DC Universe Online Art Director Jared Carr has posted a new video of screenshots on the game's Myspace site showcasing the level of detail that will be available in the character creation process. In addition to numerous close-up shots of costumes, the video shows us "a few new locations in Metropolis, some Lexcorp Shocktroopers and vehicles, and the S.T.A.R. Labs Defense Team characters."

Comic book artist Jim Lee, along with his Wildstorm team, designed a series of costumes for the game, and Carr wanted to show them off as a prototype of the customization system for eager fans. "While we’re not ready to show the full system yet, these shots should give you an idea of just a few of the many themes and options we want to provide our players," he said in a blog entry.

Carr and Lee were part of the DCUO panel at the New York Comic Con last month. In case you missed it, we have a recap of the entire panel. You can also read Carr's entire Myspace post after the jump.

"Hey there, Jared here with a short video of screenshots from the game to share with everyone.  I wanted to show some images of our latest player character designs, as well as a few new locations in Metropolis, some Lexcorp Shocktroopers and vehicles, and the S.T.A.R. Labs Defense Team characters.


Last summer at San Diego Comic-Con, our player characters wore simple body suits because we were nailing down our body archetypes and focusing on our combat animation system.  Our latest phase of development has been to design a series of costumes with Jim Lee and DC Comics’ WildStorm Productions, and implement a set of them in game in order to prototype our customization system.  While we’re not ready to show the full system yet, these shots should give you an idea of just a few of the many themes and options we want to provide our players.


Thanks for your time, there’s more to come!"