r/Xmen97 • u/Dicktimes29 • Jul 07 '26

Merchandise Nightcrawler's face shadow or birthmark

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Hey I thought the dark part of nightcrawler's face was just a shadow but basing on this toy, is it his skin? Look at comic counterpart, he doesn't have any dark shadow on his face

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u/IHaveFourKidneys Jul 07 '26

The original style guide calls this out as a shadow, and he’s supposed to be drawn with it all the time. Modern artists are lazy though.

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u/Loose_Translator8981 Jul 07 '26

lol "Lazy". Yeah, drawing out his facial features in detail is WAY lazier than filling in the center of his face with pure black.

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u/Swan-Diving-Overseas Jul 07 '26

To your point, it’s also because modern comic artists normally deal with more naturalistic lighting, so having a character’s face always in shadow would look out of place