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Description "And his fate was sealed — with a kiss..."

The Director's Cut of Watchmen is out in selected theatres this weekend and I plan to watch it with a group of friends this afternoon! I can't wait! I'm so excited! I was hoping to get a coloured picture up in time, but it's been exceedingly difficult to do anything in Photoshop with one working hand. That's okay. I don't need to rush anymore. Therefore, I'm going to upload this piece for the time being. This particular was technically going to be one I was going to post this weekend, but it was suppose to go through a tighter rough to fix the flaws, do a clean up, and then get it coloured, but I ended up breaking my arm instead as you know, arggghhhh! I'll be do a better version of this once my arm heals, so don't worry. (So many flaws!)

Rorschach in Gotham, at its heart, is a "character study" of him, peeling the many layers of his psyche and revealing more and more of his character as Rorschach faces each character in the Batman-verse. Since its conception, I've always wanted to draw this particular scene:  A number of gory murders of wealthy industrialists crop up across Gotham City, where plant-like symbionts placed in the stomachs of the victims grow and grow until the victim's body literally bursts open and rips apart from the inside out! However, tempers boil between Rorschach and Catwoman and Rorschach goes off to find Poison Ivy on his own and gets in over his head. He gets captured and Poison Ivy gives Rorschach a toxic kiss, tongue and all, and makes Rorschach her slave, controlling him through her potent pheromones. Out of all the Bat-villains, Poison Ivy would probably mess up Rorschach the most, in the worst possible way — not physically, but psychologically. To lose control of himself, to have no will of his own, to be ensnared, controlled, and rendered completely helpless by a woman — to become a whore's bitch — just like he was as a child with his mother...

Making characters kiss and not make it look stupid is sooooo hard to do, ugh! (Strangely, anthros are easier...who knew?!) I apologise for the weird quality of the scan. This was done in different colours of Col-erase pencils, to help me differentiate between the characters and the giant jumble of vines, so for both of them to show up in the scan equally wasn't easy. Also, happy (belated) 49th birthday to the incomparable Jackie Earle Haley! You brought Rorschach and Walter Kovacs to life for us — and we thank you, truly!

Medium - Col-erase blue and orange.

Rorschach in Gotham © Diane N. Tran.
Rorschach and Poison Ivy © DC Comics.
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Comments: 259

Sorrowgrave In reply to ??? [2009-08-22 13:25:03 +0000 UTC]

yay go Palma ,poor Walter

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tranimation-art In reply to Sorrowgrave [2009-08-22 15:37:02 +0000 UTC]

How did you like the rest of the gallery? Love to hear any comments.

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Sorrowgrave In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-22 15:38:41 +0000 UTC]

it's REALLY good, makes me want to pratice backgrounds more and every thing,it's really a work of art

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tranimation-art In reply to Sorrowgrave [2009-08-22 15:58:14 +0000 UTC]

I'm a character animator. I went into this business to creat characters, not backgrounds. I hate backgrounds. I suck at them! I wish I could though.

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Sorrowgrave In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-22 16:00:15 +0000 UTC]

yours don't suck ! they're pretty good ,I don't let myself save a project until it has a background other wise it NEVER will ,but I did notice the details on the Ocs WOW

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tranimation-art In reply to Sorrowgrave [2009-08-22 16:15:22 +0000 UTC]

What backgrounds do I have? Pretty much none. Because I suck at them. I think it's a fitting trade. All my talent concentrates on characters, so I lack them completely in everything else.

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Sorrowgrave In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-22 16:17:00 +0000 UTC]

yea but atleast you have some shading on em , XDD I call Shading and Backgrounds the samething cuz they take the same amount of effort

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tranimation-art In reply to Sorrowgrave [2009-08-22 16:37:21 +0000 UTC]

Shading is alright. It does take longer than just based colours themselves, so it can be stressful that way. But I think backgrounds take far more time than all of that combined and then some. They take too much time. I lose interest quickly when I do backgrounds. Me and backgrounds were never meant to be.

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Sorrowgrave In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-22 16:38:51 +0000 UTC]

I can see why they're hard

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tranimation-art In reply to Sorrowgrave [2009-08-22 16:52:54 +0000 UTC]

Yeah...I hate them so.

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Sorrowgrave In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-22 16:55:04 +0000 UTC]

same here ,why can't they do themselves? it'd be easier

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tranimation-art In reply to Sorrowgrave [2009-08-22 17:04:00 +0000 UTC]

I know! ARGHHHH! (chokes backgrounds)

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Sorrowgrave In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-22 17:06:13 +0000 UTC]

easy don't choke now

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tranimation-art In reply to Sorrowgrave [2009-08-22 18:13:42 +0000 UTC]

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to ??? [2009-08-12 07:53:43 +0000 UTC]

Well done! How awful it would be for poor Rorschach.

She would totally funk him up!
I love this illustration; nice kiss, for sure!
You must color this one!

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-12 08:18:35 +0000 UTC]

Poor Rorschach. I imagine what's going on in his head -- the replusiveness, the hatred, and the need to just hurl everywhere, hahahahaha! And he's so psychologically sensitive as well and for him to be completele helpless, under the complete control of a woman. Yeah, he's not getting out of this situtation without a few more more cracks in his psyche.

I broke my arm after I drew this, so I hopefully once I get out of this cast. I can finish this up and splash some colour on it.

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-13 05:08:25 +0000 UTC]

Can he HANDLE more cracks to his psyche?!
He's so repulsed by any form of sexuality or lust, that would be the worst thing that could happen to him!
Aww... Poor little guy.

Oh no! I've never broken a bone. It wasn't your drawing arm, was it?!
You should just go crazy with color, seriously.

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-13 06:30:19 +0000 UTC]

Well, to spoil some of the plot, Rorschach actually goes into physical and psychological shock once he snaps out of the Ivy's slave kiss trace. Poor Rorschach.

Yeah, it was my drawing arm that broke. Totally sucks! But two more weeks and I'm FREEEEE!

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-13 12:33:42 +0000 UTC]

You tease! I can't want to hear more about this... It's quite entertaining!!
Does he eventually get back to breaking fingers and raising Hell for the unjust?! Aw, man, I hope so!

Broke?! Drawing arm?! How tragic; I don't think I would have survived breaking such an important appendage. That's an artist's only grasp on sanity!!
Did Rorschach have to shake you down for a lead?? How'd you break it?

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-13 17:28:43 +0000 UTC]

Oh, it gets better. Trust me. It was Catwoman who had to snap him out of it. After defeating Poison Ivy, Rorschach ends up not breathing. Gotta give him mouth-to-mouth...and then shit hits the fan (again). He has a bad fight-or-flight reaction.

He does return to his malignant self, maybe a little more bitter than usual. See "Cause Here Comes Trouble" piece from Rorschach in Gotham: [link]

Yeah, this broken arm is driving me insane, since I can't draw whatsoever, not with any accuracy, so I've been typing up stories instead. How did it happen? I was fighting ninjas while dressed up as a pirate. I won, but...this is the sacrifice I had to pull to win.

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-14 13:57:53 +0000 UTC]

Mouth-to-mouth? I like that bit. Uh-oh, is it more of a flight? *worries*

I'll give that a look-see.

Damn those ninjas! They're always causing trouble!
Sorry if the sight of one brings back flashbacks like some mad war veteran!

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-15 07:29:18 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, this time it's a flight stage, as I had a fight stage in a previous scene. It balances it out. And Rorschach wakes up, finds he tastes some time strange, touches his mouth, and discovers lipstick on him. The memories of the events of the past 15 minutes come flooding back and he goes into shock, just runs with no idea where he is or where he is going. He just RUNS.

ROFL! (But in seriousness, I broke my arm falling out of bed -- stupidest thing ever! )

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-18 14:22:33 +0000 UTC]

Oh no! He doesn't end up on the dodgy side of town, all broken and lost?! In the rain? With scary shadows lurking around?!
*bites fingernails in anticipation*

(Yeah! That is pretty lame! I understand why you bent the truth a bit, with those ninjas and all.)

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-19 18:51:39 +0000 UTC]

He doesn't know where he's going or where he's at. He just runs, pushing through the crowds, down good and bad neighbourhoods, in the rain, running on pure adrenaline -- alone and scared. He keeps running until his body just gives out from exhaustion and the lost of blood, collapses on the sidewalk, and in a NYC fashion, the passers-by just walk around or over the body without a care in the world. Catwoman finds him, gets him in a taxi, and takes her to her place for some proper care.

Much to his dismay when he finally wakes up with bandages, stitches, and no clothes!

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-20 00:24:44 +0000 UTC]

It sounds so wonderfully sweet!

I'm all about the waking up with bandages and not much else... *shivers with anticipation*
And WHEN will this be written? (And, perhaps, illustrated?!)
I love that you have all this planned, and that I get sneak peaks...

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-20 00:52:28 +0000 UTC]

It's being written out right now. I'm at 17 pages at the moment and not even half way done with the story. I do need a beta, actually, to spellcheck and grammar check me.

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-20 02:14:56 +0000 UTC]

I wish I were better at grammar. I'm not bad at spellcheck, and looking at the general story lines... In school people used to use me for that all the time.
Damn my grammar skills!

17 pages?! Man... I'm so excited. MAN!

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-20 03:36:05 +0000 UTC]

How do you want this sent? I have AOL IM, email, note? I;m not finished with it, so it's pieces here and there. Majority of the ending is however done.

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-20 04:18:01 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, sure.

Hit me up on the email. Berlinsgonewhere@mac.com

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-20 05:14:41 +0000 UTC]

Sent.

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-20 23:58:20 +0000 UTC]

I'll e-mail you when I finish it! Thanks!

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-21 01:27:22 +0000 UTC]

If possible, can you show distinctively which you changed, like red bold text, or something like that.

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-21 03:45:34 +0000 UTC]

I already started. I e-mailed you a bit with an explanation, so let me know how I'm doing. I'm becoming worried and self-conscious!

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-21 04:06:55 +0000 UTC]

I didn't get the email in my inbox. Checked spam folder (which should be off anyway), too, but found nothing.

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-21 23:29:41 +0000 UTC]

Check now... Maybe it took a while to send through?? I can try again if you can't find it.

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-22 15:35:45 +0000 UTC]

Got it. Made the changes.

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-22 16:56:07 +0000 UTC]

Great! Did you want me to keep going with the rest of the story?

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-22 17:03:34 +0000 UTC]

Yes, please! (huggles you, jumps up and down very excitedly)

I would have never had saw those. I'm working also on an "introduction" as well. Not done with it yet. I'll send that when it's done.

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-22 17:14:06 +0000 UTC]

Alright, I'll send you some more notations tonight. Glad you agreed with at least a few of them, I know how personal writing can be and for someone to tell you to fix something... I'm always afraid to make someone mad!!

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-22 17:18:42 +0000 UTC]

I agreed with all of them. I read through what I read and went, "Stupid me. How did I miss that?" That's why betas are necessary.

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BerlinsGoneWhere In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-22 23:24:30 +0000 UTC]

Hah! Alright, well then I'll keep on going!!

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tranimation-art In reply to BerlinsGoneWhere [2009-08-23 20:17:52 +0000 UTC]

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haloangel1 In reply to ??? [2009-08-06 22:24:32 +0000 UTC]

Oh YAY!

This is soooooo cute

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tranimation-art In reply to haloangel1 [2009-08-06 22:26:26 +0000 UTC]

Thank you! It's cute....but EVIL!

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haloangel1 In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-06 23:05:46 +0000 UTC]

BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

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ShadowX013 In reply to ??? [2009-08-04 16:58:39 +0000 UTC]

"And so his fate was sealed..." Wasn't it already?
I have to say, your Rorschach in Gotham is better than anything I saw in Watchmen, aside from the action... and way better than his tragic end. If only that never happened...

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tranimation-art In reply to ShadowX013 [2009-08-04 18:43:04 +0000 UTC]

Yes, it was...

I seriously doubt it's better than anything in Watchmen book or film, but I'm flattered that you say so. This means I must be doing something right. This story will have it's share of action. After this kiss, Catwoman jumps in and kicks Ivy in the face, trying to save the day, and then Rorschach, now controlled by Ivy, attacks his savior. Basically, shit hits the fan!

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ShadowX013 In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-04 23:55:18 +0000 UTC]

Sounds like fun. I'll know when it gets added, lol

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tranimation-art In reply to ShadowX013 [2009-08-05 00:06:51 +0000 UTC]

I hope you like it.

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ShadowX013 In reply to tranimation-art [2009-08-05 00:11:01 +0000 UTC]

Chances are very high that I won't like it.... I'll love it, lol

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