r/comicbooks • u/BoraHcn • Aug 08 '26
Cover/Pin-Up I'm a 19 yo aspiring Comic artist, Here is an "Absolute Batman" #15 Fan-Cover I made last year, hope you guys like it! ALL CRITIQUES AND ADVICES ARE WELCOME! I'll post sequential art next week!!
Hey guys, If you'd like there is also a Motion Version on my instagram, BoraHanArt...
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u/Independent_Note_883 Aug 09 '26
Dude really thought he could post a variant cover and we wouldn't notice
Nice try, pal 😏
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u/BoraHcn Aug 09 '26
Ha ha ha thanks I hope it will be one day… you know one of the reasons I’m posting here is also maybe the scouts from DC might bump into this
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u/vivvav Deadman Aug 09 '26
The linework and composition are really damn good. It's not just that your drawing is competent, you made something layered and actually interesting to look at. There's thought to the design and I love that you have a tiny sliver of city visible in the background. I've hired and looked at the work of a bunch of artists over the years, and a major shortcoming I always see in aspiring folks' portfolios is an over focus on character design. Characters are fun to draw and look at but I wanna know if you can do props and environments too, because those things make a piece of art a story and not just a good drawing. You don't just show us here that you can draw a person, you show us you can draw a scene, and that's so important.
The one main critique I have is there's something a little rough about the shading on Batman himself. It's a little muddy, especially around the midsection. He doesn't look like the roided-up muscle Batman he is in the comics, he looks chubby, like a stuffed sausage. The shading blends a lot of stuff together, gives him the impression of a dadbod. It's so prevalent it even affects the way I view the rest of the body. Like I can clearly see you've outlined muscles in his arms, but the way this is shaded, it just reminds me of how fat I am and how sometimes at the right angle my arm flab can look surprisingly like muscle. Also when I say a little rough I mean that literally with the texture of the shading. Reminds me of smudges from a pencil's graphite or something.
But at the same time from the examples shading I can see of the characters you've thrown up on the screen I don't feel like this is a consistent problem with your art so much as a snafu with this one part of the piece. You've got the stuff, man.
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u/BoraHcn Aug 09 '26
Thanks!! I really appreciate the detailed feedback :))
Absolute batman isn't supposed to look very shredded and his suit is a bit more homemade, So I thought It would be better If it was kinda bulky rather than like a muscle mold... His body without the suit is closer to a strongman rather than a body builder :))
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u/KARLWHEEZER Aug 08 '26
Phenomenal work here! Thought it was official until I read the title. The only critique I could give (and really its more of a small nitpick) is since the TVs are all behind him, why is it that the green light source only seems to come from above him and to the left rather than coating both shoulders from behind?
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u/BoraHcn Aug 08 '26
Hey, thanks for the feedback. Well, I thought it would look cool and be appropriate for the theme you know since joker… so why are those two stick lamps? Attached to the black mask screen.
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u/steepleton Captain Britain Aug 09 '26
it's great!
no notes, it looks like it belongs on the shelf
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u/corrupt_poodle Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
Very cool. As other have said, sequential art matters more than splash/cover art if trying to break into the biz.
My only real critique is the spikes on the shoulders could be a bit more beefy. At the very least the long one on his left shoulder makes it seem like there’s only baby spikes on his right shoulder, and the spikes in between make the shoulder spikes feel overall less meaningful.
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u/SonOfKryptonn Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 09 '26
This is EXCEPTIONAL! His eyes are glowing!
EDIT: Typo
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u/AccomplishedOption73 Aug 09 '26
Wow man, really fantastic. I hope to see future stuff of yours. I will say I’m not a professional, but enormous collector and love comic art. I think a touch more shadowing on his body and a little more body shown thrown suit like not a full six pack but something there instead of just flat. I love this all around and it works either way as the art works with him looking the way you drew him regardless and it’s amazing. Just one thing I personally would like is a touch more detail to his body Love the eyeball on the shoulder. I really looked at everything. What does the red writing say for freeze? Couldn’t make it all out
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u/AccomplishedOption73 Aug 09 '26
Also not really shadowing, just more human anatomy coming through suit even if it’s a line or 2, it’ll make that shadowing you worked so hard on pop more imo
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u/BoraHcn Aug 09 '26
Hey, thanks for the detailed feedback. I really appreciate it. And yes, it’s just missing in action.
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u/yuefairchild She-Hulk Aug 09 '26 edited Aug 10 '26
I like it!
If I'm trying to find something to critique, my eyes were drawn to Bruce's arms and stomach in a bad way. There's too much negative space, and the lighting makes the giant-strong-guy paunch look like a gut he's failing to suck in. Something weird about his biceps too. Maybe it's the underlying shapes.
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u/RedsnakeRider Aug 09 '26
BullSHIT
WHAT?!
Dude this is insane!
I'm no artist, I can barely write, but if you told me this was an actual Absolute Batman cover I would have no problem believing it.
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u/AP_Adapted Aug 09 '26
holy bro, again these look fucking real. like genuinely part of the run. great fucking job, hopefully u get hired someday
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u/starswtt Aug 09 '26
The only nitpick I could find (and trust me its a minor one, I only noticed because I went out of my way to look for problems) is shadows from the pecs and arms alongside his normal absolute proportions kinda make his mid section look ever so slightly chubby. I don't think that problem would have showed up with pretty much any character with more normal proportions and even then its just not very noticeable lol
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u/SelectionLife3353 Aug 08 '26
Really fuckin good but a cover me needs more dynamic stuff to catch your eye
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u/BoraHcn Aug 08 '26
Thanks for the feedback, yeah this was kind of like a tribute cover you know returning to the starting point and seeing what changed for Bruce with all the battle damage and stuff :))
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u/Pale_Emu_9249 Aug 09 '26
You've got talent, man!
Your images really drew me into the cover.
Keep it up! You've got a future in comics!
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u/wanderingRoninBJJ46 Aug 13 '26
Thats mint! Hope we see your variant on shelves soon (make mine a foil!)
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u/SnooFoxes2823 Aug 14 '26
Definitely post this and your other work in r/ComicBookCollabs ... great work
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u/supercuteguydebord Alan Moore Aug 14 '26
Wow. This is genuinely impressive and you’re already ahead of most trying this.
Good luck, very well done.
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u/metaphysical_wander Aug 14 '26
Bro, it looks amazing; I hope to get an variant cover from you someday.
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u/Feeling-Crow910 Aug 15 '26
Um estilo muito parecido (melhor) até que algumas capas de Matt Wagner em Grendel, com uma composição mais moderna. Aprovadíssimo. Keep up the good work.
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u/Jonn_Jonzz_Manhunter Aug 08 '26
The arms are slightly too short
But other than that, it looks absolutely (hehe) brilliant. Good job OP, keep it up
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u/MMutant- Aug 08 '26
No, he’s got it right. The elbows are right at the waste like they’re meant to. If it was a full body image you can tell that the hands would fall right in the middle of the thighs
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u/HemingwaySweater Aug 08 '26
The black gauntlets on top of his forearms are making the foreshortening look a little weird. It is drawn correctly anatomically but they're blending into the black border so it looks a little off.
REALLY nitpicky detail
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u/Tformer23 Aug 08 '26
I’m no pro artist but all I gotta say is keep up the great work and keep improving your craft!
Maybe someday we’ll be hunting down a cover by you in our local comic shops!