I've never done speed painting or anything like this before, so I guess this isn't total garbage. :P
I'm pretty sure the ref is a photo, just with kind of bad compression or something. And I didn't put in the hand because, well, I can't draw hands.

reference
edit: I'll probably do another one later, this was good practice and fun.

not very creative....yet fun.
ref

http://www.gorillaadventures.com/website_pics/1/gorillaeye.png
i have, no skill
:(

Well, not that great but I tried. I'm soooo not used to drawing fast. But I certainly learned form, composition, and especially lighting and shading. It's a personal pic so I'll put it up on flik'r and link it.

Might as well take a swing at this, and really c'mon my ideas are so frail and bland you had to expect this. heres a younger version http://s142.photobucket.com/albums/r120/pyropal/sm.jpg

Nothing works the way it used to! Muscles upside down and flabby. Short bursts of adrenaline followed by loss of control. And to top it off he's still green.....

Kokubu Karin was just your average junior high school student, that is, until she turns into superheroine Super Pig! [or Buurin] Years later, however, instead of fighting crime, she fights for another day to live. [Though, I don't think old pig tastes very good, does it?]

More info on Super Pig if you're interested:
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/6707/index.e.html

References used via skimming through google image search for "Charlotte's Web" and "Old Pig/Pig"

"It seem you've mistaken me for someone who cares
I'm just a dirt bag under the weather
and overrated."

What would it take for the Tick to retire? Total failure? The destruction of his beloved city, having grown too old and worn to stop the madness? Losing his beloved chum?

Only answer I have for you is that he's got a giant spoon for a cane.

For the contest.

Heroic, Fearless, determined. I think batman is a great hero, but at the same time a bit insane. Past the costume, putting his life on the line, etc. Just how he has focused his whole life from a tragic event. Its a fixation like no other, and he goes to such extreme means to fulfill it. So I imagine that in his late years he would become quite depressed. Feelings of impotence, uselessness, hopelessness, and anger. This is something I have thought about for, sucks to draw a hero defeated.

Then again maybe he would reflect back on his life and be happy about all he accomplished. I doubt that to be the case though.