r/FantasticFour • u/Forsaken_Duck1610 • 15h ago

Artwork The FF if it never stopped being 2005

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u/AlgerianTrash 14h ago

Genuinely want to know the backstory around your version of the FF

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u/Forsaken_Duck1610 14h ago

Part of a bigger project to redesign a bunch of Marvel characters, the main catch being that Hank Pym was born way early on in history in ancient Norse times where he stole Asgardian magic/tech and has been the reason for everything going wrong as he unnaturally prolonged his lifespan and began to grow more and more into his psychosis.

I don't want to post too much of the finished artwork all yet, and want to dump them all in one big post, or series of posts with supplementary writing about the characters. But there's iterations of Wasp and Spider-man.

It's sort of meant to be a tribute to the original Ultimate Universe which I think gets a tiny bit too much flack despite some interesting ideas. And how some of it emulated the culture of the late 90s to mid oughts that I feel kind of nostalgic for.

Some characters are also combinations of other characters or get hold of certain mantles too. For example, Mystique is actually Black Widow, Nick Fury becomes Moon Knight. Stuff like that.

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u/AlgerianTrash 14h ago

The premise i extremely interesting, and the Wasp and Spidey designs are bangers. Can't wait to see the final resukt

Just one question, can you explain the references you chose for Reed? I think his design is the most interesting imo

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u/Forsaken_Duck1610 14h ago edited 11h ago

I don't think I succeeded in it, but he's literally just the lead singer for Alien Ant Farm (making a face in the music videos for the song "Movies") lol, so I tried to keep a little reference there for continuity.

(I also thought about giving him ear gauges, but that feels more like a super modern thing)

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u/AlgerianTrash 14h ago

Somehow, the concept of Dryden having stretchy powers is funny yet makes so much sense lol. Idk if you see it

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u/Forsaken_Duck1610 14h ago

I definitely do lol. I tried to make my Matt Murdok look a little bit like Matrix Era Keanu Reeves. But one guy said I ended up with Sully Erna of Godsmack instead. Which isn't the worst accident, "Dad Rock Marvel" is kind of the whole pitch anyway.

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u/pumapunku7567 14h ago

tough as hell, is there a backstory to these designs by chance?

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u/catpissdust 13h ago

Never thought I'd see a pic of lars Frederickson in a post about ff...

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u/legomonster1172 14h ago

this is totally rad

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u/Alarming-Address-933 Invisible Woman / Sue Storm 12h ago

I love these so much dude, I need a full miniseries now

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u/mightyasterisk 11h ago

I just want you to know these are so badass