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himynameisjamie, who is maintaining the master list. There are quite a few Barbara Gordons, and very few Cassandra Cains, but most are completely original in the spirit of the pic that started it all.Now, I'm no artist, but I know what I like. So I'm going to list the ones I've seen that I thought were particularly good, in no particular order.
- azn_incognito gives us a gorgeous painted headshot of a short-haired redhead with a small cowl
- Josh "Avalon" Phillips goes all Megatokyo and draws Sad Batgirl in Snow
- Maritza Campos's Batgirl makes me think of April for some reason
- ashuriaeryn gets a great sense of motion with big, bold lines
- Lea Hernandez (of the Texas Steampunk cycle, Rumble Girls, and Near-Life Experience) contributes a new costume design (sans cape) for Babs
- Chuck Whelan of Pewfell Porfingles inaugurates his new LJ with an angry redhead leaping into action
- pinkapplejam has fun with screentone in this sketch
- robotazalea sketches Sailor Batgirl
- Kris Straub (of Checkerboard Nightmare and Starslip Crisis) gets all literal-minded on us
- Josh "Girly" Lesnick eschews the expected cheesecake and gives us crazy blue-haired Batgirl. Then gives us a disturbing image of her bedroom
- Meridith "Kiwi" Gran (Skirting Danger) draws '50s secretary Batgirl
- Leann Buckley does a fantastic, sassy interpretation of Bryan Lee O'Malley (of Scott Pilgrim)'s hipster Batgirl design (btw, check out her gallery—it's awesome!)
- starline, who most likely needs no introduction to readers of my LJ, contributes a '60s-ish miniskirted Batgirl. Love the loose belt!
- Abby L (of The Green Avenger)'s trad-minimalist take has the sexiest green eyes ever
- Natasha Allegri (of Normal Life) pulls out her cartoony style for an irate short-haired redhead on rollerskates
- wootsauce's version actually kinda looks like Lea Hernandez' self-portrait from Near-Life Experience
- conga_chili's Batgirl wears modified street clothes, and learns the hard way why swinging from grapple lines indoors is a bad idea
- fuelinjected draws some great action poses
- sprezzaturan draws a cute short-haired Batgirl in a nifty costume watching a miniature Batman and Robin
- steverolston contributes a raver Batgirl in a Bat-halter-top with a Bat-tat. Nice two-tone coloring job
- loverspit's Batgirl has geekgirl charm
- Brian Carroll of Instant Classic gives us a pic of Batgirl sleeping. Shh!
- say_no_to_jon draws a Batgirl with some meat on her thighs, and a costume that incorporates a utility garter belt (!)
- rebel_abrahams contributes what must be the most original Batgirl design ever. I get a bit of a euro-comics vibe from this one
- Jen Wang (of the Pants Press collective, and who has appeared in Flight and You Ain't No Dancer) contributes a simple yet sumptuous art nouveau watercolor interpretation
- Vera Brosgol (another Pants Presser)'s sketch is the bat's pyjamas
- shutterbox puts up two entries for the price of one: a cartoony kid Batgirl (with snaggetooth fang!) and a shojo-manga Batgirl
- Brian F of Bottomless Pop provides a design based around a simple grey dress with a cape, big ol' leg warmers, a double utility belt, and a really nifty mask
- Sean Esty of Skullcano Island contributes a fun design based on a light grey color scheme. The grey thigh-highs with bows under black boots are a neat idea, and the collar of the cape has a very jaunty look
- Oni/Udon artist Corey S. Lewis draws an indie-comix Batgirl. Great expression on this one.
- Dan Hernandez of pennydreadfull.net does a cute cartoony version that kinda makes me think of Nancy Drew
- mattbayne draws an urban Batgirl Aikidoing the hell out of some punk
- hopelarson takes the name "Batgirl" and draws cute yet disturbing conclusions
- the_big_mo gives us three, count 'em, three, drawings, including a goofy dream sequence guest-starring Man-Bat, Batgirl Royale, and a finny redesign
- the adorableness of joeyweiser's tea party knows no bounds
- RPG World's Ian J does the basic Barbara Gordon design with his own inimitable flair. Ian likes curves
- feltup skips the conventional drawn/painted medium entirely and gets crafty with a felt Batgirl
- Indie master Dean Trippe contributes a practical yet stylish costume design
- johnnythunderz remembers the Bat-bike and incorporates it into his redesign as a Vespa!
- Indie legend Dean Haspiel (Fallout, Harvey Pekar's The Quitter, Billy Dogma, and many others) goes for a classic '60s design. I love his coloring
- Mike Segawa's contribution is sleek and modern
- cwright's contribution is anything but sleek and modern. Victorian Batgirl!
- goraina draws a chipper-looking junior high Batgirl
- thespus finds inspiration for his redesign in Princess Mononoke
- Andy "Owly" Runton does what he does best: cute airborne animals
- Andre Richard (Girlamatic's Jeepers) just can't stop drawing Batgirls! (one more!)
- Neither can indigoskynet, but my favorite of hers is her interpretation of Carrie Kelly (the female Robin from Dark Knight Returns) all grown up
- L. R. Jonte (Girlamatic's Arcana Jayne) notes that Batgirl doesn't actually have any bat-related superpowers
- nbrhd_story gives us Portland, Oregon Batgirl
- mercuryshade submits Batamari Damacy
- windwoodrose draws one of the few examples of Cassandra Cain
- kosher_jenny draws her interpretation of a young Barbara Gordon discovering the joys of pulled muscles. Adorable expression on this one
- Charlotte of Incubus calls this a sketch. Say what? Nice lighting and an intricate mask on this platinum blonde Batgirl
- haikuninja designs a costume that looks like a one-piece swimsuit, with yellow utility belt, finny gloves, boots, and a little cape
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windwoodrose, kosher_jenny, marukka, and haikuninja. Bumping. 