DESIGN TUESDAY: Initial chara-design sketches for a mid-2000s project, pt.1
Added 2021-05-25 13:00:07 +0000 UTCI'm being a tad vague in this post's title and description, but here are my initial design sketches for the cast of the 2004 mecha-team Marvel miniseries Livewires, written by me and featuring interior artwork by the great Rick Mays (and eventually me as well, during the last three issues of the series as deadline issues and technical complexities arose).
I did the cover art for the miniseries, with colors by the also great Ryan Kinnaird:
...and designed the mecha cast , such as initial viewpoint character "Stem Cell":
Next up is the character "Social Butterfly," whose design might just have influenced that of another cute blonde heroine of mine likewise first created in 2004. Note that I hadn't yet figured out her, uh, "supranym" by this point in the project's early development:
Before I move on to the rest of the team next time, enjoy two pages of even earlier design sketches, as I was working out my very first ideas for the characters:
Note that I briefly considered making Stem Cell's glasses actually show human eyes as a false image camouflaging "mecha eyes," but dropped that wacky approach in favor of a metaphorical use of the image on Livewires #1's cover.
Comments
Printed-edition-wise, I definitely do recommend picking up the individual issues, as the small-format TPB and its not-great paper stock do not showcase the miniseries terribly well.
Adam Warren
2021-05-28 18:43:59 +0000 UTCLovelovelove this series. I really need to pick up the individual issues sooner rather than later.
KranberriJam
2021-05-27 14:56:29 +0000 UTCI'm pretty sure that Marvel owns the characters. A few of them have showed up in various titles since Livewires finished.
Dean Reilly
2021-05-26 09:35:38 +0000 UTCLivewires was a blast to read. Wish I could see them running amuck in the regular Marvel universe.
Strypgia
2021-05-26 07:32:25 +0000 UTCI love your character design drawings and model sheets.
Steven Ng
2021-05-25 18:47:55 +0000 UTCAnother Livewires fan here. Some of the design pages were included in the collected edition, which was nice. And clearly some people at Marvel like them, Gothic Lolita teamed up with Deadpool and the whole gang appeared in Agents of Wakanda, issues 5 and 6.
TF Commando
2021-05-25 17:14:10 +0000 UTCLoved this series. Wish there could be a sequel. Alas, the rights are probably tied up.
Mark Magagna
2021-05-25 15:10:51 +0000 UTCMY fanfic is better off lost...
A Patreon of the Ahts
2021-05-25 13:42:36 +0000 UTCYou and me both! Sadly lost in the mists of time and many house moves and associated paper purges since though.
Otaku Twenty-Four Seven
2021-05-25 13:37:13 +0000 UTCI LOVED that series, I reread it about twice a year. I even wrote crappy fanfiction on what happens afterwards.
A Patreon of the Ahts
2021-05-25 13:21:33 +0000 UTC
