Marvel’s The Avengers is one of the few movies that I have seen people lining up for at midnight — for the DVD. The fan response to this movie has been overwhelming, with huge obsessive communities loving Loki and watching and re-watching the movie. Hopefully, the awesome dialogue and excellent character development that only Joss Whedon could accomplish will bring in a whole slew of new comic book readers. That alone could be the most fantastic thing that Marvel’s The Avengers has brought us – but it’s also delivered a whole slew of really incredible fan art.
One of my favorite aspects of the fan art is the re-designs. It’s an accepted part of comic books that characters get make overs once in awhile, but when fans (and some pros acting as fans) take over this responsibility and allow their creativity to run wild without anyone else telling them what they can and can’t do, amazing things happen. Here are some of the fantastic re-designs that this fan favorite movie has inspired.
Iron Man
By Dean Trippe
By Yanni Davros
By The DURRRRIAN
By Ming Doyle
By Glenn Brando Rivera
Black Widow
By Zachary Sterling
By The DURRRRIAN
By Stuart Immonen
By Glenn Brando Rivera
The Hulk
By Neko Kawai
By Gary Pope
By The DURRRRIAN
Captain America
By Ross Radke
By Vass
By The DURRRRIAN
Hawkeye
By Chris Fason
By The DURRRRIAN
By J Evan
Thor
By Jayson Weidel
By The DURRRRIAN
By Kevin Roberts
Loki
By Kelsey Michele
By The DURRRRIAN
Molly McIsaac spends her days eating jelly beans and re-reading old X-Men comics. You can find her lurking about Twitter or ranting on her blog.
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All of the designs by Durrrrian is AWESOME.
Really? I thought they all looked basically the same. Like in an old school NES or Genesis RPG, when they would take the exact same design of a monster and just change the color and call it something else.
@undertak1983 I was thinking the same thing as I was scrolling down.
@JohnVFerrigno The styles are all similar. The DURRRRIAN is obviously going for a theme, but I think they’re each distinct enough to be interesting and pleasing to the eye.
I second and they look like they belong in Diablo III! 0_o
Those Durrrrian designs are kick ass. Now I want to read a medieval mash-up of marvel and D&D epicness!
The artist is definitely going for a theme. They all look very “Warhammer” to me. =)
Spot on. Very Warhammer. Which is never a bad thing.
they all look to me like they’re straight out of prince of persia: warrior within. which makes me think of godsmack. which is definitely not a good thing.
That Zachary Sterling Black Widow is awesome.
LOVE Thor by Kevin Robert.s. That is what Thor is supposed to look like!
agreed. that one made me happy.
Just goes to show that the designs at the moment are in the hands of the right people at Marvel. While some of these are fun, non of them really work in practice in the Marvel universe.
Zachary Sterling’s Black Widow is gorgeous!
I know http://www.superheroofthemonth.com/
a Web with a contest for the best redesing monthly.
Are there any more like this one out there?
awaiting for some information.
thanks.
Project Rooftop
Jordan Gibson’s been posting a bunch of great redesigns on tumblr (http://jordangibson.tumblr.com). Check out his Hawkeye (http://jordangibson.tumblr.com/search/Hawkeye#23222206418)
Oh WOW I love that.
Thank you Heroville.
I am discovering this webs. thanks.
That J Evan’s Hawkeye is how the animated cartoons should look like. Do that with the new Avengers cartoon and I will be more than happy.
So we all know that Stuat Immonen’s Black Widow is Elsa Bloodstone in cosplay, right?
Also, does Yanni Davros’s Iron Man look like the Cerberus troops from Mass Effect 3 or do I just have video games on the mind?
I thought the same thing about Davro’s Iron man too, he kinda looks like a Turian
Ultimate Captain America wouldn’t be caught dead with a beret on
What if the beret was green?
I like that thor with the furry sleeve things, it’s a callback to his first movie appearance in The Incredible Hulk TV movie!!
The hulk ones remind me of a green bane and zangief.
I like how Stuart Immonen’s Black Widow is just NextWAVE Elsa Bloodstone, only in black.
Isn’t that middle Black Widow image, the Immonen one, Elsa Bloodstone. As he drew her in NextWave?
they should do a classic or vintage redesigns section with grey hulk or recent favorite ronin