Effective Female Superhero Design

For my comic, I want to design a practical costume for my superheroine that also suits her personality. As feminism has begun influencing comics if only slightly, costumes for many superheroines have improved. It also helps that a lot more younger superheroes are around - they are sexualised a lot less that their adult counterparts, giving them much more effective, Interesting outfits.

Black Bat (Cassandra Cain) is all about mystery - and terror. Her outfit is a lot closer to Batman's than anyone else, and leaves none of her skin showing at all. This definitely gives her a creepier look, and completely obscures her identity. She does not look approachable, which suits Cass's personality well.

Batgirl (Barbara Gordon) has a new design - much more appropriate for a younger hero who cares about both fashion and practicality. Her suit also looks much easier to modify depending on the situation, but still leaves her well protected.

Wonder Girl (Cassie Sandsmark) is related to gods, and her superstrength and endurance means that she needs much less protection than everyone else. Her simple outfit allows her to move very well and still mangaes to show that she is a part of the Wonder family without being to flashy.

Another outfits of hers is flashy, when she acted more as an aggressor, drawing opponents' attention away from her teammates and on to her. Her outfit looks slightly harder to move in, where her belt is involved, but with super strength and reflexes, she can get past restrictions like that more easily.

Hawkeye (Kate Bishop) has a simple outfit without too much armor or protection, which gives her more speed and flexibility needed for a long range fighter. She has room to carry what she needs while also looking fashionable - something very important to her.

Ms Marvel (Kamala Khan) has a very comfortable, reserved outfit, respecting her religion and personality. It still has a lot of elements of the former Ms Marvel's outfit - the yellow symbol, bright red colour and a piece of flowing material while being very much Kamala's own outfit. It is practical but is still fashionable enough to not be embarrassing to wear; who would be comfortable walking around in Wonder Woman's outfit?

Since I don't have as much time as I would like to work on the visual development and the comic itself, I think that I want to try to use these designs as my primary influences; my main character wall be somewhere around the same age as them, and should have an outfit just as practical as these.