The Happy Show! QUICK DRAW Batman by Matt Hawes!

[metalphoenix100]

Amazing drawing, but may I ask why you hold the pen that way?

[DzilLigai]

awesome drawing, but the music was just too damn annoying.

[SirNoFame]

thanks <3 why you might ask? for a sexy epic sick drawing, and you prty much showed me how to do it :D

[gian90lim]

What pen did you use?

[MattHawes]

@gian90lim, For the drawing in this video I used a Sharpie marker. I used it because the lines show up better on video that way. Thanks.

[thefoostudios]

TEACH ME!

[Abbey123111]

How did you get so good? I'm assuming practice but I really want to learn how to draw because i love art but never really been able to get a chance to try it. any tips where i could go to learn to do what you do?

[nomewmew]

@Abbey123111 I consider myself very good in drawing comics so if you want to listen my tips I would be gratefull

1-I always copyed my fav characters out of shows some months later developped my own style drawing hours per day

2-then I started drawing my fav heros my own ways but you wil have to learn the anatomy (not completly just basics like 6 times the head into the body)

3- its always good not to do the char with the backgroun on the same paper with todays technology you can take mesures

[nomewmew]

@nomewmew and make the background on one paer and the hero on another with the right mesures for the background and then scan it picasa or something like that and you add the 2 drawings together

[mambo81811]

@Abbey123111 same as me lol

[Nicholase1]

no offense but this is gay music for such an epic drawing

[MattHawes]

@Nicholase1, Thanks for the kind words about the drawing. The music I used because it came with the editing program I was using at that time, and was royalty-free. There is a lot of other kinds of music I would prefer, myself, but copyright laws make it difficult to use such music without running into some problems legally.

[kastlefeks]

oh, great, you should make a tutorial for this draw.

[97CaptainAwesome]

thas koo..=3

[Upload321ful]

i was happy he wasnt talking the one that he was drawing spiderman he was annoying

[Upload321ful]

i was happy he wasnt talking 

[supermarioguy100]

can you make a video on how to draw batman

[Cornholio174]

good but the music should be more dark or something like the batman

[HoshiHikari]

Freehand with a sharpie? THAT AWESOME?! No. I refuse to believe it...my poor mortal mind can't grasp it! *head asplode*

[websslinger]

Most artists have to lightly sketch the drawing first in order to make adjustments for proportion, placement, etc. Free-hand with a marker, that's just awesome.

[bbfan77]

wow nice... and you're self taught? Brilliant ^^

(What a strange way of holding a pen... charming :3)

[thomas3816]

dude awesome drawing it really helped me thanks...but im afraid you cheated...anything can be done with a sharpie...lol good job

[Assassin14Deadlink]

Hello. I Am a Big Fan of Comic Books These Days, And so Is My 13 Year Old Cousin, About Two Days Ago I Was On His Laptop, When I Found A Comic Book Story and Drawings of Characters, I Made Fun Of Him at First, But when I Put it On My USB Stick, I Read It, And Damn! It's Good, So What I'm aking You is if You Can Use Your Drawing Skills Two Create Comic Strips of It, I'll Send You The Story And The Pictures... It Would Be Great!

[ComicBookReader]

This was so helpful! Im an animator and im trying to get better at art and i was just going for all the detail first like a noob. Thank you so much man.

[TheDbzsam]

wow matt u have a big gift u see i could draw but i have to look at a picture keep the good work up!!!

[ToxicXavier]

the underwear was my favorite part.lol jp

[Birdlovertilldeath]

Hi Matt Hawes! I really love all your art and I hope that you make lots of new videos! I actually wanted to request a drawing from you - Could you draw a picture of the Green Arrow against Super-Man? Just a thought but I'd be so happy if you recognised this comment and actually drew the picture!!!

[MattHawes]

@Birdlovertilldeath, thanks for the kind words! I will add your suggestion to the list for future drawing videos.

[Birdlovertilldeath]

@MattHawes Cool! 

[23melody]

@MattHawes

Thanks for Drawing video(s)

I was looking for the Happy Show Website and found You :)

[MattHawes]

@23melody, Thanks for watching, and for the kind comment!

[VideoGameDrawing]

How do you do something THIS amazing in 9 minutes?!?!?!?!

-VideoGameDrawing

[Aceking900]

what were u drawing with

[amokinthecity]

hey matt all i got to say is your awesome and iam so glad theres some out there still devoted to more the original style of comics and is not doing that new manga and comics looking stuff

[cwbRYAN91]

wow you are good. way the go. but what happens if you make a mistake?

[lifelikeportrait1980]

Cool! You draw in a larger scale. What size paper do you use. Is it bristol?

[lifelikeportrait1980]

Cool! You draw in a larger scale. What size paper do you use. Is it bristol?

[Lacey1Paden2]

dude i love batman good choice to draw but the back ground music is waaaay off

[bobotheLighterman]

Primus, I've been drawing for four and a half years and I'm no where close to being able to draw like that... let alone with a sharpie. I'm impressed.

[DrKidd8]

AWESOME!!

[UTubeManiacKid]

what kind of marker did u use??

[ttikmai]

@UTubeManiacKid its clearly just a normal sharpie.... just look at it, it even says Sharpie.......

[SurfingGuitar2481]

wow! love it. wish you could help me with my drawing... any tips?

[boutassai]

Top stuff Matt, your inking is awesome.

[Altersha]

Awesome)) i like it))

you draw very good!!!

[iBETimWeirderThanU]

THE ONLY FLAW IS THE MOUTH but other than that this is AMAZING!!!

[theraVen27]

i hate u for making that look so easy.

[marcialrms]

this was fun to watch

[waltershit]

thts awesome you should check out how to draw joker??? it sux badly

[davidgaudryluckins]

@waltershit probaly better than what you could ever do!

[uza81]

I can only wish to get on your level of skill and detail without mistakes! Dont take this the wrong way but artist to artist, the only weakness in your art is your poses! To me they seem not to carry a good story with them and are kind of weak in the action department! Besides that, I give you a A+++++++++! I'm gonna keep checking out your videos because i want to learn from you. You are good!

[eerrrrrrfolks]

dunno about the MUSIC! but ace drawing!

[metalgearkid1]

this is fucking wikid but why dose your index finger stik out.?

[crackcream94]

thats how he holds it

[onlycasual1]

man this song brings back so many christmas memories..

[AncientStarlight]

what a nice draw...

and what a boring song..xD

[Tang014]

you are amazing dude

[crackcream94]

me to

[adrian1234123]

GIVE ME UR DRAWING!!!!!!!

[jarenwlyman]

Dude you're so good, how do you do so well on the shading and wrinkles in the clothes. Could you please tell me how?

[2109ak]

hi matt i have a question and i was wondering if you could help, when i draw a picture it comes out well but the shading part is tricky for me, people say visualize a light source and show what how you feel the light would reflect. do you agree with this or is there a simpler way?

[KikumaruKaidoh]

i think i have to take more Art-Lessons before i can draw liek you v.v

[Kwijiboe17]

Thanks man. I needed to knkow how to draw something cool for like projects and shit

[SockPuppet95]

What kind of pen do you use?

[yournewmessiah]

Unmistakably a Sharpie... mmmm, that smell is so enticing...

[AchillesEightyThree]

Great job. How do you know where to put the shading? I can draw pretty well myself, but I always ruin my pictures when it comes to adding shading because I never put it in the right place. Either that or I just leave the drawing without and it looks really plain and boring. lol

[andyjacquez]

the music is wack but awsome drawing

[manvir255]

I personally enjoy this music...it's quite soothing

[ReFleXFnatic]

Damn man just like an old friend of mine, amazing artist, he just draws the lines like he's tracing, no sketching what so ever, and his characters from things like Kingdom Hearts looks exactly like the characters with no references at all.

[linginberry]

wow

[henkman00]

without help lines even! amazing.

[markydaidai]

You hold the pen so strange.

[Booyeah10]

awesome draw dude!!! That song reminds me of christmas!!!! XD

[kubam99]

Hahah yee Same :D

[tuku1o2]

dude when i look at your pictures i could mistake them for photoshoped

[gianhet]

it's just awesome =), could u gimme advices, i'd like 2 reach ur skill ^^

[FlamingNinjaco]

thats cool and great work but you should do it step by step for us to learn

[sweetie1986]

Sharpie perm. marker

[jpzampiere]

great work, remenber style of great John Byrne.

[NipperTheAwesome]

awesome !

how long did it take you to get so good ?

[tech2kn0w]

Three Words: Amazing

[Papadepapo]

very good, What is the name of the song?

[zombiekillenspartan]

i wish i could draw because i make the best story lines, i wright them down i just wish i could draw it and draw it good

[JiMMyJaM08061991]

u get paid just as much to be a write u know

[zombiekillenspartan]

oh i see its a fine point, thanks anyways. i bet that u could work for DC as a inker, man that is so COOOL,

[zombiekillenspartan]

that is AWESOME! i wish i could draw, and that is the main reasion i watch these videos, but man your the best! what kind of sharpie is that

[ernest123987]

u've most of practice al ot or are u natural

[MattHawes]

Yes, I'm self-taught. Thanks for the comments!

-- Matt

[ernest123987]

you are so good at the eyes part thats thte part that i always get wrong, i can never get it right

[herreo87]

sweet

[grrrhelp123321]

love how youhold the pen... it's.. different. cool way that is C=! nice job.

[peeogioh]

not bad but im better

[MattHawes]

Cool. You should post a video with you drawing.

-- Matt

[peeogioh]

shit man i want to so bad but no camra

[DenitheGreat]

Lols, polite owange... I wish I could do that, Haha.

-Deni

[DenitheGreat]

Hey Matt!

I'm watching Batman 89' now and I'm at the part where the Joker is about to enter the museum/galleria, and the song that's playing in the scene reminded me of a video of yours. It just happens to be the Batman quick-draw. Now I was wondering: coincidence, or secret Batman fan test?

-Deni

[MattHawes]

Would you believe it's all part of my secret scheme? No...? Ok, it's a funny coincidence. Heh.

-- Matt

[DenitheGreat]

LOL, Haha, wow, BIG coincidence.

-Deni

[aaron1027]

You sir, are very talented. I do a little drawing myself, but nothing of your calibur....amazing!

[bloodlust338]

i love your drawings and admire how you respond to comments so frequently

[MattHawes]

Thank you very much!

-- Matt

[stepoolehimself]

like ur style man!

[jsalcomm1]

thats hella siiiick!!! I like the background beats...lol

[justinpickens1]

WOW! ive seen this video like 50 times and im amazed every single time! i wish i can draw like that...every time i see it i just reaalllllyyyy want to draw ahaha :D its AWESOME!

[Rootbeerkid123]

just kidding you should a wrestler or a skate boarder

[sylvesterstallone09]

I think you are pretty good

[Scorch033]

thats really amazing, I should really start drawing again.

I just watched a couple of your drawing videos and i was thinking it would be cool if you made one video with several of the drawings sped up in it.

[METALHANGOVER]

Man I ain't drawn in like 15 years, I watched you draw Spidey in another vid, for some reason your shadowing reminded me of Ernie Chan drawing Conan about 20 years ago.

[Rootbeerkid123]

nice but my friend can draw better then that and he is 9

[MattHawes]

Great! Tell him to make a video of him drawing and post it on YouTube. I'd love to see his work!

-- Matt

[Scorch033]

I would like to see that too, even if he isn't nine, but especially if he is.

[MilkBeard555]

man i cant handle how u can draw alll like silhoutted like straight from your head gaww!! u could make like uber stencils and junk with those kinda skills

[Emwo]

Amazing as a quickie. It baffles me, how do you see the image and just... draw in the lighting like that without looking inaccurate?

[MattHawes]

Pretty much, that's how it works for me. I have a vague idea in my head on how I want something to look and set about drawing it. The finished product never looks quite like I want it to, but is usually close.

Thanks for the kind comment!

-- Matt

[JiMMyJaM08061991]

hope im not prying much but in britain we dnt have public access so i was wondering is it a well enuf payed job.

[MattHawes]

Public access doesn't pay, at all. But, as a rule in most communities, there is no charge to put on the shows. The only real exceptions to that is when some cable TV providers in different cities let a non-profit organization run the public access channel and that organization charges a fee to use for operating costs.

Basically, I produce "The Happy Show" purely for fun.

-- Matt

[JiMMyJaM08061991]

ahh,so its a pass time. i take it u make money off of a comic book shop then.

[MattHawes]

Yes, my shop is where I earn my living.

-- Matt

[JiMMyJaM08061991]

tho it sounds like an extremely fun pass time. wish i had something like tht

[rapidomac]

cool man!

French cartoonist

[JiMMyJaM08061991]

how many people watch the happy show

[MattHawes]

It's hard to say. Public access doesn't have ratings like network television, but I have heard from many local fans of the show and I've been spotted several times in public.

On YouTube, some of my videos get thousands of views, while others barely break a hundred views. My drawing videos get the most hits.

Thanks for commenting!

-- Matt

[DeathSlayer97]

DUDE I ENVY YOU 100%

[mightyhidden]

man i wish i could draw as smoothly as u do ;/

[totytoty65]

fuck you good

[beansbob11]

Whoah. Haha! No mistakes! That's amazing! I love the way you hold the pen! XD

[Nicholase1]

im jealous,y cant i draw like dat???

[AverageAmanda]

I'd have loved to see you finish the whole thing, but still.

WOW. xP

Killer technique, dude. How you can do all this without a pre-sketch astounds me.

[Rukia9090]

woah incredible !

[yomotha617]

Hey I started getting into comic book art I'm having 1 problem though. How do you get muscles to show on dark characters like Venom and The Punisher? Do you have any tips on that?

[MattHawes]

The tricky part is paying attention to the contours of the body and using light and shadow to show details. Look for how light affects dark objects, and pay attention to such things as the light source.

Thanks!

-- Matt

[yomotha617]

Thanks alot i'll make sure to look out for that and start practicing =)

[yomotha617]

Your style reminds me of john byrne. Do you base your style off of his?

[MattHawes]

I don't intentionally base my style on his style, but he is definitely an influence.

Thanks!

-- Matt

[Ramboismyweapon]

what king of marker is that??

[MattHawes]

It's a Sharpie, fine-point.

-- Matt

[Rcinch1]

Awesome!

Hey, maybe next time you could draw the Terry McGinnus version of Batman from "Batman Beyond!"

I bet you would do great on that one!

[patofriend]

That was really nice man congrtaz :)

[LFZ15]

If you practice, stuff like this is pretty easy, however just drawing on a whim that well in sharpie is pretty impressive. Nice job.

[poopsamichmaan26]

that is awsome coming from an artist my self

[lucaddragon]

Well done... just one question:

do you know any good exercise on how to spot blacks??

Thanks and well done again!

[jacobmares]

did your sharpie ran out of ink?

[iheartpie6]

that was so cool! Man, and you did that all with a sharpie! No mistakes or errors or anything! You have some talent!

[martialartist95]

if you think thats quick ...

stupit

[Infuru]

Oh, great. For me that would take a couple of weeks with pencils & erasers, and you do it straight with ink pen with no mistakes in 10 minutes. Unfair :<

Great skill nontheless!

[rousvanis1]

COUPLE OF WEEKS! WOW!

[Rcinch1]

Now that you drew the original Batman....lets see you draw Batman Beyond!

I would love to see your take on him!

[blasenverzippelnog]

AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[galaxy5saskue]

wow. amazing. the music is really mind numbing. very interesting to watch

[RobinTheBoyWonder2]

i agree

[slowpoke96Z28]

damn dude. good stuff.

[artmaster50]

Nice art you have. I suscribed by the way.

[bttfdmc]

the same music was featured in batman 1989 when vickie vale first walks into the art museum, did you know that?

[MattHawes]

I really didn't think about that. Wow. It must have been serendipity. Thanks for pointing that out to me.

-- Matt

[bttfspencer]

Hey Matt, this is my other Channel. I am BTTFDMC.

It is a crazy coincidence the music, it must have been buried deep in your sub-conscious. lol.

Great work :)

[bttfspencer]

Did I mention that it was a VERY old comment :) lol..

[Naidahzen]

Haha, you've got that right!

[noobwag]

I can draw really good to probably as good as that

[Ozypom]

So you're really good but gave yourself a -2 .. fool

[Userade]

thats awesome

[fellowrobots]

really good man. how long have you been drawing for? i really want to get into drawing comics but i don't know where to start. any suggestions?

[SwordXEvil]

study muscle structure and copy-draw a lot of superheroes and their poses from comix or manga.

[magillagorilla1234]

its not really something you just decide to start. you have to have natural ability. ive been doing it for like as long as i can remember.

[Caboose1495]

One of the greatest fan drawings on YouTube. Too bad it cut short.

[MattHawes]

There was something going on with my camera when I transferred the video originally. And now that I have a different way to transfer the file to my computer, I don't want to take down this video because it's been up so long. But, the full version is on a full episode of "The Happy Show!," my public access TV show, that is on YouTube on my other channel, TheHappyShow.

Thanks for the kind words!

-- Matt

[therealCStonebraker]

I'm not very good at inking. :(

[CIDVICIOUS831]

love the music!! relaxing

[thomasbrazier2007]

Too good to watch, i hate you. but thats not a bad thing :D i envvy how good you are, and by all means i am going to subscribe.

(Y) you rock man

[hovsec]

9/10

[Ricky9922]

pretty nice man ive never seen somebody draw such a good batman so quick you should do a robin next

[robotnel]

Don't know why people are saying this isn't a good drawing, I enjoyed the video and I also have respect for being able to draw something without any underlines. Look forward to more from you!

[carui]

MASTER!!!

[rendongrafico]

Really impressive, you are good!

[agelshaxe]

Brilliant ! Light/Shadow work is 'specially awesome and quick !

[IVFADE2BLACKVI]

holy shit! teach me your ways. i cant believe thats not the best you can do. i got MAD RESPECT for your talent. keep up the good work and keep posting.

[MattHawes]

Thanks! I'm not really good at explaining how I draw, but I am glad you enjoy the work.

-- Matt

[cabrenman]

i'm impressed how you hold the pencil new style very cool and of course your drawings!!!

[MattHawes]

Thank you very much!

-- Matt

[Toniss90]

wow! awsome, I cant believe that you did that in less than 10 mins. Please check out my drawings!

[MattHawes]

Thanks! I'll give 'em a look.

-- Matt