SubscribeNote: As is usual with our contests, Canary on the Catwalk produced far more awesome art than made the finalists. So here, finally, are the Honorable Mentions. Congratulations to the artists featured below, and thanks again to everyone who entered! – Dean Trippe
Thomas Branch
Note: Lots more Black Canaries after the jump! – Dean
Lan Pitts
/ June 28, 2010Love Marston, Dai, Melis and of course Bednarski.
Jemma Salume
/ June 29, 2010Oh my god, Tyler Parker wins the “Best Use of Frilly Cravat” award hands down. And the little mask?! Okay, okay — Can we have an Elseworlds where Black Canary goes back in time and teams up with a young pistol-toting Casanova in 1750s Venice?
Also, Re: Humphreys’ Arrow Canary… Of -course- my favorite iteration of the Green Arrow costume is going to be the one modded for the ninja lady. I’m surprised more people didn’t take her in that direction!
mike
/ June 29, 2010love the simplicity and design of andrew runion’s. smart thinking moving the fishnets to the arms. surprised it was only a runner up!
Paul Milligan
/ June 29, 2010Some of these are amazing! I think this contest has turned out more awesome redesigns than any other so far.
dnwilliams
/ June 29, 2010Tremendous work by all. I’m especially liking the common theme of including the whole fish-net aspect of the costume without actually putting her in fish nets, retaining the iconography but allowing for greater variation in the interpretation.
Calvin Vankeersbilck
/ June 29, 2010You guys really have to do a post on the new wonder woman costume. Not that I like it, but that is really something notable.
Kylewar
/ June 30, 2010These are great. I think as a judge it would have been hard to draw the line on some of these. Nice work everyone.
@Calvin. I totally agree. PR needs to do something on Wonder Woman’s new outfit. I appreciate what Jim was trying to do but I think it failed in execution. The iconography is lost. I wonder what Tim Gunn would have to say about it.
Kristian Horn
/ June 30, 2010Wow…didn’t even make the runners up…oh, well…here’s a link to mine…
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_TMkOjoGnepk/S9t-UTCWZ_I/AAAAAAAAAEc/hAlLxWvSwfA/s1600/canary.jpg
kalorama
/ June 30, 2010Generally speaking a lot of nice design work, but Thomas Branch’s is the only one I could/would want to see Dinah Lance actually wearing into combat.
curgoth
/ July 1, 2010Branch’s design is good, but has too many echoes to the Steph Brown Batgirl right now – it makes her look like one of the two of them is the other’s sidekick. In an alternate universe where Cass Cain was still Batgirl, this would be a wonderful Black Canary.
curgoth
/ July 1, 2010I love Bunny Luz’s design – it’s be a great steampunk/dieselpunk variant. I picture this Black Canary jumping off of some sort of complicated steam/smoke belching motorcycle and punching mooks wearing cravats and bowlers.
Bob Dobolina
/ July 2, 2010I’d just like to give an extra-special shout-out to the “Black Canary via Moulin Rouge” effort of Krissy Diggs. That idea is seriously inspired, and I absolutely love it to pieces.
Bob Prodor
/ July 4, 2010I love the design on the shirt by Andrew Runion! The way it is offset and the wing goes up the side is great.
Here is my submission- didn’t make the cut but I still like it!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30835980@N05/4606185053/sizes/o/
Peace out!
BobDobolina
/ July 5, 2010I just followed the link to Kristian Horn’s entry, BTW, which I think is actually really neat. A little bit Eighties Metal for the current era, maybe, what with all the spikes and whatnot; I think that’s a great nostalgic touch, though it may also be why it didn’t make the longlist.