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Angel Redesign 1by ~Grailee

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Submission for 2010 December Superhero of the Month [link]
Redesign Contest, Angel/Archangel

I did this piece in support of a new Comic Character Redesign website, SuperherooftheMonth.
Though I did't manage to win the popularity poll, I manage to find a spot as one of the finalist.

Doing a redesign of Marvel X-men's Angel/Archangel is not as hard as other prominent iconic Characters like Captain America. There is not much of a limitation to how he should look like. Other then he need to have a pair of wings, the rest of the design element is rather boundless. There had been many official designs for Warren. However other than the Archangel design that is rather prominent the rest are rather not as memorable.
The only issue is not to make Angel look like DC's Hawkman. And at one glance people should still recognise that he is Angel/Archangel from the X-men. Therefore I retained the color scheme of his costume and played around with his costume making it more relevant to the real life. Imagine a grown man flying around in tights...

Being a Horseman of Death of Apocalypse, I gave him a hood to make him look more like the image of death that we are so accustom to seeing.
The hooded trench works specially when he is on the run and he doesn't want to be seen by others
Initially did thought of giving Warren a scythe but it turned out rather bulky and not a sleek. Therefore I ditched the idea and gave him an organic metal sword that he took from his metalic wing.
Almost gave Warren a skull mask, but put it aside as I want to potray the remnants humanity in him. However I retained the skeleton inspired armour all over him to reflect that he had being a horsemen of Death.
The organic metal wing and the feather wing is a sign of Warren's constant internal conflict between good and evil.

~asgharumar12 May 11, 2013

maybe instead of the skull on chest take it out and make it an X

~asgharumar12 May 11, 2013

maybe because of the 2 wings 1 can be used to heal people and the other to kill i bet u can guess which one has which power

~asgharumar12 May 6, 2013

speechless this is awesome

~Estonius Oct 18, 2012

Wicked cool look!

~Prue84 May 5, 2012

Awesome re-design.

~LuKarius Jan 22, 2012

I really dig it!It's the kind of creepy thing I would like to see more in Angel?Archangel.

~Grailee Jan 26, 2012

Thanks! Glad you like it.

The whereabout of Warren is currently uncertain after his Dark Angel Saga from the Uncanny X-Force.
Hope he survive the ordeal. haha

~mariosilvaartdesign Nov 24, 2011 Professional Traditional Artist

i really like the fact that you took both concepts and cashed in on the anime-manga demon-angel imagery in this fashion.

~Grailee Jan 26, 2012

Hey glad you like it.

Out of curiousity, regarding how others see my artwork, do you think its inclined toward anime/manga or more of the western?

~mariosilvaartdesign Jan 26, 2012 Professional Traditional Artist

clear singular outlines, slight gradient cell coloring, slightly exaggerated anatomy to pursue style over exactitude, heavy gaming design inspiration. You're closer to anime and animation than to manga or comics. but if i had to pick, i'd say your designs tend to lean for the east.

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