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Spring snow in the Highlands.
South-West from Dores beach this image shows nearly the whole length of Loch Ness.
It certainly shows twenty of the twenty-five miles of its length
from Fort Augustus to Abban Water and Loch Dochfour.
The three-hundred and fifty-mile fault line of which it is a part,
extending from the north part of the Moray Firth to Ireland,
reaches a vertical height of over a mile, when adding the height of Ben Nevis to the depth of Loch Ness.
At Urquhart Bay the chasm created by tectonic movement and subsequent glaciers, reaches two miles in width.
In this view, Urquhart Bay, is seen on the right,
just below the snowy heights of Meall-Fhuar Mhonaidh, at 700 metres or 2,300 feet.
On this day it was no more than a giant mill-pond
but in misty conditions, as darkness descends,
its mood can become malevolent, sinister and un-nerving.
Whether prehistoric cryptids swim in its murky, peaty waters
or not, it can stir the blood and the imagination.
Today, peaceful and full of promise,
spring was here!
created in NIGHTCAFE - DreamShaper v8
prints available: fineartamerica.com/featured/general-peckerhead-in-purgato...
seed image is a unrelated semi-abstact old piece from Wombo, which I picked for the color only.
For the prompt and the title I took the clue from an old analog drawing of mine. But I expanded the prompt with a description of another painting from the eighties, which included all kinds of sea creatures as uniform decorations.
The first image in this series was created with Contemporary Surreal. Much later I duplicated it , text only, for a challenge.
I liked the idea so much, I ran several different versions in different modes, some with text only, some with a seed image. The results were largely very interesting, so eventually I made a special collection for it. Check it out here: creator.nightcafe.studio/collection/KjkvnAI1xX91rYwWggRr - from time to time I may add more.
PROMPT:
Portrait of Old Man General Peckerhead in Purgatory; golden helmet, uniform decorated with crustaceans, Alphonse Mucha, h.r.giger, cryptid taxidermy, Bogomil's Universe, imperial colors, surreal fantasy
Something that confuses a lot of people is how Rahab - the woman from Jericho - was a good person and part of Jesus's lineage, whereas Job, Isaiah, and the Psalms mention God "crushing Rahab," who is "the enemy" and "An evil serpent."
Well, they're not the same! Rahab, literally meaning "the Proud One," is also the name of a legendary demon in Ancient Israel's folklore. Rahab is a proud and arrogant sea dragon that lives in the Nile, and represents that body of water as well as Egypt as a whole. In poetry, it sometimes represents pride and proud people (as in Job), or Egypt (as in Isaiah and the Psalms). That's the confusion, between a defector to Israel and the Evil Spirit of the Nile.
Oddly, this toy - released by Demon's Chronicle - does not resemble any traditional descriptions of Rahab, instead looking exactly like a piece of 1500s artwork of the Sea Monk cryptid! Sea Monks were creatures spotted by sailors... and probably squids, but the idea was that even the ocean has priests and monks. See also The Bishop Fish, which is quite related. I might do a picture of this thing as the Sea Monk sometime.
created on Dreamwombo AI
Revisiting the 'Insane Asylum' I started early over a year ago. Slight adjustments to the prompt, adding Bogomil's Universe and Cryptid Taxidermy, plus my own name to the artists references.
Dreamwombo produces some nice crisp images that are easily enlarged (I go for 2.5 times i.e. 250%) in Windows Photo
PROMPT:
Planet Earth, Insane Asylum, Max Ernst, H.R. Giger, Zdzisław Beksiński, surrealism, psychedelic art, steampunk, mixed media, fantastical, entangled, futuristic, zombiecore, Imperial Colors, cryptid taxidermy in Bogomil's Universe by the Mystic Otto Rapp
A famous cryptid, the Jenny Haniver is created by mutilating a dried skate carcass and modifying it into a grotesque creature. THey come in many shapes and forms, and were probably originally just sold by sailors as folk art. Over time, they gained a reputation as fearsome sea-dwelling monsters.
All pictures taken at "Sovereigns of Elyona - Medieval Fantasy RP" @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Forest%20Song/24/217/2999
My shark Self Dressed Down
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♡ Not Sponsored or anything. I just really love this outfit. The Materials on it are so fucking GOOD!
♡ Ghost Poseidon Set @ Kinky Monthly
╰┈➤ Ghost - Poseidon Panties - EB/WF - Death
╰┈➤ Ghost - Poseidon Shoulder Pad - EB/WF - Death
♡ CRYPTID - Agma Head
♡ FACS - Reborn V-Tech Aries Tank
♡ FACS ~ Fishnet Glove Reborn
♡ FACS ~ Reborn Elbowpads
♡ VRSION SLS23 Cap wi/ Hair UNISEX BW
♡ {minuit} Medusa Harness [reborn]
♡ {minuit} Aya Cuffs
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"Chupacabra (also Chupacabras, from Spanish chupar: to suck, cabra: goat; goat sucker) is a legendary cryptid rumored to inhabit parts of the Americas. It is associated more recently with sightings of an allegedly unknown animal in Puerto Rico (where these sightings were first reported), Mexico, and the United States, especially in the latter's Latin American communities. The name comes from the animal's reported habit of attacking and drinking the blood of livestock, especially goats. Physical descriptions of the creature vary. Eyewitness sightings have been claimed as early as 1990 in Puerto Rico, and have since been reported as far north as Maine, and as far south as Chile. It is supposedly a heavy creature, the size of a small bear, with a row of spines reaching from the neck to the base of the tail. Most biologists and wildlife management officials view the chupacabra as an urban legend."
~ wikipedia
Although it was probably an owl, the Flatwoods Monster has captured the imagination of cryptozoologists and UFO believers for decades!
The input image I selected was a gnarled tree branch I had photographed the other day. I was curious how something as different as this would combine with my rather zany prompt.
55% prompt weight and 15% noise
More crazy Chimeria creations in my collection:
creator.nightcafe.studio/collection/mvh1tb7CRn6KKqm9Ezqe
My 'spelling' is off (in retrospect I call it 'deliberate') but the proper name Chimera points to a mythological imaginary being. As an adjective it stands for delusion and mirage.
But would any AI creation be as crazy as actual myths like this: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snallygaster
All pictures taken at "Sovereigns of Elyona - Medieval Fantasy RP" @ maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Forest%20Song/24/217/2999
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The Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species which is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa from Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya south to South Africa, and in The Gambia, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire and Chad in west Africa.
This is a close relative of the widespread Asian Black-necked Stork, the only other member of the genus Ephippiorhynchus.
The Saddle-billed Stork breeds in marshes and other wetlands in tropical lowland. It builds a large, deep stick nest in a tree, laying one or two white eggs weighing about 146g each. It does not form breeding colonies, and is usually found alone or in pairs. The incubation period is 30-35 days, with another 70 - 100 days before the chicks fledge.
This is a huge bird that regularly attains a height of 150 cm (5 feet) and a 270cm (9 feet) wingspan. It is probably the tallest, if not the heaviest, of the storks. Females are distinctly smaller than the males. It is spectacularly plumaged. The head, neck, back, wings, and tail are iridescent black, with the rest of the body and the primary flight feathers being white. The massive bill is red with a black band and a yellow frontal shield (the “saddle”). The legs and feet are black with pink knees. Sexes are identically plumaged except that the female has a golden yellow iris, while the male's is brown. Juveniles are browner grey in plumage.
They are silent except for bill-clattering at the nest. Like most storks, these fly with the neck outstretched, not retracted like a heron; in flight, the large heavy bill is kept drooping somewhat below belly height, giving these birds a very unusual appearance to those who see them for the first time (see here for photo). To experienced birdwatchers on the other hand, this makes them easily recognizable even if seen from a distance. It has been suggested that due to the large size and unusual appearance in flight, this species is the basis for the "Big Bird" and Kongamato cryptids.
The Saddle-billed Stork, like most of its relatives, feeds mainly on fish, frogs and crabs, but also on young birds, and other land vertebrates. They move in a deliberate and stately manner as they hunt, in a similar way to the larger herons.
Now i am become death, destroyer of worlds :) aka susan tries to make friends in the big city. all sooc light painting no photoshop or comp processing :) h\t to the royal glamsters for stencil idea ( www.facebook.com/pages/ROYAL-GLAMSTERS/111653538863154 )
another quick doodle after playing with animating light paintings which is fun but a little labour intensive. I'm storyboarding a few animations so we shall see what happens :) in the mean time, Godzilla has been destroying a mountainous city. He's quirky like that!
All light painting, one single exposure, straight from camera
AI creations on Dream Wombo
PROMPT:
"torso - surreal fantasy drawing by the mystic otto rapp under the influence of funny bone extract with ayahuasca, inspired by ernst fuchs, h.r. giger and beksinski, india ink on paper, detailed strokes, psychedelic collage, cryptid taxidermy in bogomils universe"
created on Dreamwombo AI
Revisiting the 'Insane Asylum' I started early over a year ago. Slight adjustments to the prompt, adding Bogomil's Universe and Cryptid Taxidermy, plus my own name to the artists references.
Dreamwombo produces some nice crisp images that are easily enlarged (I go for 2.5 times i.e. 250%) in Windows Photo
btw, using the 'Monster' mode on Dreamwombo will give you, guess what? - Monsters!
PROMPT:
Planet Earth, Insane Asylum, Max Ernst, H.R. Giger, Zdzisław Beksiński, surrealism, psychedelic art, steampunk, mixed media, fantastical, entangled, futuristic, zombiecore, Imperial Colors, cryptid taxidermy in Bogomil's Universe by the Mystic Otto Rapp
Seen in 1966 and 1967 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, the Mothman raises questions veen today. What was it? A ghost? An alien? An owl?
created in NIGHTCAFE - Real Cartoon XL v4
Just in case you are wondering - my eyes are up here!
EVOLVED with Real Cartoon XL v4 from DreamShaper v8
leave it up to Real Cartoon to come up with a NSFW image from my prompt, and the image from the previous iteration!
Can AI read my mind?
PROMPT:
"Detailed ( drawing by artist Otto Rapp 1.5) at the Cryptid Taxidermy Museum in post apocalyptic Wonderland, in heaven everything is fine by lady in the radiator and brothers quay, drawing by H.R. Giger, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Hieronymus Bosch, Alphonse Mucha, intricately detailed, hyperrealism, fantasy, Bogomils Universe"
AI creation with Dreamwombo
various different models, same prompt for all.
PROMPT:
by Michael DeForge and derek hess: creature with disembodied gaping mouth made of used syringes! ,sixpack eyes, ruptured photomontage by bobby neel adams , milk running out of mouth by Simon Bisley, igor Morski , Bogomils Universe, cryptid taxidermy by Art of the Mystic Otto Rapp
An Elwedritsch egg from Neustadt/Weinstraße found its way to the Neuer Markt (New Market) in Wernigerode in the Harz mountains, Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony-Anhalt), Germany!
Elwedritsche, or Elwetritsche, or Ilwetritsche are mythological creatures of the Palatinate region in south-west Germany (see wikipedia-quotation below).
But how did they come to Wernigerode in Sachsen-Anhalt which is about 400 km (~250 mi) away? There's a plate beside the sculptures that explains it:
"In der guten, alten Zeit, ungefähr 8 Meilen vor Weihnachten, lebten im Pfälzer Wald kleine Kobolde, die den armen Weinbauern aus manch kniffliger Lage halfen, aber auch manchen Bürger mit ihren Streichen zur Verzweiflung brachten.
Dieses kleine Volk, genannt Elwedritsche, lebt lustig und vergnügt bis in unsere Tage. Als 1989 eine Partnerschaft zwischen den Städten Neustadt an der Weinstraße und Wernigerode geschlossen wurde, machten sich eine Elwedritsche-Mutter und ihr Ei auf den Weg in den Harz. Hier sind sie nun zu bestaunen.
Wie viele dieser lustigen Gesellen insgesamt in den Harz und nach Wernigerode gezogen sind, kann nur erahnt werden. Jedesmal, wenn man in und um Wernigerode von mysteriösen oder lustigen Streichen hört, könnten die Elwedritsche im Spiel sein."
Translation:
"In the good olden days, about 8 miles before Christmas, small kobolds (sprites of German folklore) lived in the Palatinate Forest that helped the poor winegrowers out of many a tricky situation but also reduced many a citizen to despair with the tricks they played on them.
This little people called Elwedritsche live merrily and jolly down to the present days. When in 1989 a twinning was arranged between the towns Neustadt an der Weinstraße and Wernigerode, an Elwedritsche mother and her egg set out for the Harz mountains. Here they are now to be marvelled at.
We can only guess how many of these funny fellows moved to the Harz and to Wernigerode. Everytime you hear of mysterious or funny tricks played in or around Wernigerode, Elwedritsche might be involved."
---quotation from en.wikipedia.org about Elwedritsche:---
The Elwedritsch is a cryptid or mythical creature that supposedly inhabits the Palatinate of Germany. It is described as being a chicken-like creature with antlers. It also has scales instead of feathers. However, it is said that their wings are of little use. That is why they live mainly in underbrush and under vines. Sometimes Elwetritschen are depicted with antlers of a stag and their beaks often appear to be very long. In the second half of the 20th century, artists increasingly portrayed Elwetritschen as female by adding breasts. Elwetritschen supposedly originate from crossbreeding chickens, ducks, and geese with mythical wood creatures such as goblins and elves. Being a fowl, they naturally lay eggs, which as a result of descending from forest spirits, grow during breeding season. Eggs in various sizes are artistically depicted at the “Elwetritschenbrunnen” in Neustadt an der Weinstraße.
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The area in which tales of the Elwetritsch are spread expands from the Palatinate Forest in the west of Germany towards the east across the Upper Rhine Plain to the southern parts of the Odenwald. The mythical creature also appears in the north of Baden-Württemberg. In the Main-Tauber-Kreis, where they are known as “Ilwedridsche”, the children are told that at night the creatures sleep in the crowns of the willow trees standing next to the river Tauber. In Neustadt an der Weinstraße, which is said to be the “capital” of the Elwetritsches, there is an Elwetritsche-fountain, created by Gernot Rumpf. Other sources consider Dahn in the southwestern Palatinate, which also has a Elwetritsche-fountain, Erfweiler or other villages as secret capitals of these creatures. The Pennsylvania Dutch are convinced that Palatinate people--their biggest group of ancestors--all of whom emigrated to America, had taken some “Elbedritschlicher” with them “so ass sie kenn Heemweh grigge deede” (so that they wouldn’t become homesick). Tales of the Elwetritschen are also documented in Amish communities.
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Wernigerode is a picturesque town in the northeast of the Harz mountains, situated at the foot of the Brocken (1141 m = 3743 ft) which is the highest mountain of the Harz.
Wernigerode has many half-timbered houses, particularly the beautiful Gothic town hall, and the impressive Schloss Wernigerode (Wernigerode Castle) towers above the town. The Harzer Schmalspurbahn (Harz Narrow Gauge Railways) operates at Wernigerode station, connecting Wernigerode with the Brocken and the town of Nordhausen in the south of the Harz mountains.
Harz weekend June 2012
i did this today for my brother who is way into Tokusatsu.
btw these are the characters from my mega awesome whateveritis called the Cryptid Crew.
slightly different version available here: www.society6.com/studio/gimetzco/the_Cryptid_Crew_VS_Uncl...
One of the bonus stories in the special hardcover edition of our CRYPTOZOOLOGY ANTHOLOGY (on Amazon here -> www.amazon.com/Cryptozoology-Anthology-Mysterious-Creatur...), taken from the February 1953 issue of the obscure men's adventure magazine HIS. It reveals that evil Commies were crossbreeding apes and men to create ape-men supersoldiers, using technology developed by Nazis!
The Waheela is a wolf-like cryptid reported from Nahanni Valley in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It has also been reported in areas of Michigan and Alaska. Described as a very large creature, that has features of both a wolf and a bear. Being an subarctic creature, the fur covering this large beast is snow white. Some of my cryptozoological colleagues feel that perhaps the Waheela is a relic population of bear-dogs. Neither bear nor dog, the bear-dog became extinct 3 to 4 million years ago . #dog #bear #wolf #canada #sighting #waheela
A wolf gray, white or black. 12 feet tall or more at shoulder while standing on all 4 paws and twice as long of body. Muscled heavily claws much more than greatest of bears.
It is mortal of body but a divine agent of Gaia endowed with her protection, faster healing physical superiority to everything else in nature. A Guardian designed to be near impossibly to kill.
Unlike a were wolf, Gaia created Waheela for her purposes. If they would die serving her interests she wastes her efforts. So often unless old and getting feeble, those who fall a Waheela are often surprised of their sudden unexpected full and instant recovery within minutes of being kills.
Waheelas are the ultimate predators made for sudden bursts of brutal power yet capable of agility the best of both sides.
Also Waheela have no aversion to garlic, silver, crosses or the name of god. when faced with a superior foe Gaia sustains them.
But the waheela must also be smart and use the others strengths to their advantage.
For example a Waheela against a Giant polar bear. They would not fight as bears. The waheela would circle and look for opportunity then schred the bears arteries in the legs. A bled out opponant is only a meal that you wait on like delivery.
(( unfortunately there is no real Waheela avatar in SL ))
Spot-bellied Eagle Owl
The spot-bellied eagle-owl (Bubo nipalensis), also known as the forest eagle-owl is a large bird of prey with a formidable appearance. It is a forest-inhabiting species found in the Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia. This species is considered part of a superspecies with the barred eagle-owl (Bubo sumatranus), which looks quite similar but is allopatric in distribution, replacing the larger spot-bellied species in the southern end of the Malay Peninsula and the larger island in Southeast Asia extending down to Borneo.
The spot-bellied eagle-owl is a large species of owl. It measures from 50 to 65 cm (20 to 26 in) in length. It is the sixth longest owl in the world on average and has the ninth longest wings of any living owl. The ear-tufts of the spot-bellied are very long and conspicuously of variable length, giving them a somewhat scraggly appearance at the tips. The ear-tufts of the spot-bellied eagle-owl measure up to 63 to 76 mm (2.5 to 3.0 in) in length. Most eagle-owls are well-feathered on both their leg and toes, while the barred eagle-owl is featherless on the toes and feathered on the legs, and the spot-bellied eagle-owl has feathered legs and feet, but the terminal digits of the toes are bare before the talons. The feet and talons as formidable as any eagle-owl, being very large, heavy and powerful for their size.
The spot-bellied eagle-owl is overall a stark, grayish brown bird, with dark, coarse brown coloration over the back and upper wings. The throat and underparts are mainly pale fulvous in color with black and white horizontal stripes along the flanks of the body that become broad spots on the abdomen and under tail coverts. On the wings, the primaries are dark brown with lighter brown stripes and the secondaries are more heavily barred with buff-brown coloration. The lores are covered in bristly feathers and the cheeks are brownish-white with black feather shafts. The large ear tufts slant off to the sides.
This owl is noted for its strange, human-sounding call, and it has been suggested that it is the same as the cryptid known as ulama or "Devil Bird" in Sri Lanka. A local name is Maha Bakamuna ("large horned owl"). According to www.cryptozoology.com, in July 2001 it was confirmed that ulama description perfectly matches spot-bellied eagle-owl. This call consists of a scream, which rises and then falls in tone. The territorial call of the species, like that of most other eagle-owls, consists of low hoots with two-second intervals between hoos. The voice is booming, deep and carries quite far. It is usual for forest-dwelling owls (and many different kinds of birds) to have an extensive and complex range of vocalizations since vision is more limited than in open or semi-open habitats. However, the spot-bellied eagle owl has relatively small ear openings even for a member of the genus Bubo, suggesting that some territorial behaviour is carried out visually instead of auditorily.
This species is distributed the Lower Himalayas from Kumaon east to Burma, thence to central Laos and central Vietnam. They are found throughout the Indian subcontinent and peninsular Southeast Asia down into the southernmost limits of the range in Sri Lanka and to 12 degrees north in southern Thailand. The spot-bellied eagle-owl dwells mainly in primary or older second growth forests. Potentially, they can come to inhabit nearly all varieties of land-based habitats but prefer those such as dense, evergreen forests or moist deciduous forests within its range, though can range secondarily into tropical valleys, terrai and shola in the lower hills of India. Although often considered uncommon to somewhat rare, recent photographic evidence indicates that they are particularly widely found in different parts of India and may simply avoid detection, so long as appropriate wooded habitat remains.
The spot-bellied eagle-owl is nocturnal and often spends its day hidden in the dense foliage of large forest trees. However, they have been observed on the move and even hunting during the day, especially in forests with minimal human disturbance. Their activity normally picks up at dusk as they begin to hunt. This species is generally uncommon, likely needing large hunting and breeding territories and thus occurs at low densities. However, it continues to occur over a large range and is not thought to be conservation dependent. Areas, where deforestation occurs, are likely to be vacated by this species, which is perhaps the only widespread threat faced by this owl.
Created with Dreamwombo - switching with some the seed image.
PROMPT:
"the albino punker prophets of the apocalypse || collage, surrealism, in the styles of otto rapp and emek and paulo cunha, intricately detailed, expansive, maximalist, mixed media, modern colors, epic, stunning, beautiful, magic realism, highest resolution, cryptid taxidermy in bogomils universe"
AI creation with Bing Co-Pilot Designer
The prompt used is the same as I used on Nightcafe and DeviantArt previously.
PROMPT:
TOHUWABOHU Surreal Fantasy Drawing by the Mystic Otto Rapp under the Influence of Ernst Fuchs, H.R. Giger and Beksinski, india ink on paper, detailed strokes, psychedelic collage, cryptid taxidermy in Bogomils Universe
AI created in SDXL 1.0 mode on ClipDrop.
I use this for testing my prompts. Sometimes also to use the results as seed images on Nightcafe.
AI created on Dreamwombo
PROMPT:
Aquirre The Cryptid Taxidermy Hideout set in the Amazon Jungle, in post apocalyptic wonderland, in heaven everything is fine by lady in the radiator and brothers quay, stopmotion cinema photograph by Werner Herzog, by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Hieronymus Bosch, Art Nouveau, intricately detailed, hyperrealism, fantasy, imperial colors; Bogomils Universe
created on Dreamwombo AI
Revisiting the 'Insane Asylum' I started early over a year ago. Slight adjustments to the prompt, adding Bogomil's Universe and Cryptid Taxidermy, plus my own name to the artists references.
Dreamwombo produces some nice crisp images that are easily enlarged (I go for 2.5 times i.e. 250%) in Windows Photo
PROMPT:
Planet Earth, Insane Asylum, Max Ernst, H.R. Giger, Zdzisław Beksiński, surrealism, psychedelic art, steampunk, mixed media, fantastical, entangled, futuristic, zombiecore, Imperial Colors, cryptid taxidermy in Bogomil's Universe by the Mystic Otto Rapp
AI creation with Dreamwombo
various models
PROMPT:
colorful portrait in Hundertwasser style with Giger and Bosch accents in Bogomil's Universe, surrounded by cryptid creatures and exotic plants
Once Batman took to the streets disguised as a monstrous spirit of vengeance. But since The Riddler has proven to the world that the urban legend which keeps criminals awake at night is not a superman or a demon but a very mortal man, Batman has rebranded himself as a more traditional superhero who fights Gotham's new-wave of super crime with intellect and skill rather than power. However, as gimmicky villains and inexperienced vigilantes put the city in more danger than ever before, it may turn out that Batman's isolated and brooding nature are what keep him from becoming the hero that Gotham needs.
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*While keeping his classic logo, colors, and cowl, the details of Batman's costume were more heavily influenced by his derivatives Green Arrow, Batgirl, and Robin.
*You probably can't tell (and I hope you don't look this closely at my figures, because they don't hold up when they are large) but Batman's stubble is dark tan. This version is blond. Why? Well, to immediately justify myself, Batman was going to be blond going by his earliest character design concept by Bob Kane before Bill Finger transformed it into the more iconic Golden Age look. As for the deeper and harder why, because I didn't feel the need to bring back the plain red spandex or the domino mask, it was to give Bruce Wayne an "angel of light" appearance to contrast Batman. This idea comes from the original conception of the Sensational Universe when it was a Wonder Woman story where the Olympian gods were given looks based on various Justice League members. Hades was sort of the exception, in that he was really a pale Bruce Wayne rather than having any Batman motifs. As the Hades concept came out from the Underworld to be used for the Sensational Bruce, it made sense to me to make Bruce lighter so as to retain that contrast between the Underworld and the not-Underworld.
*The background and some of the bios make reference to a more cryptid or monstrous costume Batman wore while he was an urban legend. This might come eventually, but I haven't actually decided what it should look like yet aside from some very broad strokes.