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Published: 2011-04-29 17:31:06 +0000 UTC; Views: 4517; Favourites: 81; Downloads: 41
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Here's another client piece--some concept art for a proposed stage adaptation of Alastair Reynolds' sci-fi novella Diamond Dogs! This is Captain Forqueray, captain of the ship Apollyon that takes our characters to a mysterious planet with an even more mysterious secret!Hop on over to Shanghai Low Theatricals [link] to find out more, and to see some more artwork by myself and fellow project artist Fred Baxter!
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Nice. 
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Thanks! ^__^ Yeah, we took some liberties with the design--since he needed a functioning space suit, we thought it would be cool to combine the exoskeleton with it and integrate the whole thing into his body. I did some other drawings of how this suit connects into his body, and what he looks like without it on. And I had actually done some drawings of him with a light, ornate exoskeleton surrounding him, but everybody liked this idea more. 
Did you see Trintignant? [link]
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Thank you!!! I think the Captain was my second favorite character in that story. Pity how he went out.
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I know right! Personally Hirz was my second favorite then it was the Captain. It also suck how she went out...
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Totally! She was cool, but in both Forqueray and Hirz's case, I figured they'd probably die like that. Secondary characters always go out badly.
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I know right! Well I also kinda expected it cause my favorite character always dies or something else happenes to them. :/ I also wish Trintignant stuck around
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Yeah, it's that way for me a lot, too! That's what we get for liking the more evil characters. They always die.
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Lol I know right!!!!!!!! That and secondary characters
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Yeah, that's the trouble with secondary characters--they're expendable.
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Yep it kinda sucks
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I guess that's where fan fiction comes in.
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I guess so
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Concept art for a stage adaptation? That sounds pretty awesome.
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Yeah, it's been really fun! And of course it would be awesome to see my designs brought to life on a stage! For now it's more of a pitch/work-in-progress--there's no guarentee that it'll ever make it to the stage. But it sure would be an amazing production, at the very least as far as special effects, sets and costumes go!
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God, absolutely LOVE this costume design! Did you create it yourself or the client detailed it for you?
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Thanks! They gave me some guidelines--we knew this character would be mixed with robotics, and that he would need a space suit, so I pretty much took it from there. His race incorporates a lot of style and ornateness into their suits, so I started with the sort of "face" on the chest and carried that look throughout the suit.
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Thanks! ^_^ He's my second favorite character, after Trintignant.
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Thanks! In the story he's part of a race called Ultras--they mix their bodies with technology, but keep a sort of tribe style and mentality. I think the author pictured them more wearing ornate exokeletons, but I figured if they're mixing their bodies with robotics, it might as well function as a space suit, too, right?
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Well, that makes logic.
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...and style!
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