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Mad-Revolution β Character Concept Sheet 1#
Published: 2014-01-12 01:10:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 2534; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 4
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I did say I was gonna work on my original comic this year and a few people did seem interested in seeing work on it. So I figured I might as well just post stuff whenever I get a good chunk done and see what ya think. I'm also gonna bombard you with notes so you can see what way I was thinking when drawing this.
Okay first up is the one of the main protagonists of this comic. Currently he is named "Lucas" but this could honestly change anytime so don't get too attached to the name. The three pictures of him are possible costume choices. I'm swinging more to the 1st one, but it's always nice to get other opinions on this. Worst comes to worst, the other costumes could just be alt. outfits for him. This idea was to come up with something not so flashy, so looking back costume 2# just doesn't make any sense. Just felt like going down memory lane and seeing how he'd look in the outfit I first designed him in. xD
His primary weapon is a revolver (Surprise. The poll WAS about this. Shocker). Its a relatively high caliber handgun with plenty of kick, though Lucas can handle the kickback due to his strength. The reason for needing a high power, but concealable weapon is because of the things he fights and that he can't simply carry around a sniper rifle for reasons that will become apparent later.
The mutated arm, blood red eyes and red/orange/yellow glowly face veins will be explained in a later concept sheet where I show the races of humans in this world. Though I will say that these things are NOT exclusive to Lucas and are in fact the low tier stuff for his species.
And that's all my thoughts about this at the moment. The concept sheet will look more complete than the rest will as Lucas has been a character I've been designing and redesigning for the last 5 years. Most of the other character will have a lot more experimental looking sheets.
Feel free to ask me any questions about this and I'll answer to the best of my non-spoilering abilities.
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I like the one that totally looks nothing like Jin.
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I totally dig outfit #3, specially the bandana :>
I have to say, please by all means go all out on this!
I'd love to see a completely original work from you. I really have to admire you having a character such as Lucas and developing him for such a long time. I just can wait! I hope this all new story gets a lot of attention :'D
Ahhh... this makes me reflect about something. Some artist's original work just go off without recognition, in comparison with fanart of franchises or series. It really ticks me off. The other day I was browsing through Proto's first gallery submissions. He has some cool original art and stories, but almost no pageviews, or comments, or favorites! MNGHNG.
He's now with Cross Out, but I'd love to see him pick up some of his old original work now that he has won his reputation, having shown off what he's capable off. I think that's the true objective of fanart and tributes to series, to help an artist show off what they're capable of doing. Not only to share our likings, fanart can help us grow, too.
I'll be keeping a close eye on this new story of yours, Mad.
We'll see just what kind of awesome action you and Lucas can pull off c:
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I think the main reason original works go unnoticed is that there's a lot less chance it will be found in the first place. People search popular things like Pokemon or Naruto or whatever all the time on the internet, but a lot less people will be searching for an original series specifically. Typically, the only way people on this site get well known for original stuff and didn't do some form of fanart before is either A: They've been on here for years B: They've posted their art on dA groups, Tumblr, Pixiv etc.
While I am glad that doing that by doing this nuzlocke since not only did it help me meet so many cool (and the occasionally not so cool) people, but it also helped me improve my art and perhaps my storytelling. If I were to have started with my original comic straight away, I would have barely 100 watchers and it would have been terrible (Honestly, my storytelling leaves a lot to be desired).Β
I'm not gonna say I only do fanart just so I can get more exposure, but I will submit to the fact that it has helped a lot with getting my work noticed and it will continue to up until the day I either stop or finish my nuzlocke. But by then I hope I would have gotten a fair amount of people on board that won't jump ship at the first sign of the Nuzlocke train leaving the station.
My only hope is by the time Red Madness is done and dusted, my original story will have been planned out enough to be a high enough quality to fill the gap left behind
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Very good point taken. We love fanart because it's art of our favorite shows, or anime, or manga, and us as artists enjoy drawing them too. It lets us experiment and transform the "formula" of a set character to our liking.
Then there's the fact that fanart permits us to learn about body types, costume design, color theory, storytelling as you say, and overall prepares us for our own art.
But indeed, I am afraid of that too. People who won't look past fanart and for that some people won't come out of drawing only that... I've seen it way too many times orz
It really takes some guts to expose work of our own when the reception is so unresponsive >A<
So, my good Mad, I'm glad you're striving to get your own thing out and for it to be the best it can! One thing is for sure, I do thank fanart, for it can get us close to real gleaming artists. The thing is, after they've drawn out the attention, then it's time to get the sleeves rolled up! :U
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...Lucas is a favourite name of mine *w*
This looks really really interesting, can't wait to see more~!
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Very nice! I love the expressions~ and I'm more than curious about his arm and eye stuff happening but I can wait to see what you have in store in more depth. 
Any who, love the color palate and can't wait to see more!
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oh i have a quastion!
what kind of person is he? (maybe it is a little to much of a spoiler quastion...)
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He's pretty much as far an Anti-Hero as you can get before you have to drop the "hero" aspect. Honestly, the only reason he could be classed as a hero in this story is that his goals just happen to get in the way of the Villains goal.
He's generally grumpy and angry most of the time and many of actions he takes can be considered morally questionable. As for WHY he's like this. Well you'll just have to wait and see~
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ow darn, almost though you would talk your mouth by again,
heehee~βͺβ« just kidding~βͺβ«
can't wait to read the story then~βͺ
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I like the third outfit. But I would like it even more if the undershirt was white, or even something lighter than it is now. There's just not enough color contrast and the current color too closely resembles the pants. But I love the design. <3
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You're right, the second is too flashy. It also seems fairly impractical.
I like the first a lot, and would dig the third without the bandana. (Looks a little "soft" for the ruggedness of everything else about him.)
I am interested in this strange scar-marked character.
Also, that revolver is pretty legit.
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Yeah I kinda went in knowing that the 2nd design wasn't gonna work. Just included it in for nostalgias sake cause that was the first design for him when I first created him about 5 years ago (He's changed a lot since then as you can see xD)
Glad you like the revolver. Thing took ages to draw.
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The arm reminds me of Nero from devil may cry 4 
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Yeah this guy has been an OC that I've been creating and recreating for the last 5 or 6 years. And I would be lying if I said that Nero wasn't a bit of an inspiration at that time, as it still shows to that day with that arm.
Though A: He doesn't just have one mutated arm B: Its not actually of demonic nature (will explain later) C: It will actually be explained in-story and not in side notes that a large percent of the people will miss out on (LOOKING AT YOU CAPCOM!) xD
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I personally like the image I get from the third design a lot more than the others, but the bandanna feels a bit off to me. It might work better with the shoes from the first design.
Then again, he looks fine in all of the outfits. I don't know what his personality is like yet, so the first or second one might match that better.
Thanks for sharing this, by the way. I can't wait to learn more.
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Is that giant hunk of metal on the front of the gun a recoil compensator? Please say it's a recoil compensator.
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....It is now //bricked
Well it was more of an extremely crappily drawn laser sight. This was just the first design that came to my head when making this, so it'll have plenty of redesigns.Β
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Hehe. That works, I guess. Never been impressed with laser sights in games, but I've never used one IRL.
Recoil compensator would imply that it was a really, really heavy caliber weapon. heh.
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Well, have a graham cracker and call me interested!
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This looks amazing! I can't wait to see more concept art
I really like the first and third outfits
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I'm sold. I can't see any plots lines so I can't wait to see where you're going with this.Β
I like the outfits 1 and 3. Maybe you could combine them? (just a suggestion)
The 2nd one reminds me of something else (won't say what because some artists don't like that).
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An incredibly basic plot summary is that its a Revenge story with a lot of Grey moral choices.
Honestly, there were several things I was "inspired" *cough*Rippedoff*cough* by when I did the 2nd design. Honestly, I only included it cause that was the first costume I designed for him all those years ago when I made him.
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Gotta say this really has my interest spiked. He kinda reminds me of my cousin with that snarly face though XD Revolvers...Favorite gun types after the Ak series simply because they cannot be outdated or screwed by EMPs and some of the can even use 50 cal rounds. Β Question:
Alright...is his species generally speaking down under in the Rings or Floating up in the clouds?
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I can pretty much reveal that...
A: His species is like the absolute bottom of the social food chain. They're pretty much universally hated by most of the populace for many reasons
B: They are incredibly hostile and prone to fighting more than diplomacy, though this is less due to social reasons and more for biological reasons (I really need to make a species list or just a whole deviation dedicated to this species due to the important role they hold in the story so this brief explanation doesn't cover much)
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So..Kinda like...human appearance wise, daemon powers and orc social skills? Thats bound to create an interesting society.
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I love the third outfit, although I love his design anyway, so I'll be happy with whatever!
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I like him a lot, but I must say:
I love that gun.
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This is badass, Mad.
I'm leaning towards the first outfit as well..The 3rd outfit is pretty cool, but possibly without the bandanna around his neck.
Loving the revolver, as well as the demonic/mutated arm thingy. Great job.
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don't know what it's about, nor do I care. I love this design!
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This is gonna be the first of many concept sheets and design stuff for this original comic I've started planning this year. Cause once my nuzlocke is done and dusted, I don't wanna be stuck with just doing fanart.
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Oh, well as far as it is now, it looks amazing, grade A work that I'm extremely excited about even if you start it after to the nuzlocke. Which I don't mind at all, considering since how I completely love your nuzlocke. So, I now get a double bonus, and no doubt the artwork isn't going to be amazing.
sorry for fangirling, I just love your art, and nuzlocke
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