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A few weeks ago, just for fun I started doing concepts for a faux Justice League CG movie. I've always been a huge fan of Bruce Timm and the DC Timmverse he helped create, and I thought it would be cool to basically design the JLA movie that I would direct if given the chance. I didn't do any huge drastic changes because I didn't want to betray the characters in terms of who they are and what they're about. I just wanted to build on what's already been established and tweak things the way I saw them. I was going to wait until I had more artwork before I posted this, but with all the freelance I've got, I don't think I'll be able to work on this again for a while.

THIS IMAGE: I went with angry, warrior, man hating Wonder Woman. I feel like if you're raised your entire life immersed in bigotry, you're not just going to change your beliefs after a single adventure. It's not gonna be like "oh these guys fought with me to save the world, men aren't so bad." Nobody just drops prejudiced opinions like that, they skew and distort things to keep supporting and maintaining their discrimination. I feel like her acceptance of men would be a very slow, gradual thing and it would never be 100%. I was mostly inspired by Darwyn Cooke's design with some tweaks here and there where I thought it made more sense or would add some appeal.
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~DarkPanik Oct 9, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
I. Love. This.

She looks so badass!
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:icondanielaraya:
~DanielAraya Oct 9, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
thanks!
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:icondarkpanik:
~DarkPanik Oct 10, 2012  Student Traditional Artist
No problem! :D
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~Cotygeek Oct 7, 2012
I love the design, but I kind of have to disagree with the bigotry interpretation (though that's the cool thing about DC characters: that they CAN be interpreted). I've always viewed Wonder Woman as a character who saw all living things as being of equal value. That she's a warrior for peace, as ironic as it sounds.
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:icondanielaraya:
~DanielAraya Oct 7, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
that's certainly a valid interpretation
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~Cotygeek Oct 8, 2012
Yeah. I will say I think your interpretation would work really well in terms of giving her a character arc. If I were to direct it I'd have her spend the majority of the film trying to take on whatever threat the League is up against on her own, with the rest of the League gradually earning her trust. I know I commented on the other piece you did but I have to repeat your designs would be amazing, both in live action or animation.
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:icondanielaraya:
~DanielAraya Oct 8, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
that's exactly the sort of thing I had in mind. Really glad you like them!
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~Spider-Bat700 Sep 25, 2012
Nice design, but if Diana was consistently a misandrist (someone who hates men), than I'd have no good reason to like her. I don't like man-haters, or the reverse for that matter.

And Diana's not always a misandrist either. It depends largely on the interpretation, but not every version of Diana, and the Amazons as a whole for that matter, are man-hating b***s, at least not to the point of full-blown hostility, but whatever. It is a nice-looking design either way, but I would say that Diana should probably want to have more full-covering shorts underneath that skirt of hers, lest some perv try and take a peek at what's underneath when she's flying..
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~DanielAraya Sep 25, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
I think your quote "It depends largely on the interpretation" kinda says it all. That's my interpretation of the character. I've seen versions where the Amazons try to kill men who trespass on their island, which to me is indicative of a pretty deep underlying prejudice. And that quality wouldn't stay with her, that's the point of a character arc.
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~Spider-Bat700 Sep 25, 2012
You said "never completely go away". I tend not to be too crazy about people who'd kill you just for being a certain gender, but to each his own. It is the interpretations where they're trigger-happy and bloodthirsty concerning men that I like less.
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