Babs' Superhero Art

[Babs Gordon]

OK so here are some of my drawings that I do in my spare time.
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/7601/nightwing11ba.jpg
Nightwing and batgirl. I'm not really certain where the inspiration for this came from. It's a pretty dark, somber image though.
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/8601/nightwing22zm.jpg
nightwing: ever the acrobat.
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/5412/batgirl6ow.jpg
sorry guys... this is a wicked crappy scan. :( but its batgirl on a jump line
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/7403/viola3nv.jpg
well i scanned this one a little crooked... and its no hero in particular. i did this during the comic book class i teach at work and the kids thought her face looked just like mine. must be some weird subconscious thing i do. i love her suit the best. if i were a superhero my suit would be just like that. :up:

[Walter Wade Jr.]

Excellent, looks like Nightwing is giving Babs his old "escrima stick".:D

[Morg]

Like the Batgirl one :) :up:

[Babs Gordon]

thanks. i should keep a running tally of how many guys think something dirty about that first one. right now its about 5 different guys. :D it's really meant to be kind of a sad picture.

[WildCard]

i didnt notice it at first but now that someone said something it does look a bit dirty

[DarkKnightJRK]

Not bad, can't wait to see some more. :up:

[Babs Gordon]

i'm doing my first batman one ever right now. it's also my first attempt at a figure running ever so bear with me. i had to use Hush as a figure guide so i don't fu¢k it up too badly.

[Babs Gordon]

moving on to superman. will post tomorrow.

[dusk20]

OK so here are some of my drawings that I do in my spare time.
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/7601/nightwing11ba.jpg
Nightwing and batgirl. I'm not really certain where the inspiration for this came from. It's a pretty dark, somber image though.
comic book class i teach at work and the kids thought her face looked just like mine. must be some weird subconscious thing i do. i love her suit the best. if i were a superhero my suit would be just like that. :up:

I really like the above image. It reminds me of another picture of seen somewhere. Good stuff. :up:

I didn't know you teach comic book class at work. Where do you work? What do you do?

[Lobo]

thanks. i should keep a running tally of how many guys think something dirty about that first one. right now its about 5 different guys. :D it's really meant to be kind of a sad picture.


I'll make it easy for you Babs all guys immediately thought something dirty about that first one.:D

[Cobblepot]

There great, and that Nightwing Batgirl picture, could the inspiration come from a Crow book?

[Bathrat]

nice :up:

[Babs Gordon]

I work at an outdoor environmental education program for middle school kids. I teach all science all week long EXCEPT when I teach them my special comic book class. The kids go nuts over it. Their only complaint is I don't bring enough Marvel comics to look at :o

Anyway, here comes batman, superman and a portrait I did four years ago...

[Babs Gordon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/batman.jpg

[Babs Gordon]

the batman one up above and this one are quick sketches i did in about 15 minutes each. as you can see batman was inspired by jim lee... i've never drawn a figure running before so i had to look on to see how the geometrics of the body were.
here's supes. if he doesn't look much like him its cause my friend asked me to stick his head on superman's body ;)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/superman.jpg

[Babs Gordon]

and lastly here's a portrait i did back in 2000 that i spent a whole lot of time on. it's my cousin but it *could* be a young bruce wayne, right?
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/lyle.jpg

[Cobblepot]

Nice, esp. the portrait.
Portraits are very difficult to nail right, because you know what the person has to look like, there's no room for a hell of a lot of flaws.
I tried making one of my girlfriend, everybody likes it but me.

[Computron2005]

I like the portrait the best, but it looks like he is wearing lipstick

[Babs Gordon]

well when you do a pencil portrait all shades of pink and red become very similar. so i don't blame you on the lipstick. i should get back into color but i don't really have the space :(

anyway. here's another quick sketch i did. this time batgirl and supergirl... no shading though.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/batgirlsupergirl.jpg

[Babs Gordon]

if i put in as much effort into the other drawings as i did the portrait they'd be much better... i wish i had time like that these days

[zer00]

http://img136.exs.cx/img136/7601/nightwing11ba.jpg


I absolutely love this:up:

[Babs Gordon]

thanks zer00! that's one of my favorites too. i started out with the girl... then i added the guy and i was like "hey-- that looks like nightwing and babs!" so i draw some stripes on his suit. :up: i like the emotion in it best. it seems very tragic to me.

[dusk20]

i like the emotion in it best. it seems very tragic to me.

Yeah same here. I also like that fact that it's very dark. :D

[Babs Gordon]

i've simply got to post this over here. "zedin" from BTN's the planet did some color and 'ink' over my batman drawing and i'm simply in awe!
http://www.bluetights.net/theplanet/attachment.php?attachmentid=90&stc=1

[Babs Gordon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/nightwing3.jpg

this time i rendered it myself... just to try it out. i'm obviously not very good... but i had to try!

[dusk20]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/nightwing3.jpg

this time i rendered it myself... just to try it out. i'm obviously not very good... but i had to try!

I'm loving it. :up: :)

[dusk20]

Why couldn't you be a teacher at my old school. damn.

[zer00]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/nightwing3.jpg

this time i rendered it myself... just to try it out. i'm obviously not very good... but i had to try!

wow. beautiful:up:

[Dr.Fear]

i dont see anythings babs except for nightwing abd batgirl

[Babs Gordon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/BatmanCrouchSmall.jpg

[Babs Gordon]

another
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/BatmanRunningSmall.jpg

[twylight]

Wow, Babs, their all so good!

I really like the Batgirl/Nightwing one.

:up:

[Babs Gordon]

thanks twy! it didn't start out as a nightwing/bg drawing but being the huge fan of them i am i couldn't resist!

[DarkKnightJRK]

If there's anything you need to improve on, Babs, it's the anatomy. Usually, the arms are about the same length as the legs, so your arms need to be lengthened a bit.

Other then that, you're a preety good artist. The work, espically with the colors over it, sort-of reminds me of the drawings you'd see in fairy tale books. Your style would probably fit with something like Sandman like the perfect glove. :up:

[Babs Gordon]

well due to my minimal shading on the last few you can't easily tell that i'm using foreshortening techniques to show the angle of an arm or something. especially in the batman running picture.

and i don't know about you but my arms are only about 2/3 the length of my legs including a stretched out hand.

but thanks for the compliments. i'm a work in progress. having never had an art lesson in life learning anatomy is just practice. i can draw what i see really really easily but with those batman drawings i didn't even have something to look at save the face front running one. maybe i should look onto pictures of people for examples.

anywho, here's a little sketch i JUST did of aaron eckhart as green arrow
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/eckhartGA.jpg

[zer00]

Now that's a hell of a sketch!! Love the shading on it.

[Babs Gordon]

i'm actually polishing what i'd call the framework above. i was just trying to whip something up because i had a request over at the planet. i'll put up the final copy once i'm done. i'm going to put more effort into his costume and quiver of arrows.

[Babs Gordon]

here we go:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/eckhartga.jpg

[Hunter Rider]

here we go:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/eckhartga.jpg

awesome babs:up: :up:

[Babs Gordon]

jude law as joker as requested by hunter rider
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/lawjoker.jpg

[zer00]

here we go:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/eckhartga.jpg

sweet:up:

[dusk20]

jude law as joker as requested by hunter rider
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/lawjoker.jpg

amazing. :up: :up: :up:

[Babs Gordon]

here is a color version of one of my batman drawings above. i spent about an hour and a half on it this morning in photoshop.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/colorbatmancrouch.jpg

[Hunter Rider]

superb again babs,the colour brings it out even more:up:

[Babs Gordon]

thanks hunter :)

[zer00]

looks great in color:up:

[batman44]

Nice

[Phantasm]

Babs where are you?Haven't seen you around for so long!

[Two-Face]

How old are you, Babs?


She's 23 and does wonderful drawings.

[Antinicolae]

nice joker

[MasterShake]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/nightwing3.jpg



This looks awsome colored...great work

[Babs Gordon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/colorbatmancrouch.jpg

[Babs Gordon]

i mean...http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/colorbatmancrouch1.jpg

[Cobblepot]

Did you colour that digital?
Looks great Babs.

[zer00]

whoa cool

[Babs Gordon]

new one: babs about to get owned by the joker.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/babsgetsowned.jpg

[zer00]

ah my favorite moment.....that and uh.....gives me ideas....

[Babs Gordon]

ha. well... it's actually supposed to be the second time around. you can't see it well in the scan but i drew in a scar from the first round.

keep your ideas to yourself :p

[zer00]

m'kay:(

btw

is it just me or is Joker wolverine? :p

[spiderfan08]

nice stuff.

[JLBats]

Babs, these are awesome. You've got skills:up:

[Babs Gordon]

ha! i didn't really know how to do his hair. i think he's too tall to be wolverine :p
all right you can share your ideas... that sad face killed me!

thanks jlbats and spiderfan :)

[JLBats]

Have you done any work around the rogues gallery?

[Babs Gordon]

eh? what's the rogues gallery? link?

[zer00]

what he means is, have you done any villians?

[JLBats]

eh? what's the rogues gallery? link?

LOL, I just mean have you done any drawings of Riddler, Two-Face, etc.

[Cobblepot]

Kinda cool that Babs, Joker pic but I noticed the wheelchair is already there?
Is she dreaming?

[zer00]

Kinda cool that Babs, Joker pic but I noticed the wheelchair is already there?
Is she dreaming?

ha. well... it's actually supposed to be the second time around. you can't see it well in the scan but i drew in a scar from the first round.



...

[Babs Gordon]

oh of course i know what the rogues gallery IS... i just thought you meant there was a thread or website or something for rogues gallery fan art.

i've only done the joker really. i suppose i could do a really killer catwoman or ivy if i wanted to. not to mention harley. i'm better at drawing women than men for the moment.

[zer00]

Do Harley!


hehehe

[JLBats]

oh of course i know what the rogues gallery IS... i just thought you meant there was a thread or website or something for rogues gallery fan art.

i've only done the joker really. i suppose i could do a really killer catwoman or ivy if i wanted to. not to mention harley. i'm better at drawing women than men for the moment.

From what I've seen, those would look pretty cool. So, if you get a chance, it'd be cool.

[DarkKnightJRK]

Do Harley!


hehehe

*slaps zer00 up-side the head*

Perv.

[The Question]

new one: babs about to get owned by the joker.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/babsgetsowned.jpg


DAAAAAAYYYYMM GIRL!!!! YOU ARE ONE TAYLANTED ARTISTE!!!! Actually, your art style reminds me of someone I know. Heh, mabey we know each other but don't know we both use the hype! Probably not, but it'd be funny.

[Detective Flass]

Hey! Do one of Tim Roth as The Joker. :joker:

[Babs Gordon]

well i've got this. it's not art per se but it's a manip. i'm quite impressed with my work:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/timrothjoker.jpg

[Babs Gordon]

^i went for a more realistic take and used the liquify tool and some shading more than anything.

[Phantasm]

new one: babs about to get owned by the joker.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/babsgetsowned.jpg

AHHH!!!!!!!!!
Poor Babs!

Anyway, great moody piece you got here Ginger.Theuse of shadows provides an appropriate ominous tone.Lovely. :)

[IzzyJG99]

Nice art.

[Babs Gordon]

so i've been drawing again lately and it's about time i posted my stuff here:
sorry the image sizes are so huge but the details are important
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/karakent.jpg
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/batman.jpg
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/blackcanary.jpg
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/batgirl.jpg

[zer00]

Great work as usual my red headed minx:up:

Canary looks great. Nice ass on Batgirl. Bat's face is a little...B&Rish. Details are incredibly well done.

Still need some refining of course but you have some great potential.

[Babs Gordon]

yeah i think for a drawing hobbyist who gets into it once every 6 months or so i'm not too bad ;)

[ookami]

OK so here are some of my drawings that I do in my spare time.
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/7601/nightwing11ba.jpg
Nightwing and batgirl.



I love this one this is so cool, shading....is thy enemy...good work.:up:

[Babs Gordon]

haha he does have a clooney style jaw, doesn't he? that was completely inadvertent. i did that during a faculty meeting to pass the time and it's only half a batman because i draw him around the rings of my notebook to make room for relevant faculty meeting notes ;)

and i'm glad you like batgirl's ass. i imagine, working out as much as she would, she would have a nice ass.

[ampersand]

Wow, It's been a while huh? Great stuff Babs:up:

[Babs Gordon]

haha i have phases :) thanks amp

[The Last Meatbag]

Babs I think you can get a 100x100 avatar now?

[eXperiment]

I love this one this is so cool, shading....is thy enemy...good work.:up:

I have to agree, great work.

[zer00]

Babs I think you can get a 100x100 avatar now?

Aaaah she can.

[Babs Gordon]

really? awesome!

[zer00]

All we need are pics in sigs:up:

You should have been here when the new avvy rule was implemented:o

We could get into the mod board by way of an error. It was awesome

Sadly I saw a demise of my precious Vanessa Lane for Catwoman thread in the trash can


aye it twas a harrowing tale indeed

[The Last Meatbag]

really? awesome!

I bet you can find a picture that is totally sexy :o

[Babs Gordon]

i'm scanning a cross over drawing i JUST did for a fan art contest over at the planet. should be up soon enough ;)

[Babs Gordon]

i'll bet you can find one for me meatbag ;) i need a barbara gordon one of course.

[zer00]

i'll bet you can find one for me meatbag ;) i need a barbara gordon one of course.

I got some good ones you can use.

...they're just not postable.

[The Last Meatbag]

i'll bet you can find one for me meatbag ;) i need a barbara gordon one of course.

does this work :O

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y274/Spork2691/Avatars/batgirl.jpg
plain I know but I suck at making avatars :o

[Babs Gordon]

ha i'll use it :)
here's my entry i mentioned:
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/batgirlinterrupted.jpg
i had girl, interrupted on my shelf so i copied the cover as best as i could without tracing. i think jolie looks enough like herself. anywho, hope you think its at least a little bit funny.

[Babs Gordon]

alas nope. i do not get a big avatar. i am not that special. :(

[zer00]

Whoa that's good. Jesus that's awesome:(



That avvy isn't properly sized and it's bugging me

[Babs Gordon]

well, my avatar says that i get 45 k or 75 x 75 avatar... whichever is smaller. doesn't say 100 x 100. :(

and i'm glad you like it.

[zer00]

I thought it was only 5,000 for a 100x100. Meh I'm almost at 20,000, nanner nanner nanner

[Babs Gordon]

it's probably 10,000. that's ok though.

[zer00]

That's why God invented spam.

Well..maybe not God

probobly Jesus in his preteen years. He was such a newbie. I saw some old posts of his on an Adult Swim board, he was such a n00b. He got pwned so many times:(




...yeah...just go ahead and put me on ignore

[The Last Meatbag]

its probably 6,000

[zer00]

What a random number

[ComicChick]

u really pulled off the likeness of angelina on that batgirl, interupted one. good job. glad to see you are drawing again

[Babs Gordon]

thanks ComicChick :)

i don't know why i go through these phases of drawing. I imagine I will get bored with it again but maybe not. Maybe I was only getting bored because I wasn't challenging myself.

[Lobo]

It's 6,000 babs and great as always ;)

[ComicChick]

thanks ComicChick :)

i don't know why i go through these phases of drawing. I imagine I will get bored with it again but maybe not. Maybe I was only getting bored because I wasn't challenging myself.


i know what you mean. i go through phases where i'm all about trying to draw something, and then it's like "eh, i'll draw when i feel like it", which i usually never do. the only time i really draw is at work when it's slow. then i draw stuff that's on the groceries or out of the magazines. more than half the stuff in my art thread was drawn at work.

i need to get back on the "on" side of drawing.

[Babs Gordon]

challenging myself has really helped. i would stagnate if i wasn't.

[Keyser Sushi]

OK so here are some of my drawings that I do in my spare time.
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/7601/nightwing11ba.jpg
Nightwing and batgirl. I'm not really certain where the inspiration for this came from. It's a pretty dark, somber image though.

You're very good! I especially like your Batman drawing, but I like this one the best. You did an excellent job on their bodies, and the drama in the pose. Though I have to admit... as has been said before... my mind immediately went somewhere dirty. It's a guy thing, we can't help it. :D

So, you're a teacher? :up:

[Babs Gordon]

yep. i teach 11th and 12th graders now and this fall i may be teaching 6th graders instead (science and PE). teaching is awesome.

[Keyser Sushi]

yep. i teach 11th and 12th graders now and this fall i may be teaching 6th graders instead (science and PE). teaching is awesome.

Yes it is. One of my best friends is a teacher. I also have an aunt and uncle who teach, too. Well, they did. They're retired now.

It's a shame the job doesn't pay more -- it really should -- but either way somebody needs to do it, and it's great that you do. :up:

[Babs Gordon]

here's quite possibly my best work yet... i did it tonight at the request of my friend dan:
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallerwonderwoman.jpg

[zer00]

I see red x

[Babs Gordon]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v488/femmeke830/smallerwonderwoman.jpg
now you shouldn't... ^photobucket

[zer00]

Wow. Keep getting better and better.:up::up:

[Babs Gordon]

thanks zer00. it's weird. i feel like everytime i put pencil on paper i just get magically better at drawing figures. i like it though :)

[Babs Gordon]

here's the long awaited catwoman drawing... i just finished it. took me about an hour and a half tonight.
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallercatwoman.jpg

[zer00]

I like. Though I will say I don't think it's on par with the rest of your stuff. The arms look a little..flat and unnatural. The head looks a little off.

[Babs Gordon]

your head looks a little off!

haha just kidding. it's probably because it's one of the most challenging body positions i've ever tried and for whatever reason i decided to start with the legs. i'm weird like that. i decided i didn't want to do big bulgy arms anyway and i left out excess shading so folks over at the planet can color and shade it as they like.

[Flexo]

One day, I will unlock the secrets to the mystic art of illustration... one day.

Until then, nice job. :mad:

[zer00]

Twitch did a while ago

...take a guess how:(

[Flexo]

Twitch did a while ago

...take a guess how:(

If it involves a g-string, I don't want to know.

[The Last Meatbag]

I like it......your art seems very..........clean :o

[Babs Gordon]

thanks meatbag... i do it intentionally so others with coloring and inking skills can have at it.

[Keyser Sushi]

Well let them say what they want, Babs, I think your Catwoman drawing looks very good. That WW drawing is simply awesome, though! Something about it has a Frank Cho kind of vibe - this is a good thing. :up:

Keep it up!

[Babs Gordon]

thanks KS :) i appreciate all commentary, good and constructively bad.

[Keyser Sushi]

thanks KS :) i appreciate all commentary, good and constructively bad.

You're welcome. :) So, how much art training have you had?

[Babs Gordon]

nothing formal. my mom's pretty good and she's the one who helped me learn as a kid but she had no formal instruction either. after my dry spell of art in college i got really into figure drawing and started to look at pictures and books and learned that way. i've always been into drawing people but i didn't start to get really good until after college.

[zer00]

Well let them say what they want, Babs,

They? It was only me really...

[Babs Gordon]

i think you're just bitter catwoman's boobs aren't ginormous :o


;)

[zer00]

I...don't actually have a comeback to that.

So instead here's a pic of a badass hippo

http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/classes/6.042/fall02/handouts/lectures/hippo.jpe

God he's badass

[Babs Gordon]

he is badass indeed. he could mess with texas.

[Flexo]

he is badass indeed. he could mess with texas.

Even the Russians wouldn't stand a chance against such a badass hippo.

[zer00]

****ing commies

[Keyser Sushi]

nothing formal. my mom's pretty good and she's the one who helped me learn as a kid but she had no formal instruction either. after my dry spell of art in college i got really into figure drawing and started to look at pictures and books and learned that way. i've always been into drawing people but i didn't start to get really good until after college.

Wow. Well then, color me impressed! I was an art major in college, and trust me, there were other art majors who, even after graduating, didn't have half the command of figure drawing that you do. That's not lip service, either.


They? It was only me really...


It was the Royal They. ;)


i think you're just bitter catwoman's boobs aren't ginormous :o


;)


I noticed it too, but unlike zer00, I know what a real-life woman looks like. ;)


I...don't actually have a comeback to that.

So instead here's a pic of a badass hippo

http://theory.lcs.mit.edu/classes/6.042/fall02/handouts/lectures/hippo.jpe

God he's badass


I have no comeback to THAT.


he is badass indeed. he could mess with texas.


Hell, I thought he WAS Texas...

[Babs Gordon]

here's an anatomically correct batgirl (not comic book exaggerated)
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallercassiecain.jpg

[zer00]

I noticed it too, but unlike zer00, I know what a real-life woman looks like. ;)


Shouldn't you be cutting yourself to Bettany or something?



Nice Batgirl! btw considering it's Caine I would say it's comic accurate:o

[Babs Gordon]

thanks zero, glad you approve.

[Babs Gordon]

here comes the finished cassie cain versus sandra woosan of detroit!

[Babs Gordon]

http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallerbatgirlshiva.jpg

[Babs Gordon]

poison ivy:
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallerpoisonivy.jpg

high res: http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/poisonivy.jpg

[Kal_EL]

Dang Babs you sure can draw. Why havent' you been posting these before. I know you said it was about the time, but dang!! I feel a team up on the Poison Ivy coming up. :D

[Babs Gordon]

i did poison ivy just today... that's why. i go through dry spells where i don't really feel like drawing much. then i go through these awesome spells where i just can't stop. right now is one of those ;) i've done like 4 drawings in the last two days :)

if you want to color and ink PI i would be thrilled! you do such a fantastic job. :)

[Keyser Sushi]

Shouldn't you be cutting yourself to Bettany or something?

Who, me? I think you have me confused with somebody else, chombatta. My main man Norm is Bettany's No. 1 guy, remember? He's proud of it, too. :)


here comes the finished cassie cain versus sandra woosan of detroit!


Nice job on the foreshortening, that's always tricky to pull off. While it isn't perfect, I gotta give you props for doing it so well. :up:

Though I must admit, to me there's only one Batgirl, and you know the one I'm talking about, because you use her name. :)

And that Ivy is... well, every bit as seductive as she's supposed to be.

Nice job, as always. More, please.


i did poison ivy just today... that's why. i go through dry spells where i don't really feel like drawing much. then i go through these awesome spells where i just can't stop. right now is one of those ;) i've done like 4 drawings in the last two days :)


I can relate to that. I was an art major but I don't really like to draw that much anymore. I always keep a sketch book because sometimes I get the bug, but mostly these days I prefer to write.

I guess I came here at the right time 'cuz you're kicking some ass!

[Flexo]

Draw a picture of Christopher Walken in a jet-pack.

Pweeeeeeeeeeese? :(

[zer00]

YES!

Make sure he has suspenders and in a dress shirt

preferably flying over kansas

...with bad 80's effects

[Flexo]

YES!

Make sure he has suspenders and in a dress shirt

preferably flying over kansas

...with bad 80's effects

Oh man, that'd be awesome.

But it needs mo' cowbell.

[zer00]

...Have a cow in the field:up:

[dusk20]

poison ivy:
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallerpoisonivy.jpg

high res: http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/poisonivy.jpg

Your art is just amazing. Great work Babs.

[Babs Gordon]

thanks dusk :)

[3dman27]

OK so here are some of my drawings that I do in my spare time.
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/7601/nightwing11ba.jpg
Nightwing and batgirl. I'm not really certain where the inspiration for this came from. It's a pretty dark, somber image though.
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/8601/nightwing22zm.jpg
nightwing: ever the acrobat.
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/5412/batgirl6ow.jpg
sorry guys... this is a wicked crappy scan. :( but its batgirl on a jump line
http://img136.exs.cx/img136/7403/viola3nv.jpg
well i scanned this one a little crooked... and its no hero in particular. i did this during the comic book class i teach at work and the kids thought her face looked just like mine. must be some weird subconscious thing i do. i love her suit the best. if i were a superhero my suit would be just like that. :up:the one with the sword reminds me of beatrix kiddo the bride good work

[Babs Gordon]

now that i've seen these first drawings again i can see just how much i've improved! holy smokes!

[Babs Gordon]

here's a captain marvel i did this morning. the drawing isn't finished. there will be more stuff going on in the background but you'll see.
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallercaptainmarvel.jpg

[Verlin]

Your stuff is totally amazing! Anatomy and poses are great! Keep it up!

[Babs Gordon]

thanks verlin :)
here's the final submission for the fan art contest over at the planet:
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallershazam.jpg

[EXCELSIOR]

NICE WORK BABs

[RAMORE]

Very good stuff like you said you are jumping by leaps and bounds!

[Babs Gordon]

thanks everyone! :)

[3dman27]

thanks verlin :)
here's the final submission for the fan art contest over at the planet:
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallershazam.jpg
SHAZAM

[Babs Gordon]

shazam indeed :)

here's nightwing just walkin around
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/nightwing.jpg
he was this afternoon's project, captain marvel was this morning.

[zer00]

Good stuff.


I don't know who's calling to me more...Ben or Captain Marvel:(

[The Last Meatbag]

Looks like Brandon Routh :o

[Keyser Sushi]

thanks verlin :)
here's the final submission for the fan art contest over at the planet:
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallershazam.jpg

Wow.

I'm running out of good things to say; each drawing you do is better than the one before it. And the first one was really good.

[Flexo]

Artist. Musician. Babs Gordan, double threat.

[Babs Gordon]

i'm also a bang-up cook and really good at identifying rocks and minerals. oh and cleaning lint out of keyboards ;)

thanks keyser :) i've been spending more and more time on my drawings. especially on the guys i draw because they are more of a challenge for me.
i fixed nightwing so that his head wasn't so squat. it was annoying me.

http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/nightwing2.jpg

[Keyser Sushi]

Artist. Musician. Babs Gordan, double threat.

Dammit... it's spelled Gordon - two o's, no a's. I'm always disturbed by the number of Bat-fans who can't spell Gordon. :(

But, anyway... she's a musician, are you serious about that?

[Flexo]

Dammit... it's spelled Gordon - two o's, no a's. I'm always disturbed by the number of Bat-fans who can't spell Gordon. :(

But, anyway... she's a musician, are you serious about that?

But, but... I say it like I spell it. :(

Would rock and mineral identification count as one threat or two? If the latter, the US of A has military business with you.

[Babs Gordon]

i am a musician so to speak. more of a musician hobbyist. but you can listen to some of my stuff here:
http://www.myspace.com/larissapowers

it wouldn't fit in my signature anymore. and yes i can identify both rocks and minerals. lol... i'm a geologist.

[Flexo]

i am a musician so to speak. more of a musician hobbyist. but you can listen to some of my stuff here:
http://www.myspace.com/larissapowers

Couldn't you just align that link to the right and have it share lines with your other link?

[DOG LIPS]

HOT. :o

[Keyser Sushi]

i'm also a bang-up cook and really good at identifying rocks and minerals. oh and cleaning lint out of keyboards ;)

You can get lint out of keyboards? I need your services. ;)

And a cook, too? Increasingly rare in a woman these days. I've had to refine my own culinary skills, on the theory that any woman I hook up with wouldn't be able to cook, or wouldn't want to. I make one hell of a blackened chicken alfredo. And I make my own spaghetti sauce, too. Of course the last time I tried that, I was staying with the woman I was interested in, and, uh... well... naturally I screwed up the recipe. But I did the dishes afterward. Impressed her roommate more than it did her, though.

Yes, I'm housebroken. :p

thanks keyser :) i've been spending more and more time on my drawings. especially on the guys i draw because they are more of a challenge for me.

I hear ya. It's always a little easier to sort out the anatomy of your own gender than it is the opposite one. When I started drawing superheroes (well, other than my deformed childhood attempts, I mean, LOL) back in high school, I had some trouble getting the female form to come out right. Now I could probably do it in my sleep.

i fixed nightwing so that his head wasn't so squat. it was annoying me.

You know, that's what sets you apart from most people. You have a really well-developed sense of proportion, which, most people who try to draw the human figure have difficulty with. I'm interested to know what your technique is. Do you start with a stick figure and build up, or, what?

[zer00]

I don't know what's going on in here right now...but I approve.:up:

[Keyser Sushi]

i am a musician so to speak. more of a musician hobbyist. but you can listen to some of my stuff here:
http://www.myspace.com/larissapowers

it wouldn't fit in my signature anymore. and yes i can identify both rocks and minerals. lol... i'm a geologist.

Wow. Well, I've got a really crappy dialup connection but I'm going to try and listen to those. I'm a drummer, BTW.

Also, your name - Larissa - is almost as beautiful as you are. Absolutely stunning.

[Flexo]

Wow. Well, I've got a really crappy dialup connection but I'm going to try and listen to those. I'm a drummer, BTW.

Also, your name - Larissa - is almost as beautiful as you are. Absolutely stunning.

Woah, there boy! Down! ;)

[DOG LIPS]

Also, your name - Larissa - is almost as beautiful as you are. Absolutely stunning.
She's MINE!! :mad:


*Punches zer00 in the uterus*

You'll get the same if you go near my woman. :mad:

[Flexo]

She's MINE!! :mad:


*Punches zer00 in the uterus*

:mad:

Not if I kill everyone first!!! :mad:

*Slaps Ronny Shade in the face.*

[DOG LIPS]

Not if I kill everyone first!!! :mad:

*Slaps Ronny Shade in the face.*
You'll have to go through me first. :mad:

*Spits in Master Bruce's face* :mad:

[Flexo]

You'll have to go through me first. :mad:

*Spits in Master Bruce's face* :mad:

*Kicks Hades in the buttocks*

We can only settle this like the Jets and Sharks... WITH MAMBO! :mad:

[Babs Gordon]

oh dear.

cooking is a blast for me. i love to challenge myself. first thing when i get back to my parents home is took them a thai dinner... coconut vegetable soup, yellow curry with pineapple and rice and then something for dessert... dont' really know yet.

i haven't written a song in over a month and it's about time i did. i just haven't felt like it. need some kind of true inspiration.

[Keyser Sushi]

oh dear.

Well, while the kids are playing... where were we?

cooking is a blast for me. i love to challenge myself. first thing when i get back to my parents home is took them a thai dinner... coconut vegetable soup, yellow curry with pineapple and rice and then something for dessert... dont' really know yet.

That's so far above and beyond my measly cooking skills, I can't even see it. Is there anything you CAN'T do? Dance? Knit? Quantum Physics?

i haven't written a song in over a month and it's about time i did. i just haven't felt like it. need some kind of true inspiration.

Of course. It's like writing books - I go through dry spells that can last for months, and it drives me to distraction, but eventually, if there's something that needs to come out and get written, it will happen. You can't force your muse. Something will come to you soon.

[DOG LIPS]

oh dear.

Sorry Babsy. :O

[Babs Gordon]

i am a girl of a billion hobbies. my latest fixations besides drawing are rock climbing, swimming and writing. but i also am really into mountain biking, writing crappy romantic stories, knitting, ultimate frisbee, learning languages, teaching, etc... i could go on. i really just like to try new stuff. constantly. that's how i've accumulated so many hobbies. it makes living in a remote place like limestone, me much easier.

[Babs Gordon]

dog lips! i just realized you brought back your evil dog with a syringe! so key.

[DOG LIPS]

dog lips! i just realized you brought back your evil dog with a syringe! so key.
I brought him back soon after you said you missed him. ;)

[Keyser Sushi]

i am a girl of a billion hobbies. my latest fixations besides drawing are rock climbing, swimming and writing. but i also am really into mountain biking, writing crappy romantic stories, knitting, ultimate frisbee, learning languages, teaching, etc... i could go on. i really just like to try new stuff. constantly. that's how i've accumulated so many hobbies. it makes living in a remote place like limestone, me much easier.

Jeez. You can't really be that perfect, can you? I just listened to "Without You" and, you sing like an angel. There MUST be a flaw here someplace. Wait, wait... you like the Dave Matthews Band. There it is. That's your flaw. You're human after all. ;)

Also, Maine is too goddamned far away. :D

[zer00]

So Keyser...want to put it back in there

[Keyser Sushi]

So Keyser...want to put it back in there

If she wants me to knock it off, the lady is perfectly capable of saying so.

[zer00]

It's just getting sad now...

[Babs Gordon]

i don't care really. someone told me to draw lex luthor today. aside from the fact that i strained my hands rock climbing last night, i feel good about it. we'll see how he comes out.

[zer00]

Luthor? Mr. 882 will be estatic.

....though I feel hurt there's not more J-Man around here.

...wink ......wink

[Babs Gordon]

tee hee

i guess i'll have to do a joker too. i think it's hard to capture the essence of evil with these dudes so it sounds like a challenge :) :up:


do you ever sleep? ;)

[zer00]

I'll sleep when I get bored.

Or too delusional for my own good....

[Babs Gordon]

lol

here's another fixed nightwing. i darkened up his hair, crispened up some lines and made his right hand bigger and more proportional
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/fixednightwing.jpg

[Keyser Sushi]

i don't care really.

Yeah, that's what I figured. Someone like you would be used to that kind of attention. :) For what it's worth, I meant everything I said, though. :up:

someone told me to draw lex luthor today. aside from the fact that i strained my hands rock climbing last night, i feel good about it. we'll see how he comes out.

Cool, bring it on!


It's just getting sad now...


Oh come on, zer00, grow up, huh? Feeling a little protective, are we?

[Lobo]

Reesh have you drawn the Huntress yet?

[Babs Gordon]

not yet, lobo. maybe i'll do her after i finish lex this afternoon. he's coming along nicely :)

[GoldenAgeHero]

so babs,this is where you hang out now? its been ages since ive seen you in the community forums.

[Babs Gordon]

it's true... i got bored with community i guess. spent too much time there in the past.

[Babs Gordon]

lex luthor clutching a kryptonite fragment in his hand...
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallerlex.jpg
high res: http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/lex.jpg

[Lobo]

Great Lex :up: I wish I had the patience to spend more than 15 min on a drawing :O

[zer00]

Hehehe badass:up:

[Babs Gordon]

speaking of badass, Kal_El did inks on top of my poison ivy and this is what he came up with! I can't wait to see someone color it :)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/7108/poisonivybabsgordoninked2vl.jpg

[zer00]

Hot:o

[The Last Meatbag]

totally

[Keyser Sushi]

speaking of badass, Kal_El did inks on top of my poison ivy and this is what he came up with! I can't wait to see someone color it :)

http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/7108/poisonivybabsgordoninked2vl.jpg

All he did was trace! :o

Sorry, had a Kevin Smith moment. :D

[zer00]

All he did was trace! :o

Sorry, had a Kevin Smith moment. :D

http://ffmedia.ign.com/interviews/multimedia/leechasingamybanky1.jpg

[Keyser Sushi]

http://ffmedia.ign.com/interviews/multimedia/leechasingamybanky1.jpg

Tracer! :D

[zer00]

You tell um Steve-Dave!

[Babs Gordon]

just finished huntress. i'll have her posted within a few minutes.

[Babs Gordon]

voilà!
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallerhuntress.jpg

another challenging position...

[Lobo]

Awesome babs :D

oh and I have to add loving the avvy :)

[DOG LIPS]

Less clothes on Huntress! :mad:


Just kidding, awesome work Babsy. :D:up:

[ComicChick]

good job, especially on the shading which is something i have tons of probs with

[Babs Gordon]

thanks guys. i'm actually adding more shading and darkening some things up and such. i'll post the update when i'm done :)

[Babs Gordon]

here's the updated huntress:
http://www.vu.union.edu/~powersl/smallerhuntress2.jpg

[Silver Sable]

I love it Babs :) :up:

Your real name is Larissa?

[Babs Gordon]

Larissa (La-ree-sha) or Reesh for short. :)

i'm glad you like it :)

[Silver Sable]

I do and my name is Marissa lol

[3dman27]

have you ever done the judomaster? or the peacemaker

[zer00]

****ing excellence:up:

[Babs Gordon]

nope never done judomaster or peacekeeper. i just do whatever strikes my fancy, or something my friends request.

glad you like it zer00 :)

[Keyser Sushi]

Excellent as always, Babsy. :up:

Huntress is wearing an unusual amount of clothing, but to be fair, it makes more sense this way. ;)

"Larissa Powers" sounds like a comic book name. Like it's your secret identity, a quirky school-teacher by day, and a sexy superheroic ass-kicker by night. :D

[Babs Gordon]

bwahaha yeah i like my name. i don't think i'll ever be able to part with it for marriage's sake or whatever. anyway, huntress had a costume change somewhere a few months back. people were getting annoyed with the bare midriff, the bare thighs... so impractical. so they redesigned it to make more sense. :)

[Keyser Sushi]

bwahaha yeah i like my name. i don't think i'll ever be able to part with it for marriage's sake or whatever. anyway, huntress had a costume change somewhere a few months back. people were getting annoyed with the bare midriff, the bare thighs... so impractical. so they redesigned it to make more sense. :)

I don't blame you. If I was you, I'd keep that name too. It's too awesome. And it suits you so well.

So... they put clothes on Huntress? What's next, no more fishnets for Black Canary? Wonder Woman in plate mail? Are we not allowed to be sexist anymore?!?!? :p

Personally, I think it's bull... because I guarantee you, if Siegel and Shuster had been women, Superman would be wearing a speedo and boots, and nothing else. Face it, it's already there in the subtext. "Pardon me while I jump in this phone booth and strip to my skivvies!" :supes:

[Babs Gordon]

bwahaha. i honestly prefer my superheroes in spandex. looks hot... on them. ;) :D

[Keyser Sushi]

bwahaha. i honestly prefer my superheroes in spandex. looks hot... on them. ;) :D

Yeah, you don't wanna see it on me, that's a fact. Funny how that rule applies to men and not women. Well, okay, so it applies to some women... but I've never seen a woman who knew that.

You know, the more I look at your Huntress drawing the more I think it's the best one you've done yet. It's damn near flawless. Looking at it I would think you'd been to art school, if I didn't know otherwise.

EDIT: And I mean graduated and everything. it's amazing. The only possible flaw I see is that she needs more definition on the side of her torso... everything else is so perfectly defined. That's like the ONLY thing I would say. It looks absolutely professional.

[Babs Gordon]

thanks Keyser. I think it's all a matter of opinion. i still feel that ivy is my best or heck maybe even wonder woman. i just put a lot more time into huntress shading her. :)

[3dman27]

nope never done judomaster or peacekeeper. i just do whatever strikes my fancy, or something my friends request.

glad you like it zer00 :)ok thanks btw the hero's name is peaceMAKER

[Babs Gordon]

you know why i got confused? because there was someone at SHH named peacekeeper for a long time. lol

[Flexo]

you know why i got confused? because there was someone at SHH named peacekeeper for a long time. lol

He's still around, just as peacekeeper 2.0

[Lobo]

Babs have you done any SR related art?

[Babs Gordon]

nah. i don't do fan art like that.

[Flexo]

nah. i don't do fan art like that.

But the real question is, do you draw celebrities in jet-packs?

[eXperiment]

Your art is awesome.

[zer00]

But the real question is, do you draw celebrities in jet-packs?

And Messiah's.

[zer00]

Your art is awesome.

Your avvy could be so better done.

[Flexo]

And Messiah's.

You thinking Jet-Pack Jesus?

He will ride again. Oh yes, he will. fly. again.

[zer00]

You thinking Jet-Pack Jesus?

He will ride again. Oh yes, he will. fly. again.

The Roman's emptied his fuel tank. Savages.

[Flexo]

The Roman's emptied his fuel tank. Savages.

And placed a moth-ball crown on his head. Monsters.

[zer00]

And placed a moth-ball crown on his head. Monsters.

....yeah that might have gone too far

[Flexo]

....yeah that might have gone too far

Which is why hover-board walken and him came back and torched the place. :up:

[zer00]

Which is why hover-board walken and him came back and torched the place. :up:

Walken stole Jeremy Piven's Hover-board?

Jesus

[Flexo]

Walken stole Jeremy Piven's Hover-board?

Jesus

No, Jet-pack Jesus did. Walken just smashed beer bottles on his head.

[zer00]

No, Jet-pack Jesus did. Walken just smashed beer bottles on his head.

Walken had his skull replaced with mettaloid.

...I heard

[Flexo]

Walken had his skull replaced with mettaloid.

...I heard

I really wish I had a photo-editing program right now. :(

Metaloid Walken and Grodd Jesus. Imagine.

[zer00]

I really wish I had a photo-editing program right now. :(

Metaloid Walken and Grodd Jesus. Imagine.

The Main Man, Favbo

[Flexo]

The Main Man, Favbo

O cruel world, you giveth photoshop and thou taketh away at moment most opportune! :(

[zer00]

O cruel world, you giveth photoshop and thou taketh away at moment most opportune! :(

Illegal download:(

[Flexo]

Illegal download:(

We've got one computer in this house, and my folks don't want me to put a file-sharing program on it until we get a decent virus protection program. But, they don't want to pay for one, so we have a jam.