MONOLITH: In the Studio » Character Design

[SKETCHBOOK] Mira

Jason — Sat, 05 May 2007 18:44:23 +0000

Mira is one character I really like, even though she is quite disturbed (you’ll see soon enough). I really enjoy drawing her, though I find myself “refining” her each time I draw her. Hopefully next time I draw her that will be it.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Wraith

Jason — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 22:16:29 +0000

So here’s a new sketch for all you. This one was a lot of fun. The idea just popped into my head the other night and I just hast to put it to paper. So before I hit the sequentials, I started this sketch and finished it up today.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Flamethrower

Jason — Sat, 17 Mar 2007 16:52:46 +0000

Well this one was a tough one to get sketched out for some reason. Erased most of it a few times. I had to really force my way through it. Well it’s done (for the most part) and there are a few things still kind of “off” to me, but I can live with it. I also kind of changed up her costume a bit too.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Glyph

Jason — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:13:52 +0000

Another character I haven’t drawn in a while, Glyph. This time I decided to show a different “side” of Glyph, the martial arts side.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Switchboard

Jason — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 13:07:32 +0000

Just revisiting some of the characters I haven’t drawn in a while. So here’s a warm-up sketch of Switchboard.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Hector

Jason — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 05:04:06 +0000

Hector, one total bad### and one of my favorites.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Bounder

Jason — Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:13:15 +0000

So I’ve been revisiting some of the characters that I wasn’t quite sure on their look. Something was off to me and so I’m tweaking them. So here’s Bounder. Slight revision to his look.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Spade

Jason — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 06:06:00 +0000

It’s been a while since I’ve drawn Spade. He’s probably one of the more mysterious characters of Rapid City and one of my favorites to draw. So here’s a new one.

Enjoy.

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[SKETCHBOOK] Wolfpack

Jason — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:54:57 +0000

Been sick the past week or so. So I’ve been doing some some sketching to get back into things.

Here’s one of the werewolves.

Enjoy.

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Up from the drawing board

Micah — Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:48:46 +0000

Well, I’ve been trying to crank out as much art as possible so I haven’t had much time to post. But, I’m so excited about what I’ve been learning lately that I thought I’d take a moment to share some of my work with everyone.

I’ve really started tightening up my pencils which make for tighter inks. I think that the cropped image from my most recent character image demonstrates that.

Also, I’ve been having fun with cameos — little tributes to friends who have been supportive of us. In this image, I present artist Jason Howard (a bit beefed up) toting away a baddy. Jason talked with me at the Motor City Con about some artistic techniques that he uses and they shifted my approach considerably. My figures now are more gestural and iconic while my details (especially mechanical details) come from stronger reference. Thanks Jason!

Well, back to the drawing board. I’ll try to post again real soon!

Love,

Micah

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Hector.

Josh — Tue, 30 May 2006 14:29:23 +0000

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From left to right. Here’s some development on a character we are calling “Hector”.

I love the unique mask and collar thing, but something about those, along with his vest, made his proportions look wierd. I thought he looked sort of like a little kid.

Jason added the shoulder armor, beefed up the glove, and made the vest more functional looking. This solved the proportion thing.

When I was looking through the photo reference that Jason sent me, I noticed that one of the vests had these cool leg-straps. It occurred to me that if this guy is going to be mixing it up with super heroes and villains, then an unsecured vest could get yanked right off. So, we added the straps between the legs.
Pads, straps, clips, finished details, and Hector is basically done.

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Viper.

Micah — Sat, 27 May 2006 06:16:33 +0000

In essence, Viper’s story is a Bildungsroman so we will see him progress through a number of developmental stages in his life as a superhero. To emphasize this, he will wear a number of costumes throughout the series. This is one of them. Jason and I are still going back and forth on designs, but we’ve settled on a couple.

Love,

Micah

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