Friday, October 30, 2009

Catwoman pin-up

This was for Darwyn Cooke's 2002 Catwoman hardcover, Selina's Big Score.  It's a good example of me getting carried away with my cartoony proportions in an otherwise "realistic" piece.  It's also funny to see the first sketch and remember that I was going to put a bunch of generic mugs in there instead of Batman.  I'm glad I thought twice about that notion.


I'm also showing another version of the piece that I found online.  The unknown artist set out to correct my previously mentioned problem with proportions and teach me a thing or two about the right way to handle a piece like this.










Posted by Kevin Nowlan at 3:51 AM
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12 comments:

  1. PJ HoldenOctober 30, 2009 at 5:19 AM

    whaa....? I'd love to read his opinion, I'm sure it's ... hilarious... I mean, deeply insightful...!

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  2. Stephen ThompsonOctober 30, 2009 at 5:49 AM

    I thought you were gonna say somebody's kid did that as an homage, Jesus that thing is terrifying. Love that ink sketch though, looks like Jason Pearson based a lot of his recent stuff on some of the more exaggerated elements in pieces like this.

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  3. PatrickWedgeOctober 30, 2009 at 6:40 AM

    Snarky correction: Darwyn Cooke

    The drawing is still really good. I really like Catwoman's pose with the whip and the background coloring. Those hot colors really make the foreground figures stand out a touch more. Hard with both characters costumes being grey/black and the buildings needing to be colored in a similar fashion.

    Glad you did hold off on the gasping crowd. :)

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  4. Kevin NowlanOctober 30, 2009 at 6:44 AM

    Thanks for the correction, Patrick!

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  5. AlanOctober 30, 2009 at 8:55 AM

    I'm familar with this image and always loved it. Great great composition and angle on Catwoman. Love seeing the prelims

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  6. Kevin NowlanOctober 30, 2009 at 10:10 AM

    Thanks, Alan. And thanks to Hiroshi for supplying better scans of the marker sketch and the Tomorrow Stories pencil prelim.

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  7. Gabriele PennacchioliOctober 30, 2009 at 11:34 AM

    I'm glad I found your Blog. You art is terrific!

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  8. HiroshiOctober 30, 2009 at 11:58 AM

    Bats or thugs, what really makes this pin-up for me is her "pose" which apparently you nailed from the get-go. This is my favorite of all of those pin-ups in "Selina's Big Score" and the competition was pretty darn steep...

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  9. arnieOctober 30, 2009 at 12:45 PM

    Mr.Nowlan even at your level of professionalizm, it's good to see you're still approachable to critisism. please consider the crayon effect, it could be the new Nowlan.

    peace out

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  10. UnknownOctober 30, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    Great one, and the rough work is great. About the crayon one, I guess the best I can say is that he really got your attention...:D

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  11. AxelOctober 30, 2009 at 9:52 PM

    Wonderful piece.

    BTW, I just got my copy of Grimwood's Daughter and enjoyed it immensely... it amazes me how professional your art was from the start... and your evolution to bold blacks amazes me even more.

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  12. Kevin NowlanOctober 31, 2009 at 6:59 AM

    I'm glad you enjoyed the book. You can see a pretty steep learning curve in that story, especially on the inks.

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