#1920s batman

[leonardoeatscarrots]

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Lead, Arsenic, Mercury. There's poison in the nursery.

I'm back with another drawing for @lavenderleavened 's 1920s batman!

The nerd polycule is complete with the addition of Edith "Eddie" Nygma!

[the-good-neighbors]

Why he ginger

I guess it reads as auburn. I can't say I don't like it

Bruce is very North-Western European (often said to be a mixture of Welsh, English, Norse, with a larger percentage of Scottish and French. Different runs/adaptations will vary but those are the most common ones which he's associated with) That being said it's not farfetched to say he could be brunette or ginger (you could also argue that he could be blonde but out of personal preference I like him with darker hair.)

For this specific redesign i did make him more ginger on purpose. I don't like to use black or grey in my art so i often opt for dark blues, purples, and reds. This is why I gave him a blue suit rather than one that's black or grey and because of his predominately blue palate I wanted to give him more pops of warmer colors. The colors I chose to accent his blues were a chestnut brown for his hair and a golden yellow for pops on his clothing

doing so gave him a split-complementary color palate

which can be tricky to pull off but are one of my favorite palates to use

I hope that clears it up, thank you so much for the ask <3

[vintagecandy]

Now for the 1920s reimagining of Jonathan Crane ! sorry this explanation is even longer lmao

As everyone's been saying, I should do the rest of the Dork Squad to match 1920s Jervis, and so here is my Jonathan! Easily the hardest to draw out of the three-- but I must say! Despite being outside my expertise, I'm a little surprised how much it looks exactly like I was imagining! Even if it took me ages but that's just procrastination lmao.

Anyways! What is his deal? Well, for one, design wise I did go a more drastically different direction from his usual look by doing a literal scareCROW. He's much more bird like, with a plague doctor mask being common imagery in steampunk, but he's still very southern themed with his messy broken overall strap and patchwork coat. Even his wings are rustic. ( he can't fly just glide btw lol ) Also! I leaned hard into the color orange instead of his usual green gas because it..... bugs me that both Crane and Nygma have a bright green in their color palette. I just want them to have distinct colors if they're going to be a trio. And look how vintage halloweeny he looks !!

So why is he so well dressed out of costume? Well! This Jonathan Crane is not a psychologist at all, here he is the very successful grandfather of horror movies in the silent film era. ( An illustrious origin, i hope canon Crane would be proud lmao ). This is referenced in how his face looks, he's wearing white powder and black makeup that's usually meant to emphasize key features on blurry film like his upper lip and around his eyes. And yes, he just keeps his makeup on during most events, and people just accept he's a little on the... eccentric side.

To me, the archetype of the mad artist fits Jonathan's vibe perfectly. When it comes to striking fear, he's a perfectionist, a trait that drove him to learn every single skill necessary himself, from costume design to props to making his own cameras to mechanical engineering, to.... a "fear gas" that was supposed to gently encourage immersion in the audience but ended up becoming a dangerous chemical weapon.

For his origin crime I am thinking !! Full blown Scooby Doo style monster mystery!! With some nuance! Crane, as a first impression, gives off an immediate air of pompous, aggressively impatient, pretentious director type. His presence is big and dramatic, but its distinctly not southern-- in fact, he seems to play up something between a hollywood accent and a thespian one. But this is all to cover for his farm hick background that he was once very ashamed of.

As a child of a failing farmhand during an infamously dry and dusty era, Jonathan developed an extreme resentment for his country existence from both the bullying of other children for all his strange quirks and the severe verbal and physical abuse of his father, driven to alcoholism by the stress of poverty and the loss of his wife. Originally offering his artistic ideas as a means to help them, he grows sick of their closed mindedness and berating and runs away to learn about the emerging potential of film in Gotham City.

Its been many years, Jonathan now in his early 30s, he finds himself surrounded by the shallow, champagne aristocrats that reflect his childhood bullies. Feeling wrong in his own skin, he develops a sightly unhealthy obsession with the escapism he finds in performing as the monsters in his movies.

But upon discovering that the corrupt rich of Gotham plan to push legislation that would negatively effect farmers like his own history, and that they expected him to be amongst those who support it, his irritation with the shallowness of society reaches its limits. In day, he would feign support for their behavior to cover his tracks, but at night he would don the mask of the Scarecrow, rumored to be the vengeful spirit of a farmer who was hanged, and who he believes to be a more freeing expression of himself than his true face, targeting not just the rich but striking fear in their laborers to scare them off land. And it works. So, he tries bending the will of society more.

Is he doing this out of any moral conviction or just spite and a love for the role? It's... hard to say.

As the Scarecrow, his methods are so effective he's near uncatchable, even by Batman. Its only by solving the mystery of who is under the mask are they able to catch him. They surprise him during one of his screenings, jump him in the dark, and prove his subtle use of fear gas in the theater to the police once he's cornered. Instead of being angry, he goes to the mad house applauding Batman's performance.

What an interesting character they play. He's very inspired.

[chaotictoon]

Flapper

Cartoon girls + 20’s

[thelesbianthespianposts]

the original zorro was the most autistic man ever. No wonder Bruce Wayne projected onto him so hard

[gummi-stims]

Batman Stimboard but with a vintage 1920's twist?

Blue and gold colors

Maybe with some vintage cigarette lighters

@lavenderleavened

I hope this is good, this was a really fun request to work with! c:

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[carmalyne]

welcome to my blog @carmalyne — my name is pierce or vivian && my pronouns are she/he. i am a traditional && digital artist. i also love to do personal writing && especially love roleplay! below the cut are my other socials && hyper-fixations/strong interests + other info.

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current interests: (bolded is extreme interests)

batman media (comics, movies, shows, games)

vampire media (ex. the vampire chronicles, the lost boys, buffy the vampire slayer, fright night, dracula, nosferatu, etc.)

metalocalypse (ANYTHING TO DO WITH METALOCALYPSE)

baldur’s gate 3 .. would love to share my tavs w/others

my little pony

psychological horror

analog horror

splatter films

REALLY ANY HORROR IN GENERAL (i will say i cannot stand the house that jack built so please do not bring up that movie unless you have braced yourself for a rant)

CLOWNS .. art the clown esp.

ANYONE’S OCS PLEASE SHARE! I HAVE A FEW ON HAND AND WOULD LOVE TO RAMBLE!

thank you for reading! plsplspls don’t be shy to send a message to talk, i would love to chat abt similar interests :>

[nerds-yearbook]

Grant Morrison began his first full issue story on Batman with the acclaimed one shot Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth, with a cover date of November, 1989. The issue introduced Amadeus Arkham created by Grant Morrison and Dave McKean. ("Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on a Serious Earth", DC one shot event)

[theatrepup]

Ending of the 2003 VHS for the 1928 silent film, The Man Who Laughs (starring Conrad Veidt, whose uncanny appearance here later inspired the look of Batman's arch nemesis, the Joker). I was surprised to see a glitch in a 2000s era tape; after the end credits, a random shot from earlier in the movie suddenly appears! I hope it's not a subliminal message from Smylex. ;D

[laurielisboa-art]

Black Dahlia in the 1920s

[leonardoeatscarrots]

Some of @lavenderleavened 's 1920s batman AU

"You fancy me mad. Madmen know nothing."

Reblogs > Likes!

What if we were both disabled military veterans who became doctors and committed medical malpractice to exact our revenge on the system that failed us? And we were gay? What then? 😳

[the-good-neighbors]

Them <3

[vintagecandy]

maybe BTAS mad hatter meeting your sona? :3

God forbid a Tetch be happy.

I'm assuming by sona you mean my 1920s Jervis btw, hopefully i didn't misunderstand you lol

[ae-arts]

this is deep

[sweet-ms-colleen]

Colleen with Neil Hamilton in Why Be Good (1929)

Neil went on to play Commissioner Gordon in the 1960s Batman TV show.

[houndofblackroses]

Y'know, one of the popular Batman fandom AU tropes is Mob Boss! Batfamily. But why hasn't anyone tried a 1920's Batfamily gang? Just think: probation, speakeasys, cool fashion, old-school bank robbery shootouts! I feel like this is a criminaly untapped goldmine!