Posts Tagged ‘sketch’

Lost Thumbnails

Friday, April 8th, 2011

I’d forgotten about these. Sort of a fun little look at some process. This was the one, and so far only time I was going to do one of the Art Order challenges. It’s a pretty great source for inspiration. The only reason I don’t participate is time. Too much work and too many projects to work on. I forget the theme of this one. Something about being lost in a dungeon. Like you were either breaking out and couldn’t find your way or you were breaking in and couldn’t find your way. I chose infiltration. Obviously I never got past the thumbnail phase. The first is just some super quick sketches for poses in my 8.5″x11″ Moleskine. The second was a more fleshed out “thumbnail” about 4″ high. I like to work small in this phase because I can get the mood across quickly. Anyway, sorry I couldn’t finish Jon! Not that you knew I was starting to begin with ;)

Hope y’all enjoy! (click on the image for a larger view)

Cheers,

-D/L

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Wonder Woman…?

Friday, November 26th, 2010

By now, I’m sure many of you have seen the Newly Imagined Wonder Woman…

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Um. So! The new Wonder Woman. Or Wonder Girl in the case of the now 21-22 yr. old slip of a thing. Somehow the answer to the feminists’ plea for credibility was to cover her up and make her hip… if Mariah Carey’s first #1 hit was being introduced by Casey Kasem. I feel like all the Greek references have been culled out, which is odd since she is, after all, an Amazon princess. One of the things that bugs me the most about the new angle is that she’s dressed like a girl from 1992 with some items that have a vague Wonder Woman motif. The problem I see with this is the fact that there is no “uniform” happening. It seems they have done away with any sort of transformation concept and just made her Wonder Woman Girl all the time…? In which case… does she just wear the same clothes every single day? Cause if not then she’d be changing her clothes every day or twice a day and then any kind of “new design” would be pointless because she’d look different all the time. Right? And if that is her “uniform” that she changes/transforms into then it’s the most anticlimactic change EVER! I understand, after reading Straczynski’s ideas, what they wanted to achieve. The design failed. If she’s supposed to have a foot in each world, the world of Gods and the world of Mortals, then she either needs to reflect that all the time, or have two selves. She can be badass all the time, but I would imagine that her Amazon Goddess self is who she truly is, but maybe she’s better off hiding that around us little folk. In which case I’d imagine that when she goes into badass mode the Goddess is revealed and unleashed, at which time maybe she should look something like a Grecian Warrior Goddess. Right?

So, my take on the daughter of Hyppolyta was a more Spartan approach. No, she’s not just in a helmet and a cape. That’s my private version of Wonder Woman. I did, however, also pay attention to them wanting to modernize her a little. But that doesn’t have to mean putting her in modern clothing, never mind that with this newfangled internet thing the younger generations are not limited to imagery from comics. With DVD special features being a huge craze and concept art books popping up left and right they’ve been introduced and exposed and inundated with imagery spanning the last thousand years. I don’t think anyone’s going to throw down a comic because Wonder Woman isn’t their age and she’s not still in her pilates outfit. At any rate, sorry for the rant.

Now I would never say that mine is the end all be all of anything. But I DO like it. I also feel it stays true to the concept of the character that was based in Greek Mythology, much more so than the current take and I feel that when she reveals this side of her, the Goddess side, it could possibly have an effect in the landscape instead of just making bad guys want to slip her roofies.

Cheers,

~D/L

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WW

Thursday, November 25th, 2010

I’ve been doing some sketches for DC Universe Online. Nothing huge, just stuff for poses far various characters to go on websites. But it got me in the mood to draw more super heroes, so here’s Wonder Woman as filtered through my brain. Not entirely happy with her design. She’s a tough one to re-imagine unless I want to move very far away from her actual design. Still, it was a fun little challenge. Happy Thanksgiving everyone!