the open back for Momo has so much comedic potential, like how in older cartoons characters just pulled things from nothing behind their back

I don't know anything about the She-Hulk, but I personally love imagining her as a tiny, petite, woman who just EXPLODES into an absolute mountain of muscle the moment she gets pissed and activates her powers.

Why is nobody talking about how lavender was struggling to draw a lawyer behind she hulk so she just put a stock image instead? I literally died 💀

I don't understand why they thought a super buff woman wouldn't be liked, they weren't paying attention to the lady D simp period. Everyone kept her muscles in they nasty fanart😭

Haley's voice: explaining Momo's outfit Haley's editing: *hating on Mineta* Very fair

ngl i have a sneaking suspicion that the reason they ended up making sisu fluffy is specifically for toys.......

I was skeptical seeing an attempt to resign Momo in the thumbnail, cause I haven't really seen many attempts I liked... but... The zipper suit idea for Momo is a stroke of genius. Suits her personality and powers. She could even keep the book of components she carries in an inside pocket or something.

"Open back" seems to be really popular for Momo redesigns, but I personally really like the idea of a lose-fitting outfit with a ton of pockets. Half of the pockets are genuine (so Momo has somewhere to put the stuff she creates), but the other half are actually just areas where the fabric is really baggy (to give Momo room to make stuff under her clothes without stretching the fabric) with a slot at the top (to allow Momo access to the stuff she makes under her clothes). From an outsider's perspective, seeing Momo's creation quirk in action would look like she's pulling something out of her pockets.

I like how the Momo redesign is actually cool looking. People will remake costumes but forget fashion and function can exist in the same room.

I love Momo's first new design. It's still feminine while still being applicable with her quirk within the show

Imagine if Sisu was modeled like a actual statue, like instead of the realistic fur hair stuff she would look glossy and shiny. Her eyes/scales could kinda pop off her base, like they were glued on. Heck, they could even make it so when she walks/moves it sounds like porcelain knocking against the ground. It would make her and the other dragons stand out a lot more, and it would look super cool

I dont know if anyone mentioned this but the power girl panels you showed are actually kinda true. I dont remember the designers' names off the top of my head, but the creator of the character drew her on a napkin and left a circle where her symbol would be. He sent the design to an actual artist, and the artist happened to have worked on some **adult** comics in the past, so he misinterpreted the empty circle as a boob window. Just kinda a fun fact!

I ADORE the thicc she-hulk, she looks SO much more like an actual superhuman than just a… green person? Lmao, it just makes way more sense as a design for her to be bigger!

imagine how wonderful the world would be when hollywood realizes we all want giant muscular women to crush our heads between their thighs and not whatever the heck she hulk is

Can we talk about how Momo’s belt would realistically just fall off her because of how low it sits, and also how she’s gonna break her spine if she gets thrown backwards because of that stupid book and shelf

Honestly why not just take the Raven route with Momo's outfit, just have a cloak that will cover the easily tearable leotard and it might even give protection

I can definitely see what people mean with same face syndrome with Sisu. I remember seeing the concept art and THAT is what they should've stuck with. She had these amazing BRIGHT pink fins on her back that reminded me of the sailfin tang. It was like she was part seaweed almost which would make sense since she's a WATER dragon. Swimming is her thing. She still had the nice flowy hair but she definitely just looked ETHERAL and OTHERWORLDLY which is important for your dragon designs I think. But then I saw the actual design and was more bothered with the monochrome look they did for not just her but like all the dragons. Maybe they in the end HAD to do that cause this movie was worked on remotely so they wouldn't have the big super computers that the on site locations would have, but oh wait I've seen warrior cat maps that look INCREDIBLE and Arcane's character designs are VERY intricate which breaks all the rules, so like there's really no excuse.

10:53 Luisa from Encanto is also a good example, she's buff as heck and still a woman

I didn't even know about she-hulk but omfg the anger ppl felt is valid. Just looking at their version of she-hulk was rage inducing. Why can't they just make a big strong women. The waisted potential is palpable.

8:05 Actually the gold on most nagas are jewelry to show just how mighty they are. Unlike Sisu, they're reverred gods. One thing the movie got right though is that they aren't usually associated with fire, as most South East Asian nagas have more of an association with water, crops, and agriculture in general. They're a very fun thing to look into.

i remember reading that luisa's designers for encanto fought so hard to give her huge muscles... and disney prepping loads of isabella's figures. luisa ones ended up being dramatically more popular, because honestly, people are tired of seeing small girls everywhere

Hearing Momo's explanation for her powers not being fan service gives me similar vibes to how Metal Gear Solid 5 justifies Quiet's design being very risque and fan servicey

11:32 I thought she just dropped the idea of drawing an average man beside her and then she just gets a businessman.png lmaooo

I’m literally obsessed with Momo’s hoodie string idea it’s so perfect and easy to use in the midst of battle I love MHA and am always so upset with her design so it’s refreshing

That She-Hulk is STUNNING and I wish Disney weren't cowards 🤩 Your designs are always thoughtful and lovely and I enjoy them even when I don't know the character!

my issue with she hulk is that because marvel is so stuck to having a "shapely" "hourglass" body shape, she basically just looks like gamora from guardians of the galaxy. by bulking her up, and i think actually giving her like shorter hair or braids or something less close to a more humane acting gamora. something to set them apart. also, theres nothing wrong with being hourglass, and its totally possible to be super strong; but the entire point of hulk is that like he's like pure muscle to the point where even he isn't shaped like a human. personally i just think its interesting how marvel decided to design their character the way they did

the issue with momo is that theres already a solution for her outfit, and yet they still use her to sexualise her. In the show, the hero suits can be made out of the persons own skin and hair parts so their powers don't interfere, like with phasing through walls, you don't want your clothes coming off. So she could've had normal clothes..

I never noticed the human eye thing until you mentioned it. I always wondered why the animals in older barbie movies gave me weird vibes. Especially the turtle. Obviously their colors aren't realistic but I'd see them and my little girl brain would be like, "yeah that's normal!...?"

If you look at sisu’s concept art you can see that she was heavily inspired by more traditional Asian looking dragon, with the sharp outlines and features, but she was made primarily to be a plushie so they made her more fluffy looking with just hair and with a more traditionally looking princess face, damn capitalism always ruining cool stuff

The way Lavendertowne made multiple attempts to draw her own business man, just to put a stock image of a business man during the She-Hulk segment is painfully relatable. Then when it's the final pictures he's gone again lol

I always thought Momo would best be served with a sports bra/ form fitting crop top And matching shorts. Boom she has her whole midsection, legs, and arms open for her quirk and shes resonably modest.

Momo: needs exposed skin to use her quirk Me: a swimsuit 😎

I actually love the idea of Momo having zippers on her outfit that she just rips open when she needs to create something on a certain body section! And the idea of her fighting in a ballerina-esque style is really cool; imagine her spinning around enemies whilst shooting out explosives or throwing stars from her legs and toes - BADASS.

For Momo Ive always just thought “why cant she just wear a crop top with a more exposed back and shorts?” Cuz wtf was that outfit

11:08 LavenderTowne: "All I wanna do is see you turn into a Giant Woman-" Me: Aw HELL YEAHHHHH!

1:01 so the school can make a suit OFF OF THE DNA OF A CHARACTER WHO CAN PHASE THROUGH WALLS TO ALLOW HIM TO WEAR HIS CLOTHES and they can't give her that suit nor make anything new that she can use to push things out of her body

One thing that rly bugged me with Yayarozu’s original design is that there’s another character, Lemillion, who’s power is that he can phase through walls- unfortunate side affect tho, his clothes fall off. Except aside from a few off-hand jokes abt it, they immediately found a solution- they made his hero outfit using parts of his DNA (sci-fi logic don’t ask) so that it would phase through said walls with him. The idea that Momo has to wear revealing clothes, or that another teenage girl who’s power is invisibility straight up can’t wear clothes at all- is not only stupid and creepy, but not even true within the shows own logic!! Edited cus i just realized a spelling mistake (also holy shit this blew up thank you for agreeing w me, that show is great but totally had some iffy ew moments lol)

Haley really giving these characters glow ups

The official Momo design not having a zipper is ridiculous. It makes total sense and is an obvious addition to have zippers (or anything that can open and close clothing). On a mission, Momo would get cold and want to zip up. Horikoshi was too lost in the sauce of fan service that they forgot you could have her costume be both fan service and practical.

When she was redesigning Sisu I told my little cousin that that’s what Sisu looked like before she was about to watch the movie, she said “ eww, what is that thing” and I said “ that’s the dragon from the movie” . She didn’t watch the movie after that lmao

I love how Lavendertowne remains respectful to every character she redesigns. She never claims that her design is definitively “better” or more well done than another’s (even tho… come on guys, she’s incredible). Mad props and all respect to her.

LavenderTowne’s Momo redesign reminded me of the rules in bnha: the pro-hero and UA teacher, MidNight, at one point had an extra revealing hero outfit back when she was still 14-16 years old. It was so revealing that The Hero Commission came out with a dress code that hero’s of all ages had to ad-hear to. MidNights outfit, I kid you not, was just a utility belt, a pair of sunshades, and a blazer. Admittedly. MidMight stated that she regretted her decision and was being naive. But idk how on earth Momo’s costume doesn’t violate the dress code. I know that Momo and MidNight do have a strong student-teacher relationship. MidNight giving Momo confidence and cheering her on, encouraging her to be a good leader. And in turn, Momo looks up to MidNight. But Momo is super sophisticated. So it’s beyond me why she’d choose that outfit. Maybe it’s a similar situation to Uraraka. There could be a possibility that Momo didn’t really know what her outfit should look like, nor what materials it should be made out of. So she wrote down a list of things that she needed her outfit to do and then sent it to a hero costume design agency. But due to her being vague. She got something that she didn’t want. I don’t know. It’s really hard to justify her hero outfit. There’s not enough cannon excuses to serve as justification for her costume design. Edit: Horikoshi, at some point. Made concept art of a different hero costume for Momo. A two piece, which is surprisingly not as revealing.

Disney: we’re gonna make an overpowered woman superhero to prove we’re not sexist. Intern: Oh cool, does that mean we give a buffer physique to match her strength despite the fact that it might not be seen as conventionally attractive? Disney: woah now lets not go crazy. Misogyny is part of our charm.

what's sad is that the fact that at the beginning of Ray and the Last dragon, the dragons are introduced with a really cool style, super stylistics and colorful! Sisu was introduced with beautiful yellows and blues and I am so sad that those colors were not used : (

Surprise surprise: one of the VFX artists went to Twitter and said that the studio’s kept saying to making She Hulk SMALLER

For Momo i feel like she would never have such a perfect figure thanks to her quirk. Like, she needs fat cells to make stuff so she’d probably be chubbier. Or she’d be unhealthy because she’s expending more than she’s taking in. There’s no way she could have that figure and be that healthy

The hot topic clothes 4 momo should be canon.

I loveee your sisu design 🥹 the scales and pops of color inspired by the Nagas add some amazing flair that honestly wasn’t there in the original

I appreciate the Mineta slander Also, flowy clothing is actually very momo! She’s shown wearing mainly lightweight lacy clothing outside of her uniform and hero costume, besides a few outfits that are more traditionally Japanese :) An entirely separate rant- I think momos original costume doesn’t make sense with her character. She’s very shy and insecure in many ways, and logically she’d probably go with a back window. She also has a bookshelf on her back, which,,, like,,, yeah. So with that book, the idea is that the book is written by her and has all the molecular formulas she needs. However, when she’s such a practical character, it would make more sense in their semi-futuristic world if she had some sort of smart watch type device instead.

I've never watched Raya and the Last Dragon or heard of it before. This is my first time seeing this character, and I 10000% agree with you on its' design. The light shade of blue is VERY unlikely to be seen in ANYTHING in southern Asia. Instead, it's more green, teal, yellows and reds. I am shocked as to how Sisu is supposed to be a Phaya Naga when the design is completely off! This dragon has been completely Westernized and abandoned the Asian culture in this character design. I also agree with the eyes being too human-like. I understand that Disney's style has a certain look, but the design makes it reach Uncanny Valley in a way. It is creepy and doesn't make it seem like a dragon at all from just the face. I haven't watched Raya And the Last Dragon as I have said, so I do not know if there is a specific reason to it but- why is Sisu fluffy? Sisu is a Phaya Naga dragon... Literally known as "mythical serpent-like creatures". They are supposed to be dragons? Dragons are not fluffy?? Such bad representation. Disney should be glad that Western children probably have no idea whatsoever what a Naga dragon even is. Edit: Fixed names. It's Raya AND the Last Dragon- not Raya THE last dragon lol.

7:09 I didn't even noticed the Elsa in the corner

Worst character design: No character design is bad, some people just have opinions, and it’s okay to give characters revealing outfits. 2: Momo

This is why I love jojo's character designs. Not only are the male designs JUST as fanservice-y as the female ones (half the dudes are wearing crop tops or have boob windows or just no shirt at all), they also never make excuses for why characters dress like they do, or even really mention it. That's just what they wear.

The way that lavender just gave up on drawing a man and just dropped in a stock photo felt very personal to me

As an Indonesian, Sisu reminds me of FINLAND more than anywhere near southeast Asia. Not only are there the icy cold vibes from the color palette (really not seen around southeast asia, which is hot and humid af), the word "sisu" in Finnish is a mental state that can be translated roughly as courage. It's a "gotta get this done, regardless of whatever emotions try to push me from this" type of vibe.

10:22 this redesign of she-hulk: exixts Me: *panic* *gay panic*

Straight up, I’m gonna start using the concept of “the hot topic solution” for my character designs. Not enough ultra zippered peeps anymore!

Your She-Hulk redesign has permission to break every bone in my body 😭

You've proven that Momo's quirk can't be used as an excuse

hi! i’m a thai person here, and I really like your new design for sisi which is inspired by Naga. you did an amazing job with your new designs!

I could never get the design for Yaoyorozu’s hero outfit. She can already make things with her arms exposed, yet she needs to open her chest window to make things like ladders and scarves, and also makes some things using her back even though that part is not exposed.

9:10 apparently the design team *wanted* to have shehulk be big and muscular but the directors said she "needs to be smaller" so go figure, its "women cant be strong" again

I loved your redesign for Momo, the first uniform is sooooo cool and seems really pratical to her according to her quirk

Honestly, the ideia of a ballerina-type character dancing around the battlefield summoning/creating all sorts of weapons does sound like something I would watch

I love hottopic Momo's fancy zippers lol theyre so much more her style than my velcro idea. And imo your ballerina design isnt that far off something she'd wear seeing as most of her personal clothes are stereotypical "old money" fancy. Idk WHAT they were thinking with her hero costume lmao

Let's be honest here, the "Hot Topic solution" would be very in character for Momo. She's smart and classy, and Haley's design for it just looks great with her I love Momo but god her canon hero outfit just makes me want to sob 😭 And on Sisu, the problem with Sisu's blue color is that the blue's in naga statues are more vibrant and saturated, majority of the time you see hints of yellow/gold/red too. Really wished Sisu's design stuck to the concept where she had hints of hot pink, very flowy hair and tail, intricate patterning on her bottom half, and horns. It's farr more accurate to what nagas look like. Oh plus, strong and big women supremacy. Come on Disney everyone LOOOVED Luisa don't be a coward let She Hulk be big and stonk and wide.

Yes! Momo gets zippers! That's such a good idea, I'm actually peeved it isn't canon! I would pay good money for your Sisu to be the actual one. G I A N T W O M A N

Ok these designs are AWESOME. I love how creative you got with them, and how respectful you were to the original art and artists. Super cool art, super cool commentary!

The annoying part about Momo’s character design is that the Author contrived an excuse for Mirio (another character whose quirk doesn’t work with clothes) to have an operational hero costume, yet he isnt willing to do this for Momo. I enjoy the interesting conversation about personal responsibility versus personal goals in MHA, but boy is the creepy fan service distracting.

With Canon!Momo, I always just keep thinking “couldn’t she have just done shorts and a cropped shirt and just…add holes where she needs them (like the back and a smaller hole on the front of the shirt and leave the stomach open if needed) y’know…for practicality since she has to move a lot and it needs to hold them girls properly”, but the designs are really cool looking!

8:24 It would have been so much more representative of the movie's setting, the canon one, you can't distinguish it from the rest of cutsie toys, but this has a design that could represent the movie better.

The noise in zippers/velcro would be dangerous in a stealth mission so maybe buttons would be good

My favorite part of video was when she went “screw this” and just put a stock photo of a man up for height reference. Finally, relatable content.

My problem with Momo's character design goes past just her outfit. In the manga her and Ochako are chubbier, And they completely changed that for the anime...

In BnH there's a scene where Midnight explains why some heroes wear revealing outfits... Just feels like author making excuses why most female characters have sexual outfits

The reason that She Hulk looks different then Bruce in the comics is because gamma mutations often reflect the inner desires of a person as well as how a person views themself. Hulk is Bruce's angry inner child who hates himself for not being able to protect himself and his mother from his abusive father so he manifests as a giant green rage monster that gets stronger as he gets angrier. Abomination has issues with self loathing and views himself Jen didn't have that psychological trauma/issues that Bruce or Blonsky has. Instead she has self esteem issues so her She-Hulk form manifests as a sexy, strong Amazon like woman which brings her confidence and allows her to showcase her wit and charm in a confident manner. I actually like Sisu's design but watching you design a new one was fun as well. I think your design for Momo is my favorite.

Sisu's original design is literally Elsa but furry

It’s really sad tbh with the situation with momo I actually loved her character when I watched the anime but I wished her outfit was different like there’s soo many different ways she could use her quirk without looking like a fan service character which I like about you design/ver because I allows her to use a quirk without looking like the definition of a fan Service character.

that the studio gave her just green skin was low efford, therefore I absolutely adore the "death by snu snu" design of she hulk :>

On the character design for she hulk apparently the reason she's not big as the hulk is because the more angry the more powerful they are, in the comics when she becomes angry or loses control she starts to grow in height and muscle mass and actually becomes more like the hulk in terms of body type.

11:09 and Luisa from Encanto being so popular that they were short on her dolls and ended up with backstorage of the more conventionally attractive Isabela. Disney, I KNOW you KnOw that people get behind large women.

I LOVE THIS VIDEO! THANK YOU! I feel like everyone's biggest issue with momo is the excuses and her age. "Well she needs things to come out of her skin!" but Bakugo literally wears gloves. And also she's a child. And I'm sick of people sexualizing children.

the momo designs are so freaking COOL!!! Like imagine how awesome the animations would be for her fight scenes and how creative it could get, really gets my imagination running wild!

1:07 MHA: Momo takes objects out of her skin Everyone else: that sounds like fan service but with extra steps

South-east Asian here, your redesign of Sisu is really fantastic! It definitely looks a lot more familiar and from our region. When I saw promotions for the movie Sisu I didn’t even know it was supposed to be Southeast Asia haha

I really like the Momo one! I love the idea for the weighted dress, how you described the way it worked with her quirk made a lot of sense! I also love the idea of pulling the hoodie straps to expose her back to be able to create something like in the scene shown in the video. Great series, I'd love to see more of these types of videos!

4:08 Dear lord is that the reason? That´s really dumb and really depressing hahahaha.

Part of the reason I decided not to watch She-Hulk was because they were trying to be feminist, but didn’t have the courage to make her actually a large woman. It’s an issue I had with the character for awhile, even though she is one of my favourite marvel heroes. ((Just make her look like a green Louisa from Encanto!!)) Which is why I loved the segment on She Hulk so so much!! She looks great!! :D

"There's a Canon reason" Translation: there is a lame excuse shoved into Canon so that the writer or artist doesn't have to analyze their of creepy or sexist projections of girls and women.

6:46 YES THE BOOK OF LIFE!!! Such an underrated movie, the character designs are absolutely stunning and I love how stylized it is! The story is also *chefs kiss*

Your Hot Topic outfit for Momo is really damn cool! I think it's a way better design in my opinion, with the zips & pull strings it makes the outfit feel more like an extension of her powers & it would look cool in action.

some characters that I would like to see redesigned are Elaine, King or even Meliodas from Nanatsu no Taizai. I don't watch the series anymore, so I don't know if the characters have been modified but it always made me extremely uncomfortable to see a child-like character being in a romantic relationship with an adult-like character

she puts so much attention into things i'd never even think of during a redesign

I love how LavenderTowne is trying not to offend the original artists. Your arts amazing, keep it up!

Momo's 1st drawing that ya did is great! Just would need a touch screen gauntlet to replace that book holster belt thing (I have absolutely no idea how that book stays in place) and she'd be golden.

In defense of the Powergirl explanation for the boob window, the lack of identity thing was just a weird retcon. According to a rumor, her creator was trying to see how far her could get way with her design with the restrictions back then. (Closest explanation we have, honestly.)

I love the idea of Momo who is a typically strong epic character, wearing cute frilly dresses. Ballet requires a lot of muscle and training, so it would still suit her. Also I stan your she-hulk design. She is cool, curvy and gorgeous!

Tossing in my two cents for the character designs. I really like the Momo solution, the zippers and back flap is super creative! Another possible solution I've seen people talk about, is meshing made from her hair, it's organic/part of her so it should be possible for things to pass through. Even though I liked Raya and was in love with the art, the dragon designs are very generic. I feel like the original concept design would've been perfect. Given that Sisu is based on several mythological snakes and dragons and not just the naga and is a water dragon the eel/koi/catfish combo fits like a glove. For She-Hulk I love the way you redesigned her, giving her a more sensible body shape for a 'female hulk', she looks like she could bench press Thor now and not the Party-City green body paint of before.

I watched Raya recently and I think almost every animal looks like my little pony, probably because of the snout

This is the definition of blinded by arrogance...