Batman, part 5.000 000 000

Seems that we have all been very, very bad little artists last weeks and lazy in the posting department. Except for Rama who deserves a gold star for activity.

Here's a little update on Batman. And yes, I promise to post something new soon too. Seriously. Also posting something that was actually finished might be a nice change. Sigh.

The skin is pretty much finished, othervise it's still just flats.

Mission 6: Gotham City

Well, this is a first! I actually have a sketch for the newest mission and I'm posting it one day EARLY ;)

I blame the fact that our X-Box broke on the exact same day as Batman Arkham City came out. As I had pre-ordered it I now have to just sit and stare at the beautiful statue, book and all the great stuff that came with the collector's edition of the game. But I am not able to actually play it. Talk about suffering.

On top of that we just show'd my boyfriends 10 yr old son Batman Begins for the first time tonight. I somehow ended up doodling, without even attempting or planning to do something finished. I had an image of a very classic Scarlett and Rhett pose in my mind and somehow I just ended up drawing Batman and Catwoman in the same one.

This might turn into something cool so I think I'll just finish this one and keep the original idea I had for this week for some other time :)

***Edit***

Ended up starting to ink this one already.
Thought I'd post the steps as I make them. So here's how it's shaping up.

Aaaaand then changed the pose complitely. These things happen. At least to me. Sigh.

Steampunk Batgirl

After last weeks mission turned into an excursion over to steampunk I almost made this weeks challenge Steampunk Gotham City. The amount of reference and awesomeness I found last week is really making me want to do something from that genre.
Maybe I should have, just look at the awesomeness of Mahmud A. Asrar's Steampunk Batgirl that I just bumped into.

This post has nothing to do with anything really. Just being a fangirl here. Cough... Correction, trying to find serious inspiration for you guys. Cough...

Mission 6

Okay sweets, it's time for a new challenge.

Mission 6 is... *drumroll*

Gotham City 

 The city of Batman, Robin, Joker, Harley, Catwoman, Penguin, Scarecrow, Ivy, Killer Crock and all the other sweet maniacs. In this city no-one is safe.

Feel free to create any of the characters, or perhaps just the city itself, which is quite a character on it's own. The style is free.

Sketch/ draft by next sunday and the finished piece for the week after that.

Maintenance...

So, ”something old, something new and something borrowed”, was it? Hope you can spot which is which (^_^)
I was too tired to draw the essencial mink oil tin can (for the boots). The original work is bl/w, but I just had to play with CS5.

Colored version coming... soonish.