Having seen the new mask for a few episodes now I can say that I prefer the old mask with the wider mouth opening. The new one drowns Barry's face too much IMO, the sides of the mouth or cheeks are too thick, resulting in more of a bobble head look. It does look better from the side on the new one but face on I don't like it.
I think the issue here is the same issue the designers of Captain America's costume in Avengers ended up with.
While in animation a one piece looking suit looks terrific, here is Cap for example
It really doesn't bode well in live action, or at least hasnt yet.
Here's cap in avengers 1 compared to the flash
As you can see they both suffer from the "bobble-head" look. Thick cowls, and a thin neck area. Idk why we haven't had thinner cowls in this day and age. I feel like Wilkinson and his team perhaps have come up with the perfect cowl in BvS, but more images are needed to say yes for sure.
In Winter Soldier, they corrected this with a more streamlined suit by opening up the neck area and making the cowl a helmet. Which totally works and looks better imo. The chin strap adds to the jawline and in terms of practicality makes sense.
With this technique, you are allowed to thicken the neck area by opening it up more, but can also thin the "cowl" by making it a solo piece.
Now i found this concept art online a little while ago, and i don't know who the artist is unfortunately. I'd love to give them credit if you folks know who it is. While this concept is terrific i think it'd still suffer from a thick cowl and thin neck area, making it look awkward in live action. What do you guys think about Flash potentially having a strapped helmet rather than a cowl? I think it works but better in live action. If anyone could manip it to help others visualize what i'm saying.
What do you guys think?
