How's This For A Redesign Of The Shadow:

How's this for a redesign of the Shadow:

I would like to go back a little to Gibson's early conception of the Shadow, where the red lining of his cloak was a dark grey instead, and his face was (supposedly) wrapped in bandages. Instead a dark grey cloth that might be bandages are around his mouth and jaw, and all you can see is this: https://pin.it/6RYURwAXD

Or perhaps this: https://pin.it/1qzdyPlTn

We can take a cue from fellow pulp hero Green Ghost in that it's his pale skin with dark grease paint around the eyes to make them look like the eye sockets of a skull. I also like the idea that he wears weighted glows to resemble the pale gangster habds he was said to have. Think of what is seen in the middle pic here: https://64.media.tumblr.com/88aeddeb7912e3b4c2d24233e7032713/80c401a7da6b18a8-f2/s2048x3072/e88f4bf2bcc5b3e78e07d5bd35f51df65587a59b.png

Add some colored lenses and you can make it look like a steel blue dot is shining deep within...

Finally, as a fan of symmetry, there is a Griosol Ring on each hand...

Your thoughts?

GREATLY appreciate your callbacks to the weird face concept.

His true face is one of the most mysterious concepts of his character, yet it's looked over (likely because it was looked over by Gibson himself.) It's sinister; it exemplifies the idea of someone who can never go back to being human again in a figurative and literal sense (or he's ugly, lmao.) I don't need an overexposed narrative, but I would love designs that could tell that wordless story whenever we get an impossible glimpse into the pure black mass.

I've had design ideas based on this that are kinda similar to your suggestions. Although there's a few things that I would alter very slightly.

Imagined what you're talking about + my personal redesigns:

How's This For A Redesign Of The Shadow:
How's This For A Redesign Of The Shadow:
How's This For A Redesign Of The Shadow:

Based on his first illustrated appearance in The Living Shadow and early story illustrations.

There might be issues with adding bandages and that's the comparison to Darkman. I know Shadow came wayyyyy first / was supposed to / inspired by / yes yes but regardless.

To fix that and go beyond I have a grosser proposition. Instead of dark grey we use a dark red + pinkish yellow. It has horrific implications (what happened to cause so much staining?) and not only calls back to the horror face, but also mirrors the scarf that's practically a staple to Shadow design.

Desaturated the red so the color wasn't too heavy. Did that for a few things here to make him resemble more of a relic (also based on your suggestions.)

I'll be honest I've never heard of these... gangster hands??? Or any other hand injury idk I probably missed something that's totally possible.

Don't really get the weighted gloves either. Boney knuckles probably pack enough of a wallop god.

Although having his hands concealed similarly to the face could also raise the extent on how bad he really got it in the War.

Also not huge on the double girasol ring (i get the symmetry tho) It's a nice reference because I believe he owns two girasols one of which he wears.

I just made the other grey. So we went from asymmetrical to symmetrical only just to be asymmetrical again lmao. Could also be symbolic if you choose.

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