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This is my drawing of Ochako Uraraka, it's posted on Sunurday because the first one I did was kinda crappy so I redid it last minute, I doubt there is anyone timing me but recently I'm pretty busy so updates will be what they will be.

I've used pen and markers as usual, it's really nice to have such a simple colour scheme, I've used maybe 4 colours so the coloring took me about 15 minutes

I'm planning on posting (sooner or later) an original version of her hero costume, I really like character designs so it might be a new series (designing costumes).

The idea came to me because I've recently realized that a lot of the canon designs would be really bad and impractical for a hero.

I do karate irl so I know a little about fighting and the clothes you should wear, and.... Who the hell would choose something like that? , in fight you need to have full mobility and be comfy with appropriate protection.

So even if we choose to ignore the complete lack of armor in many of the costumes, (wich we shouldn't)there are still several thing that just don't fit like, who the hell wants to fight with high heels, metal or plastic in places that require movement (often really weird shoes or belts) and items that are just begging to be grabbed or pulled by an enemy during a fight.

That is even not counting the impractical materials (leather or latex, why?) and accessories that add uselessness extra weight.
I do understand the need to have distinct and appealing designs but that can still be achieved with common sense clothing.

This problem can be seen a lot with characters like Uraraka, Hakagure, or Yayorozu. Trust me in a fight with weapons you want to have as much skin as you can covered (and not with latex) and Uraraka has to specifically deal with falling debris due to her quirk.

So yeah, a lot of characters need new shoes, costume materials and decent armor (at least padded gloves and kneepads). Uraraka with a quirk that allows her to make anything weightless could just literally just walk around easily in full armor but instead of covering her vital spots she's wearing nightmare boots.
Now that I've done enough complaining we can proceed ( btw I actually love MHA character desing, it's often super well done) I hope you have a nice day forgive grammar mistakes ( I'm a foreign teen at 1 am) and don't go into a battle ground dressed like you're going to a party :)