2012: Batman

Before my first year at the HKU started I decided to try another big project in the small bit of free time I had left. I decided to do a series of redesigns centered around Batman, focusing on the concept of him as an urban legend in a modern gothic city that would balance the more fantastical elements of the character with the realistic.
In this Batman fashioned himself after a 19th century urban legend called the Bat-Man, a monster that preyed on the wicked. He dressed himself in a garb similar to what the Bat-Man was reported to have (tattered gray clothes and a black hood to hide his mutated face), but wore the standard suit beneath that. I based this look on the Gray Ghost, a character from Batman: The Animated Series that served as his inspiration.
I never got to do other characters besides Riddler (a private detective who becomes obsessed with the reports of the urban legend turning out to be 'real'), Penguin (standard criminal armsdealer who tries to hide his deformities with his clothes) and of course the Joker. The latter I was pleased with at the time, but now I wish I had done something different with him, since crazy violent psychopath Joker has become incredibly overdone at this point. Still, I like the concept of him actually looking like he fell into an acid bath with resulting burned, bleached skin and loss of hair, needing makeup and wigs to hide the damage done to him.
Looking back at this makes me feel better about my 'skill' when it comes to drawing hands. I still could be better at it but wow, at least I have improved compared to over a year ago.