Dazzler. Hmm...
I figure that once you give Dazzler some roller skates and disco ball, there's ain't a hell of a lot else she needs. Oh, and maybe some music...
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Showing posts with label dazzler. Show all posts
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Dazzler Roller Derby!
I have little of the affinity for the character that Simon seems to evince for her, but I always kind of dug her 70's design. I took what worked best from that get up (a general sparkliness and roller skates) and took off with it. Around where I live in Brooklyn there are a lot of advertisements for roller derby games, and they contain superheroic illustrations of hot roller derby girls. I liked the intense implied physicality of those illustrations, and roller derby get-ups in general, and brought some of that to my redesign of the former Disco Dazzler. Now, she plays hard, she rolls hard, and she glows hard.
Sharpie sketch, as I'm still on the road. When I return home, I may do a more detailed piece for my own amusement.
Dazzler redesign
“Dazzler redesign”
With NYCC taking over NYC for the rest of the week, Simon thought we would redesign Dazzler’s costume this Wednesday over at Drawbridge.
I redesigned her. Period. And tied George for wordiness.
You can read her sad history here if you want:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzler
My redesgn:
Deepesh Lord of light and sun!
Born in Delhi , the daughter of the goddess Lakshmi and a human scientist, Deepesh is imbued with the power to turn her mantra chants into blinding light.
Being young and untrained though, she accidentally blinded herself at age 12 when she disobeyed her mother and put on a massive lazar light show using her powers.
Now she wanders the Earth, as punishment for being so disobedient, helping mortals with the aid of her magic cat, Dhruv who acts as her eyes when needed and often eats Lasagna to the detriment of his health.
With NYCC taking over NYC for the rest of the week, Simon thought we would redesign Dazzler’s costume this Wednesday over at Drawbridge.
I redesigned her. Period. And tied George for wordiness.
You can read her sad history here if you want:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzler
My redesgn:
Deepesh Lord of light and sun!
Born in Delhi , the daughter of the goddess Lakshmi and a human scientist, Deepesh is imbued with the power to turn her mantra chants into blinding light.
Being young and untrained though, she accidentally blinded herself at age 12 when she disobeyed her mother and put on a massive lazar light show using her powers.
Now she wanders the Earth, as punishment for being so disobedient, helping mortals with the aid of her magic cat, Dhruv who acts as her eyes when needed and often eats Lasagna to the detriment of his health.
Dazzler - Razzle Dazzle 'em!
So after some really spectacular beginnings the Dazzler has had a steady inexorable fall from grace , as far as costumes go. Culminating in this latest ludicrous atrocity, which manages to be both boring AND silly...I mean SERIOUSLY Marvel! If any costume needed PIZZAZZ it's Alison Blair's.
So our task for today - redesign the Dazzler costume.
Here's mine...
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