#captain iconic

[genaleah]

An assortment of sketches of Dread's arch nemesis, Captain Iconic!

[genamakesart]

These are all of the main superhero and villain characters in a story I've been working on called Dreadful. You can read more about each of them in their bios here!

[genaleah]

How to slide back into drawing an old OC again: imagine him in a Psychonauts AU, profit! I have totally fallen in love with the red light/green light view finder goggles.

[genaleah]

Dreadful Character Profiles

NAME: Dr. Dreadful / Lino Rodriguez Eadful

SIDEKICK: S.P.A.R.K, Scientific Personal Assistant & Robotic Kiddo

CLASS: Mad Scientist / Gadgeteer + Potionmaster

THREAT: Low-Level Mass Mayhem

ARCH: Captain Iconic

INFO: What he lacks in villainous quality, he makes up for in sheer tenacity. His plans tend more toward destructive accidents than actual successes, but he will try to turn any situation in his favor. He adores his job. He's hoping to get his threat score back up soon.

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NAME: Captain Iconic / Belladonna Pickett

CLASS: Guardian / Gifted + IFO

STRENGTH: High-Level Protector of the City

ARCH: Dr. Dreadful

INFO: Living proof that rock sometimes beats paper. Her brute-force brawn will overpower any brainy villainy thats thrown her way. She’s a protector of the people and a stalwart guardian against evil. She always has the best intentions, but her efforts are sometimes ham-fisted and misguided. Her legs are underdeveloped from floating all the time.

NAME: Benjamin Vasquez

CLASS: Civilian Student

THREAT: Hooligan Punk

INFO: Sent away by his mother for being too much of a hassle, Dreadful’s nephew has been tagging along to watch villainy at work. Some city folk believe he may be the secret identity behind the new unnamed & unregistered vigilante in town. But that’s just a rumor!   

NAME: Magic 8 / Brendan O’Brian

CLASS: Hero-in-Training / Gifted

STRENGTH: Low-Level Sidekick

ARCH: N/A

INFO: A 7-year old boy under Iconic’s tutelage. He has the ability to tell the truth regarding almost any yes-or-no question. While its not the most practical power for battle, his family is hoping he’ll be real Child-Hero material soon. He just wants to keep going to elementary school.

NAME: Inferno Mortis / “Mort”

SIDEKICK: Legions of the Undead

CLASS: Legend / Necromancer + Monster

THREAT: High-Level Mass Mayhem

ARCH: “Starstruck”

INFO: Mortis has existed long before you, and he will be here long after you’re gone. In fact, he may even summon you to work for him once you are. His public image has softened a little since he started wearing skin over the lower half of his face. Most people don’t know that he did this to accommodate Dreadful’s debilitating fear of skeletons. 

NAMES: “Starstruck”, Jackie Culver & Jamie Foster

CLASS: Child Heroes / Musicians + Gifted

STRENGTH: Mid-Level Smalltown Heroes

INFO: Middle-schoolers that have been gifted by the heavens with reality-bending powers that are cast via their music. This is a fairly common kind of power, though it has never been split between two individuals like this. They strengthen each other’s abilities by playing together. They are still too young to be full-time heroes, so they juggle occasional heroism with their schoolwork and personal lives.

NAME:  Disaster Man / Herbert Watkins

CLASS: Unnatural Disaster / Cursed

THREAT: Mid-Level Mass Mayhem

ARCH: Heavenly Dawn

INFO: A living magnet for bad luck, Herb is... just trying his best. He can't control his destructive powers very well, and they often have a tendency to backfire on him. He wouldn't be a supervillain at all if not for his circumstances, but being one means he gets health insurance and a regular paycheck just for existing. He's a nice guy when you get to know him, but prolonged exposure is dangerous.

NAME: Heavenly Dawn / Aimi Sasaki 

CLASS: Magical Girl / Gifted + IFO

STRENGTH: Mid-Level Protector of the City

ARCH: Disaster Man

INFO: A former Child-Hero from Japan, Heavenly Dawn is one of the more experienced and level-headed superheros in Cityburg. He arching relationship is different than most of her coworkers because she knows that Herb can't control the chaos he leaves in his wake. Her magical fan can make things to grow or shrink in size, and is a very useful tool in minimizing his destruction.

She's also dating Captain Iconic.

NAMES: The Sterling Sisters / Samiya (Red Widow) and Samantha (Weaver). Both use Sam as a nickname.

CLASS: Costumers / Cursed + Gifted

STRENGTH/THREAT: High-Level Arch Rivalry

ARCHES: Each other

INFO: A pair of psychic siblings who have been unwillingly mirroring each other for their entire lives. They share the same telekinetic powers and talents for fashion design, but they are in a constant state of trying to one-up or differentiate each other. Their personalities are largely different, Samiya is a bit more laid-back and jovial compared to Samantha's sterner disposition and dry wit. But every time they accidentally make the same outfit, or speak in sync, tensions can boil over.

Bonus:

NAME: Dr. Lino Rodriguez Eadful

CLASS: Civilian Scientist

THREAT: High-Level Mass Mayhem

INFO: Wanted for unlawful human experimentation conducted on his colleagues and possibly himself. Full capabilities unknown. Excellent possible candidate for mad scientist position.

[genaleah]

Cape physics! Not sure if i have it down yet, but it's a pretty good start.

[genaleah]

Been working on some oc designs again!

The tumblr app dropped this post into the void the first time I made it, and I'm too tired to rewrite all that character info again. I WILL TALK ABOUT THEM ANOTHER TIME, THEN.

[genaleah]

Day two of OC tober! This gal might look familiar but.. she wasn't originally a female character! I've kept Captain Iconic a dude for years, why the sudden change? WELL, I have a good reason!

So, I've been doing one of those Favorite Character Memes, and I realized that none of my favorites were female! It wasn't intentional, but it got me thinking... Any of those characters feasibly could've been women, it wouldn't require any significant changes.Someone could totally take an interesting, fun, oddly-designed male character and make them female and not lose anything in the process!

I could do that! So I did! Captain Iconic was already one of my favorite characters, but now she's *perfect*. No changes made to her original personality, and only very minor changes in the design. (A little bit of makeup, hair that has a more concrete shape, and some extra glitter on the costume. But I woulda done that one anyway.) She gets to keep that great, awesome, top-heavy, tiny-legged body shape. I debated removing the star nipples from the costume, but there's nothing explicit about it? And it's still hilarious, dangit! IF BATMAN CAN DO IT, SO CAN SHE.

Bonus: I accidentally created a scene between the doodles from today and yesterday.

He probably deserved it.