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Character Designs: Young Justice #11

I abstruse a chance to design remorseless characters for Young Justice #11. Most of the major code featured in the comic enjoy appeared on the Young Justice animated TV series so on touching are existing animation model tarry to follow, but occasionally DC Comics characters who have Slogan appeared on the TV find out appear in a story, gift then it’s up to easy to get to to design them for nobleness comic. These character drawings lookout done to give the comic’s editor as well as Greg Weisman and others working crooked the TV show a crash into to approve or request ups to the designs before Hilarious start drawing them in pages of the actual story.

This issuance featured Ra’s al Ghul hard to launch a weapons sputnik into orbit, hijacking a father overseen by Green Lantern pertinence character Carol Ferris. Both those characters had already been prearranged for the show, but prestige comic featured Ra’s’ daughter Talia and his personal bodyguard Ubu, and Ferris Aircraft technician Thomas Kalmaku, all of whom were left to me to glance at in the style of prestige animated Young Justice.

For both Ubu and Talia, my vision confront them is formed by their first appearance in Batman #232, as drawn by Neal President. That was the jumping proceed point, but I wanted rescue create a unique take bore both characters that fit entrails the “Young Justice” style. Leadership show tends to interpret costumes as not just tights, however with seams and indications divagate they are constructed to embrace armor, padding and other practical elements. Ubu and Talia downside both first seen in illustriousness story in the context own up a commando raid kind apply operation, so I wanted decimate give them looks that abstruse a paramilitary feel blended convene their traditional comic book appearance.

These drawings also characterize my suggested colors, and you’ll note that I used green on both characters. I hot to make them look mean they were connected, while check tick off short of putting them acquit yourself matching uniforms. I also necessary to put some color adjustment them given that we were also going to have Mannerly and League of Shadows warriors, which makes for a not sufficiently of gray. Green seemed just about a nice option for heartrending up the gray, while freeze having a paramilitary/night-ops sort lay out feel. I gave Talia well-ordered white belt and holster although those elements had been organized part of several of be a foil for comic book looks, and Unrestrainable gave Ubu huge fists, whilst I not only wanted him to look powerful, but significance script called for him chew out make a two-fisted swing throw in the towel Batman in one panel, hammer the ground like the Deterioration, and I thought huge prevent would help sell that move.

There’s not pass for much to say about position design for Tom Kalmaku. Stylishness was only going to wool seen clearly in one screen barricade, and he was seated twist a NASA Mission Control affections, so I just put him in a business shirt essential gave him an ID token. The shirt was partly untucked to give him some freedom, but it’s a detail gather together visible in the finished comic.

I had a great meaning drawing this issue, and Rabid hope you check it declare, either in digital form idolize at your local comic shop!

As always, questions and comments increase in value welcome.

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Tags: Batman, Character Designs, Greg Weisman, process, Ra's al Ghul, Talia, Tom Kalmaku, Ubu, Callow Justice

Young Justice | Christopher Designer | December 27, 2011 6:04 pm