I knew nothing of this character other than the change in casting when the Doctor Strange movie was coming out. I think I mostly came across Doctor Strange as a guest in other comics versus through his own stories, so a lot of the supporting cast just fell off my radar. This character has a design aesthetic that was pretty heavily used in Marvel comics unfortunately, so it didn’t stand out too much. I wanted to focus on the magic use, with a little nod to the recognizable Doctor Strange window pane.

Pretty straight forward on this; I wanted a cooler tone to offset the bold colour choices of the outfit while also trying to draw attention to the cosmic and magical elements of a character like this. The galaxy through the window was a lot of fun to create and I think it lends itself well to the character.

Labels: Ancient One, Ditko, Ditkoctober, Doctor Strange, Pentel, Photoshop, Steve Ditko