Project CBRunway: Challenge 2 Voting Thread

[mattbib]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v467/mattbib/My%20Drawings/Project%20CBRunway/d029820c.jpg

Hello. Welcome to the Runway! As you know, in fashion, one day you're in and the next you're out.

PLEASE VOTE for the entry you feel best completes the challenge. Voting should not be based solely on art ability. Ultimately, however, voting is completely subjective. Participants may vote for themselves. The designer with the least amount of votes may be eliminated.

The winning designer will walk away with an exciting prize pack, inluding Project Runway -- The Complete Second Season (DVD), How To Draw Comics The Marvel Way (Paperback), and an assortment of professional artist supplies!

CHALLENGE 2: VISION
For your second challenge you will be redesigning the look of a classic comic book character: The Vision (http://www.marvel.com/universe/Vision).

The Vision is a synthezoid, an artificial human being created by the robot Ultron from the paradoxical remains of the original android Human Torch. You are to give the Vision a costume that represents... "vision," while maintaining the integrity of the character.

Please vote using the poll, then feel free to make comments or ask questions about this challenge or these designs within this thread.

Let's start the show.

[mattbib]

http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/3695/thevision1rm3.jpg



Okay, I haaad to keep the cape. That thing was just kicking all kinds of ass. Only NOOOOOW, the cape is made from malleable metals (mostly gold) capable of conducting a current and plugging into his body. Why? So that he can manipulate his cape at will and it can react with his insticts. It can harden and become a halfway decent shield, stiffen at the edges to control flight patterns (rocket boots, of course). It can swirl around and look super pretty... That's right, his cape is sentient (kind of)! Neat-o, eh?

I wanted to throw out the entire color scheme and do something a bit less... Garish. But it turns out everyone feels the colors are pretty damn representative of the character so I only muted and instensified em here and there to make them more appealing to my eye. I played around with lots of lines and wanted things to be pretty sharp, so I incorporated a lot of V's (like everyone else in the contest :P) and I tried to play up his inhuman aspect.

The green/blue parts are similar to those windows you see on the big office buildings that looks almost blue from one angle and bright green from another. They tend to do a decent job of moderating temperature (an important thing, one would assume, in a robot). His insides are actually all quite close to the surface of these parts of his "costume" for convenient cooling.

I dont know much about the character but he seems to have a pretty tragic history and to have been a pretty decent sport about the whole thing so I wanted him to seem... Off. Not human in the traditional sense but certainly not emotionless. No pupils for him. No eyebrows. But enough facial structure to convey emotion anyway.

And um... Hopefully the shinies will distract you from the hideous drawing. Loook at the shiiiiiiinies!

[mattbib]

http://alyxchance.com/vision3.jpg

I will admit to being less than inspired on this one.

I don't really have a good feel for the Vision as a character. I decided early on that I wanted to retain the classic Vision colors of green, yellow and red. I also decided I wanted to do a modified version of his original belt-thingy.

When it came to designing the costume I spent some time thinking about the Vision and the word vision.

The Vision is a combination of man and machine, a completely merged creature who has been both cold and warm. He's also been messed with quite a bit. I wanted a design that had different layers to it, layers that might relate to the layers around them while being slightly different.

When thinking about the "vision" aspect, I pondered smooth, straight lines, a kind of sleek future feel, a an angular vision with multiple v-shapes.

Once I had the basic drawing I started thinking about the color and texture of the costume. I wanted a mixture of metallic and non-metallic fabrics. I decided to do this with the green and the yellow. I streamlined the green helmet Vision wears and opened his hands to the air.

What I was ultiamtely trying for was a futuristic design that you might have seen in the 50s or 60s combined with a more modern apporach to coloring and texture.

Oh, and it was that desire to mix aesthetics that had me thin out his body. His body can really be rebuilt in any configuration- he doesn't need to look all super muscular. I thought the skinnier physique would add to the V motif and would also reflect an older approach to the futuristic hero.

[mattbib]

http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8092/thevisionfabiancopycb2.jpg
The basic idea is that I want him to be a "vision" of a human but still have some inhuman parts if you pardon the pun.

I kept the color scheme but I played around with it a lot. He has a dark green base suit and the yellow outlines are actual gold. I chose gold because it's a very good conductor of electricity and with him being an android, it helps. Also, gold is very maleable and it's easy for him to bend in those areas.

I gave him a pinkish face but I took away the red. The red makes him too much like the Washington Redskin logo so I tried to give him a slightly more human tone. I also took away his more prominent features like the chin and cheekbones because I see the Vision as wanting to be non-threatening and his face is something that little kids won't run away from.

The biggest change I did was his diamond in the middle. It's still a jewel but I actually made it into a symbol. It's a stylized V for vision of course but I made it like that because the fluid motion of it all shows his "organic" nature and that he's not just a machine. Also, it resembles a heart. It's also translucent and it glows when he's at full power.

You can see the top of his cape because I wanted it to show that he's about to fly. The cape retracts into his shoulder blades

[mattbib]

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/9240/visionfinallrespi4.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)

Whew! Made it in the nick of time. Sorry, the inking and coloring killed me!

Anyway, I chose to go with a more modernized version of the classic look. I feel if it ain't broke then don't fix it...too much. It seems after looking at a couple of the other entries that some ideas were common.

I tightened and shortened the gloves and made them fingerless (sorry about the hands, coloring is not my thing), tightened and extended the boots over the knees, then cut into them at the top of the foot. I was trying to make him both more modern and more angular.

I started off having the stripes down the legs, torso and arms be the same color as each particular area, much like a seam, but then tried it with the yellow and felt it made him pop more. Since vision was the theme, I figured that would work.

I darkened his brow and tried to make him look more mysterious and dangerous. The yellow all has a metallic feel to it, and the diamond on his chest has a more glass-like texture to it. I felt this looked more futuristic and kind of meshed the human and machine elements.

I started to give the inside of the cape an off-yellow color, but then chose to go with the red because it gives more of a kaliedescope (sp?) effect to him, thus emphasizing the "vision" aspect even more.

Basically I just wanted to give the classic look a reinterpretation for the modern day. The colors and the lines work together and make him stand out, and with this redesign I think it makes him look less goofy than some previous designs. So that's about it. Whew!

[mattbib]

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6573/thevisionvfu3.jpg

I originally wanted to make Vision much more similar to his creator, Ultron, but there were some practical issues that made me try something else:
First of all, Vision was created from the remains of Human Torch I, and therefore it would make more sense for him to look more organic. Second, if memory serves me correctly, his primary objective was to infiltrate the team, so looking like one of their greatest foes would not be very effective.

With that in mind, the final design ended up not deviating too much from the original. His skin is still red, with an almost burned texture, perhaps an heritage from it's previous owner. Instead of making his scalp area green as part of the costume, I made it his hair. I imagined that Ultron's experiments reviving his cells would mean that his hair would still grow, so he can have it really short, almost shaved, too make it look more like the original design, or it could be longer, like in the full-body drawing.

Just a final note about his skin. I thought of Vision as a Marvel version of the Frankenstein monster, with some parts sewed together, even though it's all basically from the same body, but still, Ultron made some radical modifications, and there's a lot of stitches to prove it (even though it's not too obvious, he has several on his face alone). You'll notice the pattern on his jaw that makes it look a bit like Ultron's. I figure the robot would have an ironic sense of humor like that.

But with all that talk of organic body and revived cells it's easy to forget that Vision is, at his core, a machine. I was wrestling with that notion, mainly because it crashes a bit with the main concept I had for the character, which ties into the word "vision". The idea I got from that word was to make his an unwilling closet precog. Since Vision can connect with every computer in the world (and beyond) it would make sense that his computer brain would sometimes make predictions based on calculations of all possibilities in a given situation. These predictions would come to him as visions that he couldn't control or comprehend.

Hence the tarot card layout.
I didn't get to cram in every drawing I wanted to, but one of the ideas was to make him sort of like a digital Dr. Strange. Nano-cybernetics instead of Chaos Magic, etc...

The costume itself was the biggest challenge. I was torn between updating it or creating something scratch, but ultimately decided to have something that people could quickly identify as Vision, so I maintained the green/yellow color scheme, even though I spent literally hours messing around with it. As it is, I think he is sufficiently recognizable, but with enough personal touches to make it my vision of the character (pardon the pun).

The fabric is independent of Vision's body, so it's an actually costume that he can take off, but it's molecularly connected to his nervous system, so it will phase out with him, etc. There a hood on his cape so that he can cover himself completely and make use of the cape's cloaking functions that I just made up on the spot this very moment.

The gem on his forehead is a solar cell and the one on his chest is his main physical interface with other computer with no online capabilities. His eyes are ultra-sensitive cells that can detect variations in the whole light spectrum, including ultraviolet and infrared.

In the end there was still not enough visual cues of his robotic nature, so I turned to pop culture references to put out the subliminal concept that this guy is indeed an android. And what's the most famous example of a man/machine villain turned hero? That's right, I took a cue from Arnie and got our boy some leather.
Now, you may not realize it, but as soon as you look at Vision your brain immediately tells you that he's not an alien or a mutant, but a Marvel terminator.

And that's about it. I have to say that I had a lot of fun thinking of all the possibilities for this character, even though the actual execution was a pain. All in all it was a great challenge.

[mattbib]

Here is my entry, Vision version 15.2:

http://www.scottdmsimmons.com/ssvision.jpg

I really had fun with this, which was essentially redesigning one of my favorite Avengers. To me, the Vision is one of the few characters where you really can't disrupt their color scheme without making them look like someone else. The colors became part of who they are. Captain America, Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch, and Thor all spring to mind as Avengers just as colorful or meant to be certain colors. Keeping that in mind, I went straight into redesigning his outfit, knowing I'd keep a similar color scheme.

In this version of Vision, I wanted to use the colors to accentuate the fact he is a living computer, so within my greens and yellows, I've placed designs that look like microchip circuits within his torso and arms. Within various parts of his outfit, his central diamond shape has been re-used within the boots (at the knees), and within his cape, which is now yellow on the outside and white on the inside (looks more astral or ghostly... reminscent of his powers). His green covering has sort of a clear metallic/plastic look to it. Semi-transparent, where you may see a small reflection of light or luminousity within its first few layers. The cape is meant to look rather organic, to off-set from the robot he is.

The contest stated that the design should represent "vision", so I immediately incorporated eye-like designs into my initial rough sketch of his new robot look. I had wanted to fully pop up that diamond on his chest, as if it's coming off of him, or embedded in him, which only helps say "machine". On this, I stuck a pupil and iris, naturally a green one. This was set up after the head, which was the first thing I created. The "helmet" part of the head forms an "angry eye", with the solar cell (which he shoots beams from) now also resembling an iris and pupil. There are also eyes on the gloves.

Vision's face is its natural red. The cape's pull from the chest diamond creates a "V" and so do the diamond shapes around the knees. Small yellow "V"s are on the split seams of the gloves. I wanted to keep the Vision his usual size, so I beefed up the gloves. The gloves are metallic, and have a "cuff" through which the hand appears. The cape is a cloth that is free-flowing and light in order to sort of move like a jellyfish up with any puff of air or slight wind as he just stands there. The diamond is made of diamond-hard glass and of course, be altered along with his mass and density when he uses his powers. The belt is cloth on the sides to give some interesting pulls, and leather underneath. The boots are yellow and red cloth, until the shoes, where there is an underlayer of leather, rubber, and naturally a sole for his foot.

Overall, I wanted to create a tech feel as well as a slightly "odd" feel. Vision was also supposed to be creepy... I mean Wasp was freaked out when she first saw him. I wanted to create the same unease when you first look at him, and see those eye shapes. Like those creepy paintings where you SWEAR the eyes are following you around the room or looking at you while you sleep. Bwahahahahaha. But Vision isn't scary to us, maybe just freaky enough to throw the bad guys off-guard.

[mattbib]

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e309/VegetarianGoat/Vision2copy.jpg

When Matt said that the costume had to represent "Vision", i started to think of all the different ways that word could be used. The first thing that comes to mind is sight, and having to do with the eye. The second thing (and i believe this is why the character is called Vision) is a mirage of some kind, something you think you saw, but can't really be sure if it was there. Which led me to think about the character- basically, he's a robot ghost.

Which is why i decided to make my Vision "suit" mostly transparent. When one thinks of ghosts, the ghost is usually transparent. I wanted him to look creepy, more inhuman... and hard to detect. He should be that strange ripple in the corner of your eye that you can barely see- and when you do see it, you wish you hadn't.

In addition to trying to make him look like "a" vision, i figured that if he was transparent, it would relate to the the other kind of vision as well- becuase you're SEEing through him, it plays on your sense of vision.

As for the suit itself, i figured that since he's a synthezoid, It'd be fun to show some of his non-organic parts, and even give him a little bit of color.
(But hopefully not too much)

I figure his body is mainly a green-ish tinted fiber-optic mess, but the fibers are so fine, they act as one form, taking on the appearance of a human body. There are some areas of his body that are less dense than others. In these areas, the fibers take on a "shell" quality that looks a little bit like frosted glass. These are the areas that are covering over the LED's that make up his eyes, his diamond-gem, and the small areas of light that recall his gloves, and cape (in the shoulder area).

Underneath the fiber-mesh of his body, you can see some of the various bits of tech that help him function. These are also transparent, but because of the light inside his body, the edges of the plastic shine a little bit in dark areas, giving the outlines a bit of a glow.

Sometimes, Vision chooses to wear a dark green cloak when stealth isn't a priority. I was going to draw it in, but it ended up looking a bit too Spectre-ish, and i figured his cloak-less look would be his primary look anyway.

[Jaye]

Nice drawings all around on this one, excellent work!

[heystacy]

It's hard to choos one. I'm looking and reading, seeing great results.

[Affinity]

They were ALL fantastic, given the extremely hard task (Hell, I know I can't redesign that without ending up with the same thing!) I voted for Dan's Vision. It perfectly fits the task...it stays away from the original design and yet, still embodies the word "Vision", the description's words also convincing me. After Vision died, I could definitely see THIS as his next incarnation (even though YA brought back the essentially same design).

Kudos to Artichoke (the coloring and body structure is FABULOUS!), Simmons (the little Phalanx-ish circuity is great), and EVERYONE else...there's real talent and power in your pencils by not only ATTEMPTING but actually completing the task. Kudos kudos kudos!!!

[Ontir]

I think Vegetarian Goat's best represents who and what the Vision is today. Extremely well done!

My runner-up was Okiedokies'. It was very well-done, (GREAT colouring!), and it conveyed the "Young" of his current Avengers affiliation, but it was a little too circuit-party for me.

Affinity,

I've no idea who "Dan" is, so I don't know which one you're talking about.

[Affinity]

My bad, Dan is Vegetarian Goat!

[howyadoin]

This was a tough call. I was really impressed at the amount of conceptual work people put into their designs, especially meethraa's. In the end, though, it was Vegetarian Goat's design that won me over. Lots of cool ideas there.

[Pheonix-NoRelation]

Tough call. I was going back and forth in between okiedokieartichokie amd ScottDMSimmons. I had to wind up doing eenie meenie.

[twilight]

VG takes this one for me.

Runner up is Atoningunifex.

[bakla]

Veggie Goat: I like this interpretation the best, BUT

from the way I understand The Vision's character, Dan's design strays a bit far from the challenge parameters. Dan's design veers The Vision so far into a robotic interpretation that it doesn't incorporate the Vision's human elements and emotions into the visual. Beautiful, but not necessarily the *character* of the Vision, as asked.

Fabian: I liked elements of design, although it does remind me of Madrox.

Okiedokieartichokie: cute costume and drawing, but perhaps more Marvel Boy...?

atoningunifex: A reworking of Vision's current look, and not much different save for a few stylistic choices. In the end, I like the less muscular approach as opposed to the 70s-skintight-with-colored-in-lines style of super-hero design, so atoning gets my vote again this week.

[howyadoin]

atoningunifex: A reworking of Vision's current look, and not much different save for a few stylistic choices. In the end, I like the less muscular approach as opposed to the 70s-skintight-with-colored-in-lines style of super-hero design, so atoning gets my vote again this week.I really liked the face on that one. Reminded me a bit of Marilyn Manson.

[Pól Rua]

Crimblies.
Another awesome one.
Scott's had a fin on its head! Aiee! Silver Age fanboyism overloading! Too much good!
OkieDokie's use of the phrase 'rocket boots (of course)' made me squeal with delight.
Some beautifully conceptual work once again. And again, I enjoyed reading the reasoning behind the decisions almost as much as seeing the artwork.

In the end, for me, it came down to Vegetarian Goat and atoningunifex.

Overall, I think Goat got the concept really right. Frankly, I'd vote for this one in a heartbeat, except for one thing.
This is a 'Warlock' character.
When Bill Sienkiewicz created Warlock, that was cool, but he looks like a Sienkiewicz picture, and anyone else who draws him ends up looking kinda blah. If this was going to be the new look of the Vision for longer than a one-shot, it'd eventually end up looking gawdawful as increasingly incompetant artists struggled with it.
So yeah, design is great, concept is great and it looks just so damn good...

But I'm going with 'fex on this one.
It still looks like 'The Vision', but it's got a beautiful streamlined look that reminds me of a late 60's/early 70's dandy... he looks like the sort of character who'd have a concept album based on him, like Steve Miller's 'The Joker', or Bowie's 'Ziggy Stardust'.
Dang.

Once again, very, very close. And every one I see I think is the best.

Thanks for making it difficult.

[Ontir]

These days, the Vision IS far more robotic than ever before. He's inhabiting the Kang armour that Iron Lad brought from the future. The old synthesoid was destroyed by Wanda.

That's why I HAD to vote for Vegetarian Goat. This design is a major update that goes with what and whom the character in Young Avengers is.

[bakla]

I've only glanced cursorily through Young Avengers so I have no idea about the current Vision. If that's true, then Veg Goat's would make perfect sense (aside from it being so pretyypretty), but I was reading classic Vision in Mattbib's challenge.

I'd love to hear feedback from the designers too. Isn't Project Runway all about designers talking back to the judges?:D

[mattbib]

I'd love to hear feedback from the designers too. Isn't Project Runway all about designers talking back to the judges?:D*phones up Nina Garcia*

[atoningunifex]

I don't have any real reason to talk back to the judges. I knew coming in that my design wasn't the most original. Which isn't to say I think it's bad- just that I think it isn't as creative as it could be. I had about four or five different ideas Sunday, but by then it was too late. Just the way the creativity flows I guess. I'm grateful for my votes and really just want to get to the next round.

[Gonzogoose]

I echo atoningunifex. I knew mine wasn't the most creative, but I really felt strongly about keeping to the original feel of the costume, just more modernized, which is how I interpreted the rules.

That being said, everyone's entries are so awesome and so creative, and I like a lot of things about each of them. This was a very cool assignment, and should I make it to the next round, I hope it just keeps getting better. And I promise I'll be more creative next time around.

[.::OkieDokieArtichokie::.]

Ditto to what the others said. I really tried to get away from the original design at first but the rules said we should best represent Vision (I assumed he meant the character, not the concept of sight) and I was really expecting to get ripped apart by a bunch of Vision fans if I changed something as integral as the colors or took away his human-ness.

I knew nothing of the character before this contest (and a tiny cameo in Runaways), so I felt less comfortable taking liberties with his design.

At least I know for the future to be more bold and take some risks with the design.

[atoningunifex]

I really loved your design, Okie. I think you actually did get very creative with the character and the concept.

[.::OkieDokieArtichokie::.]

I really loved your design, Okie. I think you actually did get very creative with the character and the concept.

You know, you are like, one of the nicest people ever. ;_; And everyone's right about your drawing's face working really well for the character. It's unsettling but still handsome.

[meethraa]

Unlike the others, I knew my design was by far the best and the only reason I don't have the most votes is because I don't play the bribery game.
Yeah, I'm on to you. All of you.

[atoningunifex]

Unlike the others, I knew my design was by far the best and the only reason I don't have the most votes is because I don't play the bribery game.
Yeah, I'm on to you. All of you.

I'm sure I don't know what you mean.

*goes back to counting out fifties*

[Vegetarian Goat]

Unlike the others, I knew my design was by far the best and the only reason I don't have the most votes is because I don't play the bribery game.
Yeah, I'm on to you. All of you.

I'm sure my number of votes has NOTHING to do with all the new cars filled with chocolate that i bought and had sent to the houses of everyone who voted for me.

[Vegetarian Goat]

And for the record- I love Okie's Vision costume too. It's so Golden Age-y!

[atoningunifex]

I'm sure my number of votes has NOTHING to do with all the new cars filled with chocolate that i bought and had sent to the houses of everyone who voted for me.

Hmmm...maybe I want to get voted off now. Then my vote would be out for bid...errr...I mean, up for grabs.

[Dizzy D]

Unlike the others, I knew my design was by far the best and the only reason I don't have the most votes is because I don't play the bribery game.
Yeah, I'm on to you. All of you.

We don't call them bribes. We call them monetary arguments.

[.::OkieDokieArtichokie::.]

I'm sure my number of votes has NOTHING to do with all the new cars filled with chocolate that i bought and had sent to the houses of everyone who voted for me.

Darn you! Why was I not INFORMED of this? My vote would have totally been for sale...


...Always the last to know everything.




I woulda bribed/begged friends to vote for me if I had any. But I dunno anyone here 'cept Fabian and he already was GONNA vote for me.



ALSO, it's my 21st birthday and it's been a crummy one so if any one wants to throw me some Happy Birthday/Pity votes, I am NOT beneath accepting them. :D

[Vegetarian Goat]

Happy Birthday!! :D

[atoningunifex]

Happy Birthday, Okie!

[Ontir]

ALSO, it's my 21st birthday and it's been a crummy one so if any one wants to throw me some Happy Birthday/Pity votes, I am NOT beneath accepting them. :D

I already voted, but I know about crappy birthdays. Seems I always end up pitching in for an expensive dinner, and a gift, then get forgotten, come april! :evilangry

Happier Birthday! :D

[Pheonix-NoRelation]

Happy Birthday! Like I said, you were in my top 2!

[Pól Rua]

And for the record- I love Okie's Vision costume too. It's so Golden Age-y!

It reminds me a bit of the character designs from Battlehymn, a recent Image series featuring 'retooled enough so as not to make it actionable' versions of the 1940's Marvel heroes.
http://halfmoth.com/BattleHymn/

[.::OkieDokieArtichokie::.]

It reminds me a bit of the character designs from Battlehymn, a recent Image series featuring 'retooled enough so as not to make it actionable' versions of the 1940's Marvel heroes.

I'm sorry :(



And thanks for all the nice words guys, the encouragement is great, and severely lacking on the other boards I frequent. <3

(VG, what the heck is your avatar? It may not be the right place to ask but it's driving me nuts. Some sort of animal's rear-end? Because that's how my head interprets it... >_>)

[Fabian]

I think that I need to get a better understanding of coloring programs. OkieDokie has been the one coloring my entrees but since we are not communicating as much as we'd hope on the weekends (work schedules), she's been guessing how I like it.

And honestly, half the reason why they even look decent have been because of her.

[.::OkieDokieArtichokie::.]

And honestly, half the reason why they even look decent have been because of her.

Total lie. I butchered the lineart because he's so... Indecisive with his lines. he lets the negative space speak for itself and I have a hard time knowing where the definite borders of things are.

Also, I had like, 10... Maybe 20 minutes to color his entry this time because in a rushed phone call at 11:39 he admitted to not being able to color it and deciding to just drop out.

I wish we could just upload b+w lineart because Fabian's woulda had lots more votes. Heyy.... If I upload the original drawing with the blue pencil still in tact would that SORTA count as color? :D

[Vegetarian Goat]

(VG, what the heck is your avatar? It may not be the right place to ask but it's driving me nuts. Some sort of animal's rear-end? Because that's how my head interprets it... >_>)

Yes! It is a goat's rear end! The full image can be found in the latest episode of my comic which can be found at this link! :D

Shameless Plug (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CBDandVG/)

[.::OkieDokieArtichokie::.]

Yes! It is a goat's rear end!

I knew it! If anyone knows their way around a goat's butt, it's me.


:P Pretend that was a metaphor for something AWESOME.

[howyadoin]

OkieDokie has been the one coloring my entreesWho's been colouring the appetizers?

[.::OkieDokieArtichokie::.]

Who's been colouring the appetizers?

Ha! Oh lordy, Fabian I think you've been spending way too much time at work.

[Jack Flash]

This one was really tough! lots of it was due to my mind's view of what Vision is supposed to look like.

Vegetarian Goat's re-invention was really spectacular. I really liked the aesthetic and the see-through look really went with the concept of "Vision". But looking at him outside this contest, I would have thought hey that's Machine Man. so I thought it veered a little too far away from who the vision is.

Artichokie's twink version of Vision was adorable. I really loved the coloring on it. probably the best coloring of the bunch. but again, I didn't get Vision when seeing him.

Fabian's was very Madrox-esque. I loved the symbol with the V on his chest with the question mark. But again. it felt more like Madrox than Vision.

GonzoGoose's was very nice. I liked his boots the best out of all the pieces. But I felt like he didn't go far enough in his re-design. It felt too safe.

Meethra's re-design almost got my vote. it was different and I liked the dark coloring alot. But Vision with hair kinda wierded me out. He looked not enough robot and a little too much alien for me.

Scott's was great too. I liked the helmet. I loved his wrist guards. This one just barely missed getting my vote. He looked robot enough, but I didn't like the eye theme. I get that it goes with the concept of Vision. and it was very smart, it just didn't ring true with me.

I ended up going with Atoning's thin bare bones approach. He's very much Vision, classically simple and definitely robotic. I thought the black eyes really conveyed the cold isolated lonely robot aspect of him perfectly. The colors and shading worked extremely well too. The thinning corset as well as his slimmed down head made him look younger and less bulky/built which added a refreshing change to the classic look.

Well Done Folks! Glad I got around to voting this time. Even if it was right at the last minute! Thanks for all the hard work that was definitely obvious!

[Gonzogoose]

Thanks, Jack Flash. After seeing everyone elses I agree that I went too safe and not far enough. Live and learn. :)

[atoningunifex]

So is Bib gone to Nerd Prom or something?

[Ontir]

Vegetarian Goat's re-invention was really spectacular. I really liked the aesthetic and the see-through look really went with the concept of "Vision". But looking at him outside this contest, I would have thought hey that's Machine Man. so I thought it veered a little too far away from who the vision is.

Take a look @ Young Avengers. Goat's is pretty much dead on the money!

[ScottDMSimmons]

So is Bib gone to Nerd Prom or something?

I'm curious about Matt too. I am very eager to start on Challenge 3, now that the school week is almost over!

Still, if he's in San Diego, I certainly wouldn't blame him for not checking in yet. I love that con. I'm not going this year because I'm getting married in a couple of weeks (18 days now). Still hoping that my artwork or the artwork by a few of my Ai students makes it into the souvenir book.

Scott

[mattbib]

Hello. Welcome to the Runway! As you know, in fashion, one day you're in and the next you're out.

.::OkieDokieArtichokie::., your design is well done. The coloring and body structure are fabulous. You are in.

ScottDMSimmons, we continue to love your Silver Age-inspired work. Good job. You are in.

atoningunifex, your design is simple and streamlined and a good answer to the challenge. You are in.

Vegetarian Goat, your design is brilliant. Totally original yet maintaining the character's integrity. Vegetairan Goat, congratulations, you are the winner of this challenge.

Gonzogoose and meethraa, both of your designs are great modernizations of the character...yet still maintain the feel of the character. However judges did not see enough originality in your designs. You are in.

Fabian, your design is unique and original and shows great potential. Judges liked elements of the design but did not feel that it maintained the character's integrity enough. Fabian...

You are out. Auf wiedersehen.

[mattbib]

Designers, as mentioned previously, there will be no Cbrunway Challenge this week (let's just say we've been pre-empted). Challenge 3 will begin next Wednesday, July 26.

[ScottDMSimmons]

Designers, as mentioned previously, there will be no Cbrunway Challenge this week (let's just say we've been pre-empted). Challenge 3 will begin next Wednesday, July 26.

Oops. I guess I missed that somewhere. No problem. I have tons of stuff to work on in the meantime.... including wedding matters. Looking forward to next week's challenge!

Thanks to everyone who voted for me, and everyone that voted for anyone in the challenges so far... it means alot to us that you are coming by and checking out our work!

Fabian, sure hope you stick around and comment and vote on the next rounds of entries! Thanks for being a part of the fun here!

Scott

[Gonzogoose]

When is Round 3 going to begin, tomorrow?

[mattbib]

When is Round 3 going to begin, tomorrow?Yep. I hope everyone enjoyes the next challenge.

[Pól Rua]

I'm sorry :(

Nothing to be sorry about. I LIKE those designs. I wasn't saying your work was derivative, just nice in the same way.