The Djinn was harder to design - he/it needs to be expressive for the final page, but I don't want them to be too human. They're supposedly 'born of fire without smoke' so its true form being something to do with green flame appealed to me. In 'Al's eye he's just a green flame, but I figure when he's free to roam his build is more human-like - so I went with the ideas of his looking like an invisible man. That's on fire. And green. That's weird enough, right? Thinking of colour-dropping him too - having the only supernatural character be made up of just colour in a mostly line-based piece makes sense. What to do specifically with the bottom half is a weird one, as most pop culture versions of genies have their bottom half connected to their lamp - which he doesn't have. I like the ideas of lighter flames coming out of his eyes and mouth, and maybe some kind of form being visible underneath. But, while useful ref, I don't want him to be too Ghost Rider or Human Torch. Johann Kraus from 'Hellboy II: The Golden Army' (when not in his suit) could be good to look at. Google seems to be rather light on pictures of that, but luckily the DVD's on my shelf at home. The 'Burning Man' stunt should be helpful to look at. A bit more development work needs done with this guy though.

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