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TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 04
29/12/07
It’s the holidays. In fact, blink and you’ll miss them this year. We almost did! But we wanted to give you all a little TRDL cheer this holiday season, and really, what better way than with some of the TRDL Universe’s most gorgeous posthumans, in a little retro-style burlesque pin-up stylie? Keep your eyes peeled for a total of 4 different e-cards between now and the end of the year!

This is Brasilia, under the mistletoe (lucky you!)
Concept, Design and Art: Joao Marques and Thom Chiaramonte
Nat familiar? Find Brasilia here!
:::
Collect all 4, in an old timey way.
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Related posts:
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 01
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 03
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 02
TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 03
21/12/07
It’s the holidays. In fact, blink and you’ll miss them this year. We almost did! But we wanted to give you all a little TRDL cheer this holiday season, and really, what better way than with some of the TRDL Universe’s most gorgeous posthumans, in a little retro-style burlesque pin-up stylie? Keep your eyes peeled for a total of 4 different e-cards between now and the end of the year!

This is Pristine, checking her stocking, IN stockings.
Concept, Design and Art: Thom Chiaramonte
Nat familiar? Find Pristinehere!
:::
Collect all 4, in an old timey way.
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- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 02
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 01
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 04
TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 02
16/12/07
It’s the holidays. In fact, blink and you’ll miss them this year. We almost did! But we wanted to give you all a little TRDL cheer this holiday season, and really, what better way than with some of the TRDL Universe’s most gorgeous posthumans, in a little retro-style burlesque pin-up stylie? Keep your eyes peeled for a total of 4 different e-cards between now and the end of the year!

This is Wisteria, enjoying a sweet treat or 33.
Concept, Design and Art: Thom Chiaramonte
Nat familiar? Find Wisteriahere!
:::
Collect all 4, in an old timey way.
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- Happy Holidays from TRDL [all 4!] UPDATED
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 03
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 04
R3 Jam: Enchantress
16/12/07
I’m not sure which version was intended by the contributor, but you can choose either version!
Marvel’s Enchantress:
DC’s Enchantress:
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It’s the holidays. In fact, blink and you’ll miss them this year. We almost did! But we wanted to give you all a little TRDL cheer this holiday season, and really, what better way than with some of the TRDL Universe’s most gorgeous posthumans, in a little retro-style burlesque pin-up stylie? Keep your eyes peeled for a total of 4 different e-cards between now and the end of the year!
![Happy Holidays from TRDL [all 4!] UPDATED Image](http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/images/trdl_holidays07a_a.jpg)
This is Material Girl, getting into the spirit of things!
Concept, Design and Art: Joao Marques
Nat familiar? Find Material Girl here!
:::
![Happy Holidays from TRDL [all 4!] UPDATED Image](http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/images/trdl_holidays07b_a.jpg)
This is Wisteria, enjoying a sweet treat or 33.
Concept, Design and Art: Thom Chiaramonte
Nat familiar? Find Wisteriahere!
:::
![Happy Holidays from TRDL [all 4!] UPDATED Image](http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/images/trdl_holidays07c_a.jpg)
This is Pristine, investigating her stocking, IN stockings…
Concept, Design and Art: Thom Chiaramonte
Nat familiar? Find Pristine here!
:::
OK, here’s the last one: Brasilia, mostly by Joao with finishes by me. Hope you enjoyed these! Happy New Year from TRDL…
![Happy Holidays from TRDL [all 4!] UPDATED Image](http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/images/trdl_holidays07d_a.jpg)
Collect all 4, in an old timey way.
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- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 03
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 02
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 01
![TRDL Tribute: Arisia [Green lantern Corps] Image](http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/images/th_trdltr_arisia.jpg)
This is a piece done for the This Week Jam, the subject being the pantheon of heroes under the colors of the Green Lantern Corps.
I haven’t read any issues of the Green Lantern Corps. I thought I had, then realized I was just wrong-membering old issues of Alien Legion. But over the years, I’ve seen a number of cool characters amidst the sort of boring plain ole Hal Jordan rejects. I almost drew Kilowog, but had to try my hand at the hottest galaxian in a skirt… Arisia. I hope that’s her name. Or was.
You can see this illustration herein the TRDL Tribute Gallery.![TRDL Tribute: Arisia [Green lantern Corps] Image](http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/promo/twhip_grey.gif)
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- R3 Jam: Green Lantern Corps
- R3 Jam: Design Challenge: Create a Green Lantern!
- TRDL Tribute: Halloween 2007
![TRDL Tribute: Batman Year Zero [TRDL Redesign] Image](http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/images/th_trdltr_batmanyear0.jpg)
This is a piece done for the R3 Illustrator Jam, the subject being a redesign/reinterpretation of Batman: Year One.
In the streets of Gotham, young, ambitious jewel thief Bruce Wayne and his fiancee Selena Kyle planned the perfect crime: steal the Dream Diamond from the Gotham Historical Archives, by flying down through the clerestory windows of the building using Wayne’s father’s experimental human glider tactical suits.
Though his father had spent much of his fortune employing reformed criminals, believing in their ability to be good citizens, Wayne believed that many of the workers in his fathers factory that had assisted in the prototypes were secretly part of Gotham’s organized crime network. After his father’s passage, Wayne had found his ownership of the company threatened by internal corruption, sabotage, and labor strikes. His family fortune nearly depleted, he crafted a scheme by which the massive diamond would be sold to a private Italian collector, Falcone, replenishing his cash reserves and enabling him to fire his father’s corrupt crew, and build a new labor force of non-ex-felons.
However, the heist went terribly wrong. Wayne’s beloved Selena was struck by building structure as they entered at a steep angle through the clerestory, causing her ultralight glider cape to catch on the jagged structural glass and inadvertently strangle her. As Wayne struggled to free her, police responded to eyewitness reports of giant bats circling the dark streets of downtown. Suffering bullet wounds and struggling to stay conscious, Wayne hurled himself back out the window, and sailed across the urban nightscape to freedom, nearly passing out from the loss of blood.
After his slow, lonely recovery, Wayne would grow embittered over the incident, dedicating his life to delivering vengeance upon the men in his father’s employ who had tampered with the gliders in order to engineer his capture or murder, and wrestle control of his father’s fortune from him. Soon the Gotham underworld would learn to fear the Bat-Man!
You can see this illustration herein the TRDL Tribute Gallery.![TRDL Tribute: Batman Year Zero [TRDL Redesign] Image](http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/promo/twhip_grey.gif)
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TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 01
13/12/07
It’s the holidays. In fact, blink and you’ll miss them this year. We almost did! But we wanted to give you all a little TRDL cheer this holiday season, and really, what better way than with some of the TRDL Universe’s most gorgeous posthumans, in a little retro-style burlesque pin-up stylie? Keep your eyes peeled for a total of 4 different e-cards between now and the end of the year!

This is Material Girl, getting into the spirit of things!
Concept, Design and Art: Joao Marques
Nat familiar? Find Material Girl here!
:::
Collect all 4, in an old timey way.
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Related posts:
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 04
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 03
- TRDL Happy Holidays 2007, Part 02
R3 Jam: Green Lantern Corps
09/12/07
All bets are off on this one. Draw any member of the Green Lantern Corps… from any time period. Or design your own. Or even do the Sinestro Corps. Go nuts!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Lantern_Corps
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- R3 Jam: Design Challenge: Create a Green Lantern!
- TRDL Tribute: Arisia [Green lantern Corps]
- R3 Jam: Celestials

This is a piece done for the This Week Jam, the subject being the awesome manga and anime heroine, Major Kusanagi.
I love Ghost in the Shell, though not as much as Appleseed, and the design for the Major was always pretty cool. I especially like monochrome or muted costume design, and she frequently wears more muted outfits, though less as a military uniform kind of a thing, and more as a design thing. White unitards and armored parts, etc. Anyway, last time I drew this character in one of her ‘cybersuits’ and carrying one of those briefcase guns from the OAV. This time, I was inspired by a beautiful vinyl kit of the character I saw online. As usual, I drew in my own style, not an anime line, so she looks a bit different.
You can see this illustration herein the TRDL Tribute Gallery.
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