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Jochimus — Superman Sketches 4

Published: 2008-02-16 23:17:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 4316; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 132
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Description Superman and whatall are the property of Time-Warner/DC, their respective affiliates, blah blah blah.

Here's a Superman character I always meant to revamp, but never quite got around to sketching until now. In case you haven't guessed, this be Doomsday here. And this time I decided to veer him away from the intergalactic soccer hooligan look, as James Marsters' Lex Luthor so eloquently put it in Superman: Doomsday , turning him into more of a biological killing machine, comprising physical elements of some familiar beasties - the head, torso and arms of a gorilla; the mouth and gills of a great white shark; the claws of a grizzly bear; the haunched legs of a T-Rex; and the spiny armor motifs of both a stegosaur and an ankylosaur. I chose to make him look more animal-like because, as I noted when I reworked Mongul - [link] - the whole 'large non-flesh-toned man' thing doesn't give you a whole lot of creativity.
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Comments: 13

bkno [2009-04-13 01:09:39 +0000 UTC]

Doomsday is one of the people that I don't want to find in a dark alley.

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hawanja [2008-10-26 21:06:43 +0000 UTC]

Good work! Sometimes I like sketches like these better than the finished pieces.

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LeoKingdomMaster [2008-03-21 03:12:00 +0000 UTC]

I can't say I like Doomsday's face. It looks more like a really stupid Gorilla that had most of its braincells fried.

Over all, it's still a good piece.

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SpiderGuile [2008-03-03 12:29:36 +0000 UTC]

Vicious and efficient!!! I love what you did here!

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Charger426 [2008-02-17 17:04:55 +0000 UTC]

I like it. Doomsday should look the part of one's worst nightmare. Just by looking at him you wouldn't want to go up against him.

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psychomud [2008-02-17 12:46:42 +0000 UTC]

Cool! Different take on ole Doomsday!

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dibster [2008-02-17 01:19:15 +0000 UTC]

OO OOH! Sweet!

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MegamanNeos [2008-02-17 01:17:00 +0000 UTC]

I LOVES Doomsday. So stupid yet spiteful, with the power to crush worlds.

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Phigbilly [2008-02-16 23:51:09 +0000 UTC]

cool man! how about doomsday vs jaws chiptooth?!

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Jochimus In reply to Phigbilly [2008-02-17 01:27:38 +0000 UTC]

Eh, somehow I doubt that would be much of a fight...

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BrainchildrenForever [2008-02-16 23:31:20 +0000 UTC]

I noticed you're a big fan of Superman and I happen to be one too, and I like some of your ideas of modernizing the characters a bit. Have you ever sent your sketches to DC?

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Jochimus In reply to BrainchildrenForever [2008-02-17 01:38:41 +0000 UTC]

No. I'm not that good, plus even if I were, I doubt I'd be able to work well under that kind of pressure given how iconic DC's characters are, and I have trouble focusing on finishing things as it is - the last thing I think DC would want is another "Last Son" debacle on their hands.

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BrainchildrenForever In reply to Jochimus [2008-02-17 03:58:49 +0000 UTC]

I see. That makes sense. Well, don't give up doing it all the same, because you'll never know

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