SubscribeNote: Who knew one character could be envisioned so differently? The artists really came out of the woodwork and delivered some of the most unique and diverse interpretations of the Dark Knight I’ve ever seen. From hastily drawn sketches to masterful illustrations and even some photo art, this Fan-Art Friday can claim to be the varied depictions of one character while all being instantaneously identifiable as Batman. Which one is your favorite? – Chris A.
Javey Villones
Jsm
Ryan Davis
Daniel Flores
Cecily Webster
Danny Dauphin
Valmor Pedretti Jr.
Thomas (no last name given)
Alejandro
/ October 1, 2012Daaaaaaamn, I totally forgot about this! So many of these are fantastic, but my favorites are Hans Berger & Antonio Monge.
Thomas Fummo
/ October 1, 2012Whoops, I thought I’d included my surname in the email :)
And my website is thomasfummo.blogspot.com now. Sorry! Thanks for putting my pic up, feels great to be featured alongside all these great interpretations.
Jim Gitman
/ October 1, 2012Pretty sure that’s Thomas Fummo on the last one. Also my favorite, by a longshot.
Jay
/ October 1, 2012Robert Curet – what is going on there? Whatever it is, I laughed out loud.
Thomas Fummo
/ October 1, 2012Thanks Jim :) I think my favourites are Robert Curet and Adam Goudelock’s interpretations.
-evan.
/ October 1, 2012David Moreno’s is really just Owlman. So, there’s that.
I particularly loved Koester’s cowl designs, as well as Adam Goudelock’s samurai-mask inspired fanged Batman.
Moises
/ October 1, 2012My favorite so far is Adam Goudelock’s. That mask is absolutely wicked.
Mike
/ October 1, 2012Really wanted to do this, but completely forgot it was happening. Thanks a lot, time and memory! Anyway, some nice work. I wonder what our modern artist minds would have pitched back in the 30s when no one had a mental image of what “Batman” should look like. I was annoyed with Catwoman Fan Art Friday that commenters thought it had to be a “redesign,” so I’ll stop there and just say there’s some nice work happening in many of these submissions.
Kyushu Miyamoto
/ October 1, 2012Jorell Rivera, you rock.
Ramon Villalobos, Rick Vo and about 3/4 of the entries: very creative ideas, great job. Took the character in some ways I would never of thought of (and obviously didn’t since I didn’t submit anything).
Everyone who didn’t do a redesign: you guys still put out some great work. Sometimes it’s even harder to do something cool when you’re sticking with established designs, but you pulled it off.
TBolt
/ October 1, 2012Evan Dahm and Mr. Tobert get my attention.
Guillaume Babey
/ October 1, 2012I’m glad my participation has been recevied. But my submission doesn’t survive the comparison to the others. Very good job to every one ! And thank you Project: Rooftop for giving me the chance.
Mick Bouschor
/ October 1, 2012Antonio Monge = sick
Erin
/ October 1, 2012I enjoy the sequence of shots of the posed action figures. That was clever. (And it totally justifies any comic fan’s collection of toys. They’re not just toys…they’re props for a photo shoot!)
Also partial to the Batman design by Piotr Michalczyk. I get a Noir feeling from it for some reason…
Javey Villones
/ October 2, 2012Mine’s just a fan art so it’s nice to be featured alongside these really awesome entries. My favorites were Marcos Miller and Alex Mitchell’s. Good job!
Aaron Koester
/ October 2, 2012All of these are nicely done. I especially like the ones that stepped out of the stereotypical Batman cape-and-cowl and had some fun with it.
The ones that stuck out to me are Vo’s armored Batman, kind of if Bruce Wayne had gone in a more Tony Stark direction. Also Goudelock’s fanged Batman and Monge’s very creative Batman Beyond redesign. And thank you Project: Rooftop, I didn’t expect for both of my submissions to be posted. Made my day.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
/ October 2, 2012Stephen Yan’s piece is my favorite, but they’re all so excellent and creative.
Ren Malone
/ October 2, 2012Wow, definitely some great depictions of the Dark Knight here. My favorites would have to be Ramon Villalobos’ Batman/Bane luchadors, Eduardo Torres’ redesign, because it manages to blend multiple interpretations of Batman into one simple version, Mick Bouschor’s love for Xena (even after a decade of being off the air), Ali Ottey MItchell and Thomas Fummo’s original, respective takes on the Dynamic Duo, Adam Goudelock’s incredibly awesome samurai cowl, and Phillip Dolan, Stephen Yan, and Guillaume Babey’s solid redesigns. Also, the artistic styles of Tom Harley, Alex Mitchell, and Mr Tobert blow my mind, and Piotr Michalczyk’s version of the bat symbol is awesome! My overall favorite, however, is Robert Curet’s, because that character looks like his story could be written as silly or as serious, and he could be drawn as cartoonish or realistic, as anyone could imagine, and he would always be incredibly entertaining. Great job everyone!
Melanie Fulker
/ October 2, 2012Batmangelion! Surely everyone else is totally losing it over Rick Vo’s Batmangelion! Also, Marcos Miller has him killing zombies, and in such a stylish manner.
Ash
/ October 3, 2012Ramon Villalobos owns this post. Viva la Bat-Lucha!
Eric Darrah
/ October 3, 2012Thanks so much Project Rooftop crew for including my photos alongside such amazing artwork. I have too many faves to narrow them down.
Thanks Erin. It’s something I have been doing for a few years now. It combines my loves of comics, movies and toys. I feel these types of pictures help sell the toys more than the over saturated images we usually get from companies.
You can see more on my DA page here: http://salemcrow.deviantart.com/
or for similar types of amazing work look for “Articulated Comic Book Art” on Facebook.
Stephen Yan
/ October 3, 2012A lot of great Batmen posted. Especially love Ramon Villalobos Luchadore Bats and Bane. Fun concept, great execution, and wonderful style!
Also really enjoyed Alex Mitchell, Thomas Fummo, and Piotr Michalczyk designs.
Guillaume Babey
/ October 4, 2012Yeah, Villalobos definitely killed it with this Lucha Libre piece !
All in all, A really fun ride with a lot of talents.
Needham Comics
/ October 4, 2012Wish I knew Fridays were Fan Art Firdays.
And that this Friday was Batman Fan Art.
Here is almost all my Batman fan art I recently posted on Deviantart.
http://artistneedham.deviantart.com/art/Iron-Batman-330292517?q=gallery%3Aartistneedham%2F39846483&qo=65
http://artistneedham.deviantart.com/art/Batman-Redesigns-1-330262174?q=gallery%3Aartistneedham%2F39846483&qo=85
http://artistneedham.deviantart.com/art/Batman-Redesign-2-330262697?q=gallery%3Aartistneedham%2F39846483&qo=84
http://artistneedham.deviantart.com/art/Batman-Redesigns-3-330263498?q=gallery%3Aartistneedham%2F39846483&qo=83
http://artistneedham.deviantart.com/art/Batman-Redesigns-4-330264205?q=gallery%3Aartistneedham%2F39846483&qo=82
http://artistneedham.deviantart.com/art/Batman-Redesigns-5-330265237?q=gallery%3Aartistneedham%2F39846483&qo=81
http://artistneedham.deviantart.com/art/Batman-Redesigns-6-330266079?q=gallery%3Aartistneedham%2F39846483&qo=80
http://artistneedham.deviantart.com/art/Batman-Redesigns-7-330266440?q=gallery%3Aartistneedham%2F39846483&qo=79
http://artistneedham.deviantart.com/art/Batman-Redesigns-8-330267267?q=gallery%3Aartistneedham%2F39846483&qo=78
http://artistneedham.deviantart.com/art/1602-Batman-330447958?q=gallery%3Aartistneedham%2F39846483&qo=35
Edwin
/ October 5, 2012Dan Wolff, Robert Curet, Ramon Villalobos and Jorrel Rivera all get my respect for awesome illustrations
Mr Tobert
/ October 6, 2012I’ve been out of town and just got back today. I love all the entries, there is some really cool stuff out there. I also wanted to say “thanks” for the kind words about my work, I’ll keep trying to get more out there. Again awesome job by everyone, we all love this stuff, and that’s why I come here.
DoctorSmashy
/ October 7, 2012Oh man, these are AWESOME!!! Jsm is so badass, I’d love to see that turned into a full series. And Antonio Monge’s is so creative and strange; what must the Robin, and Joker, and Gordon of this world look like? Truly awesome ideas here. I never tire of Batman redesigns!
Tom Harley
/ October 8, 2012I’m amazed that my work was featured considering it was my first time submitting to P:R, I would just like to thank P:R for that.
On the other hand the amount of quality work that gets featured in not just redesigns but these ‘Fanart Fridays’ is tremendous, it really sets this site apart from other fanart blogs.
Pretty darn humbled to be featured alongside some amazing submissions.
Personal favourites are: Jorell Rivera, Mr Tobert and probably everyone’s favourite: Antonio Monge, which is a particularly nice redesign, something I’ve never seen before.
Robert Curet
/ October 8, 2012Holey Smokes!
I see that people have enjoyed my entry..wow!
I am glad my work has been so well recieved. I plan on being part of future calls for redesigned heros and or villians.
Thanks to all who enjoy my slant on supers!
Nathan Seabolt
/ October 9, 2012These are so cool! I would never have thought of luchador Batman, but somehow it makes perfect sense.
An honor to be posted with you people, great job everybody!