Bruce Timm's Style (Fan) Art

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Although it's ultimately inspired by the Superman cartoons from the 1940's, the art style of Bruce Timm (the man behind the DCAU) is considered one of the most unique styles of animation, especially when it comes to superhero cartoons. Since many people have attempted to mimic his style, I thought I would make this thread to pay homage to it.

Sailor Moon

A fan-made amalgam of characters from Marvel and DC

Sentryman (Superman + Sentry)
NightDevil (Batman + Daredevil)
Gold Valkyrie (Wonder Woman + Valkyrie)

Miss Martian from Young Justice

Man of Steel: The Animated Series (NSFW)

Grown-Up PowerPuff Girls:

Blossom
Bubbles
Buttercup

Danny Phantom (with Richie and Virgil from Static Shock)
Starfire and Raven from Teen Titans
Goku and other characters from Dragon Ball Z

Sailor Moon, again!

Young Justice ships:
SuperMartian (Superboy X Miss Martian)
Spitfire (Wally/Artemis)

Update: Other artistic influences Bruce Timm has cited for his style include Chester Gould's Dick Tracy, and Dan DeCarlo's style of drawing females in Archie Comics.
Also, I've got some more fan art links:

Drawings:
various characters from Watchmen
Deadpool
various images of various characters from various franchises, collected by Dorkly

Figurines:
various characters from Watchmen
various comic book characters (not all figurines were made in that style; only look for Power Girl, Silk Spectre II, Rorschach, & Dr. Manhattan)

Sailor Moon (yet again!)

Catwoman from The Dark Knight Rises

Rey from Star Wars: The Force Awakens 

I think Cartoon Network's Generator Rex and that Rescue Heroes cartoon from circa 2000 had character designs that were inspired by the DCAU. As for fan-made art works:
Justice League 3000
characters from The Simpsons (Edna Krabappel, Bart, Lisa)

I'm not sure that these fan arts are in the style of Bruce Timm. You can see that he knew his anatomy inside out like most top comic, animators etc. Artists like him learn their craft first before getting a 'style'. That's what makes them awesome, although I do understand he didn't do life drawing, which is unusual.

Teen Titans: Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy and Cyborg

I've got some more fan-made DCAU-style figurine links:

various DCAU characters (not all figurines were made in that style)

Overwatch characters