Comrade Hero

Who could you not know Elric of Melniboné and Stombringer?

A classic VexXxa!

There goes my coffee over the desk. Thanks for making me laugh. Graviton Girl is also gravity-defying girl...

Thanks VexXxa.

Thanks for the feedback Christopher. I don't draw myself so can't comment on the technical aspects of what should look correct or not. I'll pass the comments on to Ian, but I'm quite happy with how the Triptych turned out.

Aww.. shucks. Thanks.

Thanks Kat, and am always wowed by the artists who bring your femme fatales to life.

And without further ado. Comrade Hero and Graviton Girl Triptych updated: Pencils by Ian Richardson, inks by Tom Parrish and now colored by Simon Gough.

Thanks VexXxa, it never ceases to amaze me how much time artists spend on works, the penultimate perfectionists. I think I'm back with editing and rewriting, but I can only imagine how it must be to analyze and evaluate every thing from a visual point of view.

Agreed, the Soviet Flag does look striking. I wasn't expecting it actually. Sean just decided to make different variations and I ended up with more than one.

True, hard to ignore that steely eyed crimson gaze of Comrade Hero...

Urah!

Thanks for the vote of confidence. Currently in the process of getting more visual references/design concepts for my project and working on new set of sample pages tailored for both storyboarding and sequential pages.

You're most welcome. Been a long time between them, but have one more Ryan Stegman piece left to come.

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I was the same way when I saw the work Jeff did on Wonder Woman characters. It was a case of wow, now I need a live-action Comrade Hero.

Heh, I only received these a couple of hours ago, but yeah I had the same reaction.

And an update...

And here's what Comrade Hero looked like before he was a hero. Second Design Sheet by Yamandú Daniel Orce and Model Sheet by the talented Erwin Ropa. That's the first Character Set complete.

Stylized Russian Test Pilot uniform. Chest emblem is that of the Sukhoi Design Bureau.

I gotta agree with you on Codpiece. Definitely one of the Doom Patrol's most cringe worthy villains, although in a twisted, inspired way.

Agreed. Captain "Billy Batson" Marvel's outfit is fantastically iconic.


And the the other end of the spectrum. Although the standard issue uniform of Mega City One's street Judges is pretty iconic, it's that combination of Judge's Helmet, hard chin, and even harder pressed lips that makes Judge Joseph Dredd immediately stand out. (Although there's far more than the Judge's uniform that makes Dredd such an iconic character in the verse of 2000AD.

I've really been fortunate in that respect.


I noticed Yamandú Daniel Orce work before on deviantART, and Caemgen put out the good word about Erwin Ropa.

There's a two month and a half month window between contestable arts funding applications her in New Zealand so I'm updating and reediting project material and documents, and getting more visual reference images and concept work done.

I'm currently talking with Dimitris Moore and Rodney White about less comic book styled and more animated style character sheets, and Michael Penick and Jeff Chapman about action and photo-realistic pieces
respectively.