I don't think my scanner does this drawing justice,but I will take a digital picture of it when I can.Hope you will all enjoy it.Didn't have room for the cat tower(or Kat tower) that I was going to have Katharine sitting on,but oh well.

Richard

Trying to get the second half of this drawing here.If it doesn't work,then you can always go to my photobucket site and see it there

Richard

It's better to have her sitting on air--or an invisible surface--because it gives more of an omniscience to her rather than realizing that Katwoman likes to lounge like that on an uncomfortable stool.

This is brilliant work yet again, Rich--especially the detail of her skin. I do think I liked the Batgirl personification a little better (I guess the mask for that character is more sensual to me than for Katwoman), but the details here are quasi unreal.

Quite frankly, I don't know how you do it on getting the details so perfect. You must have a secret to it that I can learn from in my own drawing (still untested after a considerable time, unfortunately) and probably could benefit a lot of artists. Obviously, it's all about taking the time to create all the nuances, and you must do that methodically. It's worth every hour of time you spend on it, though. Here's hoping you're selling this work for boffo bucks to pay for the time spent.

Now you're having me brainstorm on what other superheroes Kat could potentially play. Considering a lot of superheroes are starting to get covered up more and more (is a Spiderwoman really conservatism or just an excuse to see a woman in skin-tight wardrobe? )--it leaves the options limited for ones who just wear a mask.

Hey, how about Isis as a mask-free superhero? If you grew up on 1970's Saturday morning shows, you'll know what I'm aiming at here...

I can't find the original picture for some reason (it was taken at the Z100 radio tour in May, 2007)--but here's one taken from the front, from the front... I think it's right after she turned around while singing "Feelin' Good" on that tour last year...

Going back to my Isis suggestion, here's a couple of pictures from the old 1970's series. Yeah, I was an infant when it was on Saturday mornings (as a double bill with "Shazam!")...but let's just say holy wow.

I read on Wikipedia once that JoAnna Cameron who played Isis got out of showbiz not long after the series went off the air--but you can see a slight resemblance to Kat there in the face. Not that I'm suggesting Kat play Isis in a movie when there may be utterly no way to avoid the camp and cheese factor. Then again, with the right creative mind (), it perhaps could have some possibilities. And, best yet, you have no mask to hide Kat's facial features...

I halfway kinda remember this... but haven't thought about it for ages. I don't think they could revive it as a series without a serious cheese factor coming into play, but as a movie, the right combination of actor/script/director can take something totally yesterday and send it hurtling into the future, trailing clouds of... well, dollars, these days. Like Ironman. Everything has to be on point, and click just right. These days that usually means not only topnotch FX but also a very well written script, so that if you have to retain a certain amount of cheese just so the character will be him/herself, at least you stick in a little humor to make it palatable, and if you're updating a stirring tale of yesteryear, you have to sex it up a bit too, just as a matter of course. That's a lot of factors to get right, which is why superhero stuff is so chancy. I thought The Fantastic Four did a pretty good job because they didn't take themselves too seriously, and Michael Chiklis was great as Ben. I got a kick out of Hellboy as well, maybe because I'm totally unfamiliar with the comic so had nothing to compare it to. I thought it looked stupid until I actually got into the movie. Maybe I just identified with Big Red because he loved cats.

Speaking of tv series, actually one of the better ones in this mold, which I just discovered this year, was Charmed, with 3 (count 'em, 3) lovely and likeable superheroes, great scripts, lots of imagination and humor mixed in with action and love affairs, and the glue of the whole thing, the great relationship between the three sisters. They absolutely aced every one of the criteria necessary for success in what can be a tough genre to succeed in.

It just occured to me that I already cast her as Isis (just not this one) in one of the Rainbowland stories.

Ahhhhh!

ISIS!!!

Wow, a blast from the past Greg. And a teen favorite of mine. There is more than a passing resemblence btween JoAnne Cameron and Kat too, though she's more a dead ringer for Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Here is a preview of possibly my next drawing.I was looking for new(and old) pictures of Katharine to draw from,and I came to this one and an idea came to mind(maybe a dirty idea)

You have to imagine Kat wearing a Wonder Woman outfit like my last WW Kat drawing but this time tied up with her own magic lasso.What are all your thoughts on this as a drawing. I obviously don't want to offend anyone especially Katharine.I just want it to be for fun.Greg and everyone else please give me your thoughts.

Richard

Posted By Richpartist on 07/10/2008 4:07 PM
Thanks Greg!Would you want a full body drawing or just down to the shoulders?I do remember Isis alttle as well as Ark 2,Shazam,Thundar,Electra woman and Dyna girl,etc.. Ah the good ole' days

Yeah, I miss Saturday morning TV from that time period. Of course, if it was that good now, we'd probably still sleep until noon anyway out of habit doing that since good Saturday morning TV went AWOL at some point in the 90's. Well, seriously, if TV was that good on Saturday mornings again, I'd be five years old all over again and wake up at 7 a.m. to catch the four-hour block lineup. Some might say, though, that "Isis" wasn't necessarily the best show on Saturday morning back then compared to other shows. As cheesy as it was, at least it was family-friendly and tried to instill something called principles in kids. After watching "Shazam" for one week, I wanted to go out and save the world while remembering to always look both ways before crossing the street or keep in mind the importance of sharing.

I guess I learned well, because I want to share now... 

On the Wonder Woman drawing: Could be controversial for obvious reasons, but I say go ahead--mainly because it has personality to it. In fact, I'm one to always like drawings or pictures that has someone in the middle of a situation that gives clues of the previous events and what might happen later. Such a scenario works the best in short fiction, too, so our own respective art forms are conjoined in that way.

Obviously, having Kat as Isis would have had her in a stiff pose and not really warrant all the work drawing her. As you reminded me, Wonder Woman has a similar headband to the Isis one with a slightly sexier outfit. As you know, I love satire in art, also, and this one has that...as long as people keep that frame of mind. I know satire gets misunderstood (oh how I know), but know you have my blessing here on this project.

Let me also forward your idea that you draw this in color this time--or at least muted colors. Then again, maybe the situation depicted might work better in black & white. Trying to weigh how something plays out in b&w or color is a much weightier issue than people think in art. It's your call, Rich...

I may not be back here for a while after this visit, so feel free to email me again once you get the drawing done...