Felt like drawing an alien this week. Also needed more villains for Insomniac. So I thought, why not set her and her city apart from Batman and Gotham by having a sub culture if stranded aliens living there. Of course they would be a misunderstood minority and some of them, like Zarnox here, would turn to crime. I like seeing freaks like him in smart suits smoking cigarettes.

Today's entry is a villain for my previously posted super hero, Insomniac.  Chaos is to Insomniac as the Joker is to Batman.  She's her opposite. And she's absolutely crazy.

Chaos is into anarchy.  But for her, the idea of anarchy is not some kind of punk rocker political statement.  She just thinks order and peace are boring, and enjoys upsetting the status quo.  Much like Insomniac, Chaos is super agile and a very intelligent, side effects of her psychic abilities... Unfortunately, another side effect of her mental powers was that she kind of snapped, and now is obsessed with causing chaos where there is order. 

Artist Note: Chaos was the name of a character I created way back in high school, who was also a villain.  For this design, however, I simply took inspiration from the name to come up with a completely different character, quickly and on the fly.

And now for something completely different... A super hero!  Insomniac is a character I've had in mind for a long time, but could never land on a design I liked.  I'm pretty sure I like this one, though.  As a "dark knight" type character, her cloak includes a good so she can look look more dark, mysterious and scary. Her staff is retractable and can be kept in a pocket on the side of her boot. That metal thing on her right arms houses a computer with communication and navigational capabilities. Her mask includes night vision lenses.

In my world of supers, mental powers manifest themselves in different ways. In Insomniac's case, she's got a sixth sense that warns her of danger (like Spider-Man's spidey sense), along with an unusually high intellect.  Also, as the name implies, a side effect of her powers is that she doesn't sleep; she doesn't need to. (This was inspired by an article I read a few years ago about why we sleep; it's our minds that need it, not our bodies, so it makes sense that a person with a super-human brain might not need sleep.) This has given her a lot more time to perfect her fighting skills. It also allows her to live a double life.

Insomniac is Japanese, and because of her genius finished school early. When she was younger, she traveled the world, learning new skills and earning lots of money. She eventually settled down and set up her own company in  big city (haven't decided where yet, but it will probably be a fictional Asian city state; Singapore meets Gotham?).  Most of her life she has used her powers only for her own good, but after a crisis occurs (???) she decides change her ways and use her powers to fight the crime and corruption of the city she calls home.