Note: For an artist working full-time in super-hero comics, sometimes when you have some free time you want to experiment. Wonder Woman artist Cliff Chiang did just that a few years back with a series of illustrations imagining a band of Japanese superheroes inspired by the heroes of the Justice League. In what Chiang describes as a mix of DC, old school anime and kaiju, this take was almost greenlit by DC a years ago. Just imagine. – Chris A.
Note: Readers of Project: Rooftop have seen Ming Doyle grow to become an artist dynamo. She won our Superman: Man of Style contest, ranked high with her cosplay of Batgirl, and has become an integral part of the site. Doyle recently began doing work at Marvel on Girl Comics #1 and the recent Fantastic Four #600, and we’re excited to see what she does next! – Chris A.
Note: While most fans point to Batman: The Animated Series as the high point of the Dark Knight’s cartoon adventures, I’d put my money on the sequel series The New Batman Adventures which came out two years later. Connected in both continuity and in the principal creators involved, The New Batman Adventures showed Gotham’s finest growing up and expanding its scope. Original character designer and producer Bruce Timm joined forces with art director Glen Murakami to revise the characters for this sequel series, and improved on the already excellent formula . – Chris A.
Today we turn our attention to the key artist that’s made Project: Rooftop possible — our co-founder Dean Trippe. Dean contributed to the site both in reviews and with his own art, and we’re highlighting his contributions over the years. – Chris A.
Note: Two Batman posts in one week? That’s only a problem if you don’t like great art, as Aaron Diaz comes back once again and takes on DC’s Dark Knight and his extended. As always, Diaz things more than just about the visual look but also susses our story ideas if he were given the chance to work on the character. – Chris A.
Note: Stephanie Brown has been a long-time favorite here at P:R HQ, despite which costume she wore. Artist Val Kung has taken up Brown’s Robin days in this redesign of the classic costume. Look at that action! – Chris A.
Note: P:R Contributor (and contributing artist) Jon Morris has done it again with his new site DC Fifty-TOO! He’s enlisted 52 artists (and then some) to reimagine covers to DC’s upcoming line-wide relaunch. Yesterday’s image of the Teen Titans as re-envisioned by Tim Seeley was something else. What do you think? – Chris A.
Note: This collection by Ilias Kyriazis is inspired by DC’s recent revamp of the Teen Titans for “The New 52,” but the artist takes those heroes and puts them through a rigorous set of costume revisions to come to this amazing final product. After the finished pinup, look below for Kyriazis’ amazing concept sketches. – Chris A.
Here’s what Ilias had to say about the design:
These were done with the DCnU reboot in mind so I knew that:
1- They should have a team look. (“Titans first, sidekicks second”).
2- Red Robin should have wings.
On the other hand I didn’t treat this as a complete “they-meet-for-the-first-time” relaunch and I kept some things from they past costumes like Superboy’s bracelets and Impulse elements in Kid Flash. Red was a common in everyone’s part costumes so it was an easy choice for a team color. I incorporated “T” logos and downplayed individual logos (Superboy getting an “S” in his shield could be a plot point). I kinda based the final illustation on Brett Booth’s cover and I threw in my take on “coal girl” (I don’t know if it has been announced who she is yet).
Note: The Batman: Arkham Asylum game is a well-worn favorite here at the secret underground P:R bases, from its great designs to the gameplay. And with the new sequel, Batman: Arkham City, coming soon we just saw the redesign for the debuting Robin. It’s darker than we’d normally like for the regular DCU, but it fits within the construct of the game series perfectly. The people behind this are a company called Rocksteady, and stay tuned below the art to hear what the artist in charge of this design had to say. - Chris A.
Here’s what Rocksteady artist Kan Muftic had to say about the look:
We wanted to create a Robin that players would identify as a contemporary character and move away from the traditional “Boy Wonder” image that most people know. Our vision of Robin is the one of a troubled young individual that is calm and introverted at times but very dangerous and aggressive if provoked. The shaved head is inspired by cage fighters, because we thought that Robin might be doing that in his spare time to keep him on his toes. Still, we kept all the classic trademarks of Robin’s appearance, such as the red and yellow colors of his outfit, the cape and the mask.
We really hope that people will discover our Robin as one of their new favorite characters in the Batman universe. He is back and he means business.
Note: Project: Rooftop is built on the idea of good super-hero costume design — and sometimes we find something a little outside the norm but is amazing: and this is one of them. Artist Katrina Navarro has been taking the design and style of her favorite super-heroes and translating it into wardrobe choices any of us could wear. The selection below sticks to DC, but she promises more Marvel-themed attire in the future. Sweet! – Chris A.
Wonder Woman
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