So currently working on some re-designs of characters. Lord Chaos right now, having a lot of fun with it.

Here is what I turned in for my Mid-term, a project proposal explaining exactly what I'm doing.

A) Thesis Statement
Exploring the superhuman myth through new aesthetic means, bringing the extraordinary into reality.

B) What are you doing?
My idea is to tell a superhuman story. The setting is a world where 1% of the population has unique abilities and has had them for over 100 years, a world where there are no heroes or villains, only police and criminals. The man cast consists of 13 criminals pulling a series of felonies with their endgame being world domination or destruction. The story will be presented through the eyes of the police trying to stop these criminals. I will stimulate the audience by making real life items to tell my story as well as having them actively participate in my project by solving the finale of the story.

C) Why are you doing this?
The superhuman myth as it is today is limited and ridiculed as a narrative mostly in the form of the simple comic book. I believe that without exploration into new aesthetic mediums and means that the myth will stagnate intellectually. The point is to explore the concept of the superhuman outside of comfortable settings and forum such as the graphic novel. A combination of illustrative, narrative, graphic design, and sculptural work all used to experiment with the myth.

D) How will you do this?
Each piece of the project will be relatively cheap in price to construct. As an illustrator and graphic designer I already have most of the supplies and programs I’ll be using. Utilizing the resources of the School of Art and Design as well as businesses within Ann Arbor the rest of the project will be realized relatively simply.

E) Where will this be presented?
The project is best presented within a gallery. I will also explore the businesses in Ann Arbor relating to the superhuman myth, comic book stores The Vault of Midnight and Get Your Game On, to present my work.

Just wanted to put this up to tell what I am doing and say why I am doing it.

After the break I'll have scans up for characters

The Story

So I've been laying it all out for a while and I've decided to just tell the base of the story here. It's one of those, "There's no way in hell that is going to work" kinda things so bare with it.

It starts on January 1st in the year 2012 of my world. January First is a global holiday known as Justice Day, when the Justice Agency was founded and such. On this day, three criminals (Lord Chaos, Titan, and Hydro) steal the Machine of Bohnenberg from the Stadtmuseum of Tubingen. Details of this device can be found:

http://www.ion.org/museum/item_view.cfm?cid=5&scid=12&iid=24

This device was the first ever Gyroscope. This comes into play later on.
The second heist happens on February 14th of the same year, Valentines day. Lord Chaos, the leader of the Chaos Organization which is the group of criminals for my story, loves a good old cliche holiday caper. On this day, three other criminals (Pyro, Maelstrom, and D-Rocker) steal the Dagger of the Smoking Mirror, an artifact of which I have come up with. They steal this item on the Pan American highway, 30 miles outside of Mexico city as the item is being transported.
The Smoking Mirror refers to the Aztec god Tezcatlipoca, the god of destruction. More info on him:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tezcatlipoca

Next we have June 21st, which is Father's Day in America. Again it's the whole cliche holiday thing. But really it doesn't matter because the item that is stolen, this time by a team of four (Golem, The Hitman, Lady Inkwell, and Puppet Mistress), is in the National Archaeology Museum of Spain. Here they take Cortes' Log Book.
This is the fun one,, August 28th. When three other criminals of the Chaos Organization (Antlion, Deathless, and Black Rose) try to steal a small statue known as the Idol of the End, a artifact I came up with and make, 2 of them are arrested. I'm excited about this one because I get to make interrogation tapes for the two of them.
Next we have November 5th, the Guy Fawkes Massacre. In my history post I had some info on that. This is where all the 11 other criminals come and pull a jail break on the two that have been arrested.
The last part of the story is the final heist pulled off by Deathless, Maelstrom, and The Hitman. This item is in the British museum and they steal it on the 10th of December. The item is known as the Skull of the Smoking Mirror. Another item connected to Tezcatlipoca. Info for which can be found:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/aoa/m/mosaic_mask_of_tezcatlipoca.aspx

So the whole thing is this big end of the world 12/21/2012 thing where the endgame of their plan is to activate a giant Aztec artifact hidden in the city of Tenochtitlan that will bring about the end of the world. I've already figured out how it ends and such but I'm experimenting right now with what to do with the installation so I'm not going to say it right now. Let's just say it speaks to the futility of villainous acts that I oh so love in a good Superhuman story.