April 17, 2013

• Redesign

  

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  This is a year old. I could have sworn I posted it already, but my mind slips. I'm old... it happens. Turns out, I dropped it off at my Behance.net portfolio and forgot about the other sites and galleries. My bad.

  Sometimes, it's good to see progress with a side-by-side comparison  There's better shading and blending with the updated look (not to mention better anatomy). If I'm ever feeling down, I need to refer to this entry. 

  Who is she? Well, according to my notes from 2010, she was my answer to the lack of women of color in comics. At the time, I couldn't think of any black women in Marvel besides Storm. They exist, but I really had to dig them up out of the archives. Things were even worse over at DC Comics, but after spending so much time figuring out my character and what makes her tick, I honestly could have cared less about what the other companies were doing (or not doing).

  "As long as she could remember, Jessica felt an empty void in her life. She believed with all her heart that her biological father was a missing portion of herself. After graduating from prep school, she traveled to North America in search of him. During her lengthy flight, optimistic thoughts filled her head like bubbles, she could hardly contain herself. After landing in a damp, crime-ridden city of Ashbere, it took several months for Jessica to find her father. When she finally tracked him down, all of her optimistic bubbles of warm embrace were thoroughly busted."

  The fancy costume and super heroics serves a purpose. That purpose might be considered selfish and naive to some and it could seem like a noble endeavor to others. Jessica wants the affection and acceptance of her father, a costumed vigilante who nearly lost the capacity to feel anything other than rage. Her goal is an uphill battle, to say the least, but that's one of the perks of the story. There's blood, violence, and mature themes, but at the end of the day, it's a story about a father and daughter attempting to build a relationship. They're living in a world that doesn't make much sense, but they're trying to understand each other. The crime fighting is just a cool backdrop to what's going on in their heads. 

  That's where my head was at three years ago. After I'm all settled in with my Black Boot collaboration, I should work on some more designs and revisit this story. 

  It collected enough dust, I think. 

   

  Currently Defiance Pilot - Part 1 & 2 see related

   

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