12 – Night Ninja by Beausephus+Son

CHARACTER NAME:  Night Ninja

DATE OF CREATION: Summer 2011

CONCEPT:  “He’s a ninja who uses swords.  He’s the best sword guy in the world.  Sometimes he uses a laser sword, but he likes his magic swords better.”

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So when the mood strikes my son (and that is quite often) and he wants to make up “superguys”, “superdudes”, “supermans”… I pull out a bunch of templates I made for him and he picks out everything from the style of boots to the color scheme of the various costume options presented before him.  I then draw quick sketch, and he edits, adds, etc…  I then draw up the character and he hangs them in his room…if they meet his ultimate judgement.  Then I make him come up with a story for each character.

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NIGHT NINJA is another member of my kid’s superhero team- The Amazing Justice Squad of Superheroes.   Like all little boys, my son loves to play “sword-fighting” with me.  Somewhere in between watching the Last Airbender cartoon and re-runs of Silverhawks, he discovered ninjas…or as he calls them, “‘injas”.

I think in his mind a ninja is like a spy who uses swords and somehow has magic.  So essentially that’s what NIGHT NINJA is, a spy with swords.  Later designs of “spy” type characters have similar color schemes and costume patterns.  There’s another character coming later called “CUTTER” who is on the super-team with NIGHT NINJA.  As my kid puts it, “They get into sword fights, but when bad guys come in the house, they fight the bad guys and call them names.”  It’s like a toddler version of Storm Shadow and Snake Eyes.

Thanks for checking out my stuff.  I just showed my kid that his characters are on the computer and he was really excited.

-Beausephus

Category: 2011, Superhero