User blog:Tspeecestudios/Pinups & Article Editing

Taking up a bit of blog space to share what drove me to the DC wiki, which seems like a nice "first blog" blog.

After OD'ing on a bit too much Batman: Arkham [Terrible Idea Here], I felt motivated to try my hand at comic-style drawing. That being not-even-a-little-bit-my-forte, I had to go into research mode. You know how it is, have no clue how to do something, first stop's Google, next stop is personal blog how-to's, the stop after that is semi-professional how-to's, with constant sidelines into history and comparison viewing. That's how I wound up meandering the picture galleries on this wiki, gathering references and what-not. Then I started reading disambiguation pages and articles, and that was all well and good...until I stumbled across something so horribly miswritten that it gave me a headache. Since you have to be a member to edit, here I am. I'm not at all knowledgeable over comics, but I can write a pretty decent paper.

It's kind of fun, editing articles. Not very glamorous, but a necessary evil. I mostly have to rely on the previous writers for references, but I can clear up grammar and syntax in a heartbeat, and it actually kind of cheers me to leave a neater article for someone else to read/reference/get inspired over. Plus it's a nice break from mulling over line weight and anatomy in drawings.

Speaking of drawings, tooling around here has me working on a collection of pseudo-vintage comic character pinups. It's been fun getting inspired--instead of just feminizing male characters, I actually get to see AU-deliberately-female versions that have come before, and take a little from the reading! Nerdy art is great, isn't it?



That's the latest one; for some odd reason 3:00 am seemed like the best time to start trying to figure out the right shade of Native-American comic-book red. I get weird motivations sometimes. :)

Now it's time to get back to work, so I'll leave you with my list of acceptable movie Batmen:

Best Eyes for the Cowl: Michael Keaton Best Jaw for the Cowl: Val Kilmer Best Bruce Wayne: Michael Keaton, again Best Bat-Dancer: ADAM. WEST.

And what's the best without the worst?

Worst Batman: Tied between Christian Bale and George Clooney Worst Wayne: And it's another tie between Bale and Clooney.

What can I say? I want my Wayne to be a little dumb-but-sweet, not a broseph douche-canoe!