Your art is gorgeous! Have you ever drawn the asylum director, Jeremiah Arkham?
— Zee <33
AH Thank you Zee! (p.s. just stumbled upon your blog before posting this and it's so fascinating, love the writing^^)
Not so shockingly - no - I've never drawn the director. Honestly the only media I've ever consumed with him was from the DS LEGO Batman game and that was AGES ago.
(Going against all other versions and making him dirty blond hair as a homage to the lego, with thick giant glasses for the sake of differentiating from other characters. <3)
I like the narrative that he genuinely tries to take care of the asylum and the patients 'in his own way', but it's Arkham Asylum and of course everything goes wrong and it wears him down. He's been "dancing on the edge of madness for all [his] life" with the close proximity to the mental instability of others - and being director of Arkham is certainly a position - yadda-yadda-ya major breakout happens where he loses an eye and everything just spirals uncontrollably!
hehe <3 believe it or not I struggled with a design for the longest time
All my other rogues are pretty bright/ high contrast, so I made him stand out visually by being solid tall n' dark.
Even if most of my work is "silly" I want to respect his scare-factor; shout-out to the Hat Man and sleep paralysis figures for inspiring the eeriness of a silhouette with eyes and lowkey shout out to religious themes
vape would take me 27 hours to figure out just to be completely lame,,, fear toxin blunt would be the worst trip of my life but I'd walk away with a good story for the bar. FEAR TOXIN BLUNT ALL THE WAY 💥💥💥!!!
nope, shockingly have never ever drawn him. devastating.
went ahead and did some concept sketches: (he looks a little too much like riddler in some media) + a LOT of my other designs are purple/green heavy so we gon go for a different main outfit colour so he stands out more
leaning blue how we feeling chat is he dork enough
SECRET SANTA FOR @tea-is-absolutely-mandatory!!!!! I REALLY LIKED YOUR IVY DESIGN SHES SO COOL I HOPE I DID HER JUSTICE (based this off alt cover for PI #26 because it's such a cool cover)
also bonus Eddie bust because I really like his design, and WIP of Ed and Selina that I might finish idk I LOVE YOUR ROGUES
Hello mr silly guy! im.anon rn cuz i get nervous but, if you were given the chance to be apart of a dc rogues themed secret santa featuring other dc artists....would you be intrested
Your riddler design reminds me of the Telltale version. Love the way you draw Eddie! Sooo cute!
AW thank you <3 !! It’s probably because the Telltale version was an obvious inspiration hehe; (it’s been so long since I designed him I don’t even remember any of the other references BUT Telltale lmao)
Which Rogues do you think get along the best together? Also, do you think the Rogues fight over which days to cause crime in Gotham?
Not sure if people want chunks of text, so It's under the silly drawings
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"Which rogues get along best together?"
Love being silly so perhaps some of what I say isn't standard but we ball
Mandatory to say Harley, Ivy and Selina. No explanation needed, ride or die.
I'm a big fan of the lego batman adaptations, so Joker and Harley friendship. Joker is the Joker - big name, big game- but its the Joker, so most of the rogues are wary of his shenanigans. Other than Harley, he'd most consistently be seen with the Penguin (terrorising the lounge) or Lex Luthor (shoutout Metropolis).
Scarecrow and Harley. Mutual psychology respect, perhaps he has a small soft spot.
Scarecrow, Riddler and Mad Hatter - they're all intelligent in their own fields - however they cannot be locked in a room together without pushing each others buttons. They get along best for short bursts of time with long gaps in-between (alternatively, in silence). Not ride or die, but a secret third thing.
I love Two-Face, which is exactly why I put him alone. Loner, we point and laugh. He's decent 50% of the time but relies wayyyy too much on the coin and the others don't like how fickle his temperament is. I'd see him most often with the Penguin at the Iceberg Lounge.
The REAL loner is Mr Freeze. He's aloof but most rogues would choose to be trapped in an elevator with him over most other people.
Clayface sometimes has fun morphing into the other rogues and pretending to be them, he teeters between being too charismatic or abhorrent. He gets along well when he wants to.
For the three Killer Moth and Firefly fans out there I see you, and I add them to this post. Bugs. KillerMoth is lowkey scared of Firefly but no one else takes him seriously so what choice does he have really.
Made Bane boisterous because that's a funnier dynamic to draw.
2) "Do you think the Rogues fight over which days to cause crime in Gotham?"
Calendarman tries to impose a group calendar but its Gotham. No one is going to follow a calendar to chart crime days.
On a smaller scale between a handful of rogues, they'll bicker between what days to cause crime but only for the sake of convenience; there have been too many times Catwoman and Two-Face tried robbing the same place on the same day.
There is SOME crumpled honour system; like most of the rogues will leave Halloween to be Scarecrow's big day, but then again it's the perfect day to rob a bank because everyone is focused on Scarecrow. Joker does not care at all, he will steal anyone's thunder.
I adore how you post a few things for a single year then disappear again. Like, it makes looking out for yiu art so much more fun cause ya never know when it's going to pop up.
AW I'm just as surprised as you guys are whenever I post; I'm applying to post more rn fingers crossed it works !!
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