BATMAN By: Beatty and Beatty!
Batman Sketch: Bella & John Beatty
This sketch of Batman was done during the Daytona Comic Show. My Wife, Bella started to sketch out a Batman, but decided to stop when she got bored with it. I looked at it and saw a “kool” looking final piece of work. So I took out my marker’s and inked it!
It’s signed by both Bella and myself.
Bella will part with it for the price of a downloaded album from iTUNES, for her iPOD Touch! If you’re interested in buying this one of a kind piece by us. Post a message, or email me for details. USA only!
Thx-
-John
Sketch Cards - 2009!
John Beatty - Original Art Sketch Card
Something I’m looking forward to having next year!
My own original sketch cards! WhooHoo!
They will be 2.5″ x 3.5″ Glossy back and off-white drawing surface. The white area on the design part of the card is my signature spot.
…more details when I have them…which could be awhile, but I figured I would post about it now.
BATMAN: SKETCH COMMISSION
Batman: Sketch Commission
This one’s for Will!
He called me one day to talk about my work, and especially the inking I did over Kelley Jone’s on BATMAN, with writer Doug Moench.
He wanted to know if I was up to doing a Batman, which would be in the fashion that Kelley and I approached the character in the book. I was, of course, and agreed to do it. Will got on the 2nd sketch commission list.
Funny thing happened to me as I was trying to find an idea for the drawing. I kept coming up with some nice sketches, but none seemed to be what I felt Will was looking for. So I revisited the Batman run that Doug, Kelley and I worked on. It was fun to go back and see what we had done. There were a lot of very interesting things in those 3 years of stories.
One note was that Kelley and I artistically had always thot that Batman was more of the “cape” or to put it another way; the cape was it’s “own being” and had a life of it’s own. In the pages of Batman, I saw how the cape acted ‘with’ Batman, how it protected him from both harm and his identity as Bruce Wayne. It was a dark, comfort zone for the man inside.
Much like the security blanket carried by Linus, in the Peanuts strip, Batman’s cape provided him with that same feeling of being secure.
Wrapping around him like a shield, or draping him in complete darkness from the thugs and villains he encountered. Giving him and edge upon those he needed to intimidate.
So, I decided to work on that angle and came up with what I feel is a good representation of my own drawing, with a bit of Kelley’s influence thrown in on this one for Will!
Thx for the commission, Will, I hope you like it. I had a lot of fun getting in done. The trip down memory lane was nice also. Maybe one day, DC will decide to reprint the run of Batman books Doug, Kelley and I did?
In the meantime…enjoy!
- Next up: a double shot of Dr. Strange and Hellboy for Thomas!
Happy Thanksgiving 2008!
Mom, Ann and Bella. Thanksgiving Day 2008
I’m not one to usually “open” up in public, let alone in private. However, perhaps getting Married this year to my wonderful Wife, Bella, I’m a bit more sensitive to the needs of other’s who have been in my life for many years. I thot it might be nice to make a list of the things that I’m really thankful for. So here goes.
1: The safe arrival from the Philippines and the Marriage, to the beautiful and loving, Bella Sistoso.
2: My Family. Everyone is safe and well. I can’t ask for more than that. I love them all, even tho they get on my nerves most of the time! 
3: My good friends and what they mean to me. Especially Craig Zablo and Mike Zeck. These two are like the Brother’s I never had. I will be their friends for life and there is nothing I wouldn’t do to help them out if they ever needed it. You guys are the best friends another person could ever want.
4: My health. I’ve been without health insurance since mid-2002. I’ve tried to get into a plan but was denied by 5-6 companies in 2006. So, I’m lucky I’ve been “ok” and not been sick or had an accident!
5: YOU! The people who support my art and encourage me and make me want to do better. I really appreciate it. This is why I’m also opening up. I feel that I can trust people with my feelings and my privacy more. So “thank you all!”
6: I’m sure I’m missing soneone or something, so please forgive me if I have.
My Family had a nice meal and a lot of laughs. It’s still not the same without my Father, but he’s always here in spirit. We eat at noon, so this report is late, but that nap I had sure was nice!
I hope that all of you had a nice day, stopped to reflect on something that maybe you’ve not in awhile and counted your blessings.
As this year comes to a close, as each year, I begin to think about what I need to get done in the coming year. I have a long list and if I get half of it done, I’ll be happy…but I hope to be able to get more than half done! And, with a lot of hard work, I’ll be able to!
See you back here tomorrow with a “sketch commission!”
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