Just wrapped this Batman Metal sketch card for the newly released Upper Deck Batman Metal set—and yeah, this one was a blast.
This card features Poison Ivy, and I leaned hard into what I love about her: not the pin-up cliché, but the green goddess of crime energy. Ivy isn’t fragile. She’s powerful, sensual, dangerous, and very much rooted in the idea that nature doesn’t ask permission. I’ve always preferred drawing women with weight, presence, and power—less “skinny-skinny,” more mythic force of nature.
For this piece I used marker, watercolor, colored pencil, and gel pen—letting the materials fight each other a bit until Ivy emerged the way she wanted to. I haven’t seen this card in the wild yet, so if you pull it, tag me—I wanna see where it lands.
A quick nerd moment: Pamela Isley has come a long way since her early villain days. In more recent DC storylines, she’s evolved into something more complex—sometimes antihero, sometimes eco-terrorist, sometimes outright savior of the planet depending on who’s writing her. Whether it’s her solo arcs, her time ruling the Green, or her redefinition alongside Harley Quinn, Ivy has become less “Batman rogue” and more force of ideology. That evolution is a big reason I love painting her—she’s no longer just a character, she’s a statement.
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