Introducing... Focus!

[kybearfuzz]

I was chatting online with Steve (rootbeer1) yesterday and he came up with the idea for a superhero with specific powers. Like usual, I got the costume colors, design ideas, etc., and sat down and drew out a superhero while watching TV last night (keeping Steve's good looks in mind for the hero, of course). Steve came up with the code-name "Focus" and together we settled on the final touches for the hero late last night. The toon and his power description are behind the cut due to size:


Introducing... Focus!

In an email, Steve described the powers much better than I could rehash, so here is the description:

"Bio: In my dreams I seem to have telekinesis as a matter of course, and it's always seemed odd that I didn't continue to have it when I woke up, so my superhero alter-ego has telekinesis. To make it different from the run-of-the-mill Marvel Girl-style power, I've limited it so that Focus can't lift more than his own weight and one other person -- no throwing around cars, lifting buildings or mountains, etc. But although he can't do extra-heavy lifting, he makes it up with superb control (and perception) of matter at the microscopic level. Using his telekinetic perception and ability, Focus can:

• Cause someone to black out, by squeezing capillaries and stopping blood from reaching the brain;
  
• keep a gun from firing, as well as change the direction and velocity of small- to medium-sized moving objects, like bullets;
  
• heal illnesses by killing specific germs and viruses in a body, and heal injuries by knitting bones and tissue;
  
• kill by causing a heart to stop beating, or causing any number of internal injuries;
  
• use ordinary telekinesis -- lifting, throwing, catching, moving, etc.-- and telekinetic perception, which is knowing the exact location of all objects around him (by sending out a constant stream of telekinetic 'pings')."

If this keeps up, I will have a "Legion of Super-Bears" :D

Comments

[prisonbitch.livejournal.com]

he reminds me of a construction worker i've seen downtown working on our new office building. and they all wear neon lime-green jackets!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Oooh.. a cute construction worker?

I'm surprised you have not garnered his attention!

.. and be careful crossing the street this time of year, I don't want you hit by a car again. :)

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

It's a terrific drawing!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Thanks handsome, I appreciate that!

[rootbeer1.livejournal.com]

I'm so honored! And what a great drawing!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you like it, Steve :)

[dendren.livejournal.com]

I'd totally read your Legion of Super-Bears book! :)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Whew... I'm having trouble cranking out a comic with a team of six. I can't imagine trying to draw a team that large. It would be a George Perez-style undertaking and I'm not sure I'm quite up to that... but it's a great idea though. :)

[dendren.livejournal.com]

LOL... I remember one of the artists... Byrne or Perez or someone who used to complain about what a task it was putting every single hair on the chest of some hero. Boy howdy it looked good tho. I can imagine in a legion of super-bears you'd go crazy with the chest hair detail LOL

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I can imagine the detail would be staggering, requiring a lot more work. But I have to say, looking at George Perez's Hercules is well worth the effort... every... single.. hair..

[hylandr.livejournal.com]

LOL With the number of characters in the regular Legion, the Legion of Super-Bears would be like a super-powered bear run. ;) Not that that would be a bad thing. Too bad you're not closer or I'd show you some of the super-hero designs I'd come up with over the years.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

You should post them :)

[hylandr.livejournal.com]

Well, they aren't sketches like yours. Mainly just costume designs I came up with using the hero maker form from Marvel Fun and Games way back when. The funny thing is that I came up with so many storylines for the groups of characters I made too. Some have had a distinct direction and goal as to where I was going to take them over the years.

[killerjoe.livejournal.com]

I've always thought that Steve was dreamy, and now he's a dreamy superhero.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

He does make for a dreamy superhero, doesn't he? He's good fuel for a bear hero!

[rootbeer1.livejournal.com]

Pretty dreamy yourself! And "Killerjoe" sounds like a superhero name too!

[clintswan.livejournal.com]

i have often thought of this power
cool!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I like that he limited his power to more subtle levels. When I create heroes, I try not to make them all-powerful, because if they are, then what kind of fight can they have that they couldn't win. A boring one. Those limits are what gives the battles realism and drama. :)

[rootbeer1.livejournal.com]

I like that this superpower is subtle, but powerful. What living or robotic foe couldn't Focus defeat by altering the foe's internal workings?

On the other hand, he wouldn't be so good in fighting floods, rescuing large amounts of people from sinking ships, fending off an asteroid about to hit the earth, etc. You can't have everything.

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Well, some of the most popular heroes aren't all-powerful. Look at Captain America, Batman, even heroes like Spider Man and the Flash. While they are powerful in certain ways, they cannot stop every attack or every foe. And I think it's the possibility of being defeated or failing that makes their stories so good. :)

As much as I think Superman and Thor are great, they also have an amount of tedium to them because they are supposedly so untouchable.

[rootbeer1.livejournal.com]

I wasn't sure if I liked that the concentric circles design was repeated twice on the costume ... but then I thought, maybe the one on the black beanie isn't really there, but is a power effect, the smallest circles in the telekinetic pinging, of which the larger green circles surrounding the body are also a part?

What do you think?

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

It's your character, handsome. If you want the skull cap emblem to be a power effect, it's a power effect :)

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Steve does make a good superhero, don't you think?

[lostncove.livejournal.com]

I dream up superhero stuff all the time, but can't draw a lick. Lucky!

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

You should write them down, you never know when those ideas would come in handy! :)

[durabear]

What a cool concept! Very nice!