Design sketchbook from 2002 DIRTY PAIR statue! (Patreon)
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The highlight of Dark Horse's rather ill-fated Dirty Pair merchandise effort was the fine statue set, as detailed in this 2002-era solicitation copy:
Genetically enhanced super-babes Kei and Y*ri are always in trouble, especially when their adventures are created by American "manga" artist Adam Warren! We have enlisted two great talents-- the aforementioned Mr. Warren and the talented folks at Big Chief studios to create the niftiest Dirty Pair collectible yet: a fully-detailed polyresin sculpture. Depicting the dynamite duo in an animated action pose, this prepainted statue will enhance any statue collector or comic fan's mantlepiece or bookshelf. Measuring approximately 10" high on a sculpted base, the piece comes packaged in a full-color collector's box. A black & white sketchbook showing Adam Warren's roughs is included.
And here are dem aforementioned roughs:
An earlier pose:
A clearer view of my waaaaaay-too-ambitious original idea for the statue base:
I probably drew many, many more figure roughs than the ones featured here, but they're buried in my direly disorganized archives; mayhaps I'll stumble across them someday down the road whilst scratching out future posts.
Some gun sketches:
"This is a lense"? Mysterious!
The booklet closes out with a pretty neat silhouette shot of the Angels:
NEXT TIME ON THIS HERE PATREON: Wellp, just burned off one of my few remaining emergency reserve posts, so who knows what's coming up on Friday? (Ehh, probably something in the Distressed Damsels vein for the $5+ Patron tiers.)