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    There was, way back in the mists of... 2007... a recurrent meme among several comics art blogs. Reclaiming characters from their owners, I guess it could be broadly described as... people were reimagining abused characters (chiefly Supergirl) as artistic call-and-response various places, chiefly LiveJournal. In the aftermath of that, I did a similar thing on old messageboard The Engine, called REMAKE/REMODEL. They were embraced as technical exercises, bits of fun, ways to get the brain moving. I think most people's favourite was the dear late Mike Wieringo's wondrous retro-aristo Buck Rogers...

    I thought it might be an interesting thing to bring back here. So, once a week, I'll call a character, and you art types here can post images of your reinterpretation of that character.

    NOTE: NO MORE PHOTO-MANIPULATION "art". I'll just delete them. People have been drenching recent threads with several pieces at a time that they've knocked out in photoshop in 2 minutes with no thought at all. I consider this to be taking the piss now.

    NEW RULE: no more than TWO submissions by any one person in any one REMAKE/REMODEL.

    The point is REinterpretation: remake/remodel.

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    from 1939, probably the 100th Mandrake knock-off in comics. I use this one because I found his list of villains utterly surreal, worthy of Steve Aylett at times:

    John Cardy also known as Kardak the Mystic traveled the world fighting crime using his magic powers. He fought villains such as the Mocha Men, the Brahmins, the Great Rexa, the Transparent People, the Beast-Men, the Ice People, and Kid Boppo.


    I do not add a picture because, well, there's really nothing there, so you may as well imagine it for yourself...

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    Your task, as ever, is to re-invent that into something a 21st Century audience could enjoy.

    I look forward to seeing what you come up with, but bear in mind this is an ART thread. No pen-portraits. This is ART ONLY. Posting just a bunch of text, or a scribble and a vast number of words, will get the thread closed and your account banned.

    You have one week. Go.

    -- W
    • CommentAuthorIsaacSher
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009
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    "The Mocha Men"?

    Evil Starbuck Barristas in Domino Masks for the win! God, I wish I could draw this.
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    @IsaacSher

    That was exactly what I thought when I read that.
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    DarkKnightJared: Same here... I do LOVE these villains, though. What is a Kid Boppo? We'll have to wait and see...

    edit: Now I'm picturing the Mocha Men as a gang of Allred-esque 60's beatniks
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    Fuck Kardak, Kid Boppo here I come!!!
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      CommentAuthorjurgan
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009
     (7131.6)
    I'll be brave... and kick it off!

    kardak
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    @Jurgan - Well done, sir.
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    My drawing of the Transparent People:









    Bad joke, but fairly accurate.
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      CommentAuthorbrittanica
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009
     (7131.9)
    Oh man, I wish I could draw...
    I originally read John Cardy as John CANDY, and that image is in my head w/ no way of getting out.
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      CommentAuthorBerserker
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009
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    Kardak The Mystic - Wanderer of the Roil, Wrongrighter, the Hand That Cannot Be Touched:

    Kowboy Kardak

    ( as usual, Creative Commons applies - go crazynutshavefun. )
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      CommentAuthorjohnjones
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009
     (7131.11)
    I think I'm with Warren on this one. I really don't give much of a crap about the hero, but I love the villain names.
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    This is my first time posting here, hope this is right!
    Kardak with an assortment of his Foes...
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      CommentAuthorjurgan
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009
     (7131.13)
    @ Berserker I like the look of the Mystic, an amalgamation of several magicks theories. I like how clean the image is too, something I have trouble with so far.
    @ Alex Mitchell Visually impressive. Actually looks like comic to me, I mean, something that I would read if only for the art style.

    I want both your babies. It'll be painful but damned.
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      CommentAuthorjeffkevlar
    • CommentTimeNov 2nd 2009
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    This is my first remake/remodel. I'm trying to teach myself how to ink with a brush.

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    Alex Mitchell: Wow! Great redesigns. The villains really are the more interesting ones, here, so far... Love Kardak's British spy-look, though.

    jeffkevlar: I like Boppo as a monkey. And yeah, inking with a brush is a bitch. I stopped doing it years ago after using my best brush to death and never being able to find one that is just the right size/shape, again. You should try out a pen tablet for the computer with Photoshop or other such programs (Manga Studio, for instance...). You get all the benefit of the brush look without any of the pain-in-the-ass mess and difficulty. And you get true blacks, which is nice.
    • CommentAuthorRooth
    • CommentTimeNov 3rd 2009
     (7131.16)
    @jeffkevlar- I agree with Frequent that inking with a brush can be a bitch, and searching for the right brush and an ink that offers a good tru black can be a challenge. I spent many years searching for mine and trying everything before settling on PITT brush pens which I love . Manga Studio (I have the Debut version) is a great a pure drawing program and CHEAP, and yes- no mess. But the thing about inking with a brush is, once you get good/comfortable/confident at it, you will be the undisputed KING. For now, keep your brushes nice and wet and keep playing.
    • CommentAuthorkmcleod
    • CommentTimeNov 3rd 2009
     (7131.17)
    kardak
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    @Alex Mitchell

    The Invisible people and The Brahmins are stunning!
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      CommentAuthorJP Stargazer
    • CommentTimeNov 3rd 2009 edited
     (7131.19)
    @Alex Mitchell: That's just awesome!! Macabre and simple, I love it.
    @Berserker: kick ass!!
    @Jeffkevlar: quite good, actually!! And yes, inking with brush can be a bitch..
    @frequentcontributor: THAT IS ONE MIND BLOWING PORTRAIT OF THE INVISIBLE PEOPLE!! ^_^
    I believe won't have time to submit anything this week or the next three, so... fuck!

    Start kicking ass, madames et monsieurs; this one looks like full of endless posibilities of reinterpretation [yeah, well, actually, you already started, started good...].
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      CommentAuthorBerserker
    • CommentTimeNov 3rd 2009 edited
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    @jeffkevlar - I am in complete agreement with Rooth and JP Stargazer on inking with a brush, AND about using a PITT brush pen.

    Mind, they aren't perfect, but for such a small cartridge you'll get an amazing amount of mileage inking-wise, and the ink is surprisingly rich. Better for lines than fills, but there's better tools for fills anyway.
    A few things about the PITT that are really nice ( besides how long the cartridges last ) is that they're fairly cheap. About 20 to 30 dollars American, with refill packs going for about 5 to 7 dollars for a pack of 5 cartridges. I say that's cheap because I bought one a few YEARS ago, and it's still in nearly mint condition. I actually bought another expecting it would go to heck after a while, and it's still sitting in the package I bought it in. I've never needed to open it because the first has just stayed in such brilliant condition.
    Also, even if they sit for months unused they won't crust over or gob up on you, and the points last and last. Practically maintenance free, and replacing a cartridge is easy, and not a messy endeavor at all.

    They tend to run a little rich when a new cartridge is installed, but not unreasonably so - a little experimentation will quickly get you the hang of that problem. If nothing else, use it for fills for a little while.

    All that said, I'm pretty sure I used a disposable technical pen to ink the majority (90+%) of my Kowboy Kardak there, because I was looking for a certain effect and thinking about it as a color piece and not black and white.

    One last piece of advice, and this is strictly an opinion. Start off getting the hang of using a brush not by working on drawings, but by NOT drawing and instead just by doodling line after line after line after squiggle after squiggle after squiggle on piece after piece of paper. Just get the hang of whatever tool you choose by seeing how it does what it does... ( apologies for diverging from subject )

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