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2. #staticshock #static #staticseasonone #dcuniverse #milestone #milestonemedia #chriscrosserfanpage #chriscrosserx #chriscrossrex #vitaayala #nikolasdraperivey #denyscowan #reggiehudlin #chrisconroy #marquisdraper https://www.instagram.com/p/CRiMCc4M29y/?utm_medium=tumblr

Another oldie but goodie: Drawing a cover for the great Icon and Rocket back in the 90’s #milestonemedia #icon #chriscross #ChrisCrosserfanpage #chriscrossrex #chriscrosser #chriscrosserx #dccomics https://www.instagram.com/p/B8rJT3uh9O2/?igshid=5ox8vacj2g28

That cover I did for #FALLENWORLD #valiantcomics #valiant #comicbooks #chriscrosser #chriscrossrex #chriscrosserx #chriscross #rai #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #artistoninstagram #artwork #artworks #artworks_artist https://www.instagram.com/p/B04-hh0hi9d/?igshid=19op1zg8juvsz

This was the final version before the one they settled on that finally got published. By this time I was deflated enough to stop trying to come up with new ways to make this character pop uniquely and gave them a semblance of what they wanted. And I really wanted to give this character a great originality that it never had. I didn’t want him to be a black version of Ronnie Raymond. I wanted Jason Rusch to be amazing. Who needs “black magic” when you can be a black elemental. The first of his kind in this kind of setting. But I think he’s canon now and I’m glad to have been a part of this project even though I left earlier than I ever anticipated. #chriscrossrex #chriscross #jasonrusch #dc #dccomics #redesign #conceptart #firestorm https://www.instagram.com/p/BvHcIqjhAM_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=lb6vvoa2sh1n

I think this version of Firestorm was the one where they needed to pump the breaks. I think it was getting too far from the Firestorm they were used to... flaming pyre on the head, a mask exposing the face, in some cases those ridiculous mariachi sleeves... were wanted to make this character look and behave like what I thought he was. A Quantum Man. A person that had the ability to evolve and adapt to the next level of his humanity with a spiritual twist to him. He would use other people to pair into this new incantation of himself and judging the way Biblically Man was built and what God used as reference, it was only a natural step given Jason’s power set. At this point, lol... you was told to peer down from my exuberance and start going more towards what they were used to. So it starts to go downhill concept-wise from here. #chriscrossrex #chriscross #dc #dccomics #jasonrusch #chriscrosserx #conceptart #redesign https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu-UC8ehqv0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=w6udxhf61n26

So after the first two thoroughly freaked out Peter Tomasi with the first two concept sketches, I stumble into the office with two more sketches .... understand this is before I got my new scanner for my computer and those days where I’d personally go to the office to pick up checks... he sees this one and thinks, “ohhhh I don’t know, man. This is crazy. This looks more like s villain to me.” By this time he says,” what if they make toys off these models?! How will they make these make any kind of sense?” #chriscrossrex #firestorm #chriscross #dc #dccomics #dccomicsart #jasonrusch #jasonrusch #redesign #conceptart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu7JayUBHmC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rvcbsjwap92w

This was the second version of my journey into creating a new Firestorm. Remember they said “Go Crazy. “. When I brought this one to the editor at the time, Peter Tomasi, I remember how he just stared at it and said,” what in Sam Hill am I looking at here?” And his eyes just trailed into the cosmos. Lol A friend of mine said Firestorm looks more like FIREGOD than anything else... and they thought that the presence of a black halo made him too ominous and religious. Which is what I was going for. The cross between spiritual and science. Because I’m a rebel like that. I never saw Firestorm as a Nuclear Man. I always saw him as a Quantum Man. And that’s what drove my concept. Still way too much for DC to deal with in the prepping stage. By the way, all of these version were inspired by one boot from Jim Lee’s version of Firestorm that he put together. ONE BOOT. #chriscrossrex #chriscross #dc #dccomics #dccomicsart #chriscrosser #chriscrosserx #redesign #conceptart #firestorm https://www.instagram.com/p/Bu5R4-0hzol/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=usvgc93bbrdu

Arturo in his machine prepping Kino’s mind for a takeover. #lionforgecomics #chriscrosser #chriscrosserx #kino7 #chriscrossrex #catalystprime #art #artist