For those of you who might know me from my other paper doll blog, 19th Century Paper Dolls, you're most likely accustomed to my dolls being painted. For this blog I decided to go with a simple line ink art for a host of good reasons:
- Comic book art is traditionally flat (and certainly was in the early days). I felt like simple lines would help evoke that.
- Also, even though I am using the Nolan Batman Trilogy actors for the dolls, I'm going to be pulling their costumes from all 75 years of Batman history. Simple line art will bring consistency across the eras.
- Simple line art also means you get to color things your own way! I'll be posting guides of course, but if putting Batman in pink tights with lavender briefs makes you happy, don't be shy!
- Line art is 10x less time consuming than painting, so ostensibly this style will help me produce more quickly and post more regularly.
As the quick snapshot picture above hopefully indicates: I print out my own original black & white artwork and use bright markers to color my own dolls. I had considered offering digitally colored versions (or rescanning my colored ones), but that's incredibly time-consuming and again, if you color your own, you can customize at will!
As a little preview, I hope the image above also reassures you that you'll be seeing numerous other characters from the Batman universe including female characters (if my previous dis of the girl Robins had you at all worried). I currently have four female characters and three male characters, so actually the women outnumber the men!
As a little preview, I hope the image above also reassures you that you'll be seeing numerous other characters from the Batman universe including female characters (if my previous dis of the girl Robins had you at all worried). I currently have four female characters and three male characters, so actually the women outnumber the men!