SubscribeNote: If anyone would have a big enough wardrobe closet to accommodate this many outfits, it would be Selina Kyle. We had 50 excellent submissions into our Fan-Art Friday: Catwoman free-for-all, with a number of P:R Regulars, P:R contest winners and even a few newcomers. We’ll start things off with this furry piece by Mark Bello — enjoy the show! – Chris A.
Nathan Michael
Taylour Beadling
Reji Maindrid
Nigel Lowrey
Nigel_Lowrey
Mike Boarts
Josh Thompson
Josh Awolade
Javey Villones
Chris Van Dyke
Cary Polkovitz
Alexander Bromfield
Alex Getts
/ August 24, 2012Very awesome!
Todd Loessy
/ August 24, 2012Great work by all! Thanks for featuring my work.
Bruce B.
/ August 24, 2012Too much to provide feedback on everyone. So just a few notes:
Mark Bello – Kudos on going out on a limb to reinterpret the foundational image. The eye marks and poofy neck are interesting choices.
Viktor Matiesen – Love the kittycat hood. Not so sure about the pants legs layering.
Tom Kelly – Wow. … Just wow.
Todd Loessy – Classic and nicely so.
Tarun Padmakumar – Not actually very superhero-y, but at least you’re thinking outside the box.
Rob Lepon – A little too much sexy vicious violence for my tastes. The claws and spikes push this beyond bondage and into actual blood-drawing injury, while focusing on her nearly bare butt and lots of skin. … I like the mask, though.
Randy Bishop – Fun style.
Nigel Lowry – Another classic. Very pretty.
Joumana Medlej – (insert smiley face here)
Francois Vigneault – bwah-hah! Bonus points to you for reenvisioning the sexy female superhero trope.
Colin Alexander – The striped top is a nice change of pace, and fits nicely with the other elements. The shirt break with the pants makes her outfit appear more of a work uniform instead of a costuming statement.
Chris Van Dyke – Thank you for injecting more skin tone into this otherwise whitey-white sample.
Långrygg
/ August 24, 2012So many, so much greatness!
Mark Bello’s Cat Woman could also be a great Black Cat.
Zac Roane’s is excellent, maybe the next movie Cat Woman?
Tom Kelly’s is like a new character, one I’d like to see in the comics.
Elizabeth Beals’ is really cool, amazing illustration.
Dane Cypel, Greatest Dane indeed! Get him to do concepts for… anything Batman.
Alex Mitchell, that’s what Tim Burton should’ve done!
Randy Bishop’s is my personal favorite, great style, love the head piece and the green jacket (more realistic than a green cape?). Animated Cat Woman show perhaps?
Mike
/ August 24, 2012So much goodness, I’m not sure where to begin. Most unexpected: Tom Kelly. I’m glad that the sole submission of the Animated costume by Todd Loessy is wonderfully done. Favorite background design: Seb Threemileisland. Randy Bishop’s is just beautifully stylized and smartly redesigned. Paris N. Jones–nice Bridesmaids homage. Kris, nice alternative view to your design. I appreciate François Vigneault’s looking like a real woman (Kristen Schall?). Elizabeth Beals’ is a homerun, but would be knockout if she had pants and no tummy-window. And lastly, Colin Alexander’s has got to be my favorite. It’s a beautiful mix of Batman Adventures with Dark Knight Rises in a modern comic-book style. Nicely done by all! Glad I wasn’t the only one to use the 90s Balent purple suit!
firedmyass
/ August 24, 2012Some of them are very, very nice.
Many of them are… problematic, for various reasons.
Tommy Hankins
/ August 24, 2012Thanks for featuring my work! I’ve been a long-time fan of the site but needed the right push to submit something. I couldn’t resist a Catwoman tribute. Looks like it inspired a lot of great submissions. Great work everyone!
Seb Threemileisland
/ August 24, 2012Ta!
Rob Lepon (Tobes)
/ August 24, 2012It’s awesome to see what everyone came up with. Great job to all! Also thanks for throwing mine up too, appreciate it and can’t wait for the next one.
Colin
/ August 24, 2012Tom Kelly’s makes the least amount of sense but is the most awesome. I’m sure those to clauses are related somehow…
Great work all around though!
Thomas Fummo
/ August 24, 2012Great to see Kris Anka’s redesign in action; also loving Cary Polkovitz’s offering. I’ve always thought that with Catwoman a simple, streamlined design is best (although the Tim Burton Pfeiffer Catwoman suit is a notable exception, as the stitching on that effectively visually complement Selina’s fractured psyche).
Jonathan Concidine
/ August 24, 2012I haven’t seen anyone mention Taylour Beadling’s offering yet, so I just wanted to say that it looks great. One of my favorites. Other faves include Colin Alexander’s (number one for me), Dane Cypel’s, Todd Loesy’s and Mark Bello’s. Would have liked to see the front of Kris Anka Catwoman costume, but it’s a great action shot regardless.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
/ August 24, 2012A lot of really great art work and interpretations of Catwoman. Well done everyone.
Jermuel Floyd
/ August 24, 2012WOW! This means a lot guys! Thank you so much for featuring my art!!! :) I love Catwoman and you guys!
Colin Alexander
/ August 24, 2012Hey, thanks for having my Catwoman in the mix! Loving the variety on show, it looks like Selina’s going to need a bigger wardrobe to accommodate all this awesomeness.
Patricia
/ August 24, 2012Great Job to all well done, I’m very impressed. Big Shout out to my Brother Billy Beautiful!!!
Zac Roane
/ August 24, 2012Great work all around, so much creativity! Can’t wait for next fanart Friday!!!
Randy Bishop
/ August 24, 2012I was directe to this site a little while ago by a friend of mine and now I’m absolutely obsessed. Thanks for putting this thing together and thanks for featuring my stuff! I can’t wait for some more redesign challenges.
tp
/ August 24, 2012Firstly let me say everything looks so cool!!!
That said, Randy Bishop’s piece really won me over because, its practical, fun, and his style is so colourful and energetic, paying homage to what has come before…
Marco Bell0′s piece especially the art of her in motion, is cool since it combines fur with a kevlar/amor type outfit.
Zane Roanes version of Selina has her garments having cuts in certain places that at first I thought were just to reveal, but then I felt that it would be easier for her to be more acrobatic and maneuverable.
Tom Kelly’s is truly a CATwoman!
Todd Loessy’s classic animated catwoman costume has a soft corner in my heart (i still have a miniature action figure of hers).plus the art is so good!
It’s nice to think all of the Catwoman’s are friends, as shown in Paris.N.Jones piece.
Kris Anka is awesome as always.
Joumana Medlej “chibi”-esque style is cute and refreshing. the “meow” made me smile.
Hobe, although, not different in costume, his art is amazing. such a well drawn piece! I can’t stress that enough.
François Vigneault’s art was another welcome change in style.
Elizabeth Beals’s art is very nice, and her costumes jacket intrigues me… i wonder if that is reinforced? maybe it helps her by strengthening her elbows for running and rolling on rooftops, aswell as doubling as a bullet proof material? and the exposed skin n skintight areas make her maneuverable as well.
Colin Alexander’s Selina Kyle looks (to me like Anne Hathaway), but i like HIS costume WAY more than the one in the movie. Also, art is great.
Chris Van Dyke’s piece made me curious to think of a Catwoman this way… a rebel with a cause, in a different country, where maybe the CAT stands for something ELSE. Something that does what it likes at stands up to the MAN.
Cary Polkovitz’s piece is another great art piece with a difference. this painterly style is very nice.
Asif Iqbal’s piece looks great! It is so good in realistic terms its almost photo quality! The classice purple suit is a fun one! I love the creases in the costume.
Alexander Bromfield’s piece is one that makes me think that if DKRises was a videogame, this would be an unlockable Catwoman costume as “White Suit Selina”.
Thanks PR for including my work and doing what you do best! I had alot of fun with my entry and seeing all the other ones! Hope you host many more of these events, which I am sure is no easy task!
TBolt
/ August 25, 2012Some really cool stuff up there, love a lot of the redesigns.
Mike
/ August 25, 2012I talked about the others’ great art in a previous post, but now I’m thinking I should say something about mine in case people are wondering what the 3 pictures are about. When the challenge came up, I decided not to do a redesign because I had something at the spirit of P:R in another way. I had the two drawings on the right side of my entry from long ago. For as long as I can remember, I always loved going back and redrawing old illustrations, so I stuck to the pose, outfit, rooftop of Gotham established when I was 12.
-evan.
/ August 25, 2012I feel like a great many artists simply phoned in existing designs, which sort of goes against the whole “redesign” aspect of this website that I’m so attracted to.
That being said, I did particularly enjoy Bello’s, Bishop’s, and Beal’s. The fact that their surnames all begin with “B” is an uncanny coincidence. They all brought something new and interesting to the table, foremost being a slight desexualization of the costume, something I can’t be against.
Chris Van Dyke
/ August 25, 2012Great to see my work in some pretty amazing company! Glad to see that my changing her skin tone was not just a way to add superficial diversity, but also change what it might mean to be Cat Woman — to be more than a cat-burglar, and more of a rebel (doubt anyone could really notice, but there’s a black-panther logo tattooed on her left arm). I was a little worried that submitting a “black cat-woman” would just remind people of Haley Berry, so I was happy to see that didn’t seem to be the case. Thanks for sharing it, and glad to be a part of one of my favorite art blogs.
Hanie
/ August 26, 2012That Kris Anka piece – I just want to marry it and make little fabulous art babies T__T
Bclay1
/ August 26, 2012I think Mark Bello’s has a real Princess Mononoke look to it.
Nick
/ August 27, 2012My faves are definitely Mark Bello’s, Randy Bishop’s and Kris Anka’s. Anka makes up for lack of clarity of costume with mood and art skills. Anka’s stuff is always sweet.
James W
/ August 28, 2012Yeah, this isn’t the first time this has come up lately, either. I’m not sure what Chris A’s position is here – does getting put on the site imply endorsement, or is it more like “I’m just showing what was submitted”? Does P:R reject anything, nowadays?
Chris A.
/ August 28, 2012James W.: All the pieces run here are approved by Dean or I, usually both. And we reject about 70% of what’s submitted.
Daniel Heard
/ August 28, 2012@Elizabeth Beals
Wow, very nice.
fullmoon106
/ September 1, 2012I really love Dane Cypels Catwoman. She looks cool and realistic. This is how I wanted Catwoman to look in TDKR. Nolans suit has pretty much become one of my least favourite Catwoman suits.
I also like Shaun Riaz’s Ultimate Catwoman look. It’s very sleek and stealthy. Hobes Catwoman is great too. These are pretty much how I like my Catwoman: sleek, stealthy, no bright colors, no high heels and no leanghty hair waving in the wind.
Praiseworthy mentions:
Todd Loessy
Cary Polkovitz
Nicole Chan
William D. Hodge
Josh Awolade
Kyle Ladd
Melinda Moses
Randy Bishop
fullmoon106
/ September 1, 2012I love Dane Cypels Catwoman. That suit looks cool and realistic. This is how I wanted Catwoman to look in TDKR. Nolans suit has become one of my least favourite Catwoman suits.
I also like the Ultimate Catwoman by Shaun Riaz. She looks sleek and stealthy. Another great one is the Catwoman by Hobe.
These are pretty much how I like my Catwoman: sleek, stealthy, no bright colors, no high heels and no long hair waving in the wind. Catwoman should always wear some sort of cowl /cap/hoodie in my opinion.
Praiseworthy mentions:
William D. Hodge (I like the seams and how sleek she looks)
Todd Loessy (always a classic)
Randy Bishop (I like the look and attitude)
Nicole Chan (very Audrey Hepburn)
Melinda Moses (finally someone gave Hathaway a cowl)
Kyle Ladd (interresting design)
Josh Awolade (sleek and dark)
Edwin
/ October 5, 2012Oh Batman TAS Catwoman. You are my one true love
That said, I’d totally have an affair with Anka’s