I was given the assignment in my Experimental Illustration class to create a life-sized figure out of tape. I figured that if I had to make a guy out of tape, I'd make the most awesome guy ever. Thus: Duct Tape Batman.
DTB was created using fifteen 66-yard rolls of gray duct tape, half of a smaller roll of yellow duct tape, and a little bit of masking tape for his chin. Additionally, he's composed, in places, of two rocks, some black foamcore board, a couple aluminum cans, a few of the empty cardboard rolls from the tape, and about five dowel rods. He took about forty-five hours of construction, totally solo. Due to some technical problems (the result of not having any assistant to help hold things in place while I taped) DTB is not life-sized, but ended up being slightly shorter than I am. He's free-standing, and pretty heavy.
How to Build a Duct Tape Batman
The Details
Fun with Duct Tape Batman
The Batman was created by Bill Finger and Bob Kane in 1939, and is copyright to DC Comics.
This sculpture and my photos of it are copyright to J. E. Seames (who is me!) 2008
Comments
doondeka Says:
....you have a lot oftimeo on ur hands
giascle Says:
Did you use potatoes? ',:U
Yammo Says:
That's awesome!
gullacass Says:
OMG I WANT HIM THAT'S SEXY
it looks kinda like he's melting.. o.o It's funky
but that's awesome, I would've never ever thought of that.
junobean Says:
Dayum! I'm so glad you posted pics!
he is all sorts of awesome!
BludOgre Says:
That's really cool.
When ya gonna start mass producing?
Shadow Dinosaur Says:
Sana Says:
o-o using the ultimate tool of ultimate utility to create the bat?
Words fail me at the moment, just know that I LOVE YOU.
Lord Welshi Says:
That is the most amazing thing ever.
Porgon Says:
this is awesome.