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Patreon Pin Up 6/21/21
🕑 Added 2021-06-22 01:00:05 +0000 UTCWell it turns out I'm going to have to put some overtime into this one. My plan is still to combine this with the Harley pic I did a couple weeks back to make one big wallpaper, but when I put these two together, my background choice here against the two characters at once made things busy and hard to look at. Last thing you want for a desktop wallpaper. So expect the full combined version sometime in the next couple of weeks when I can put aside some time to make a decent background for it. Meanwhile, let's talk about Mr. Freeze.
This is a very well known story for Batman fans, but I'll recap it quickly: once upon a time Mr. Freeze was just a mad scientist with a "cold" theme. One of many in DC's roster, actually. I can only guess that during the golden age of comics, there was at least one writer with a problem, and that problem was that he just had too many wicked clever ice puns to share with the world. How many cold-based supervillains would it take to satiate their need to disperse their massive archive of frosty dad jokes? The answer was more than three, but that's beside the point.
The point is, that was Mr. Freeze before Batman The Animated Series came along in the 90's and re-imagined him as a tragic character with a compelling backstory. The new take was so popular that it was ret-conned into the official comics soon after.
If it hasn't already, that's what I hope will happen with Poison Ivy, because the version of her in the Harley Quinn animated series is my favorite.
My memory of classic Ivy was pretty simple: likes plants, hates people, and considers herself rather delusionally to be mother nature incarnate. Nothing wrong with that, really. But what makes Ivy interesting in the new cartoon to me is that it delves a little more into why she likes plants more than people. I took it as her having a form of extreme social anxiety, which is a lot more relatable than I'd seen her presented in the past. This snarky, embittered Ivy won me over with a line where a talk show host calls her a super villain, and she responds with "I actually identify as an eco-terrorist." Love it. Not for everyone, I'm sure, but this version of her really works for me.
So this is where I ask you guys to fill me in on what she's like in the comics these days. Has this version already been done ages ago in the comics or other media, and I'm only just learning about it from the cartoon? I'm very curious as to the state of modern Ivy, and I hope you guys like the pin up!
Comments
korraspats
Started using the harley as my phone wallpaper! You draw these ladies so friging sexy! I mean you draw everything thing so sexy!!!
korraspats
With them on the same BG? Omg I hope there's a phone variant ! Would love these 2 by u on all the time!
Reinbach
Thank you! I still plan on combining these into a wallpaper, just been trying to make time to paint a new background for it for ages.
korraspats
Omg I love how you draw them both!!!! Captures the show style so well! Here's hoping we see u draw them together π
Reinbach
I guess I could change it to something more stylized. Want to know why I made the switch though? One too many conversations on the Discord server about how someone saw a piece, loved the artist and wanted to see more, but the signature was unintelligible. That was when I got the idea to make my signature a stamp of text, can't get much more legible than that.
eF..cz
Just a side note. Left bottom corner to be precise. I must say that IMHO, the traditional signature which you used over many many years fitted the style of whole image much better. Might be just a habit which you grew in me over the years, but it struck me very quickly that there's something wrong - the stamp-like one.
Reinbach
DC has a large stable of characters that are so powerful, you realize they'd never lose a fight if you stopped and thought about it lol. One that I'm always harping in on is how anyone that doesn't possess super speed ever lands a punch on Superman. It should never happen but it does all the time! XD
Reinbach
Oh yeah! I forgot the green was a relatively new addition. She was just a regular redhead in a green leotard in the animated series.
Reinbach
Great! :)
Reinbach
I'm a fan! :D
Reinbach
For sure! that does seem to be a constant with her anymore.
Tristan GΓΆhler
Dito in my oppinion the βHarley Quinnβ Ivy is the best. But i Love the 90βs Batman animated series. So well written and animated still good today. Great cast and of course the best Joker! And than 1997 came Schumacher with Baman and Robin and destroys 3 very deep and intresring Vilians. Till the Harley Quinn series bring the charakters back. Just one questions. Why Ivy doesnt rule the world. She is one of the most powerfull Creatures on Earth sooooo Lazy writing?
kaldonis
I'm a fan of Ivy since the 90's cartoon. Though didn't care much for her turning green in the last season. However this version in the Harley Quinn, has become my favourite now. These two make a great combo in my opinion, looking forward to using them as my new wallpaper :)
Bob Fink
I have to say this is now one of my favorite renders of Poison Ivy.
Licorice Lain
Lovebirds. >:)
Yuu Yi
I definitely love the new Ivy in HQ animated, the snarky introvert with her friend's best interests at heart. I'm glad that her caring for Harley has carried on through the ages.
