WAIT, WHAT'RE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

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my entry for the project rooftop contest: "wolverine look sharp" done way back in early may. i'd seriously forgotten about it (didn't stop me from checking the site twice a day.)

OH... WHAT ABOUT IT?

well my entry got a runner up position when i SERIOUSLY wasn't expecting anything even close to that. I was hoping for an honorable mention... like the one's they post the week after they post the winners. insane, no?

WHAT'D THEY SAY HUH? THEY SAY YOU SUCK BAD? HUH??
well, not really! for a first time redesigning a character, i'd say my review was a good one. check it out:
Daniel Irizarri Oquendo
Total Score: 57.5

Dean: 6.5. Pretty straight-forward Wolvie here. I buy this as a Wolverine suit, but I’m not really floored by the small updates. Cool drawing, though!

Jon: 8.5 I’m sure we’ve seen this cut on Wolverine before, but the lines and particularly the palette are terrific. I like the reds involved in the brown part of his costume, and how the yellow is muted. The swath on the front of his torso opening up from the throat is a nice touch, and I dig on the combat boots over the stylized costume. I think this unifies a lot of motifs inherent in Wolverine’s look, it’s animalistic while still looking tailored. Really nice job, I’d love to see this look graduate to the comic in some fashion.

Chris: 8. Daniel did a really good job here, but the devil’s in the details — a few elements look out of place, and could have benefited from some extra revisions by the artist. The boots and gloves in particular don’t fit with the great lines shown in the body of the costume. Good job though.

Rachel: 7.5. Not breathtaking, but damn solid. I’ve always been fond of the yellow and brown color scheme for Wolverine’s costume–I think if he’s going to be in spandex, it’s a somewhat less jarring contrast to the character than the day-glo blue and yellow.

Vito: 7. It comes dangerously close to Alex Ross’ design from a few years back ([link]), but it seems to incorporate Ross and Cassaday. Not a bad idea to take your cues from two of the best. As Dean put it, it’s straight-forward, which is fine for Wolverine. I think knee-pads and/or elbow pads would have really stepped it up a little. Accouterments aren’t necessarily a bad thing.

Joel: 6. I wish we had been presented with a more straight-forward pose. The foreshortening makes a little difficult to judge how some of the proportions relate to one another. The tapering of the yellow towards the neck looks fine from this angle, but I’m not sure it would from others.

Jason: 7. This seems more like a tweaking than a real reimagining of Wolverine. Nicely done though.

Ron: 7. Nice but not much different there.

AWW SHIT, THAT MEANS THEY LIKED IT?

i'm sad to say, imaginary friend, that they did. if there's ever another competition i'm going in head first and actually taking my time on whatever other assignment they put up. (looking back at this i really wished i'd spent a day or 2 more on it.)

anyhoo if you guys wanna see the rest of the entries, check them out here, ranked and grade: [link]

and that'll be all for me, cuz i get to go to bed as one happy camper.

-Daniel Irizarri Oquendo