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Mikelego226 [2018-06-04 03:24:30 +0000 UTC]
I love the amount of effort and thought you put into your work
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LETMESEEBEUTY [2018-04-10 23:48:36 +0000 UTC]
Very beautiful
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DanFalcon [2018-04-10 05:12:24 +0000 UTC]
Well before I get into the designs, can I just say that I love these new name tags? They look really awesome!
Alright, minor aesthetic out of the way, time for the designs themselves; FABULOUS!
You know me, I love Donna. And Donna here? SHE LOOKS AMAZING! I always loved her black uniform, and I like how you've designed it here. The black and silver looks sleek and it works really well with her skirt and line work. I also really like her pose and expression. In fact I love all their poses and expressions. They're all really good, and they help to define their personalities well. I also like the backstory for her. I can't quite recall if this is the previous one you've used, but it works really well, and it's a nice streamlining.Β
Cassie as Fury (or at least, the Earth-1 Fury) is a great concept. Her design here is great. I love keeping the Wonder Woman logo just to her belt, it helps streamlining the uniform. I also like the single shoulder pad with the straps. It adds a lot of character, and helps distinguish her. I also really like her being in red. It just looks so damn great.
Peony is adorable. That is what I shall open with. Her character from the comics is adorable and I love the concept of her being the newest Wonder Girl. I love the design you have for her. I love the backstory you have for her. I love how her lasso was given to her by Demeter and is floral. It's adorable and I think it fits really well into the Wonder Woman canon. I desperately want her to be Wonder Girl now. Can we crowdfund this? Hell I would WRITE this. Just give me this DC!
So uh, there are my rambling thoughts. Fabulous work Taylor!
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to DanFalcon [2018-04-11 22:48:53 +0000 UTC]
Thanks! I'm grateful for the in-depth feedback.
I'm actually kind of surprised to have gotten a couple comments regarding the name tags. It's something I've been wanting to try, but wasn't quite sure how to execute it. Should I be apply them to future pieces?
Yes! It's the same backstory I had for Donna the last couple of times I've posted art of her. So, it's sticking around. The only thing I left out was the bits with Thia. It's still canon, but I didn't want to go into it for special reasons. Glad the skirt is going over well too.
The straps and shoulder armour on Cassie seem to have gone over well, which is cool. I'm also happy that some folks like the Fury moniker for her.
Haha! What I'm most happy about is the enthusiastic response to Peony, even from people who previously had no idea she existed.
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DanFalcon In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2018-04-29 06:41:33 +0000 UTC]
I would 100% say you should add them in the future more. they're really eye-catching.
The backstory you made for Donna is really strong and concise. Too bad DC can't ever make one that's concise.
Well that's just because Peony is amazing and a precious little bean who has to be in everything ever. Like ever.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to DanFalcon [2018-05-08 17:36:27 +0000 UTC]
I'll keep that in mind!
It's not that they haven't had any backstories for Donna that were strong and concise, it's just that they never stick to one.
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DanFalcon In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2018-05-08 21:12:34 +0000 UTC]
I often wonder if they just have all of her backstories together on a dartboard, and choose which one to use by throwing a dart at the board. Whichever backstory it lands on is the one they use, and they recycle this method for every issue her backstory is mentioned in.
It makes about as much sense as any other reason.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to DanFalcon [2018-05-09 18:25:31 +0000 UTC]
That sounds surprisingly accurate! Haha!
The interesting thing is that almost every one of her revised origins correlate to continuity-altering events. In many of these instances, it's because Wonder Woman's origins have been rebooted. Crisis on Infinite Earths and Flashpoint both hit the restart button for Wonder Woman, which thus necessitated the change in Donna's origins. The exception was the John Byrne revision and the subsequent clean-up Phil Jimenez had to do to make it work circa Infinite Crisis. I'll never understand why Byrne felt the need to give Donna a new origin. It made no sense and served no function. Then again, his entire run took a chainsaw to everything that George Perez and co. had done Post-Crisis.
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DanFalcon In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2018-05-09 23:24:55 +0000 UTC]
New writers just love to pick and choose don't they. And you're right about Byrne using a chainsaw, it was one hell of a rough hack-job that he did.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to DanFalcon [2018-05-10 16:14:32 +0000 UTC]
For him, a lot of it came from being given creative freedom. He methodically set about undoing much of the groundwork that had been done before him because of his own biases. A big one was that he wanted Wonder Woman to remain a hero from World War II. That's why we got the mindf*ck of Hippolyta being the first Wonder Woman instead of Diana with all that time travel mess.
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DanFalcon In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2018-05-11 19:10:31 +0000 UTC]
Ah good old time travel. You can always trust it to mess with the continuity and create convoluted backstories. It's even better when retcons are included.
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Leumasy [2018-04-08 23:50:14 +0000 UTC]
I ADORE these designs! The whole visual design, here, is really good too; I love the design of the nametags for each of these characters.
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Fury's costume gives me this amazing gladiatorial vibe, particularly with the pieces on her shins clearly evoking sandals and the plate on her shoulder, the straps connecting to it really reminding me of the straps on Gal Gadotβs Wonder Womanβs outfit. The red bodysuit looks really good, both just from a purely aesthetic standpoint, but also because it plays into anger being a core part of her character. Same goes for the way you've designed her lasso, too; really speaks to her character visually, again, and also differentiates her from Diana more.
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Troy's outfit looks amazing, too. The whole thing has a really sleek look; I love it. Like Iβm having trouble writing this because I donβt know where to start; the way that the top and skirt, reminiscent of Dianaβs outfit, contrasts it by being a single colour to blend into more of a dress, the stars along the skirt and on the chest, the thigh highs, the gaps on the sides of the boots. The whole thing just comes together beautifully, to be honest. Fantastic work.
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And finally, having saved the best for last, Peony. I didnβt know about this character beforehand, but after having seen and read this, and looking up the character in the original comics, I think she might be an immediate favourite. This character is already amazing, and I really hope that she gets more attention and recognition. I really like the back-story you came up with for her, too. Were there any particular nymphs from Greek mythology that youβd had in mind for her parentage, like Chloris perhaps? Her costume is amazing as well; I love the way that she incorporates elements of Dianaβs outfit into hers whilst also giving things her own spin. I LOVE the floral lasso, βbecause itβs just such a beautiful thing visually and a really heart-warming concept, and I LOVE the way that the sandals, perhaps unintentionally, resemble converse. The whole look is just brilliant; it really just perfectly captures her love for Diana.
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As I said before, I just absolutely love this image. Amazing job.Β
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nightcrawlerfan19 [2018-04-08 17:36:36 +0000 UTC]
I like Cassie's shoulder pad; it works well with having the WW more prominently featured in the belt than in the top.
And Peony's lasso looks adorable. Making her half-nymph makes sense.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to nightcrawlerfan19 [2018-04-09 22:46:27 +0000 UTC]
Thanks!
It's a good thing I didn't put the =W= on her chest then, isn't it?
Yay! I was definitely aiming for a cute vibe with Peony. A floral lasso was just too good of an idea to pass up. There's a lot of relevant mythology to play up too with her powers (hence why Demeter and nymphs were chosen).
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Dinzydragon [2018-04-08 14:29:40 +0000 UTC]
Peony McGill, seemed new as the other two, she's kinda reminds me of Shuri from Black Panther movie
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to Dinzydragon [2018-04-09 22:33:56 +0000 UTC]
I think it's safe to say most people wouldn't be familiar with Peony. She's only appeared in a few panels as Star-Blossom in that anniversary issue I mentioned in the description.
Out of curiosity, what reminds you of Shuri? It's an interesting comparison since they have different ages, abilities, personalities, nationalities, hairstyles, and clothing styles. The origin I came up with is also dissimilar to Shuri's. I suppose their one commonality is that they're both carefree black girls.
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Dinzydragon In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2018-04-09 22:59:34 +0000 UTC]
Black America skins are dark, can't tell apart from their skin colors
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Arashi-the-Wolf [2018-04-08 09:06:29 +0000 UTC]
Another fantastic job, and omg this peony girl is cute as a button!! I never got around to reading the 75th anniversary special so I haven't heard of her but now after a Google search im falling in love with the idea, especially your design for her as wonder girl! I always thought Lyta Milton (daughter of Circe, Jr amazon, and surprising friend of Diana's) would make a good wonder girl for Damian's generation, but star blossom is an actual established hero (Lyta was more theoretical and might not even exist currently) and again shes cute as a button.Β
I also love Donna's design, the skirt definitely fits. And the fury name fits Cassie's color scheme, and I'm not sure if I've said this but I'm not fond of casual clothes as "costumes" (which Cassie has always liked apparently) so as a real costume this one definitely gets a plus, worthy of an honary Amazon. You cleaned up the new 52 design nicely
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to Arashi-the-Wolf [2018-04-09 23:01:30 +0000 UTC]
Thank you so much! I appreciate the feedback.
I would expect that Peony would be unknown to most people. As Star-Blossom, she seems to be known only by Wonder Woman fans and Gail Simone fans. That said, she's a bit of a phenom on social media. Her panels are very popular (especially the action figure line).
I chose Peony since she was the best candidate. Lyta Trevor, Stephanie Trevor, Drusilla, Etta's niece Destiny, and Circe's daughter were considered, but Peony made the most sense. She's adorable, she's got cool powers that can be mythologically linked, and she adds much-needed intersectionality to the sometimes whitebread world of Wonder Woman.
I can totally be the same way with casual clothes as costumes sometimes too, so I feel you! I find it often sticks out in a weird way in team pictures. I like a slight sense of aesthetic uniformity.
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Arashi-the-Wolf In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2018-04-10 08:21:09 +0000 UTC]
Now that I know who she is I definitely agree she is the best candidate. Her powers make her different and unique, and she's practically a blank slate just begging to be further developed. I hope she wasn't a one time thing
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to Arashi-the-Wolf [2018-04-10 22:25:24 +0000 UTC]
Me too! We'll see! For the most part, Gail Simone's creations tend to go unused until she brings them back. I'd be interested in seeing if she brings her back in anything. She'll be writing Plastic Man, so we could see her pop up there.
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Jose-Ramiro [2018-04-08 04:25:25 +0000 UTC]
As always, excellent job.
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to Nova20X [2018-04-09 22:29:21 +0000 UTC]
There's not much to know since she's only made one appearance (as Star-Blossom) and was in just a few panels. As such, the backstory I gave her here required a bit of brainstorming on my part.
And thanks!
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to Jyger85 [2018-04-09 22:51:05 +0000 UTC]
Thanks!
Since you answered your own question for me, I might as well leave you with one. Do you like the backstory given to Peony here?
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Jyger85 In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2018-04-09 22:58:23 +0000 UTC]
Absolutely. Honestly, it kinda reminds me a little bit of what Cassandra was like before they turned her blonde and gave her boobs. lol
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Femmes-Fatales In reply to Jyger85 [2018-04-10 13:24:00 +0000 UTC]
Cassie was always blond. During her "horse-faced Wonder Girl" phase, she wore a black wig Diana had worn when Artemis was Wonder Woman. Unless you're referring to how she became more Regina George-esque in personality rather than her hair colour.
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Jyger85 In reply to Femmes-Fatales [2018-04-10 17:11:31 +0000 UTC]
Oh, she did? Huh. Never knew.
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