Sean Smith - DeRizzio

Intro
After some talks with my tutors and piers around my ability so far over this project, it has become clear where my strengths lay within the process of character design. Through the success of previous projects I have discovered where my skillset really shines, and so will follow the same course of action to complete this project. With that said, the idea..

The Idea
Character Design
First and foremost this will be a character design project. For this project I want to design a superhero clan based off famous historical figures. I will take inspiration and make reference from real world sources, real historical figures, while also doing some research into the fantasy comical superheroes we all know and love. With this I aim to make a super genius, a supergenius! The figures can range from Roman emperors to revolutionaries, from famous leaders and philosophers, to inventors the list goes on, the general idea is that this person will be a notable figure in history. The time of their existence isnt important and so this will vary; it will actually be much more interesting to make a team of people whom otherwise could not exist together. The same also applies to the superheroes, although I will be looking more at those who are part of a team/crew/academy/group. I would like to make a whole crew of heroes, but with the nature of the project giving its time-based and quite tight one at that, I will only be bringing one character forward to the designing process.

For Example

For Example
Imagine the superheroes we know being replaced by real historical people. Lets say Abraham Lincoln, American President, was now.. Captain America! With the subject of America being their common ground this has the potential to work. I would then go further and look to explore how this real person would actually work as a character, with the involvement of his/her respected focal point. A really good example where this type of design framework has been implemented is

In Pokmon in particular, each Pokmon character is established from a real world animal or creature, known as its counterpart, I.e. Pikachu is a mouse, Squirtle is a turtle, Bulbasaur is a dinosaur-bulb mixture. Some Pokmon, like Squirtle, have kept their real-world habitual aspects and tendencies which have just been amped up to fit the world of Pokmon. Others like Pikachu have been given new and unnatural abilities. There are also Pokmon that have been completely transformed, such as Bulbasaur, as well as whole new creations. In relation to my slightly more realistic approach to this project, here are some fan made designs which I would like to include of Pokmon in their more realistic forms (if Pokmon were to actually be real, what they would possibly look like)

Designs by RJ Palmer Realistic Pokmon Vol.1

TBC
This is just a short introduction to try and get my idea across of what I would like to do for this project. I will be conducting more broader research with regards to superhero characters, as well as superhero factions (e.g. The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, XMen, Justice League etc.) and will be looking into historical figures. More to follow.