BATMAN BEGINS!

I will kick this off!

Starting with a pic from 1983, before some of you were born. A watercolour study-raw umber. All for fun,didn't even get the symbol on there.


The next one was done in transit. I get an hour to draw on the train and bus, getting to work. The unstable working condition makes it a bit of a challenge, esp. for fine detail.



If you can't dig up any old images for comparison,don't sweat it. Just post an image?

Thanks.

G.

... having ... flashbacks ... must ... remember ... being able ... to ... draw

Gerald sparked my memory with the Joker and such in that drawing

I just went through my regressed memory banks and remembered I had drawn this giant picture ... for no apparent reason that I can think of. It's too big for me to even scan ... or sit and scan forever and piece together ... it's about the size of 2 11x17s ...

here ya go. this was done in about 96/97 ... I can't recall anything more definite than that ... since I didn't even sign it .. duh ... anyhow, I drew twoface's body way to big for his head, but oh well. I had to take the pictures with my handicam ... el crappo qualityo

Lately I've noticed people are drawing b-man with the sorta toon style in mind.

Nice work, both yours and Geralds has a nice feel to it.

A few months ago, I got curious and wondered what Two-Face would look like if I drew him.

I sketched this with a 2H pencil, and so I had to scan it extra dark to see it on my computer screen. Then I 'painted' the scan white with 'paint bucket'. Sadly, I lost a lot of the shading in the process, but oh well.

And this one is kind of a wish of mine. I'd love to have The Brave & the Bold come back.

You can find a large version of this in the Pin-Ups section of my website.

OK here is my batman... I promise Ill do another, a bit more snappy and clean as all your drawings.

Very unique stuff, Ledsoul. That Harley almost looks alien. Your ladies have very nice feet.

Oh, and Connor, your 2 Face kicks some serious bootay, and I'm sure I've said that before already. It's always great to see refreshing takes on classic characters.

Good job, guys.

Nice work everybody.

Chris- I like the look of the loose watercolour over your tight linework; they complement each other well.

Thanks Fiona,

since I don't have any formal arts training, I really have no idea what I'm doing. I wish I did, I wish I had more of a plan, but that painting just evolved and still wasn't how it was in my head, but turned out different but I thought it seemed neat.

Your Scarecrow looks nice, maybe I'd understand it more if I saw the movie ... where I'm guessing this is referencing ? Overall, since I don't know, it's a really really nice portrait of a guy ;D

Gerald, you've got a really nice batman pic there. I couldn't hope to draw that steady on transit.

Chris, you're old pics are pretty cool. I must say, you drew better than I did at that age. That new watercolor you did is really cool. He looks like a very determined Adam West under there.

Nick, kicking batman as always. I have a little problem with the inside of the cape coming out the bottom there, but the cool rope takes my eye away from that.

Pond, cool pic. The rain really adds to the mood of isolation and mystique.

Cognoman, your style is so versatile! Very nice take on two-face, almost Mr. Hydish.

Dutton, some cool retro goodness from you. It's been a while since I saw a batman in that shade of green.

Ledsoul, some great pencil renderings there. I like catwoman the best.

Fiona, great lines as always. I could tell it was Cillian Murphy when I saw the pouty lips and sweater vest.



Here's a batman I did up tonight. He's had a rough night at the office.

Nice work, Vince. Would love to see a full figure on that, too.

It has a good mix of the animated version and quazi-frank miller. I like the b&w / red mix ..

I actually found some Batman art I did before. Not long before. actuall only a tear ago and it's pretty much a copy of the Jim Lee art from a Superman comic (you know the one where Supes is under Poison Ivy's control and fights Batman?). I actually used it for a poster I did at work to encourage people to properly use a spatula to scrape out their sauce containers when refilling. Instead of the usual bat ears he had spatulas on his head and was called SPATMAN. These were the two respectable drawings I did (with Mr. Lee's help of course)