"My take on Kory, borrowing elements from the cartoons and the comics. It is Starfire so there's skin showing, but I wanted her to look like a warrior first, alien babe second. A touch of decorative elements here and there to signify her royalty but most importantly, her hair. I drew her some killer hair. I'm surprised I didn't make it poofier."
"The concept of Starfire's redesign is to bridge the comic version and the cartoon version with the spirit of a space adventuring Red Sonja. Some chain of thoughts for giving her the bracelet, leg bracelet and neck bracelet: Before she got enslaved they were her jewellery. When she was enslaved, it became cuffs to restaint her from exerting her power. After she broke free from slavery, it acts as a memorial token of her heritage and days of enslavement. It is also used as vessel to restain her from exerting extreme amounts of energy that will cause great harm to her opponent and people around her."
"I liked her original color scheme and so I kept that, along with her big hair and decided to go with a more concealing, darker with a bit of alien-rock-crystal-thrown-in type armor."
"A sexually liberated, golden-skinned, humanoid alien princess who descends from a feline-like race, has the power to convert ultraviolet radiation into energy for flight,
and the ability to fire beams of energy... in need of a hairdo? Challenge accepted!"
"I wanted to make her have an ultra-modern vibe, with a dash of sweet charm and allure."
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| Jamie Rimmer |
"Starfire, to me, is a strong, feisty character who is in complete control who, at the same time, has a certain innocence and purity about her. Bottom line, you do not want to mess with her. I played it safe with colour scheme here, and referenced design elements that have been seen in previous colour schemes, as I wanted this to be familiar as the Starfire we know and love. I decided to give her a strong build, as this is how I have always seen her -- a strong and graceful supermodel. The tiara is to tie into her royal heritage, and I wanted to make the focal point of the costume be the star, tying back to her name, and playing a little with her physicality, as she is not afraid to show some skin, but at the same time, this should not define the character."
"I have trouble with Starfire in the comics because I just don't know what keeps her clothes together. However, I like the attitude and wanna see where it is going. I designed Starfire to have a sexy, smart, and powerful look. Her hair would be better at an average length; instead of a contrail, her hair would wavy and flowing and when she moves, flies, or wind picks up, it would make it seem her hair is on fire."
"I'm extremely fond of Perez's design, so I wanted to keep Kori's hair poofy and enormous, and her armor revealing. Tamaraneans need sunlight to recharge themselves, so it makes sense for Starfire to expose as much skin as possible without her costume being utterly impractical and sleazy. I chose not to emphasize the regal aspect of her character because I think it would have aged her; I'd much rather keep Starfire looking young and carefree."
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| Marta Seara |
"Following the general ideas from her past outfits, I've tried to create one that shows her skin but
it's not that much revealing. This outfit is a mix between a girl's boxing outfit and the characteristic parts of what I think a Tamaran outfit should look like. I had shorten her hair also for practical reasons and put her a see-through clothes because it creates the illusion that she is more covered."
"I think Starfire works best as a cheerful, wide-eyed and upbeat character who puts any grimdark past behind her and is happy and nice because she
chooses to be. I picture her with a foundation of a tanktop, bike shorts, fingerless gloves, and toesy socks, all made from some kind of indestructible Tamaranean superfabric -- so she can fight without having to worry about embarrassing herself -- and then wearing a different Royal Purple outfit every day on top of that."
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| Calamity Jon Morris |
"The goal was to merge her original metal bikini costume with her more modest animated series costume.
I started by writing down some keywords for the character, to focus the redesign: alien warrior princess, sun worshipper, paradise world, and then a couple notes about her backstory. The gauntlets and leggings have some doodly-oodly patterns on them, but are meant to be fancy alien plated armor, so expect this Starfire to get in close with knees and elbows during a fight as often as she’d used her (ahem) 'starbolts' (In the comic, she had been trained in close combat as a warrior, the laser beams were a later addition, yet she rarely gets in close to fight. I’d like to see that change). Part of the ‘sun-worshipper’ and ‘paradise planet’ things come out in her bare feet and luxurious locks. I thought she’d probably have slightly more ornate hair, braided and pinned back from the face. Usually, her ‘special effects’ are focused on her hair - it creates a sort of luminous ‘chemtrail’ when she flies, so I expanded it in such a way that her hair glows warmly AND I expanded that to her skin, too, so rather than just being an orangey color, it’s actually glowing much like the hair."
"I wanted to keep her sexy, but a tad more covered. Her costume needs to be able to realistically hold itself together, and still be very free. I always thought that long hair would be incredibly annoying for any female character that could fly, so I gave her a short hair cut."
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| Kellie MacDonald |
"My Starfire is younger than her current New 52 characterization, more influenced by her time in the
Teen Titans. For me, Starfire's redesign was heavily inspired by my friends who are gymnasts, dancers, and martial artists. Her sweater is zippered, with two buttons at the side, and two zippered pockets. It's loose enough to fit comfortably over paintball pads or other body armour. Her hair is short, so it won't get grabbed, and she doesn't have to tie it back. Her shorts are to maximize movement over protection. I didn't draw her feet, but I imagine her wearing some sturdy running shoes and sweat socks."
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| Sandra Gutierrez |
"I wanted it to be simple and
aerodynamic. I tried it not make it look like a painted on costume, or something that you would find in a strip club. I mean, she is a princess but she also kicks butts. What I liked about Perez's (and the
Teen Titans cartoon) design is that she looked friendly, and I wanted to keep that, but with a look that will make you think twice before getting in a fight with her. Key words, simple, friendly and powerful."
Editor's Note: Michelle didn't have any particular thoughts on her redesign.
"I've been thinking about comfort and practicality in Starfire's outfit design, something she could freely move in, wouldn't pop out of place or cause any wardrobe malfunctions, and would still look cute and sexy. I have a tendency to draw my women wider in the hips (draw what you know, they say), and I like slow-slung belts to emphasize her curves. Her short boots are flat, which is all around better for running. She's still showing a lot of leg, which is not a bad thing at all. I didn't touch the rest of her: huge eyes, super long hair that turns to a fire trail, tall, beautiful -- but I did give her pointed ears because the feline heritage intrigued me."
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| Lee Mynatt |
"I've had issue with Starfire's latest design in particular, so I wanted to focus more on the 'tank' aspect of Kori's powerset, rather than the bodacious bombshell part. I didn't want to stray too far from the original design, so I incorporated a lot of the lines in mine, and some cues from some later tweaks."
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| D'Addio's |
Editor's Note: D'Addio's didn't leave any thoughts on their submission."I decided to emphasize the fighter side of Starfire by re-imagining her as an MMA-style brawler. I gave her a really simple wardrobe, while still retaining a couple of elements from her classic look."
"I'm the outsider looking in. For a really long time, I've been trying to shoe horn myself into reading more North American comics. It's difficult -- really difficult -- if you find almost all of the female superheroes explicit and unfairly treated. I find Starfire interesting and beautiful but terribly under developed. I've been drawing her often, reading about her predicaments and trying to find a better meaning to her character. I always thought the WB did her justice in the
Teen Titans cartoon. There, she was a real character, a real person. I wanted to bring back that kind of happiness to her character. I had done a more adult version and scraped it. I think Starfire is always going to be a young girl at heart, I wanted to reflect that in her expression and color. I also wanted to play on the whole 'outer space' thing and went a bit retro/sci-fi and gave her a body suit onesie and organic armor. I like her smiling. There's enough scowling and emo faces in comics, they don't need another one."
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| Ross Radke |
"I couldn't think of any original changes to Starfire's costume, most looked like variations of everything we've seen before. I decided the only solution was to cover her from head to toe in creepy looking armor -- I originally colored the whole thing purple, but I missed the balance and made the under armor orange."
"Starfire was one of those characters that was not mainstream for me. George Pérez really did a nice job for the time, but I just wasn’t into flying women with flaming hair. I liked Conan the Barbarian, so this character was a challenge for me. Even though she is an alien with a human form, I decided to give her a little more human touch. I thought that her flaming hair doesn’t need to be on jet power all the time."
What do you all think? There's some killer stuff in here, as there has been throughout this contest. Lend your thoughts to the comments below, and check out all of the Starfire redesigns we've received by
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Stay tuned: a new contest announcement will be made shortly, and we'll reveal the winner of this month's contest on February 29!
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