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Published: 2013-10-27 19:50:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 8391; Favourites: 189; Downloads: 0
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Description Chara-design of Rez, a.k.a. the Media Dimension Conspirator


Among the questions I was asked about Rez'design in CBNS, the main ones were if I would give him legs and a human form. As you can see, I stayed really close to his original design, without any leg. I would say Rez's design here is a kind of "semi-humanization" - no bad pun intended - by the fact I balanced the proportions of his head and his body in order to give him humanized proportions. The only advantage by drawing Rez is that he only has one expression, but in general cybernetic stuffs are definitely NOT my cup of tea >_<". I had some ideas in order to diversify his attack range.


Lord of the Media Dimension, Rez belongs to the Conspirator group led by N.Tropy. Behind his many monitors, he is in charge of watching the Travelers' progression. As a TV-propaganda specialist, he perfectly knows all its subtleties, and is the main responsible of the mess implemented in Parappa's hometown. His main essense being the Noise Energy, Rez is able to generate force fields, but also to "summon" deadly features and creatures from movies to support him in battle. Megalomaniac, misanthropist and ruthless, Rez has a deep contempt for the Humanity which, according to him, deserves nothing but being brainwashed and massively mind-controlled. 


The first thing he ever wanted to know about N.Tropy, was whether he had two hearts, or not.


Attacks:


Academic Countdown: a countdown from 5 to 0 appears on TV' screens. Once this countdown reaches 0, the TV explodes.

 Epileptic Lasers: shoots laser-beams from his eyes

Subliminal Missiles: an upgraded version of his usual missiles. They are now subliminals, that is to say barely visible with the naked eye (1/24th of one second)

Screen-Test Shield: generates a large force field, mainly effective against magic/elemental assaults (not that effective against physical assaults)

Digital Restoration: can recover from an attack thanks to the Noise Energy (the recover speed depends on the gravity of the damage)

Media Blitz: one direct punch

Media Lynching: multiple direct punches

 Breaking News: [counter-attack] interrupts an opponent's assault/spell with an upercut

 Wrong Match-Cut: while Rez is about to strike head-on, he suddenly teleports himself to appear in his opponents' dead angle to hit them.

 Sitcom Harassment: [hallucination] his opponents suddenly hear sitcom laughers in their head. Make them lose their concentration.
Political Correctness: [pressure] the opponents' strength, attack and precision considerably decrease.
Piracy: copies the latest attack/spell realised by the opponents, insofar as he can copy it (can't copy transformations or kicks). The copied attack is not as powerful as the original one though.

 Anvil of Doom: [trap from above] summons a giant anvil above his opponents's head.

 The Birds: [diversion] summons insane birds, which will rush on the opponent to attack them.

The Slayer Trio: summons Max, Cujo and Baxter, three killer dogs who would immediately chase Rez' opponents. 

 Sand Worm: summons a soul eater sand-worm. Effective on undead opponents.

 Jaws: summons a man-eater giant white shark.

 Clockwork-o-Rage: Rez enters in a state of violent rage. His speed and power drastically increase, at the cost of a loss of precision.


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Gex/Rez©CristalDynamics
CrashBandicoot/N.Tropy©NaughtyDogs

The birds' silhouettes --> www.iconhot.com/icon-pack/bird…
Art/Humanisation/CBNS©Me

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Comments: 32

WebWalker756 [2024-01-02 23:27:00 +0000 UTC]

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ZSonicdemon [2020-08-23 23:51:36 +0000 UTC]

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moons789 [2019-07-23 05:19:52 +0000 UTC]

I like his Media Dimension!

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TheOnlyEscapeIsDeath [2019-01-30 23:17:40 +0000 UTC]

I love the artwork here, and I applaud the level of thought and detail you put into making all of his attacks themed around media.

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Gecko1993 [2016-06-28 20:36:44 +0000 UTC]

This looks great! I just wish someone would make a Gex 4... Oh well, at least there is Yooka-Laylee... Regardless, I like the ideas in this piece!

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Cron78 [2015-04-27 06:09:22 +0000 UTC]

This is phenomenal work here.
Hopefully if PSASBR 2 is ever announced, you should pitch this to Sony. 

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LightArcIndumati [2015-01-10 13:42:35 +0000 UTC]

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ToaDJacara [2014-05-11 20:25:03 +0000 UTC]

I wonder which conspirator you'll do next?

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123soleil In reply to ToaDJacara [2014-05-21 20:26:31 +0000 UTC]

Actually I wanted to do Zarok next, but for inspirations reasons, I think I'll do Ghadius instead

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Mysterious-Momo [2014-04-20 20:03:10 +0000 UTC]

I love this villain CX

great job on the drawing .o.

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EggplantWarrior [2013-11-26 06:00:11 +0000 UTC]

Holy shit is this awesome~ ;v; I love everything you've done with this, as always, your drawing skills leave me jealous as all hell, and the consents are kickass too. Especially the attack ideas, they seem perfect for something to be found in a video game.

You know, speaking of which, I am actually working on a Mega-Crossover game as we speak and things like the Gex trilogy shows up as it's own universe in my game. I guess it would be best to make sure my game's set of attacks for Rez aren't too close to this so they could be their own things and all that stuff.

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E-Nigmara [2013-11-22 19:26:46 +0000 UTC]

Very creative.  I'm not just talking about the design either.  I can tell you put a lot of thought into each and every one of Rez's features, and I can tell that his move set isn't comprised of things you spent about five seconds thinking about.

I can see this legitimately going into a game if they ever decide to remake Gex for one of the latest platformers to take advantage of the enhanced graphics.  I always wonder if they don't consider using a different graphic style to illustrate every channel you visit.

Cool stuff, once again.

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Rox-ma-Sox [2013-10-29 21:43:11 +0000 UTC]

Sooo good...

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Eveillesort [2013-10-28 10:39:30 +0000 UTC]

HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA *essaie de se contrôler* JE SUIS TROP FAN! ET IL EST TROP CLASSE! Et en plus - en plus - en plus - il fait des incantations! Les oiseaux et les dents de la mer, c'est une idée géniale (cela dit, Sitcom Harassment, c'est énorme XD)  Trop de trucs trop classes et géniaux, c'est génial, c'est terrible, tu as des idées trop bien - et les dessins où il invoque les bestiaux, en silhouette, sont super classes - quand on voit pas ses dents, il est encore plus classe - JE SUIS FAN! Génial!

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123soleil In reply to Eveillesort [2013-10-28 20:59:39 +0000 UTC]

... huhu ...

Je suis ravie de voir que mes quelques idées te plaisent X). Rez est sans aucun doute un des persos les plus galériens à dessiner (avec Molluck), mais c'est aussi celui auquel j'avais le plus d'idée pour sa panoplie d'attaque . Invoquer des créatures issues de films d'horreur/suspense est une idée coup de coeur, j'aurai vraiment aimé qu'il soit capable de faire ça dans les jeux sur PSX

Ah ! quand je dessine seulement sa silhouette, c'est vraiment parce que j'ai la flem' XDDD mais bon, tant mieux si ça te plait ;D !

D'ailleurs concernant sa version humanisée, comme dit plus haut, je me suis juste contentée d'équilibrer les proportions de son corps et sa tête *flemmardise*

Pour "Sitcom Harrassment", l'idée m'est venue en regardant un épisode ... d'Oggy et les cafards ... 


C'est toujours un plaisir de lire tes commentaires plein d'engouement , Merci beaucoup !!

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coraxanian5 [2013-10-28 00:33:31 +0000 UTC]

THIS IS SO GREAT!!!!  THIS IS THE BEST ONE SO FAR. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THIS, I'M SO HAPPY TO SEE IT. THIS WAS DEFINITELY WORTH WAITING FOR. Now my real progress can really begin.

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123soleil In reply to coraxanian5 [2013-10-28 20:24:27 +0000 UTC]

!!! Glad to heard that !

I'm sorry if I send it only now (according to the request you send me times ago )

Thank you for you patience though !

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coraxanian5 In reply to 123soleil [2013-10-28 21:25:42 +0000 UTC]

Of course.  

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ClaraKnight [2013-10-27 20:20:29 +0000 UTC]

Aaaah j'adore les références aux films "Les oiseaux" et "Les dents de la mer"! J'imagine à quel point ces attaques peuvent être fatales! Le bouclier screen test est super original également. ^^

En tout cas je vois que tu as été bien inspirée pour ses attaques! J'avais oublié de te le dire par rapport à Dante, mais j'aime beaucoup le fait que tu imagines d'autre attaques par rapport à ce que les différents méchants pourraient faire (en dehors de ce qu'ils font déjà dans leurs jeux respectifs).

Super boulot!

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123soleil In reply to ClaraKnight [2013-10-28 20:19:13 +0000 UTC]

Aaaw Merci !!


C'est vrai que parmi les méchants qui composent le groupe d'N.Tropy, beaucoup ont une panoplie de seulement 3 ou 4 attaques différentes dans leur jeu d'origine, je me suis dis que ça pourrait être sympa d'apporter un petit peu d'originalité en plus de leurs attaques de base , tout en restant le plus fidèle possible au type du personnage. Il est vrai que j'avais plus d'inspiration pour Rez à ce niveau là , mais pour les autres comme la Sorcière, Mr.Dark ou encore Baron Dante, je mettrai à jour leur panoplie d'attaque dès qu'une nouvelle idée me traverse l'esprit .

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x-Dragonqueen-x [2013-10-27 20:10:20 +0000 UTC]

Rez influencé par les films d'horreur non (animaliers surtout -Nyeuh, Rez adore les animaux, trop mignon *SHBAFF*-)? parce que les Oiseaux et les dents de la mer...

par contre il est vachement compliqué à dessiner j'ai l'impression.


Ton âme vient d'être aspirée par Rez, Bienvenu dans la média Dimension...

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123soleil In reply to x-Dragonqueen-x [2013-10-27 20:20:52 +0000 UTC]

Une vraie galère @_@"... Surtout si je le dessine en détail X(


Rez a 30 millions d'amis, des bestiaux qui tuent en un coup et plein d'autres joyeusetés ~ X)

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x-Dragonqueen-x In reply to 123soleil [2013-10-27 20:25:39 +0000 UTC]

je galère déjà pour les détails des vêtements de mes persos x( j'imagine même pas comment Rez serait sous mon style : un massacre xD c'est hard les robots quand même


Pokemon ne compte pas dans ce magnifique bestiaire? je suppose quand même que les bestioles des films d'horreurs sont ses animaux de compagnie xD

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123soleil In reply to x-Dragonqueen-x [2013-10-28 20:07:52 +0000 UTC]

"je suppose quand même que les bestioles des films d'horreurs sont ses animaux de compagnie xD


--> Vu sous cet angle ça en deviendrait presque mignon X)

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x-Dragonqueen-x In reply to 123soleil [2013-10-28 20:21:34 +0000 UTC]

Exactement, enfin tu me diras Rez est en parti effrayant (mais tellement classe 8D)

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Dark-swordfish [2013-10-27 19:54:31 +0000 UTC]

INSPIRATION! sweet inspiration!

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123soleil In reply to Dark-swordfish [2013-10-27 20:00:44 +0000 UTC]

OH DEAR

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Dark-swordfish In reply to 123soleil [2013-10-27 20:05:09 +0000 UTC]

hahahaha xD why the surprise?

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123soleil In reply to Dark-swordfish [2013-10-27 20:07:40 +0000 UTC]

Your comment triggers me so much eagerness I fainted X)

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Dark-swordfish In reply to 123soleil [2013-10-27 20:09:13 +0000 UTC]

oh! Lol XD That's also good indeed

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123soleil In reply to Dark-swordfish [2013-10-27 20:10:43 +0000 UTC]

XDDDDDD

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Dark-swordfish In reply to 123soleil [2013-10-27 20:12:07 +0000 UTC]

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