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"My name is Peter Parker. Pretty sure you know the rest..."

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To kick off my MARVEL Redesign Series, I thought I'd take a stab (or a swing) at Spider-Man!

In designing a suit for Spider-Man, my goal was to create a grounded and realistically homemade uniform that's a little rough around the edges, but still functional and instantly recognizable as the character.

The suit is made entirely from clothing that would realistically be used by a young person without the ability or means ($!) to make a complex and beautifully constructed suit like those that Spidey normally wears in both his comic and movie appearances. In constructing the suit, certain staples of the classic outfit have been tweaked for functionality, aesthetic purposes, and ease of construction.

TOP:
The top of the suit is a blue zip-up sweatshirt with additional red fabric sewn (somewhat messily) on top of that base to create the classic red and blue paneled look. The usual longer red segments on the arms have been shortened and paneled. This is intended give the suit a more modern and grounded look, as well as for the sake of ease of construction. The webbing is sewn into the fabric, the design now given a more messily-sewn look. Because the top is a sweatshirt, it comes complete with a hood and front pockets, modded to zip closed in order to store extra web cartridges.

PANTS:
The pants are athletic wear (most closely resembling soccer pants - fitting somewhere in between baggy and totally form fitting, for ease of movement). Patches are sewn into both the pants and sweatshirt here and there as a quick fix to tears in the suit.

SHOES:
The boots of the classic suit have been replaced with red sneakers. This is done in order to ground the costume in reality (sneakers over stockings...), improve support and protection for the feet, and give Spider-Man a more nimble appearance.

FOREARMS: GAUNTLETS, GLOVES, WEB SHOOTERS
The gauntlets on the forearm (essentially skateboard wrist guards) replace the classic long red gloves. The black and white color adds some aesthetic complexity to the design. The pieces also aid in armoring his arms, which would often be under strain; blocking blows and scraping against buildings as he swings by.

The red gloves mirror the sneakers: simplifying & grounding the classic look of stocking-like gloves and boots. These are climbing gloves with reinforced knuckles, both allowing the hands to breathe a bit, and providing some armor for throwing punches.

The web shooters are fashioned from leather bands, and use an apparatus similar to the chamber of a revolver, enabling the user to load in several web cartridges at a time.

SPIDER EMBLEM:
The design of the spider emblem is inspired by previous popular iterations while still being both distinct and classic feeling. The design is more complex than the spindly emblem normally found on comics versions of Spidey, simply because I always found it kinda lame. The MCU suit inspires the body of the spider, at once substantial looking and simple in design. The Raimi suit inspires some of the angularity in the spider arms, and the Marc Webb suit inspires the longer reach of the arms.

In many ways, the spider emblem of my design is indicative of the rest of the suit; inspired by what came before, yet changed with attention to functionality and aesthetic to best represent a more modernized and grounded Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man; at his core, the underdog street-level vigilante and normal kid turned hero.

I hope you enjoy! Be sure to Favorite and Comment below to let me know what you think!

Stay tuned for more entries in my MARVEL Redesign Series!

Description
"My name is Peter Parker. Pretty sure you know the rest..."

---

To kick off my MARVEL Redesign Series, I thought I'd take a stab (or a swing) at Spider-Man!

In designing a suit for Spider-Man, my goal was to create a grounded and realistically homemade uniform that's a little rough around the edges, but still functional and instantly recognizable as the character.

The suit is made entirely from clothing that would realistically be used by a young person without the ability or means ($!) to make a complex and beautifully constructed suit like those that Spidey normally wears in both his comic and movie appearances. In constructing the suit, certain staples of the classic outfit have been tweaked for functionality, aesthetic purposes, and ease of construction.

TOP:
The top of the suit is a blue zip-up sweatshirt with additional red fabric sewn (somewhat messily) on top of that base to create the classic red and blue paneled look. The usual longer red segments on the arms have been shortened and paneled. This is intended give the suit a more modern and grounded look, as well as for the sake of ease of construction. The webbing is sewn into the fabric, the design now given a more messily-sewn look. Because the top is a sweatshirt, it comes complete with a hood and front pockets, modded to zip closed in order to store extra web cartridges.

PANTS:
The pants are athletic wear (most closely resembling soccer pants - fitting somewhere in between baggy and totally form fitting, for ease of movement). Patches are sewn into both the pants and sweatshirt here and there as a quick fix to tears in the suit.

SHOES:
The boots of the classic suit have been replaced with red sneakers. This is done in order to ground the costume in reality (sneakers over stockings...), improve support and protection for the feet, and give Spider-Man a more nimble appearance.

FOREARMS: GAUNTLETS, GLOVES, WEB SHOOTERS
The gauntlets on the forearm (essentially skateboard wrist guards) replace the classic long red gloves. The black and white color adds some aesthetic complexity to the design. The pieces also aid in armoring his arms, which would often be under strain; blocking blows and scraping against buildings as he swings by.

The red gloves mirror the sneakers: simplifying & grounding the classic look of stocking-like gloves and boots. These are climbing gloves with reinforced knuckles, both allowing the hands to breathe a bit, and providing some armor for throwing punches.

The web shooters are fashioned from leather bands, and use an apparatus similar to the chamber of a revolver, enabling the user to load in several web cartridges at a time.

SPIDER EMBLEM:
The design of the spider emblem is inspired by previous popular iterations while still being both distinct and classic feeling. The design is more complex than the spindly emblem normally found on comics versions of Spidey, simply because I always found it kinda lame. The MCU suit inspires the body of the spider, at once substantial looking and simple in design. The Raimi suit inspires some of the angularity in the spider arms, and the Marc Webb suit inspires the longer reach of the arms.

In many ways, the spider emblem of my design is indicative of the rest of the suit; inspired by what came before, yet changed with attention to functionality and aesthetic to best represent a more modernized and grounded Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man; at his core, the underdog street-level vigilante and normal kid turned hero.

I hope you enjoy! Be sure to Favorite and Comment below to let me know what you think!

Stay tuned for more entries in my MARVEL Redesign Series!