Justice League Odyssey #14 (2019)
Prophet Annual #1 (1995) art by Rob Liefeld
Avengers Vs. X-Men (2012) #10 (Promo Variant)
Believe it or not,this is official cover art and someone got paid to draw it.
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the hawkeye initiative makes me so happy
I’m fucking cackling omg
Okay the one that switched Black Widow and Hawkeye looks so spot on on their personalities.
this will never not be the best thing
kishi-san submitted:
buzzfeed.com - We Had Women Photoshopped Into Stereotypical Comic Book Poses And It Got Weird
“The poses were bad, but the photoshopping made it even worse.”
Entirely in the spirit of this blog! On a side note, all the best with school Ami!
Thank you! I’m done school now, so I’m back!
Buzzfeed actually emailed me about this article because they were using Escher Girls for reference, and wanted to credit me. They asked me if I would like to be credited (in case I feared harassment), as well as how I would like to be. I wanted to mention that because it was really nice. :)
The article itself is pretty interesting and amusing, and I think it’s a pretty creative take on the “pose like an Escher Girl” thing. The sliding image thing so you can see the differences is a good addition too. I recommend people to check it out.
sc*tt campbell enjoys the privaledge of being part of the 83.7% of men that Marvel has employed for comics. Out of 4781 credited creators in 2018, 4002 were men, 777 women, and only 2 non-binary... And yet - he can't help but waste his own time showing the world how much one tumblr artist's critique of his work wounds his ego.
Anyway, I like when the marginalized gender community has something to say about our own experiences in fandoms and storytelling. And the queer community... And the disabled community... And BIPOC communities... I like taking our turn in popular culture.🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
@fixing-bad-comic-art @thefingerfuckingfemalefury yall are the only two I can think of so far who's alley this is in ❤
local comic professional is so pissy about a hobbyist trying to make his shit art a little less shit that he [checks notes] draws a “fixed” version that unsurprisingly still looks shit
btw i did question of i should crosspost this and then i saw these and :) fuck j scott campbell :)
hi! i hope you’re having a nice day/night, i came across this j scott campbell mess a while ago and your blog reminded me of it so here it is, for you to fix if you have the time!! love your work btw :)
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Thanks for the suggestion! Here it is.
men trying tell me that oversexualized captain marvel with all her organs in her boobs and a waist tinier than her hand is better than captain marvel in fearless drawn by a wlw. this is the difference between male gaze and female gaze. fearless!captain marvel is hot and confident, she doesn't have to appeal to male gaze. imagine drawing a female character without sexualizing her. men can't relate.
anyway carol danvers looks freaking sexc in fearless.
all these bitches in comments trying to defend the artist. fuck off mate. drawing women with big tits and tiny waist has never been empowering. men be like i don't like captain marvel but i like this one with big tits. just say you want to jerk off and go.
local comic professional is so pissy about a hobbyist trying to make his shit art a little less shit that he [checks notes] draws a “fixed” version that unsurprisingly still looks shit
This is the most embarrassing shit I’ve ever seen from a professional and grown-ass man. This is kindergarten crap. I was taught this isn’t how you react to criticism (of any kind) from the age of 7 at least and this man is 50. He needs to go back to first grade if he’s gonna react like this to some nobody on the internet.
Ozzie made a great Wonder Woman redesign waaaay back, but I wanted to try my hand at something more akin to the movie design. I enjoyed the Wonder Woman movie a lot, but that outfit of hers was such an eyesore. Also had to deal with constant second-hand cringe at imagining what it was like wearing it.
Sooo…. I ended up changing almost everything, obviously. I didn’t really have a specific theme or time period I was taking inspiration from; I just knew I wanted to give her a nice breastplate, and then worked around it for everything else. I gave her chainmail in a similar shape to her uhh… skirt? And then the gambeson makes a comback for the leggies.
Since the design is pretty clear and simple, let’s instead show my first attempt at a redesign, where I was trying to make the skirt work… somehow.
After coming back to this later, I realized that I was just doing the redesign equivalent of this gif:
Sooooo I got rid of that tabbard and redid it all.
I also changed her face. I gave her thicker, more natural (but still fun) eyebrows, and a stronger nose. I also cut back on her makeup, and changed her expression to look more determined, rather than “awkwardly chuckling at someone’s joke on a first meeting.”
Overall, I think I gave it a good try. I feel like it’s missing something in some spots, but I can’t think of anything else to add besides like… some colored ribbon in her chainmail, but I don’t think that’s characteristic for her.
Would still have preferred my design over the original for the movie.
-Icy
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Hold on, just adding to the entire “Noto is best Natasha illustrator” thing.
Compare these covers illustrated by different artists.
to these covers illustrated by Noto
What a difference, am I right?
YES THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I MEANT WHEN I SAID NOTO DOESN’T SEXUALIZE HER LIKE SHE’S A PIECE OF MEAT OR SMTH, even the panels (i can’t add images bc im on mobile) but Noto doesn’t give Natasha an unrealistically clinched waist or huge breasts the figure he draws on natasha is perfect toned, muscular waist with an adequately proportional bust, also thighs that are not too thin or thick but TONED. That FITS as a body type because she works out and it FITS bc its nor hyper sexualized in any way and for that alone mr. noto has my vote.
you know what I couldn’t stay away i’m adding pics.
#1: He’s noto’s natasha underwater:
there’s no overdefined bust, her hips, her thighs everything is realistic. he hasn’t added a glaze or smth over her suit to make it look extra-leathery or smth the suit is realistic as are as arms look how toned they are, how strong because she’s muscular and she needs that muscle.
#2: now there’s this whole panel:
look at those realistic action moves, nothing’s over sexualized about the way she falls or how her butt looks or smth. it isn’t overtly SEXU it’s realistic. She falls and scrambles and her chest isn’t popping out of her suit. ALSO I FORGOT TO MENTION BUT NOTICE HOW HER SUIT IS FULLY ZIPPED UP. NOT ENDING AT HER CLEAVAGE BUT UP TO THE FUCKING COLLAR.
#3: also, look at how he draws/colours her backside too:
there’s nothing hypersexualized about her butt. it’s normal. her thighs her legs, everything is in motion, in action and he draws her like she’s a CHARACTER not an object of the male gaze.
#4: ok here’s more action moves and LOOK:
look at how when she’s jumping, her hands are out to brace herself, how HER HAIR IS TIED BACK IN A PONYTAIL. How she’s kicking and loving and none of it is used to emphasize her butt or smth. its just realistic body movement. Look at the angles, the way she walks. She is on a mission and her face has EXPRESSIONS that show that she’s here ON BUSINESS and not to look pretty like most BW comics do. (refer to #2 for expressive faces as well)
#5: you might say, hey eldritch-beau thats just because he uses the colour black on her like that. to which i raise you:
he’s just as good at drawing Natasha in white and its the white fucking SUIT fellas, that suit FUCKS and its realistic too and just as GOOD so its not just his style of Natasha’s suit, it’s how he draws HER. He doesn’t draw her to fit the suit, he draws the suit to fit HER.
#6: now look at how he draws her in civilian clothes. I don’t even need to tell you the difference.
see how her clothes are not unnecessarily skin-tight? see how her pants/leggings are in civies are good in the sense that they let her move, breathe and not be restricted to just her being slender and looking sexy. Her coat flaps about, her shirt doesn’t stick to her skin, her pants are loose enough and SHE IS WEARING FLATS. She’s efficient and Noto draws her with that efficiency because she is a PERSON and the drawing is consistent, her figure is consistent and she isn’t very tall but that did not make Noto make her tiny. He made her muscular and you can SEE it in the calves, in how she moves and how she runs.
#7: here’s a pic of natasha coming home after a long day and you know what?
noto is the only valid make artist allowed to draw women lounging look at how there’s literally nothing sexualized about how she just flops onto the bed, how her waist isn’t five sizes smaller than her chest when she comes into her room. And when she’s just lying down. tired, she’s exhausted and you can see that. and it’s OK. she doesn’t have to fit the male gaze and it’s FINE.
tldr: noto’s art is amazing and besides the fact that I love the way he colours, I also REALLY love the way he draws Natasha and yall need to go read his comic run asap bc its really good and heartfelt and i can’t gush enough about his art and this post will get too long if I pull up every panel so I’ll leave this post here, go check out Natasha’s 2014 run. That was Noto’s and I can assure you, you wont regret it.
