This Concept Art For THE FLASH Was Inspired by the Action Figures for '89 BATMAN and BATMAN RETURNS
The Flash concept artist Joe Quinones recently shared some character design work that he did on the film for Batman. These offer alternate designs for Michael Keaton’s version of Batman, and the artist explained that these designs were inspired by the classic Kenner action figures for Tim Burton’s Batman and Batman Returns. The artist shared in a note:
The Flash is out today! Just got the go ahead to share my design work on the film -- did these takes inspired by the Kenner action figure line based on '89 and Batman Returns. Here's the designs I did that are closest to what appears on screen #batman89 #TheFlash #TheFlashMovie
You can definitely see the inspiration of those classic action figures in these designs. None of them ended up being used in the movie, but it’s still cool to see that the creative team was at least open to considering some wild Batman designs. In the end, they kept things simple.
