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What-the-Gaff — Batman - Manbat

Published: 2005-06-01 06:10:50 +0000 UTC; Views: 2318; Favourites: 43; Downloads: 65
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Description I just had a sudden impulse to draw the Man-bat, and if you ever get that feeling, don't follow it! He's a real bitch to draw.

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theyaoione [2011-12-23 01:18:01 +0000 UTC]

Hey batman after your done with that can I ask kirk for the Manhattan serum please?

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What-the-Gaff In reply to theyaoione [2011-12-23 01:31:26 +0000 UTC]

Manhattan serum? You lost me.

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theyaoione In reply to What-the-Gaff [2011-12-23 02:25:27 +0000 UTC]

Manbat serum sorry its hard to type on a kindle with the spell cheack and it thinking you ment another word so it changes it to the thought word

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What-the-Gaff In reply to theyaoione [2011-12-23 02:33:53 +0000 UTC]

I thought only cellphone spellchecks worked like that.

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theyaoione In reply to What-the-Gaff [2011-12-23 02:56:32 +0000 UTC]

Nope kindles too

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darknightsad [2011-07-31 02:08:57 +0000 UTC]

great job

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LuciferTheShort [2010-07-17 17:44:26 +0000 UTC]

Every time Batman sheilded Man-Bat's eyes in the animated series, I couldn't help but laugh.

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InkHyaena [2009-07-21 17:40:31 +0000 UTC]

This is really cool. I had never actually seen the 90s Man-Bat until my friend sent me a link for the first ep online. I'd only seen the albino one from "The Batman". You really captured the sky fight very well, despite not having the city in behind them.

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houseofmystery [2009-06-02 01:01:15 +0000 UTC]

I especially like this image! Love Man-Bat, and have a story coming out this Wednesday involving ol' Kirk Langstrom, inspired by the B:TAS pilot!

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GoldenLordFreeza [2005-06-07 16:36:14 +0000 UTC]

Very nice, you captured that air-fight scene, if only you added the gotham city background, that my friend, would have been awesome, but other than that, very nice!!

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What-the-Gaff In reply to GoldenLordFreeza [2005-06-07 17:41:21 +0000 UTC]

I would have, but my skills at architecture and backgrounds are somewhat lacking. I actually had plans to draw the two of them flying through the concrete canyon, but I couldn't do it. This sucks because that was part of the reason I was planning to draw it in the first place. In the future, though, I hope to get that effect again.

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GoldenLordFreeza In reply to What-the-Gaff [2005-06-07 18:26:21 +0000 UTC]

Oh, ok... I wish you luck on that.... it'll look good.... I'm planning to do that myself whenever I have the time to which has not been so kind to me lately.

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What-the-Gaff In reply to GoldenLordFreeza [2005-06-07 19:13:41 +0000 UTC]

Well, summer's upon us, so maybe the time will be somewhat kinder.

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thenumber42 [2005-06-03 05:39:18 +0000 UTC]

i like the highlight/shading on Batman's cape.

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What-the-Gaff In reply to thenumber42 [2005-06-03 16:05:18 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, I wanted to make sure his pointy ears stood out.

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cheddarpaladin [2005-06-01 19:55:04 +0000 UTC]

Oh, man, this just takes me back to Batman TAS. One of my favorite cartoons growing up. Nicely done.

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What-the-Gaff In reply to cheddarpaladin [2005-06-01 20:57:13 +0000 UTC]

Mine too, that's a big part of why I did it.

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Nuke-Mayhem [2005-06-01 15:45:11 +0000 UTC]

So awsome. Faving it.

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What-the-Gaff In reply to Nuke-Mayhem [2005-06-01 17:26:14 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, man!

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Trelela [2005-06-01 14:46:47 +0000 UTC]

goodie goodie
nice work as always ^^

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What-the-Gaff In reply to Trelela [2005-06-01 15:47:55 +0000 UTC]

Thankie Tre!
I tries ^_^

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Druce-White-Owl [2005-06-01 14:15:00 +0000 UTC]

Man bat is such a cool character.

Nice job Gaff!

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What-the-Gaff In reply to Druce-White-Owl [2005-06-01 15:16:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks!

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bluesonnet [2005-06-01 12:41:27 +0000 UTC]

Manbat hard to draw? I'd thought Batman would be harder. Sometimes.

Anyways totally reminiscent of the animated series. I like.

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What-the-Gaff In reply to bluesonnet [2005-06-01 14:56:09 +0000 UTC]

Nah, with Manbat, I had trouble getting the shape of his head right. In doing it, I referred briefly to the original model sheets from the animated series (which I'd found online). And as you can see, I couldn't really get his wings in the picture, which would have been really great.

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awanderingbard [2005-06-01 10:35:55 +0000 UTC]

ACTIONY!!! Strap yourself in and FEEL! THE! G'S!!!

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What-the-Gaff In reply to awanderingbard [2005-06-01 15:14:22 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! YES! FEEL the GERBILS! HAHAHA...

Wait, hold on, gerbils? That can't be right. The G must stand for something else.

Hmm...

Gophers? No.
Graduate Students? Nah.
Gimlis? Nope.
Grandmothers? Not likely.
Jam? No way, that doesn't even start with 'G'.
Germans? Nein.

Okay, I give up. What G's are these?

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awanderingbard In reply to What-the-Gaff [2005-06-03 10:30:53 +0000 UTC]

...I was hoping you would know.

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Psyco-Zombie [2005-06-01 07:25:29 +0000 UTC]

yeah!!
I liked teh man-bat, it was cool seeing him in the cartoons, never really saw him in ithe comics, 'course I never got into batman that much..
but hey!! This is really good! like the old animated series, wiht a bit more detail.

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What-the-Gaff In reply to Psyco-Zombie [2005-06-01 14:58:12 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, last time I saw him in the comics, he was eating bugs in the pages of Nightwing, and that was a long time ago. Thank you.

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Psyco-Zombie In reply to What-the-Gaff [2005-06-01 17:11:20 +0000 UTC]

yor welcome!
bugs? really? I thougth he'd be more of an animal sucker.....

although I guess eating bugs is cooler than eating fruit..

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What-the-Gaff In reply to Psyco-Zombie [2005-06-01 17:24:58 +0000 UTC]

Well, it was pretty disturbing in and of itself.

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desolatorpixie [2005-06-01 07:06:55 +0000 UTC]

Oh I love it! So well done!

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What-the-Gaff In reply to desolatorpixie [2005-06-01 15:49:07 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, but I wanted to do a city background and I couldn't manage it, which really sucks.

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