John Delaney's Sketch of the Week #2 - Batgirl

[Harley]

Batgirl dominated the polls this week, so here *they* are by popular demand!

http://www.toonzone.net/comics/john-delaney/sketches/sm/Batgirlz-sm.jpg (http://www.toonzone.net/comics/john-delaney/sketches/600/Batgirlz-600.jpg)

After a great deal of discussion amongst the crew, we're going to be moving John's DOW poll to the comics forum starting monday. We believe that there's so much traffic on this board that it's causing the poll to get a little lost amongst all other posts. And because there's three posts (Old poll, Drawing, New poll) up at any given time.

I'll post an announcement across all the boards to let everyone know when it's up. Look for it on Monday! Keep sending in those poll suggestions. I am receiving and reading all of them! =)

[The Penguin]

Awesome! Great job Mr. D!

Now if we can just get The Penguin voted in ;)

[Terminatah]

Wow, I love the second Batgirl, it's a great design. You've got the skills, John.

-Terminatah

[James Harvey]

Wow...you continue to impress the hell outta me. Beautiful job, John. Again - you've outdone yourself...

[Wing Zero]

Niiiice :D

[batboy2001]

Sweet! Loooks good.

[Joker85]

WOW!! that looks great!!! I love them both, especially the Cassandra Cain batgirl. Great job Mr. Delaney, you never cease to amaze me! :)

[The Dark Knight]

John, you've done another great job. Both Batgirls are very well done, especially the second one.

[peterparker05]

I love the second Batgirl!

[dc_gothamite]

you've gotta be kidding me... :mad: ...






nah, just kidding... :D ... that picture kicked ass! nice rendition of both Batgirls!! AWESOME!!

[zero zero nine]

now all we need are our world famous colorists to get to work... so get to work! :D

Nice job Mr. Delaney!

[Naraht]

It's nice to see sketch of the week is quickly turning into High Quality drawing of the week.

Also...this one was posted pretty quickly.....why do I get the feeling you didn't wait for the final results =D

Keep up the good work....cause darn it...we like, we like!

[optimal321]

That turned out very nice. Well done!!! That's a great drawing!

[Watagashi]

Great job! Keep up the good work! :D

[The Game]

AWESOME! :D

[Nightflower]

Awesome! And you did the Cassandra Batgirl too! Spiffay!

[John Delaney]

Originally posted by naraht
It's nice to see sketch of the week is quickly turning into High Quality drawing of the week.

Also...this one was posted pretty quickly.....why do I get the feeling you didn't wait for the final results =D

Keep up the good work....cause darn it...we like, we like!
Hey naraht
Busted!!! I saw Batgirl was burning up the poll on Thurs. and knew I wanted to draw both girls so yeah I did it early and hoped for the best.
By the way thanks so much to everyone and all their compliments it's really nice of you all. I gotta tell ya I never realized how much fun this would be, I really enjoy checking the poll each day to see who's going to come out on top.
Kudos to the kats at ToonZone for putting this together
Cheers
John

[James Harvey]

Next Week's poll should be more interesting. I think the choices are gonna be completely different than this week's. An dit was easy to tell you'd be the easy victor. Within hours, Batgirl had 17 votes before any other choices had a single one. I'm anxious to see the diverse poll for next week...

And this pol cintinues to amaze me. John, you continue to outdo yourself and I find myself with a new appreciation for your art. I'm likign this - and I'm glad you are as well.

[Karkull]

Wow! That double Batgirl shot is sweet! Great work!

[Jimmy Kustes]

Two bats for the price of one!

So say what happened if there was an upset and Batgirl lost on Friday? Would we have had two sketches in one week?

[Vin]

Great job Mr. Delaney! Both look great, but I particularly like the second Batgirl.

So, the new poll starts Monday on the Comics Board, I'll be there! :)

[James Harvey]

Yup - but we'll still be linking to the poll through this board, just like how we do it in the Justice League forum. For those who've never been, here's the link:

http://forums.toonzone.net/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=69

[John Delaney]

Originally posted by Dick Grayson
Next Week's poll should be more interesting. I think the choices are gonna be completely different than this week's. An dit was easy to tell you'd be the easy victor. Within hours, Batgirl had 17 votes before any other choices had a single one. I'm anxious to see the diverse poll for next week...

And this pol cintinues to amaze me. John, you continue to outdo yourself and I find myself with a new appreciation for your art. I'm likign this - and I'm glad you are as well.
Thanks again James for the very kind words
I'm looking forward to new poll myself and c'mon people let's throw out some unusual choices, I love the DC Universe it's so filled withg great characters like Captain Marvel(the first one!) or the Blue Beetle or the Question (het did I mention the Question?) or Steel or Catwoman (maybe in her new gear) or Powergirl ( I always like drawing her!)
Looking forward to thisweeks poll
Cheers
John

[John Delaney]

Originally posted by duncanzits
Two bats for the price of one!

So say what happened if there was an upset and Batgirl lost on Friday? Would we have had two sketches in one week?
I would welcome such an upset!! But I would've probably held onto the Batgirlz drawing until she came up again
John

[The Flash]

WOW! http://community.sierra.com/Images/emoticons/wow.gif John, you really got a hold of the animated style now!!! That kicks total ass!! :D

PS. You still consider that a sketch? ;)

[John Delaney]

Originally posted by The Flash
WOW! http://community.sierra.com/Images/emoticons/wow.gif John, you really got a hold of the animated style now!!! That kicks total ass!! :D

PS. You still consider that a sketch? ;)
It's not a sketch?

[The Flash]

Well, it was inked, again!! :) I consider a sketch still in pencil format. http://community.sierra.com/Images/emoticons/shrug.gif

[John Delaney]

Originally posted by The Flash
Well, it was inked, again!! :) I consider a sketch still in pencil format. http://community.sierra.com/Images/emoticons/shrug.gif
No I hear ya, I was just kidding. :D With two characters covered in that much black, I just didn't think it would read as well just in pencil so out came the brush! I can't guarentee that every one of these will recieve the full ink treatment, just depends on the character and my schedule but I'm really enjoying doing them so who knows?
Cheers
John

[Domino]

Hey John, how long does a drawing like that take you? And could you break it down by pencils and inks, too? I'm just wondering from an amateur artist's point of view. Thanks!

[Domino]

Originally posted by zero zero nine
now all we need are our world famous colorists to get to work... so get to work! :D

Nice job Mr. Delaney!

I may not be world famous, but I gave it a shot!

http://members.aol.com/dominousa/images/batgirls.jpg

[John Delaney]

Originally posted by Domino
Hey John, how long does a drawing like that take you? And could you break it down by pencils and inks, too? I'm just wondering from an amateur artist's point of view. Thanks!
Hey Domino
I usually sketch out a couple of poses, really rough and loose to get a dynamic line of action. I do that pretty quick maybe 15 - 20 minutes. Once I have a pose I like, I sometimes xerox the loose drawing up to the size I want to draw at and put it on my light table to act as a skeleton of the pencil pose, which I tighten. The pencil drawing usually takes about 20 - 30 minutes for a 2 character no background. The inking takes abit longer because I don't do it near enough compared to pencilling but I think I inked it in about 45 minutes.
These are all aproximates because I often sit on the drawing for a day then look at it and add or subtract bits.
From my experience every artist moves at a different speed and sometimes we spend too much time on a drawing or sometimes too little, Personally I just try to draw it at the speed I'm comfortable while trying to keep it loose and vital.
Cheers
John

[John Delaney]

Originally posted by Domino


I may not be world famous, but I gave it a shot!

http://members.aol.com/dominousa/images/batgirls.jpg
Domino
Great job on the colors. I really liked the red B.G. fading to black .The deep purple on Cassandra's costume was areally cool mix with the crome orange belt and bat insignia.
Very Nice!
John

[Bird Boy]

wow! 2 batgirls! Always wondered what Casandra Cain would look like animated-style...:)

-BB

[Corran Horn]

Very nice...great job!

[Randy H]

Great job, John! Man, if you ever wanna' get away with doing *one* character again, better start soon! We're gonna' be spoiled!

Thanks again for doing this whole sketch-of-the-week thing, man! That's very cool of you....

Later,
Randy H

[DisneyBoy]

:) WOW John! Great work...we're all really impressed as I am sure you can tell!

And this two-for-one deal is really above and beyond the call of duty...you're a great guy!

I noticed that the animated Batgirl is in her ...um..what's it called...you know, the main pose that Timm makes for the other animators to follow? Model sheet pose? Is that it? N-E-Ways, have you ever drawn Batgirl before? I don't recall her showing up in Adventures in the Dc U...

In any case, those two gals look awesome! PLEASE GO WORK AT BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES :) :)

[John Delaney]

Originally posted by DisneyBoy
:) WOW John! Great work...we're all really impressed as I am sure you can tell!

And this two-for-one deal is really above and beyond the call of duty...you're a great guy!

I noticed that the animated Batgirl is in her ...um..what's it called...you know, the main pose that Timm makes for the other animators to follow? Model sheet pose? Is that it? N-E-Ways, have you ever drawn Batgirl before? I don't recall her showing up in Adventures in the Dc U...

In any case, those two gals look awesome! PLEASE GO WORK AT BATMAN: GOTHAM ADVENTURES :) :)
Hey DB
Batgirl is in a similar pose but her model sheet pose has one arm hanging down and I put a bit more tilt into her hips and head, but I was definately paying close attention to the model sheet. Also I gave her the "shiny" Justice League look to her uniform instead of straight black like in Gotham Adventures. Yep this was the first time I'd drawn Babs as Batgirl and the first time I'd drawn Cassandra in the animated style
Glad you liked it!
John

[MattL.]

Okay, nice. Very nice.

But the one on the left is the only real Batgirl in the shot. ;)

[Poison Carley]

I was thinking about coloring that but like I didn't want to make him mad.

[Naraht]

Originally posted by Poison Carley
I was thinking about coloring that but like I didn't want to make him mad.

Who, John? Don't worry about it...he's liked the other artists colorifications of his Batman/Joker sketch...

[Poison Carley]

I didn't know that. Like I figured it would make him mad. He would be like, "Umm don't do that again." Being a pro and stuff. Is there a week 3 poll btw? I only look at this section.

[Naraht]

Originally posted by Poison Carley
I didn't know that. Like I figured it would make him mad. He would be like, "Umm don't do that again." Being a pro and stuff. Is there a week 3 poll btw? I only look at this section.

Nah, he's cool...as for week 3 poll...I have yet to see it...=[

[Poison Carley]

That sucks. You like to quote eh?

[Naraht]

Sometimes...
I'll stop though...=D

Now stop bugging me & get to coloring! >=]

[Poison Carley]

Well someone already colored it. So like it would be pointless for me to do it now. :p

[Naraht]

Originally posted by Poison Carley
Well someone already colored it. So like it would be pointless for me to do it now. :p

=O

actually...I think like three ppl colored the 1st one...

=D

Could be worse, you could be like me, and have no artistic talent whatsoever.
*sigh*

[Poison Carley]

I never said I was any good. ;) Like there are some Ivy's I did in the drawing section. You would have to go back to like 20 days or so and it would still be on page 1 though.

[John Delaney]

Originally posted by Poison Carley
I was thinking about coloring that but like I didn't want to make him mad.
Hi Poison
Please always feel free to color the drawings! I love looking at the various interpretations and I'm looking forward to yours. This poll is all about having fun, so please do!
Cheers
John

[Maxie Zeus]

Yum. I had to clean the slobber off my keyboard before I could type in a coherent reply.

Actually, it's not going to be all that coherent anyway. I look at the "sketch" and break out into one of Homer's "schoolgirl giggles" teeheeheeheeheehee!

Thanks, John! :D