I Captured What Superheroes Do When They Are Not Saving The World (35 Pics)
I’m David Cubero, a Barcelona-born and based VFX and motion graphics artist for ads, movies, and animation.
I love toys and photography and I have been taking pics of my toy collection since 2009. I share my work on Instagram, Facebook, and Flickr with all kinds of articulated figures.
When I'm not rendering frames I like to imagine what do our heroes do when they are not being heroic or saving somebody, and take pictures of it. I like it so much that I have been doing it for almost 10 years.
Here's a little selection of my photographs.
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Do You Know Something About This, T’challa?
Ideas come to me while watching movies and I see something that could work as a joke. For example, when Captain America gave the shield to The Falcon at the end of Endgame, it was a great source of jokes about the upcoming relationship between Bucky and Sam. Some ideas come out while playing with my collection. It's simple, on a quiet Saturday afternoon with my kids and a table full of figures, suddenly I pose a figure in a peculiar way and there’s an interesting photo. Like that one of the Alien and the piano or Thanos skateboarding. The one with Thanos and the skateboard went viral because Josh Brolin made skateboard movies when he was younger, so he uploaded it on his stories on Instagram. It's funny when these kinds of coincidences happen!
I like working with my Sony Alpha Camera and 90mm macro. I use some Lume Cube lights and a vaper to create some foggy scenes. Sometimes I use crackers and little fireworks to make little action scenes. For the scenes, I 3D print some props sometimes but I buy some dollhouse furniture too. You can see some of my ‘behind the scenes’ on Instagram.
Bath Time
The picture is hilarious lol but wouldn't that rather be Catwoman? :-)
I laughed at this when I saw it, then giggled every time I thought of it. Awesome!
Stark Wanted Groot To Join The Avengers So Bad
My personal favorites are the ones about the love and hate relationship between Tony Stark and Steve Rogers. It's very funny to see them being friends or angry with each other. In general, I love recreating their daily lives. Black Panther acting like a cat at home is funny too and seeing how the Avengers live with Hulk's anger can be hilarious. I also have some favorites out of the Marvel world, like the ones with Vader and the Emperor having some fun time together.
Fear
Have A Nice Weekend!
Love that it's a scene of him playing with his lil ol self. "Bet it'll look huge in this hand" Deadpool to self.
The main sources of inspiration for me are the classical Marvel Comics, Jack Kirby, John Buscema, Steve Ditko. I always come back to them when I'm out of ideas. But in terms of jokes I always admired how Bill Watterson makes us have a great time with a few lines in his comic strips, it's a great reference. I look into movies too, of course, to see how they make the special effects. In toy photography, my favorite artist is Avanaut, he makes exquisite photos and I think that everybody who is in this toy photography thing is a big fan of his work.
Civil War
But.... why are they sharing the bed in the first place? LOL
I Don't Know If I Like Your New Friend, Chewie...
Love this...this is def. something that Deadpool would do. Hehehehehe
It may sound obvious but my main goal is having fun and trying to bring some laughs to people's timelines. Besides that, I love collaborating with toy brands. I made a solo exhibition a few years ago and was quite successful and gave a few workshops in Barcelona. Two years ago, before the pandemic, one of my pictures was selected and exhibited at the Musee de l'Homme in Paris, that was great. Toy photography made me live some nice experiences and I hope more will come in the future. Maybe I would like to make another exhibition with my new work in the future, hope it comes soon!
Saturdays Are For Comic Books
Now that you mention it, I just noticed it's the non-Marvel films based off Marvel comics that did break the 4th wall (or sort of). I mean Deadpool, Wolverine, Spiderman: Into the Spider-verse...
Load More Replies...I Think You Should Ask The Wakandians To Review That New Metal Arm Of Yours, Bucky
The Truth About The Day After The Civil War
Road To Infinity War
Cap should make a sign that says "super soldiers only," and then have a nice chat with Bucky.
Child's Play
It's All About The Pose
No no it's the other way around. Cap is like "To victory!" and Tony's just hanging on for dear life.
Load More Replies...Afternoon
...and Then The Guardians Met The The Lords Of The Sith
Relaxing Hobbies
Tslif (Thank Stan Lee It's Friday)
Raise a glass to freedom. Something they can never take away. No matter what they tell you.
Load More Replies...Hulk Wanna Play
When The Avengers Met The Guardians
Star Lord standing over there like 'I don't know what they did to it.'
"What? That? I dunno, I was just listening to my Walkman"
Load More Replies...Rocket "Hey the head comes off." Even baby Groot gets in on the act.
Don't Be Too Proud Of This Technological Terror You Have Constructed, Mr. Stark
The ability to build an armour is insignificant next to the power of the Force....!
(Thor picks Vader up and hucks him down a shaft) "Ha ha, this Force Lightning tickles."
Load More Replies...Seems Like It's Going To Be Another Busy Week At Stark Labs
A Day At The Park
Merry Christmas
pretty sure once they get it up Black Panther is just gonna knock it down
Yep, he's just plotting his strategy to take it down. Which ornament should I smack down first?
Load More Replies...Quill "Next year can we get a real tree? Or will Groot be big enough then?"
Avengers Of The Galaxy? Groot Joining Stark's Side On The Upcoming Civil War? Whatever, The Man Makes Everything Look Cooler
"GROOT STOP SHOOTING THOSE THINGS" "I am Groot." "WHO GAVE HIM THOSE THINGS?"
Spikes Admiration
When The Weekend Comes And You Have All Your Work Done
I'm sure he is listening Turn On, Tune In, Cop Out from Freak Power (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WAofvBHzGs) or The Final Countdown from Europe. :P
Dr Banner’s Endless Personality Disorders
When Will They Stop Behaving Like Children?
They Love When The Doctor Makes A Visit
Alex Made New Friends
Thief-E
Waiting For The Next Movie Can Be Exhausting
I think it's midkey. And stony is more probable if you think Bucky and Steve are kind of like brothers
Load More Replies...Hulk Don't Wanna Hear One More Peep Out Of You!
Roots!
Are You Pure In Heart, Tony?
Hello September
S**t Happens
Even They Have No Other Choice Than Understanding Each Other
There is a strange part of the internet that ships these two together...🤷🏼♂️ guess people can do whatever they wanna do.
No Fair Weather Friends Here
The New And Deadliest Weapon From The Avengers!
Wouldn’t It Be Nice?
Thanos would probably kill himself after listening to two minutes of Deadpool 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Load More Replies...Let’s Go For Some Chimichangas!
Book Day
Can’t Wait For Summer!
When To Call The Doctor
I'm not kidding, if Doctor Strange came just a year earlier, Age of Ultron would be more like R.I.P. Ultron
Load More Replies...Saturday Night Fever
Everybody Loves A Like In Instagram
The Insatiable Search Of The Infinity Gems
Here We Go!
My little sister has that swan. In case you were wondering, they borrowed/rented that from Pinkie Pie.
Exploration
Buzzing Around Even On Holidays
Brand New Day
Things Can Always Get Worse
Civil What ? have A Nice Weekend!
and they had a friendly little arguement over which series is better
Happy Meal For Me, Please
"I'll get a vodka and, uh, Peter will have a Capri Sun." "Mr. Stark I'm 21." "..." "I can buy my own Capri Sun."
Avengers Endgame
Hangover? Me? Why Do You Say That, Cap?
Ok Guys, Shifting To Plan B
I just want thanos to die. He needs to die a slow and painful death.
Anybody Seen A Purple Faced Idiot ?
I’m Gonna Need That Board
Dice
No problem, just let me manipulate the probabilities for a minute... there you go
Load More Replies...imagine this with the X-Men tho "DOMINO STOP CHANGING THE PROBABILITY." "STRANGE STOP USING MAGIC TO MOVE THE DICE"
Summer! We Want Summer!
Armor Wars
They Thought Ultron Had Been Their Biggest Problem Till They Met Her
Arale from "Doctor Slump" by Akira "Dragon Ball" Toriyama.
Load More Replies...Can You See The Weekend? It's Just Over There, My Friend
I Told You, I'm On My Lunch Break
A Real Mandalorian Never Removes His Helmet
Cookies!
Maybe Tidying Up The House With The Smartphone Was Not Your Best Idea Today, Tony
Tech does that. Don't blame him for those glitches, sometimes, they're UNAVIODABLE!!
36 Hours Since Last Meal. Maybe You Should Eat Something Mr. Stark
Did You Notice That Spring Has Arrived, Mr. Stark?
Hey Guys, Anybody Knows The Way Back To Queens?
*falling onto knees* Right.... in the... feels.....
Load More Replies...Blaxploitation
That Summer Feeling
The Emperor Hates The Rain
Netflix And Chill?
Lunch Break
Wait, I ordered a Big Mac, This is a Quarter Pounder no cheese. Joker!!
It's amazing to me how much action figures actually look like the movie characters. Compare them to figures in years past and the improvement is astounding!
Yep. But usually the most realistic ones are also very expensive. There is a Marvel shop near my home, and let me tell you, one Barbie-sized Tony Stark looking faithfully to the actor, detailed, coloured, immobile but in a dynamic pose usually exceeds 500 euro.
Load More Replies...out havin' a girls night and complaining about their ridiculous pet superheroes
Load More Replies...Someone buy me a pack of hyper realistic Marvel action figures. I've got some crazy stuff to make now.
Oh man enjoyed seeing the ouyside MCU characters. Wall-E was crack up collecting trash to scrap.
Most of these photos are just stark having a mental breakdown and I'm all for it
Female heroes in only 3 out of 80 images, and only Black Widow in all 3 plus Captain Marvel in one. That's less than 4% representation. Yeesh.
There is also this guy - Wire Hon. He shoots pictures with action figures as well, but he puts himself into action and he's got some great ideas eather. https://www.boredpanda.com/marvel-dc-superhero-smartphone-perspective-photography-wire-hon/
They're all great, funny and adorable. I love them and I love the captions/titles to the pictures. It's probably not fair to compare them, but I think this is a much better series then the previous one with a similar title about what the superheroes do during their spare time... where they're all posing.
It's amazing to me how much action figures actually look like the movie characters. Compare them to figures in years past and the improvement is astounding!
Yep. But usually the most realistic ones are also very expensive. There is a Marvel shop near my home, and let me tell you, one Barbie-sized Tony Stark looking faithfully to the actor, detailed, coloured, immobile but in a dynamic pose usually exceeds 500 euro.
Load More Replies...out havin' a girls night and complaining about their ridiculous pet superheroes
Load More Replies...Someone buy me a pack of hyper realistic Marvel action figures. I've got some crazy stuff to make now.
Oh man enjoyed seeing the ouyside MCU characters. Wall-E was crack up collecting trash to scrap.
Most of these photos are just stark having a mental breakdown and I'm all for it
Female heroes in only 3 out of 80 images, and only Black Widow in all 3 plus Captain Marvel in one. That's less than 4% representation. Yeesh.
There is also this guy - Wire Hon. He shoots pictures with action figures as well, but he puts himself into action and he's got some great ideas eather. https://www.boredpanda.com/marvel-dc-superhero-smartphone-perspective-photography-wire-hon/
They're all great, funny and adorable. I love them and I love the captions/titles to the pictures. It's probably not fair to compare them, but I think this is a much better series then the previous one with a similar title about what the superheroes do during their spare time... where they're all posing.
