Hey everyone, well basically for my second year in college for graphic desgin im going to do a comic book now i know i cant make issue after issue and its just goin to be one comic book. We were asked to relate our project (mine being comic books) to what we want to study in uni, i want to study architecture and as a result my comic book will have various drawings of buildings through diffrent perspectives e.t.c....anyway thats not the point the idea for my comic book would be that NYC has been evacuated (reason undetermined) and then the hero comes and battles the bad guys (thats pretty much it but within the battle scenes you'd see more as to why new york has been evacuated...)
The main hero is well......."heavily" influenced by marvel characters..originaly he would be super hero looking probably wearing spandex and with a sword {you guys are probably thinking its already messed up..}, he is gonna be kinda rrogant and big headed but would still want to save the day...He will also have an alter ego, a mystical (evil) entity (name not decided) born thorugh the main characters deep and dark desires like killing, or more power, and as a result this alter ego takes over when these desires are exploited i.e. while pounding on a bad guy he realises that he enjoys it, or he thinks of him self as being to weak and NEEDS MORE POWER !! lol
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-Firstly they are living ina world where "powers" are an everyday norm, if you had a power you would be classified as a mutant, other than mutants their are also people who want to gain power through magic and some demonic shit XD
- While in normal form he can fly supehuman strength (not off-the scales or anything like that but like Cap America, fast reflexes and agility, and his main power being able to put an energy aura around his sword to increase its cutting power and blast energy thorugh the swrod *now i saw sword only because it poses a significant link to the character i.e. He trained with for a long time, or a deceased loved one gave it to him e.t.c.*
-While in mystical entity form hios strength increases significantly, his appearence would be something lie venom/hulk, and the darkness. He would be able to take out monsterous tentacles from his body to attack make solid constructs through this black energy and manipulate this dark energy for other sutff like explosions and temporary lose of sight...now i know this sounds reallllllllly over powered but the way i am hoping o write him it wudnt seem that way....hes also durable, and loses his sword and power of flight....he can leap very high instead.
The main bad guy is gonna be the crazy type who is conviced as hell that he is write about what he is doing....strangely i want him to be the kind type but still have a very melevonent side to him..
- the powers he will have ar well.....he genetically modified him self he can shoot plasma beams out of his hands...super strength....flight, skilled in the dark arts (black magic)..and other technological stuff..
the minor guys would have basic powers like shotting fire, ice, using basic magic, e.t.c.
Please help me build on this *DO NOT WANT A NEW IDEA* just give me some advice on what the characters should look like names e.t.c.
THANKS !
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Ok well i decided i wanted the hero to be somethin like iron man in terms of having a special suit with many funcation here are some designs tell me what you guys think and what i should change orrrrrrr....give me suggestions
this one was inspired by some halo/gears of war
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This one is slightly inspired by gundam (still want to stick with the comic theme) (bottom half of body not drawn yet just wanted to show you guys anyway lol)
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this isn't really the kind of ellaboration you asked for but then comic books aren't my "thing"
if your university course is architecture based...why not make one of the main characters abilities being able to see through stuctures so that some cells can be used to show what the city looks like from his point-of-view...say for example in order to locate enemies or victims....that way you can put some building structure into it as well as adding an unusual new power to a character
perhaps a cell when he/she is flying above the city and looks down and sees a certain building as a blue-print style vision
as for colouring...one of basic principles in order to unconsciously portray opposing forces is the use of colour opposites...so if you make the good guy blue...make the bad guy orange....good guy purple...bad guy yellow....good guy red...bad guy green
because these are colour opposites
as for your character designs...i think some of them are a bit OTT...bar the 1st one...keep things simple...
personally i would also use a fictional city...that would allow you to be more creative with the layout and the buildings
urmm i like the idea about being able to see through structures and yh the desgins i did were too much complicated and i also like the part about making my own city..i've also decided to make a simple character so that the drawing process doesnt tend to be over complicated but yh i'll see where it goes and post some of my *simple* desgins
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Thanks man well the halo idea was inspired by iron man as well interms of having a super powered suit (also i need to draw things that would show UNIs that i know a thing or to about architecture since this is a college project) so if you could think of a plot i would really appreciate (all i keep thinkin of is a battle in an evacuated New York City lol)
feel free to help me on the desing as well
i also had another idea..basically the main hero is the avatar for the greek god ares and transfroms into him at will (kinda like Thor) and fights bad guys or demons or whatever
i've got a few desgins which i'll post later tho and if you wonna help me with this then thank you lol
when i say "simple" i really mean the oposite i cant do simple lol i *always* tend to overcomplicate stuff lol sorry thats just how i am i try my hardest to make it simple
i'll also take into account what jaden101 said about a fictional city
Thank !
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well first off, you need a name for you're new city, lol. ^.^
as far as costume design, if you're gonna go with the original guy than i'd suggest this: well, since he's kinda got a big ego, as you stated, the costume may be simple yet elegant, something that took tons of time to come up with but looked like he threw it together in a few seconds. it may be simple yet stunning, drawing attention to him. and it would clash (because of his personality thingy he's got going on). black and white is your best bet but other color combos work too. and since it's got to do with buildings/architecture...well, some type of simple building design on his costume, perhaps?
lolz i got tons of stuff to help you with the design, tell me if i'm going overboard or if you like the idea.
as for the plot, an empty city is great for a battle ground, and you can get a good look at a building and it's structure if there aren't terrified bystanders running around all over the place, so that's a good idea.
now you just need to figure out why it was evacuated in the first place.
Ok firstly thanks alot for the ideas you given me secondly the city might have beeen evacuated (im gonna explain this in no more than 3 pages in the comic book) because of some evil dude who is really a perfectionist and demands nothing but perfection, our hero when he was little was born with some kind of virus which at the time the evil dude promised the heroes father that he could help his son..now instead of getting rid of this virus they used it (or him) as a weapon as this provided a rich and large near infinite amounts of energy so they made a suit for him (to carry out his "work") they brainwashed the hero at the age of 17 and for 3 years went through a programme which would make him the "perfect" human being"/killing machine, at the age of 20 he wa sassigned to destroy the worlds most powerfull militarty bases which would allow the evil dude to take bases in a city (i *was* gonna do ney york) no the whole city has been deserted as it is the bases for the companys operations, when the hero was 25 hes father came the base (or city) and was killed rite in front of him which made him realise finally what company were making him do he manages to escape for months then manages to return(and this is where the present time starts) with his super powered armour he goes up against a city full of super solidiers XD and defeatef the final guy = this part was watered down alot lol so yh thts roughly what i'd intented also the part where the comapny takes him in and does stuff is gonna be shown in no more than 3 pages TRUST ME I CAN DO IT lol withotu making it look like a novel
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As for the ares idea...the gods feel ares has so human side to him (not because hes a god and all lol) so they decide to place him in a wooden stick, now a boy manges to touch the stick and becomes the avatar for the god of war (thats just the origin not what i intend to put in the comic)
as for the comic...it take splace like a couple of years after the origin hades transports all the civilians of the city to a fake replica which is actually the underworld and ares must free them now as if that wasnt bad enough hades has also unleashed a couple of the strongest titants (including kronos) which ares must defeat and then take down ares to free the civillians) thats basically what i had in mind
the giant monsters would give me a great chance to draw the city through various angles and so will the final battle with ares
now the actuall avatar is a bit of a reluctant person where as ares is will to go into battle head first, in the ares form he is very very arrogant and boasts alot
as for powers well he is the god of war master of various fighting styles and weapon styles...also because he is the gods "chosen champion" he and only he must take down the titants and hades so five gods powered his sword giving it the power of flame, earth, air, water, and lighting appearence well you could help me with that XD
i'v only started with the face desgins
i now he looks more like a vilain but oh well lol
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okay, for time's sake, i'd go with the ares story. the other one is harder to explain in just three pages, and infinetly harder to draw, most likely.
also, as you stated, the ares one with the giant titans would give you a much better view of the city.
now, time frame. present, future, past, ancient history? cause that'll affect the costume. (present, more sleak, perhaps vintage touch, ancient history, it'd look prolly more like a gladiator costume).
as for the dude, he looks pretty cool. ^.^
i especially like the way his hair falls, but imo, the beard doesn't really do much for him. but that's kinda a personal preference of mine (no beards) so you prolly shouldn't take that piece of advice, lol.
also, the ares story is a much simpler tale to tell, leaving a lot more room for illustrations and such.
oh and i kept the beard due to how he is portrayed in greek mythology (with a beard lol) im thinking the face looks more evil then good so i'll work on more desgins + i've been brushin up on my perspective drawing for the city
as for the time frame its present but i still wonna give him some armour (kinda like thor) with a torn cape lol why am i writting this i should be drawing
so yh if you could help me on how the comic would start i would be greatfull (the final battle would be with hades) also if you could say how and when he exposes his powers given to him by the gods (the elements and Zeus' lighting) and just for extra info the main weapon i plan to give him his a massive sword on his back and some minor weapons i.e. spears axe which he can create from any object sinc ehe is master of weapons and he will be a very good fighter (and godly strength)
and also please please please remember the dude must transform into ares
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