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TRDL 2011 Series, No. 13: Iron Man Series – Stealth Armor [Iron man #152]

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Title:	TRDL 2011 Series, No. 13: Iron Man Series – Stealth Armor [Iron man #152]
Artist:	thom chiaramonte (All)
Media Type:	Mixed Media
Art Type:	Pin Up
For Sale Status:	NFS
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Added to Site:	2/21/2011
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TRDL 2011 Series, No. 13: Iron Man Series – Stealth Armor [Iron man #152]

As I go through these armor designs for the Iron Man series, I’m taken back to my youth when I both questioned the need for all these specialized armors and at the same time fed on them like a starving dog. And consider: this was prior to the merchandising blitz of the Toyfair 90s… they really had no reason to do this other than a little bit of variety, an excuse to do something new and grab a few intrigued first-time readers, and play up Stark’s obsession with designing shit to use on occasion instead of other shit. But when I think about my life today, I totally get this aspect of the character, if we generously apply it to story and not just selling comics: I keep designing characters because I just need to keep designing characters. I have EIGHT bikes, most of them built by my own hand. I get it.
The stealth armor was especially interesting to me as a kid because it seemed so shocking to have a black armor on a (now, clear to me) skyscraper flyby shot. This was before I had a sense of black ops, and all the sorts of unauthorized military and private actions that would necessitate both not being spotted, but nearly as important, not being identified. For my piece, I kept the blacks in the blue direction, and colored his repulsors in an inky aqua.

An explanation of the project and process notes below…

Click through to read more about it and see process pics and the like, if you enjoy such behind-the-scenes business.
http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/blog/2011/02/20/trdl-2011-series-no-13-iron-man-series-stealth-armor/

Artists, come join us on R3 and submit to the jams! The R3 Illustration Jam offers new characters weekly, but all jams remain open so you can contribute to any that you like, here:
http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=27

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You can see this illustration here on the R3 Forum: http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=43&t=20142
Or here, as above, on the TRDL blog: http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/blog/2011/02/20/trdl-2011-series-no-13-iron-man-series-stealth-armor/
And you can see a larger view right off my TRDL Illustration Site, here: http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com/images3/trdli1113_imstealthz.jpg
A choice for everyone!

Thanks for looking,
Thom
Third Rail Design Lab
http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com

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	thom chiaramonte
Joined:	November 2005
Last Login:	June 2015
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Website:	http://www.thirdraildesignlab.com
Country:	UNITED STATES
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