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My second of two submissions to Project Rooftop's latest competition. I had about five minutes to submit when I had simpler and nicer ideas for the backgrounds (as you see here) than the images I submitted

for the competition. The submitted backdrop concepts are so jarring and awful that they should be rejected on that premise alone...

Although no longer canon, this design first emerged a couple of years ago as my take on Barbara post-Birds of Prey (why she was the only character never to walk again in the DCU was beyond me). The central idea is that this re-emergence is her Nightwing moment; her chance to really step out of the shadows and step up - ditching the cape to better suit her gymnastic skills, implications to a tech-heavy suit (spine protection and data access capability), and a look that spliced her two former identities as Batgirl (the dominant logo, ears, utility belt, collar and suit motifs) and Oracle (the under-logo, the colour, the technical aspects of the suit and the more streamlined, no-bells-and-whistles appearance). Influences for this design are Phil Bourassa and the inexhaustible Kris Anka. Through this incarnation, Batgirl does indeed begin again.

Description

My second of two submissions to Project Rooftop's latest competition. I had about five minutes to submit when I had simpler and nicer ideas for the backgrounds (as you see here) than the images I submitted

for the competition. The submitted backdrop concepts are so jarring and awful that they should be rejected on that premise alone...

Although no longer canon, this design first emerged a couple of years ago as my take on Barbara post-Birds of Prey (why she was the only character never to walk again in the DCU was beyond me). The central idea is that this re-emergence is her Nightwing moment; her chance to really step out of the shadows and step up - ditching the cape to better suit her gymnastic skills, implications to a tech-heavy suit (spine protection and data access capability), and a look that spliced her two former identities as Batgirl (the dominant logo, ears, utility belt, collar and suit motifs) and Oracle (the under-logo, the colour, the technical aspects of the suit and the more streamlined, no-bells-and-whistles appearance). Influences for this design are Phil Bourassa and the inexhaustible Kris Anka. Through this incarnation, Batgirl does indeed begin again.