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I'm really getting good use out of those books I bought. They've really helped be to understand better how to think of everything I do as 3-dimensional objects at all times; once I recognized that everything has to maintain 'volume' (so-to-speak) it got easier to spot my mistakes and I felt more comfortable drawing more dynamic positions since I could "see" where everything was positioned in space - even if I couldn't actually SEE it....that makes sense, right?

Is it just me or is "Apache Chief" an even more potentially fire-starting name than "Black Vulcan"? Which is weird because you'd think 'black' would be more bothersome since it just lumps everyone in a certain part of the skin tonal spectrum together as "the same" whereas "Apache" at least refers to a specific culture. I guess it was really more the overall depiction that was considered offensive, not really just the name.

His original story was very simple and short: When he was young he and his tribe's Chief were walking in the woods where an unexpected danger proved his character and the Chief gifted him with a magic powder that imbued him with special powers. The End.

Here's what I'm thinking: Born and raised on a reservation. Tye (yes, like Longshadow - just calling him that as a placeholder but I'm not opposed to it being his name) grew up loving his people's traditions and ways but found himself drifting away as he entered his teens much to the dismay of his Grandfather, a chief. When he ends up failing to play his appointed role in a special ceremony due to prioritizing his other, more 'modern' interests (cliche, I know) his upset Grandfather takes him for a walk to try to reconnect him to his roots by passing on some wisdom as well as a special family heirloom.

You can probably guess the rest: they're attacked by aliens/mutants that 'closely resemble' monsters of Native American lore, Grandpa bites it protecting him and gives him the heirloom which of COURSE is made of some extraterrestrial mineral the baddies covet that ALSO happens to activate the meta-gene in his family's bloodline and gives him his powers. He vows to protect his people forevermore and goes from having become blase towards his culture to...well, c'mon he's called the "Apache Chief" for crying out loud.

...or how about: "Apache Brave"?

Eh? It's a bit more accurate, has a cool, younger-sounding ring to it and we can just assume he becomes "Chief" later on.

Final Notes:
Personality: He never stopped caring about his people or having pride in his heritage, he just didn't get what the big 'deal' was and felt like sometimes he was being kept out of the 21st century (he wasn't, but teenage mentality ). He's a cool, easy-going guy but still quite personable, polite and well-mannered. After his Grandfather passes he does get a bit 'dark' and brooding, but it's mostly because he feels like he's representing his whole race whenever he goes out as a hero and is trying to maintain an air of solemn dignity, like grandpa used to .
He's fully capable of having fun, smiling (as seen in his 'pre-hero' head-shot) and even jokes, but once he goes "Full-Brave" it's all business.

Costume : Like the others I tried to stick close to the classic and just put it in something like the "Teen Titans" style. I also gave him a shirt and pants because people wear shirts and pants. The only real notable additions are the necklace and face-paint (I think it helps give him some 'attitude'). Also, his eyes go 'Batman-white' when he grows to give him a bit more of that nice 'Oh crap, we ticked off the wrong guy' quality.

Other: His powers include growing to enormous size (it was capped initially but later became limitless; he can now reach cosmic proportions if he wants to ), expert tracking ability, a "sixth sense" (whatever that means) and talking to animals as well as having a special "kinship" with them. I was thinking maybe this could give him a point of connection with Jayna as a fellow animal lover
What do you think?

Description
Part of:
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I'm really getting good use out of those books I bought. They've really helped be to understand better how to think of everything I do as 3-dimensional objects at all times; once I recognized that everything has to maintain 'volume' (so-to-speak) it got easier to spot my mistakes and I felt more comfortable drawing more dynamic positions since I could "see" where everything was positioned in space - even if I couldn't actually SEE it....that makes sense, right?

Is it just me or is "Apache Chief" an even more potentially fire-starting name than "Black Vulcan"? Which is weird because you'd think 'black' would be more bothersome since it just lumps everyone in a certain part of the skin tonal spectrum together as "the same" whereas "Apache" at least refers to a specific culture. I guess it was really more the overall depiction that was considered offensive, not really just the name.

His original story was very simple and short: When he was young he and his tribe's Chief were walking in the woods where an unexpected danger proved his character and the Chief gifted him with a magic powder that imbued him with special powers. The End.

Here's what I'm thinking: Born and raised on a reservation. Tye (yes, like Longshadow - just calling him that as a placeholder but I'm not opposed to it being his name) grew up loving his people's traditions and ways but found himself drifting away as he entered his teens much to the dismay of his Grandfather, a chief. When he ends up failing to play his appointed role in a special ceremony due to prioritizing his other, more 'modern' interests (cliche, I know) his upset Grandfather takes him for a walk to try to reconnect him to his roots by passing on some wisdom as well as a special family heirloom.

You can probably guess the rest: they're attacked by aliens/mutants that 'closely resemble' monsters of Native American lore, Grandpa bites it protecting him and gives him the heirloom which of COURSE is made of some extraterrestrial mineral the baddies covet that ALSO happens to activate the meta-gene in his family's bloodline and gives him his powers. He vows to protect his people forevermore and goes from having become blase towards his culture to...well, c'mon he's called the "Apache Chief" for crying out loud.

...or how about: "Apache Brave"?

Eh? It's a bit more accurate, has a cool, younger-sounding ring to it and we can just assume he becomes "Chief" later on.

Final Notes:
Personality: He never stopped caring about his people or having pride in his heritage, he just didn't get what the big 'deal' was and felt like sometimes he was being kept out of the 21st century (he wasn't, but teenage mentality ). He's a cool, easy-going guy but still quite personable, polite and well-mannered. After his Grandfather passes he does get a bit 'dark' and brooding, but it's mostly because he feels like he's representing his whole race whenever he goes out as a hero and is trying to maintain an air of solemn dignity, like grandpa used to .
He's fully capable of having fun, smiling (as seen in his 'pre-hero' head-shot) and even jokes, but once he goes "Full-Brave" it's all business.

Costume : Like the others I tried to stick close to the classic and just put it in something like the "Teen Titans" style. I also gave him a shirt and pants because people wear shirts and pants. The only real notable additions are the necklace and face-paint (I think it helps give him some 'attitude'). Also, his eyes go 'Batman-white' when he grows to give him a bit more of that nice 'Oh crap, we ticked off the wrong guy' quality.

Other: His powers include growing to enormous size (it was capped initially but later became limitless; he can now reach cosmic proportions if he wants to ), expert tracking ability, a "sixth sense" (whatever that means) and talking to animals as well as having a special "kinship" with them. I was thinking maybe this could give him a point of connection with Jayna as a fellow animal lover
What do you think?