 Comic book artists Adam Hughes and John Cassaday were hired to work on character and costume designs for the film . Costume tests were being done by March 2007 . 300 associate producer Wesley Coller portrayed Rorschach in a costume test , which Snyder inserted into a trailer that accompanied the release of 300 . Although he intended to stay faithful to the look of the characters in the comic , Snyder wanted Nite Owl to look scarier and Ozymandias to possess authentic Egyptian attire and artifacts . Ultimately , Oyzmandias , Nite Owl and Silk Spectre changed most from the comic , as Snyder felt " audiences might not appreciate the naiveté of the original costumes . So , there has been some effort to give them a [ ... ] modern look — and not modern in the sense of 2007 , but modern in terms of the superhero aesthetic " . Costume designer Michael Wilkinson added that the costumes had to look realistic and protective , and that the Nite Owl costume should reflect Dan 's interest in aerodynamics . The chain mail in his costume resemble a bird 's feathers . Snyder also wanted the costumes to " comment directly on many of today ’ s modern masked vigilantes " : The Ozymandias costume , with its molded muscles and nipples , parodies the costumes in Batman Forever and Batman & Robin . Throughout filming , Snyder also kept adding in dialogue to mention more of the characters ' backstories so the film would be as faithful as possible . 
