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Published: 2017-07-20 10:22:20 +0000 UTC; Views: 9361; Favourites: 367; Downloads: 0
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Been sitting on these a LONG time (few months now I think? January/Feb?). I wasn’t going to post these until I had a few more Justice League characters to go with them, but it might be a while before I get back to them so the hell with it, have a look.
Its supposed to be the start (re-start?) of that old “if I was in charge of an animated series, how would I design the characters for it?” project sorta thing. I’ve always been theatening to do it, so I at least got a start! That gets a point, right? Planning on doing the same for Marvel, not just DC.
Wanted not too simple, not too busy, at least at the start. Superman I really didn’t want to change too much, even removing the red underwear and he looks, I dunno, “off” I guess is the word I‘m thinking of. I’ve seriously thought about it, lol, I think he is the ONE and ONLY character, everyone else I can (and will) dump that design aspect (unless its like a Golden Age character). I just made little design changes, nothing that changes to basic “parts”, just enough to say “hey, I changed something!” lol.
Batman I wanted a little body-armory, but not too much. But I’ve thought about a more Arkham Knight inspired look for a later costume, for later in the fictional story I have in my head that will only exist in little notes under the artwork whenever I post them, lol
Hope you like them 
(Yes, more Transformers stuff on the way, no worries there, just been REALLLLY busy as of late, priorities suck, lol)
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Dunno, I still hear Kevin Conroy's voice no matter what and he don't need one, lol 
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Nice! I like that you made him look armored, but not bulky and heavy as some other designs have done. I think your look is more in keeping with the stealthy and acrobatic tactics Bats typically uses.
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I had an bit different approach in an earlier design that was a little bit too busy. Not armored, but had too many "things" going on, like it straps and stuff like he had a flak vest on, kinda Arkham Origins like, looks too busy for an animation design, no super heroey enough. A more armored/Arkham Knight type look will probably happen down the line, but I have a sort of in-my-head story thing for these designs and that sorta pops up, but that would be like later down the line. But basically I didn't want too armored, more costumey (but modern), but not too costumey or it looks like he has no protection, yknow?
I hope that makes sense, I just ramble a lot and I feel like I overcomplicate explainations to the point where it's just whargarble, sorry lol
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Oh no, that wasn't too rambley at all 
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I would still debate working in the gray and blue classic.
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I did try it more blue while going through a bunch of different colour trials before I finished and I was a little "ehhh" with how it turned out, prefered this one, but I might still have a use for a more classic blue/grey design later on. Might be a couple different Batman uniforms for different time periods. Still figuring some things out.
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Makes sense, I always figure he had different suits for different situations, likean arctic ice climber suit and such.
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definitely like the simplicity of the design with the lighter amounts of armor!
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Nice work, I like this more lightly armored Batman...I mean, I understand the need for protection against bullets and what not, but he also needs to be able to scale buildings and perform acrobatics like a ninja, which is hard to do if you are armor plated and lack superhuman strength lol.
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Exactly, I wanted something more "basic Batman" to start with, mobile but looking like he has at least some sort of stopping power. More leaning toward his standard costume, but not so much that it just looks like spandex. Still room for different uniforms as time progresses (I have a sort of timeline in my head, lol) but for now I wanted a sort of "if this is the ONLY costume he ever gets, how should it look". My original design was too busy, kinda like Arkham Origins, looks great in a CG realistic model, too busy for a cartoony look, yknow? I do have an idea for a more Arkham Knight inspired take, but that's for later on in my in-head-only storyline, lol
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That's awesome. I really like the cape/collar elements.
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Thanks! Glad you like it!
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Not sure, I have a lot of other stuff I need to draw first, once I can find the time to even get to those, family obligations have been pretty busy as of late. I have a head shot I did of her a long while back (shown below), but I dunno when exactly I'll get around to drawing a full body of her.
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You going to do more super heroes
Also when's the next chapter of Transformers ignition coming?
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Soon for both I hope, I've been very very busy as of late, I actually did these back in January and didn't want to post them until I had a few more Justice League members done but i've been too busy so it might be a while and I really havent posted anything new in a while so I said "screw it" and posted these now just for new content.
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