Monday, October 29, 2007

Night Girl


There's a character from the Legion of Super-Heroes comic called Night Girl. Her power is that she's super-strong, but only at night or deep shadow... which is why she's not a full-time member and just in the 'Substitute Legion.' I swear, I'm not making this up!

So they're bringing back a lot of the old characters from when I was a kid, and she's apparently one of them. They're even using her costume from the late 50s/early 60s, albeit updated a bit... but in my mind, not enough. For one thing, she's got an owl emblem on her chest (ah, to symbolize the night, right? Even if she's from another planet). Anyhow, I thought I'd do my own take on an update. It's not exactly futuristic, but with the owl so close to her hooters (an inevitable joke) I decided to just merge the two and make it some Balenciaga sort of strapwork/bustier. And kinda goth with a modernized updo. Anyhow, I tried to keep as much of the original elements/design proportions as possible, yet re-imagining it a tad. This was a quick idea sketch I thought of tonight, and decided to do.

3 comments:

  1. love the owl cutout on her chest! she was one of my favorite characters because of her sexy outfit by mike grell. the one that plunges down to her navel. i wonder if he was inspired by a nightie... by the way, i had a vivid dream about you last night! i'll email it to you...

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  2. Mike Grell was inspired by pasties. Every single one of his outfits for women was a variation on the same theme: black strips of cloth that were barely held together by anything!

    Vivid dream? I hope I was dressed!

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  3. DEFINITELY DRESSED! and horribly, i may add... check your email.

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