Meet the CAST, pt. 4 - The Mannequin

The Mannequin is the first villain we meet in the series. He isn’t the first character to have had the code manipulated or corrupted, making him less inclined to help others, but he is the first we meet.

When we first meet him, he is working as a low-rent weapons manufacturer for a crime family. He is funneling funds secretly to develop something which he is secretly working on.

Following a lab accident the code within him evolves and mutates, increasing his understanding of the world around him and his ability to control it. Effectively he can reach behind the coding of the world around him and play around with it, creating pockets of the universe in his own making.

I really wanted the look of the character to be preternaturally normal, so much so that he began to look off-kilter, unnervingly bland. I wanted to have a character who could blend in anywhere, but sink into your mind enough to be jarred by him.

Mannequin - art by Marco Roblin

Collector Cards - WIP

A fairly soft update today.

Just wanted to share some of the work for the Collector Card sets for season one.

First up is Optiman by Andrew Ross MacLean - one of my favourite artists around right now.

Then we have the pencils for my good friend, Jesse Mesa Toves' take on Myth -

And finally, for now, is Marco Roblin's take on the Mannequin (more on this character soon). Marco was the artist on the excellent Edge of the Unknown comic series.

Have a great weekend everyone!