This week's REMAKE/REMODEL challenge from Warren Ellis' WHITECHAPEL forums. Here's the brief: "In a single illustration, capture The X-Men in the style of FREAKANGELS. Our flooded, steam-powered, post-apocalypse London... with X-Men in it. You may want to consider that FREAKANGELS wouldn't be FREAKANGELS without the watery, "cel-shaded" colour design and palette that Paul created. Also, obviously, that the characters would require a complete redesign to fit into the FREAKANGELS world." SO... Here's my X-team for post flood survival: Top row: Cannonball (air recon), Cuckoos (telepathy), Cypher/Warlock (language/translation/communications) Bottom row: Storm (weather control/crops), Forge (technology/fabrication), Rogue (muscle)
Pencils/Inks: MangaStudio EX 3.0 Colors: PhotoShop CS2
That was first and foremost when I chose my team. No Wolverine, no Magneto, no Cyclops, no X-23, no Prof. X, no Phoenix. I really did try to think about who would cover the bases for actual survival, so I figured weather control, tech, defense, communication and brute strength. I did have an idea to include Madrox just to have lots of workers, but I didn't feel like drawing a bunch of Multiple Men... Thanks for the good words!
You sir, have just leveled up in awesome.
Thanks for the good words!