HOME | DD

MadAndPerplexed — Steampunk Project - Jack (Digital) by

#cane #clock #clocktower #gear #gothic #mechanical #oc #sinister #springheeledjack #steampunk #supernatural #tophat #victorian #walkingstick #windup #steampunkoc #steampunkoriginalcharcater #originalcharacter #pogostick
Published: 2016-06-11 20:26:09 +0000 UTC; Views: 3590; Favourites: 114; Downloads: 11
Redirect to original
Description UPDATED
Quite the overhaul on this one. After looking through these Iv'e noticed how much my practicing in the digital media has slowly approved and sadly Jack was looking a little sad compared to the later works All I could think was "must try harder" Hopefully this mini revamp paid off. I also decided to flesh out his story a little and change his powers quite a bit.  See previous versions below.


Jack is supposedly the infamous Spring Heeled Jack! though what he actually is a complete mystery. He seems to live outside the laws of nature, Jack is remarkably hard to be seen by the human eye and is only visible when he chooses though there are rare exceptions such children and supernatural beings. Its said he can see all possible outcomes and possibilities and always appears to be present at significant historical events.  Jack in fact loves chaos and sets up chain reactions which lead to major world changing scenarios, sometimes simply for his own amusement and curiosity. Currently Jack is trying to observe the witch Magdalene Witlocke, a woman hes had many dealings with before, and due to her enhanced magics is immune to many of Jacks quirks. 

That was until someone else peeked his interest, a somewhat eccentric but highly intelligent amateur detective but otherwise just a normal human woman!
What was it about her that interested him so?.....She could see him! and she was looking for him!

Jack's main weapons are his trusty Pogo-cane which not only sends him bounding to great heights but can also change into a multitude of weapons to suit he's most unorthodox methods. 
Jacks windup top hat is something else altogether! It strangely has an unlimited capacity to hold many traps, gizmos and gadgets that would put Mary Poppins' carpet bag to shame. But its main purpose is something quite special! This top hat is able to create bubble realities! These literal "thought bubbles" contain mini realities, alternative universes and parallel worlds! their possibilities are endless! as they're only limited by this strange beings whims and imagination. 

Special thanks to for her fantastic Balconey scene and to for her beautiful Clock Tower stock fav.me/d2ctzip
Related content
Comments: 51

JericaWinters [2018-05-23 21:25:23 +0000 UTC]

He looks like a mischievous fellow with that smile. Again, fantastic job on the details.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

DylanCArt [2018-02-09 15:58:23 +0000 UTC]

Nice  art work you did .

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

MareikeN [2017-11-14 09:25:32 +0000 UTC]

creepy and amazing! And the background suits really good!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to MareikeN [2018-01-19 01:27:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks muchly, glad the creepiness factor is noticeable 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Muwaten82 [2017-10-28 07:17:53 +0000 UTC]

  .....

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TimMcJimFromPL [2017-10-26 19:20:56 +0000 UTC]

Looks amazing.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to TimMcJimFromPL [2018-01-19 01:28:48 +0000 UTC]

Thanks buddy 😁

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

TimMcJimFromPL In reply to MadAndPerplexed [2018-01-19 20:27:24 +0000 UTC]

Your welcome.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Renata-s-art [2017-10-26 14:27:46 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Shy-Steamer [2017-01-04 20:54:11 +0000 UTC]

Well done on this!!!
I love how the top of his hat looks like a shutter!!! ^ ^

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to Shy-Steamer [2017-07-08 02:18:04 +0000 UTC]

Thank you I really tried to make it a bit more mechanical this time 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

Shy-Steamer In reply to MadAndPerplexed [2017-07-08 02:30:38 +0000 UTC]

You're welcome! ^ ^
Well, I'd say it paid off very well!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Jagabe [2016-12-16 02:26:03 +0000 UTC]

Creeptastic Grin!! 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to Jagabe [2017-07-08 02:17:24 +0000 UTC]

Hehehe o dread to think what's under that hat to match it 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

AndronicusVII [2016-12-15 04:23:35 +0000 UTC]

That is an awesome grin!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

HotaruThodt [2016-12-15 03:18:16 +0000 UTC]

His design is freaking awesome. I'm loving that hat. XD

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to HotaruThodt [2017-07-08 02:19:00 +0000 UTC]

Thanks buddy and sorry for the late reply, I recently came out of hospital after a major op so I've had a lot of catching up to do

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

HotaruThodt In reply to MadAndPerplexed [2017-07-08 17:16:32 +0000 UTC]

It's okay. There's no need to apologize.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to HotaruThodt [2017-07-18 10:05:54 +0000 UTC]

Cheers bud

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TantrissTheWitch [2016-12-13 21:06:40 +0000 UTC]

Ambiguously human character who has an accessory with unlimited space, who likes to manipulate history...
Reminds me a lot of my OC Tantriss

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

TransitorioAzzuro [2016-08-23 19:16:01 +0000 UTC]

Lol! This line: [that would put Mary Poppins carpet bag to shame.] XD

First I wanted to say how detailed this and most of your work is, but I even enjoyed the character info you included. I figured ou might know lore from the characters you seem to use and how much would
be incorporated. Didn't know this fellow would be Spring Heel Jack-oriented though, that's a new and interesting one!
Personal preference, but I hope in my imagination this is more along the lines of Guilty Gear with the fast-paced action  

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to TransitorioAzzuro [2016-09-04 13:53:17 +0000 UTC]

Firstly apologies for the late reply, currently have builders in my house so it's been a bit chaotic 

Thank you. I'm certainly no writer but I do try to include a little bit of info on all my characters. As this story takes place in victorian England I've tried to include as many refrences to era where appropriate. 
I have to agree he definitely doesn't scream spring Heeled jack but he is also has a refrence to the mad hatter and has history with my other character Alice

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

TransitorioAzzuro In reply to MadAndPerplexed [2016-09-14 08:25:56 +0000 UTC]

No worries! I'm chronically terrible at replying speedily on DA. I get overwhelmed with so many notifications that can come in after being away haha!

If you simply know how to apply thing appropriately along with a good writing hand, I'd say that is well enough a writer to me Maybe not putting
out a novel, but more than enough if you wanted to pitch and compile a story for a fighting game. Most are notorious for having shaky plots and 
consistency, so something like this would be golden, imo. 
Mad Hatter was really my first guess, but I like how you incorporated the two.

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

Guilty-10-Games [2016-08-19 02:36:39 +0000 UTC]

Love the top hat, awesome job.

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to Guilty-10-Games [2016-08-21 19:48:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks again. I had a lot of fun with the redesign of it

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

ureshii5h1t [2016-08-11 23:29:09 +0000 UTC]

awesome! really nice shading and I love the design of his top hat and cane. he sounds like a very interesting character, great work!  

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to ureshii5h1t [2016-08-14 13:44:23 +0000 UTC]

Thank you it was definitely a challange to show his character despite only seeing his mouth

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

splaty [2016-07-04 10:09:33 +0000 UTC]

That smile. A smile that says "Welcome! Let me mess up your world!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to splaty [2016-07-04 20:36:57 +0000 UTC]

Oh definitely chaos is Jacks middle name 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

splaty In reply to MadAndPerplexed [2016-07-04 20:44:57 +0000 UTC]

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

CascadingGreatness [2016-06-14 07:21:12 +0000 UTC]

Is it just me, or does it seem like a lot of OCs named Jack like to stir up trouble, or are crazy (to an extent)?

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to CascadingGreatness [2016-06-14 17:50:25 +0000 UTC]

It's not just you the name jack was used alot in the past to name such character hence why you have things like jack the lad, spring Heeled jack and Jack the ripper 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

LeRevengeSquid [2016-06-14 06:24:26 +0000 UTC]

This looks cool ^w^

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to LeRevengeSquid [2016-06-14 17:51:16 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for saying so and thanks for the fave

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

LeRevengeSquid In reply to MadAndPerplexed [2016-06-14 18:33:04 +0000 UTC]

You welcome ^w^

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

AndronicusVII [2016-06-13 11:17:34 +0000 UTC]

Refreshingly crazy!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to AndronicusVII [2016-06-13 19:00:28 +0000 UTC]

Wait till you see the next guy

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

AndronicusVII In reply to MadAndPerplexed [2016-06-13 23:21:57 +0000 UTC]

Cool!

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

D-Venom [2016-06-13 01:49:06 +0000 UTC]

This is so cool keep up the great work

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to D-Venom [2016-06-13 01:59:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you muchly currently reworking all my steampunk characters. Also thanks for faving

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

SkullMaskMan [2016-06-12 03:10:53 +0000 UTC]

LVE the grin

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to SkullMaskMan [2016-06-12 03:29:30 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. I felt it should be very noticeable seeing as you can't see the rest of his face 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

SkullMaskMan In reply to MadAndPerplexed [2016-06-12 03:48:49 +0000 UTC]

Very nice touch either way

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

AllEagerThumbs [2016-06-11 21:30:14 +0000 UTC]

That grin is shitkickin!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to AllEagerThumbs [2016-06-11 21:48:40 +0000 UTC]

Thanks dude. Decided it needed a bit more detail as it's he's only facial feature 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

AllEagerThumbs In reply to MadAndPerplexed [2016-06-11 22:03:05 +0000 UTC]

You managed to cram quite a lot of personality into it, great job!

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to AllEagerThumbs [2016-06-13 19:00:01 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man. I do like the challange of getting character to show when there's few facial features showing 

👍: 0 ⏩: 0

tamnos [2016-06-11 21:07:38 +0000 UTC]

Cool!! Love how bold the colors look. Nice idea

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

MadAndPerplexed In reply to tamnos [2016-06-11 21:17:07 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. Glad you like the colour choice. I think there's a danger of sticking to typical steampunk pallets and the charactets all feeling the same 

👍: 0 ⏩: 1

tamnos In reply to MadAndPerplexed [2016-06-15 15:40:18 +0000 UTC]

Yes its nice to see variation on the original themes and ideas. Look forward to seeing more 😉

👍: 0 ⏩: 0