Marvel Studios' Visual Development Director, Andy Park has shared some concept art of one of the optioned looks for Hawkeye's suit in Avengers: Endgame. Jeremy Renner first appeared as Clint Barton/Hawkeye in 2011's Thor, before becoming of the core members of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The skilled archer took a brief hiatus from his superhero duties during the events of Avengers: Infinity War, but it was Thanos' Snap that brought him out of house arrest as he took on a new alias, Ronin. As Ronin, Barton took to the streets to kill those who he believed did not deserve to have survived.

Despite previously being one of the lesser celebrated members of the original Avengers team, Barton is finally getting some recognition as he is now the central focus of his own Disney+ series, Hawkeye. With just two episodes released so far, the series sees Renner star alongside MCU newcomer Hailee Steinfeld as the beloved comic book character Kate Bishop, as she prepares to take over the Hawkeye name from Barton. Hawkeye episode 1 saw Bishop discover the Ronin costume at an underground auction, which she then donned herself, causing Barton to track her down. The hooded black and gold costume is somewhat reminiscent of the suit originally worn by Ronin in the comics, but now it appears as though this was not the first choice when it came to designing how Barton would appear in Avengers: Infinity War or Avengers: Endgame.

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Now, in honor of the new Hawkeye series, the Director of Visual Development at Marvel Studios has taken to Instagram to share an original piece of concept art for Hawkeye's costume in Avengers: Endgame. Park shared that he was asked to create a "high-tech-ish armored look" and that it was similar to the costume that Black Widow ultimately ended up wearing in the Phase 4 film. In the art, Barton can be seen standing in a black suit with purple accents on the armored pieces, bow in his hand, with two pistols in his shoulder holsters. Check out Park's art below.

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Park's original concept maintains the use of the classic purple that the Hawkeye character is often associated with, but it is certainly different from the film's final costume design. Park also revealed that at the time this design was conceptualized, the Avengers: Endgame story was still in its early stages, and that Marvel had not yet decided on Hawkeye's Ronin storyline. Park has shared a number of his original designs for Hawkeye's costumes to his Instagram over the past few weeks, revealing that his favorite look was Barton's suit in Captain America: Civil War.

While this suit did not, unfortunately, make the final cut for Avengers: Endgame, the Ronin suit that was chosen in its place is certainly an impressive piece of costuming. It's incredibly interesting to see the early concepts for costume design, particularly for iconic characters such as the Avengers, whose suits often go on to become instantly recognizable within pop culture. With Hawkeye episode 1 and 2 now streaming on Disney+, who knows what unique costumes fans could see Barton appear in in the future.

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