It’s Day One of AmalgamTober, with our first entry this month being ACCESS, the only Marvel and DC Co-Owned character that’s ever existed. Obviously it’s not ideal to start AMALGAM-tober with a character that is not an Amalgamation, but why not start my homage to the Amalgam Universe by honoring this little known anomaly!

When I started this drawing I expected to go with a more civilian outfit – I had imagined giving him this letterman jacket with a big A on the chest. Cheesy, I know, but felt fitting for his enormous cornball energy. But after finalising my rough sketch I realized there really wasn’t that much interesting going on so I tried something more striking instead. Another idea I started with that did make it to the final piece, although it’s all a little less clear because I decided to color the whole thing in red and blue and nothing else, was the fact that Axel has Heterochromia. One of his eyes is blue while the other one is red – not just because it’s aesthetically pleasing but I also imagined it as a sort of physical representation of him being able to see into both realities. Easily hopping between dimension whenever he’s needed.

Why did I decide to draw Axel to start this challenge? I don’t know. But I do know how vital he is to my pitch for a potential new DC / Marvel Crossover. This idea has fleshed itself out more and more as I’ve spent the last few weeks thinking, living, and breathing Marvel and DC crossovers – so why not just go ahead and post it. Now I won’t post all of it at once, I need a little more time to write it all out, but I will incrementally over the coming month drop more chapters to flesh the whole thing out.

Anyway thank you for checking out Day One of this challenge – Hope I get to see you tag along over the coming weeks because I have some really fun pieces coming up that I’m very proud of! See you tomorrow!