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Further Evolution of Siouxie Sioux
In this draaaaawn out hunt for icons of a 1960's Marvel Comic Heroine I've been through seven morphs of this Woman trying each time to isolate the simplicities of the masters before me.
One significant item is the inclusion of those sweet lil ear antenae. Also apparent in some of Boris Valejos early work and while he wasn't a Marvel Artist, his early works were right in this vein.
This image of his is about 30 years old and one I remember because of the preoccupation of reflected interest and his in her head anteanae.
Artistic Diagnostics:
Notice the simple "moon craters",
massive "Hunky Male Sexy Female" elements,
the usual corny "Space Ship",
but more importantly the stress on the Male being the preoccupation of the image.
His louder colours, the female almost disappears into the BG because she's the same pastels as the surrounds.
This is confirmed by realising that Boris is this centuries most celebrated Human Form artist and the male here shows the loudest of the two physiques.
Also see how he is the same colour as the BG and pulls it forwards while she is the shade of the BG and falls back into it impressionally.
We're left in no doubt that he landed in the space ship and she is the inhabitant. Nice landscapes!!!
AlLso their clothes are both very downtoned. But his skin colour is the loudest element of the entire scene.
Obviously.
So when designing my character I looked at all this. Powerful but downtones clothing. Loud skin. Sexy tan but hard expression. (As hard as I can make it anyway!)
By exposing as much of her sexy li'l Belly as possible I can escape not displaying copious amounts of her boobs which, while they always were "largely", shall we say, apparent in early Marvel Comics, large never gave way to exposed.
So Siouxie's aren't either.
I cannot beat Reallusion's half Leather Trousers so only a few tweaks and pinches there and blackening, but for me in my Humble attempt to credit the Legends who walked before me, this is my Character, now, after very much consideration, forethought, research and clone cloth editing.
Hope it entertained!
During your character design processes you need to ask yourself, "What is the feel I'm trying to deliver?" and "How can I brand it so that it subliminally promotes its origin?"
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Awesome texturing Neil -
i like the leather look on the character
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Here's something i have been playing with - first was thinking of using it for a retro sci fi video ala flash gordon, then realize you can also use it for staging Crimean War or napoleonic war videos
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Well, there's not so much texture, more just shape, cut and transparentising really...
But This is MUCH better. (Above)
I think Reallusion lends itself far more appealingly to the Imaginative "What might be's" as opposed to the what are's!!!
I'll get bitten for that!  
I think your Forte is Period dress without a doubt.
Hey, make a Retro styled Character like mine and I can make an inclusion in the Siouxie Sioux Digital Video Comic about to be launched......
Could be good grounds for yet another Double World First! 
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Neil - i beg to differ - your work goes beyond just shape and transparency -
the texturing is top notch - the leather texture -
i've been trying to get that look but with limited success.
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Hello Neil and Aknzr,
Awesome work here fellas. The momentum keeps gaining with your work and I'm big fan. Keep us posted.
Thanks!
John Martin
Director of Marketing
Reallusion, Inc.
aka Animize
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Just another example using jack Clone Overcoat as an Upper and Jack Clone Casual for the Lower
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Siouxie Sioux. A bit of a bitch!
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