Tim Burton's The Riddler

Nevermind the proportions, they are approximatively done.

So here is my official guess of how could The Riddler be if it was under Tim Burton's direction. Rumor has it was supposed to be Robin Williams, even if he was mad because he felt used as a bait for Jack Nicholson to take the Joker part in 1989. Long story. Anyway, I based my character on Robin Williams and I like my drawing better than the scrap [link] because it is less loaded and more centered, in the same vibe as my Harvey Dent/Two-Face promotional poster if it was Billy Dee Williams [link]
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For The Riddler, I thought of him builiding his own freak show, so what you see is The Riddler staring at his mirror sets, one at the roof, one straight ahead, and two others being like in fun houses, deformationg mirror (if the term is correct, sorry for my english). I based the mirror contour on a set from Batman Returns and the spirals are more from Nightmare.

The concept is that The Riddler could look at the mirrors and see different interpretations of him. It adds mystery, since the human brain is based on interpretation and ideas of what is real. Only the use of the mirror itself is to show us the reflection, the image of ourselves, never the thruth. So for the promotional poster, I made a more philosophical Riddler than a puzzling one. But he bases his universe on guesses, ideas, interpretations, so I think it fits.

Rumor has Burton's Riddler would have had a question mark shaved on his head...that's freaky! So that's the main purpose of the mirror at the roof.

I might color it someday, because there are many lines, it becomes totchy, but for now, that's it.

Enjoy!

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