SubscribeNote: Cliff Chiang and Brian Azzarello’s blazing new take on Wonder Woman in DC’s “New 52″ has earned a cadre of fans including us here at P:R. Turns out that it’s also earned a fan in a professional brand/package designer who does licensed work for Disney, Marvel and other big media companies — David Tremary. Tremary took on DC’s crown princess and dreamt up Wonder Woman: The Animated Odyssey, a slate of character designs for an imaginary animated series based on the designs of Cliff Chiang. Originally intended to be showcased in our earlier Fan-Art Friday: Wonder Woman, we held this back to give this it’s own day in the spotlight. If only this were real! – Chris A.
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Category: Movie Makeover
Movie Makeover: Ant-Man Design for Upcoming Edgar Wright Feature!
Note: Although the Ant-Man test reel shown last year at Comic-Con International has come and gone from the internet faster than Quicksilver, those who were able to see it witnessed a great real-world take on the founding Avenger’s costume — and in action, no less. Although the designer is currently unknown, right now I blame writer/director Edgar Wright for it being so great. Here’s a still showing the top portion of the outfit. – Chris A.
Movie Makeover: Iron Man Armor For “Iron Man 3″
Note: The Iron Man film series has changed the way we think of super-hero movies, and when Marvel gave us a first look at the new armor Iron Man would be wearing in next year’s Iron Man 3 people were taken aback. In addition to making gold the dominant color over the traditional red, the movie designers have given it a more segmented look. Personally, I really enjoy the pieces around the ribcage, as well as the elbow joints. Head over to ComicBookMovie.com who has collected all the various shots released into one massive post. – Chris A.
First Look: Russell Crowe as Jor-El in “Man of Steel”
Note: Another week, another movie leak of a character and a costume: this time it’s Russell Crowe in the production of the Superman reboot Man of Steel. As many looks as Superman has had over the years, I think his father Jor-El has had a few more given his infrequent but substantial appearances in the Superman mythos. Well, Crowe certainly looks regal enough, but it really gets your mind wondering what Krypton’s styles are going to be like in this movie. – Chris A.
Superman’s “Man of Steel” Costume… Revealed!
Note: After seeing a shadowy glimpse of Henry Cavill as Superman earlier this summer, the costume is now on full display in these fan-snapped shots by ‘Kal-El.9859′ and ‘wacots’ posted on Superherohype.com. There’s alot to take in here, so dissect, discuss and enjoy! – Chris A.
Movie Makeover: THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN Movie Costume
Note: EW‘s got the scoop on Peter Parker’s 2011/12 wardrobe, an. First glimpsed several months ago, this new design actor Andrew Garfield is wearing has a lot to like. Check out more pictures (including his tech web shooters) over with our friends at iFanboy. And for artists participating in this our Spider-Man: Webhead 2.0 Redesign contest, no pressure… right? – Chris A.
Wonder Woman Pilot Costume Updated
Note: Still not perfect, but darkening the pants and giving her red boots (without heels) was a simple, smart fix. Hopefully if the show gets picked up, they’ll upgrade it some more, too. More pics and video over at ComicsAlliance. – D.T.
NBC’s Wonder Woman: First Thoughts
Note: EW has released the first image of Adrianne Palicki in her Wonder Woman costume for David E. Kelley’s new series for NBC. Thoughts below. – D.T.
Honestly, I can see what they were thinking here with a lot of the detail choices. Unfortunately it adds up to an unflattering mess.
There’s no reason for the boots not to be red (even though I kind of dig them on their own). There’s no reason for the costume’s iconic white stars and boot stripes to have been ditched. In fact, the number one thing I would change is the boots. The belt attempts to merge the old-school midriff point, the Dodson-style WW, and the current Lee version, but achieves nothing approaching the design sense of any of those. It’s too high for my taste, and too low for the current trends.
The WW emblems on the bracelets make sense for marketing purposes, but the conflicting color scheme makes the design look sloppy. (Obviously, including white or silver in the rest of the costume, especially on the belt and boots would’ve fixed this.) And the red stars all look tacked on, and at different sizes they don’t feel very thought out.
The bustier looks cheap, but it may just seem worse due to the overly photoshopped appearance of this promo image. But everything looks cheap. The gold doesn’t look like gold, and the silver doesn’t look like silver. Again, I’m hoping that’s due to the photoshoppery.
The eagle emblem is acceptable (besides the red star), but by conforming so much around the bust, it lacks visual strength. I’m a huge fan of the comics’ last design, a brilliant, if criminally unnoticed, update of the classic Wonder Woman uniform. Like some artists had before, Terry Dodson’s look combined the eagle and “WW” logos into the cleanest, most unified WW logo ever.
Anyway, like the new Spider-Man movie costume, I don’t think this is a complete disaster, but it doesn’t say Wonder Woman to me. As a guy who runs a site exclusively devoted to redesigning superhero costumes, I can understand why the folks working on film/tv versions of superheroes want to try new things, to put their stamp on a character’s look. But to move this far away from established, iconic, memorable, BRANDED visuals just isn’t smart. It doesn’t please the current fans or the older fans. There’s no nostalgia factor, no built-in love for the character.
Now get off my lawn.
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Movie Makeover: Cap Classic
Note: Here are some publicity stills from the upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger film. Thoughts below. – D.T.
I thought about it when these first came out, but with the new high resolution shots, I was able to get a better look and, I think, confirm my suspicions. Cap has two costumes in the movie, and we’ve already seen the other one. (Partially.)
In these pics, I think we’re seeing a mostly covered version of Cap’s classic uniform. He’s got the triangle shield, a helmet rather than a mask, and a clearly different uniform than we see in the action shots. We can only see a little bit of it here, but it’s clearly a different material than the publicity costume (which looks far too modern for WWII) and has a simpler design. This makes me think we’ll see this earlier look as well as the final one.
Check out this close up below for a look at the blue fabric and embroidered white symbol. You can also see the red and white torso stripes through the hole in jacket:
I’m definitely looking forward to seeing more of the Cap Classic look, even if his WWII era costume consists of a Captain America shirt and period Army fatigues. I think that would work fine for Cap.
Check out the Superbowl ad for Captain America: The First Avenger here!
Movie Makeover: New Spider-Man Set Pic
Note: Thanks to Bradford and Alex for sending this in! Very interesting choices here. Again, I think they’re mostly trying new ideas in this costume to differentiate the new series from the old. I’m not crazy about everything, but as a fan of redesigns in general, I look forward to seeing how this looks on film. Sound off in the comments below, Rooftop Readers! – Dean Trippe
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