TITANS Concept Art Reveals Some Awesome Alternate Takes On The Dark Knight's Batmobile
In the "Jason Todd" episode of Titans, we caught a glimpse of Batman's Batmobile and now some new concept art reveals the huge amount of work that went into dreaming up a redesigned version of the car...
During last Friday's episode of Titans, we paid a brief visit to the Batcave and got to see a fleeting glimpse of the Batmobile. Whether or not it will have a larger role in proceedings moving forward largely hinges on whether or not Batman himself is going to make an appearance but some new concept art has been revealed by artist John Gallagher showing off a number of different versions.
Some of these quite clearly pay homage to the comics, while others are based on past movies.
A handful are total redesigns, though, and it's those which are the most exciting as it's hard not to think about just how amazing they might look on the big screen if and when Matt Reeves' The Batman finally becomes a reality at some point in the next few years.
So, to take a look at this concept art and to hear from Gallagher, simply hit the "View List" button.
"So awhile back I was asked to design the Batmobile for the Titans series," he reveals. "It debuted last episode so the secret’s out and I kept my mouth shut this whole time lol. But seriously, who wouldn’t want to get a call like that? Bucket List! Encore VFX gave me wide open freedom to explore so that’s always a good lane to start in."
"So I set about, as is standard operating procedure with funnel shaped design, with broad strokes on the landscape of the vehicle while embracing all eras, iterations and media variants – real world, toys, animation, comics, features wherever I could find one and narrow the focus going forward."
"But getting the bones right is the only goal after that it’s all window dressing. Then of course toward the end it gets cut and pasted to final form and all stakeholders sign off on the cool ass winner usually a mix of elements from the final four or five. To say the Batmobile since May 1939 has been designed to death is no understatement."
"So, a core design that honours the traditions of the past and design legacy while also being forward looking, contemporary and distinctively Titans," the artist continues. "I think fans of the show will appreciate the nods to some subtle final colour choices, profile and form language to a couple classics in the ’66 and the ’89."
"I worked through over thirty complete ideations and a couple dozen abandoned relics borrowing inspirations from our shared real world automative history and full spectrum media. Here’s just a few of many explorations that got the dialogue started."
"The final you’ll just have to watch the show and see how the army of geniuses who took up the cause after me did with it," he concludes, hinting that the vehicle will be shown in its entirety at some point in the DC TV series. What do you guys think of these designs? Share your thoughts in the comments section and stay tuned for updates.