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my superman design.

the face was actually created using a combination of the facial markers from several different people.

tom welling
christopher reeves
john hamm
dean cain
brandon routh

So to me, this is the ultimate face of superman.

Of course The costume design is a combination of my two previous efforts, worked into a new pose.

It's fan art of course. I have no association with DC and you are welcome to share it around if you like, so long as I am credited for the image particularly.

*new note* I just Discovered an actor I didnt include who really looks the part of this composite. Its uncanny.

www.stephaniepiro.com/henry%20…

So the design thoughts for this can pretty well be summarized in 3 parts.

Pants, boots and flight suit.

While I did want the look to remain iconic and a bit Alien, I also wanted to heavily emphasize Clarks earthbound upbringing. I looked at a lot of jumpsuits used for test pilots and space flight, and that was where the seams and the pants came into play as well as the original boots that I used.

However the point was made early on that while the lace up style combat boots did fit for Clark, they did not fit so well for Kal-el. So I modified them towards a simpler aesthetic in which I added attachment cuffs for the pants to tuck into them.

I don't feel like he needs a skin tight unitard or exterior briefs to maintain the classic look. Like all of my designs I wanted to focus on who he is at his core and what type of functionality his personal choices would bring to the "uniform"... but I also wanted to focus on where this particular "uniform" came from and why it would look this way.

I imagine krypton to be futuristic, but not as entirely removed form earth as some designs. Practicality would extend over to purpose. This was not a military family, but a science one, so I shifted over to NASA for inspiration. The way that I imagine a Kryptonian flight suit is that in lieu of a badge or patch, they would wear an undershirt and belt containing the family crest. This would be a proud way of displaying the family name for a group of individuals who are basically international heroes (imagine that Krypton treats its scientists the way that America treated astronauts in the 60's)

On top of that would be something we find quite familiar with a loose fitting jumpsuit. The top piece would have contained a jacket (though high tech) complete with harness, pockets, vest etc... This suit would have been Jor el's backup within the pod that brought Kal to earth and was folded beneath the helmet in the seat... I see baby Kal-el strapped into an experimental aircraft, literally wrapped in the red fabric of a parachute, nested inside of a flight helmet in the cockpit while the flightsuit itself helps boost the height just enough for the straps to be effective... but Clark saw no reason to wear the jacket and instead opted for the form fitting breathable undershirt that displays his family symbol. The cape is actually the leftovers from the parachute itself.

The bright blue color isn't even unheard of here. If you look at a nasa flightsuit you'll see bright blue and white patches.

airandspace.si.edu/webimages/6…
smg.photobucket.com/user/willy…

Underneath which they actually do wear form fitting thermal underclothing

openclipart.org/detail/188161/…

So I didn't venture too far from that.

Even though it's not visible, I do have this image of the helmet and the jacket in mind. They are a bit more "Alien" in design, but still essentially all function. The "seams" are actually streamlined piping that would have helped to regulate body temperature in the extreme conditions of cold space or the heat of re-entry. This piping pulls double duty as it also relays readings to sensors in the vest which monitor vitals. The red stripes on the pants attach to the water connectors, pressure regulators and oxygen inlets worn on the vests exterior. The belt buckle contains a data drive that holds all the family information in case anything happens. In essence when all worn together, this becomes a fully functional spacesuit.

The collar was a choice made to the idea of actually fastening over the neck as excess protection beneath the suit so that when the helmet and gloves were worn this would cover all exposed skin. The jacket contains pressure locks at the arm and neck openings similar to the boots. (the metal ring at the top)...

There is much more than meets the eye... Clark just leaves most of it back at the fortress... But we all know that Supes has a suit for travel in deep space too and so all he has to do here is go grab his jacket and helmet and he's ready to fly into the void.

So basically in my mind that is how a farmboy from Kansas gets away with wearing a bunch of bright colors and symbols of an alien world without it looking or feeling like a forced juxtasposition against character type. This is a flight suit... an alien one to be sure, most often worn incompletely, but a flightsuit none the less... and I think that Clark would be proud to wear it as his uniform.

Description
my superman design.

the face was actually created using a combination of the facial markers from several different people.

tom welling
christopher reeves
john hamm
dean cain
brandon routh

So to me, this is the ultimate face of superman.

Of course The costume design is a combination of my two previous efforts, worked into a new pose.

It's fan art of course. I have no association with DC and you are welcome to share it around if you like, so long as I am credited for the image particularly.

*new note* I just Discovered an actor I didnt include who really looks the part of this composite. Its uncanny.

www.stephaniepiro.com/henry%20…

So the design thoughts for this can pretty well be summarized in 3 parts.

Pants, boots and flight suit.

While I did want the look to remain iconic and a bit Alien, I also wanted to heavily emphasize Clarks earthbound upbringing. I looked at a lot of jumpsuits used for test pilots and space flight, and that was where the seams and the pants came into play as well as the original boots that I used.

However the point was made early on that while the lace up style combat boots did fit for Clark, they did not fit so well for Kal-el. So I modified them towards a simpler aesthetic in which I added attachment cuffs for the pants to tuck into them.

I don't feel like he needs a skin tight unitard or exterior briefs to maintain the classic look. Like all of my designs I wanted to focus on who he is at his core and what type of functionality his personal choices would bring to the "uniform"... but I also wanted to focus on where this particular "uniform" came from and why it would look this way.

I imagine krypton to be futuristic, but not as entirely removed form earth as some designs. Practicality would extend over to purpose. This was not a military family, but a science one, so I shifted over to NASA for inspiration. The way that I imagine a Kryptonian flight suit is that in lieu of a badge or patch, they would wear an undershirt and belt containing the family crest. This would be a proud way of displaying the family name for a group of individuals who are basically international heroes (imagine that Krypton treats its scientists the way that America treated astronauts in the 60's)

On top of that would be something we find quite familiar with a loose fitting jumpsuit. The top piece would have contained a jacket (though high tech) complete with harness, pockets, vest etc... This suit would have been Jor el's backup within the pod that brought Kal to earth and was folded beneath the helmet in the seat... I see baby Kal-el strapped into an experimental aircraft, literally wrapped in the red fabric of a parachute, nested inside of a flight helmet in the cockpit while the flightsuit itself helps boost the height just enough for the straps to be effective... but Clark saw no reason to wear the jacket and instead opted for the form fitting breathable undershirt that displays his family symbol. The cape is actually the leftovers from the parachute itself.

The bright blue color isn't even unheard of here. If you look at a nasa flightsuit you'll see bright blue and white patches.

airandspace.si.edu/webimages/6…
smg.photobucket.com/user/willy…

Underneath which they actually do wear form fitting thermal underclothing

openclipart.org/detail/188161/…

So I didn't venture too far from that.

Even though it's not visible, I do have this image of the helmet and the jacket in mind. They are a bit more "Alien" in design, but still essentially all function. The "seams" are actually streamlined piping that would have helped to regulate body temperature in the extreme conditions of cold space or the heat of re-entry. This piping pulls double duty as it also relays readings to sensors in the vest which monitor vitals. The red stripes on the pants attach to the water connectors, pressure regulators and oxygen inlets worn on the vests exterior. The belt buckle contains a data drive that holds all the family information in case anything happens. In essence when all worn together, this becomes a fully functional spacesuit.

The collar was a choice made to the idea of actually fastening over the neck as excess protection beneath the suit so that when the helmet and gloves were worn this would cover all exposed skin. The jacket contains pressure locks at the arm and neck openings similar to the boots. (the metal ring at the top)...

There is much more than meets the eye... Clark just leaves most of it back at the fortress... But we all know that Supes has a suit for travel in deep space too and so all he has to do here is go grab his jacket and helmet and he's ready to fly into the void.

So basically in my mind that is how a farmboy from Kansas gets away with wearing a bunch of bright colors and symbols of an alien world without it looking or feeling like a forced juxtasposition against character type. This is a flight suit... an alien one to be sure, most often worn incompletely, but a flightsuit none the less... and I think that Clark would be proud to wear it as his uniform.