Nuliajuk is an Inuit Goddess who lives in the ocean and grew to hate Aquaman after he’d saved his teen girlfriend Kako from her. She leads an army of monsters (which really should come up more) and can create even more. A great character for world-building and an example of Aquaman’s complex relationship with the various pantheons of the DC Universe. Unlike Triton, who is held back by Poseidon, she is a more uncontrollable presence who could easily threaten our hero at any time. Her grudge predates the Aquaman identity and could easily be linked to all kinds of aspects of his world (for once I’m not talking about the Abyssal Dark).
A criminal Water-Sprite, self-exiled from the 5th Dimension. Quisp may have made some mistakes in his past but Quirk is outright evil. From what I can tell, his powers seem to have been diminished by his exile since he resorts to working with a pirate in his appearance. 5th Dimensional Imps are always fun and a straight up criminal one is an interesting idea. Imagine a story with Myxy, Batmite, and Quisp all tracking him down through a multi-dimensional chase. I used the same traits as I did on Quisp but pushed them to appear more demonic. I wanted him to be reminiscent of the folkloric version of the Devil. I’ve changed how I draw the Sea Imps. While I’m keeping the big, heads, hands, and feet I’ve used a more saturated outline colour and more exaggerated fairytale features for Quirk. I want to emphasize their emotional state in their design. While other 5th Dimensional Imps are tricksters and fanboys, this one is a criminal by the standards of his own people. I wanted to lay into that idea and made him more demonic, with sharper angles and a ton of red. I imagine him as the kind of Imp to inspire stories of demonic familiars and evil spirits, while Qwisp (whose good form I haven’t drawn yet) is his opposite.
Possibly a robot Ocean Master built, nobody known much about Seaquake. He/It commands an army of robots and is done in when Aquaman bashes through Seaquake’s head with a wrecking ball. Robot or not, Seaquake should return as either a self-made villain or a supporter of Ocean Master. Either is fine, but I would prefer a mind behind the machine. I imagine there is a mastermind using these robotic bodies to menace the seas from a safe distance. Though I’d settle for a mad robot gone rogue.
Tusky is from the Aquaman 1967 cartoon who likes Sea Imp and tends to headbutt villains. He’s a goofy guy who joined Aquaman to get away from his wife. I feel that Tusky adds to the “marine life are people too” aspect of Aquaman that I find is often underused. He’s comedy relief character (something we haven’t seen much of so far in this project) and while the guy-who-hates-his-wife trope is played out you can still squeeze some fun and feelings out of it if written well. Being such a big, dumb guy who fumbles into saving the day can help cut down on the overly dower things Aquaman has to deal with.
Aquaman week 8 pt4.
Mother of monsters #Nulliajuk, 5th Dimensional criminal #Quirk, the mechanical #Seaquake, and #Tusky the Walrus.