I did this drawing Thursday night after way too many attempts in the last month to get Projectra right. Her 1970s costume, which lasted well into the 1980s, is in my opinion one of the sexiest of the 70s costumes, but only when drawn well. Keith Giffen never did it justice, but he was able to put her in outfits that showed off her regal status a lot more.
I’m not entirely pleased by this, but considering that once I started working on it in Photoshop, I realized I had a better idea for her picture, and so I’m not worried about the legs being too short or having to Photoshop the head to fix the proportions. This is gonna be a two part drawing, one of Projectra and one of her illusion, assembled in Photoshop to be easier to to do the special effect I want in the finished piece.
I’m doing the 70s Legion but focusing on the women, because 1) I’m a guy, 2) Most of them have their 70s looks as their most iconic, and 3) in the 70s Dave Cockrum and Mike Grell did their best design work on the Legion women.
After Projectra will come Saturn Girl most likely. The “pink bikini is her most talked about outfit and in my opinion, next to her Legionnaires costume, the best one. That Legionnaires unitard is awesome design, and the best ise of the 90s Legion “core” uniform design.
Back to Projectra, she was known by Princess Projectra during the 70s, because that’s what her rank was on her home planet of Orando, but changed it to Queen Projectra in the early 80s after her father died and she defeated her brother for the throne. Because I got into Legion stories in the 1980s, I know her as Queen Projectra, and so the subsequent reboots just don’t do anything for me, especially that damn snake, but I will make use of that design for her illusion in my final piece.
