¿Alguna vez han leído un fanfic tan pero tan bueno que deciden hacerle fanart? Porque eso es lo que está pasando aquí.
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Have you ever read a fanfic so good that you decide make fanart of it? Because that's exactly what's happening here.
El fanfic es una serie llamada "Going Home" en AO3 de @catbauldron, es un found family de Batman que se lanza mucho mas en el área del terror gótico de lo que hace el canon. Eso no significa que no tenga su buena dosis de investigación crímenes, solo que hay otros elementos mezclados con dichos crímenes de los que los personajes tienen que cuidarse (y los que no estén mezclados y son cosas mas personales).
El fic vale totalmente la pena y lo recomiendo.
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The fanfic is a series called "Going Home" on AO3 by @catbauldron. It's a Batman found family story that leans much more towards gothic horror than the canon. That doesn't mean it lacks crime investigation, it just has other elements mixed in with those crimes that the characters have to be wary of (and some that aren't mixed in are more personal matters).
The fic is totally worth it and I recommend it.
And, if @catbauldron is seeing this post, I should mention that I asked beforehand. This is just a practice sketch of Barbatos's head that I ended up really liking and has now evolved into a practice sheet for rendering fur (the sheet is winning), although I'm still not sure if I like it for Barbatos himself.
Perhaps it's because it's just the head; it makes more sense if you see the full-body design. I took the Jersey Devil concept to heart (though I stopped myself from giving it horns), so I tried to combine the canine head with the goat head from the original myth and blend them, though I totally think I could do it better.
The other thing is trying to make it look intimidating but also something you might say is "cute" in a weird way, so my choice was to give it a really scary amount of fluff. That way it looks more like a fruit bat, and it plays on the concept of animals that make themselves look bigger and more intimidating. Aside from that, and giving him a beard (because "barbatos" means "bearded," it would be a crime not to) and an extremely long tail that I may or may not regret in the future, I tried to make the design as accurate as possible, taking into account the physical descriptions you give in the fic. I might also make a more "demonic" version.
If you want me to make any changes to fit what you had in mind, I'm happy to do it.