Dream Skillz: Gabriel Gonzalez - The Defender of the Faith

Representing Mexico in the Ultimate Sword Fighting League, Gabriel Gonzalez is a priest and Sword fighter with a passion for botany and the environment. He fights to use his winnings to protect God’s beautiful world and strives to bring hope and faith to the masses.

His skills and prowess has resulted in a Blade Level of 316 and his main sponsor for Blade Battling within the league is Sucky Coffee; the Eco-friendly coffee brand of Geo City. Birthplace of the Aura Circles and Dream Skills culture.

This Character and Prop design project is inspired by a short comic book story titled Dream Skills which featured in the anthology comic book Sun Bakery by the comic book artist Corey Lewis.

Dream Skills depicts a city in which Guns have become useless and the social culture is swordplay. Swords have become the ultimate life accessory much like smartphones within our world and conflicts are now resolved via sword fights called Blade Battles. Swords in this world are much more than weapons and have many unique custom features specific to the users design. These range from cosmetic items to functional tools such as a Deodorant Stick and built in Wifi Modem.

The goal of this project was to take this basic outline from the comic book and design a character and their accompanying sword for a hero shooter/brawler based on the comics world and themes.

The concepts of the Ultimate Sword Fighting League, the character and prop are original to the design project.