DeviantArt - Tumblr (has pictures of what images I referenced for what under the cut)
Yep, decided to monster-fy Slayer. A companion piece to my Monster Faust design.
This took me multiple days lmao. I had to copy-paste a lot of the lineart to retain more of my sanity. Goddamn is this thing big lmao. Also, I still really hate writing in cursive.
So, Slayer as a bat-dragon thing. This is definitely a form that Slayer could access more at-will, especially since it requires his cape-familiar to work properly. I based it off of vampire bats (of course) and vague dragon/wyvern influence. I kept the face derptastic because I might as well lean into how goofy Slayer's design is (Eccentric dandy punch-vampire with a dumb hairstyle), especially with the Dragon Install bat wing ears. I also decided to lean more into space themes than vampire/dandyism themes because his energy color has always been space-colored (reds/blues/pinks/purples/yellows) and a lot of his bigger moves are either named after space (Big Bang Upper, Bloodsucking Universe/Cosmos) or directly involve it (his Instant Kill is him punching his enemy into space with one punch) so I decided to go another way. Also, he is 100% big enough for Sharon to ride >8}
I also decided to have fun with adding text/decals to the design like what they've been doing with the models ever since Xrd, which I'll detail properly in the "Design Notes" section.
Hopefully the writing is readable. I'm not sure how to transcribe it down here without making an incomprehensible block lmao.
Design Notes:
- Design of wings is based off of his Eternal Wings move, as is his energy trail (also taking notes from Straight-Down Dandy/Up and Close Dandy).
- His bat-wing ears are based off of his reaction to Faust's Stimulating Fists of Annihilation attack in Xrd.
- His tie reads "SKIM THE STARS" with a stylized shooting star and blood drop above it.
- His neck band reads "To the Heavens, Down to Hell.". This text is based off of the captions for Eternal Wings and Straight-Down Dandy on Slayer's Xrd Rev 2 page on Dustloop (The direct caption text from the wiki is "To the Heavens!" [Eternal Wings] and "Down to Hell!" [Straight-Down Dandy]). The lines just sounded cool lmao. Props to Dustloop for all of its info and just being funny as hell.
I hope you like it!
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