let them get out of my control. I thought I could deal with them by ignoring them but it wasn't so. I truly apologize and will not let this happen again. Accepting my mistakes and doing something about it will hopefully help me become better. I am blind no more.

Iron-ATB

When we see Ironman we see a hero with no defects or weak spots. He's cool, sleek and powerful. What hides beneath the impenetrable mask?

In reality, the outfit is just an exoskeleton. Inside the shell, there is a man with all his feelings bottled up. Do we not sometimes don our mask in order to hide our true feelings in order to avoid getting hurt? People might see us as an outgoing person with not a care in the world but the truth might be completely different. We might be hurting inside and have no real desire to go through what appears to be an uneventful day. Hanging out with friends and doing different activities helps to keep our mind distracted but we still feel hollow... incomplete. How many people can really see what's going within us?

Do we just use the armor as a crutch in order to affront the day? Does wearing the armor help us feel better? Are we like Tony Stark in the way that by using the shell we can feel invincible only if it lasts a few moments? We know that in the end we are vulnerable. We can't deny that it is a defense mechanism, we've been hurt before and we become more weary of the next situations in which pain may be inflicted. Can we heal from the exterior inwards? Maybe having a stronger exterior image helps us build more confidence. I highly doubt it. We can fool others but we can never fool ourselves.

I truly believe that we have to heal inwards first. While this slow process takes place, I'll be using the exoskeleton for a while hoping that I can heal soon and don't become addicted to the mask. After all, is it not better when we can show everybody who we really are? Being our true selves gives us freedom.

In the Mask

I've been having so much fun with these guys that I've decided to make 3 series instead of one. My original idea was to make a series in which ATB would be wearing some of the most iconic masks that were present during my childhood. After sitting down and making a list of all the possibilities, I realized I'd have to make 3 series. From what I have posted already, you can probably guess that one of them will be a Superhero series and the other one will be a "Luchadores" series. The last one will be a surprise.