Pre-Production Methods: Continued Costumes and body types

I decided to play around with some costume designs here. To begin with, I looked at some costumes, particularly ones on more classic heroes such as Superman, Nightwing, the Sentry, and Mr Incredible. As you can see from these ones, I wanted to create a character who on the outside seemed more hopeful and bright as opposed to the more withdrawn and anxiety-ridden character that my hero was. 

I took influence from these costume designs and have created a more sleeker, darker suit for my character to wear. On the right is a set of different configurations. When designing superheroes, a key thing to keep in mind is that the costume should always the personality and powers that the character possesses, so the costumes on the right are more varied, as I wanted to explore some powersets. Although energy based powers are tempting, the amount of effects work required would be considerable. 

I continued with the costume design, while also playing around with some more body types. Here, I'm trying to establish more of an inbetween for the bodies. I also added some variations to the suit, adding a 3-4 mask that covers most of the face. The reason that this is more darker is that felt that the costume should resemble the hero's personality. While he does come off as hopeful, there is a hint of inner torment within him.