I was given the designs for Nightcrawler, Phoenix and Wolverine and while I waited for the first plot to arrive I drew these warm-up sketches.
The only revision to Bishop, again an editorial choice, was to make him bald. The modification to the costume was an attempt to balance the original costume with the bald look.
The addition of a short hooded jacket to Sage was an attempt to compromise the contradictory aims of keeping her original costume in an 'all ages', 'child friendly' comic.
A new design was under consideration for Storm, I don't know who was responsible for the design, but as the delay continued, past my receipt of the first plot, it was decided to use the design I made on an earlier tenure of X-Men.Cannonball's exit from Uncanny had been decided before my first issue so the costume revision was just to update his generic X-Look rather than make a worthwhile change.
