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"...I'm an UPGRADE."

One of the lines I plan to have Hobgoblin say to Norman Osborn during their first encounter in my fanfics...assuming I can get them going.

The long-awaited followup to my pic, , this pic is intended to reveal the ACTUAL design of Hobgoblin that I came up with and to show everyone just a little bit more of what I have in store for my Spectacular Spider-Man fanfics, in the hope of attracting potential co-writers to the cause. As I've said in my earlier pics, because I've got so many stories in this series to write, there's simply no way I could POSSIBLY do it on my own. So I've taken it upon myself to draw some pics of some of the broader concepts I have in mind, in the hopes that it might draw interest from other fanfic writers to help me.

Hobgoblin was definitely one of the first pics I wanted to get out there, because I plan for him to play a BIG role in these stories. But of course, the obvious issue was, how was I supposed to draw a Hobgoblin pic if I don't know what Hobgoblin was going to LOOK like? So that's when I started thinking about putting a proper design together.

The head turned out to be the easiest part. Just like with the comics, I simply took the original Green Goblin face, gave it less exaggerated features, demonic red eyes and voila. It was maybe two minutes of work and I was just like, "There. That's it. THAT'S my Hobgoblin". But THEN, I had to start designing the actual COSTUME and THAT'S when I ran into problems.

Most of the issues stemmed from the fact that I was getting too focused on "classic" Hobgoblin and those elements I wanted to have from the comics. I even wanted the curled-up, pointy shoes. But as I went back and looked over the SSM Green Goblin design, I realized just how many things were radically different. For one thing, he wasn't wearing the pointy elf hat, but more like a flight cap without the goggles. And he didn't have a tunic over his chest, either, it looked more like chest armor. And then, there was the jack-o-lantern belt buckle and the loincloth and the big, honkin' space booties. And I was just like, "Uuuh-hhhh...how do I make THIS work?" Because I couldn't get tunnel-visioned on the classic stuff and end up doing a total tear-down of the design. One of the aspects of Hobgoblin was that both he and Green Goblin shared the same basic design elements in their costumes. So how do I maintain the spirit of the new SSM design and still input the things I wanted?

That was when I realized I had to take a step back and look at the whole concept objectively. And when I was at work that night, I started thinking about Roderick Kingsley's mindset in the comics when he started knocking around the idea of becoming the Hobgoblin. While he liked the whole Goblin concept in general, which is why he kept the basic elements intact, the one thing he knew he DIDN'T want to be was another GREEN Goblin. Because as far as Kingsley was concerned, Norman Osborn was a clown and he LOOKED like one. And Kingsley decided right out of the gate that if he was gonna DO this thing, he didn't want to look like a clown. He wanted to look like a BADASS.

So that's what got me thinking, how do I take all the elements that made the Green Goblin look GOOFY and turn them around to make the Hobgoblin look DANGEROUS? And that was when all these ideas started flooding into my head, which I just HAD to get on paper the next morning. I took the jack-o-lantern belt buckle and turned it into a skull, ripped up the loincloth and the cape, threw in some chains and leather straps and even added spikes on the boots...which, if you notice, actually allowed me to give Hobgoblin the curly boots I wanted without ACTUALLY making them. And as for the glider, I went and added horns. Basically, the whole idea was to make him look like some demon who had just escaped from Hell, and despite the cartoonish look of the SSM character designs, I think I pulled it off quite nicely.

All-in-all, I'm quite happy with this pic and hopefully, this will be a good step forward as I move forward from here to get my drawing back on track. I know more than a few of you have been worried about me. In any event, feel free to tell me what you think of this pic once you see it. Looking forward to hearing from all of you. ^_^

Description
"...I'm an UPGRADE."

One of the lines I plan to have Hobgoblin say to Norman Osborn during their first encounter in my fanfics...assuming I can get them going.

The long-awaited followup to my pic, , this pic is intended to reveal the ACTUAL design of Hobgoblin that I came up with and to show everyone just a little bit more of what I have in store for my Spectacular Spider-Man fanfics, in the hope of attracting potential co-writers to the cause. As I've said in my earlier pics, because I've got so many stories in this series to write, there's simply no way I could POSSIBLY do it on my own. So I've taken it upon myself to draw some pics of some of the broader concepts I have in mind, in the hopes that it might draw interest from other fanfic writers to help me.

Hobgoblin was definitely one of the first pics I wanted to get out there, because I plan for him to play a BIG role in these stories. But of course, the obvious issue was, how was I supposed to draw a Hobgoblin pic if I don't know what Hobgoblin was going to LOOK like? So that's when I started thinking about putting a proper design together.

The head turned out to be the easiest part. Just like with the comics, I simply took the original Green Goblin face, gave it less exaggerated features, demonic red eyes and voila. It was maybe two minutes of work and I was just like, "There. That's it. THAT'S my Hobgoblin". But THEN, I had to start designing the actual COSTUME and THAT'S when I ran into problems.

Most of the issues stemmed from the fact that I was getting too focused on "classic" Hobgoblin and those elements I wanted to have from the comics. I even wanted the curled-up, pointy shoes. But as I went back and looked over the SSM Green Goblin design, I realized just how many things were radically different. For one thing, he wasn't wearing the pointy elf hat, but more like a flight cap without the goggles. And he didn't have a tunic over his chest, either, it looked more like chest armor. And then, there was the jack-o-lantern belt buckle and the loincloth and the big, honkin' space booties. And I was just like, "Uuuh-hhhh...how do I make THIS work?" Because I couldn't get tunnel-visioned on the classic stuff and end up doing a total tear-down of the design. One of the aspects of Hobgoblin was that both he and Green Goblin shared the same basic design elements in their costumes. So how do I maintain the spirit of the new SSM design and still input the things I wanted?

That was when I realized I had to take a step back and look at the whole concept objectively. And when I was at work that night, I started thinking about Roderick Kingsley's mindset in the comics when he started knocking around the idea of becoming the Hobgoblin. While he liked the whole Goblin concept in general, which is why he kept the basic elements intact, the one thing he knew he DIDN'T want to be was another GREEN Goblin. Because as far as Kingsley was concerned, Norman Osborn was a clown and he LOOKED like one. And Kingsley decided right out of the gate that if he was gonna DO this thing, he didn't want to look like a clown. He wanted to look like a BADASS.

So that's what got me thinking, how do I take all the elements that made the Green Goblin look GOOFY and turn them around to make the Hobgoblin look DANGEROUS? And that was when all these ideas started flooding into my head, which I just HAD to get on paper the next morning. I took the jack-o-lantern belt buckle and turned it into a skull, ripped up the loincloth and the cape, threw in some chains and leather straps and even added spikes on the boots...which, if you notice, actually allowed me to give Hobgoblin the curly boots I wanted without ACTUALLY making them. And as for the glider, I went and added horns. Basically, the whole idea was to make him look like some demon who had just escaped from Hell, and despite the cartoonish look of the SSM character designs, I think I pulled it off quite nicely.

All-in-all, I'm quite happy with this pic and hopefully, this will be a good step forward as I move forward from here to get my drawing back on track. I know more than a few of you have been worried about me. In any event, feel free to tell me what you think of this pic once you see it. Looking forward to hearing from all of you. ^_^