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Been doing sketchings while at work, no where near something that even resembles art. But I figure if I apply myself and follow the general rule of thumb "draw every day of your life" I'll eventually get it down.
So I wanted to come up with a character. A hero. I wanted something unique, so I got to thinking rare animals, or more so cryptozoology animals and I came across the Jackalope. If you don't know it is, it's a rabbit, with deer-like antlers. It's fake they don't exist but they look cool and supposedly according to the cheesy lore are vicious little suckers.
Here's the backstory I've come up so far;
John Doe (name TBD) came from a harsh child hood of domestic violence since his father was an alcoholic. His father worked in a government lab, developing cloning techniques like the one used to clone the sheep, but using fossilized dna (a slight touch of JP there), and when John Doe visits his father late one night in the lab to bring him dinner and a six pack, in some weird accident (TBD) he is doused with whatever merging his dna with a jackalope, thus turning him into a humonoid bipedal jackalope human hybrid.
Outcast by his father for being a "freak of nature" now, John Doe makes a living eeking by in the slums of Boston. He works in a costume store where he can hide his jackalope like appearance by simply pretending he is wearing a "costume". And if he does go out in public it's ususally to some dive pub where no one asks questions. He sticks to himself and really doesn't interact with folks outside of work. Since the accident he's discovered changes, primarily; super speed (with the caveat that he runs faster when not wearing shoes a human wears), super agility, enhanced strength, super hearing and enhanced muscle control to the point of stopping dead still motionless (supposely a trait all real rabbits have). Weakneses, TBD.
Long story short, he starts his story out after the intro, by saving a girl from some accident TBD, and in the process some photographer gets a semi-blurry picture of him in the news. Wanting to not end up like his father, he begins using his ability to save people or help them, all the while making sure the press does not find him or no one else. Keep in mind he isn't a skilled hand to hand combat guy, think Kick-Ass ish, and he doesn't have the detective skills or money of Batman but he works with what he's got.
I know there's been some rabbit characters before. usagi yojimbo, bucky o hare, jazz jackrabbit (not an jackalope), etc But those were all genre stuff. Usagi is the badass sword guy, Bucky is from the future and flies spaceships etc. In my research I haven't found an actual traditional superhero based on a jackalope.
comments welcome positive and negative
So I wanted to come up with a character. A hero. I wanted something unique, so I got to thinking rare animals, or more so cryptozoology animals and I came across the Jackalope. If you don't know it is, it's a rabbit, with deer-like antlers. It's fake they don't exist but they look cool and supposedly according to the cheesy lore are vicious little suckers.
Here's the backstory I've come up so far;
John Doe (name TBD) came from a harsh child hood of domestic violence since his father was an alcoholic. His father worked in a government lab, developing cloning techniques like the one used to clone the sheep, but using fossilized dna (a slight touch of JP there), and when John Doe visits his father late one night in the lab to bring him dinner and a six pack, in some weird accident (TBD) he is doused with whatever merging his dna with a jackalope, thus turning him into a humonoid bipedal jackalope human hybrid.
Outcast by his father for being a "freak of nature" now, John Doe makes a living eeking by in the slums of Boston. He works in a costume store where he can hide his jackalope like appearance by simply pretending he is wearing a "costume". And if he does go out in public it's ususally to some dive pub where no one asks questions. He sticks to himself and really doesn't interact with folks outside of work. Since the accident he's discovered changes, primarily; super speed (with the caveat that he runs faster when not wearing shoes a human wears), super agility, enhanced strength, super hearing and enhanced muscle control to the point of stopping dead still motionless (supposely a trait all real rabbits have). Weakneses, TBD.
Long story short, he starts his story out after the intro, by saving a girl from some accident TBD, and in the process some photographer gets a semi-blurry picture of him in the news. Wanting to not end up like his father, he begins using his ability to save people or help them, all the while making sure the press does not find him or no one else. Keep in mind he isn't a skilled hand to hand combat guy, think Kick-Ass ish, and he doesn't have the detective skills or money of Batman but he works with what he's got.
I know there's been some rabbit characters before. usagi yojimbo, bucky o hare, jazz jackrabbit (not an jackalope), etc But those were all genre stuff. Usagi is the badass sword guy, Bucky is from the future and flies spaceships etc. In my research I haven't found an actual traditional superhero based on a jackalope.
comments welcome positive and negative
