Here are the initial character design sketches for Private Andrew Martinez, one of the new characters from the mind of Carlos Parra. The character is a veteran of the recent Iraq war. He uses the skills and training he received from the armed forces to survive this Dark New World

With these character design sketches I took into consideration Martinez’s military knowledge. Carlos sent me several photos of solders in uniform for the general look he wanted for Martinez. I used these references and modified them a bit to come up with his look while still keeping to the standard U.S. Army desert uniform. He’s in 30′s so I tried to show that in these sketches. He doesn’t look to old or to young.

My next post will have some character design sketches of the Carnies, so keep an eye out.

I meet with a great client this afternoon and learned a bit of Chicano History today. The client informed me about the Brown Berets, what a wonderful opportunity to introduce this to the readers. One of our new Heroes in Dark New World is Chicano and served in the military. I’m kind of thinking of including this into Dark New World.