Zee Brush

I began teaching myself how to use Zbrush after seeing some amazing work done online using the program. I've always been an avid sculptor since my days studying fine art and clay, is my medium (with sculpty a close second) so when I discovered software like Maya and 3Ds Max used digital clay I was to say the least intrigued, then along came Zbrush and I knew I found it. :)

This is the first completed painted head sculpt I've made so far, it's a fan art piece of Batman villain Killer Croc. 

The character has a great unusual face to create as he has been reimagined as everything from an MMA fighter with a bad skin condition, to a talking dinosaur so though there's a few parameters the characterisation is a free for all .   I've done other pieces which I'll be posting soon to show my progress. 

Batman caricature 2012-2013

Always loved the classic logo but the new iterations have their place. :)

I grew up in the 80's and 90's my first exposure to Batman was the 1970's live action show starring Adam West, the Tim Burton movie which, when it first came out I didn't see in the theatres mostly due to the fact I was probably only 6 at the time ( back in the old days it was all about practical effects that looked a little too real and an arcane rating system) then came the Batman the Animated Series, which, not to put too finer point on it was one of the greatest cartoons of all time.

Like with many series that emerged during this time that had an animated intro (though this one was like an early flash animated sequence) I thought the entire show was animated too- though I wasn't too worried that Batman was live action the intros to Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie were just kind of misleading.

Still they were early influences on my work, dated though the humour was, including the laugh track.

The official Batman 1989 trailer was long, gave away too much and had minimal music.

The recut version however takes the already brilliant source material and makes it even more awesome!

I always admired just how fast the gangsters climbed the fire escape to get to the top of the building.

Like a tattoo on the collective subconscious this simple silhouette of black against yellow is branded indelibly. 

Batman continues to evolve and inspire

Into what we may never know... ;)