Character Re-Imagine 11: Chatter

[jefftingley]

I happen to like the red adn black he sports now a whole lot.... and especially a whole lot more than the green spanky shorts... but yes I will partake in this drawoff

[captainarian]

ahh, finally :D
i don't think i have time to do this due to my math and technical cartograming tests on thursday and saturday >_< shiat!

[KUEMAN]

:banana: I shall begin!

[Newt]

Please get him out of that horrible costume! :p

Isn't that against forum rules?

[Calloway]

Everyone knows robin....give a one sentence description of him, not as he is but as what he was originally intended before the first artist ever drew him...because that name, ugh that name is so stupid...robin...all I can think of is a bird suit.

[Biofungus]

Isn't that against forum rules?
Not in the Members Only forum ;)

[Newt]

Everyone knows robin....give a one sentence description of him, not as he is but as what he was originally intended before the first artist ever drew him...because that name, ugh that name is so stupid...robin...all I can think of is a bird suit.

The European bird called "robin" was originally called "Robin Red-breast" because it has a red breast and the then-common given name Robin also started with an R (the same process is evident in the name of the flower Johnny Jump-up). The character Robin was given his name both in reference to Robin Hood (thus the Merry Man-themed costume) and because it is the name of a flying creature, thus complementing Batman.

The American robin was named after the European robin because it also has a red breast, but the two birds are not otherwise very similar and are not closely related.

This useless information is brought to you by Newt.

[The DarkMind]

The European bird called "robin" was originally called "Robin Red-breast" because it has a red breast and the then-common given name Robin also started with an R (the same process is evident in the name of the flower Johnny Jump-up). The character Robin was given his name both in reference to Robin Hood (thus the Merry Man-themed costume) and because it is the name of a flying creature, thus complementing Batman.

The American robin was named after the European robin because it also has a red breast, but the two birds are not otherwise very similar and are not closely related.

This useless information is brought to you by Newt.

not so useless really newt. the european robin is very fiery looking in its coloring. so much more impressive then the american robin. i never really would have even thought to look it up. might inspire someone a little. :)

[W. Smith]

The European bird called "robin" was originally called "Robin Red-breast" because it has a red breast and the then-common given name Robin also started with an R (the same process is evident in the name of the flower Johnny Jump-up). The character Robin was given his name both in reference to Robin Hood (thus the Merry Man-themed costume) and because it is the name of a flying creature, thus complementing Batman.

The American robin was named after the European robin because it also has a red breast, but the two birds are not otherwise very similar and are not closely related.

This useless information is brought to you by Newt.


But how does the air speed of a laden American Robin compare to the airspeed of the laden European Robin?

[captainarian]

The European bird called "robin" was originally called "Robin Red-breast" because it has a red breast and the then-common given name Robin also started with an R (the same process is evident in the name of the flower Johnny Jump-up). The character Robin was given his name both in reference to Robin Hood (thus the Merry Man-themed costume) and because it is the name of a flying creature, thus complementing Batman.

The American robin was named after the European robin because it also has a red breast, but the two birds are not otherwise very similar and are not closely related.

This useless information is brought to you by Newt.

funny thing is i went after the actual BIRD robin in wiki-pedia today for refrences, sadly it was fuckin useless, the bird was so small and fragile for any refrences, why did they call him robin anyway?
oh, robin hood! blakh!

[Calloway]

But how does the air speed of a laden American Robin compare to the airspeed of the laden European Robin?


and there is no possible way they can carry coconuts is there?

[Newt]

European robins are even smaller than European swallows. The American robin, while larger, is still not large enough to carry a coconut. Sorry.

[Calloway]

What if it were two american robins?

[Oninoko]

You know if someone hadn't been exposed to Monty Python previously they would have thought you guys had just gone bonkers. :laugh:

[Calloway]

You know if someone hadn't been exposed to Monty Python previously they would have thought you guys had just gone bonkers. :laugh:


HE'S A WITCH!

[Oninoko]

HE'S A WITCH!
But how do you know I'm a witch?

I'll have you know I neither float, nor weigh as much as a malard! :nyah:

[Calloway]

You turned newt into a person....

[Newt]

I got better!

[W. Smith]

No no no...That was only our Grail-like Beacon. Naughty Zute, bad Zute. Now we will having the spankings!

[Newt]

And the oral sex!

[W. Smith]

I can handle the temptation, go ahead without me, I can take it!

Just call me Sir Justin the Not-so-Chaste

[Decaying_art]

Way too much movie quoting going on here. :sure:

[W. Smith]

Not much drawing :man: ...gotta resort to something! :slap:

[The DarkMind]

this isn't as easy as i thought it would be :p

[Decaying_art]

Not much drawing :man: ...gotta resort to something! :slap:
I need to come up with a decent pose for my Robin design. I'm having trouble finding reference photos. Any ideas? :man:

[Newt]

Beloved comic book artist Greg Land says: use pornography for reference!

[Oninoko]

I need to come up with a decent pose for my Robin design. I'm having trouble finding reference photos. Any ideas? :man:

I sometimes go HERE (http://www.characterdesigns.com/index.php?sitepage=home) for ideas. :har:

[Oninoko]

I've been on a serious "Re-Tooling" of Batman characters lately, so i was excited to get this on paper:
http://www.tomhodges.com/SD2008/RWRobin-Color_small.jpg


Nice! He doesn't look like the androgenous Boy Wonder of old at all! :thumbs:

[Decaying_art]

I've been on a serious "Re-Tooling" of Batman characters lately, so i was excited to get this on paper:
http://www.tomhodges.com/SD2008/RWRobin-Color_small.jpg

I STAND NO CHANCE NOW!!! All is lost! :cry:

Seriously, awesome! :thumbs:

[captainarian]

will you guys stop talking and post your pics?...
...
...
ok here;s mine, as i said before i'm re-imagining the whole batman world for my self and making comics out of it, so far i have the plot for 3 volumes.
my world of baman is really freakish and dark and crazy and wild,
anyway,

first theory: robin is an actual robin(bird) in batman, bruce wayne keeps it in a big akwarium like cage and he enjoys it's voice every morning he gets up, alfred had bought it for his birthday...

lame?
didn't like it?
fucked up?
ok here's the second theory: :D

i never truly enjoyed robin, i mean i love timdrake, he sports, i like him, but in my batman universe tim drake is a comic book store owner, nothing more...
so we go to the biggest jerk in the universe------> JASON (fuckin) TODD!

YUP, HE'S ROBIN, and in my universe, batman never had a partner named robin, jason is a troubled youth, having anger management, suffering dipression, he has lost his purpose in life, he's a brutal vigilante, a high tempered batman wanna be, he usually causes batman a lot of trouble and is considered to be his rival in crime fighting, he undrestands no moral in being a hero, criminals are often more afraid of him than batman, cuz if they face batman the worst that could happen to them is broken bones, but when they face robin the least the may face is death, robin also is jelous of batman for everything bats has and they get into a fight every now and then so he can proove that he's better, he has domestic issues too, his father is an alcoholic who died after his involvement in beating jason's mom, (yes, he killed his father), and her mother is a tramp.

as for the design, i got the cape off, he doesn't need the cape, i made him a nice cevlar armor with his traditional (R) and japaneese buttons on it, i gave him his stick (bo) back, i also added some ribons or i don't know what you call them in english on his sleeves (the things that some cowboy pants have on the side) that re-presents the feathers or the wings of robin, AND I GAVE HIM BACK THOSE COOL pillow stuff on his glove and his mask eyes are gold glow in the dark.

he also chose the name robin for the hard years he had as a kid and and how fragile his soul had become during his abusive years.
so yeah, he's an ass, and very deadly.
hope you guys like it.

http://i3.tinypic.com/6q28llf.jpg

L-JAMAL! CURSE YOU, IF I FAIL IN MY MATH TEST IT'S YOUr FAULT, YOU MADE ME DRAW ROBIN INSTEAD OF STUDING. YOUR SOUL IS MINE IF I FAIL.

[dave_hearn]

I've been on a serious "Re-Tooling" of Batman characters lately, so i was excited to get this on paper:
http://www.tomhodges.com/SD2008/RWRobin-Color_small.jpg
Beautiful! I love your marker technique!! (that's not digital, is it?)

-Dave

[TDHodges]

Nope, that's all hand Marker, Dave. Prismacolor. I actually did the sketch in Colr-Erase pencil:

http://www.tomhodges.com/SD2008/RWRobin-BL_small.jpg

Then I adjusted the scan and printed out a B&W version:

http://www.tomhodges.com/SD2008/RWRobin-BW_small.jpg

And then hand colored it with Prismacolor markers:
http://www.tomhodges.com/SD2008/RWRobin-Color_small.jpg

[dave_hearn]

Nope, that's all hand Marker, Dave. Prismacolor. I actually did the sketch in Colr-Erase pencil:

http://www.tomhodges.com/SD2008/RWRobin-BL_small.jpg

Then I adjusted the scan and printed out a B&W version:

http://www.tomhodges.com/SD2008/RWRobin-BW_small.jpg

And then hand colored it with Prismacolor markers:
http://www.tomhodges.com/SD2008/RWRobin-Color_small.jpg
Excellent work! The lines on your original sketch are extrememly clean and have great weight to them.

Great stuff! I'm envious of your marker skills! :man:

-Dave

[dave_hearn]

I gotz one.........

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v250/mastinger/ROBIN2099copy.jpg
I can't really tell what the costume looks like. How about adding some color?

I really dig your style, man! Dramatic, fluid, weighty. Very nice!

-Dave

[dave_hearn]

I love Guy Gardner's outfit, too.

Fantastic "R" symbol.

-Dave

[Lord Fejj]

Friggin' sweet entries and a Monty Python flashback! Life is good :bounce:

[Decaying_art]

If I wanted to re-submit my entry, should I edit my previous post? Or do a whole new post? :huh:

[Lord Fejj]

If I wanted to re-submit my entry, should I edit my previous post? Or do a whole new post? :huh:
Just throw up a new post.

[W. Smith]

I kinda went with the Earth-50/Wildstorm look. Kinda like, "what if Midnighter had a sidekick?"



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/skotti-chan/Sketches/Bird.jpg


Your art give me funny feelings in my pants..... :w00t:

[dave_hearn]

Incredible!! There's so much talent here I'm losing my mind!

I hope it rubs off

-Dave

[CHUCKO]

I always seen robin more of a ninja like batman has kinda evolved to, thought it would look cool!

http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/9800/ninjarobintw0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

I love this. I was going to shoot for something similar but you nailed it.

[captainarian]

Just thought Id add some color! :thumbs:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b135/badapples88/RedesignRobininColor.jpg


duuude! i went with the same thing at first, if you have read my post, it's my first theory,
you have my vote partner.

[captainarian]

whoa! kewl, so many entries, so many kewl designs and costumes...
i'm really disapointed in me,
you guys make it hard to choose wich one i vote for, guess i'll vote for all!

[W. Smith]

he needed feet. Badly. :man:
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b237/decaying_art/Robinre-imagined6.jpg

he needed bad feet? :confused:










j/K:laugh:

[W. Smith]

http://i133.photobucket.com/albums/q80/kamenrider_ryuki/robininks.jpg


This is almost as cool as Skottie Chan's...
(allright, it is as cool...but don't tell her I said so...)

[W. Smith]

I kinda went with the Earth-50/Wildstorm look. Kinda like, "what if Midnighter had a sidekick?"



http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v331/skotti-chan/Sketches/Bird.jpg

Doesn't he have a sidekick?

Named daylighter I think...He is a little boy in tights and a tutu that runs around with a pink highlighter... His cousin is some guy with a purple crayon

[Decaying_art]

he needed bad feet? :confused:







j/K:laugh:


:slap:

[Artsta]

all the extra chatter in this thread should be deleted so all the artwork shows up on the first page before the poll is tossed up.

[badapple]

duuude! i went with the same thing at first, if you have read my post, it's my first theory,
you have my vote partner.


Heh, actually no I didn't read it but that was the first thing that popped into my head as soon as I heard from Artsta that this was going on. It was the logical choice! :p :thumbs:

[dave_hearn]

Ok guys, my good man Artsta directed me here......yeah I know..... :slap: But anyhoo I thought Id give it a shot with some humor. Come on, what else do you get from me :nyah: .......well ok besides some bad drawings from time to time :sure:

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b135/badapples88/RedesignRobin.jpg

:)

-Dave

[Don.Edwards]

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i66/donart/1-15-08robinredesign.jpg

[dave_hearn]

WAAAAYYYYYY too late for the draw off but I wanted to post it anyway.

-Dave

http://www.davehearn.net/dw/robin-1.jpg