The Character Bank

[kybearfuzz]

Work has been hectic this week, which has made the week practically fly by. Still, I took a little time to do some drawing this week to relax.

I posted about Dial "H" for Hero characters before. Sometimes while watching a movie or on my drive home from work, an idea for a new character will appear in my head. Usually it involves a cool name or a cool power and the development starts from there.


The Human Shield and Circa

While I watching "American Sniper" over the weekend with the local moviebears, the idea popped into my head to have a character called "The Human Shield," a hero with the power of invulnerability or to generate an impenetrable force field around himself. As such, he could wear a relatively revealing costume and have an odd bravado because he couldn't be hurt. So last night, I sat down and drew these characters out while catching up on my DVR.

The female character is called "Circa." I've also thought it was such a cool word and it would be a neat name for a heroine. The problem is trying to define her power. Circa means "almost" or "about" and is usually used as an adjective regarding time, such as Circa 1970 or Circa 100 B.C. So would she have the ability to move through time? Or maybe she could control time, making it faster or slower?

These are likely not characters who will appear in my comic book anytime soon, but it's good to have them in a file in case I need them. I think I've decided to create "The Character Bank," a place to put these characters for future development.

Comments

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

Instead of a shield logo on the chest, I think Human Shield's costume should have a shield-shaped cutout. *eyebrow waggle* >;)

Circa's belt looks kinda ancient/antique to me. Maybe she has the power to reach back in time and grab objects from the past? Except, of course, she doesn't have a lot of control, so she often only gets approximately what she was reaching for...

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

I thought about that shield thing. We could go full Power Girl-esque and do a cut out. Honestly, I thought about just giving him a speedo with a cool belt or something to wear.

Hmmmm... that's actually not a bad idea. I may need to retool this.

And LOL on the "...approximately what she was reaching for..." I like the name, but figuring out a good power for her is hard.

[dendren.livejournal.com]

hahahaha... I love your power description for circa, I can see it now... I summon a 1795 musket to shoot my foes!!!! damn, I got a muskrat again, ummmm... bite them muskrat! LOL

[mort-83.livejournal.com]

Revealing costume....hmmm check.....bravado....hmmm check...all good! Ilke him!

Circa...I like the idea of manipulating time.

One of my favorite names of one of your characters is Stainlass Steel. Do you remember how you came up with that one? I can't recall her super powers, though....

[kybearfuzz.livejournal.com]

Heh! I remember that one.

Obviously her name is a pun on "Stainless Steel." When I created her and the rest of the "Bitches of Westwyck" for that issue, they were meant to be throwaway characters that wouldn't reappear. Her power was the ability to transform herself into a solid moveable steel form.

They were such fun though that they may pop up again in a future issue somehow.

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

Both sound like solid characters! It's a good idea to create the Character Bank. You never know when you'll need them and to have them organized in one place will make it easy to access them when inspiration hits!