YJ- Nightwing Redesign

Had a talk with some of my family regarding my "abandonment of the artistic path" as my mother so poetically worded it. It was my cousin who suggested that I at least keep in practice occasionally, in case I refind a love for the process, or find a way I can make some money off the skill in a pinch. So while I still don't do much drawing, I've been using a couple templates I developed (using Phil Bourassa's Young Justice concept work) to do some basic design exercises.

Anyway, on to the design. I've got nothing against Bourassa's design for Nightwing in the show- in fact, I love it. It's like Black-Ops/S.W.A.T. and it's just killer. I just felt like it needed more of a ninja touch- all that kevlar must get in the way during Dick's agile combat tactics being put to use.