Description
Sometimes and image just comes together for you in all the right ways.
I really like the designs seen on characters like Phoenix/ Dark Phoenix, Ms. Marvel, Rogue from the X-Men, Rain Mikamura from G Gundam and more- that "Opera Gloves/ Thigh High Boots/ Bathing Suit" type of design. I know it's purely aesthetic, but I find it a very sexy design that also allows to be not as revealing as other female costumes. It provides and emphasis on the female form, but not in an overly crass manner. No boob windows or battle thong. And I wanted to make a similar design of my own.
I did a few sketches, but nothing seemed to fit since I couldn't find a theme to work it around. It wasn't until I came up with the idea of giving the bathing suit section a lightning bolt pattern down the navel that I had the theme that I could work around, and give it that visual flare that I was looking for. The color for the costume and her hair just seemed like a natural fit, and it all just flowed from there. Even her name- Thunder Woman- seemed to come naturally after looking at her design.
Even thought this was one of the last designs I came up with, it's the one that I like the most of this recent batch. The one thing I would have liked to have included was a sash of some kind across her waist, but I just didn't see how it could work without ruining the flow of her design.