Friday, August 17, 2007

THE WONDER WOMAN ANIMATED PROJECT




I thought that drawing in animation style was simple because of the easy props and lines, but it's actually very difficult! The hardest thing for me is to give the character enough substance and expression with so few lines.

It would be so cool if the animated department of Dc comics decided to develop a cartoon based on Wonder Woman.
Here's what i could look like:


Wonder Woman model sheet


Wonder Woman turnarounds


Wonder Woman's outfits.
From above, left to right:
1- casual
2- ceremonial
3- her new costume in the "Challenge of Wonder Woman" arc
4- her contest outfit in the Flashback episode
5- her motorcycle/swimming outfit (i know some hate it, but i personally love it and think it works very well in animation style)

Donna Troy in the "who is Donna Troy" episode


Cassie as Wonder Girl



Artemis as Wonder Woman in "the challenge of Artemis" episode and in her amazon outfit.



Episode list:

1-THE BEAUTY AND THE BEASTS
Wonder Woman battles Circe who is turning every living man on the planet into an obedient animal.
2-APT PUPIL
This episode introduces Cassie Sandmark as Wonder Girl. Making several mistakes during her training and missions with Diana, Cassie is ordered by Wonder Woman to stand down. But when Wonder Woman has her hands full battling a horde of demons unleashed from hell by the sorcerer Felix Faust, it's Cassie that stops the villain. At the end she officially wins the name Wonder Girl.
3-A WOMAN OF WONDERS part 1
Lois Lane is interviewing princess Diana of Themyscira. In this episode, we learn the origin of the amazons: souls of women slain throughout time by the hands of men, shaped and given flesh and blood by the Goddesses of Olympus.(As masterfully explained by George Perez) We then, via flashbacks commented by Diana's off voice, witness the birth of Queen Hippolyta, her enthronement, their battle with Heracles' army, and the reason why they were exiled to Paradise Island, and given immortality so that they would forever safeguard a doorway to the underworld called Doom's Doorway.
This episode ends with the discovering of an unconscious man in a military outfit on the island's shore.
4-A WOMAN OF WONDERS part2
In this episode Diana tells us the (forbidden love)story of Queen Hippolyta and Steve Trevor, as well as her mother's exploits in Patriarch's world as the first Wonder Woman during world war II.
At the end of the war, Queen Hippolyta has to return to her obligations in Themiscyra and kisses Steve Trevor goodbye.
To ease her broken heart she asks the Goddesses of Olympus to grant her a daughter.
The episode ends with the birth of Diana.
5-A WOMAN OF WONDERS part3
We are now witnessing Diana's childhood and adolescence on Themyscira. When the carcass of a military plane beaches on the island's shore, the amazons understand that the world of men still endure wars. Consulting the oracle and the Goddesses of Olympus, Queen Hippolyta decides to send an ambassador to the Patriarch's world on a mission of peace and harmony. To participate in the contest that will decide which amazon is the most worthy of the mission, princess Diana has to disguise herself.
She wins the contest and reveals her face to her mother. Half brokenhearted half proud, Queen Hippolyta then dons the WW costume to her daughter.
The episode ends with a private chat between Lois and Diana about super heroism and Superman is mentioned.
6-THE CHEETAH
Barbara Minerva, an archeologist, discovers a strange plant-god that promises her incredible powers in exchange of her soul. Turned into the cheetah she battles WW.
7-WHO IS DONNA TROY?
in the beginning of the episode WW is trapped in a world of illusions by Doctor Psycho. Thanks to her lasso of truth and Athena's wisdom she finds her way back to reality and defeats him.
After her confrontation with Dr Psycho, Diana starts having strange dreams about a girl named Donna Troy. With help from Zatanna, she frees Donna Troy from the spell of Dark Angel, and restores her memory of Donna, an orphan baby-girl she once saved from a fire and brought to Themyscira.
8-VILAINY INC
The episode begins with several sequences of WW defeating vilainesses such as Giganta, Doctor Poison, Cheetah, Jinx and Trinity. Before the credits, a mysterious witness to all the fights is revealed to be Queen Clea, an old enemy of Queen Hippolyta when she was WW. She has a terrible smile on her face.
The rest of the episode is WW battling the formed Vilainy Inc with the aid of Wonder Girl and Donna Troy.
9-A MAN'S WORLD
This episode revolves around WW's role within the justice league and how her male counterparts such as Superman, Batman, Martian Manhunter, Flash, Aquaman and Green Lantern see her.
10-THE SILVER SWAN
This episode also introduces Veronica Cale, a scientific genius who turns Valerie Beaudry, an innocent girl, into the Silver Swan to destroy WW.
11-THE CHALLENGE OF ARTEMIS part1
The first season ends with this three part episode.
Having dreams about WW dying, Queen Hippolyta calls her daughter back on Themyscira where she tells her that she failed her mission to bring peace to the Patriarch's world and therefore calls for a new Contest for the title of Wonder Woman. Through some mystical managing on Hippolyta's part, Artemis eventually won the Contest and became the new Wonder Woman.
12-THE CHALLENGE OF ARTEMIS part2
While Diana and her mother constantly quarrel on Themyscira, Artemis struggles to adapt to Patriarch's world and her arrogance is not very well perceived.
At the end of this episode, Diana learns the truth about her mother's dreams and trickery and decides to go save Artemis.
13- THE CHALLENGE OF ARTEMIS part3
Artemis doesn't believe Diana and thinks she's just trying to get WW's title back.
She pushes Diana away, but when she is voted out of the Justice League, she sees the chance to prove herself when she learns the white magician escaped from prison. Turned into an unstoppable giant monster, the magician kills her before Diana can save her.
The episode ends with Artemis waking up in Tartarus and Diana paying homage to her late sister on Themyscira before returning to Patriarch's world as WW.

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