This was a design done for R3 member Heritage, for his creator-owned comic project. His comic series surrounds the adventures of Grimalkin, a female super whose partner, if I understand it, ends up being the paramilitary influenced avenger, Stalwart. I’m sure Bob can elaborate as much as he wants to here, but the objective was to go the Batman route in some ways, but realized as a normal human in tactical gear, who just happens to have some alien tech weaponry. The challenge in this sort of design, as you can probably imagine, is that black doesn’t render well. I mean, the 100% opaque black effect is cool, but when you want to show detail, it’s tough. So I played with color and tone to give him something that reads like a guy in black paramilitary gear, but has some interesting details that you can see. The helmet and facemask worked out pretty well i thought. I also enjoyed working on the alien tech stuff…

You can see this illustration herein the TRDL Tribute Gallery.

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