Atrocitus: Rage

One of two new pictures I made for this year's conventions. It'll be debuting at Cincinnati Comic Expo and Mid-Ohio Con as a print.

Atrocitus the Red Lantern is another one of my favorite DC Comics characters. His story reminds me of a sad, violent Shakespearean tragedy spanning thousands of years. Yet he somehow remains a sympathetic character despite being the scariest and angriest thing in the universe.

I had a lot of fun with this design for him. I must admit I really liked the Green Lantern movie's idea of making the suits more like a second skin than a costume, so I took it a step further and made it literally melded with his flesh. Given that he's such an angry character, I tried to draw the suit's musculature so that it looked painful. I also wanted to give Atrocitus the hole in his chest where Qull ripped out his heart in Blackest Night, to show how his ring is keeping him alive.

Atrocitus and the Red Lantern symbol is © DC Comics