Here are couple more drawings I did before Applegeeks.
I believe I did this drawing after I read Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller.
1998.
This next drawing was when I was hooked on the Batman Beyond cartoon. I think I posted this before.
2001.
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Oooo lovely line work. The first picture seems a little weird because for some reason I keep seing batman as being a little fat. Must be from the muscles hehe. Anyway great work!!
I think that was intentional! Dark Knight Returns depicts an aging, bulkier Batman. He’s got grey hair and a bad heart and is even more ornery than usual, which is really saying something.
Maybe.. but I still want to know why he let himself go so much lol xP
It’s called getting old. Hawk’s depiction is pretty much spot on concerning DKR. There’s even a few scenes in DKR in which you hear Batman’s thoughts about getting old while he’s fighting - complaining about cramped knees and arthritis. Plus, in the beginning of DKR, Bruce quit being Batman, living out his life as a 40-something playboy.
I’m glad you’re a Batman fan. My uncle - Murphy “MC” Anderson - used to draw him, Superman, Flash, et al, for DC. He’d probably get a kick out of your site.
Wow just wow.
The bottom picture isn’t done justice in the scan Hawk posted - the original really looks amazing. He later colored it - that version can be found here.
Ya know, as AMAZING as that coloring looks, I think something in the colorless sketch brings out more feeling. Kind of like the foggy mists of the past or how feelings and ideas are lost or grayed through the generations.
The batman in the top picture looks like batgirl. Maybe if you moved the pectoral muscle to the side and did a thing with the abs and I’ll just keep writing here….and blah, blah, blah
Can you please color the miller inspired batman…I am so into that image. I also get a little Sergio Aragones feel from your batman. I think it’s the chin. That strong superhero chin.
Not that I’d want you to quit making AG, but damn, son, why haven’t you been snatched up by a comics group yet? You pwn all over at least half the artists out there.
I am not trying to downplay the greatness that is “The Hawk” (as i shall call him from this point forward), but people should quit trashing comic artist. These guys might be superamazing, but the minute you are handed 20 page book and a deadline, you will lose some of that super amazing quality. Listen, maybe hawk could slam dunk everypage if he had super deadlines and lots of work. Just realized some comic artist are doing two to three books at once, fill in pages, and many other promotional things. The art is going to suffer. Now I will say some artist just suck, such as Rob Liefeld. That man couldn’t hold jim lee’s change.
That’s pretty much my point. I’d rather have Hawk’s 30 second doodle on a napkin than a Liefeld with a year-long deadline. No amount of time is going to fix teh suck if it’s in your nature. Hawk, in both long and short form, has proven to all of us readers that he’s extremely gifted/talented.
Oh, and Ananth, too. heh.
Still, take the number of full-sized Applegeeks comics that run in a month. Be conservative and it’s about eight (2x week, four weeks). That’s produced “off the clock,” I would imagine, during his non-office hours. And he does the pencils, inks, colors and lettering. That’s a hell of a lot of work for the labor of love that is AG. Imagine what he could produce if he didn’t have to have a “real” job but could just be a full-time comic artist, especially if at least one aspect of the job (coloring, for example) could be handed off! Maybe Hawk doesn’t work quite as hard as a Marvel or DC-contracted artist… but I bet the gap isn’t as wide as you might think.
I don’t have a thought on how wide the gap is. True enough hawk does put in as much time as possible into AG and it can’t possibly be as much as he wants.
I will admit, I came off harsh. The thing is most of the time I surface comic boards and it just fans trashing artist for no good reason. So that kinda thing gets to me.
I definitely think hawk’s coloring work would definitely make some books out there pop more. I think not so much the art but their such bland coloring these days. It’s sad when you can look at a george perez book and be more awed that current stuff…
Okay sorry hawk and ananth for jacking the comments.
Wow. Those are amazing. I am constantly amazed by your ability to draw. They both convey such feeling~
I remember flipping through the dark knight returns, but I just couldn’t get over the whole robin being a girl now.
I love the second drawing. I can see the wrinkles below the cowl on the original Batman, it’s excellent detailing. The rather broken child at the bottom is a nice reflection of Bruce. I think I like how that’s the most prominent feature…the child is all of Bruce, the Batman is appearing above him, that’s who he’s become. Then there’s Terry, just peeking out of the shadows, with confidence and almost a displeased look at the child. Lovely.
Whoa….i have never seen Batman so……..um…..large.Alfred must be sleeping on the job.Or our detective just has no time for finer foods and goes with the fast food…comes with the job i guess. At least with all the muscles he’s not going to have any trouble with Bane.
The man has talent.
‘Nuff said.
Did hawk sign the dark knight one as “Moe”?
In the first one, Robin a little… dandy. He looks like some kid lying on his belly, watching the streets below, and dreaming of poetry. Very emo. Otherwise good work.
I remember that time in comics, where the art was ultra detailed. I look back and think sometimes it was a bit much, though. Just my personal preference. Your work now is cleaner and just easier on the eyes, for me anyways. Just a fan of clean lines and simplicity these days.
I blame manga and anime permeating the US culture so intensely over the last decade or so. Then again, it’s just a different style that, right?
And Batman’s not fat, he’s big boned!
Well, Robin’s a girl in DKR, if that clears up anything. And emo? I see a bit of childish delight, or at least enthralled by the living fantasy of fighting crime with a legend.
Personally, manga is a lot simpler and stylized than many modern Western comics. Reading through a lot of recent stuff, there’s a good deal centered on characters made up of lots of lines, whether it’s for muscular detail or otherwise. Not that Rob Liefeld’s ever a good choice for an example, but look at his work. Sadly, his effect on the Modern Age is impossible to ignore. Most manga I read is simple-lined and clean (or sketchy, depending on the stylistic approach). Both provinces have their variations in artwork. They’re all bloody comics, and I like my Saikano as much as I like my Spider-Man.
See, I wasn’t into Batman back in the day, but now that you mention it there was the one Adventures of Batman cartoon with the kids talking about Batman, and what they think he’s like. The girl in that’s story was related to the DKR era, I believe. But I wasn’t into Batman then. It was all X-Men and Spider-Man, with the occasional Green Lantern.
You’re right though, Leifeld’s influence was very prominent. He drew arms and hands weird in my opinion. lol Not that I’m very good at them. I remember thinking at the time all his characters looked the same, just different hair and costumes. Longshot looked like a girl too. Course he was a bit feminine, I suppose.
Both are amazing. I like hawk’s take on the DKR. Not sure whether it looks better in black and white or the coloring that frank miller used.
I think I’ve seen the bottom picture before, but I have no idea where. Did you upload it before now?
Maybe. That is way I said “I think I posted this before.”
PWNED!
Awesome work Hawk!
You are far more talented than I!
I love that DKR drawing. That’s honestly probably one of the best Batman drawings I’ve ever seen. Also, your Batman Beyond drawing is very reminiscent of Alex Ross. I know you probably don’t want to be told your art looks like someone else’s, but I adore Alex Ross, and you’re right up there with him in my book.
So go get famous already!
Batman Beyond is amazing.
I love the way you drew the boy. It brings out a greater theme, like all the heroes in Batman’s world were just lonely children on the inside.
i want to start off by saying i love batman and batman beyond, however, you can compare batman to spiderman in a way. both have incredibly depressing back stories, and their own reasons for fighting other than “it’s the right thing”. but that’s where it stops. batman, unlike spiderman tries to lead his “normal” life as normally as possible, yes, he’s rich and stuff, but, unlike peter parker, doesn’t sit around and wallow in the deaths he’s caused.
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