SHADE ART: LITO

Believe it or not, it's a man baby. Yeah. Seriously. This is Stilt, the twin brother of Obsidian. The dragon tattoo was interwoven with nanotech which wired him to his computer with a heart monitor connected to a large bomb in the heart of his facility. Kill him, destroy the building...and yourself.



The scramble suit, here modeled by Stilletto with a very futuristic haircut (ahem). He killed a Mossad agent who was wearing one of these and took it or himself. It creates false holographic shadow images so you're a hard target to shoot at. Also capable of stealth/invisible mode and, in emergencies only, a teleport function which not only hurts like hell but drains the battery to zero and leaves you vulnerable.

SHADE CONCEPT ART: LITO

We even created a name and logo for our fledgling production studio: Shadowdancer Studios.



My original costume design for Stilletto. He was a master assassin who used throwing knives, arrows, and martial arts mainly.



Very Blade-Runner-inspired title page for Shade. Notice, in the background of our future NY skyline you'll see the Twin Towers.



Early concept for Jenn/Shade's hi-tech (ahem) gear. Heads up display, laser sights, body armor.

THE ART OF SHADE: LITO

Early art for the Shade/Jenn split personality motif. Later we just had Jenn operate as an agent with transferred memories and abilities. A popular idea apparenty.



Color version of Obsidian and Stilletto.



Lito and I created our own futuristic weapon: The B.A. (Bad Ass) 450/9mm. It was a 450 shotgun on top and a 9mm on the bottom.



I really, really love this drawing of Shade versus Stilletto in his scramble suit.

ART: LITO

Rock House - This is Lito and I doing what we used to love best - Shooting our guns in the old rock house outside El Paso city limits in the desert.



Phal - The villian for our comic/sci-fi epic known originally as "Shade" and later as "Digerati". Technically, this is an idol of Phal who was an ancient evil alien/demon creature who possessed humans as hosts and craved power.



Obsidian - Another villian from SHADE, she was the twin sister of Stilt and one of the four members of "The Square" (later changed to, "The Diamond").



Matt Matrix - My junior high era, mega-violent character. He drove a yellow jaguar convertible, used an .85 caliber machine pistol and a machete to kill, maim and destroy just about anyone in his path. He was the good guy.