Past Works - Batman Version 2 of 3

Hey all~

Sorry for my lack of updates on my past work. Things have been picking up so I've been scrounging for some time.

Let's begin~ So last we left off, my 1st version of the Batman was taken apart and a new one began. I had a specific reference art that I was using at the time. I enlarged the reference pic as well as using some reference pic of Batman by Jim lee and went from there. I measured out my armature using the pics. I also re-did the head as well. After seeing K-Dawgs awesome work of his faces...especially the one for the Wreckers and to see how awesome those turned out, I wanted to try my hand at using a bit more details in the face.

Here are some Work in Progress pics:

Not much to say on this sculpt. Learned a little bit more about anatomy and so forth... but most importantly... actually the lesson I learned from this sculpt was looking at the sculpt from afar! I never really stepped back to see how everything looked. So... when I did step back, this is what I noticed:

His shoulders were so far apart from each other! His shoulders looked way too broad... and that point.. I was super pissed! I thought I was moving along quite well... and it seemed as though the way I wanted him portrayed was going well.

Here is a little glimpse of the fixing that was involved:

After looking at my anatomy books, I noticed that the shoulders came in a bit closer. So I made the adjustments and the final version came out to looking like this:

Not really much too say other than what I've said in my previous posts about my past works. Just thought I was doing well in sculpting... but as I learned more... my past works didn't seem too appealing as I found there were plenty of errors.

Anyhow, after this was baked, I casted him in wax, and that will be the 3rd and final version of Bats. Hope you all enjoyed!

Stay tuned tonight for my Man At Arms. Thanks all~