WW Concept No.17

Picture, if you will, a US air craft carrier taken over by renegade servicemen loyal to Ares who then plan to launch an aerial bombing raid and start World War 3, our only hope is a lone pilot who’s military career is in tatters and a mysterious Amazon sent by the Greek Gods. Had some fun with this, I kinda like the idea of Diana ripping up a plane’s wing like it’s aluminum foil, about 3 hours work in Painter.

“She Looks Like Xena”

This is a phrase I’ve heard a couple of times when it comes to my interpretation of Wonder Woman, “She’s looks like Xena”, and to be perfectly frank it annoys me, especially considering the two outfit looks nothing alike. I’ve often wondered how people keep seeing Xena and I think it dawned on me this morning, I don’t think people really know what Xena looks like, that’s the only conclusion I can come too.

One thing I have noticed is that when ever someone in a forum or blog posts my design and brings up the Xena quote no one bothers to put up a picture of Xena for comparison, there just seems to be this belief that because she wears a hoplite skirt, because she wears leather, because it has Greek motifs, because it has seems, because she has (god forbid she has some support) straps that it must be similar to Xena’s outfit.

I get it that some fans don’t like the idea of ‘logic’ being applied to Wonder Woman in anyway shape or form, but that’s the way I’ve gone, the phrase ‘that’s just how it is’ doesn’t sit well with me. I’ve referenced many of WW designs throughout the years to ensure I’ve gotten the basics of the outfit right, colour scheme, stars, bracers etc, however I knew from the start of re-interpreting Wonder Woman with a more Greek design the costume would immediately draw Xena comparisons so I did the natural thing, I referenced Xena so that WW costume didn’t end up looking like Xena’s. And yet the comparison remains, damned if I do damned if I don’t. So I guess the question is, does anyone really know what Xena looks like?

New Desktops

New desktops on the link.

And yet again another WW Concept.

Another concept. This one doesn’t really have any story behind it, I just realized I hadn’t done any images of Diana doing her signature move.

Not entirely happy with this as I rushed it, about 4 hours or so in Painter and Photoshop.

If Women ruled The Earth – Haley Two Face

And every good epic has a tragic character. (Couldn’t think of any other female equivalent to Harvey, any other suggestions other than Haley, let me know! )

Featuring Eckhart’s co-star in The Core as well as past Chris Nolan cast member, Hilary Swank.

If Women Ruled The Earth – The Joker(ess)

Every hero needs a villain.

Featuring Ledger’s co-star in Candy and fellow Aussie Abbie Cornish.

If Women Ruled The Earth – The Dark Dame

What would The Dark Knight look like if the gender roles were reversed? Let’s find out! The goal was simple, switch the actors roles to actresses.

Couldn’t really think of a female equivalent to Christian Bale so I just used my previous Batwoman model Anne Hathaway.

And another new WW concept

Diana vs The Hydra

Kinda like the idea of Wonder Woman fighting some creature from Greek Mythology, what better one than a Hydra?! About 5 hours work in Painter.

Ghostbusters 3 Teaser

Something a little different, there’s been some rumblings of a possible third installment of Ghostbusters lately, so I thought I whip up a teaser poster together with an updated version of the Ghostbusters logo. I steered clear using a logo with the ghost showing three fingers like the film two logo, instead I went back to the original logo and basically just updated it to be a bit more sleek and modern, also wanted to give the ghost a more aggressive facial expression. The title comes from a working title the third film was rumored to have had a few years ago. Please NOTE: the website address on the poster is FAKE. Logo done in Illustrator, poster in Photoshop.

Desktop Wallpapers

People have asked me to do desktops of some of my pieces so here are a bunch of them. Unfortunately I could only make some a certain size coz of the size of the original file.
Happy Desktoping!