#signal fanart

[azz-modeus]

I feel like every time I draw my art style changes just a smidge but anyways!!! Thank y’all so much for all the love, have some Cass and Duke cause they are very underrated!

[vanillagoatly]

Duke Thomas's final design! His hero suit was surprisingly harder to draw, andithink its because of how simple it looks in all of the comic references i used. I did spice it up a little bit, but let me know what you all think!

[bearsspace]

"They are not even a good duo" Me and Bro:

To the people on my reposts on the WIP, that said that they had've the same idea before I KISS Y'ALL BRAINS ♥.

Hope you like it! XOXO ♥

[pyladescares]

DUKE THOMAS!

i hc he, steph, and cass dyed a light/white streak into their hair to match jason. Cass did it first bc her and Jason are "twins", duke then did it bc him and jason are the brothers ever!! and steph was acc invited to join them bc ofc. she needs to!

[frothing-at-the-mouth]

I imagine Duke ties his laces and then tucks them in, that or they are elastic but I feel like elastic might fall off in a fight or something if he's hit hard.

(ID: An illustration, Signal crouches down and ties one of his boot's laces, his tongue is stuck out in concentration. The pallet is all yellow leaning. -ID End)

[theratking-heheheheheh]

I read a fanfiction crossover where they were the main ship and it was glorious hasn’t been updated since 2022 I don’t think but it was glorious so in celebration and morning I drew this👹



[crxssposts]

think I got everyone !!! woo !!!

closeups under more :3

[internetgiraffekid1673]

Whattup people who read my Batman posts! Brainrot's still rotting, I just had junk to do, so I didn't draw for a while! Anyhoodle, time for another character, Duke Thomas, a.k.a The Signal (and also Robin depending on how you're counting it!)

You know the drill by now, initial trace with my lazy backdrop! I liked drawing Duke, but BOY HOWDY HEY, he was hard. Like, I'm just gonna come out and say it, I am BAD at drawing armor and buildings and machines and anything non-organic. Which means Signal is probably one of the hardest costumes to get right. This was just the trace, so it wasn't too bad, but trying to understand how his costume worked was quite the game for this whole process. I will say, he's got one of my favorite color schemes out of any of the Batfamily. The light dark contrast works really well in a way that is only seen elsewhere on the Robin cape, and the fact that this is actually the Signal's whole costume makes it feel more cohesive and effective than that. And, you know, it's also really cool thematically, considering light is kinda Duke's whole thing.

Freehanded drawing with referenced trace! This was a ROUGH time. I had to redraw Duke three separate times before I got a result I was satisfied with.

So, remember how I said that I struggled to understand how his costume actually works? Yeah, that's because I have a decent grasp how armor is actually supposed to work, and this ain't it fellas. Like, not knocking the design, it looks cool and is certainly easier to draw once you get the hang of it, but it makes less intuitive sense to me. What is happening on his neck? Is that like pure metal molded to his skin or something? That's not how physics work. Why are his pauldrons not actually covering his shoulders, and also where and how exactly are the attached to anything? It was confusing, but definitely a good exercise for me.

Again, the stuff they did was actually pretty smart, since it's comic books and they don't have to move realistically, and this makes it easier to pose his head, chest, and shoulders. It was just difficult for me to wrap my head around. Ignoring all the physics defying stuff,

Signal probably has one of the smartest/most practical costumes of the Batfam too. For one, he actually has a helmet and protects his head. Two, he has armored all of his vital organs like his lungs and heart and stuff. Three, he doesn't have a cape, which means he can't be grabbed or snagged as easily, and doesn't have to fight working around that. This is sad for me though, because I love drawing capes : (

Pose for characterization. I'mma be straight with ya'll, I don't know much about Duke. Like, I've read all of the We Are Robin/Robin Wars comics, but that doesn't actually give me much of a handle on Duke as a person, or how he behaves because it has to split the focus between so many protagonists, and also because there's a bunch of other stuff happening, so Duke doesn't get as much focus as you'd suspect. I haven't read anything else where he appears (except for Wayne Family Adventures, but I don't think that counts).

The general vibe I got from We Are Robin and from other comic readers is that Duke is probably the most approachable member of the Batfamily. He wasn't raised as an assassin from birth, he hasn't been Robin since he was like 9, he didn't die and come back to life---his life experience, while far from normal, is still much closer to the average human being, so he can relate and react better. (The only other member who really gets close is Steph, but she's been around longer and has had time to get into more whacky life or death scenarios, so she's a bit nuttier. Duke'll get there in time, I'm sure).

I tried to convey this approachability by giving him an open expression and more relaxed body language, even though he is a pretty mistrusting and high strung person. Comes with the territory of being a vigilante I guess.

As always, the text for his hero name is traced off a comics cover. To indicate the duality of Duke being both a pretty chill kid and also absolutely insane, I felt the need to put his civilian name in two fonts. I also tried to make his civvies call back to his We Are Robin uniform without being an exact one to one. I'm positive that Duke'll take any excuse to wear Robin colors, even after the ban was lifted, just because it pisses off the cops.

Can you guys guess who comes next based off the order so far? (You won't, it only makes sense to me).

Other Batfamily Members:

Nightwing Edition

Red Hood Edition

Robin (Carrie Kelley) Edition

Red Robin Edition

Spoiler Edition

Robin (Damian Wayne) Edition

[roughnight-roughsketch]

Ngl haven’t been able to draw a picture of Duke that I love so here’s the one I liked best

[kb-jank]

i usually peak at sketches so im gonna post this now

[dimehun]

MORE ART ‼️ FOR YOU 🫵🏽

Tried a new colouring style where i just dont.. blend

I gave up glass is too annoying to render I don’t have enough patience 😭

Based very loosely off this panel I just liked the stare of shock and judgement

[noneknxws]

show us the Duke harmonica comic i'm begging you

I FORGOT ASKS EXIST IM SO SORRY 😭

yes here u go

[jellllllo-bowl]

gotham rainy nights

i firmly believe in Duke doing silly things with his power

hiding under your dad's cape when it's pouring outside can be something very special + bat-rain-poncho, several years later

[bearsspace]

HEAR ME OUT, Hear me out please, jingle jingle jingle 🔑🔑🔑, Static and Signal, yes?, jingle jingle jingle 🔑🔑🔑, BEING BEST FRIENDS LIKE OMG SO FUN, jingle jingle jingle 🔑🔑🔑, So here's a WIP of that, cause I can't stop thinking bout this two, my sons.

Also I did some changes on Duke, just some new piercings and new hairstyle, and that's my design for Virgil, let me know what you think bout it, tee-hee.

Jingle jingle jingle 🔑🔑🔑, hope the little key thing could help with the attention spawn, jingle jingle jingle 🔑🔑🔑, cause I can't seem to shut up sometimes, my bad.

Hope you like it! XOXO ♥

[forgetfulsynapsid]

Another picture of the BAT-family!!! Bruce will make them all fit under his wings if it’s the last thing he does.

[starspilli]

laundry day

(pls click for better quality!)