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AngelCrusher — Celtic Claw Redesign
Published: 2011-04-02 00:15:19 +0000 UTC; Views: 1852; Favourites: 51; Downloads: 29
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A redesign of a character that has probably been needing of a redesign for a long time. Here was his original look, which I do love:But the design was very much straight out of the city of heroes character generator. The more I thought about it, the less sense the bandages made, the shoulder pads, the chest thing. And he didnt seem celtic.
So I went away with the spandex and streamlined the outfit. I changed the black to a dark green, and in that sense, it then sticks to the welsh flag of red, white and green.
Anyway, enough rambling. A new modern look. What do you think?
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Thanks man, thats what I sort of aim for. I aint good enough to draw comicbook style but think I can pass off for an animated one. ^_^
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Don't sell yourself short by saying your work isn't good enough for a particular style, as everyone has a different approach to drawing people! I'd love to see one of your OCs in the Deviant Universe!
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I have contemplated actually entering it recently. I still aint sure. My main gripe with it is that a lot of challenges seems to be about drawing the group leader's characters, so I wasnt sure if its just a glorified shrine hidden under the disguise of gathering OCs together.
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You know, you just might be on to something there...though it doesn't seem that way at least for now.
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hmmm....well i think it started off like that, but now its more like kostmeyers secret wars with a few art themes in between.
I'll look into it more, but doubt i would be very active.
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Then perhaps you should make this known to him. I'm sure he's open to some suggestions!
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dont wanna tell someone how i think their group should be run. ^_^
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Hey,I was just wondering,but is there a program you use to color your pictures with? like the bg and coloring in this one,if so,what is it? ive been wanting to get into digital media and cartoons but havent known what prgram to get
oh...and btw,I LOVE the new design! as well as the old
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thanks very much. I use photoshop to colour all my pieces with, and in this case, draw straight into as well.
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the only thing i dont like about this redesign is his top half. he's REALLY huge lol
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haha he has been hitting the gym.
so you dont mind the costume design, just the style of the character being top heavy?
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lol yeah. you could just beef his legs up a bit. i always imagined him as a very well rounded fighter, no matter his size. the uneven size makes it look like all he's good at is punching things. the face is fine. he looks like he's thinking a little bit and the pose suggests he's not stupid(or he might as well be standing like a caveman lol)
overall, a nice redesign. he looks like he could stand a chance against AC now(even though AC never loses lol)
do you plan on redesigning Allstar too?
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point taken. While a good upper body would suit him for stabbing with his claws, I forgot his background was a cat burglar, which would require a more well rounded and even nimbler frame. Although that was years ago, so maybe this makes sense, but I'll draw it out.
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this CC would be good for later on when he's more developed and in a more professional type situation with his powers. characters evolve and change all the time. you could always do it like he was still pretty young when he was a cat burglar and now he's older and he's been working out and been in the hero game for a while so he's gotten bigger. age shifting is probably all he really needs
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well thats the story. now he works for the government so he is an official 'superhero' for quite some time, so its a natural progression of being older, stronger, and bigger.
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i think thats pretty cool. most peoples heroes stay mostly the same throughout their career. you should draw out the phases of CC from criminal to retirement(if he ever retires)
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I do have the stages of his life, but never really drawn them out. From this, things turn sour for CC before returning to glory. He loses his arms but then has robotic ones added and goes maskless in a gold costume...as a veteran superhero that the public adore.
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haha cheers, just need to draw it ^_^
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I think this gives him more of a rugged look where as the older version maybe looked more regal (mostly cause the of the pauldrons I think). The combat boots and utility belt are a nice touch as well.
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thanks man. yeh, although the old pose was more like a template pose for the drawing, the shoulder pads and mainly white outfit possibiliy had different connotations to what the character actually was. Glad you like the improvement.
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Very nice - the more angular drawing style suits him and he's got a great kinda relaxed pose rather than the more heroic poses of the past.
Great rib cage too (an odd thing to compliment but it looks great)
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thanks man.
i was really inspired by for that rib cage. Noticed what he did with a batman drawing and thought the same, it looks good. May try incorporating it in more of my work. Pick up little things off others into your own personal library.
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yeh, you're probably right, not really too much detail in there so keeps it simple. Or simpler.
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i dont know what that means but it sounds wrong. :s
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it means he looks more celtic now
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its a very dark green, but still visibly green. It is on my monitors. Can you see the line art in the trousers or is it too dark? Maybe your screen monitor needs adjusting...or mine does.
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i'm on another computer now and its definitely a dark desaturated green. the lines are black so it cant be black. Perhaps the desaturation makes it looks darker or something, but the highlight is a simple white on overlay, and it comes out a light green, so yeh, its green. lol
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Like the update! Much more practical and less fiddly!
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thanks man. thats what I thought too, the previous design was too busy. Perhaps I'll draw him more now, or redesign other characters.
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Nice job, but he seemed more slender in that old pic. has he been hitting the gym?
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nah, not really, probably because of it being drawn in a different style, but I wanted CC to be short and stocky. thanks though.
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Very cool. Nice to see him getting some love. You have so many brilliant characters, it's hard to give every one their due attention!
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thanks very much man, you're too kind. Looking back, I really dont have many characters. I should start making up more or redraw the dozens that I havent shown on dA, but I just havent. Dunno why.
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thanks leigh, something i envisioned the night before and had to sketch it down tonight.
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yeah i do that all the time which is why busty bass was created
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I gotta say the new design makes him look a lot more intimidating than before.
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thanks man. thats an issue i had with the old design, he looks maybe too clean, too white and not as aggressive. the personality and character didnt really match with the costume. So I hope the new version is a slight improvement in that way, but also doesnt stray too far from the original design.
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I always find it hard to come up with a costume that suits the personality & powers of a character myself. This really works though I can see him being a challenge for even the toughest veteran hero
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cheers man. its always scary redesigning a character especially when you are so attached to one of your original designs.
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It's actually reminded me I got a long list of my own characters that need to be redesigned or in some cases designed
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It's more stylised and less Liefeld-ish, which is always an improvement. Nice work!
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you talking about just the drawing? The old one was supposed to be more bruce timm, but yeh, liefeld point foot. anyway, thanks.
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Sorry, I barely know any names of western comic artists |D But yes, this new version is something cool.
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